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MISSIONS 

A   BAPTIST   MONTHLY    MAGAZINE 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION 
SOCIETY,  THE  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY. 
AND  THE   AMERICAN    BAPTIST   PUBLICATION    SOCIETY 


BOSTON      -.-      NEW  YORK      -:-      PHILADELPHIA 
OFFICE,  FORU  UL'ILDING.  BOSTON 


AMERICAN  BAP'rilSrHwJN^I^^N   MISSION  SOCIETY 

FORD   TttTR.niNQ^  l^gfQN.    ILksiACHUSBTTa 

General    Offleen 

E.  B.  BRYAN,  L.L.D.,  New  York,  President  REV.  C.  A.  WALKER.  Penn..  Recording  Secretary 

I.    W.    CARPENTER,    Neb.,    Ist   Vlce-Pre«.  THOMAS  S.    BARBOUR,    D.D.,    Foreign   Sec'y 

GEO.  C.  WHITNEY.  Masa..  2d  VIce-Pree.  FRED   P.    HAGGARD.    D.D.,    Home  Sec'y 

ANDREW  MacLEISH,  111..  3d  Vlce-Pree.  CHAS.    W.   PERKINS,    Treasurer 

DIstriet  Seeretaiiee 

NEW  ENGLAND — W.   E.  WiTTHi,  D.D.,  LAKE — E.   W.   LouNSBrsT,   D.D., 

Ford   Bulldinsr,    Boston,   Mass.  824  Dearborn  Street,  Chicago.  IlL 

NEW  YORK — Rev.  Chablss  L.  Rboadbs,  CENTRAL — Henbt  Williams.   D.D., 

23  East  20th  Street,   New  York.  424  Utica  Building.  Des  Moines,  la. 

SOUTHEASTERN— Ray.  Fbakk  S.  Dobbins,  SOUTHWESTERN— I.   N.   Clabk,   D.D., 

1701  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  614  Massachusetts  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

PACIFIC — Rev.  A.  W.   Ridbr.  906  Broadway,   Oakland.   CaL 

Joint  District  Secretaries:  Home  and  Foreign 

KANAWHA — Rev.  John  S.   Stump.  WABASH — Rev.  S.  C.  Fulmeb. 

1705  Seventeenth  Street,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.  1738  Ruckle  Street.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

OHIO — Rev.  T.  G.  Field,  SUPERIOR — Frank  Petebson,  D.D., 

Granville,  Ohio.  407  Evanston  Building,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

YEF.LOWSTONEJ — C.    A.    CooK,    D.D.,    1508    Mission    Ave..    Spokane.  Washington. 

MISSOURI    (Special   District) — Rev.    H.    E.  Tbubx,  Metropolitan  Building,  St.  Louis.  Mo. 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

23  EAST  26TH   STREET,   NEW   YORK 
General    Offleen 

FRED   A.    WELT^,    Illinois,    President  H.  L.  MOREHOUSE.  D.D.,  LL.D..  N.  Y.,  Corr.  Sec. 

B.  K.    EDWARDS.   Calif.,   1st  Vice-Pres.  W.    M.    WALKER,    D.D.,    Penn..    Recording  Sec'y 

C.  C.   BARRY.    Mass..   2d  Vlce-Pres.  C.  L.  WHITE,  D.D.,  New  York.  Assoc.  Corr.  Sec'y 
CHAS.    T.    LEWIS.    Ohio,    8d   Vlce-Pres.  FRANK  T.   MOULTON,   New  York.   Treasurer 

L.  C.  BARNES,  D.D..  New  York.  Field  Sec'y 

General  Saperlntendente 

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SOUTHEASTERN-^RtfvI^AMBB  •AVM:k\l>^ELL,  1701  Kansas. 

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AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION   SOCIETY 

1701   CHESTNUT   STREET.   PHILADELPHIA 
General    Officers 

SAMUEL    A.    CROZER.    Penn.,    President  A.   J.    ROWLAND.   D.D.,    LL.D..    Secretary 

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W.    G.    BRIMSON.    Ills..    2nd   Vlce-Pres.  R.  G.  SEYMOUR,   D.D..  Mlss'y  and  Bible  Sec'y 

FRANK   STRONG,   LL.D.,   3d  Vlce-Pres.  REV.  HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH.  Asst.  Sec'y 

H.  S.   HOPPER.  Treasurer 

District  Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND— C.  H.  Spaldino.  D.D.,  MIDDLE  WEST— T.  L.  Kbtman.  D.D.. 

16  Ashburton  Place,  Boston.  Mass.  168  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

NEW   YORK— W.  W.   Pbatt.   D.D.,  WESTERN — Rev.  Joe  P.  Jacobs. 

23  East  20th  Street.   New  York.  627  W.  30th  St.,  Kansas  City.  Mo. 

MIDDLE — Rev.  S.  G.  Neil.  SUPT.    OF   WORK   AMONG  THE   NEGROES: 

1701  Chestnut  St.  Philadelphia.  8.  N.  Vass,  D.D.,   Raleigh.  N.   C. 

BAPTIST  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  FOR  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

Rev.   JOHN   M.    MOORE.   General   Secretary,    Ford  Building,    Boston 

WOMAN'S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

2960  Vernon  Ave.,    Chicago,    Illinois 

MRS.   A.   G.   LESTER.   Chicago.   President  MRS.  J.    X.    CROITSE.    Honorary   President 

MRS.   G.    W.    COLEMAN.    Boston.    Ist    V.    Pres.  MRS.    KATHERINE     S.     WESTFALL,     Chicago. 

MRS.    L.   A.   TR  AND  ALL,   MInnoapolIs.   2d  V.   P.  Corr.    Soc'y 

MRS.   T.   S.   TOMPKINS.   Pasadena,   3d  V.   Pres.  MRS.   A.    E.    REYNOLDS,    Chicago.    Field   Sec'y 

MRS.   E.    C.    MARSHALL,   Chicago,    Treasurer 

WOMAN'S    BAPTIST    FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 

Ford  Building,  Boston,   Mass. 

MRS.   M.    G.    EDM.\XDS.    President  MRS.  C.   A.   ROBINSON.   Home  Soc'y 

MRS.   H.   G.    SAFFORD.   Foreign  Sec'y  MISS  ALICE    B.    STEDMAN.    Treasurer 

WOMAN'S    BAPTIST   FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WEST 

2060  Vernon  Ave.,   Chicago 

MRS.  ANDREW  MacLEISH,   Chicago,   President       MRa  M.   E.  KLINB.  Treasurer 
IISS  CARRIE   E.    PERRINE,   Home  Sec'y  MISS  M.   B.  ADKINS,  Foreign  Sec'y 


THE  DOOR  OF  THE  NEW  YEAR 

We  pause  beside  this  door: 
Thy  year,  O  God,  how  shall  v 

The  footsteps  of  a  child' 
Sound  close  beside  us.  Listen,  He'^WllUfeak!;  .-. 
His  birthday  bells  have  hardly  rurfg  ivnebi..  :'■.- 
Yet  has  He  trod  the  world's  press,  4&ie£le^;  -' '- '. 
"Enter  through  Me,"  He  saith,  "nor  waAdM"  mefe;- 

For  lot  I  am  the  Door." 

—Lucy  Larcom. 


JJriflljbnrlfnnJi  nnh  Irotljrrljmiii 

OSEFH  COOK  said  that  "the  nineteenth  century  made  the  world 
one  neighborhood!  the  twentieth  century  should  make  it  one 
brotherhood." 

The  world  has  been  marvellously  opened  during  the  last 
fif^  years  to  the  gospel  messenger  and  his  message. 

It  is  less  than  a  brief  century  since  nearly  every  nation  was 
fenced  in  by  a  thousand  idiosyncrasies  and  gazed  with  jealousy, 
suspicion  and  surly  defiance,  if  not  with  hatred,  upon  every 
other  people.  At  that  time,  to  be  a  foreigner  was  to  be  an  enemy.  Nations 
were  then  largely  ignorant  of  each  other,  or  knew  only  what  was  worst,  and 
interpreted  what  they  knew  of  outsiders  in  the  most  uncomplimentary  way. 
Selfishness  was  supreme  to  the  inter-racial  attitude.  Even  among  Christian 
nations  this  was  largely  true;  but,  for  non-Christian  people  the  terms  used  were 
"infidels,"  "pagans,"  heathen,"  "barbarians,"  and  such  like.  And  the  sentiments 
expressed  by  these  words  were  heartily  reciprocated,  with  compound  interest, 
by  the  non-Christian  world  in  such  epithets  as  "mletchas,"  "foreign  devils,"  etc. 
To-day  a  marvellous  change  has  overtaken  Christendom  in  this  respect. 

Consider  the  modem  cosmopolitanism  of  the  Christian.  He  has  become, 
generally  speaking,  a  new  man  with  a  world  vision  and  a  world  sympathy. 
There  has  come  into  the  spirit  of  man  the  sense  of  universal  brotherhood,  a 
neighborly  interest  and  sense  of  kinship,  revolutionary  in  its  influence  upon  man 
everywhere. 

The  Christian  obligation  to  serve  and  to  save  all  men,  regardless  of  race, 
language,  or  color,  is  the  new  conviction  and  fresh  inheritance  of  our  time. 
—John  P.  Jones,  D.D.,  in  The  Modern  Missionary  Challenge. 


MISSIONS 


The  Year  1910 

QHE  year  1910  was 
marked  religiously  by 
the  great  missionary 
Conference  in  Edin- 
burgh, which  drew  to- 
gether from  all  parts  oE 
the  world  a  body  of  del- 
egates without  parallel 
in  the  races  and  interests  represented. 
None  who  was  present  will  doubt  the 
permanent  influence  of  the  meeting.  New 
points  of  contact  were  discovered.  New 
light  broke  in  upon  leaders  who  had 
never  before  sat  in  such  mixed  Christian 
fellowship.  New  sense  of  the  vastness  of 
the  missionary  enterprise  was  born;  and 
also  a  deep  consciousness  of  the  need  of 
closer  cooperation  and  a  striving  after  a 
real  oneness  of  spirit  in  the  service  of 
the  common  Master.  The  strongest  in- 
fluences of  the  Conference  were  the  un- 
seen, which  will  work  like  leaven  until  in 
the  mission  fields  the  effects  will  by  and 
by  appear,  and  not  there  alone,  but  in 
the  churches  of  the  home  lands  as  well. 
Moreover,  the  nine  volumes  of  Com- 
mission Reports  which  are  now  finding 
place  in  the  libraries  of  ministers  and  in- 
terested laymen  the  world  over  will  put 
the  literature  of  missions  upon  a  new 
plane,  and  be  a  contribution  to  the  cause 
of  missions  that  would  alone  be  worth  all 
that  the  Conference  cost. 

The  year  also  witnessed  many  of  the 
remarkable  inspirational  meetings  of  the 
Laymen's  Missionary  Movement  in  this 
country,  culminating  at  Chicago.  In  this 
case,  again,  the  results  cannot  be  tab- 
ulated or  in  large  measure  be  perceived 
immediately.  That  thousands  of  men  in 
the  churches  who  had  given  little  or  no 
thought  to  missions  as  something  touch- 


ing them  were  led  to  think  seriously 
about  the  matter,  and  also  about  a  dif- 
ferent kind  of  church  membership  and 
one  that  meant  more  to  the  kingdom  of 
God,  is  certain.  East  and  West,  North 
and  South,  there  was  a  rising  tide  of  in- 
terest, an  awakening  to  the  significance 
and  responsibility  of  the  missionary  call 
upon  the  Christian  church.  The  work 
is  now  being  followed  up,  and  in  increas- 
ing degree  by  the  denominations,  which 
are  organizing  movements  to  cooperate 
with  the  interdenominational  movement, 
and  thus  carry  the  good  work  into  the 
local  churches.  Conferences  in  smaller 
cities  have  also  formed  a  part  of  the  pro- 
gram in  the  closing  months  of  the  year, 
and  will  continue  in  the  months  to  come. 
In  these  we  shall  cooperate. 

Speaking  generally,  there  has  been  no 
marked  revival  in  the  churches,  aside 
from  this  of  the  missionary  spirit,  which 
necessarily  involves  the  entire  spiritual 
life.  There  is  reason  to  believe  that  in 
the  year  to  come  the  churches  will  show 
clearly  the  effects  of  the  new  interest  and 
activity  of  men,  and  the  recognition  by 
thousands  that  the  church  has  a  work  for 
and  claim  upon  men  and  their  best  brain 
and  strength. 

For  our  denomination,  the  year  has 
seen  the  final  establishment  of  the  North- 
ern Baptist  Convention  in  constitutional 
form.  The  Chicago  Anniversaries  were 
characterized  by  dignity  and  harmonious 
working  out  of  plans  for  close  coopera- 
tion and  increased  efficiency.  There  was 
nothing  to  indicate  that  we  are  not  great- 
ly to  gain  by  the  changes  that  have  taken 
place,  which  give  us  greater  unity  and 
proper  denominational  self-consciousness 
without  detracting  from  a  true  inde- 
pendence.    Under  coordination  our  mis- 


MISSIONS 


sionary  societies  are  moving  forward  as  far 
as  the  budget  limitations  will  permit.  If 
the  new  order  has  not  yet  brought  the 
churches  to  make  their  offerings  earlier 
in  the  year,  so  as  to  relieve  the  treasury 
burdens  and  the  wearing  apprehensions, 
there  has  been  some  improvement,  and  it 
must  be  remembered  that  system  cannot 
get  to  work  nor  church  habits  be  changed 
in  a  day.  Patience  is  easier  when  it  is 
known  that  we  are  on  the  right  track  and 
working  along  progressive  and  approved 
lines.  Let  us  give  the  apportionment- 
budget  plan  a  five  years*  trial,  and  then 
see  the  results. 

The  year  1910  will  also  be  memorable 
among  us  by  reason  of  the  real  begin- 
ning of  the  Baptist  Laymen's  Movement, 
with  the  coming  of  Secretary  Stackhouse 
to  throw  himself  into  the  work.  Here 
again  we  shall  not  expect  a  hurrah  cam- 
paign or  a  "boom  town"  method.  The 
Secretary  is  not  spectacular.  He  will 
not  shout  from  a  housetop — nor  even  in 
Missions — ^what  great  things  he  is  about 
to  do,  but  he  will  tell  about  things,  great 
and  small,  after  they  are  done.  And  as 
our  people  come  to  know  him,  they  will 
be  sure  that  the  potencies  wrapped  up  in 
this  Laymen's  Movement  will  not  be  left 
undiscovered  and  unused.  Faith  and  the 
far  look  should  gird  us  for  success  in  this 
endeavor. 

In  our  mission  fields,  at  home  and 
abroad,  there  have  been  during  the  year 
no  conspicuously  outstanding  features. 
The  revelation  of  need  has  been  steady. 
The  Sudan  and  Congo  Commission 
brought  back  its  recommendations  of  in- 
creased support  for  the  Congo  missions, 
and  the  Mexican  Deputation  found  in 
our  next-door  neighbor  large  opportuni- 
ties; and  these  reports  should  lead  to 
larger  resources  for  both  countries  in  the 
coming  year.  Meanwhile,  the  great  body 
of  missionary  work  goes  on  in  all  parts  of 
the  world;  and  the  interest  of  our  home 
churches  shows  increase  and  not  diminu- 
tion; which  leads  to  a  hopeful  look  into 
the  New  Year  1911.  Recalling  that 
1910  gave  birth  to  Missions,  on  this  our 
first  anniversary  we  wish  for  all  our 
readers,  and  all  Baptists,  and  all  disciples 
of  the  Lord  Jesus — a 

Happy  New  Year! 


Good  Things  Coming 

OUR  readers  ought  to  know  what  a 
feast  of  good  things  is  coming  in 
this  new  year.  The  pages  of  Missions 
will  be  crowded  with  matter  of  interest 
that  should  not  only  delight  our  present 
readers  but  bring  us  double  the  number. 
Articles  already  in  hand  cover  wide 
ground.  Here  are  the  subjects  of  a  few 
of  them,  to  indicate  the  scope  and  char- 
acter : 

On  the  War  Path  among  Blanket  In- 
dians, by  Field  Secretary  Barnes,  who 
will  also  tell  us  of  his  transcontinental 
wanderings  and  experiences;  Outline  of 
Free  Baptist  Mission  Work,  by  Dr. 
Thomas  H.  Stacy,  long  time  Secretary 
of  their  Conference  Board ;  Missionary 
Efforts  of  the  Churches  in  the  Philip- 
pine Islands,  by  Rev.  A.  A.  Forshee,  of 
the  missionary  force  there;  Practising 
Medicine  without  a  License,  by  Rev.  J. 
Frank  Ingram,  of  China;  A  Day's  Work 
on  the  Foreign  Field,  by  Rev.  W.  C. 
Mason  of  Assam ;  Touring  in  the  Rains, 
by  L.  Ward  B.  Jackman,  up  near  the 
Thibet  line  in  Assam;  A  Year  at  the 
Central  Tabernacle  in  Tokyo,  by  Rev. 
William  Axling;  A  Missionary  Itinerary 
in  North  Dakota,  by  General  Superin- 
tendent D.  D.  Proper;  Metlekatla, 
Alaska,  the  Scene  of  the  Red  Man's 
Transformation,  by  Felix  J.  Koch ;  Bread 
on  the  Waters,  or  the  Word  of  God  for 
the  Japanese  Navy,  by  Dr.  George  E. 
Burlingame  of  San  Francisco ;  In  Monte- 
rey, Mexico,  a  sketch  by  Georgia  T. 
First ;  How  the  Akron  Church  made  Its 
Mission  Exhibit;  The  Missionary  who 
Gave  a  Written  Language  to  the  Ka- 
chins,  by  the  Editor;  Story  of  a  Check- 
ered Life,  by  Louis  R.  Patmont,  a  native 
of  Russia;  Life  at  an  Industrial  Experi- 
ment Station  in  India,  by  Director  Sam- 
uel D.  Bawden,  pioneer  in  a  new  line  of 
missionary  endeavor;  Camping  Snap 
Shots  in  the  Garo  Hills,  by  Rev.  G.  G. 
Crozier,  of  Tura,  Assam;  A  Bible  of 
Fih'pino  Manufacture,  by  Rev.  P.  H.  J. 
Lerrigo  of  Capiz ;  Colporter  Work  in  an 
Oil  Town,  by  Rev.  J.  L.  Limes  of  Cali- 
fornia; Forty  Years  of  Pioneering  as 
Sunday  School  Missionary,  by  Mr.  Ed- 
munds of  Minnesota ;  The  Uplift  of  the 


8 


MISSIONS 


Madigas,  by  Rev.  Cjcorge  H.  Brock  of 
the  Ongole  Mission.  So  we  might  go  on 
and  fill  a  column.  Nearly  all  of  the  arti- 
cles named  are  illustrated. 

But  now  a  word  as  to  some  things 
planned.  First,  a  series  of  articles  on 
missionary  problems,  such  as  self-support, 
an  educated  ministry,  the  Christian's  re- 
lation to  heathen  society,  and  how  to  rear 
Christians  of  a  second  generation.  An- 
other series  of  sketches  illustrating  The 
Day's  Work  of  missionaries  on  diverse 
fields.  "My  Experience  in  Personal 
Work"  is  the  general  title  of  another 
projected  series.  Already  we  have  be- 
gun an  important  series  on  the  "Mis- 
sionary Efforts  of  the  Native  Churches," 
an  intensely  interesting  subject  as  show- 
ing the  missionary  development  of  mis- 
sionary products.  Stress  will  be  laid  on 
special  correspondence  from  strategic 
points  the  world  around,  and  a  number 
of  writers  of  the  first  order  have  agreed 
to  give  broad  surveys  of  great  fields.  The 
subject  of  immigration,  which  is  again 
forcing  itself  upon  public  attention,  will 
be  treated  in  a  scries  of  articles  by  the 
Editor,  who  made  special  investigations 
in  Europe  last  summer  with  the  point  of 
immigrant  departure  in  view,  and  the 
possible  improvement  of  conditions  prior 
to  embarking  for  the  new  land.  Rev.  J. 
H.  Franklin,  who  was  one  of  the  com- 
missioners to  the  Sudan  and  the  Congo, 
has  promised  several  travel  articles,  and 
has  a  large  collection  of  photographs, 
mostly  taken  by  himself.  Dr.  Dearing 
has  sent  many  photographs  also,  and  will 
continue  his  enlightening  "Echoes  from 
the  Oriental  Press,"  now  that  he  is  with- 
in reach  of  the  sources  of  information.  A 
number  of  the  missionaries  who  recently 
sailed  for  the  first  time  will  tell  us  of 
their  initial  experiences. 

Of  course,  the  departments  will  be 
continued,  and  there  will  be  at  least  one 
new  one,  devoted  to  the  Baptist  Lay- 
men's Movement  and  the  Brotherhoods. 
When  Secretary  Stackhouse  gets  into  the 
harness  and  has  a  breathing  spell,  he  will 
take  charge  of  this  department  and  make 
it  a  right-hand  helper  in  his  broad  work. 
Another  feature  to  be  developed  is  a  Mis- 
sionary Item  Box  in  which  will  be  put 
''ll  sorts  of  interesting  items  from  all 


sorts  of  missionary  fields,  so  that  we 
know  in  brief  what  our  neighbors  and 
fellow-workers  are  doing.  The  World 
Survey  will  keep  the  great  movements 
before  us.  The  Missionary  Programs 
will  be  given  a  month  in  advance,  so  that 
time  may  be  afforded  to  prepare  them, 
and  secure  the  material  adapted  to  pro- 
mote highest  interest.  Model  programs 
will  occasionally  be  given,  and  appropri- 
ate matter  will  be  found  in  the  magazine, 
so  that  program  committees  will  not  be 
at  a  loss  even  if  they  rely  upon  Missions 
altogether. 

Our  difficulty  will  be,  not  how  to  se- 
cure reading  that  will  delight  and  inspire 
our  readers,  and  make  the  missionary 
cause  live  in  the  hearts  of  the  people,  but 
to  find  room  for  it.  It  will  be  a  sore 
disappointment  if,  with  the  gradual  de- 
velopment of  a  staff  of  writers,  many  of 
whom  are  specialists,  the  second  year  of 
Missions  is  not  an  advance  in  value  and 
interest  over  the  first. 

e 

Cheapening  Religion 

A  recent  writer  in  the  Atlantic,  under 
the  title  "The  Cheapening  of  Religion," 
has  sounded  a  warning  note,  and  redi- 
rected attention  to  the  spiritual  values. 
He  shows  how  various  efforts  to  draw 
congregations  by  sensational  and  adver- 
tising methods  have  tended  to  the  cheap- 
ening of  religious  thought,  with  disas- 
trous consequences  to  religious  progress 
and  ideals.  He  proves  how  absurd  it  is 
to  suppose  that  a  minister  can  be  a  spe- 
cialist in  his  own  legitimate  line — that  of 
spiritualizing  human  character — and  at 
the  same  time  be  dabbling  in  politics  and 
socialism  and  all  that  makes  for  the  ma- 
terializing of  religion.  He. says:  "Deep 
in  its  heart  the  church  is  aware  of  its 
spiritual  mission,  but  the  incessant  ha- 
ranguing of  the  popular  reformer,  and 
various  other  pressures  from  without,  are 
eating  into  its  faith,  and  it  now  seems 
possessed  with  a  determination  to  part 
with  no  small  part  of  its  spiritual  func- 
tion, in  order  to  acquire  an  uncertain 
partnership  in  affairs  over  which  its  influ- 
ence is  comparatively  slight." 

This  is  something  to  ponder  well.  Only 
as  the  church  is  aware  of  its  spiritual  mis- 


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sion  and  holds  tenaciously  to  it  will 
Christian  conquest  be  made  by  it.  Ser- 
mons that  are  "ninety-eight  per  cent,  po- 
litical and  socialistic,  and  two  per  cent, 
spiritual,"  will  not  lead  men  to  that 
change  of  heart  which  alone  can  make  a 
reformed  society.  The  strength  of  the 
church  lies  in  its  spiritual  power  and 
functions,  and  to  sidetrack  or  subordinate 
these  is  fatal.  The  Atlantic  writer  is 
correct  in  diagnosing  the  peril  of  getting 
away  from  the  basic  principle  of  personal 
character  and  redemption.  The  church 
is  to  be  interested  profoundly  in  promot- 
ing human  betterment,  but  not  to  mistake 
her  part  in  that  promotion.  This  lies, 
to  a  large  extent,  not  in  seeking  by  direct 
methods  the  greatest  material  happiness 
for  the  greatest  number,  but  in  exalting 
the  spiritual  motive  and  developing  the 
spiritual  life  which  ranks  duty  first,  and 
the  kingdom  of  God  and  His  righteous- 
ness as  the  supreme  aim.  Other  ends, 
however  good,  must  be  kept  in  due  re- 
lation and  proportion. 


® 


Large  Value  for  Little  Money 

WE  wonder  how  many  readers  of 
Missions  realize  the  amount  of 
reading  matter  they  received  for  only 
fifty  cents,  the  most  of  them,  last  year? 
There  were  835  pages,  not  counting  the 
advertisements.  Two  good,  substantial 
volumes  of  over  400  pages  each,  royal 
octavo.  If  put  in  ordinary  book  size 
there  would  be  more  than  1,700  pages, 
or  five  ordinary  volumes. 

Of  course  the  amount  of  matter  is  not 
so  important  as  the  quality  of  it,  but  it  is 
well  to  have  some  idea  of  the  amount. 
As  for  the  variety,  the  reader  was  taken 
into  the  leading  countries  of  the  world, 
and  into  all  sections  of  our  own.  A  glance 
through  the  index  to  the  first  volume, 
filling  over  five  pages  of  small  type,  will 
be  convincing  as  to  the  range  of  the  sub- 
jects and  the  wide  human  interest.  Every 
phase  of  missionary  work  at  home  and 
abroad  was  touched  upon,  if  but  slightly 
in  some  instances.  If  we  have  not  said 
much  about  medical  missions,  it  is  be- 
cause we  hope  soon  to  have  a  full  account 
of  that  important  factor  in  missionary 


success.  So  with  some  other  subjects, 
which  deserve  extended  description.  But 
several  great  fields  have  been  covered  in 
thorough  manner,  indicating  the  treat- 
ment others  will  receive  in  due  time. 

A  bound  volume  of  Missions,  we  ven- 
ture, would  prove  a  pleasant  surprise 
even  to  those  who  have  received  the 
monthly  issues  as  they  appeared.  We 
wish  every  Baptist  church  in  our  con- 
stituency had  such  a  volume  in  its  library. 
Missionary  committees  would  then  have 
no  difficulty  in  getting  up  attractive  pro- 
grams, and  there  would  be  at  hand  a 
storehouse  of  missionary  information  and 
illustration.  If  churches  or  Sunday 
schools  or  Brotherhoods  will  order  such 
a  volume  in  advance  for  1911,  we  will 
furnish  it  neatly  bound  for  $1 ;  and  it 
will  be  one  of  the  best  investments  that 
could  be  made.  We  cannot  supply  back 
numbers  for  1910,  hence  make  this  sug- 
gestion for  1911. 


0 


As  to  Comity 

WE  give  elsewhere  an  article  on  the 
subject  of  "Comity"  by  Dr.  J.  W. 
Willmarth,  which  came  too  late  for  publi- 
cation in  the  December  issue.  One  or 
two  others  have  come  in,  which  will  be 
considered  later.  One  good  brother  sends 
a  series  of  questions,  asking  after  each, 
"Does  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention 
and  Missions  stand  for  this?"  We  can 
only  say  that  we  have  not  the  slightest 
idea  what  the  Northern  Baptist  Conven- 
tion stands  for  in  regard  to  the  matter  of 
comity  or  any  other  upon  which  it  has 
not  passed;  and  we  know  of  no  way  to 
find  oiit  until  the  Convention  shall  de- 
clare itself,  if  it  see  fit  to  do  so.  As  for 
Missions^  we  thought  it  might  be  a  good 
thing  to  get  light  upon  a  subject  bound 
to  come  up  in  practical  form  at  home  and 
abroad,  and  therefore  invited  frank  dis- 
cussion by  the  brethren.  It  is  understood 
in  such  discussions  that  every  Baptist 
expresses  his  own  convictions.  The 
purpose  of  Missions  in  the  present  case 
was  to  be  a  medium  of  opinion,  not  an 
unauthorized  determinant  of  it.  Mean- 
while, the  Christmas  spirit  of  peace  and 
good  will  broods  over  us  all.  Jesus  Christ 
is  the  solvent  of  all  problems. 


MISSIONS 


Note  and  Comment 


01SS1ONS  enters  upon 
its  second  year  with  joy 
and  full  purpose  to  be 
more  suggestive,  more 
stimulating  and  more 
helpful  both  to  the 
cause  it  specially  repre- 
sents, and  to  the  spirit- 
ual life  of  its  readers.  The  news  from 
mission  fields  ought  to  quicken  us  to  per- 
sonal service  in  the  field  that  is  directly 
our  own.  This  number  has  plenty  of 
variety.  The  Downtown  Church  and 
the  city  problem  as  a  whole  demand  large 
attention.  Industrial  work  in  the  for- 
eign field  is  just  now  attracting  much 
interest.  Secretary  Stackhouse  gives  his 
6rst  instalment  of  news  from  the  field. 
Mrs.  Titterington  gives  a  bright  picture 
of  a  day  with  a  Chapel  Car.  We  see 
the  work  for  immigrants  at  various 
points.  Mr.  Peters'  experiences  are  vivid. 
The  Philadelphia  summer  work  may  tell 
our  people  in  other  cities  what  is  possi- 
ble next  summer.  The  Indian  sketches 
arc  capital  for  programs,  and  the  field 
news  is  very  full.  You  cannot  go  amiss. 
q  All  correspondents  will  please  note  the 
change  of  address,  and  put  on  their  com- 
munications henceforth  simply,  "MIS- 
SIONS, Ford  Building,  Boston,  Mass," 
Our  mail  has  not  infrequently  been  sent 
to  us  at  the  address  of  the  Home  Mission 
Society,  the  Foreign  Mission  Society,  and 
the  Publication  Society.  It  will  reach  us 
directly  and  much  more  satisfactorily  if 
sent  as  above,  "Ford  Building,  Boston, 
Mass."  That  is  why  we  repeat  the  ad- 
dress. The  dead-letter  office  shows  how 
singularly  common  it  is  to  be  careless 
in  addressing  letters. 

Q  Dr.  Sale  has  returned  from  his  trip  to 
our  missions  in  Porto  Rico,  and  will  give 
our  readers  in  the  February  number  his 
impressions  of  the  work.     He  went  to 


study  especially  the  educational  needs. 
Mr.  James  Mcllravy,  of  the  Home  Mis- 
sion Board,  accompanied  him. 

q  The  most  serious  difficulty  Missions 
labors  under  is  want  of  space.  There  is 
vastly  more  good  material  than  can  be 
used,  and  we  are  conscious  that  some 
workers  may  feel  in  a  measure  neglected. 
Some  articles  also  must  appear  a  little 
out  of  the  natural  time,  as  the  Summer 
Work  article  in  this  issue,  for  example. 
But  it  was  simply  impossible  to  publish 
sooner  that  excellent  account  of  a  work 
that  is  to  go  on  increasingly  in  our  cities. 
It  has  been  in  type  for  over  four  months, 
but  it  is  necessary  to  preserve  balance  in 
the  magazine,  and  a  diversity  of  interests 
must  be  considered.  If  this  January  is- 
sue does  not  contain  some  expected  con- 
tributions, there  is  a  reason,  which  we 
believe  our  readers  and  kind  contributors 
will  appreciate. 

^  The  census  gives  this  country  ninety- 
two  million  population  in  round  num- 
bers, not  including  the  Philippines  and 
Porto  Rico,  which  would  bring  the  total 
above  a  hundred  millions,  and  make  us 
second  only  to  Russia  among  the  western 
nations.  This  is  an  increase  of  twenty- 
one  per  cent,  for  the  whole  country.  The 
need  of  home  mission  eflort  in  pioneer 
sections  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the 
State  of  Washington  has  the  largest  per- 
centage of  growth,  reaching  in  the  decade 
120.4  per  cent.;  while  Oklahoma  comes 
second  with  109.7,  Idaho  next  with 
101.3,  Nevada  fourth  with  93.4,  and 
others  In  this  order:  North  Dakota  80.8, 
New  Mexico  67.5,  Arizona  66.2,  Ore- 
gon 62.7,  California  60.1,  Montana  54.5, 
Colorado  48.0,  So,  Dakota  45.4,  and 
Utah  34.7.  All  the  western  States  were 
above  the  average,  as  were  also  Pennsyl- 
vania, New  Jersey,  New  York,  Connecti- 
cut and  Rhode  Island,    But  the  North- 


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11 


west  heads  the  procession.  There  is  a 
vast  expansion  of  home  mission  work  be- 
fore us  if  the  church  growth  is  to  keep 
pace  with  that  of  the  population  in  these 
swiftly  developing  sections. 

Q  New  York  State  still  holds  the  posi- 
tion of  the  Empire  State,  with  a  popu- 
lation above  the  nine  million  mark. 
Greater  New  York  shows  an  increase  of 
1,329,000  in  the  ten  years.  The  peo- 
ple of  this  single  State  equal  in  numbers 
the  papulation  of  nearly  a  score  of  the 
States.  New  York  City  as  an  urban 
center  looms  up  with  about  seven  mil- 
lions of  people,  this  including  Jersey  City 
and  Newark  and  residential  places  within 
twenty  miles.  Surely  such  centers  will 
exercise  a  prodigious  if  not  dominating 
influence  upon  our  social  and  religious 
life.  The  city  is  the  strategic  point  for 
Christian  effort.  It  is  also  the  most  diffi- 
cult. All  other  problems  seem  small 
compared  with  that  of  purifying  our 
great  cities  of  corruption,  governing  them 
honestly  and  well,  and  making  and  keep- 
ing them  Christian  in  spirit  and  practice. 

^  At  the  request  of  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention,  Dr.  A.  S.  Hobart,  of  Crozer 
Seminary,  has  prepared  a  list  of  prayer 
meeting  topics  for  1911,  and  the  Publica- 
tion Society  is  ready  to  furnish  it  at  $1 
per  hundred,  postpaid.  Its  use  will  be 
found  helpful  by  pastors  and  churches. 
The  topics  divide  the  time  between  the 
cultivation  of  individual  character,  sug- 
gestions about  civil  and  social  duties. 
Christian  doctrine  and  missions.  Once  a 
month — the  first  meeting  of  the  month — 
is  given  to  missions,  and  the  topics  fit  in 
with  the  systematic  plan  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Christian  Stewardship.  Missions 
will  also  follow  these  programs,  furnish- 
ing a  suggested  program  and  suitable  ma- 
terial a  month  in  advance  as  far  as  poG- 
sible.  Subscribers  to  Missions  will  have 
all  needed  illustrative  matter  at  hand,  if 
they  keep  the  magazine  on  file;  and  this 
the  missionary  committee  in  every  church 
should  do.  The  Topics  can  be  obtained 
from  Philadelphia  or  any  of  the  branch 
houses  of  the  Publication  Society. 

^  On  another  page  will  be  found  the 
farewell  charge  which  an  Indian  mis- 
sionary gave  to  his  people  as  he  was  leav- 


ing them.  The  story  he  told  made  a 
profound  impression,  and  is  well  au- 
thenticated. We  are  glad  to  say  that 
Mr.  Hamilton  has  been  able  to  resume 
work  among  the  Indians,  although  with 
another  of  the  tribes. 

fl  The  Evangelical  Alliance  takes  the 
Far  East  as  the  special  subject  for  prayer 
on  the  Thursday  set  apart  for  foreign 
missions.  In  the  home  mission  subject 
for  Saturday  it  lays  especial  emphasis 
upon  the  evangelization  of  the  Jews.  We 
might  well  include  immigrants  as  a 
whole,  and  our  work  for  them. 

^  At  the  recent  elections  in  Porto  Rico, 
the  Unionist  party  elected  every  one  of 
its  thirty-five  candidates  for  deputy  of 
the  House,  so  that  there  is  not  a  single 
representative  of  the  Republican  party  in 
that  body  for  the  coming  year.  This 
emphasizes  the  dissatisfaction  with  the 
political  status  which  was  set  forth  at 
Lake  Mohonk  by  a  Porto  Rican,  Signor 
Travieso,  whose  address  we  expect  to 
print  in  large  part.  The  matter  of  citi- 
zenship is  a  matter  that  should  be  settled 
right  at  the  earliest  possible  moment.  Its 
delay  gives  chance  for  demagogues,  and 
for  leadership  of  not  the  most  desirable 
sort.  The  American  party  and  measures 
must  now  face  a  united  opposition,  but 
we  trust  that  Governor  Colton  may  be 
able  to  overcome  all  obstacles  in  the  way 
of  the  solid  progress  of  the  island. 

fl  A  Mohammedan  in  London  is  report- 
ed as  making  the  innocent  observation 
that  since  the  ex-Sultan  of  Turkey  gave 
grounds  for  Christian  churches  and 
schools,  he  supposed  the  London  County 
Council  would  be  willing  to  give  the 
Islamic  Society  in  London  ground  on 
which  to  build  a  mosque.  Of  course  it 
would  not  be  easy  for  a  Mohammedan  to 
see  why  turn-about  in  such  a  case  would 
not  be  fair  play,  nor  why  a  mosque  in 
London  would  not  be  of  as  much  benefit 
as  a  Christian  church  or  school  in  Tur- 
key. But  the  Turkish  ruler  undoubtedly 
recognized  the  value  of  the  institution  he 
was  aiding  as  a  personal  rather  than  offi- 
cial act.  There  are  three  Mohammedan 
mosques  in  London,  by  the  way.  Islam 
is  carrying  its  missionary  propaganda  into 
Christian  lands. 


MISSIONS 


No  Heroes  Now-a-Days? 


AD  this  romance  of  mod- 
ern missions  and  judge  for 
^i^J  yourself.  Three  young 
fcita'm  Englishmen  heard  the  call 
of  God  to  preach  in  Peru. 
'i^  Neither  English  nor  Amer- 
■1  ican  Societies,  debt-loaded, 
could  send  them.  In  1893 
without  promise  of  pence  from  any  source 
they  sailed  from  the  United  States  for 
Callao,  Port  of  Peru,  and  landed  with 
just  fifty  dollars  as  their  united  posses- 
sions. Nothing  daunted,  they  opened  a 
night  school  which  supported  them;  in 
about  a  year  contributions  from  friends 
enabled  them  to  dispense  with  this  source 
of  revenue,  and  devote  themselves  exclu- 
sively to  gospel  work:  the  mission  then 
started  in  Lima  developed  into  a  strong, 
healthy  church.     . 

But  the  interior  beckoned.  One  man 
remained  on  the  coast  "to  hold  the 
ropes,"  while  Mr.  Fred  J.  Peters  and 
Mr.  Jarrett  in  1895  started  for  Cuzco, 
the  old  far-famed  Inca  capital.  It  was 
this  city  that  tried  their  metal.  It  is  a 
long,  hard  five  hundred  mile  ride  to 
Cuzco,  up  and  still  up,  winding  along 
bridle  paths  bordering  rocky  ravines  of 
dizzying  depth,  until  an  elevation  of 
11,500  feet  is  reached.  Beauty  of  val- 
ley and  peak  and  cloud  surround  this 
tomb  of  ancient  empire,  stories  of  whose 
quaint  civilization  nnd  golden  splendor 
still  cause  the  world  to  wonder.  Breezes 
of  delightful  invigoration  caress  it  yet, 
but  the  place  is  neither  pleasant  nor 
healthful.  Why?  Because  Spanish  con- 
querors of  the  long  ago  wiped  out  its 
glory  and  left  behind  a  constant  blight 
in  a  formal  religion.  Whatever  of  good 
the  Roman  Catholic  Church  may  have 


wrought  elsewhere,  none  can  claim  benef- 
icent results  from  its  sway  in  this  Inca 
city  where  the  public  practice  of  all  other 
religion  is  forbidden.  In  this  isolated 
spot,  all-powerful,  and  freed  from  civil- 
ization's restrain,  nearly  all  the  priests 
sank  in  sin  below  the  level  of  ordinary 
humanity — so  deep  the  degradation  that 
the  stories  are  told  in  whispers;  they 
were  also  almost  universally  lazy,  and  so 
dirty  that  scores  of  them  were  vermin-in- 
fested. As  monuments,  however,  to  cer- 
tain phases  of  Romish  activity,  there  are 
twenty-four  immense  church  buildings 
and  almost  as  many  more  monasteries 
and  convents. 

But  what  of  Cuzco  itself?    It  is  laid 
out  on  the  square  block  system,  the  streets 


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13 


arc  narrow,  cobble-paved  and  with  an 
open  drain  through  the  middle  or  on 
each  side,  into  which  little  drains  from 
each  bordering  adobe  house  empties  sew- 
age; sometimes  these  drains  become 
choked  with  debris,  and  then  the  street 
is  a  bog  of  unimaginable  filth  and  sick- 
ening odor.  The  inhabitants  number 
about  20,000,  of  whom  seventy-five  per 
cent,  are  Indians,  and  the  remaining 
twentj'^-five  per  cent.  Peruvians  and  a 
few  Germans,  French,  Italians,  English 
and  Americans. 

After  about  ten  days'  life  in  this  place, 
Mr.  Jarrett  was  stricken  with  the  small- 
pox— a  disease  not  quarantined  although 
frequent  outbreaks  greatly  decimate  the 
population.  There  was  only  Mr.  Peters 
to  nurse  the  sick  man,  for  the  priests  had 
commenced  a  crusade  against  the  "heret- 
ics," and  under  pain  of  excommunication 
forbade  intercourse  with  them,  and  also 
forbade  selling  them  food.  For  six  weeks 
denunciations,  daily  growing  more  bitter, 
were  heard  in  all  the  pulpits;  finally  a 
leading  friar,  addressing  an  audience  of 
some  2,000  persons,  said,  "it  would  be 
a  glory  to  God  and  a  blessing  to  the  city 
to  put  them  out  of  existence." 

These  words  were  heard  by  Mr. 
Peters  as  with  coat  collar  pulled  about 
his  ears  he  crouched  in  a  corner  of  the 
great  edifice.  He  understood.  So  also 
did  tlic  people,  who  acted  promptly. 

The  very  next  day  as  he  stood  in  his 
little  home  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town, 
his  sick  companion  tossing  in  the  delir- 
ium of  fever,  a  great  tumult  caused  him 
to  look  out  of  the  window.  A  shouting, 
hurrying  multitude,  with  sticks  and 
stones,  thronged  up  the  street,  surround- 
ed the  house,  and  pelted  it,  while  others 
made  ready  to  apply  the  torch  which 
should  burn  it  over  their  heads.  Death 
seemed  certain.  But  a  little  boy  who 
had  surreptitiously  sold  them  milk,  and 
who  knew  there  was  no  harm  in  them, 
had  heard  the  men  plan  their  diabolical 
plot  and  had  gone  to  the  chief  of  police 
and  told  him  all.  Fortunately  the  chief 
was  a  man  willing  to  do  his  duty;  he 
was  also  a  Liberal.  Thus  it  happened 
that  just  as  the  torch  was  about  to  be 
applied,  a  squadron  of  mounted  police 
dashed  into  their  midst,  scattering  the 


fanatics,  who  quickly  faded  out  of  sight. 
From  that  day  a  police  guard  was  con- 
stantly kept  over  Mr.  Peters  and  Mr. 
Jarrett. 

The  Catholic  prelates,  however,  tri- 
umphed, in  that  the  heretics  were  ex- 
pelled from  the  city,  the  prefect  in  the 
name  of  the  Peruvian  government  sign- 
ing the  command.  Only  twenty-four 
hours  were  given  in  which  to  make  prep- 
arations, and  not  even  a  physician's  cer- 
tificate as  to  the  danger  to  the  sick  man, 
or  a  petition  signed  by  some  six  hundred 
leading  Liberals  who  desired  that  they 
be  permitted  to  remain,  could  secure  a 
respite.  The  Spanish  consul,  himself  a 
Catholic  but  indignant  at  the  treatment 
accorded  inoffensive  Protestants,  procured 
two  horses  for  them.  This  was  all  that 
was  done  for  their  comfort  or  safety  on 
that  five  hundred  mile  journey. 

As  they  rode  out  of  the  city  in  sad- 
ness, all  the  bells  in  the  twenty-four 
churches  clanged  jubilantly;  while  in 
public  procession,  with  songs  and  chants, 
and  carrying  their  famous  black  idol  (the 
Lord  of  the  Earthquakes),  so  venerated 
that  it  is  usually  taken  out  only  once  a 
year,  Catholic  clergy  and  laity  to  the 
number  of  several  thousand  wound  tri- 
umphantly through  the  streets. 

Nineteen  days  the  two  men  were  in 
the  saddle ;  sometimes  two  days  at  a  time 
without  food,  and  at  all  times  with  only 
such  sparing  quantities  as  they  were  able 
to  beg  of  friendly  Indians.  Sometimes 
they  were  at  an  altitude  of  16,000  to 
17,000  feet,  riding  through  snow  and 
hail,  and  shivering  miserably  as  the  wind 
pierced  their  wet  summer  garments; 
sometimes  wet  and  cold  they  slept  in  par- 
tially sheltered  nooks ;  at  other  times  they 
plunged  10,000  feet  down  steep  declivi- 
ties into  "pockets,"  hot  as  ovens,  and 
swarming  with  mosquitoes,  sand  flies  and 
scorpions;  they  crossed  canons  100  and 
more  feet  deep  and  as  many  wide  on 
wickerwork  bridges,  the  frail  structures 
sinking  into  a  crescent  with  their  weight 
and  swaying  with  every  motion  of  their 
body — once  one  of  the  horses  broke 
through  with  one  leg  and  it  was  with 
great  difficulty  and  peril  that  he  was  ex- 
tricated. But  all  dangers  were  safely 
passed.     And  when  they  reached  Lima 


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MISSIONS 


their  case  was  presented  to  the  Peruvian 
Government,  which  paid  them  an  indem- 
nity for  their  sufferings  and  the  outrage 
inflicted ;  the  prefect  who  allowed  him- 
self to  be  the  tool  of  the  priestly  party 
was  also  reprimanded.  The  Liberals 
through  the  newspapers  gave  publicity  to 
the  incident,  and  by  the  indignation 
aroused  secured  increased  religious  lib- 
erty for  all. 

A  second  attempt  was  later  made  to 
preach  in  Cuzco;  but  after  about  seven 
months  was  abandoned,  because  of  the  op- 
position which  amounted  to  persecution. 

Mr.  Peters  meantime  returned  to  Eni;- 
land  and  learned  photography,  for  he 
had  ascertained  that  business  was  always 
protected.  Therefore  the  third  attempt 
to  enter  Cuzco  was  as  business  men.  The 
studio  and  store  which  was  opened  in 
1899  won  both  friends  and  business.    In 


about  a  year  a  few  friends  were  invited 
to  a  gospel  meeting,  since  which  time 
meetings  have  been  held  uninterrupted- 
ly; there  is  now  a  strong  church  of  splen- 
did men  and  women  Avho  have  borne  bit- 
ter persecution  gladly.  As  for  Mr.  Peters 
himself,  his  conduct  was  so  exemplary 
that  he  won  the  esteem  of  the  city  and 
was  elected  alderman  of  Cuzco,  in  the 
voting  running  far  ahead  of  prominent 
Catholics.  Four  years  he  served  them  in 
public  capacities. 

To  educate  his  children,  he  was  forced 
to  leave  Peru,  reaching  the  United  States 
in  1907.  But  the  call  of  God  to  serve 
Spanish-speaking  peoples  has  come  again, 
and  in  December.  1909.  Mr.  Peters  ac- 
cepted service  under  the  American  Bap- 
tist Home  Mission  Society,  and  has  gone 
to  Cuba  to  start  an  industrial  work  in 
connection  with  the  El  Cristo  Sdiools. 


MISSIONS 


A  Million  for  Industrie-Educational  Work 

THE   EDUCATIONAl.  WORK  THAT   INDIA  WANTS  TO-DAY 

By  Rev.  W.  H.  Hollister,  of  Mysore 


E  great  famines  and  "peri- 
ods of  scarcity"  that  have 
afflicted  vast  areas  in  India 
during    recent    years    have 
broueht  the  dawn  of  a  new 
era    in    educational    work. 
The  trend  of  thought  until 
very  recently  among  educa- 
tiooists  and  in  mission  circles  has  been 
ttroo^y  in  favor  of  confining  the  scope 
of  education  for  the  great  masses  to  the 
"three  R's."     Many  have  failed  to  real- 
ize that  this,  good  as  far  as  it  goes  and 
aU-important,  is  not  the  education  that 
will  grip  broadly  the  masses.    Instruction 
in  all  ^at  indicates  the  nobility  of  labor 
with  the  hands  and  develops  the  good 
geme  needful  to  make  that  labor  not  only 
profitable  but  desirable,  has  more  vital 
amncctton  with  India's  uplift  than  many 
realize. 

It  19  well  to  have  thus  forced  upon  us 
consideration  of  the  problem  of  combin- 
ing ordinary  educational  work  with 
training  in  such  industries  as  farms,  gar- 
dens and  work  shops  make  essential.  Such 
combination  of  instruction  may  fitting- 
ly be  designated  Jnduitrio-Educational 
Work. 


Let  us  glance  at  the  conditions  calling 
for  revision  of  our  methods  of  training. 
The  boys  and  girls  of  India  come  into 
the  world  with  normal  mental  powers. 
It  is  pleasing  to  note  their  development 
in  early  years.  They  imitate  their  elders 
in  household  duties;  in  the  care  of  flocks 
and  herds ;  in  farm  work  or  in  the  marts 
of  trade  as  aptly  and  successfully  as  do 
children  in  England  or  America.  For  a 
dozen  or  more  years  their  minds  unfold 
beautifully  and  naturally  in  the  great 
kindergarten  school  of  real  life.  Not  all 
days  afford  new  lessons.  There  is  much 
of  repetition  for  daily  life  in  the  house- 
hold and  much  that  goes  to  make  up  the 
old  patriarchal  type  of  rural  and  city  life 
is  simple  and  narrow  in  its  scope. 

At  twelve  or  thirteen  jears  of  age  the 
average  child  has  graduated  in  the  school 
of  its  environments.  The  sheep,  oxen 
and  poultry  have  no  new  lessons  to  teach 
them,  for  they  are  of  meek  and  quiet  dis- 
position and  there  is  no  struggle  in  their 

The  plough  that  the  descendants  of 
Abraham  and  Herodotus  used  is  still 
their  stand-by  and  its  repair,  or  renewal, 
from  a  tree  branch  is  a  simple  problem. 


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MISSIONS 


The  sickle  produced  by  the  village  black- 
smith from  an  old  file,  or  other  scrap  of 
steel,  never  presents  the  difficulty  of  a 
loose  nut  or  a  broken  pinion  to  tax  men- 
tal and  physical  resources.  The  thresh- 
ing of  grain  by  the  old,  old  process  of 
trampling  with  oxen  on  the  threshing 
floor  has  no  charm  or  power  to  awaken 
into  activity  the  constructive  talent  lying 
dormant  in. the  youthful  mind.  The  les- 
son of  lifting  grain  to  a  higher  platform 
or  awaiting  a  stronger  breeze  to  blow  the 
chaff  from  the  falling  grain  is  simplicity 
itself  when  compared  with  a  modern  fan- 
ning mill.  The  narrow  scope  of  village 
life  brings  the  boy  or  girl  of  thirteen  to 
a  point  where  little  can  be  learned  of  the 
things  which  brighten  and  ennoble  life. 
Then  comes,  if  it  has  not  already  begun, 
the  period  of  struggle  for  existence;  for 
the  girl  the  agonies  and  crosses  of  moth- 
erhood or  the  still  more  terrible  trials  of 
widowhood.  For  the  youth  there  may  be 
better  toil  in  practical  bondage  to  others 
or  a  no  less  burdensome  and  profitless  life 
on  lines  of  his  own  choosing.  The  pre- 
maturely aged  at  fifty  have  the  mental 
structure  of  the  child  of  thirteen,  except 
there  be  added  the  knowledge  of  evil,  of 
the  bitterness  of  defeat  or  the  still  more 
blighting  knowledge  growing  out  of  suc- 
cess in  intrigue,  treachery,  deceit  and  dis- 
honesty. I  write  not  of  all  but  of  multi- 
tudes; not  of  those  who  rise  to  the  top 
or  those  who  help  make  and  then  fail  to 
enforce  good  laws,  but  those  to  whom 
Longfellow's  phrase  "dumb  driven  cat- 
tle" very  aptly  applies. 

We  are  learning  to  bear  in  mind  that 
what  will  uplift  these  depressed  masses 
will  elevate  all  above  them.  Is  there  a 
method  of  education  that  will  lay  hold  of 
them  and  lift  with  a  force  they  cannot 
comprehend  but  will  nevertheless  wel- 
come ?  They  hunger  for  material  better- 
ment. They  greatly  need  the  uplift  of 
new  emotions  from  within,  for  in  a  true 
sense  they  must  work  out  their  own  sal- 
vation, but  these  new  aspirations  must  be 
from  seeds  of  our  planting.  How  have 
these  masses  gjained  knowledge?  Mainly 
by  seeing  things  done  and  imitating  the 
doer  of  them. 

The  farmer,  the  carpenter,  shoemaker, 
blacksmith,  tailor,  etc.,  never  teach  their 


craft  or  art  as  we  understand  teaching. 
''Do  as  I  do"  is  the  sum  and  substance  of 
their  instruction.  Has  the  church  set  for 
its  missionaries  the  task  of  educating  the 
people  of  India  by  the  thousand  only? 
Or  is  its  aim  to  educate  the  millions  in 
the  things  that  make  for  noble  and  right 
living?  If  this  last,  we  must  wisely 
combine  the  education  they  want  and 
that  grips  them  with  that  which  is  taken 
with  more  or  less  doubts  and  fears  as  to 
its  inherent  worth.  The  plowman  will 
walk  miles  to  see  a  better  plough  and 
that  plough  will  grip  him  with  hooks  of 
steel.  The  secret  that  makes  a  field  of 
grain  far  better  than  his,  he  will  hunger 
for  and  go  far  to  learn.  The  man  that 
will  tell  him  how  to  feed  himself  with 
less  of  agonizing  toil  is  the  man  he  wants 
to  meet  and  sit  down  and  talk  with  as 
friend  with  friend.  The  Christians  of 
India  must  be  taught  and  thus  be  enabled 
to  teach  others  the  things  for  which  the 
masses  of  India  hunger;  or  for  which 
they  will  hunger  as  soon  as  their  dormant 
faculties  are  given  a  glimpse  of  its  bene- 
ficial influence.  In  Kolar  our  work  seems 
to  center  in  industrio-educational  work. 
We  believe  it  one  of  the  best  means  of 
reaching  and  uplifting  the  masses,  fit 
them  for,  and  pave  the  way  for  really 
successful  lives.  We  are  teaching  stu- 
dents not  only  the  knowledge  gleaned 
from  books,  but  also  how  to  plough,  sow 
and  reap;  how  to  work  in  wood,  stone 
and  iron ;  how  to  carve  out  by  their  own 
efforts  life's  best,  sweetest,  brightest  pos- 
sibilities for  themselves  and  others.  This 
is  the  hardest  kind  of  educational  work. 
It  combines  the  difficulties  of  the  average 
school  room  with  all  those  of  shop  and 
farm.  But  it  pays,  for  it  lifts  broadly 
and  mightily.  It  not  only  lifts  from  the 
bottom  up  but  its  magnetic  influence 
grips  powerfully  all  classes.  There  is 
now  a  new  India  and  an  old  India.  Old 
India  still  sleeps.  The  new  India,  many 
millions  strong,  is  younir,  powerful  and 
wide  awake.  In  a  whole-hearted  way 
and  with  intensity  of  purpose  it  seeks 
those  things  that  make  for  the  betterment 
of  all.  It  is  the  new  India  that  wants 
industrio-educational  work  and  will  make 
it  a  power  hitherto  unrecognized  except 
as  seen  dimly  by  a  few. 


MISSIONS 


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I  greatly  desire  the  attention  of  men 
of  means  whose  business  instinct  quickly 
discerns  the  logic  of  current  events  and 
who  act  promptly  and  to  the  point.  No 
less  do  I  desire  the  ear  of  young  men  of 
great  diversity  of  gifts;  laymen  or  clergy- 
men with  an  instinct  for  mechanical 
work;  for  the  details  of  large  business 
enterprise  and  so  filled  with  love  for  In- 
dia that  they  will  dedicate  their  lives  to 
its  redemption  in  this  line  of  work. 
There  are  times  when  it  is  more  im- 
portant to  teach  how  to  plough,  sow  and 
reap,  how  to  forge  steel  or  make  a  chair, 
than  to  teach  multiplication  tables. 

I  cannot  get  away  from  the  conviction 
that  God  is  calling  me  to  ask  the  busi- 
ness men  of  England  and  America  to 
raise  a  fund  of  one  million  dollars  for 
Industrio-Educational  work  in  India. 

It  is  perhaps  incumbent  on  me  at  this 
juncture  to  suggest  this  million  dollar 
fund  may  well  be  interdenominational.  It 
should  be  administered  by  a  strong  Board 
or  Q)mmission  composed  of  representa- 
tives of  such  societies  as  give  promise 
of  doing  effective  work.  A  careful  study 
should  be  made  of  the  whole  field  with 
an  eye  to  present  and  future  needs. 

I  plead  that  it  should  be  borne  in  mind 
constantly  that  the  work  is  first,  last  and 
always  educational.  This  should  be  so 
emphasized  as  to  debar  all  thought  of 
commercialism  just  as  definitely  as  does 
the  training  of  the  school  systems  of 
any  country.  At  the  same  time,  in  the 
methods  of  training,  the  material  worth, 
as  represented  by  the  cash  value  of  the 
work  accomplished,  should  be  kept  in 
mind  so  persistently  as  to  correct  the  all 
too  prevalent  trend  of  thought  that  keeps 
the  eye  on  what  is  received  for  service 
rather  than  the  fair  equation  of  service 
rendered  for  the  wages  received.  In  all 
this  my  eye  is  fixed  on  the  practical  value 
in  building  up  character  and  instilling  all 
that  makes  up  a  full,  rounded  manhood 
through  the  process  of  thousands  of  boys 
and  girls,  young  men  and  young  women 
working  their  way  as  far  as  possible 
through  school  and  developing  their  own 
as  well  as  the  nation's  latent  resources. 
Because  India's  people  are  a  pastoral  peo- 
ple it  will  be  important  that  every  in- 
dustrio-cducational   center   should   have 


more  or  less  extensive  gardens,  orchards 
and  farms  where  the  latest  and  best  of 
knowledge  bearing  on  these  lines  can  be 
taught.  Improved  methods  of  fertiliza- 
tion of  worn  out  or  heavily  cropped  soil 
and  of  irrigation  are  two  fundamental 
needs  of  India  to-day. 

Each  industrio  -  educational  center 
should  also  have  workshops  in  which 
both  primary  and  advanced  training 
should  be  given  in  the  trades  and  me- 
chanical arts  which  the  need  of  the  local- 
ity may  make  advisable. 

The  time  is  ripe  for  large  plans.  Mis- 
sionaries have  been  learning  by  many  and 
varied  experiences  what  to  do  and  what 
not  to  do.  The  latter  lesson  is  no  less 
important  than  the  former.  We  need 
$1,000,000  to  lift  our  work  on  this  line 
out  of  its  experimental  stage  and  make 
the  effort  worthy  of  the  intense,  far-see- 
ing, cosmopolitan  methods  of  churches 
that  hold  an  abundance  of  wealth  and 
have  trained  some  of  the  greatest  minds 
and  set  in  motion  some  of  the  most  po- 
tent forces  of  the  world's  history. 

I  believe  this  million  could  be  so  ex- 
pended that  government  would  duplicate 
the  expenditure.  That  would  ensure  a 
great  work. 

Does  some  one  say  this  is  asking  over- 
much for  one  phase  of  the  work  ?  I  sub- 
mit it  is  not  for  one  phase  of  the  work 
but  a  corrective  agency  or  influence  for 
the  life-flood  that  flows  through  all  de- 
partments of  the  work.  Do  this  and  all 
else  will  be  easier  and  better.  Is  this  ap- 
peal premature?  Then  is  the  Laymen's 
Movement  premature!  I  am  persuaded 
laymen  are  ready  to  respond  to  this  ap- 
peal if  we  in  the  mission  field  widely  en- 
dorse the  plan. 

MISSIONARY  BAWDEN's  ENDORSEMENT 

Rev.  S.  D.  Bawden,  our  industrial 
superintendent  in  Ongole,  who  has  been 
prosecuting  this  work  with  vigor  and 
success,  writes  in  endorsement  of  the 
general  plan.  He  says:  "Mr.  HoUister 
is  the  missionary  in  charge  of  the  Kolar 
Normal  and  Training  Institute,  and  has 
for  a  good  many  years  been  working  at 
the  problem  of  industrial  education  here 
in  India.  His  suggestion  of  $1,000,000 
for  industrial  education  souuds  UVft  v^tor. 


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MISSIONS 


of  the  letters  I  have  already  written  in 
regard  to  our  work;  for  the  work  is  one 
whether  it  be  done  by  the  Methodists  in 
Kolar  or  by  the  Baptists  in  Ongole,  and 
his  suggestion  of  a  united  effort  along  the 
line  of  industrial  education  for  the  sake 
of  the  uplift  of  the  people  of  India  is 
one  that  appeals  to  me  very  strongly. 
The  thing  that  I  am  most  anxious  to  do 
is  to  6nd  just  what  we  ought  to  do  in 


order  that  I  may  be  able  to  say  to  the 
people  at  home  that  we  have  a  plan  that 
is  feasible,  and  workable,  and  sensible, 
and  then  I  feel  sure  that  they  will  be 
ready  to  support  It  for  the  sake  of  the 
Master  and  for  the  sake  of  the  people  of 
India.  I  am  hopeful  that  our  new  In- 
dustrial Missionary  Association  may  be 
a  help  in  securing  such  an  agency  for  the 
advancement  of  the  work. 


A  Model  Village  Church 

By  Rev.  Frank  Kurtz,  Madira,  South  India 


AVING    had  to  look  after 
the    station    of   a   brother 
missionary  while  he  was  on 
furlough,  and  then  to  build 
a  bungalow  in  my  own  sta- 
tion, two  years  had  passed 
since  I  had  last  seen  the  vil- 
lage.     Meanwhile    cholera 
had  visited  the  place  and  a  number  of  the 
Christians    had    died.      Still    worse,    a 
heathen  priest  had  taken  advantage  of 
the  general  fear  and  led  astray  several, 
and  some  of  these  had  been  excluded. 
There  had  also  been  frequent  quarrels 
and  the  pastor  himself  had  been  under 
discipline  and  had  finally  left  the  village. 
His  son,  who  had  built  up  a  good  school, 
had  also  left  for  the  Training  School  in 
Bapatla.    The  new  teacher  who  was  sent 
to  take  his  place  left  for  pastures  new 
after  only  a  brief  stay.     Under  the  cir- 
cumstances,  the  missionary  approaching 
this  village  did  not  have  very  high  antic- 
ipations.    In  fact,  it  seemed  to  resemble 
quite  closely  some  of  the  churches  about 
which  Paul  writes  in  Corinthians. 

On  arrival  I  was  much  surprised  to 
find  the  chapel  schoolhouse  in  excellent 
repair  and  giving  evidence  of  a  recent 
coat  of  whitewash.  In  another  village 
not  far  away,  the  chapel  built  at  the  same 
time  had  been  allowed  to  fall  into  ruins. 
Here  an  English-speaking  teacher  was 
at  work  trjing  to  reorganize  the  school, 
^    and  already  a  number  of  the  caste  boys 


were  attending  to  learn  English.  The 
chapel  is  located  in  a  little  compound  by 
itself  between  the  Christian  hamlet  and 
the  caste  part  of  the  village.  The  vil- 
lagers were  all  speaking  of  the  "ish- 
school,"  as  the  Telugus  call  it.  At  the 
service  on  Sunday  the  chapel  was  well 
filled,  and  if  all  the  hamlet  had  been 
Christian  it  would  not  have  been  large 
enough  to  hold  them. 

At  the  close  of  the  service  we  found 
there  were  some  candidates  for  baptism. 
Four  of  these  came  from  a  nearby 
heathen  hamlet.  The  elders  of  the 
church  had  brought  them  and  also  sev- 
eral women  from  their  own  community. 
After  the  baptisms  the  church  assembled 
again  in  the  evening  for  the  communion. 

On  Monday,  among  the  many  things 
needing  adjustment  we  found  that  a  vil- 
lage oflicial  was  encroaching  upon  the 
Christians'  cemetery  and  trying  to  plow 
a  part  of  it  up  for  a  rice  field.  After 
considerable  effort  and  much  talking  an 
arrangement  was  made  suiting  both  par- 
ties. The  church  is  very  far  from  being 
an  ideal  one,  but  it  is  a  model  church  in 
that  it  is  alive  and  working  amidst  such 
adverse  circumstances.  In  many  respects 
it  would  be  more  gratifying  to  see  a 
church  whose  pastor  was  always  faith- 
ful, and  the  people  pious,  hut  it  is  rather 
the  church  described  above  that  gives 
promise  of  the  conquest  of  India  for 
Christ 


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Vacation  Bible  Schools 

By  Rev.  E.  A.  Harrar 

CHAIRMAN  OF  COMMITTEE  CONDUCTING  THE    PHILADELPHIA   WORK 


THE    church    fully 
aroused  to  the 
need    of    interesting, 
winning   and   holding 
the  boys  and  girls  in 
the   Bible  school   and 
for  the  church,  is  ready 
to    hail    with    delight 
any  legitimate  and    practical    movement 
which  ministers  to  this  end.     Such  an 
agency,  which  has  made  its  appearance  in 
the  past  few  years  and  is  rapidly  spread- 
ing  through  our   great   cities   is   "The 
Daily  Vacation  Bible  School."    As  the 
name  would   indicate,  they  are  opened 
in  vacation  time,  in  the  months  of  July 
and  August,  for  six  weeks,  five  days  a 
week,  9  to  11.30  A.  M.  each  day. 

A    DISTINCTION 

A  sharp  distinction  must  be  drawn  be- 
tween the  vacation  Bible  school  and  the 
summer  schools  which  are  conducted  in 
public  school  yards,  and  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Education,  or  other 
such  agencies.  These  do  provide  the 
children  with  amusement  and  industrial 
instruction,  but  they  bar  out  that  which. 


in  the  judgment  of  the  advocates  of  the 
other  type  of  school,  is  the  essential 
thing,  the  use  of  the  Bible,  and  religious 
(not  sectarian)  and  moral  instruction. 
There  is  no  place  in  the  public  school  for 
such  instruction,  and  with  the  wide  dif- 
fusion of  literature  calculated  to  dull  the 
sense  of  God  and  blight  the  developing 
character,  a  few  minutes  once  a  week  in 
the  Sunday  school  arc  not  sufficient  to 
implant  that  seed  which  brings  a  harvest 
of  righteousness.  Therefore  we  believe 
there  is  an  unparalleled  opportunity  for 
the  church  to  devote  six  weeks  every 
summer  to  this  work.  The  boys  and 
girls  in  China  and  India,  on  the  frontier, 
and  in  the  slums  need  our  money  and  our 
effort,  but  not  to  the  utter  neglect  of  our 
own  boys  and  girls.  It  is  the  church's  op- 
portunity to  win  their  admiration,  their 
love,  their  cooperation.  The  church  is 
the  rightful  and  only  agency  that  can 
conduct  a  vacation  Bible  school. 

OBJECTS  DIRECTLY  ACCOMPLISHED 

/.     In  the  lives  of  the  Children : 

1.     For  a  period  every  day  they  arc 
taken  from  the  baneful  influences  of  the 


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street  and  kept  in  contact  with  those 
whose  lives  are  dean,  helpful,  and  inspir- 
ing. 

2.  Truth  is  pcrmanentl}'  embedded 
in  their  memory  and  heart  by  means  of 
song,  prayer,  Bible  and  verse,  and  simple 
talks. 

5.  They  are  encouraged  to  be  indus- 
trious, using  spare  moments  in  making 
from  inexpensive  material  little  trinkets 
for  ornamentation,  or  articles  of  useful- 

4.  They  are  taught  by  precept  and 
example  habits  of  cleanliness  of  person, 
dress,  and  speech. 

5.  They  are  taught  new,  helpful 
games,  and  in  these  games — in  fact, 
throughout  the  day,  at  work  or  play — 
how  to  remember  and  exercise  the 
Golden  Rule. 

6.  They  arc  taught  the  lesson  in  a 
language  which  cannot  be  disputed  that 
the  church  of  the  Lord  Jesus  is  their  best 
friend;  that  she  does  not  exist  for  her- 
self, but  for  others;  that  she  receives  but 
to  pass  on  as  a  faithful  servant. 


//.     In  the  lives  of  the  Parents: 

1.  The  busy  mother  is  relieved  of 
anxiety  as  to  the  safety  of  the  children, 
and  when  they  return  to  her  she  becomes 
a  sharer  in  the  good  cheer  of  the  morn- 
ing. For  example,  in  one  of  the  sdmols 
the  opening  song  every  morning  was,  "I 
am  so  glad  that  Jesus  loves  me."  The 
children  went  home  to  sing  that  song, 
and  to  have  scores  of  mothers  join  in 
singing  until  throughout  the  town  it 
could  be  heard  day  after  day. 

3.  It  engenders  a  spirit  of  good-will 
toward  the  church  conducting  the  work. 
It  has  opened  many  a  closed  door  and 
established  a  bond  of  fellowship  and 
been  the  instrument  of  leading  parents  to 
Christ.  Scores  of  lapsed  Christians,  too, 
have  been  won  back  to  the  church,  and 
the  whole  church  fired  with  missionary 
zeal. 

///.     It)  the  lives  of  the  Workers: 

1.  These  are  usually  young  Chris- 
tians, and  there  is  no  better  place  to 
practise  the  graces  which  come  with  the 


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new  birth  than  in  these  schools.  Patience, 
good  humor,  wisdom,  gentleness,  love. 
The  fact  of  standing  as  examples  of 
Christianity  before  the  children  and  the 
consciousness  that  Jesus  will  be  exalted 
or  dishonored,  as  the  worker  succeeds  or 
fails  in  presenting  him  aright,  will  gird 
the  life  of  every  worthy  worker  with 
watchfulness  over  word  and  action,  and 
will  do  much  in  fixing  a  beautiful  char- 
acter. 

2.  It  gives  opportunity  for  the  study 
of  boys  and  girls  at  close  range,  and  at  a 
time  when  they  are  not  under  the  restric- 
tions which  seem  to  prevail  on  Sunday 
in  the  Bible  school,  or  in  the  ordinary  day 
school;  and  thus  the  worker  becomes  bet- 
ter prepared  to  deal  with  the  child  as 
a  tcadier  in  the  Bible  school. 

3.  It  brings  out  what  is  in  the  work- 
er in  the  way  of  tact,  ingenuity,  adapta- 
bility, and  talents,  thus  helping  many 
young  people  to  find  themselves. 

In  Inicf,  an  aroused  community  whose 
doon  arc  wide  open  to  the  pastor  of  the 
church  and  his  helpers. 

An  enlarged  Bible  school ;  in  one  case 
from  an  average  attendance  of  165  to 
277  in  four  years,  and  in  every  case  ad- 
ditions in  proportion  to  the  follow-up 
work. 


An  awakened  church  membership. 

THE     METHOD 

/.  Workers.  At  the  head  of  each 
school  is  a  young  man  studying  for  the 
ministry,  who  receives  $100  for  eight 
weeks'  work.  ( In  the  Philadelphia 
schools,  Crozer  men  have  been  used  and 
President  Milton  G.  Evans  has  paid  one- 
half  of  the  above  amount).  His  first 
helper  is  one  acquainted  with  kindergar- 
ten work.  Then  as  many  volunteer  help- 
ers as  the  church  can  provide.  Thus 
binding  the  local  church  closely  to  the 
work.  The  student  goes  on  the  field  one 
week  before  tlie  scliool  opens,  visits  the 
neighborhood,  trains  his  helpers,  etc.  At 
the  expiration  of  the  six  weeks'  school, 
he  visits  every  home  from  which  the  chil- 
dren hxve  come  and  on  the  back  of  the 
child's  registration  card  makes  a  note  of 
such  information  as  will  help  the  pastor 
in  future  work. 

//,  Daily  Program.  Opening  at  9 
o'clock,  the  first  thirty-five  minutes  are 
spent  in  a  gospel  service,  singing  gospel 
songs  committed  to  memory,  reciting 
passages  of  Scripture,  prayer  and  Bible 

Following  this,  a  work  period,  when 
they  are  taught  all  forms  of  kindergarten 


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work,  reed  and  replica  work,  basketry, 
hammock  making,  sewing,  knitting,  hem- 
stitching, etc.  Then  follows  a  play 
period.  The  closing  exercise  consists  in 
a  review  of  a  part  of  the  opening  exer- 
cise. 

///.  Tke  Cost.  For  a  school  of  200 
the  entire  cost  including  salaries,  is  about 
$160.  The  entire  cost  per  child  averaged 
57  cents  and  ten  nationalities  were 
reached. 

All  material  and  industrial  instruction 
books  can  be  had  of  Milton  Brady  Com- 
pany, 1209  Arch  Street,  Philadelphia. 
Catalogue  on  application.  Song  books, 
Bible  story  books,  etc.,  at  American  Bap- 
tist Publication  Society,  1701  Chestnut 
Street,  Philadelphia, 


THE   WORK    IS    BAPTIST   CHUKCHE5    IN    PBIU- 
DELFHIA,    SEASON    1910 

Conducted  under  auspices  of  the  B.  Y. 
P.  U.: 

Number  of  schools 14 

Boys  enrolled  1,399 

Girls    2^      3,436 

Total  attendance,  30  days 42,358 

Homes  visited  1,559 

Workers:   Paid 29 

Volunteers    160        189 

Attending  two-thirds  of  the  time  of  en- 
rolment,   and    given    a    free    outing,    18 

From  eight  to  twenty  hymns  were 
committed  to  memory,  besides  thirty 
passages  of  Scripture  by  all  the  children 
and  over  2,000  additional  passages  in  the 
various   schools. 


THIS  WORK  IS  DONE  IN  NEW  YORK,  AND  SHOULD    BE 
DONE  IN  EVERY  CITY  AND  TOWN  THE  COUNTRY  OVER 


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A  Day  With  "Glad  Tidings" 

By  Sophie  Bronson  Titterington 


the  heart  of  the  Big  Horn 
3asir,   Wyoming,   lies   the 
ittlc   town  of   Powell,   the 
leadquarters  of  the  govern- 
ncnt's  great  Shoshone  irri- 
3tion  project.    In  every  di- 
ection   from   the   town   lie 
tertile  fields,  young  orchards 
and  the  beginnings  of  many  homes.  The 
refreshing  green  of  the  cultivated  lands 
is  a  vivid  contrast  to  the  dun  gray  of  the 
surrounding  desert.  No  matter  in  what 
direction   the   eye    may    turn,    majestic 
mountains,    the    loftiest    peaks   crowned 
widi  perpetual  snow,  range  upon  range, 
meet  the  vision.    They  form  a  gigantic 
barrier,  guarding  the  broad  Basin  from 
the  unbroken  force  of  the  winter  tem- 
pests.    To  a  reverent  heart,   they  sug- 
gest the  words  of  Holy  Writ:  "As  the 
mountains  are  roundabout  Jerusalem,  so 
the  Lord  is  roundabout  His  people,  from 
henceforth  and  even  forever." 

Sidetracked  in  the  little  town  on  that 
memorable  Sunday,  stood  the  beautiful 
chapel  car  "Glad  Tidings."  For  nearly 
four  weeks  it  had  been  a  center  of 
blessed  influences.  Not  only  had  souls 
been  won  for  the  Master,  but  scattered 
Baptists,  newcomers  to  this  land  of  op- 
portunity, had  found  within  it  a  holy 
reminder  of  old  church  homes  and  their 


associations.  This  Sabbath  day  had  been 
set  apart  for  gathering  results  and  or- 
ganizing a  Baptist  church,  which  should 
include  in  its  membership  all  the  Bap- 
tists on  the  Shoshone  project. 

It  was  a  beautiful,  ideal  midsummer 
Sunday,  seeming  to  have  been  vouchsafed 
for  this  gathering  of  the  Baptist  clans. 
From  far  and  near  they  came,  and  at 
the  morning  service  the  car  was  crowd- 
ed. The  workers  whom  God  had  used 
so  blessedly — Rev.  and  Mrs.  Eugene  A, 
Spear,  in  charge  of  the  car,  and  Rev.  H, 
B.  Foskett,  pastor- a t-large  for  Northern 
Wyoming, — -were  fairly  radiant  with  the 
joy  of  this  harvest  time.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Spear  voiced  the  swelling  emotions  in 
uplifting  song,  or  led  the  jubilant  chorus 
of  the  congregation  in  the  sweet  old 
gospel  hymns.  Flowers,  rare  indeed  in 
the  new  land,  crowned  the  organ,  and 
the  very  atmosphere  proclaimed  the  occa- 
sion a  sacred  festival. 

A  strong,  grand  sermon  by  the  pas- 
tor-missionary struck  a  lofty  keynote  for 
the  new  organization.  A  basket  dinner 
provided  an  opportunity  for  happy. 
Christian  sociability,  and  made  those 
who  had  been  strangers,  brethren  and 
sisters  beloved.  In  the  early  afternoon 
followed  the  formal  organization  service. 
Fifty   names  were  enrolled   as   charter 


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members  of  the  new  pioneer  organiza- 
tion, which  bears  the  name  of  the  Pow- 
ell Valley  Baptist  Church.  All  ages 
were  represented,  A  strong  band  of  stal- 
wart young  men,  and  intelligent,  enter- 
prising men  and  women,  beside  a  hope- 
ful contingent  from  among  the  boys  and 
girls,  form  an  almost  ideal  combination 
for  future  growth  and  power. 

The  crowning  event  of  the  day  was 
the  baptismal  service.  The  baptistry  was 
the  wild,  beautiful  Shoshone  River,  prob- 
ably the  first  time  its  waters  were  ever 
used  for  this  impressive,  symbolic  rite. 
In  its  hurrying  course  from  its  moun- 
tain source  to  the  thirsty,  waiting  plains 
below,  it  found  time  to  linger  in  a  shel- 
tered spot,  spreading  into  a  quiet  pool, 
overhung  by  great  trees.  A  drive  of 
three  miles  and  a  walk  of  a  mile  and  a 
half  brought  the  assembly  to  a  beautiful 
beach  with  rapids  below  as  the  river  hur- 
ried on  its  beneficent  mission.  The  over- 
hanging trees  formed  a  green  background 
to  the  scene ;  curtains  were  stretched  for 
dressing  rooms,  and  the  assembled  com- 
pany numbered  not  less  than  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty.  Seven  candidates  await- 
ed the  ordinance,  and  as  the  evangelist 
led  them  into  the  rippling  waters,  and 
laid  them  beneath  the  waves,  the  hearts 
of  parents  and  friends  were  thrilled  with 


a  solemn  joy.  Those  who  had  prayed 
with  aching  hearts  that  the  salvation  of 
God  might  come  to  this  new  land,  where 
the  forces  of  evil  had  so  intrenched 
themselves,  felt  almost  like  Simeon  of 
old.  One  of  the  privileged  ones  who 
this  day  put  on  Christ  by  baptism  was  a 
woman  who  for  years  had  denied  her- 
self this  privilege  because  her  husband 
ridiculed  and  opposed  her  in  making  a 
profession  of  her  faith.  To  her,  this 
scene  seemed  like  that  where  our  Sa- 
viour was  baptized,  and  certainly  the 
topography  of  the  land  was  similar,  and 
the  rushing  waters  no  less  swift.  Two 
young  women  were  from  homes  where 
the  parents  are  not  Christians,  and  their 
hearts  were  filled  with  longing  to  win 
the  parents  to  this  new  and  wonderful 
joy  they  had  recently  experienced.  There 
were  a  brother  and  sister  who  had  been 
believers  for  some  time,  but  had  never 
before  had  the  opportunity  to  confess 
Christ;  the  mother  an  earnest  Christian, 
the  father  on  the  shore,  making  light  of 
the  scene.  Another  brother  and  sister, 
the  latter  with  a  peculiar  joy  shining  out 
through  her  face,  this  being  the  first  time 
she  had  ever  witnessed  a  baptism,  went 
forward.  There  was  also  a  young  lad 
whose  natural  fear  of  the  water  had  kept 
him  back  until  that  morning  from  offer- 


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ing  himself  as  a  candidate.  As  he  rose 
from  the  liquid  grave,  he  said  to  the 
evangelist,  "I  feel  so  much  better,  1 
know  He  will  help  me." 

A  prayer  of  thanksgiving  to  the  Mas- 
ter who  had  made  this  scene  possible,  and 
the  song,  "Shall  we  gather  at  the  Riv- 
er?" sung  from  full  hearts,  many  shed- 
ding tears  of  joy,  closed  the  scenes  of 
this  impressive  and  wonderful  day. 

At  the  evening  service  in  the  car,  a 
young  man  who  had  been  especially  help- 
ful at  the  services  at  the  river,  and  who 
had  been  converted  during  the  preceding 


week,  rose,  and  in  a  tone  of  deep  earnest- 
ness said: 

"I  want  to  tell  you  that  if  you  bap- 
tize again  before  you  leave,  1  am  ready. 
I  ought  to  have  told  you  so  this  morn- 
ing, and  when  the  other  boys  were  being 
baptized,  I  felt  heart-sick  that  I  was 
not  one  of  the  number." 

Thus  we  have  pictured  one  day  in 
the  work  of  one  chapel  car  in  the  fron- 
tier country.  Can  any  one  measure 
the  good  that  eternity  will  reveal  as  ac- 
complished through  this  single  agency  of 
evangelization  ? 


Evangelism  in  Connecticut 

By  Rev.  Clifton  K.  Flanders,  State  Evangelist 


very     many     people    the 
work  of  an  evangelist  sug- 
gests but  one  thing,  namely, 
the    salvation    of    sinners. 
But  to  the  Baptists  of  Con- 
necticut,  whose   ears  have 
been     accustomed     to     the 
word  evangelism  and  whose 
hearts  have  ever  been  open  to  its  gracious 
influences,  the  idea  of  a  revival  of   re- 
ligion is  as  broadly  comprehensive  as  the 
ancient  festivals  of  the  Hebrew  people, 
as  scientific  as  the  latest  discovery  or  the 
coming    of    spring,    and    as    logical    as 
Shakespeare's   conclusion,    "Now   is   the 
winter  of  our  discontent  made  glorious 
summer." 

Under  the  writer's  observation,  to 
many  a  church  has  a  series  of  evangelistic 
meetings  meant  all  this-^a  festival, 


"I  feel  that  I  am  pastor  of  a  new 
church."  While  one  other  says,  "The 
increase  to  the  working  force  of  my 
church  is  fully  fifty  per  cent."  These 
expressions,  unsolicited,  from  among  the 
many  show  the  value  which  some  pastors 
place  upon  this  work  in  its  constructive 
character  and  wider  scope. 

Not  all  the  small  churches  are  weak 
and  not  all  the  large  ones  are  strong.  It 
is  seldom  for  one,  and  often  not  for  a 
few,  to  determine  what  is  the  greatest 
need  for  a  revival  in  a  church.  That 
congregation  which  eagerly  filled  the 
offering  plates  again  and  again  at  a  re- 
cent service  had  a  revival  of  giving.  Some 
churches  need  this  and  also  a  revival  of 
/or-giving,  a  revival  of  love,  a  revival  of 
the  prayer-meeting  with  its  genuine  peti- 
nd  cheerful  testimony.  And  it  goes 
:  saying  that  we  all  need  the  re- 
nd a  reemphasis  of 


covery,  a  new  lite  and   the  warmth  of 

"glorious  summer,"  but  also  very  much  newing  of  the  v 

more.     One  pastor  writes,  "The  benefits  its  application. 

from  the  meetings  to  my  church  and  the  Special    meetings    have    been    held    in 

community  cannot  be  reckoned  up."  An-  many    churches    the    past    season    which 

other  states,  "You  have  done  my  people  were  not  conducted  by  the  convention's 

incalculable  good."    Still  another  writes,  representatives.     Several  of  the  pastors 


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have  exchanged  with  each  other  in  the 
conducting  of  services  to  gratifying  out- 
come. Some  others  have  done  their  own 
preaching,  and  had  the  aid  of  a  gospel 
singer.  Others  still  have  united  in  call- 
ing to  their  help  a  general  evangelist 
with  associates.  Quite  a  number  of  re- 
quests were  responded  to  by  our  State 
Secretary,  Dr.  Coats,  and  Colporter 
Newton.  These  are  spoken  of  as  pro- 
ductive of  excellent  results. 

Twelve  churches  have  invited  the  State 
Evangelist  to  conduct  missions  with  them 
during  the  season.  Some  of  these  have 
been  at  the  centres  with  both  large  and 
small  churches,  and  others  in  remote  sec- 
tions of  the  country  far  from  railway 
communication;  one  of  the  latter  fields 
requiring  a  drive  of  fourteen  miles  by 
stage  to  reach  it. 

It  is  refreshing  to  observe  the  genuine 
interest  in  the  gospel  which  is  awakened 
by  the  direct  presentation  of  it,  whether 
in  the  densely  populated  city  or  in  the 
sparsely  settled  country.  And  it  is  again 
gratifying  to  notice  that  among  those 
who  respond  to  the  claims  of  Christ  are 
found  representatives  of  all  classes  and 
ages.  Some  have  passed  the  allotted  age, 
to  find  at  last  the  light  that  "never  shone 
on  sea  or  land" ;  while  others  with  sweet 
young  faces  bright  with  life's  expectancy 
have  dedicated  whole  lives  to  Jesus  as 
Saviour. 

To  one  who  has  had  an  opportunity 
to  observe  conditions  from  the  standpoint 
of  evangelism,  too  much  emphasis  cannot 
be  placed  upon  the  value  to  the  churches 
remote  from  the  centres  and  therefore 
deprived  from  sharing  in  the  larger  re- 
ligious movements  of  a  plan  of  operation 
through  the  Convention  and  Home  Mis- 
sion Society,  whereby  these  churches  may 
have  the  benefit  of  the  same  forces  and 
helpful  ministries  that  are  utilized  by 
the  larger  and  better  equipped  fields. 
Through  the  State  Evangelist,  with  the 
moral  and  financial  backing  of  the  de- 
nomination, the  smallest  of  our  churches 
can  have  the  benefits,  with  accompanying 
accessories,  of  a  full  evangelistic  cam- 
paign. 

There  are  few  churches  that  do  not 
have  a  welcome  for  the  accredited  evan- 
gelist.   The  fear  of  questionable  methods 


of  appeal,  exaggerated  statement,  undue 
attack  upon  the  emotions,  and  the  over- 
turn of  constructive  teaching,  is  giving 
place  to  a  genuine  respect  for  New  Tes- 
tament evangelism.  That  the  perfervid 
utterances  and  methods  of  scismatics  still 
continue  does  not  deter  the  churches 
from  giving  its  proper  place  to  a  whole- 
some and  necessary  fervor.  The  presence 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  not  denied  simply 
because  its  simulation  leads  some  people 
into  disorder.  Wisdom,  cheer  and  com- 
fort come  from  "His  face"  in  these  sea- 
sons of  refreshing. 

The  methods  used  in  these  missions  are 
very  simple  and  the  machinery  at  a  mini- 
mum and  in  the  background.  Five  points 
are  emphasized  in  all  this  work:  1.  Pray- 
er: Small  circles  of  prayer  in  homes  at 
daily  stated  hours;  preparatory  prayer- 
meetings  before  each  general  service; 
prayer  slips  to  be  returned  to  the  pastor 
with  namfes  of  unsaved  people  for  whom 
interest  is  felt;  prayer  lists  to  be  kept  be- 
fore the  Lord  of  Harvest  in  increasing 
numbers;  prayer  in  the  larger  meetings; 
often  a  simultaneous  prayer  from  many 
lips.  2.  Proclamation:  The  very  best 
that  God  can  help  us  to  give.  3.  Praise : 
We  make  much  of  song  in  the  meetings. 
Usually  a  good  chorus  is  gathered  to 
strengthen  this  feature  of  the  work.  So- 
los, duets  and  other  musical  numbers  arc 
often  introduced.  4.  Confession:  Gen- 
erally at  every  service  opportunity  for  a 
silent  or  brief  two-word  testimony.  5. 
Immediate  obedience  to  the  commands  of 
Christ  in  the  forward  steps  of  the  Chris- 
tian life. 

It  is  blessed  to  see  men  and  women  in 
mature  life,  young  men  and  women,  and 
boys  and  girls,  surrendering  their  wills 
and  lives  to  the  Saviour ;  it  is  good  to  see 
the  churches  take  on  new  courage  and 
strength ;  it  is  comforting  to  share  in  the 
new  thrill  of  joy  and  hope  which  comes 
to  the  pastors;  and  there  is  great  com- 
pensation in  the  approval  of  one's  breth- 
ren ;  but  in  the  last  analysis  the  Word  is 
our  greatest  assurance.  Paul  said  that 
God  gave  evangelists  to  the  churches.  To 
feel  that  one  is  a  gift  of  God  to  these 
churches,  that  He  not  only  permits  but 
sanctions  the  undertaking,  is  supreme  ap- 
proval. 


MISSIONS 


An  Open  World 

IN  1800  the  continent  of  Asia,  the  con- 
tinent of  Africa,  the  archipelagoes  of 
the  Pacific,  were  closed  to  Protestant 
Christianity.  In  1793  Wm.  Carey  land- 
ed in  Bengal.  He  journeyed  to  India  in 
a  Danish  vessel,  because  the  British  East 
India  Company  allowed  no  missionaries 
to  travel  by  their  ships.  For  the  same 
reason  in  1807  Robert  Morrison  sailed 
for  China  in  an  American  vessel. 

British  India  was  forbidden  territory, 
so  Carey  lived  long  under  Danish  protec- 
tion at  Serampur,  China  was  locked  and 
double-locked,  so  Morrison  took  up  his 
residence  on  neutral  ground,  in  "the  fac- 
tories" or  trading  settlements  of  Canton. 
Japan's  enfranchisement  was  more  than 
half  a  century  in  the  future  ;  Korea'ssleep 
was  to  be  undisturbed  for  more  than 
eighty  years.  In  1812  Judson  was  re- 
fused permission  to  land  at  Calcutta,  and 
so  turned  toward  Burma  and  took  refuge 
in  Rangoon.  In  1817  Robert  Moffat  in- 
augurated his  work  in  South  Africa  and 
John  Williams,  the  martyr-missionary  of 
Polynesia,  began  his  heroic  voyages 
among  the  islands  of  the  sea.  In  the 
entire  heathen  world,  100  years  ago, 
there  were  one  hundred  foreign  mission- 
aries, half  as  many  mission  stations,  and 
perhaps  a  thousand  native  converts. 

Fifty  years  later  Japan  and  Korea 
were  still  hermit  nations ;  vast  territories 
in  India  and  Africa  were  utterly  un- 
touched by  Christianity,  and  feeble  be- 
ginnings had  only  just  been  made  in 
China,  and  were  confined  to  the  five 
treaty  ports.     So  the  history  of  missions 


is  chiefly  the  record  of  fifty  brief  years, 
less  than  a  single  lifetime. 

To-day  the  entire  eastern  world,  the 
erstwhile  dark  continent,  and  the  thou- 
sand scattered  islands  of  the  Indian  and 
Pacific  oceans,  are  sown  broadcast  with 
Christian  influences.  There  are  6.000 
mission  stations,  most  of  them  very 
well  equipped  and  vigorously  directed. 
There  are  16,000  missionaries  and  nearly 
100,000  mission  workers,  native  and  for- 
eign. There  arc  two  million  native 
Christians.  The  preparatory  work  has 
been  done.  Foundations  have  everywhere 
been  laid.  The  Scriptures  have  been 
translated  into  hundreds  of  languages 
and  dialects.  Hospitals,  dispensaries, 
schools,  colleges,  printing  establishments 
abound  in  nil  lands.  The  pioneer  period 
has  closed.  The  age  of  progress  and  con- 
quest has  begun. 

A  BOND  OF  UNION 

The  missionary  enterprise  occupies  a 
unique  position  in  foreign  lands.  It  is  a 
silent  but  mighty  agency  of  reconciliation 
among  the  nations  of  the  earth.  Be- 
tween the  representatives  of  foreign  pow- 
ers, both  political  and  mercantile,  and  the 
natives,  there  is  a  great  gulf  fixed.  No 
man  knows  the  native  as  the  missionary 
docs.  In  order  that  the  peoples  of  east- 
ern lands  may  be  understood  and  influ- 
enced, three  conditions  must  be  met.  The 
foreigner  must  speak  the  language  of  the 
natives.  He  must  live  amongst  them.  He 
must  be  ruled  by  an  unselfish  motive  in 
his  dealings  with  them.  The  merchant 
rarely  fulfils  more  than  the  first  of  these 
conditions,  and  that  one  only  in  part. 
With  the  diplomat  the  case  is  the  same. 


28 


MISSIONS 


The  traveling  journalist  or  tourist  fulfils 
none  of  the  conditions.  The  missionary 
fulfils  them  all. 

He  interprets  the  West  to  the  East, 
the  East  to  the  West.  He  is  the  living 
link  between  the  highest  Christian  gifts 
and  graces  and  the  profoundest  heathen 
need.  He  talks  with  the  people  in  their 
own  tongue.  He  lives  with  them.  He 
lives  for  them. 

THE  SCOPE  OF  MODERN  MISSIONS 

Foreign  missions  is  a  reform  agency,  a 
philanthropic  force,  a  healing  ministry,  a 
moral  crusade,  a  cultural  propaganda, 
and  a  regenerative  spirit.  This  large  en- 
terprise, with  its  world-sweeping  vision 
and  the  swing  of  its  lofty  purposes,  rein- 
forces all  humane  activities.  Whether  it 
be  foot-binding  in  China,  child-marriage 
in  India,  outrageous  cruelties  on  the  Con- 
go, loose  morals  in  Japan,  political  cor- 
ruption in  Korea,  slavery  in  Zanzibar, 
cannibalism  in  Tierra  del  Fuego,  infanti- 
cide in  the  South  Seas,  sorcery  in  New 
Guinea,  or  primitive  savagery  in  Barotsi- 
land,  whether  it  be  sin  or  sickness,  ignor- 
ance or  poverty,  vice  or  lawlessness,  the 
foreign  missionary  is  ever  the  valiant 
warrior,  the  herald  of  truth,  the  knight 
of  the  white  cross,  the  dauntless  foe  of 
every  evil  thing. 

Foreign  missions  is  a  personal  force. 
Its  aims  are  always  eminently  practical. 
It  has  millions  of  the  best  men  and  wom- 
en in  the  world  behind  it.  Its  unity  of 
aim,  its  variety  of  interests,  its  unceasing 
labors,  its  amazing  effectiveness,  its  abun- 
dant fruitfulness,  and  its  ever-enlarging 
scope  of  effort,  make  it  supreme  among 
world  energies. 

Commendable  Carefulness 

The  Canadian  government  is  much 
more  careful  than  ours  in  respect  to  the 
quality  of  immigration  which  it  admits. 
A  writer  in  the  London  Times  says  that 
fully  one  hundred .  thousand  persons  are 
expected  to  leave  the  United  Kingdom  for 
Canada  this  year,  in  addition  to  the  large 
numbers  who  will  go  thither  from  the 
United  States  and  other  countries.  The 
British  contingent,  he  says,  will  be  com- 
Dosed  in  great  part  of  well-to-do  people. 


The  total  direct  transfer  of  money  by 
the  one  hundred  thousand  immigrants  is 
expected  to  be  not  less  than  from  $^,- 
000,000  to  $25,000,000.  More  than  that, 
in  many  cases  the  old  folks  left  behind 
will  aid  the  settlers  in  the  new  world 
until  they  get  established.  This  will 
mean  a  great  gain  to  the  Dcmiinion;  a 
very  different  gain  from  that  which  the 
United  States  will  receive  from  a  million 
of  immigrants  from  Italy  and  Russia, 
who  will  bring  not  only  far  less  money 
but  a  very  different  character  and  train- 
ing; and  who  will  help  still  more  to 
drive  the  American  farmers  in  the  north- 
west and  far  west  across  the  borders  into 
Canada.  We  are  the  losers  all  the  way 
around  by  this  sort  of  transfer,  whidi  is 
constantly  going  on.  Canada  scrutinizes 
carefully  those  who  come  in  from  the  old 
world,  and  makes  it  plain  in  advance  that 
certain  elements  need  not  apply.  It  seems 
almost  hopeless  to  talk  about  more  salu- 
tary restriction  laws  for  the  United 
States,  in  spite  of  the  very  plain  proofs 
that  under  our  present  laws  we  are  not 
able  to  keep  out  the  insane,  the  criminal, 
the  undesirable  from  the  money  or  moral 
point  of  view.  The  creation  of  a  sane 
public  sentiment  upon  this  question  is  one 
of  the  important  tasks  set  before  us.  The 
whole  matter  must  be  lifted  out  of  poli- 
tics, to  begin  with,  and  be  held  as  one 
of  national  concern  rather  than  one  of 
votes.  Canada  is  setting  us  a  good  ex- 
ample of  proper  self-preservation  and  in- 
terest. 

♦ 
The  Work  Demands  the  Best 

The  London  Spectator  quotes  the  re- 
mark of  a  Chinese  student  that  to  avoid 
misunderstanding  it  might  be  well  for 
England  to  send  better  educated  men  and 
women  to  his  country  as  missionaries. 
Without  any  reflection  upon  the  charac- 
ter or  acquirements  of  the  missionaries 
that  have  been  sent  out  from  England  or 
other  lands  to  China,  there  is  no  doubt 
that  the  very  highest  type  of  trained  and 
talented  men  and  women  are  required  for 
the  work  that  is  to  be  done  in  the  new 
China.  All  missionary  boards  understand 
this.  Not  every  student  volunteer  can 
be  accepted  at  once  by  the  boards.  The 
call  of  the  foreign  field  is  for  the  best. 


MISSIONS 


The  Downtown  Church 

By  E.  P.  Farnham,  D.D. 

SECRETARY  OF  THE  CHURCH  EXTENSION   SOCIETY    OF    BROOKLYN 


N  every  hand   is  recognized 
the  very  serious  problem  of 
the  downtown  church.  The 
problem    is    diverse.      Sec- 
tions of  our  great  cities,  up- 
town  and   downtown,   arc 
subject  to  swift  invasion  of 
foreigners     i  n     astonishing 
numbers.     Hence  it  comes  to  pass,  in  the 
brief  period  of  two  or  three  years,  that 
the  character  of  a  large  community  is 
distinctly  changed.     For  example,  within 
a  few  years  two  foreign  invasions — a  He- 
brew and  an  Italian — have  changed  the 
face  of  nature  in  the  Harlem  district  of 
Manhattan.  The  far  uptown  region  that 
a  few  years  ago  was  the  mecca  for  well- 
toilo  Protestant  families  and  enterpris- 
ing Protestant  family  churches,  now  finds 
itself  face  to  face  with  the  downtown 
problem.    Borough  Park,  a  pleasant  resi- 
dence suburb  of  Brooklyn  four  or  five 
miles  south  of  Borough  Hall,  acquiring 
a  thriving  Protestant  population  of  five 
or  six  thousand  by  1906,  with  promising 
outloolc  for  five  or  six  Protestant  churches, 
by  1909  finds  itself  about  one-third  He- 


brew, well  distributed,  with  an  Italian 
colony  pressing  hard  on  one  side.  One 
Protestant  minister  sets  out  to  make  the 
acquaintance  of  his  new  neighbors  on 
either  side,  finds  them  both  to  be  culti- 
vated Hebrews,  with  a  stranger  waiting 
to  be  introduced  to  him — another  He- 
brew, hat  and  purse  in  hand,  asking  if 
the  parsonage  is  for  sale. 

The  term  downtown  then  is  an  idle 
misnomer.  The  church  that  we  arc  dis- 
cussing is  more  numerous  in  the  Bronx, 
north  of  the  Harlem  River,  than  in  lower 
Manhattan  south  of  Canal  street;  is  just 
as  easily  found  ten  miles  out  from  the 
city  hall  as  in  the  older  parts  of  any  of 
our  great  cities.  The  modern  downtown 
church  is  the  church  facing  all  town  prob- 
lems. It  is  letting  go,  rather  than  dis- 
missing to  regions  beyond  and  parts  un- 
known, not  a  few  of  its  staunchest  mem- 
bers; it  is  revealing  on  its  church  and 
Bible  school  rolls  a  more  or  less  intimate 
touch  with  five  or  six  nationalities  or 
tongues ;  it  is  ceaselessly  troubled  to  know 
how  to  maintain  its  budgets  for  benefi- 
cence and    current    expenses;    it  U   vn 


MISSIONS 


ir  over  the  modern  and 
ving  demand  for  cntertain- 
asure  for  their  own  sake; 
quiems  and  miserere  chants 
ne  of  puritanical  positive- 
endeavoring  to  be  serene 
I  in  the  presence  of  an  in- 
d  absenteeism  often  posi- 
:ening. 

"all-over-town"  downtown 
conditions  that  cause  dis- 
acute  in  one  location  than 
Tt   the   factors  of   foreign 
:ustoms  and  the  exceeding 
orking  them  all  into  a  spir- 
losaic,  the  swift  and  radical 
ivironment  and  sustaining 
the   disregard   for   former 
^rangelistic  appeal,  the  easy 
cience  releasing  from  church 
le  magnificent  distances  and 
e,  strength  and  many  five- 
order  to  reach  the  familiar 
rship — these  and   doubtless 
are  present  and  active  and 
he    majority    of    our    city 
he    strong    family    church, 
nd  homogeneous  congrega- 
le  school,  maintaining  with 
budgets  and   demands  for 
;  home  and  abroad,  is  a  rare 
he  last  quarter-century  ex- 
ir  great  cities. 

le  modern  church  adapting 
nged  and  changing  condi- 
t  is  the  estimated  value  of 
>loyed?  Questions  on  this 
sent  to  experienced  work- 
i  and  settlement,  and  their 
here    gratefully    acknowl- 

VALUE  OF  METHODS 

said  in  fidelity  to  the  truth 
ciation  of  efforts  put  forth: 
ids  of  work  employed  abun- 
given  of  the  possible  adapta- 
Christian  church  to  chang- 
ts  and  of  the  devotion  and 

few  of  its  members.  Wit- 
3wing  scheme  outlined  and 
mges  in  operation  in  an  in- 
ch or  church  mission  house : 

ncnt  for  men  and  women: 
lip  and  evangelistic  service; 
lay  afternoons;  open-air  ser- 


vices; Bible  classes;  house-to-house  visi- 
tation; people's  drawing-room;  pleasant 
Monday  evenings;  workingmen's  club; 
labor  bureau;  penny  bank;  sick  benefit  so- 
ciety; Christmas  club;  mothers*  meetings; 
medical  mission  or  dispensary;  distribu- 
tion of  food;  general  relief  committee; 
rummage  sales;  choirs,  orchestra  and 
band. 

II.  Department  for  young  men:  Bible 
classes;  study  classes;  choir  and  orches- 
tra; reading  room  and  library;  lectures, 
essays,  debates,  etc.;  gymnasium  and  ath- 
letic clubs;  labor  bureau;  lookout  commit- 
tee and  look-up  committee. 

III.  Department  for  young  women  and 
girls:  Girls*  parlor;  Bible  class;  mando- 
lin club;  singing  class  or  choir;  cooking 
class;  sewing  and  millinery  classes;  lit- 
erary classes. 

IV.  Department  for  boys :  Bible  classes; 
singing  classes;  boys'  choir,  fife  and  drum 
corps;  boys'  brigade;  gymnasium  and  ath- 
letic drill;  first  aid  to  injured;  outdoor 
games;  cross-country  walks  and  runs; 
summer  camp;  summer  garden. 

V.  Department  for  younger  boys  and 
grirls:  Bible  schools;  junior  society; 
lantern  services;  band  of  hope;  children's 
play  hour;  country  holiday  fund;  Christ- 
mas and  other  festivals. 

VI.  Add  to  this  scheme  practical  sug- 
gestions from  other  sources:  (a)  the 
grocery  department,  where — as  at  St. 
George's — groceries  are  sold  at  wholesale 
prices  to  the  poor  of  the  parish,  and  tem- 
porary help  given  when  needed;  (b)  the 
Summer  Fresh-Air  Work  of  many  city 
churches — a  single  church  last  summer 
sent  587  persons  to  its  summer  cottage, 
and  through  all  the  church  and  Christian 
agencies  New  York  alone  sends  into  the 
country  forty  or  fifty  thousand  people 
every  summer,  softening  the  hearts  of 
multitudes  toward  all  religious  givers  and 
workers;  (c)  the  Vacation  Bible  Schools, 
rendering  a  beautiful  service  and  causi^ 
wonder  that  more  unused  churches  are 
not  thrown  open  for  this  ministry  of  col- 
lege men  and  women  to  the  boys  and 
girls  thronging  the  city  streets,  and 
patrons  more  easily  found;  (d)  the  trade 
school  and  manual  training  school;  (e) 
the  day  nursery;  (f)  the  kindergarten, 
ranking  with  the  nursery  very  high  in 
practical  service. 

It  will  be  admitted  that  any  downtown 
church  attempting  to  minister  vitally  and 
sympathetically  to  its  community  in  one- 
half  of  the  methods  above  suggested  can- 


MISSIONS 


31 


not  be  accused  of  indifference  to  the 
temporal  or  eternal  welfare  of  human 
souls. 

A  VARIED  SERVICE 

What  now  is  the  estimated  value  of 
methods  employed  ?  This  value  depends, 
be  the  methods  simple  or  elaborate,  upon 
the  spirit  and  vision  of  the  church  and  of 
the  worker,  and  upon  the  efficiency  with 
which  the  method  is  prosecuted.  The 
value  of  an  elaborate  schedule  of  service 
artistically  printed  and  artistically  at- 
tached to  the  closed  iron  gate  of  a  down- 
town church  can  be  accurately  estimated 
to  be  worse  than  worthless.  It  excites 
criticism  to  the  point  of  contempt.  It 
calls  for  profanity,  not  for  prayer,  and 
gets  what  it  calls  for.  A  good  method 
becomes  practically  worthless  through  in- 
efficient handling.  Of  all  the  methods 
suggested  few  are  of  doubtful  value  when 
rightly  employed.  But  the  saving  qual- 
ity of  uncommon  common-sense  must  be 
supplied.  From  the  answers  to  the  ques- 
tions concerning  value  of  methods,  these 
are  selected  out  of  a  wide  variety : 

1.  Shall  foreigners  be  brought  into 
American  churches  immediately  on  their 
response  to  Christian  appeal?  Yes,  if  the 
American  church  is  equal  to  the  oppor- 
tunity, and  if  the  foreigner  is  equal  to  the 
opportunity.  But  where  there  are  gener- 
ous numbers  of  converted  foreigners  not 
yet  speaking  our  language  they  will  pre- 
fer to  speak  and  hear  the  glad  tidings  in 
their  own  tongue. 

2.  Do  you  favor  teaching  industrial 
arts,  music,  instrumental  and  vocal,  to 
girls  and  boys?  Yes,  emphatically,  and 
from  many  sources. 

3.  How  far  would  you  go  in  popular- 
izing the  Sunday  night  service?  Far 
enough  to  really  serve  the  people.  That 
means  a  good  deal  farther  than  some 
preachers  would  go,  who  are  character- 
ized as  more  anxious  to  save  ancient 
forms  of  service  than  the  souls  of  men. 

4.  What  best  solves  the  problem  for 
the  downtown  churches?  (a)  Nothing 
best  solves  the  problem — it  is  still  un- 
solved, (b)  The  warm  right  hand  with  a 
warmer  heart  in  it.  (c)  No  pains  should 
be  spared  to  make  the  church  the  center 
of  the  social  life  of  the  people. 

5.  What  method  of  endowment  or  per- 
manent financial  support  for  the  downtown 
work  can  you  suggest?     (a)  Denomina- 


tional control  and  administration  of  en- 
dowment funds,  (b)  What  I  would  like 
to  see  would  be  a  fund  given  to  a  joint 
commission  representing  Protestantism, 
the  income  to  be  used  for  downtown 
work,  the  characteristics  of  which  should 
be  dignity  in  worship,  devotion  in  ser- 
vice, and  doggedness  in  persistence.  "It's 
dogged  as  does  it." 

NOT   VET   AWAKE    TO   THE    NEED 

It  is  a  serious  fact  that  relatively  few 
members  of  our  city  churches  appreciate 
the  call  of  the  modern  city  to  the  Chris- 
tian church.  In  certain  communions  the 
call  has  uttered  itself  more  convincingly 
than  in  others,  and  generous  recognition 
should  not  be  withheld  where  due.  But 
speaking  in  respect  to  the  wide  field  of 
possible  ministry,  comparatively  few 
churches  have  responded  to  the  call  with 
that  spirit  of  generosity  and  contagious 
enthusiasm  that  means  victory. 

A  sane  writer,  knowing  from  personal 
experience  the  field  of  which  he  is  speak- 
ing, paints  a  vivid  and  true  picture  of 
many  another  church  and  downtown  par- 
ish: "The  pastor  and  the  workers  are 
alive  to  the  opportunities  and  are  in  love 
with  the  work,  but  are  greatly  burdened 
and  hampered  because  of  a  lack  of  funds 
and  workers  needed  to  cope  even  meas- 
urably with  the  demands  of  the  situa- 
tion,*' Then  he  goes  on  to  say  what 
ought  to  be  done:  "The  house  ought  to 
be  kept  open  all  day  Sunday  and  every 
day  in  the  week.  All  about  are  the  at- 
tractions of  brilliantly  illuminated  saloons 
and  places  of  amusement.  This  corner 
ought  to  be  made  more  attractive  than 
any  of  them — a  place  of  light  and  music 
as  well  as  of  prayer.  The  work  should 
be  so  manned  and  organized  that  every 
phase  of  work  possible  in  that  location 
could  be  carried  on  systematically  and 
with  vigor.  But  the  fringe  of  the  possi- 
bilities has  hardly  been  touched.^ 


>» 


A   GREAT   PLAN   OUTLINED 

That  describes  literally  the  situation  in 
our  great  cities.  Scarcely  touching  the 
fringe  of  the  possibilities.  Methods  have 
been  discovered,  employed,  approved.  But 
adequate  resources  are  not  forthcoming. 
Foundations  for  the  investigation  of  the 
causes  of  poverty,  for  the  culture  of  the 


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intellectual  life,  for  experimentation  in 
the  fields  of  science  aggregate  many  mil- 
lions of  dollars.  But  foundations  for 
specific  religious  work  are  yet  wanting. 

I  should  like  to  see  a  few  hard-headed 
and  tender-hearted  Christian  stewards  at- 
tack  the  problem   of  evangelizing  our 
foreign    population    after    this    fashion: 
First  of  all,  a  very  clean  and  decent  tene- 
ment district  provided,  and  kept  clean. 
In   this  district,  school   privileges  with 
provision  for  every  real  want  from  the 
nursery  and  kindergarten  to  the  teaching 
of  useful  arts  in  the  home  and  shops  and 
store,  remembering  Colonel  Parker's  il- 
luminating motto  that  "The  whole  boy  is 
to  be  sent  to  school."    That  means  that 
every  child  has  a  physical,   intellectual 
and  moral  nature.     I  would  have  the 
children  taught  to  play,  to  sing,  to  study, 
to  work,  to  worship.    I  would  not  segre- 
gate the  children  from  the  public  school, 
but  I  would  supplement  it.    This  district 
should  have  a  church,  not  a  hovel,  nor  a 
basement,  nor  a  hall,  but  a  church,  with 
wide  doors  on  four  sides,   a  Christian 
church,  teaching  divine  fellowship  and 
human  brotherhood.     Is  there  any  man 
among  us  who  would  not  like  to  see  this 
experiment  tried?     The  experiment  of 
keen-visioned    and    great-hearted    Chris- 
tian stewardship  for  once  deliberately  at- 
tacking the  problem  of  the  tenement  dis- 
trict and  engulfing  foreign   population. 
Speaking  of  the  great  human  tides  that 
are  sweeping  in  upon  us,  a  writer  of  wide 
study  and  observation  remarks  that,  "un- 
less the  church  equips  herself  now  to  as- 
similate  and   Christianize   this   growing 
stream  of  immigration,  in  a  few  years  the 
oncoming  rush  and  swirl  of  alien  popula- 
tion will  simply  daze  and  paralyze  the 
church,  from  which  she  will  not  recover 
for  a  century." 

WHO  WILL  LEAD? 

There  are  good  men  and  true  among 
us,  who  are  spending  wakeful  nights  to 
know  how  wisely  to  administer  the  vast 
resources  committed  to  their  care.  Is 
nobody  wise  enough  to  suggest  to  them 
how  to  do  it,  and  to  lead  them  forward 
in  prosecuting  these  great  tasks?  Tell 
them  this:  that  whole  droves  of  moral 
microbes  and  poisonous  bacilli  will  soon 


be  sweeping  up  the  avenues  to  their  pri- 
vate parks  and  brownstone  fronts,  if  rad- 
ical remedies  are  not  applied  and   ap- 
plied soon.     Remedies  are  at  our  com- 
mand.   We  can  apply  them  if  we  will. 
We  certainly  will  if  we  can  be  aroused 
to  see  the  need,  and  the  certainty  under 
God  of  satisfying  the  need.    We  verily 
seem  to  think,  because  the  alert  mind  of 
the  Great  Teacher  drew  a  certain  lesson 
from  the  then  customary  methods  of  Pal- 
estinian farming,  that  twenty  centuries 
afterward  nothing  can  be  gotten  out  of 
that  teaching  apart  from  crooked  sticks 
for  plows,  and  lazy  bullocks  for  power. 
Such  reasoning  is  fallacious,  the  whole 
of  it.    It  begins  with  false  premises.    It 
proceeds  with  undistributed  middles.   It 
reaches  utterly  false  conclusions.   When 
has  Almighty  God   intimated  that  He 
could  not  make  use  of  generous  material 
recources  for  the  upbuilding  of  His  king- 
dom ?    I  suppose  He  could  profitably  cm- 
ploy  an  extra  ten  million  of  dollars  every 
year  for  the  next  ten  years  in  sane  and 
Christian  and  hence  in  marvellously  fruit- 
ful ministry  to  human  souls  in  the  me- 
tropolis of  the  western  world.     We  are 
constantly    despatching    troops    without 
muskets   or   rations.      That   servant   of 
God  who  is  so  ethereal  as  to  be  able  to 
live  and  toil  without  food  and  raiment 
must  be  promoted  to  a  higher  sphere.    It 
has  been  divinely  ordered  that  the  finan- 
cial cost  of  redeeming  and  fashioning  hu- 
man souls  into  the  divine  likeness  shall 
be  great.     A  true  home   life  is  costly. 
Christian   education,    genuine   Christian 
culture  is  costly;  permanency  of  religious 
teaching    power    and    character-making 
power  is  costly.     Wrote  Horace  Bush- 
nell  half  a  century  ago,  "After  all,  there 
is  no  cheap  way  of  making  Christians  of 
our  children."     It  is  not  thoroughly  un- 
derstood, but  it  ought  to  be  understood, 
that  if  our  great  cities  are  to  be  redeemed 
unto  God,  great  investments  must  yet  be 
made  in  the  discipline  and  preparation  of 
wise  and  able  workers  for  their  tasks,  in 
equipments  comprehensive  and  worthy  of 
the  work  to  be  done,  and  in  the  treatment 
of  all  human  souls  of  every  tongue  and 
tribe  and  nation  as  possible  and  true  can- 
didates for  divine  Sonship. 

Richmond  Hill, 


MISSIONS 


Swatow  Baptist  College 

BY  REV.  A.  H.  PAGE, 
CHAIRMAN  EDUCATIONAL  COMMITTEE 

THERE  is  one.  It  is  no  longer  a 
dream.  We  could  not  send  our 
boys  to  Shanghai  because  of  the  distance 
and  expense,  and  the  handicap  of  a  dif- 
ferent language;  and  so  we  are  training 
them  here  in  daily  contact  with  the  work 
that  needs  them. 

To  be  sure  there  is  no  building.  That 
is  still  a  dream.  But  we  are  teaching  a 
college  curriculum,  and  what  more  does 
the  definition  require?  Of  the  curricu- 
lum of  our  recognized  sister  at  Shanghai 
wc  have  taught  and  are  teaching  every- 
thing in  the  freshman  and  sophomore 
years  except  higher  physics  and  spherical 
trigonometry,  and  are  starting  classes  in 
the  junior  wort  of  geology  and  calculus. 

Our  new  building  will  accommodate 
the  academy  alone  for  a  few  years  very 
well.  But  the  lower  schools  are  already 
crowded  beyond  the  limit  of  comfort, 
and  with  the  college  department,  the 
"quick  preparation"  school  and  the  acad- 
emy all  in  one  building,  we  shall  feel  the 
need  of  another  at  once. 


A  college  building  is  by  no  means  our 
only  need.  We  in  South  China  have 
been  backward  about  expressing  our 
needs.  We  have  hoped  that  by  urging 
one  or  two  most  imperative  ones  each 
year  we  might  finally  see  our  desires  in 
a  measure  fulfilled.  Meanwhile  other 
children  have  cried  louder  and  received 
more  attention,  while  our  work  here  con- 
stantly outgrows  its  equipment.  For  ex- 
ample, this  year  we  have  centered  our 
whole  plea  on  our  greatest  need,  that  of 
physicians.  But  at  the  same  time  the  op- 
portunity for  foreign  evangelists  is  un- 
paralleled, the  need  of  women  evangelists 
especially  is  fairly  distressing,  and  for 
buildings  we  need,  besides  dwellings,  a 
girls'  academy,  a  Bible  woman's  training 
school,  a  college,  a  grammar  school,  a 
medical  college  and  several  hospitals. 
These  are  not  things  that  we  should  sim- 
ply like  to  have.  They  are  things  that 
we  need.  Each  one  is  a  specific  need 
that  we  keenly  feel  as  we  work.  Our 
work  is  growing  at  every  point.  Stew- 
ards of  the  Lord!  generals  of  His  ma- 
terial forces!  investigate  and  see  if  the 
holy  strategy  demanded  of  you  decs  not 
require  a  college  building  for  South 
China. 


34  MISSIONS 

Help  us  to  give  this  region  an  edu-  missionary  prop  shall  be  removed.     But 

cated  ministry.    The  gospel  here  for  the  these  classes,  without  the  education  that 

most  part  has  reached  the  lowest  classes  Christianity  fosters,  do  not  furnish  many 

first.     But  here  as  everywhere  it  raises  pillars.    Help  us  to  raise  them,  both  the 

every  class  it  reaches,  and  so  makes  its  classes  and  the  pillars. 

foundation  strong  for  the  time  when  the  Su-aiow,  Chinn. 


MISSIONS  35 

p       The  Northern  Baptist  Laymen's  ^ 

p  Missionary  Movement  M 

^  CONDUCTED    BY    SECKKTARY    W.    T,   STACKHOUSE  ^ 


EETINGS    for     men     have 
been    held    in    many    places 
since  the  fall  campaign  was 
undertaken,  and  we  are  re- 
joiced to  report  that  many 
of  these  meetings  have  been 
attended    with    more    than 
usual  interest  and  power.   If 
the  interest  shown   in   our   meetinp  in 
general  is  a  prophecy  of  the  future  mis- 
sionary activity  of  the  Baptist  denomina- 
tion, then  only  one  right  conclusion  can 
be  reached,  and  that  js,  the  Baptists  have 
decided  to  come  to  their  own,  and  to  real- 
ize their  part  in  the  work  of  giving  the 
gospel  to  the  whole  world. 

It  will  be  impossible  to  describe  all 
these  meetings  in  one  short  article,  nor 
can  wc  fully  describe  any  one  meeting. 
Our  purpose  is  to  mention  some  of  the 
outstanding  features  of  these  meetings 
that  indicate  progress. 

INTERDENOMINATIONAL     MEETINGS 

It  will  be  remembered  that  the  Inter- 
denominational Committee  of  the  Lay- 
men's Movement  decided  to  conduct  a 
series  of  Conferences,  touching  mainly 
the  centers  where  conventions  were  held 
last  year.  It  has  also  been  arranged  that 
conventions  be  held  in  a  number  of  the 
larger  centcn  that  could  not  be  worked 
last  year. 

It  is  our  policy  as  Baptists  to  do  every- 
thing in  our  power  to  make  these  con- 
ferences and  conventions  a  great  success. 
In  fact,  as  soon  as  it  is  definitely  known 
just  what  centers  are  to  be  worked  we 
will  make  a  special  effort  to  have  our  lay- 
men and  pastors  attend  and  support  these 
interdenominational  meeting?  in  force. 
Much  has  been  gained  for  our  people 
from  these  meetings  and  there  are  still 
greater  things  to  be  attained  in  the  fu- 


ture. In  this  connection,  therefore,  we 
would  like  to  urge  our  people  to  hold 
themselves  in  readiness  to  attend  in  large 
numbers,  and  to  heartily  cooperate  with 
the  other  Christian  bodies,  that  the  great- 


est results  in  the  interests  of  the  King- 
dom may  come  from  these  large  gather- 
ings. 

It  has  been  the  privilege  of  the  writer 
to  attend,  so  far  this  season,  one  confer- 
ence and  two  conventions  of  an  interde- 
nominational character.  The  Conference 


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MISSIONS 


was  held  at  Buffalo  and  the  Conventions 
at  Rochester  and  Toledo.  That  our 
Baptist  forces  have  gained  inspiration 
from  these  gatherings  is  clear  from  the 
following  facts. 

The  Buffalo  Baptists  have  decided  to 
hold  a  great  Baptist  rally  on  the  ISth  of 
this  month.  The  report  of  this  meeting 
will  be  given  later,  but  to  show  the  in- 
terest already  awakened  I  have  only  to 
say  that  about  eight  hundred  men  have 
accepted  our  invitation  to  be  present  on 
that  occasion.  This  meeting  will  be  fol- 
lowed by  a  campaign  of  intensive  mis- 
sionary education,  and  an  every-member 
canvass  for  larger  missionary  gifts. 

THE  ROCHESTER  MEETING 

The  Convention  at  Rochester  was  a 
great  victory  for  the  Kingdom.  There 
were,  it  is  stated,  nearly  1,700  men  at 
the  banquet  on  Saturday  evening,  Nov. 
19th.  The  meetings  that  followed  were 
full  of  interest  and  power.  All  denomi- 
nations have  become  active.  Some 
churches  are  now  in  the  midst  of  the 
every-member  canvass.  Some  already 
have  pledged  four  times  what  they  as 
churches  gave  last  year. 

The  Baptists  of  Rochester  stood  second 
in  their  Foreign  Mission  offerings  last 
year.  They  are  now  aroused  to  greater 
effort  for  the  coming  year.  Three  or 
four  of  our  churches  have  already  de- 
cided on  the  every-member  canvass  and 
are  at  work.  They  have  also  decided  to 
greatly  increase  their  contributions  to  the 
missionary,  and,  in  some  cases,  to  the 
other  objects  of  the  church.  One  of  the 
most  tender  and  impressive  meetings  I 
ever  attended  was  held  in  the  Park  Ave- 
nue Baptist  Church  on  Friday,  Dec.  9th. 
God  was  very  near  to  us.  There  were 
about  100  men  present.  There  was  no 
division  of  opinion.  The  one  purpose  in 
every  mind  was  "forward."  It  was  re- 
freshing to  see  that  body  of  strong  men 
standing  up  to  vote  on  a  series  of  resolu- 
tions that  meant  a  splendid  increase  in 
practically  all  the  beneficences  of  the  de- 
nomination and  for  the  salary  of  an  as- 
sistant to  their  esteemed  and  able  pastor, 
Dr.  West.  It  was  still  more  refreshing 
when  volunteers  were  called  for  to  do 
the  canvassing,  to  see  those  strong  men 


stand  up  and  gladly  offer  their  time  and 
services.  God  is  surely  in  this  Movement 
and  He  makes  His  work  a  great  joy  to 
the  workers. 

It  was  my  privilege  also  to  be  with 
our  forces  in  the  First  Church,  Lake 
Avenue,  Second  Church,  and  Calvary.  I 
found  all  intensely  interested  in  the 
Kingdom.  And  I  am  confident  from  all 
I  can  gather  by  contact  with  the  pastors 
and  churches  of  Rochester  that  we  will 
yet  see  a  record  here  that  will  be  hard  to 
surpass  in  missionary  activity. 

OTHER  BAPTIST  MEETINGS 

Laymen's  meetings  have  been  held  in 
connection  with  our  Baptist  work  at 
Pittsburgh,  New  Castle,  North  Tona- 
wanda,  Brockport,  Fairport,  Newark, 
Niagara  Falls,  Fredonia,  Jamestown,  Al- 
bion, and  other  places.  These  meetings 
have  been  for  the  most  part  well  attend- 
ed, and  the  interest  has  been  deep.  Every 
meeting  pointed  to  victory.  The  outlook 
is  surely  one  of  hopefulness.  At  North 
Tonawanda  the  full  apportionment  was 
reached  last  year ;  and  if  I  interpreted  the 
feelings  of  our  noble  band  of  men  and 
their  efficient  pastor  correctly,  this  church 
will  exceed  the  apportionment  the  com- 
ing year. 

At  Fredonia  we  had  a  large  meeting 
of  the  men  of  that  church,  together  with 
our  men  from  Dunkirk.  I  am  assured 
by  our  devoted  pastors  on  these  fields  that 
the  apportionment  will  be  reached  by 
these  churches. 

Space  compels  me  to  hold  other  facts 
for  a  later  issue.  Let  me  say,  however, 
in  closing,  that  our  secretaries  and  mis- 
sionaries have  been  doing  great  service  in 
these  meetings.  It  is  our  intention  so  to 
arrange  our  program  after  the  first  of  the 
new  year  that  our  entire  available  force 
will  be  in  campaign  work  between  New 
York  and  the  Pacific  Coast.  A  part  of  our 
force  will  be  with  the  Interdenomination- 
al Movement,  a  part  will  conduct  inten- 
sive city  campaigns  similar  to  that  now 
being  held  in  Buffalo,  while  another  sec- 
tion of  our  force  will  do  follow-up  work 
along  the  line  of  the  Conference  and 
Conventions. 

The  keynote  of  the  Movement  is  for- 
ever Forward! 


MISSIONS 


Devotion  of  Indian  Women 


ORSES  AND  NEEDLE   WORKERS 


N  DUSTR I AL  education  for 
Indian  girls  is  the  best  meth- 
od to  help  the  Indian  wo- 
man, according  to  Miss  £s- 
telle  Ree), who wasappoint- 
ed  Superintendent  of  Indian 
Schools  twelve  years  ago  by 
President    McKinley,    and 
has  made  the  Indian  women  her  special 
study.    Writing  on  this  subject  in  Good 
Housekeeping,  she  says: 

"1  had  always  had  their  cause  at  heart, 
but  something  I  witnessed  years  ago 
made  me  realize  how  much  they  needed 
help.  I  had  been  in  the  saddle  a  week, 
travelling  through  isolated  reservations, 
when  I  landed  one  stormy  night  at  a  lit- 
tle hotel  in  a  mountain  town. 

"Before  I  retired  I  stood  at  my  bed- 
room window  looking  down  into  the  de- 
serted street.  Across  the  way,  huddled 
in  the  shadow  beside  a  mean  saloon,  stood 
a  group  of  squaws.  Each  one  had  a 
papoose  strapped  to  her  back.  The  heads 
of  the  squaws  were  turned  away  from 
the  stinging  blasts  of  sleet;  they  stood 
silent  and  motionless,  as  Indian  women 
do.  Each  one  had  a  husband  drinking  in 
the  saloon.  She  was  waiting  to  take  him 
safely  home. 

"In  the  morning  I  looked  out  of  the 
window.  It  was  still  blowing,  sleeting 
and  snowing.  There,  ankle  deep  in  slush, 
stood  the  little  group  of  squaws.  It 
seemed  to  me  they  had  not  stirred  a  foot. 
They  were  wetter,  more  bedraggled  and 
their  blankets  were  drawn  tighter  around 
them.  The  Indian  woman  will  stick  to 
a  drink-sodden  husband  till  he  drops 
dead,  or  she  does.  The  government  is 
fighting  the  whiskey  evil  on  the  reserva- 
tions with  every  weapon  it  possesses,  but 
the  Indian  brave  will  drink  when  he 
wants  it  and  can  get  it — just  as  the  white 
man  does.  A  squaw  knows  nothing  of 
divorce;  she  would  not  listen  if  you  told 
her  of  it." 

Miss  Reel  believes  there  is  but  one 
method  to  help  the  Indian  woman;  that 
is  to  educate  her  from  childhood  along 
industrial  lines.    Until  a  few  years  ago 


there  was  absolutely  no  future  for  the 
Indian  girl  except  to  marry.  That  was 
the  best  thing,  provided  she  could  find  a 
decent,  energetic,  ambitious  husband, 
only — there  arc  so  many  of  the  other 
sort. 

The  educated  Indian  girl  looks  for  a 
higher  type  of  manhood  in  a  husband 
than  satisfied  her  mother.  If  she  docs 
not  find  her  ideal  she  is  perfectly  capable 
of  earning  her  own  living.  You  may 
find  in  her  any  one  of  the  various  traits 
that  fit  her  for  special  work.  She  makes 
a  superb  nurse. 

Hospitals  which  have  trained  Indian 
girls  are  making  a  constant  effort  to  en- 
list others  of  the  race.  The  Indian  wo- 
man has  infinite  patience,  forbearance, 
generally  a  magnificent  physique  and  no 
trace  of  the  "nerves"  which  so  often 
cause  a  break-down  among  overcivilizcd 
races.  An  Indian  girl  can  go  through 
the  most  trying  surgical  case  with  a  stoi- 
cal calm  that  is  extraordinary.  She  never 
gets  flurried,  anxious  or  worried,  and  she 
obeys  the  physician  as  a  soldier  does  his 
commander.  In  caring  for  cases  of  se- 
vere illness  she  seems  to  live  on  some 
strange  reserve  force  and  is  a  tender  as 
well  as  a  painstaking  nurse. 

Miss  Reel  says  the  Indian  girls  make 
splendid  needlewomen.  They  inherit  the 
skill  their  grandmothers  put  into  bead 
work  or  basket  making.  They  have  ex- 
cellent taste  and  an  intuitive  idea  of  good 
coloring.  You  find  among  them  good 
musicians ;  they  excel  as  teachers  of  their 
own  people  and  many  have  achieved  a 
high  place  as  workers  in  the  arts  and 
crafts.  As  often  as  possible  art  is  taught 
in  the  schools  by  an  Indian  woman,  with 
a  high  regard  for  all  that  is  best  in  na- 
tive handiwork. 


MISSIONS 


Concerning  Comity  and  Cooperation 

By  James  W.  Willmarth,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

ONCERNING    the  matter  and  may,  as  far  as  may  seem  expedient, 

of   "Comity,"    etc.,    on    the  cooperate  with  others  who  love  the  Lord, 

foreign     mission     fields,     I  just  so  far  and  no  farther,  as  may  be 

submit  a  few  thoughts  in  re-  consistent  with  loyalty  to  our  Master,  as 

sponse  to  the  invitation  of  above  defined. 

the  Editor.  There  are  cer-  V.  The  Field  is  very  large — we  can- 
tain  principles  of  action  not  occupy  it  all.  It  is  therefore  lawful 
which  must  absolutely  gov-  and  wise,  in  many  cases,  to  make  divisions 


crn  us  at  all  times;  and  we  can  lawfully 
arrange  for  comity  and  cooperation  only 
so  far  as  they  will  permit. 

I.  Loyalty  to  Jesus  Christ.  What- 
ever he  teaches  we  must  believe  and 
maintain.  Whatever  he  commands  we 
must  do ;  anything  important  enough  for 
him  to  direct  is  important  enough  for  us 
to  obey.  We  can  make  no  compromise 
here  without  disloyalty  to  our  Master. 

II.  The  New  Testament  contains  his 
teachings  and  commands,  including  those 
of  his  "apostles  and  prophets,"  who 
spoke  by  his  authority.  We  must  there- 
fore take  the  New  Testament  as  our  sole 
rule  of  faith  and  practice ;  we  can  com- 
promise nothing  here  without  disloyalty 
to  our  Master. 

III.  Strict  Baptist  principles  and  prac- 
tices are  not,  primarily,  "denominational 
peculiarities."  It  is  largely  false  and 
misleading  to  represent  the  different  de- 
nominations as  "divisions  of  the  same 
army,"  differing  only  in  "non-essential" 
matters  of  no  very  great  importance — at 
least,  so  far  as  we  are  concerned.  Bap- 
tist principles  and  practices  are  an  in- 
tegral and  important  part  of  New  Testa- 
ment Christianity.     We  cannot  compro- 


of  territory  and  to  abstain  from  unneces- 
sarily beginning  work  where  others  arc 
laboring;  provided  that  we  make  no  com- 
promise or  undervaluation  of  our  prin- 
ciples; and  provided,  further,  that  we 
make  no  iron-hound  and  perpetual  ar- 
rangements, which  would  shut  doors 
which  God  opens  to  us,  or  forbid  us  to 
give  sympathy  and  aid  to  any  Christians 
who  come  "to  know  the  way  of  the  Lord 
more  perfectly,"  anywhere;  leaving  us 
free  to  judge  of  duty  whenever  such  a 
case  arises. 

I  am  sure  that  we  ought,  in  arranging 
for  comity  and  cooperation,  to  be  very 
careful  not  to  bind  ourselves  with  en- 
tangling pledges  and  alliances;  and  never 
to  compromise  in  the  least  our  loyalty  to 
our  Master.  He  has  given  us  to  see  the 
truth  for  which  we  stand  for  the  benefit 
of  all.  We  may  reasonably  and  right- 
fully arrange  to  avoid  unnecessary  ivaste 
and  friction ;  but  we  must  not  betray  our 
trust.  "If  ye  love  me,"  Jesus  said,  "keep 
my  commandments." 

I  cannot  help  adding  one  obvious  and 
very  important  thing.  Our  contention 
that  immersion  is  the  only  baptism  and 
that  "infant  baptism"  is  not  a  part  of 
Testament  Christianity,  i 


r  undervalue  them  without  disloy-  ceded  by  the  scholarship  of  the  world. 

alty  to  our  Master.  We  seem  to  be  on  the  eve  of  victory. 

IV.     Other  Christians  have  the  same  How  unwise  and   disloyal  it  would  be 

right  of  private  judgment  as  ourselves,  now  to  retreat  and  compromise!     If  the 

We  should  respect  this  right,  recognize  "evangelical    denominations"  would   ac- 

piety  and  devotion  wherever  we  find  it,  cept  the  verdict  of  scholarship  and  the 


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39 


obvious  teaching  of  the  New  Testament 
by  accepting  and  practicing  the  immer- 
sion of  believers  only,  with  its  wonderful 
symbolic  meaning  and  heaven-given  pow- 
ers, an  enormous  and  insuperable  obstacle 
not  only  to  full  cooperation,  but  to 
"Christian  unity"  (so  called),  would  be 
removed  and  more  would  be  accomplished 
in  a  day  for  unifying  the  whole  body  of 
regenerated  men  than  can  be  accom- 
plished in  a  century  by  the  man-made 
plans  and  devices  that  some  are  now  pro- 
posing. The  divisions  among  real  Chris- 
tians now  existing  are  not  provided  for 
in  the  New  Testament;  they  are  not  the 
fault  of  those  who  loyally  obey  the  Mas- 


ter; they  are  the  fault  of  those  who, 
through  mistake  or  carelessness  or  stub- 
bornness, do  not  obey  some  of  his  im- 
portant commands. 

The  sum  of  the  whole  matter  appears 
to  me  to  be  this:  Comity  and  coopera- 
tion only  so  far  as  is  consistent  with  ab- 
solute loyalty  to  Christ  and  in  a  flexible 
manner,  so  as  not  to  bind  us  to  refuse  the 
will  of  God  as  shown  in  his  Providence. 
I  have  endeavored  to  indicate  in  this  con- 
tribution to  the  discussion  what  these 
limits  are.  May  our  leaders  have  wis- 
dom from  above  to  "know  what  Israel 
ought  to  do" — no  more,  no  less. 

Philadelphia.  Pa. 


The  Dedication  at  Bradford,  Massachusetts 


We  give  a  picture  of  the  monument  at 
Bradford,  Mass.,  which  was  dedicated  in 
connection  with  the  centennial  of  the 
American  Board.  The  stone  is  erected 
on  the  historic  spot  where  the  American 
Board  was  organized  a  century  ago.  The 
services  ^ere  made  especially  impressive 
by  the  commissioning  of  six  young  mis- 
sionaries, numbering  within  one  of  the 
original  Seven  who  gave  themselves  to 
the  foreign  work,  among  them  our  own 
Judson.  The  monument  was  unveiled  by 


a  Bradford  Academy  girl,  daughter  of 
Dr.  C.  M.  Cady,  a  missionary  of  Kyoto, 
Japan.  The  pastor  in  Bradford,  Rev.  E. 
S.  Stackpole,  was  formerly  a  missionary. 
We  are  indebted  to  him  for  the  photo- 
graphs of  the  stone  and  its  inscription. 
The  Baptists  were  remembered  in  the 
dedication  at  Andover,  not  only  by  the 
memory  of  Judson,  but  by  the  reading  of 
a  hymn  by  Dr.  S.  F.  Smith,  composed 
while  he  was  a  student  in  Andover  in 
1830. 


MISSIONS 


A  Model  Missionary  Association 

BAPTIST  MISSION  WORK  IN  THE   PITTSHURC  DISTRICT 

By  Rev.  H.  C.  Gleiss,  Superintendent 


S^SjgNE  of  the  busiest  centers  of 

mK  traffic  in  all  the  land  is  Pitts- 

sSs  ^^^^-     With   its   fiery   fur- 

g  naces  belching  forth  lire  and 

g  brimstone  night  and  day ;  its 

S  fleets  of  coal,  sending  their 

black  diamonds  to  all  parts 

world ;  its  matchless  industries  in 

ivv,  plate  and  flint  glass,  it  leads  the 

of  the  world  in  its  monthly  ton- 

Although   reaching   twenty-four 

i  heavenward  and  burrowing  down 

!nto  the  earth,  Pittsburg  is  always 

ed  for  space.     During  the  past  fif- 

Dr  twenty   j'cars  new  towns  have 

T  up    among  us    like    mushrooms, 

the  approved  fashion  of  our  great 

nterprising  West.     Just  now  the 

and  Laughlin  Steel  Company,  the 

t  independent  steel  corporation  in 

untry,  is  putting  about  twenty  mil- 

af  dollars  into  their  new  mills  and 

at  Woodlawn,  eighteen  miles  from 


the  heart  of  the  city.  Already  there  arc 
5,000  people  in  the  town  and  within  two 
years  there  will  be  10,000.  What  mar- 
velous opportunities  for  mission  work. 
Here  in  this  new  town,  we  Baptists  be- 
gan a  regular  weekly  prayer  service  last 
March,  the  first  in  the  town.  In  April 
we  organized  a  Sunday  school ;  in  May 
provisions  were  made  for  a  gospel  tent; 
in  June  our  tent  was  erected,  a  series  of 
special  meetings  held,  and  regular  preach- 
ing services  established;  in  July  the 
church  was  organized  with  28  members, 
3  of  whom  came  by  baptism.  l"hus  in  a 
measure,  at  least,  the  Baptists  have 
caught  the  aggressive  spirit  which  is  in 
the  air. 

In  speaking  of  the  Baptist  work  in  the 
Pittsburg  district,  it  is  necessary  to  re- 
member that  wc  have  here  two  separate 
organizations— the  Pittsburg  Baptist  As- 
sociation, which  does  practically  the  work 
of  a  State  convention,  and  the  Pittsburg 


MISSIONS 


41 


and  Allegheny  Baptist  Union,  our  church 
extension  society  for  the  city.  These  two 
distinct  corporations  make  it  difficult  to 
report  the  work  done,  but  wc  have  been 
able  to  keep  so  dose  together  that  atl  of 
the  wpi^  has  been  planned  in  absolute 
harmony.  When  we  speak  in  this  article 
of  the  work  in  the  Pittsburg  district  we 
mean  the  whole  work  done  by  the  two 
sister  organizations. 

It  will  be  seen  that  we  do  not  confine 
our  work  to  the  city  proper.  The  terri- 
tory included  is  about  the  size  of  the 


work  done  among  the   foreign-speaking 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Association 
the  report  of  the  board  of  directors 
showed  that  40  people  had  been  employed 
in  mission  work  during  the  preceding 
year.  Of  these,  22  labored  among  the 
American,  and  18  among  the  foreign- 
speaking  people.  The  Association  ex- 
pended $14,860  in  its  missionary  work. 
At  the  same  time  the  Pittsburg  and  Alle- 
gheny Union  expended  $10,532,  or  a 
total  of  $25,392  in  one  year.    Of  the  75 


State  of  Connecticut,  with  a  population 
of  more  than  1,500,000.  In  this  terri- 
tory every  line  of  missionary  work  is  car- 
ried on  by  our  Baptist  organizations — 
pioneer  mission  work  in  new  towns,  as 
well  as  missions  in  the  heart  of  the  city ; 
aiding  weak  and  struggling  churches,  and 
church  extension.  Deals  are  now  pend- 
ing to  secure  property  for  three  young 
churches,  and  plans  are  developing  for 
four  new  chapels.  There  are  loan  funds, 
out  of  which  weak  and  burdened  churches 
are  aided.  All  of  the  time  a  spirir  of 
evangelism  is  fostered,  and  part  of  the 
time  an  especial  evangelist  is  employed. 
The  orphans  and  the  aged  and  infirm  arc 
cared  for  in  a  recent  enterprise.  Then 
lastly,  but  not  of  least  importance,  is  the 


churches  in  this  Association  25  were  or- 
ganized during  the  last  ten  years. 

Perhaps  the  most  remarkable  single  ex- 
hibition of  interest  in  the  missionary 
work  is  the  manner  of  the  observance  of 
Children's  Day.  The  offerings  on  that 
day  amounted  to  $6,700.  Here  it  must 
be  explained  that  for  about  twenty  years 
there  has  been  an  especial  arrangement 
with  the  Publication  Society,  whereby 
our  local  workers  get  under  the  effort, 
make  it  a  great  missionary  occasion,  and 
the  results  are  then  divided  between  the 
Publication  Society  and  the  local  work. 

The  work  of  city  missions  is  one  of 
appalling  gravity.  There  is  nothing  now 
before  the  Christian  world  that  demands 
more  careful  thinking  and  praying  than 


42  MISSIONS 

work  among  these  varied  peoples.  Work  Very  gratefully  we  acknowledge  the 
is  being  done  among  the  Hungarians,  generous  help  extended  by  our  mission- 
Roumanians,  Slovaks,  Croatians,  Rus-  ary  societies.  Without  their  help  the 
sians,  Italians,  Swedes,  Germans  and  work  could  not  have  been  accomplished. 
Jews,  and  also  Chinese,  Welsh  and  Eng-  The  Home  Mission  Society,  the  Publi- 
lish.  Space  will  not  permit  to  go  into  cation  Society,  the  Woman's  Home  Mis- 
details,  but  some  notable  victories  have  sion  Society  and  the  State  Mission  Board 
been  won,  some  excellent  characters  de-  have  all  aided  in  this  work, 
veloped,  and  a  strong  church  life  shown.  PUlsburgkj  Pa. 


MISSIONS 


The  Shan  Mission,  Burma 


By  Rev.  H.  C. 

DURING  the  vacation  of  the  school 
at  Mongnai,  our  headmaster  and 
an  evangelist  took  five  of  the  larger  boys 
of  the  orphanage  and  school  and  went  on 
an  evangelistic  trip  which  lasted  twenty- 
eight  days,  and  was  filled  with  interesting 
experiences  for  all.  They  visited  ten 
large  villages,  spending  from  one  to  four 
days  in  each  place.  With  one  single  ex- 
ception they  were  very  cordially  received 
everywhere,  the  people  not  only  coming 
out  to  see  the  magic  lantern  at  night  and 
remaining  long  after  the  pictures,  until 
12  o'clock  in  some  cases,  to  talk  over  re- 
ligious subjects,  but  also  coming  out  dur- 
ing the  day  and  staying  with  the  teachers 
most  of  the  day,  in  many  instances  not 
giving  them  time  to  eat  or  rest,  until  they 
were  compelled  to  avoid  the  people  by 
going  into  the  jungle  to  rest  before  the 
evening  service. 

The  head  men  of  the  villages  were  as 
cordial  as  could  be,  and  in  some  cases 
called  their  people  together  to  listen  to 
the  messages  of  the  visitors.  Generally 
the  Burmese  priests  would  not  come  near 
the  meetings,  but  the  priests  of  other 
races  came  and  were  very  friendly  in- 
deed. Many  tracts  and  Gospels  were 
given  away  during  the  first  part  of  the 
trip,  so  there  were  none  left  to  even  sell 
on  the  latter  part.  One  priest  was  very 
friendly  and  was  willing  to  accept  the 
gospel.  He  said  he  had  never  done  any 
other  kind  of  work  in  his  life,  and  what 
would  he  have  to  eat  if  he  accepted 
Christianity?  Sometimes  the  preachers 
and  the  boys  would  divide  up  and  each 
one  take  a  group  of  people  and  explain 
a  passage  of  scripture  or  read  a  tract  and 
explain  its  meaning  to  those  who  asked 
questions  about  it.  At  one  large  village 
where  they  were  exceptionally  well  re- 
ceived they  remained  four  days,  which 
were  filled  with  personal  talks  to  many 
of  the  chief  men  of  the  locality.  At  one 
meeting  when  the  Buddhists  failed  in 
their  arguments  they  said  the  preachers 
were  the  bridge  between  the  old  way  and 
the  new,  and  all  agreed  the  new  way  was 
vcrj-  good.    We  hope  soon  to  follow  this 


Gibbens,  M.D. 
trip  by   another    in    the    same    section. 

ASTRONOMY  AND  THE  SHANS 

Mark  Twain's  fanciful  sketch  of  a 
man  who  was  transferred  from  the  last 
century  to  the  court  of  King  Arthur 
where  he  had  ample  use  for  the  knowl- 
edge and  inventions  of  our  times,  is  being 
duplicated  frequently  by  the  experiences 
of  missionaries  in  heathen  lands  where 
the  state  of  knowledge  and  invention 
takes  on  the  character  of  an  even  more 
remote  past  than  the  times  of  good  King 
Arthur,  These  remarks  are  called  forth 
by  the  appearance  of  H  alley's  comet 
which  has  excited  much  comment  and 
not  a  little  uneasiness  among  the  people 


44 


MISSIONS 


of  Mongnai.  Because  of  the  widespread 
interest  on  the  subject  and  the  general 
incorrectness  of  the  teaching  in  the  Budd- 
hist monasteries  concerning  things  celes- 
tial as  well  as  things  spiritual,  the  mis- 
sionary spent  some  evening  hours  on  an 
old  book  on  astronomy,  and  then  at  a 
church  prayer  meeting  after  the  regu- 
lar subject  had  been  thoroughly  dis- 
cussed, gave  a  talk  on  the  movements  of 
the  earth  and  a  portrayal  of  the  orbits  of 
the  earth  and  of  Halley's  comet,  with  a 
discussion  on  the  nature  of  comets,  etc. 
The  folly  of  superstitious  beliefs  concern- 
ing the  relation  of  the  comet  to  any  one's 
life  or  health  was  also  pointed  out.  To 
show  the  people  how  regular  this  comet 
was  in  its  movements,  I  told  them  when 
they  would  be  able  to  see  it  in  the  eve- 
ning sky,  etc.  Since  that  talk  about  the 
comet  I  have  been  surprised  by  the  state- 
ments from  Buddhists  that  there  were 
two   comets — one   in   the   morning  -  sky 


at  first  and  one  in  the  evening  sky  later 
on  1  I  have  had  also  to  repeat  again  and 
again  about  the  movements  of  the  earth 
and  give  proofs  of  its  being  round,  etc. 
These  things  have  made  me  decide  to 
purchase  books  and  a  suitable  telescope 
on  our  return  for  popular  talks  on  astron- 
omy. The  application  is:  if  Gautama 
Buddha  made  so  many  mistakes  about  the 
things  of  this  world,  how  can  he  be  be- 
lieved concerning  the  world  to  come? 
The  need  for  such  talks  is  found  in  the 
following  beliefs:  "In  the  center  of 
things  is  Mount  Meru,  which  rests  on 
three  feet,  each  one  a  ruby.  Between 
these  feet  dwell  the  Nats.  The  sun, 
moon  and  stars  are  dwelling  places  for 
Nats.  Below  the  earth  in  rock  arc  the 
sight  hells.  Seven  ranges  of  mountains 
girdle  the  earth  with  seven  seas  inter- 
posed, and  in  them  the  four  great  isl- 
ands."     Map   makers   will    please    take 


Some  of  Elder  Tyson's  Experiences 


preachers  appreciate 
:casional  compliment.  The 
rontier    missionary    is    no 
icception  to  this  rule.  Once 
pon  a  time  one  happened 
■)  me,  and  it  was  on  this 
'ise:  I  had  spoken  at  the 
young    people's    rally   at   a 
Nebraska  association.     At  the  dose  of 
this  session   the  committee  on   religious 
exercises  announced  that  I  would  preach 
the  missionary  sermon  at  night.     As  I 
passed  out  through  the  vestibule  I  felt  a 
hand  clutching  at  my  coat  sleeve.    Turn- 
ing around,    I  saw  a    swarthy    looking 
brother  from  the  mountains  of  Tennes- 
see.    His  hickory  shirt,  buttoned  awry, 
and  seersucker  coat,  too  short  of  course, 
added  to  his  ungainly  appearance.     He 
very  easterly  grasped  my  hand  and  asked  : 
"Are  you  agwinc  to  make  that  old  bazoo 
work  agin  to-night?"     With  at  least  a 
show  of  modesty  I  told  him  that  I, sup- 
posed from  the  announcement  that  I  was 
expected  to  preach  the  gospel   again  at 
the  evening  session.     Looking  me  very 
earnestly  in  the  eye  and  giving  my  hand 
a  tremendous  squeeze,  he  said,  "/  like  to 
Aaxt  if  fio — it  maifs  the  worler  come  in 


my  eyesi"  I  have  always  believed  that 
the  good  brother  intended  it  for  a  com- 
pliment. It  was  the  unvarnished  kind, 
and  that's  the  kind  I  like. 

A    COWBOY    SHAVE 

Out  in  Chase  County,  Nebraska — it 
was  at  the  little  village  of  Chase — I  was 
greatly  in  need  of  the  services  of  a  bar- 
ber. The  nearest  professional  was  at 
Imperial,  twenty  miles  away.  The  only 
alternative  was  to  accept  the  offer  of  a 
genuine  cowboy  who  said  he  often 
"scraped  the  hoys."  Common  bar  sosp 
was  the  only  kind  at  hand.  He  put  his 
left  foot  on  a  chair  and,  placing  me  on 
another  where  I  could  use  his  knee  for 
a  head-rest,  he  commenced  operations 
with  the  vim  which  characterized  him 
when  he  went  to  rope  a  steer  or  bust  a 
broncho.  I  was  bearing  the  ordeal  with 
all  possible  fortitude,  striving  at  least  to 
keep  back  the  tears.  "Ain't  your  skin  a 
leetle  bit  tender,  Elder?"  asked  the  cow- 
boy. "Not  that  T  know  of,"  said  I,  de- 
termined to  be  brave.  "Well,  I  thou^t 
it  was,  'cause  the  blood  is  kinder  oozin 
out  wherever  I  shave  ye."  And  it  was 
not  hard  for  me  to  believe  him. 


MISSIONS 


The  Russian  Baptists  of  Pueblo 

By  Rev.  Milton  Fish 


IVING   the   gospel     to   the 
Slavs  of  Pueblo,  although  a 
young    work,     has    had    a 
steady    and    substantial 
growth.  It  has  been  identi- 
fied with  the  devotion  of 
Brother  Peter  Kmita.     For- 
merly he  was  a  teacher  and 
an  earnest  worker  for  the  Orthodox  Cath- 
olic Church.      In    1904  he  heard    Rev. 
John  Kolesnekaf  preach  in  Scranton,  Pa. 
The   preaching   angered   him.      He    de- 
nounced   the   preacher  as  a  Jew.      But 
after  Christ  entered  his  heart  with  new 
life  he  was  gladly  baptized.    At  once  he 
became   a   colporter    among   his   people. 
While  working  hard  in  Chicago  he  was 
prostrated  by  tuberculosis.     He  reached 
Pueblo  very  sick,  unknown,  and  short  of 
funds.     He  first  called  upon  the  pastor 
of  the  Mesa  Baptist  Church.    Though 
he  had  no  English  letter  of  credential, 
the  spirit  of  Christ  in  his  personal  influ- 
ence constituted  his  credentials.     During 


that  first  meeting,  the  pastor  felt  that 
Brother  Kmita  had  a  mjssion  in  Pueblo. 
God  has  verified  that  impression,  has 
strengthened  our  brother's  body,  and  es- 
tablished him  in  the  confidence  of  the 
Russians. 

In  Pueblo  live  people  of  thirty  differ- 
ent nationalities.  At  present  there  are 
about  three  hundred  Russians,  the  same 
number  of  Poles,  fewer  Croatians  and 
Bohemians,  about  two  thousand  Aus- 
trian s,  and  about  the  same  number  of 
Servians.  With  the  exception  of  the 
public  school  and  the  mission  work,  these 
people  have  practically  no  contact  with 
Anglo-Saxon  civilization.  Socially  they 
arc  unassimilated.  The  Methodists  and 
Baptists  are  the  only  Christians  who  are 
giving  them  the  gospel.  The  Methodist 
work  consists  of  a  class  of  six  or  seven 
Polish  children.  The  Methodists  have 
no  worker  that  speaks  the  Polish  lan- 
guage. The  Baptist  work  is  conducted 
by  one  who  is  at  home  in  the  Slavic  Ian- 


MISSIONS 


gu^es.  Up  to  date,  he  has  worked  most- 
ly among  Russians,  all  of  whom  are  men 
without  families.  In  the  spring  of  1908 
Brother  Kmita  received  his  commission 
from  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mis- 
sion Society.  In  the  meantime,  he  sent 
to  Texas  for  his  friend,  Peter  Shostalc, 
who  was  baptized  with  him.  When  con- 
verted he  was  an  illiterate  man.  Since 
1904  he  has  learned  to  read  and  write 
both  Russian  and  English.  He  has  a 
winsome  personality,  and  may  enter  a 
training  school. 

This  Brother  Shostak  has  been  of  in- 
calculable assistance  in  the  Pueblo  Mis- 
sion. While  colporter  to  the  Slavic  com- 
munities of  Colorado,  he  has  used  Pueblo 
as  a  base  of  operations.  Recently  he  has 
been  distributing  the  Word  in  Missouri 
and  Kansas.  He  has  been  imprisoned 
for  selling  without  a  license.  He  has 
only  with  rare  tact  avoided  collision  with 
quarrelsome  bigots  of  his  own  people. 
Both  he  and  Brother  Kmita  have  gone 
with  those  under  conviction  to  the  priest. 
But  the  priest  could  not  withstand  the 
wisdom  and  spirit  with  which  they  spoke. 
While  they  have  been  called  Jews;  while 
those  who  attend  the  gospel  meetings  are 
persecuted  and  driven  from  the  boarding 
houses;  while  some  have  blasphemed  con- 
cerning the  meaning  of  baptism,  the  work 
has  prospered.  Many  Russians,  not  yet 
Christians,  ignore  the  priests  and  com- 
mend Brother  Kmita  and  his  work.  Even 
some  Polish  men  are  forgetting  their 
race  antipathy  for  the  Russians.  They 
are  really  willing  to  listen  to  a  Russian 
preacher.  Eleven  Russians  have  united 
with  the  Mesa  Baptist  Church.  Still 
others   are   converted.      All    the    gospel 


meetings  (except  baptismal  and  commun- 
ion services)  arc  held  in  a  boarding  house 
near  to  the  steel  works.  Besides  the  gospel 
meetings — four  each  week  conducted  by 
Brother  Kmita — Miss  Greene,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Mesa  Baptist  Church,  con- 
ducts three  English  classes  for  them. 

Among  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit  the  fol- 
lowing are  noticeable:  1.  Cleanliness; 
This  is  in  marked  contrast  to  the  habits 
of  the  unconverted  Russians.  Once  con- 
verted, they  become  foes  to  dirt  on  the 
person,  on  clothes  or  in  rooms.  No 
housewives  in  Pueblo  can  surpass  these 
brothers  in  that  virtue,  that  is  next  to 
godliness.  2,  Puritan  Ideals:  The  ques- 
tionable indulgences  of  some  church  mem- 
bers they  abhor.  With  them,  baptism  in- 
volves separation  from  intoxicants,  to- 
bacco, cards  and  dancing.  3.  Fraternal- 
ism  :  They  will  share  their  last  dime  with 
a  brother  who  is  sick  or  poor.  Their 
whole  life  finds  its  center  in  the  Chris- 
tian group.  Christian  fellowship  is  their 
recreation  and  inspiration.  No  lodge,  no 
other  interests,  divide  their  oneness  in 
Christ,  4.  Constancy :  As  yet  none  have 
lapsed  in  Christian  living.  5.  Prayer 
meeting  habit:  They  have  two  week- 
night  prayer  meetings.  They  work  hard 
about  roasting  furnaces.  Rarely  does 
one  who  is  able  to  do  so  fail  to  attend 
prayer  meeting.  With  a  nucleus  of  fif- 
*teen  Christians,  their  praj-er  meeting  at- 
tendance ranges  from  fifteen  to  twenty. 
On  the  whole,  the  mission  promises  to 
become  sturdy  and  large.  The  migra- 
tory habits  of  the  Russians  are  due  to  the 
uncertainties  of  the  labor  market.  This 
constitutes  the  only  internal  hindrance  to 
the  work. 


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47 


Devotional 


A  l^mffer  fur  Wovlh  i^altiatuitt 

ALMIGHTY  GOD,  grant,  we  be- 
seech Thee,  that  Thy  Word  may 
he  preached  in  the  earth,  until  all  nations 
shall  have  heard  the  glorious  truth  of  the 
one  living  and  true  God;  the  intellect  no 
longer  degraded;  the  reason  no  longer 
offered  up  in  superstitious  sacrifice;  hut 
man,  body,  soul  and  spirit  Thine — Thy 
wandered  child.  Thy  strayed  sheep,  but 
called  by  Thy  undying  love  back  to  Thy- 
self, until  at  last  the  wide,  wide  world 
shall  know  the  Father-God,  and  there 
shall  be  but  one  fold  and  one  Shepherd, 
one  God  and  Father  of  us  all.     Amen, 

♦ 
PRAY— 

That  it  may  please  God  to  pour  out 
abundantly  His  Spirit  upon  the  churches 
as  they  gather  during  the  Week  of 
Prayer. 

That  it  may  please  Him  to  send  the 
spirit  of  revivaJ  upon  the  churches  of  our 
own  and  all  lands. 

That  it  may  please  Him  to  grant  a 
special  blessing  on  the  days  of  interces- 
sion for  mission  fields  and  workers  at 
home  and  abroad. 

That  it  may  please  Him  to  raise  up 
new  workers  to  take  the  place  of  those 
who  have  fallen  upon  sleep. 

♦ 
This  Same  Jesus 

Looking  backward  is  one  of  our  most 
dangierous  and  debilitating  sins.  Men 
sometimes  say:  "O  for  the  days  of 
Whiteficld !  O  for  the  days  of  Wesley ! 
O  for  the  days  of  Luther!  O  for  the 
days  of  the  apostles!"  What  we  ought 
to  say  b:  O  for  the  belief  that  the  same 
Jesus  who  ascended  into  the  heavens  has 
oome  Back  again,  and  that  he  is  here  in 
his  invisible  representative,  the  Holy 
Spirit,  as  truly  as  he  was  in  the  city  of 
Jerusalem  on  the  day  of  Pentecost. — 
Charles  E.  Jefferson, 


Unprofitable 

That  word  is,  as  you  know,  an  expres- 
sion of  the  market-place.  It  speaks  of 
an  investment  which  has  been  made  and 
has  not  turned  out  well.  .  .  .  God  has, 
as  it  were,  invested  His  capital  in  this 
world — "He  gave  His  only-begotten 
Son."  And  what  has  been  the  return 
for  that  divine  investment  in  your  life 
and  mine?  Has  it  been  a  profitable  in- 
vestment so  far  as  you  are  concerned? 
What  has  God  got  in  return  for  the  love 
He  has  showered  upon  you,  the  grace 
with  which  He  has  enriched  your  life, 
the  opportunities  which  have  been  close 
to  your  hand  day  by  day? — /.  Stuart 
H  olden, 

♦ 

The  Book  of  Books 

"Six  million,  six  hundred  and  twenty 
thousand  and  twenty-four  copies,"  is  the 
report  of  the  British  and  Foreign  Bible 
Society's  sale  of  Bibles  for  last  year. 
Moreover,  the  same  organization  esti- 
mates that  during  the  106  years  of  its 
existence  it  has  issued  no  less  than  222,- 
000,000  copies  of  the  Scriptures — z,  rec- 
ord that  undoubtedly  stands  unequalled 
in  the  history  of  book  publishing. 

♦ 

Seed  Thoughts 

You  will  find  as  you  look  back  upon 
your  life  that  the  moments  that  stand 
out,  the  moments  when  you  have  really 
lived,  are  moments  when  you  have  done 
things  in  a  spirit  of  love. — Henry  Drum- 
mond. 

Is  the  church  just  a  lifeboat  being 
pulled  through  a  stormy  sea  full  of 
struggling  souls,  while  the  crew  sings  joy- 
fully "That  will  be  glory  for  ME?" 

No,  No,  and  No! 

"I  shall  see  Him  face  to  face  and  tell 
the  story.  Saved  by  grace."  Don't  wait 
until  you  see  Him  face  to  face  to  tell  the 
story.  They  know  all  about  it  over  there. 
Tell  it  to. the  folks  here  and  now  who 
don't  know  anything  about  it. 


A  Farewell  Charge 

By  Rev.  Robert  Hamilton* 


EAR    friends,    I    am    going 
away.    Perhaps  I  am  look- 
ing into  your  faces  for  the 
last  time.    But  1  will  bear 
you  on  my  heart  always  and 
often   talk   to   the    Father 
about   you.      Most  of  you 
Cheyenne  Christians  heard 
the  gospel  from  my  lips  for  the  first  time 
and  have  been  baptized  by  me.     When  I 
came  to  the  Indians  we  had  but  two 
churches  among  the  blanket  tribes  with 
less  than  one  hundred  members.     Now 
we  have  an  Association  with  seventeen 
churches  and  over  one  thousand   mem- 
bers.    Many  more  have  found  Jesus  and 
have  gone  home  to  be  with  Him.     God 
has  greatly  blessed  you  and   if  you  are 
faithful  to  Him  a  great  many  more  will 
find  Jesus  in  the  years  to  come.     Jesus 
is  expecting  you  to  convince  all  these  un- 
saved Indians  that  His  road  is  good. 

You  who  have  just  started  in  the  Jesus 
road  may  be  tempted  to  go  hack  into  the 
old  roads;  but  you  will  never  be  satis- 
i  in  the  old  roads,  A  young  man  who 
had  gone  back  into  the  mescal  road  came 
)  our  meeting  last  winter  and  said  that 
;  had  been  very  unhappy  since  he  had 
gone  back.  He  said  the  Christian  In- 
dians had  turned  away  from  him  and 
that  the  mescal  followers  had  no  confi- 
dence in  him.  It  seemed  as  though  he 
was  alone  and  apart  from  all  men  and 
was  glad  to  come  back  into  the  fellow- 
ship of  the  Christians.  The  old  life  you 
lived  before  you  found  Jesus  cannot  make 


you  happy  any  more  because  you  do  not 
belong  there. 

When  I  was  at  the  Osage  Agency  a 
man  was  pointed  out  to  mc  who  had  a 
strange  history.  Some  years  ago  he  died; 
the  Indians  wrapped  hi'm  in  a  blanket, 
put  him  in  a  box  and  carried  him  to  the 
top  of  a  high  hill  which  overlooked  the 
camp,  and  put  the  box  on  the  ground  and 
covered  it  up  with  stones  as  is  their  cus- 
tom of  burial.  That  night  the  man  came 
to  life  again,  kicked  the  lid  off  the  box 
and  came  out.  In  the  morning  about 
sunrise  he  wrapped  his  blanket  about  him 
and  walked  down  to  the  camp.  When 
the  Indians  saw  him  coming  they  ran  out 
with  hoots  and  cries  of  fear  and  drove 
him  away  from  the  camp.  His  wife  and 
family  would  not  allow  him  to  come  into 
their  tepee.  What  business  had  he  there? 
He  belonged  to  another  world.  The 
years  have  passed  and  this  man  is  now 
the  richest  man  of  all  the  rich  Osages,  yet 
he  lives  to  this  day  apart  from  his  people. 
They  will  not  let  him  come  near  them. 
He  buys  his  food  from  the  store  and  eats 
it  without  cooking.  When  I  saw  him  he 
was  sitting  on  the  curbstone  eating  some 
peaches  out  of  the  can.  At  night  he 
wraps  his  blanket  about  him  and  lies 
down  on  the  hard  pavement. 

Your  baptism  means  something  like 
that.  You  have  died  to  the  old  life  with 
its  sinful  roads,  you  were  buried  with 
Jesus  in  the  water  grave,  and  you  rose 
again  to  walk  in  a  new  life.  Now  you 
belong  to  Jesus  and  the  Jesus  people.  The 
grave  is  between  you  and  the  old  camp, 
hut  keep  your  face  turned  toward  heaven. 
Keep  in  close  company  with  those  who 
are  traveling  that  way.  If  you  do  this 
you  will  find  heavenly  food,  sweet,  fresh 
water  and  flowers  all  along  the  way. 


tijap:i£»fC- 


MISSIONS 


The  Newest  Immigration  Problem 

THE  HINDU  INVASION  OF  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 

By  Geo.  E.  Burlingame,  D.D. 


FIVE  thousand  men  from  India  en- 
tered the  port  of  San  Francisco  dur- 
ing the  past  twelve  months.  They  come 
to  work  in  lumber  camps  and  on  the 
railroads.  There  are  said  to  be  three 
thousand  in  the  Sacramento  Valley  of 
California.  Every  steamer  from  the 
Orient  brings  its  contribution  to  this 
new  clement  in  our  foreign  problem. 
The  photographs  here  presented  were 
taken  on  the  Nippon  Maru  on  her  ar- 
rival at  Quarantine  at  San  Francisco, 
August  27,  1910.  Nearly  one  hundred 
Hindus  were  in  the  party.  They  are 
Sikhs  from  the  Punjab,  a  turbaned  host 
of  eager  immigrants  looking  for  the 
promised  land  of  which  they  have  heard 
in  their  native  villages. 

A  strong  sentiment  is  developing  on 
the  Coast  against  this  form  of  oriental 
immigration,  and  organizations  have 
been  formed  to  restrict,  and,  if  possible, 
prevent  the  ingress  of  these  Indians,  who 
promise  so  little  of  advantage  and  so 
much  of  difficulty  to  the  Pacific  Coast 
States.  Many  of  them  are  turned  back 
at  Quarantine  and  refused  admittance 
under  the  immigration  bureau  regula- 
tions. Several  cases  have  come  up  in 
which  th¥  rulings  of  the  bureau  have 


been  contested.  It  is  reported  in  the 
local  press  that  a  group  of  people,  in- 
cluding wealthy  women  interested  in 
theosophy,  are  undertaking  to  champion 
the  cause  of  the  Hindus  and  make  their 


examination 
securing 

Obviously  thi 
volved  in  this  r 
Th, 


vith  a  view  to  their 


ire  two  problems  in- 
phase  of  the  foreign 
z  and  social  question 
concerns  the  ability  of  the  nation  to  as- 
similate this  class  of  immigrants  and 
their  probable  effect  on  the  communities 
in  which  they  settle.  Little  can  be  said 
in  favor  of  their  coming,  from  this  point 
of  view.  Their  habits,  their  intense  caste 
feeling,  their  utter  lack  of  home  life — 
no  women  being  among  tbem — and  their 
effect  upon  standards  of  labor  and  wages, 
all  combine  to  sustain  the  position  of 
those  who  seek  to  close  the  doors  against ' 
this  strange  new  stream  of  immigration. 
The  other  problem  concerns  the  welfare 
of  the  thousands  who  are  already  here. 
Shall  we  allow  them  to  encyst  themselves 
in  our  national  body?  Are  they  capable 
of  being  westernized,  Americanized, 
evangelized?  The  new  problem  creates 
a  new  duty  in  civic  and  religious  circles, 
$ttn  Francisco,  Cal. 


50 


MISSIONS 


For  the  Missionary  Meeting 


Falsehoods    Are    Boomerangs 

A  CONVERTED  Italian,  in  telling 
the  story  of  his  life,  shows  how 
falsehood  reacts.  He  says  that  as  a  boy 
he  grew  up  in  Italy  a  sincere  and  even 
bigoted  Roman  Catholic,  serving  mass 
every  day  as  an  altar  boy,  singing  in  the 
choir,  reciting  all  the  prayers  he  could, 
especially  those  endowed  with  indul- 
gences, and  keeping  an  account  book  of 
ail  the  merits  he  earned,  which  amounted 
to  many  thousands  of  indulgence  years, 
by  which  he  was  taught  he  could  save  his 
soul  from  the  flames  of  purgatory,  and 
have  some  merits  to  spare  to  save  others. 
At  sixteen  he  emigrated  to  America.  The 
village  priest  warned  him  to  have 
nothing  to  do  with  Protestants  nor  to 
go  near  their  churches.  Upon  asking 
who  the  Protestants  were,  the  priest  an- 
swered that  they  were  bad  people,  infi- 
dels, and  that  in  their  churches  they  wor- 
shipped the  skeleton  of  a  horse. 

When  in  New  York,  he  heard  again 
from  some  ignorant  Italians  the  state- 
ment that  Protestants  worshipped  the 
bones  of  dead  horses.  Seized  with  curi- 
osity, he  went  one  Sunday  evening  into 
the  Italian  church  of  the  City  Mission 
Society.  He  says:  "I  saw  no  skeleton 
there,  but  heard  the  prayers,  the  singing, 
the  sermon,  and  was  impressed  with  the 
simplicity  of  the  worship  which  was  en- 
tirely new  to  me.  At  first  I  imagined 
I  had  gone  into  the  wrong  place,  but  as 
I  was  assured  by  the  sexton  that  it  was 
the  Protestant  church,  it  dawned  upon 
me  that  I  had  been  deluded,  and  that  the 
priests  used  such  slanders  to  scare  people 
away  from  Protestant  churches.  I  be- 
came a  regular  attendant  at  the  church 
and  Sunday  school,  and  when  I  learned 
that  I  could  be  saved,  not  by  my  own 
merits,  but  by  the  blood  of  Christ,  and 
saved  completely  without  having  to  burn 
in  purgatory,  I  threw  to  the  winds  my 
self-righteousness  and  my  merit  book, 
and  gave  my  heart  and  soul  to  Jesus 
Christ  for  safe-keeping.  I  began  to  work 
for  others,  and  the  year  after,  when  the 
time  came  for  me  to  return  to  Italy  to 
enlist  in  the  army,  I  decided  to  enlist  in 


the  victorious  army  of  the  King  of  kings, 
where  I  expect  to  remain  till  He  calls 
me  home  to  glory." 

& 

Giving  the  Best 

By  Rev.  F.  A.  Agar 

IT  was  the  first  visit  of  the  missionary 
to  the  new,  little  town  of  T.,  and  as 
is  very  often  the  case  out  West,  the  ser- 
vice had  been  held  in  the  schoolhouse. 
After  the  meeting  was  over,  a  man  came 
up  to  the  preacher  and  asked  if  he  would 
go  home  with  him  and  spend  the  night, 
"at  his  place."  The  preacher  gladly  ac- 
cepted the  oflFer,  having  made  no  arrange- 
ment for  the  night.  The  man  got  his 
wife  and  two  little  girls,  and  they  all 
went  down  the  street  till  they  came  to 
a  two-room  log  house,  into  which  the  man 
led  them.  Removing  their  heavy  winter 
wraps,  the  woman  produced  the  Bible, 
which  she  handed  to  the  visitor,  saying: 
"It's  quite  late  and  the  children  are  tired, 
so  we  will  have  worship  and  then  all 
turn  in."  After  the  little  service,  the 
man  took  up  the  bag  and  wraps  and, 
opening  the  door  into  the  only  other 
room  in  the  house,  where  was  placed  the 
only  bed  in  the  house,  he  put  the  preach- 
er's things  down,  and  said,  "Grood  night; 
I  hope  you  will  rest  fine."  Shutting  the 
door,  he  left  his  guest  standing  inside. 
Remaining  at  the  door,  he  heard  the  man 
say  to  his  wife,  "Well,  Ma,  wasn't  it 
good  to  hear  the  gospel  again  ?  Let's  sec, 
it's  about  sixteen  years  since  wc  last 
heard  it ;  you-all  won't  mind  sleeping  on 
the  floor,  will  you?"  "No,"  said  the  wo- 
man, "the  children  are  tired  and  they 
will  go  asleep  soon.  It  was  good  to  hear 
preaching  again — that's  what  it  was!" 

By  this  time  the  missionary  had  on  his 
overcoat  and  hat  and,  grabbing  up  his 
bag,  he  opened  the  door  and  shot  through 
the  room,  saying,  "Good  by,  friends;  I 
will  write  you  later  on" ;  and  out  of  the 
front  door  he  went,  to  find  his  way  to 
the  depot,  where  he  paced  up  and  down 
till  three  o'clock  in  the  morning,  when  a 
train  came  along.    He  did  not  mind  that, 


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51 


for  he  could  not  have  slept  in  that  bed 
and  let  those  little  children  and  their 
mother  wrap  themselves  up  in  a  blanket 
apiece  and  lay  down  on  that  dirt  floor  on 
a  cold  winter  night.  But  the  beautiful 
spirit  of  the  Lord  was  in  the  hearts  of 
those  people  when  they  were  willing  to 
make  the  sacrifice  for  the  sake  of  giving 
the  best  they  had  to  the  servant  of  the 
Lord.  Afterward,  the  missionary  wrote 
those  people  the  best  letter  he  knew  how 
to  write,  told  them  the  simple  truth,  and 
expressed  his  appreciation. 

Have  you  ever  slept  on  the  floor,  a 
dirt  floor  at  that,  on  a  cold  winter  night, 
in  order  that  you  might  hear  the  gospel 
of  Jesus  Christ?  **No,"  you  say.  Well, 
have  you  ever  slept  in  a  real  way  on  the 
floor  of  self-sacrifice  in  order  to  give  the 
best  you  have  so  that  such  people  as  those 
in  this  little  story  can  in  their  far-away 
homes  on  the  Western  frontier  hear  the 
gospel,  which  they  have  not  heard  for  so 
long  a  time? 


& 


The  Power  of  Caste 

THE  iron-clad  rules  of  caste  in  India 
still  hold  back  many  from  an  open 
confession  of  their  allegiance  to  Chris- 
tianity. The  seed  is  being  sown,  how- 
ever, and  in  time  will  bring  forth  an 
abundant  harvest.  On  a  recent  tour  in 
the  community  near  Ongole  taken  by 
Rev.  J.  M.  Baker,  special  visits  were 
made  to  the  caste  quarters  of  the  vil- 
lages. The  people  came  out  in  hundreds 
to  the  meetings  and  sat  on  the  ground 
perfectly  still  for  two  hours  or  more  and 
then  after  going  to  their  homes  for  food 
returned  to  the  evening  meeting,  staying 
as  long  as  the  missionaries  had  strength 
to  teach  them.  In  one  village  a  mer- 
chant of  the  Komati  caste,  who  is  also  a 
land  owner,  came  in  two  miles  to  attend 
the  meetings,  and  after  two  hours  of  ser- 
vice be  would  not  go  home,  but  brought 
his  friends  and  neighbors  to  the  tent  and 
openly  declared  before  them  all  that  he 
was  a  Christian  and  had  for  some  time 
been  praying  to  Jesus,  and  that  more- 
over his  wife  also  thought  as  he  did. 
When  asked  why  he  did  not  be  baptized 
he  said,  "I  am  ready  to  be  baptized  and 
I  want  to  be  baptized,  but  if  t  do  I  do 


not  know  how  I  am  going  to  live.  No 
one  will  buy  my  goods  and  these  men 
who  are  now  my  friends  and  neighbors 
will  turn  against  me."  This  he  said  be- 
fore all  the  people,  for  his  neighbors  and 
friends  were  perfectly  willing  for  him  to 
be  a  Christian  at  heart,  but  when  it  came 
to  breaking  loose  from  the  caste  and  being 
baptized  they  would  object  very  serious- 
ly. Not  only  would  they  refuse  to  buy 
of  him  but  they  would  make  it  impossi- 
ble for  him  to  cultivate  his  land.  Be- 
fore them  all  he  said,  "If  I  am  baptized 
I  must  leave  my  village  and  my  land, 
and  if  it  is  best  for  me  to  do  so  I  will  do 
that,  but  instead  I  want  these  men  to 
listen  to  my  preaching  and  I  want  them 
to  become  Christians  so  that  we  may  all 
come  together  and  be  happy  in  living  in 
the  village  which  belonged  to  our  fore- 
fathers." 

e    ; 

The  Kind  of  Missionary  Pastor 
Wanted  in  the  West 

WE  must  have  a  good  preacher,  com- 
bining the  rare  qualities  of  a  mixer 
with  the  business  men,  a  teacher,  a  pastor, 
a  financier  and  a  booster.  His  face  must 
be  broader  than  long;  his  smile  must  be 
contagious  and  sincere;  he  must  be  abso- 
lutely void  of  bigotry  and  conceit;  he 
must  be  particularly  adapted  to  the  re- 
quirements of  young  people  and  no  less 
those  of  advanced  years  who  may  have 
no  sympathy  for  the  younger  class.  Now 
let  me  know  where  we  can  get  such  a 
man  for  $1,000  per  year,  but  a  successful 
successor  to  C— —  must  be  this  kind, 
and  his  wife  must  possess  all  the  virtues 
above  enumerated  to  a  larger  degree.  In 

other  words,  C was  and  is  a  "Prince 

of  the  House  of  David."  He  had  M 

in  his  hands.  Every  man,  woman  and 
child  was  sorry  to  have  him  leave  town, 
not  only  because  of  his  own  going,  but 

because   Mrs.   C accompanied  him 

also.  F.  C.  P. 

Who  is  competent  to  apply  for  this 
place  ? 


MISSIONS 


A  Remarkable  Missionary  Career 


HE  death  of  Dr.  Clough  re- 
calls the  wonderful   work   of 
the  Ongole   Mission,  and  his 
own    varied    life,    so    richly 
blessed  in  fruitage.  We  draw 
the    following    sketch    from 
the     admirable     brief     biog- 
raphy written  by  Mrs.  Emma 
Rauschenbusch    Clough    and 
published  some  years  ago  by  the  Foreign 
Mission    Society,    only    wishing    we    had 
space  to  reproduce  her  story  entire. 

In  1836  the  first  Baptist  missionary  was 
sent  to  the  Telugus  of  southern  India, 
and  in  that  same  year,  July  16th,  a  boy 
was  born  near  Frewsburg,  in  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  who  went  out  twenty- 
eight  years  later  to  give  his  life  to  the 
work  of  that  mission.  John  Everett 
Clough  was  to  render  special  service  and 
God  prepared  him  for  it.  He  came  of 
sturdy  Welsh-Scotch-Enghsh  stock.  In 
early  years  he  knew  the  hard  but  clean 
poverty  of  pioneer  life  in  the  new  States 
of  Illinois  and  Iowa.  Many  a  time  he  has 
said  to  the  destitute  pariah  in  India  who 
complained  that  he  had  nothing  but  por- 
ridge to  eat ;  "You  cannot  tell  rae  any- 
thing about  poverty.  I  too  have  lived  by 
the  week  on  little  else  than  corn  meal 
mush."  And  the  pariah  knew  that  he  was 
understood. 

When  seventeen,  young  Clough  became 
chain  and  hatchet  carrier  to  a  surveying 
party  in  southern  Minnesota,  studied  al- 
gebra   and    trigonometry 


graded  school  together.  Then  he  became 
for  a  year  colporter  in  Eastern  Iowa  for 
the  Publication  Society,  and  his  zealotu 
house-to-house  visiting  proved  exceUcnt 
training  for  later  village  itineracy  in  In- 
dia. Then  came  the  call  to  go  with  Ur. 
Jewett  to  work  among  the  seventeen  mil- 


5enlly 


U.    S. 


Deputy   Surveyor,   and   at   the   head   of 
parly  of  fifteen  men  was  sent,  when  not 
yet  twenty,  to  survey  the  wild  prairies  ot 
Minnesota  when  Minneapolis  was  a  mere 
village.     His  surveyor's  certificate  was  re- 
spected when  he  applied  in  famine  times 
to  the  Indian  Government  for  engineering 
contracts  in  behalf  of  thousands  of  suf- 
ferers.    With  money   enough   for  a  five 
years'  course  of  study,  and  with  ambition 
to  become  a  wealthy  lawyer,  he  went  to 
Burlington    College,    where   he 
verted.     His  ambitious  plans  were  forgot- 
ten, and  as  a  humble  follower  of  Jesus 
he  was  destined  to  go  out,  a  Bapl" 
sionary,  to  that  forlorn  hope,  the  Telugu 
Mission,  known   as   the  "Lone   Star,"  1 
cause   of  thirty   years  of  almost   fruitl 
toil. 
In 


lions  of  Telugus,  and  with  his  wife  and  lit- 
tle boy  he  sailed  in  1864,  going  around  the 
Cape  of  Good  Hope. 

While  young  Clough  was  still  a  sur- 
veyor, Dr.  and  Mrs.  Jewett  and  three  of 
ihcir  native  helpers  knelt  one  morning  at 
sunrise  on  a  hill  overlooking  Ongole,  and 
prayed  for  a  man  to  bring  the  gospel  to 
this  dark  place.  Twelve  years  later  the 
man  for  Ongole  began  his  work,  and  in 
the  sight  of  the  famous  "Prayer  Meeting 
Hill"  thousands  were  baptized  in  the 
years  that  followed. 

The  first  ten  years  were  of  seed-sowing. 
Ongole  was  a  town  of  10.000.  The  work 
was  almost  wholly  nmong  the  despised 
Madigas,  or  oiilcastes.  After  seven  years 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cinugh  came  to  America, 
where  he  raised  an  endowment  of  $50,000 
for  a  thcoloRicnl  seminary,  which  has 
done  excellent  work.  Four  men  also  went 
out  as  reinforcements.  In  1876  the  con- 
verts numbered  3,269.  Then  came  the 
famine  which  wrought  a  crisis,  resulting 


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in  10,000  baptisms  in  a  single  year— a 
record  that  thrilled  the  missionary  world. 
Seldom  has  there  been  a  famine  with  such 
loss  of  life.  Mr.  Clough  took  a  govern- 
ment contract  for  digging  three  miles  of 
(he  Buckingham  Canal,  between  Madras 
and  Bezwada,  about  250  miles.  He  had  a 
village  of  palm-leaf  huts  built,  and  wells 
dug,  and  to  this  camp  at  Razupakm  he 
invited  all  who  could  come  and  work. 
There  were  3,000  there  all  the  time,  many 
coming  and  going.  The  sick  were  brought 
on  litlers;  many  that  walked  from  villages 
afar  off,  grew  exhausted  and  lay  down  on. 
the  road  to  die.  His  staff  of  preachers, 
thirty  in  number,  were  his  overseers. 
Each  was  responsible  for  a  company  of 
one  hundred  diggers,  and  soon  became  ac- 
quainted with  them.  It  any  sat  down  for 
a  short  rest  the  preacher  joined  them,  and 
heard  of  the  scattered  families  and  those 
who  had  died. 

While  the  famine  lasted  none  were  bap- 
tized. Hundreds  came  but  were  told  to 
wait.  The  preachers,  going  about  on 
their  fields,  saw  that  whole  villages  were 
ready.  In  June,  1878,  Mr.  Clough  wrote 
to  them  to  come  to  Vellumpilly,  ten  miles 
north  of  Ongole,  that  they  might  reorgan- 
Lie  for  work,  but  requested  them  to  leave 
the  converts  behind.  When  he  arrived 
there,  however,  he  found  a  multitude  wait- 
ing for  him.  He  mounted  a  wall  to  look 
into  their  faces  and  told  them  he  had  no 
more  money  to  give,  and  asked  them  to 
go  home.  They  cried,  "We  do  not  want 
help.  By  the  blisters  on  our  hands  we 
can  prove  to  you  (hat  we  have  worked 
and  will  continue  to  work.  If  ihe  next 
crop  fail,  we  shall  die.    We  want  to  die 


as  Christians.  Baptize  us  therefore!"  He 
dared  not  refuse  longer  to  receive  them 
into  the  church  of  Christ. 

Inquiry  meetings  on  a  large  scale  were 
now  held.  Each  preacher  gathered  the 
converts  from  his  special  field  together, 
and  with  the  heads  of  households  to  as- 
sist him,  he  conducted  his  examination. 
Searching  questions  were  asked  and  many 
were  sent  away.  On  the  first  day,  July 
2d,  1878,  a  beginning  was  made,  614  were 
baptized;  on  the  next  day,  2,222  followed; 
on  the  third  day  there  were  700  more, 
making  3,536  in  three  days.  The  multi- 
tude gathered  on  the  bank  of  the  Gund- 
lacumma  River,  where  the  water  at  this 
season  of  the  year  was  fairly  deep.  The 
six  ordained  preachers  took  turns,  two 
officiating  at  a  time.  The  names  of  the 
candidates  were  read;  without  delay  and 
without  confusion  one  followed  the  other. 
As  one  preacher  pronounced  the  formula; 
•'I  baptize  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost,"  the  other 
preacher  had  a  candidate  before  him 
ready  to  speak  again  those  words  and  to 
baptize  him  likewise.  And  thus  it  was 
not  difficult  to  immerse  2,222  in  one  day. 
Mr.  Clough  did  not  baptize  any  during 
those  days.  He  stood  on  a  bank  over- 
looking the  scene,  helping  and  directing. 
Before  Ihe  year  was  over,  9,666  members 
had  been  added  to  the  Church  at  Ongolc, 
making  a   total  membership   of   13,000. 

And  this  ingathering  continued.  The 
Madiga  community  was  shaken  to  the 
foundations;  the  old  gods  were  forsaken 
and  evil  customs  put  aside.  In  every  case 
Ihc  individual  had  lo  give  an  account  of 
his  faith  in  Christ,  but  after  that  the  grc- 


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MISSIONS 


garious  character  of  a  tribal  movement 
had  its  effect.  Families  came;  villages 
came.  In  1883  Dr.  Clough  had  a  member- 
ship of  21,000  in  his  mission,  and  the  nom- 
inal adherents  counted  from  four  to  five 
times  that  number.  The  movement  ex- 
tended over  7,000  square  miles  and  the 
country  became  dotted  with  hundreds  of 
Madiga   Christian   hamlets. 

Ten  years  of  hard  work  passed,  and 
again  the  Christians  in  his  field  numbered 
20,000  and  more.  Dr.  Clough  was  break- 
ing down  under  his  load.  Then  Dr.  Ma- 
bie  came  to  Ongole  on  his  tour  of  the 
mission  fields,  and  persuaded  Dr.  Clough 
to  come  to  America  and  find  twenty-five 
men  for  the  Telugus.  He  arrived  in 
America  in  1890,  and  did  not  rest  until  the 
men  were  found.  He  collected  $50,000  to 
send  them  out,  build  homes  for  them  and 
establish  new  mission  stations.  He  also 
raised  $50,000  to  make  a  college  of  the 
Ongole  High  School.  In  1892  he  returned 
to  India.  In  1893  Mrs.  Clough,  who  had 
been  sojourning  in  America,  died  as  a 
result  of  a  distressing  accident.  She  was 
greatly  beloved  among  the  Telugus  and 
left  two  sons  and  three  daughters.  Two 
of  the  latter  married  missionaries  and  are 
at  work  in  Ongole  and  Madras.  In  1894 
Dr.  Clough  married  Miss  Emma  Rauschen- 
busch  who  had  previously  been  a  worker 
in  the  mission.  When  famines  again  vis- 
ited India,  twice  he  took  contracts  under 
the  government  to  furnish  relief  for  the 
thousands  of  the  starving  ones.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1901,  Dr.  Clough  baptized  more  than 
1,500  men  and  women,  and  many  more 
were  waiting  for  the  ordinance  out  in  the 
villages. 

While  in  the  midst  of  this  ingathering, 
in  camp  twenty  miles  from  home,  he  fell 
and  broke  his  thigh.  For  weeks  he  lay 
at  death's  door  and  finally  was  compelled 
to  start  on  his  journey  to  America  on  a 
stretcher.  In  spite  of  the  best  medical 
treatment,  he  never  regained  vigorous 
health;  but,  unwilling  to  be  separated 
from  his  beloved  Telugus,  returned  to 
them  in  1902.  In  1906,  forced  by  increas- 
ing weakness,  he  retired  from  active  ser- 
vice, but  remained  in  India  until  the 
spring  of  1910,  when  he  came  back  to 
America,  bearing  his  heavy  burden  of 
suffering  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
at  the  Graham  Sanatorium  in  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  23d,  1910. 

THE   FUNERAL    SERVICES 

On  Saturday  afternoon,  Nov.  26th,  many 
gathered  at  Newton  Center  for  the  funeral 
•ervices  of  Dr.  Clough.     The  entire  ser- 


vice was  impressive  and  beautiful.  The 
invocation  was  made  by  Dr.  C.  H.  Spald- 
ing and  was  followed  by  the  hymn,  "For- 
ever with  the  Lord,  Amen:  so  let  it  be," 
sung  at  the  request  of  Mrs.  Clough,  who 
through  severe  illness  was  unable  herself 
to  be  present.  The  Scripture  was  read 
by  Rev.  M.  B.  Levy,  who  also  introduced 
the  speakers,  of  whom  the  first  was  Rev. 
William  B.  Boggs,  D.D.,  Ramapatnam, 
South  India,  who  went  to  India  in  1878 
to  be  associated  with  Dr.  Clough.  Dr. 
Boggs  emphasized  three  prominent  char- 
acteristics of  his  friend :  his  independence, 
generosity,  and  love  for  the  Telugus.  In 
regard  to  his  rare  power.  Dr.  Boggs  said : 
"He  could  sway  by  personal  influence 
great  assemblies  of  native  people,  Chris- 
tian and  non-Christian,  more  irresistibly 
and  completely  than  any  man  I  have  ever 
seen.  He  could  move  great  bodies  of  the 
non-caste  people  to  adopt  the  course  that 
he  commended  to  them.  He  was  the  hu- 
man instrument  in  making  Christianity  a 
recognized,  acknowledged  and  influential 
movement,  and  a  large  and  permanent 
factor  in  all  that  portion  of  the  Telugu 
country." 

Rev.  W.  L.  Ferguson,  D.D.,  of  Madras, 
South  India,  spoke  from  the  standpoint 
of  the  missionary.  He  dwelt  upon  Dr. 
Clough's  strength  of  belief,  largeness  of 
vision,  simplicity,  and  capacity  for  hard 
work.  In  a  brief  resume  of  what  has 
taken  shape  in  the  Telugu  Mission  during 
the  seventy-four  years  of  Dr.  Clough's 
life — for  he  was  born  the  same  year  that 
the  first  Baptist  missionary  sailed  for  In- 
dia to  work  among  these  people — Dr. 
Ferguson  mentions  that  to-day  there  are 
to  be  found  there  more  than  100  mission- 
aries, 60,000  communicant  members,  200,- 
000  adherents,  day  schools  by  the  hun- 
dred, four  high  schools,  three  normal 
schools,  an  industrial  school,  a  college,  a 
theological  seminary,  and  ten  dispensaries 
and  hospitals. 

The  last  speaker  was  Dr.  George  Bul- 
len,  who  spoke  in  behalf  of  the  Board  of 
Managers.  He  gave  his  own  impressions 
of  Dr.  Clough.  "He  knew  how  to  touch 
men,  how  to  persuade  men,  how  to  win 
men.  He  was  a  successful  business  man. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  personality." 

The  interment  was  at  the  cemetery  in 
Newton  Center,  not  far  from  the  graves 
of  Dr.  Lyman  Jewett,  Dr.  S.  F.  Smith  and 
Dr.  J.  G.  Warren,  whose  names,  together 
with  those  of  Dr.  Clough  and  Rev.  S.  S. 
Day,  will  forever  be  associated  with  the 
history  of  our  Telugu  Mission. 


MISSIONS  55 

V5nn 


Missionary  Program  Topics  for  1911* 

January.  Our  Work  among  Forkign  Populations. 

February.  Our  Work  for  Mexicans  and  Indians. 

March.  The  Western  States:  Status  and  Outlook. 

April.  The  World's  King  and  How  He  Conquers. 

May.  CoLPORTER  Work. 

June.  Our  Denominational  Power  and  Obligations 

(Meetings  in  Philadelphia.) 

July.  Our  Obligations  to  Porto  Rico  and  Philippines. 

August.  State  Convention  Work. 

September.  Reports  from  China. 

October.  Reports  from  India. 

November.  Trials  and  Triumphs  in  Europe. 

December.  African  Missions. 

*Tliese   topics  are   uniform   with    those   selected   for    the   Northern   Baptist   Convention    by    Dr. 
A.  S.  Hobart,  appointed  to  make  a  program  series  for  the  churches. 

(6) 

Our  Foreign  Populations:   Their  Conditions  and  Needs 

program   for  the  JANUARY   MEETING 

1.  Hymn  (Patriotic  or  National).    Forward  Movement  Hymnal  No.  34. 

2.  Scripture  Reading.    Matt.  25:31-46. 

3.  Prayer,  especially  for  the  incoming  millions,  that  here  they  may  find  the  gospel 

light  and  life. 

4.  What  the  Downtown  Church  can  do  for  the  Foreign  Peoples  (see  Missions, 

page  29,  this  number). 

5.  The  Russian  Baptists  in  Pueblo,  Colorado  (reading  from  Missions,  page  45). 

6.  Hymn.    Patriotic  selection,  or  Forward  Hymnal  No.  33. 

7.  How  AN  Italian  was  Converted  (brief  sketch  in  Missions,  page  52). 

8.  A  Model  Missionary  Association  (Missions,  page  40). 

9.  The  Item  Box  (brief  items  about  immigrants  gathered  from  all  sources). 

10.  Special  Prayers  for  the  spread  of  the  gospel  among  the  foreign  peoples  who  are 

making  a  home  here. 

11.  Closing  Hymn  (My  Country,  'tis  of  Thee). 

If  the  leader  can  get  a  copy  of  Aliens  or  Americans?  some  interesting  facts  may 
be  gleaned  and  some  illustrations,  which  may  be  substituted  for  material  suggested 
above.  The  Home  Mission  Society  will  also  furnish  information  about  its  work 
among  the  foreigners,  on  request. 


FEBRUARY  TOPIC:    OUR  WORK  FOR  MEXICANS  AND  INDIANS. 

Material  for  the  program  on  Mexico  will  be  found  in  the  fine  Mexican  article  in 
Missions  for  December,  covering  the  country  and  mission  work.  The  number  will 
be  sent  on  request.  Two  interesting  sketches  from  the  Indian  field  are  given  in  this 
number.    The  Home  Mission  Society  will  send  an  Indian  pamphlet  on  application. 


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The  Waiting  Isles 

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Sunday  schools,  March  19th,  whi 
ready.  This  program  will  be  found  par- 
ticularly strong  in  its  musical  selections. 
It  contains,  too,  a  great  deal  o£  informa- 
tion concerning  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico  and 
our  missionary  work  there,  closing  with 
the  following  beautiful  tableau  : 

TABLEAU 

Twelve  girls  appear  on  the  platform 
dressed  in  white,  each  having  a  shoulder 
sash  of  red  and  yellow  (Spanish  colors) 
and  each  bearing  a  Spanish  flag.  Six  rep- 
resent Cuba  and  six  Porto  Rico.  (In  a 
small  school,  three  girls  can  be  employed, 
■    or  even  one,  instead   of   six.) 

One  of  the  Porto  Rican  girls  recites 
a  poem,  "The  Isles  Shall  Wait  His  Com- 
ing." Cuban  girls  then  sing  "Cuban  Na- 
tional Hymn."  The  men  of  the  school 
sing  it  the  second  time,  and  all  the  school 

After  the  song  is  repeated,  a  larger  girl, 
dressed  in  red,  white  and  blue,  imper- 
sonating "America,"  appears,  bearing 
sashes  and  flags  of  United  States  and 
Cuba.  She  relieves  the  Spanish  girls  of 
their  Spanish  Hags  and  sashes,  substi- 
tutes therefor  the  colors  of  the  United 
Slates  for  Porto  Rico,  and  Cuban  flags 
for  Cuba.  The  sashes  are  the  same  for 
both  cases. 

Then  the  whole  school  rises  and  al! 
sing,  "Hail,   Stars  and   Stripes." 

As  the  school  is  seated,  a  young  woman 
and  man.  each  bearing  a  United  States 
flag  and  an  open  Bible,  enter.    The  young 

"Cuba  and  Porto  Ricot  I  represent  the 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society, 
and  my  companion  represents  the  Wo- 
man's American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
Society.  We  wish  to  offer  you  the  open 
Bible." 

Cuban   and   Porlo   Rican   girls   answer: 


"Send    us    Bibles    and 
teachers." 

School  thereupon  rises  and  sings:  "Hail 
to  the  Brightness  of  Zion's  Glad  Morn- 
ing." 

In  connection  with  this  concert  exer- 
cise, there  is  provided  a  monthly  ten- 
minute  opening  service  for  use  in  Janu- 
ary, February  and  March,  the  same  ser- 
vice to  be  used  three  times,  but  with  the 
introduction  of  new  stories  and  report 
letters.  All  this,  together  with  free  liter- 
ature for  distribution  on  the  Sunday  pre- 
ceding the  Home  Mission  concert,  and 
attractive  envelopes  or  mite  boxes  for 
offerings  are  provided  by  the  Forward 
Movement.  Orders  for  samples  or  sup- 
plies for  use  in  connection  with  this  Home 
Mission  period  should  be  sent  to  the  Bap- 
tist Forward  Movement  ( New  York 
office),  23  East  26th  St.,  New  York  City. 
♦ 

The  Adult  Bible  Class  and  Missions 

At  ihe  Sunday  School  Conference  of 
the  Young  People's  Missionary  Move- 
ment, held  annually  at  Silver  Bay,  New 
York,  an  attempt  is  made  each  year  to 
study  some  particular  phase  of  the  prob- 
lem of  missionary  education  in  the  Sun- 
day school.  This  year  the  subject  studied 
was  the  Adult  Bible  Class  and  Missions, 
and  the  piece  of  constructive  work  done 
by  the  Conference  follows.  It  is  espe- 
cially commended  to  teachers  of  adult 
Bible  classes,  and  correspondence  with 
such  teachers  is  solicited  by  the  Forward 
Movement. 

I.    Aim   and  SrorE  of  the  Adult  Bible 
Class. 

The  adult  Bible  class,  organized  or 
unorganized,  is  an  integral  part  of  the 
Bible  school  of  the  church  with  which  it 
may  be  connected  and  should  be  so  re- 
lated; its  indispensable  text-book  is  the 
Bible;  and  the  aim  of  such  classes  should 
be  to  discover  and  perform  God's  world- 


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program,  in  His  advancing  kingdom,  for 
and  through  its  members.  Other  aims, 
however  important,  are  secondary  and 
shonld  be  so  treated. 

II.  Missionary    Okganization    of    the 
Adult  Bible  Class. 

There  should  be  a  missionary  commit- 
tee of  the  adult  Bible  class  to  provide  for 
and  direct  the  missionary  education  and 
activity  of  the  class.  The  chairman  should 
be  a  member  of  the  missionary  commit- 
tee of  the  school. 

III.  Methods  or  Missionary  Education 
IN  THE  Adult  Bible  Class. 

The  following  methods  are  not  mutu- 
ally exclusive.  They  may  be  used  separ- 
ately or  in  connection  with  one  another 
as  may  seem  best: 

1.  Missionary  environment,  to  be  cre- 
ated by  the  use  of  such  visible  objects  as 
charts,  diagrams,  pictures,  mottoes,  curi- 
os, bulletin  boards,  books  and  literature. 

2.  Investigation  of  local  reugious 
PROBLEMS.  There  are  religious  problems 
peculiar  to  the  locality  of  every  adult 
Bible  class  which  demand  investigation, 
report  and  prayerful  discussion  in  order 
to  their  solution. 

3.  Informal  instruction  in  connection 
with  the  Bible  lessons. 

(a)  Introduction  into  the  opening  or 
closing  exercises  of  hymns  or  scripture, 
with  a  missionary  significance  and  the 
use  of  definite  prayer  for  missions. 

(b)  Emphasis  upon  the  missionary  in- 
terpretation of  a  scripture  passage  clearly 
permitting  it. 

(c)  The  use  of  illustrations  from  pres- 
ent-day life  in  the  home  and  foreign  mis- 
sion fields. 

(d)  Class  reporters  appointed  to  bring 
in  items  of  interest  from  the  mission 
fields  and  mention  current  events  which 
have  reference  to  the  progress  of  the 
Kingdom  of  God. 

(e)  Brief  extracts  from  letters  from  the 
mission  fields. 

4.  Formal  instruction — that  is,  courses 
of  study  on  special  missionary  topics. 

(a)  Suggested  themes.  The  Biblical 
basis  and  warrant  for  missions,  mission- 
ary biography,  the  study  of  particular 
fields,  problems  and  phases  of  Christian 
work.  There  is  provided  an  up-to-date 
list  of  courses  on  these  topics,  adapted  to 
adult  Bible  classes.  This  list  and  the 
books  referred  to  can  be  obtained  from 
the  Forward  Movement,  Ford  Building, 
Boston,  Mass. 


(b)  Suggestions  for  use:  (1)  The  Re- 
port Method,  by  which  in  successive  or- 
der, resumes  of  the  chapters  of  a  text- 
book, or  topics  for  discussion  suggested 
in  such  chapters,  are  presented  to  a  class 
from  time  to  time  by  members  of  the 
class. 

(2)  The  Text-book  Method,  by  which 
a  text-book  is  in  the  hands  of  each  stu- 
dent, and  is  studied  for  a  period  of  suc- 
cessive Sundays.  This  involves  the  con- 
sideration of  a  portion  of  scripture  in  its 
relation  to  the  particular  topic  studied  in 
the  text-book. 

(3)  The  Mid-week  Study  Class  Meth- 
od, by  which  the  class  meets  at  some 
designated  time  other  than  the  Sunday 
school  hour. 

IV.  Activities.  The  adult  Bible  class 
should  express  its  missionary  spirit 
and  purpose : 

1.  By  encouraging  each  member  to  co- 
operate with  the  other  organizations  in 
support  of  all  the  activities  of  the  local 
church,  and  to  give  systematically  and 
proportionately  to  missions. 

2.  By  engaging  constantly  in  some 
definite  and  practical  missionary  activity 
(local,  home  and  foreign).  See  "Fifty- 
eight  Varieties :  One  Better,"  5  cents,  to 
be  obtained  from  the  Forward  Move- 
ment, Ford  Building,  Boston,  Mass. 


A  Confucianist's  Testimony  to  the  Gen- 
uineness of  Christianity 

The  work  of  the  colporter  in  China  is 
full  of  varied  experiences  and  he  never 
knows  as  he  goes  from  village  to  village 
just  what  sort  of  a  reception  the  people 
will  give  him.  Sometimes  he  meets  frank 
curiosity  and  amusement,  sometimes  re- 
spectful attention,  sometimes  taunts  and 
jeers  and  sometimes,  too,  real  cordiality 
and  interest.  Not  long  ago  a  government 
school  teacher  not  far  from  Chaoyang,  in 
South  China,  called  a  colporter  info  his 
school,  bought  a  copy  of  everything  the 
bookseller  had,  then  turned  to  him  and 
said :  "Your  religion  is  the  genuine  thing. 
We  are  Confucianists,  but  we  don't  be- 
lieve it  enough  either  to  practice  it  or  to 
try  to  get  any  one  else  to  accept  it.  But 
you  Christians  give  your  time  and  money 
to  your  religion,  try  to  make  converts, 
and  bear  all  sorts  of  reviling  and  cursing. 
I  am  going  to  help  you  preach."  Such 
an  experience  is  worth  to  the  colporter 
all  the  taunts  and  jeers  and  hard  work 
that  are  his  lot. 


MISSIONS 


"The  World  in  Boston" 

The  great  Missionary  Exposition  which 
is  to  he  held  at  Mechanics' Building,  Bos- 
ton, next  spring,  is  enlisting  an  enthusias- 
tic support  from  all  denominations  main- 
taining workers  in  the  foreign  and  home 
missionary  fields,  and  it  is  hardly  too 
much  to  say  that  on  no  other  occasion 
has  so  hearty  and  spontaneous  a  response 
been  given  by  the  churches  of  Boston  and 
vicinity  to  an  appeal  for  a  united  demon- 
stration on  behalf  of  missionary  efforts 
as  has  been  accorded  the  plea  of  the  Rev, 
A.  M.  Gardner  that  Boston  should  lead 
the  way  for  America  in  adopting  the  ex- 
position principle  which  has  proven  of 
auch  great  and  lasting  benefit  to  the  mis- 
sionary cause  in  England. 

The  purpose  of  the  Exposition  as  set 
forth  by  Dr.  Gardner,  who  fills  the  im- 
portant posts  of  secretary  and  manager 
of  "The  World  in  Boston,"  is  to  illustrate 
as  fully  as  may  be,  and  by  as  many  meth- 
ods as  are  possible,  (1)  The  life  of  the 
people  in  non-Christian  lands  and  in  the 
home  mission  fields  under  the  American 
flag  on  its  domestic,  social,  commercial, 
and  especially  its  religious  side;  (2)  the 
work  of  home  and  foreign  missionaries, 
and  the  various  methods  they  employ; 
(3)  the  results  of  missionary  labor  and 
the  difference  the  Gospel  of  Christ  is 
making  among  the  people. 

To  realize  the  high  purpose  aimed  at 
by  the  Exposition,  it  is,  as  Dr.  Gardner 
says  in  continuing  his  statement,  intended 
to  reproduce  as  far  as  possible  the  fields 
of  missionary  operations,  both  home  and 
foreign.  All  the  non-Christian  countries 
of  the  world  will  be  included,  as  well  as 
every  kind  of  home  missionary  activity. 
Court!  will  be  arranged  representing  the 
different  countries.  Into  these  interesting 
articles  of  all  kinds  will  be  collected  and 
there  labelled,  classified  and  explained. 
Special  scenes  will  also  be  constructed 
representing,  among  other  things,  a  Jap- 
anese temple,  garden  and  street,  including 
shops,  stores,  tea-houses,  summer-houses. 


etc.;  Chinatown,  including  a  pagoda,  >  ' 
joss  house,  an  opium  den  and  various  in- 
dustries, shops  and  stores;  an  Indian  vil- 
lage and  bazaar,  including  a  Wayside 
Shrine,  a  Kali  temple,  a  Kashmir  House, 
the  Towers  of  Silence,  and  a  Zenana;  an 
African  village,  including  a  mission  house, 
church,  mosque,  devil  hut,  Yoruba  Com- 
pound, medicine  store,  well,  granery  etc.; 
and  a  Mohammedan  Lands  Section,  with 
a  Turkish  Mosque  and  Khan,  an  Arab 
Compound,  Palestine  houses  and  a  Bed- 
ouin tent.  There  will  also  be  a  Hall  of 
Religions,  containing  tbe  representations 
of  seven  of  the  great  religions  of  the 
world;  an  exhibit  from  Hawaii;  sections 
devoted  to  medical,  industrial  and  educa- 
tional missions,  and  work  among  lepen; 
Bible  stalls,  literature  stalls,  a  court  con- 
taining relics  of  famous  missionaries,  a 
court  representing  city  life  and  work;  and 
large  exhibits  representing  missionary 
work  among  the  American  Indiabt,  the 
Negroes,  the  immigrants,  the  mountain 
whites,  upon  the  frontier,  and  in  Cuba 
and  Porto  Rico. 

On  every  week-day,  afternoon  and  eve- 
ning, a  "Pageant  of  Darkness  and  Light" 
will  be  presented,  illustrating  the  tri- 
umphs of  Christianity  in  every  part  of  the 
world. 

To  enlist  the  young  people  of  the  many 
churches  interested,  as  volunteer  aids  to 
the  various  departments  of  the  Bxposi- 
lion  and  as  participants  in  the  Pageant,  & 
series  of  rallies  has  been  held  in  which 
(he  duties  of  these  Stewards,  as  the  vol- 
unteers are  called,  were  explained  and  the 
purpose  of  the  movement  advanced  by 
many  of  its  ablest  supporters. 

The  earnest  way  in  which  the  work  has 
been  taken  up  in  Boston  has  aroused 
great  interest  in  other  American  cities, 
and  Cleveland  and  Toronto  have  alreadjr 
expre5sed  their  determination  to  (loW 
similar  expositions.  The  undertaking  hu 
already  assumed  proportions  of  su^h  in^- 
portance  that  the  Missionary  Exposition 
Company  has  been    organized  in    New 


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City  and  will  undertake  the  con- 
tion  of  these  expositions,  thus  en- 
f  the  various  cities  wishing  to  hold 
ir  expositions,  without  incurring  the 

Initial  cost,  to  rent  the  various 
i  scenes,  villages,  temples,  courts,  etc. 

n  to  Prayer  for  the  Christian  Women 

connection  with  the  series  of  suc- 
al  meetings  held  in  fifteen  places 
Detroit  on  the  east  to  Portland  and 
ind  on  the  west,  in  honor  of  the 
se  of  Women's  Foreign  Missionary 
ties,  a  call  to  prayer  was  issued,  with 
ollowing  subjects  covering  a  week: 

AY — Pray  for  the  world-wide   work 
oppressed  and  helpless  women  and 
Idren. 

lAY — Pray  for  the  Executive  and  Ad- 
listrative  leaders  of  the  Woman's 
isionary  Jubilee. 

DAY — Pray  for  our  own  Committees 
I  all  who  have  any  part  in  making 
plans. 

resDAY — Pray    that    the    people    and 


churches   of  your   State  and   city  may 
realize  this  opportunity  and  privilege. 

Thursday — Pray  for  a  deeper  sense  of  ob- 
ligation in  all  who  attend  these  meet- 
ings or  are  touched  by  them;  for  a 
truer  conception  of  the  mission  of  the 
church;  for  more  consecration  and  sac- 
rifice. 

Friday — Pray  for  the  indiflferent  and  unin- 
formed women. 

Saturday — Pray    that    the    sole    reliance 
may  be  on  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
the  sole  aim  that  God  may  receive  all 
glory  always  and  in  all  things. 
Prayer  hour  each  morning  at  9  o'clock. 

We  suggest  that  this  program  might  be 
repeated  during  the  Week  of  Prayer  ap- 
pointed by  the  Evangelical  Alliance,  sub- 
stituting for  the  Monday  topic,  now  that 
the  meetings  are  over,  special  prayer  for 
the  home  mission  fields  and  workers,  and 
that  American  women  may  realize  their 
opportunity  to  comfort,  teach  and  evan- 
gelize their  sisters  of  foreign  birth  who 
are  flocking  into  our  country. 

Thus  the  influence  of  the  Jubilee  Meet- 
ings may  be  perpetuated  and  extended. 


FROM     THE     FAR     LANDS 


A  Missionary  Rendezvous 

5  Westminster  Chapel,  London,  Eng- 
has  introduced  in  connection  with 
3rk  a  "missionary  rendezvous."  An 
nal  rally  will  be  held  every  Satur- 
vening  at  half-past  seven  from  Octo- 
3  May,  with  Dr.  G.  Campbell  Mor- 
:he  church's  minister,  presiding.  Mis- 
ries  of  all  denominations  and  nation- 
\  arc  cordially  welcomed  to  the  ren- 
ins and  a  few  words  from  them  in 
d  to  the  location  of  their  field  and 
ature  of  their  work  will  be  appre- 
L  The  main  idea  is  to  provide  an 
tunity  for  fellowship,  a  word  of  wel- 
and  god  speed.  This  is  character- 
of  Dr.  Morgan,  who  is  as  widely 
n  and  beloved  in  this  country  as  in 
wn. 

♦ 

I  of  a  Senior  Missionary  to  Burma 

Nov.  25th  the  Foreign  Mission  So- 
received    a    cablegram    announcing 
sath  of  Rev.  E.  O.  Stevens,  D.D.,  of 
I,  Burma.    Dr.  Stevens  was  the  son 


of  Rev.  E.  A.  Stevens,  one  of  our  early 
missionaries  in  Burma.  In  1848,  when  but 
ten  years  of  age.  Dr.  Stevens  was  baptized 
by  his  father  at  Moulmein.  In  1851  Dr. 
Stevens  came  to  America  for  education 
and  entered  his  father's  alma  mater, 
Brown  University,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated in  1861.  Continuing  in  his  father's 
steps,  he  studied  for  the  ministry  at  New- 
ton Theological  Institution,  receiving  his 
degree  in  1864.  That  same  year  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  missionary  under  the  Foreign 
Mission  Society  and  was  designated  to 
Prome,  Burma.  In  September,  1865,  at 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Harriet  C.  Mason,  herself  a  daughter  of 
one  of  our  missionaries.  Rev.  Francis 
Mason,  of  Burma.  The  next  month  they 
sailed  for  Prome,  arriving  there  Feb.  22d, 
1866.  They  continued  in  their  work  at 
Prome  until  1869,  when  they  were  ap- 
pointed to  Moulmein,  but  returned  to 
Prome  in  1900  and  later  to  Insein.  In 
addition  to  evangelistic  and  station  work. 
Dr.  Stevens  has  devoted  himself  espe- 
cially to  Burmese  literary  work,  and  K^^ 


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M  I  S  S  I  ON  S 


recently  had  the  pleasure  of  having  pub- 
lished by  the  British  and  Foreign  Bible 
Society  a  portion  of  the  New  Testament 
in  Pali.  One  of  his  last  undertakings  was 
the  Historical  Sketch  of  the  Pegu  Bur- 
mese Baptist  Association,  written  in  Bur- 
mese. Dr.  Stevens'  faithful,  careful  lit- 
erary service  will  be  sorely  missed  in 
Burma,  and  his  death  makes  a  wide  gap 
in  the  missionary  circle.  He  has  given 
forty-four  years  to  the  foreign  mission 
cause.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  four  chil- 
dren. He  was  probably  the  last  man  liv- 
ing who  remembered  a  personal  meeting 
with  Dr.  Adoniram  Judson.  The  spirit 
with  which  he  continued  to  labor  under 
physical  disabilities  known  to  few  men 
ranks  him  among  the  missionary  heroes. 


Dr.  Myen'  Rare 

"Just  before  I  left  the  Congo  country 
I  took  part  in  a  picturesque  ceremony 
that  I  never  shall  forget.  It  was  the  bap- 
tism of  half  a  hundred  black  men  who 
but  a  few  years  ago  were  savage,  man- 
eating  brutes.  The  spirit  of  Christianity 
had  been  carried  to  them  by  Dr.  Joseph 
Clark  in  charge  of  the  mission  at  Ikoko, 
on  the  Congo,  and  marvels  had  been 
wrought.  The  sharks  had  been  driven 
back  from  the  shore  and  the  men  had 
waded  out  and  formed  a  semi-circle  in 
the  waters  facing  us  on  the  shore.  Then 
Dr.  Clark  began  at  one  end  of  the  line 
and  I  at  the  other,  baptizing  these  sav- 
ages, who  but  a  short  time  ago  ate  human 
flesh." 

♦ 

Heathendom  via  Europe 

American  Baptists  will  be  making  a 
lamentable  mistake  should  they  fail  to  en- 
large their  work  in  Europe.  When  one 
considers  the  missionary  power  of  the 
German  Baptists  and  remembers  that 
through  them  the  Missionary  Union  is  or- 
ganizing scores  of  vigorous  churches  in 
Eastern  Europe  and  in  the  Cameroons, 
Africa,  where  their  work  has  been  so  suc- 
cessful that  it  has  won  favorable  regard 
by  the  emperor  for  Baptist  work  in  Ger- 
many, it  would  seem  blindness  not  to 
assist  as  largely  as  possible  such  produc- 
tive fields.  France  has  had,  and  will  have 
her  own  peculiar  difficulties,  but  the  same 
missionary  spirit  has  taken  hold  of  many 
of  our  younger  and  older  men  there.  Great 
advance  may  be  expected  in  Switzerland, 
and  the  French  Congo  is  now  on  the 
hearts  of  the  churches.  Frenchmen  make, 
I  am  told,  most  practical  and  self-sacrific- 


ing missionaries  and  we  may  get  recruits 
for  Africa  and  Asia  before  long  now.  Mr. 
Saillens  when  a  young  man  was  refused 
appointment  by  the  Reformed  Missionary 
Society  as  missionary  because  of  his  views 
respecting  baptism.  To-day  I  am  assured 
the  younger  missionaries  of  that  same  So- 
ciety to  the  French  Congo  practise  believ- 
ers' baptism,  and  in  most  cases  immerse. 
Europe  is  good  soil  for  the  sowing  of 
Baptist  seed.  Let  us  hold  on;  nay»  let  us 
enlarge  instead  of  decreasing.  I  feel  so 
deeply  on  this  subject  that  I  find  no  words 
with  which  to  express  myself. — H.  P. 
McCoRMiCK,  former  General  Missionary 
in  France,  Spain  and  Porto  Rico. 

♦ 

An  Unenviable  Sea-Vojage 

On  my  way  to  North  China  to  visit 
Mrs.  Ufford's  parents,  I  had  an  experi- 
ence which  I  should  not  care  to  repeat. 
The  journey  was  uneventful  as  far  as 
Chefoo.    At  Chefoo  I  took  passage  on  a 
small  Chinese  coast  steamer  for  Teng- 
chow.    When  we  left  Chefoo  all  seemed 
favorable  even  though  storm  signals  had 
been  displayed  the  night  before.    We  had 
not  been  out  an  hour,  however,  before  a 
fog  settled  over  us.    As  we  went  on  the 
fog  became  more  dense.       Aside  from 
blowing  a  little  squeaky,  wheezy  whistle 
a  few  times,  the  captain  appeared  to  pay 
no  attention  to  the  fog.    At  one  time  we 
narrowly  escaped  collision  with  a  large 
junk.     In    spite   of  that,   the   vessel  ran 
"full  speed  ahead"  from  the  time  we  left 
Chefoo  until  we  came  to  an  abrupt  and 
unexpected  stop  on  the  rocks  at  Chstng- 
shantao,    an   island   ten   miles   north   of 
Tengchow.    Very  fortunately  the  vessel 
did  not  spring  a  leak,  nor  was  the  sea 
very  high.    Consequently  the  passengers, 
of  whom   I  was  the   only  foreigner,  all 
reached  land  without  mishap.    The  boat 
went  aground  at  two  in  the  afternoon,  and 
at  nine  in  the  evening  the  tide  came  in 
and  floated  her  off.    The  passengers  had 
by  that  time  made  their  arrangements  for 
the  night  in  the  villages  on  the  island,  so 
we  did  not  get  off  for  Tengchow  until  the 
next  morning.    We  had  been  twenty-four 
hours   in   getting  to   a   place   which   we 
should  have  reached  in  five! — ^A.  F.  Uf- 

FORD,  Shaohsing. 

♦ 

A  Logical  Agreement 

Marriage  customs  in  Burma  are  pecul- 
iar. A  missionary  reports  a  remarkable 
marriage  at  Haka,  the  remarkable  feature 
seeming  to  be  that  the  couple  loved  each 


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other.  The  bridegroom  declared  he  was 
in  love,  and  the  bride  said  she  had  wait- 
ed a  long  time  for  him  to  propose.  He 
paid  $15  for  her,  and  deserves  happiness. 
If  he  makes  the  home  uncomfortable,  she 
will  return  to  her  mother  and  he  loses  his 
money.  On  the  other  hand,  if  she  de- 
cides to  go  home  of  her  own  accord,  he 
gets  back  his  $15.  The  law  seems  well 
balanced,  with  no  complaint  possible  on 
cither  side. 

♦ 
Death  of  a  Missionary's  Son 
At  the  hospital  in  Newark,  Ohio,  on 
Nov.  6th,  Edgar  Heinrichs,  the  eldest  son 
of  Rev.  J.  Heinrichs,  President  of  the 
Baptist  Theological  Seminary  at  Rama- 
patnam.  South  India,  in  the  twenty-first 
year  of  his  age,  passed  away  after  several 
weeks  of  severe  illness.  Both  he  and  his 
younger  brother  Waldo  were  attending 
Denison  University  at  Granville,  Ohio. 
The  deepest  sympathy  is  felt  for  the  be- 
reaved family.  Such  afflictions  as  this 
reveal  what  missionary  life  involves  with 
its  frequently  necessary  separation  of 
parents  and  children.  There  is  no  greater 
self-sacrifice. 

Marriage  of  a  Former  Missionary 

On  Oct.  5th,  1910,  Miss  Melissa  Carr, 
for  fourteen  years  a  missionary  to  Burma, 
was  married  to  Rev.  William  E.  Whitaker 
of  Willits,  California. 

Seeking  the  Light 

The  following  letter  from  a  Japanese  to 
the  agent  of  the  American  Bible  Society 
is  suggestive  as  showing  how  the  Japan- 
ese are  seeking  the  light: 

"Dear  Mr.  Loomis:  I  hd^e  you  are 
quite  well.  There  are  many  religions  in 
the  world,  I  know,  but  my  family  in  past 
times  have  not  been  religiously  inclined. 
As  I  had  a  little  leisure  to-day  I  took 
down  from  the  shelf  and  read  in  a  care- 
less way  a  copy  of  the  New  Testament 
which  had  been  lying  there  neglected  a 
long  time.  To  my  surprise,  I  found  it 
full  of  the  words  of  virtue  that  are  all 
beneficial  to  us.  And  now  by  this  means 
my  family,  who  have  been  so  long  out  of 
the  right  way,  were  awakened  for  the  first 
to  take  and  adopt  this  teaching  as  our 
family  religion.  But  unfortunately  we  do 
not  know  how  to  believe  it  and  have  no 
one  to  teach  us  its  way.  As  the  publisher 
of  such  a  valuable  book,  I  suppose  that 
you  are  a  believer  of  this  religion.  If 
you  will  be  90  kind  as  to  let  US  know  hQw 


to  get  out  of  superstition,  please  favor  me 
by  sending  us  magazines  or  books  which 
teach  us  about  it.  And  also  I  wish  you 
will  report  to  your  native  country  that  I 
have  determined  to  believe  Christianity 
together  with  my  family. — K.  M."  This 
large  and  continuous  demand  for  Bibles 
is  a  sure  indication  of  a  real  desire  among 
the  Japanese  to  know  what  the  teachings 
of  Christianity  are.  It  is  reported  that 
there  is  among  the  students  especially  a 
keen  desire  to  know  the  life  and  teachings 
of  Christ,  and  when  we  consider  that 
more  than  five  million  copies  of  Bibles, 
Testaments,  and  portions  of  the  Word 
have  been  circulated  in  this  country  dur- 
ing the  last  thirty  years,  it  is  a  wonder 
that  so  many  are  being  sold  all  the  time. 

Montclair  Church  Forward 

The  pastor  appointed  a  church  mission- 
ary committee;  this  committee  took  the 
honor  seriously  and  arranged  a  lively 
campaign  for  Missions,  with  the  inten- 
tion of  having  it  in  every  family  in  the 
church.  Everyland  is  also  making  itself 
well  known  among  the  children,  every 
subscriber  looking  forward  to  taking  part 
in  the  children's  pageant,  or  "Everyland 
Party"  as  it  is  known,  the  subscription 
being  the  entrance  requirement.  Other 
features  planned  are  a  library,  to  be  de- 
veloped shortly;  a  systematic  presenta- 
tion of  missionary  work  in  the  Sunday 
school;  a  Friendship  Calendar,  in  prepar- 
ation, to  be  forwarded  to  our  missionary 
on  the  field,  Dr.  Russell  Adkins,  of  Kit- 
yang,  South  China;  while  a  medical  box, 
also  for  Dr.  Adkins,  is  to  be  the  outlet 
for  the  enthusiasm  of  the  young  people. 
Then  there  is  a  monthly  meeting  devoted 
to  missions,  the  first  of  which  was  held 
on  Sept.  28,  when  Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  J. 
Openshaw,  of  Western  China,  gave  a 
most  stimulating  talk,  and  a  monthly 
summary  of  missionary  news  was  given. 
Are  we  not  justified  in  claiming  "Mont- 
clair   Church    forward   for   missions"? 

Carrie  B.  Chapman. 

Foreign  Missionary  Record 

8AILED 

Prom    Boston.    Nov.    23.    Rev.    W.    W.    Cochrane, 

for   Haipaw,    Burma. 
From  Boston.   Nov.  23,  Rev.  W.  H.  Roberts,   for 

Bhamo.    Burma. 
From  New  York.  Dec.  3.  Rev.  Ola  Hanson,  Lltt. 

D..  for  Myltkylna.  Burma. 
From  New  York.  Dec.  3.  Professor  L.  E.  Martin, 

for  Ongole,   South   India. 

niRTH 

On   Nov.    1,    1010.    at   Rangoon,    Burma,    to    Rev. 
ana  Mr»,  T,  J.   I^tta,  b,  eon,  John  Davi^. 


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FROM      THE      HOME      LANDS 


The   New   Mexico   Convention 

The  situation  in  New  Mexico  has  not 
improved,  but  rather  become  worse.  The 
outcome  of  the  State  Convention  at  Tu- 
cumcari  was  that,  when  the  majority 
voted  to  remain  in  affiliation  with  the 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society, 
which  had  labored  for  sixty  years  to  up- 
build our  churches  in  New  Mexico  and 
had  not  only  fostered  the  churches  but 
made  the  Convention  possible,  the  minor- 
ity withdrew  and  organized  a  seceding 
convention.  So  that  division  and  increased 
bitterness  will  result  and  great  harm  come 
to  the  churches  and  the  cause  of  Chris- 
tianity in  the  new  State.  In  the  state- 
ment which  he  sent  to  the  Convention, 
Dr.  Morehouse  showed  how  earnestly  the 
Home  Mission  Society  had  sought  to 
come  to  some  amicable  agreement  with  the 
Southern  Home  Board,  but  that  the  prop- 
osition for  a  conference  committee  had 
been  rejected  by  the  latter.  The  New 
Mexico  Baptist  Bulletin  says  the  new 
Convention  claims  45  of  the  135  churches, 
but  that  only  one  of  them  is  self-sustain- 
ing, and  many  have  only  from  seven  to 
twenty  members;  financially  it  has  about 
one-fifth  of  the  Baptist  strength. 

During  the  Convention  a  number  of  ef- 
forts were  made  to  reach  some  basis  of 
agreement  that  would  "save  the  Baptist 
forces  from  wasting  their  strength  in  sui- 
cidal divisions,"  as  the  Bulletin  puts  it, 
but  in  vain.  After  the  majority  had  ex- 
pressed itself  on  the  matter  of  alignment 
adversely  to  the  Southern  Convention, 
several  attempts  were  made  to  nullify  this 
action.  The  Convention,  however,  trans- 
acted its  business,  re-elected  Rev.  P.  W. 
Longfellow,  the  efficient  secretary,  and 
passed  resolutions  defining  a  cooperating 
church  as  one  "that  must  support  with  at 
least  one  annual  offering,  if  she  be  able  to 
do  so,  the  work  of  our  territorial  missions, 
and  also  the  work  of  the  American  Bap- 
tist Home  Mission  and  Publication  Socie- 
ties." Before  the  struggle  was  over,  the 
president,  Rev.  George  R.  Varney,  pastor 
at  Tucumcari,  begged  that  "the  strife  be 
discontinued,  urging  the  unfavorable  in- 
fluence which  the  contention  was  having 
upon  his  church  and  the  unsaved  in  the 


town."  That  is  the  statement  in  the  offi- 
cial report.  The  whole  affair  is  signally 
unfortunate  and  reflects  seriously  upon 
the  agitators  who  have  caused  the  trouble 
and  should  be  held  responsible  for  it 


OFFICIAL   ACTION   OF  THE   HOME    MISSION 

SOCIETY 

New  York,  Dec.  12th,  1910. 
The  Boabd  of  Managers  of  The  American 
Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  to  the 
Board   of   the    New    Mexico    Baptist 
Convention. 

Dear  Brethren:  For  about  ten  years 
we  have  maintained  cordial  cooperative 
relations  with  your  Convention  in  the 
promotion  of  our  missionary  work  in  New 
Mexico.  Long  before  that,  the  Society 
had  so  well  cultivated  the  field  that  the 
Convention  itself  became  part  of  its  fruit- 
age. In  1909,  when  the  question  of 
continued  cooperation  with  the  Society 
was  by  a  majority  decided  in  its  favor,  we 
accepted  the  result  with  satisfaction  and 
announced  the  Society's  purpose  to  con- 
tinue indefinitely.  With  great  persistence 
the  agitation  to  the  contrary  was  renewed 
during  the  year  of  your  Convention  clos- 
ing with  November,  1910.  Again  the  ma- 
jority favored  continuance  with  the  So- 
ciety. Your  Board  most  naturally  and 
properly  acted  upon  the  presumption  that 
this  action  ^ould  confirm  the  purpose  of 
the  Society  to  continue  its  cooperative 
work,  and  accordingly  you  proceeded  in 
the  usual  way  to  pass  upon  the  applica- 
tions for  missionary  appointments  the 
coming  year. 

The  Board  of  Managers  of  The  Ameri- 
can Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  at  its 
meeting  in  October,  announced  its  pur- 
pose to  stand  by  the  Convention  until  cer- 
tain troublesome  matters  shall  be  peace- 
ably adjusted,  and  considers  itself  morally 
bound  to  respect  the  decision  of  the  ma- 
jority of  your  Convention  as  the  estab- 
lished and  regular  organization  of  the 
State.  Being  mindful  also  of  the  embar- 
rassment and  distress  which  would  befall 
the  applicants  for  appointment  and  the 
strong  friends  of  the  Society  in  New  Mex- 
ico by  delay  in  these  matters,  we  have 


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63 


this  day  made  all  appointments  as  recom- 
mended by  your  Board. 

Fraternally  yours, 

H.  L.  Morehouse,  Cor.  Sec'y. 


A  Sunday  Among  the  Arapahoea 

BY   REV.   O.    L.    GIBSON 

It  was  my  happy  privilege  to  spend  a 
part  of  last  Sunday  with  Missionary  Rob- 
ert Hamilton  and  the  Arapaho  Indian 
Mission  near  Greenfield,  Oklahoma.  This 
mission  consists  of  a  five  acre  tract  of 
land  which  is  well  improved  by  a  beauti- 
ful church  building,  a  small  mess  hall,  and 
a  neatly  constructed  parsonage.  The  In- 
dians within  a  radius  of  nine  miles  come 
to  this  place  of  worship  and  attend  both 
morning  and  afternoon  services,  camping 
on  the  grounds  and  taking  meals  in  the 
mess  hall  during  the  noon  hour. 

Mr.  Hamilton,  who  has  spent  fifteen 
years  of  his  ministry  in  the  "Indian  mis- 
sion" work,  can  well  be  proud  of  this 
strong  Indian  church.  After  singing  two 
American  hymns  in  the  morning  service, 
the  pastor  requested  them  to  sing  "Arap- 
aho," when  to  his  surprise  they  sang  a 
new  hymn  which  Brother  Ridgbear  had 
composed  and  taught  the  other  Indians 
previous  to  our  arrival  at  the  church. 
They  listened  attentively  to  the  sermon  as 
it  was  interpreted  by  Jesse  Bent,  and  at 
the  close  of  the  service  gave  liberally  to 
the  building  fund  of  the  Oklahoma  Bap- 
tist College. 

One  peculiarity  about  this  church  is  the 
large  number  of  Christian  men  in  attend- 
ance, and  the  prominence  given  to  the 
office  of  the  deacon.  The  Indians  have 
also  been  very  Christlike  in  this  giving. 
Last  year  this  church  gave  to  missions 
the  total  amount  of  $^.51,  a  consider- 
able increase  over  the  gifts  of  any  pre- 
vious year. 

At  Greenfield  the  Baptists  have  the  only 
religious  organization  in  that  part  of  the 
country.  Under  the  leadership  of  Pastor 
Southall  and  Missionary  Hamilton  they 
are  soon  to  erect  a  new  meeting  house. 
The  church  is  composed  largely  of  young 
people;  but  with  about  seventy  members 
there  is  a  fine  outlook  for  a  strong 
church. 

♦ 

The  Porto  Rican  Association 

With  a  field  on  this  island  as  large  as 
that  of  the  Presbyterians  or  the  Method- 
ists, we  have  four  male  missionaries  to 
direct  the  work  where  each  of  these  other 


bodies  has  thirteen.  Consequently  we  are 
compelled  to  throw  more  responsibility 
on  our  Porto  Rican  helpers.  The  Asso- 
ciation which  met  at  Caguas  showed 
how  well  they  are  responding.  During 
the  past  year  the  churches  have  for  the 
first  time  supported  a  missionary  of  their 
own  on  the  island.  The  treasurer's  re- 
port showed  all  obligations  met  and  $57 
left  in  the  treasury.  As  a  result  of  this 
work  a  new  church  of  31  members  has 
been  organized  on  their  field.  The  ex- 
ecutive committee,  consisting  only  of 
Porto  Ricans,  voted  to  increase  their 
missionary's  salary  and  buy  him  a  horse 
for  his  work;  also  to  pay  a  larger  part 
on  the  rent  of  the  building  used  for  a 
church.  The  Home  Mission  Society  helps 
in  the  rent,  but  there  was  an  enthusiastic 
desire  to  become  responsible  for  every 
part  of  the  expense. 

The  American  missionaries  have  grad- 
ually withdrawn  from  the  management  of 
our  church  paper  published  in  Spanish, 
and  now  we  have  Porto  Ricans  as  editor 
and  business  manager.  The  paper  is 
growing  in  favor,  and  subscriptions  unso- 
licited are  coming  in  from  people  outside 
of  the  Baptist  field.  The  Association 
voted  to  send  one  of  its  number  under- 
standing English  to  Philadelphia  next 
June  as  a  delegate  to  the  Baptist  World 
Alliance.  The  report  for  the  year  showed 
the  largest  number  of  baptisms  yet  re- 
ported, viz.,  379.  Our  total  membership 
is  now  2,083  and  our  offerings  for  all  pur- 
poses $2,875,  also  an  increase  over  the 
previous  year. — Rev.  C.  S.  Detweiler, 
Ponce,  P.  R. 

Indian  Post-Cards 

The  Home  Mission  Society  has  just  is- 
sued a  most  beautiful  set  of  six  post- 
cards, illustrating  the  manners  and  cus- 
toms of  the  Hopi  and  Navaho  Indians. 
The  colors  are  wonderfully  natural  and 
beautiful.  The  set  will  be  sent,  postpaid, 
for  fifteen  cents.  Address  Literature  De- 
partment, American  Baptist  Home  Mis- 
sion Society,  23  East  26th  St.,  New  York. 

Can  You  Meet  This  Need? 

Rev.  E.  F.  Judgon,  missionary  at  Grcy- 
bull,  Wyoming,  is  in  great  need  of  Gospel 
song  books  for  his  mission  in  Crystal.  He 
needs  also  an  organ  for  Greybull.  The 
services  are  greatly  hindered  because  the 
present  organ  is  one  only  in  name.  It  is 
absolutely  worthless. 


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The  Second  Slavic  Baptist  Convention 

BY  REV.  V.  KSAUCEK 

The  reports  from  all  the  Slavic  fields 
were  very  encouraging.  In  spite  of  all 
the  power  of  our  enemies  in  the  camps 
of  superstition  and  atheism  our  work  was 
progressive  and  successful.  The  twenty 
churches  and  missions  reported  1,149 
members,  and  129  baptisms  during  the 
last  year.  Also  over  $400  was  collected 
among  our  Slavic  churches  and  missions 
for  church  building  purposes. 

The  greatest  interest  centered  around 
the  following  three  points :  1.  How  to  do 
the  missionary  work  more  efficiently  and 
how  to  deepen  the  spiritual  life  in  our 
churches;  2.  How  to  get  a  better  educa- 
tion for  our  present  and  future  mission- 
ary workers;  3.  How  to  help  a  missionary 
worker  who  needs  help  in  management 
and  education  of  the  church,  in  removal, 
of  difficulties  and  in  evangelistic  efforts. 
It  was  a  common  feeling  that  all  three 
things  are  of  the  greatest  importance  for 
the  present  and  future  development  of 
our  Slavic  work,  and  the  discussion  found 
its  expression  in  the  following  resolu- 
tions: (1)  When  we  consider  the  earnest 
effort  of  our  Theological  Seminary  in 
Rochester  to  support  our  Slavic  students 
and  through  the  German  Department  to 
educate  and  train  our  young  men  for  mis- 
sionary work,  we  are  thoroughly  moved 
in  our  hearts  to  give  thanks  and  to  ad- 
vise our  Slavic  churches  to  send  all 
money  collected  among  them  for  edu- 
cational purposes  to  our  German  De- 
partment in  Rochester.  But  because 
we  have  at  present  among  our  Slavic 
churches  many  young  men  who  are  ready 
to  do  missionary  work  and  want  to  get 
a  sufficient  preparation,  but  are  not  able 
to  study  either  in  English  or  in  the  Ger- 
man language,  therefore  we  beg  our 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  to  establish, 
if  possible,  a  missionary  school  for  Slavic 
workers  in  connection  with  an  English 
institution  in  a  State  where  Slavs  are 
most    thickly    settled. 

(2)  When  we  consider  the  interest 
and  support  of  our  Northern  Baptist  Con- 
vention, our  Home  Mission  Society,  and 
our  city  mission  societies  in  the  mission- 
ary work  among  Slavs,  we  feel  very  deep- 
ly our  obligation,  and  we  thank  them  for 
it  and  beg  them  for  increased  interest  in 
our  Slavic  people,  not  only  from  the 
standpoint  of  a  Christian,  but  also  from 
the  standpoint  of  a  citizen  of  this  great 
Republic.     (3)  Also  among  all  the  Slavic 


missionary  workers  it  was  felt  very  deep- 
ly the  necessity  of  helping  them  on  their 
local  fields  in  educating  their  members, 
in  overcoming  their  difficulties,  and  in 
evangelizing  the  peoples,  and  therefore 
it  was  resolved  to  beg  our  Home  Mission 
Society  to  consider  the  possibility  of  ap- 
pointing a  capable  man,  who  would  ren- 
der such  help  in  these  matters  as  might 
be  needed. 

President  Taft  at  Virginia  Union 
University 

November  23rd  was  a  red-letter  day  at 
Virginia  Union  University.  The  routine 
of  recitation  periods  was  first  broken  by 
a  beautifully  illustrated  and  most  instruc- 
tive lecture  by  the  famous  naturalist  and 
bird-lover  Mr.  Henry  Chapman.  He 
spoke  of  the  value  of  birds  to  man  and 
of  man's  ruthless  slaughter  of  most  beau- 
tiful and  valuable  kinds  until  whole  spe- 
cies are  nearly  extinct.  He  then  spoke 
of  migratory  birds,  and  especially  of  the 
pelicans,  and  threw  on  the  screen  the 
beautiful  pictures  which  he  himself,  after 
years  of  effort,  succeeded  in  taking  at  a 
distance  of  but  a  few  feet  from  the  living 
birds  in  their  lonely  island  haunts. 

Soon  after  Mr.  Chapman's  lecture.  Pres- 
ident Taft,  in  an  automobile — following  a 
route  in  which  the  committee  of  arrange- 
ments had  consented  to  include  Virginia 
Union  University — with  six  accompany- 
ing automobiles,  drove  into  the  school 
grounds.  The  four  hundred  and  more 
students  of  the  University  and  of  Harts- 
horn College  and  the  teachers,  gathered 
in  front  of  the  Lecture  Hall,  greeted  him 
with  enthusiastic  cheers.  President  Hovey 
welcomed  him  heartily  and  announced 
that  his  Excellency,  Governor  Mann, 
would  introduce  the  President  of  the 
United  States.  In  a  few  suitable  words 
the  Governor  presented  President  Taft, 
w^ho  spoke  from  the  automobile  as  fol- 
lows: 

"Young  Men  and  Women:  I  am  very 
glad  to  see  you  here  this  morning,  and  to 
know  that  you  are  here  for  the  purpose 
of  education.  This  is  a  theological  school, 
a  college,  and  an  academy.  The  theolog- 
ical school  is  for  the  purpose  of  educating 
ministers  to  lead  your  people.  Objection 
has  been  made  to  the  expenditure  of 
money  for  higher  education  among  col- 
ored boys  and  girls,  and  I  thought  at  one 
time  that  the  criticism  was  well  founded; 
but  upon  investigation  I  cannct  add  up 
any  overwhelming  or  formidable  sum  of 
money   that   has   been   devoted   to   that 


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cause.  The  truth  is,  that  there  are  not 
foundatioiis  enough  to  educate  the  min- 
ister and  the  teacher  and  the  professional 
man  who  shall  be  leaders  of  the  colored 
people  in  this  country.  Of  course,  the 
main  necessity  is  thorough  primary  and 
industrial  education,  but  it  is  necessary 
also  to  have  leaders  of  the  race;  and 
there  is  no  profession  in  which  educa- 
tion and  thorough  knowledge  play  so  im- 
portant a  part  as  the  profession  of  the 
ministry.  Education,  industrial  and  other- 
wise, I  think  is  the  solution  of  the  diffi- 
culties and  the  obstacles  which  your  race 
is  to  encounter  in  your  lives.  And  I  con- 
gratulate you  on  the  evident  prosperity 
and  the  excellence  of  the  education  which 
you  are  here  receiving.  Good-bye.  I 
wish  you  every  good  fortune." 

After  a  word  or  two  with  Presidents 
Hovey  and  Tefft,  President  Taft  and  his 
company  rode  through  the  grounds  and 
away  to  the  battlefields  about  the  city. 

President  Taft  acknowledges  that  he 
has  changed  his  mind  in  regard  to  the 
higher  education  of  the  Negro,  and  that 
he  sees  its  importance.  He  emphasizes 
two  or  three  important  facts  in  that  little 
impromptu  speech,  facts  which  some 
friends  of  the  colored  people  are  slow  to 
leam.  He  says  that  the  amount  spent  on 
higher  education  for  the  colored  people  is 
not  large,  not  nearly  enough  to  prepare 
the  needed  leaders.  He  emphasizes  the 
necessity  of  providing  these  leaders  and 
the  importance  specially  of  an  educated 
ministry.  Would  that  these  facts  might 
come  home  with  power  to  some  friends 
of  the  Negro  who  have  the  means  of  help- 
ing Virginia  Union  University  to  enlarge 
its  work  by  erecting  a  new  dormitory  to 
accommodate  the  young  men  who  ought 
and  who  want  to  be  fitted  for  effective 
service  and  wise  leadership  among  their 
people. 

This  year  the  President  of  the  Uni- 
versity is  making  every  effort  to  secure 
$46,000  for  a  new  dormitory  and  two  pro- 
fessors' houses.  He  is  visiting  the  col- 
ored churches,  especially  those  under  the 
charge  of  former  students  of  the  school 
or  friends  of  the  school,  and  is  gfiving  an 
illustrated  lecture  on  the  school  and  its 
graduates.  Each  former  student  is  asked 
for  an  individual  contribution  and  each 
church  for  a  sum  amounting  to  twenty- 
five  cents  a  member.  It  is  hoped  that 
one-quarter  of  the  amount  needed  will  be 
raised  from  the  colored  people  them- 
selves. They  want  enough  room  for  their 
children  at  the  University.    They  are  giv- 


ing generously.  The  General  Education 
Board  of  New  York  will  give  another 
quarter  of  the  amount  needed.  Who  will 
give  the  rest?  Nearly  $25,000  must  come 
from  Northern  friends.  Nearly  $10,000  has 
been  pledged;  the  last  $15,000  is  what  we 
need  now.  It  means  some  large,  gener- 
ous giving  by  those  who  believe  in  a 
Christian  and  a  thorough  education  for 
the  leaders  of  the  colored  people,  and  es- 
pecially in  an  intelligent  Negro  ministry, 
which  will  be  equipped  to  lead  the  people 
wisely  and  to  protect  them  from  the 
harmful  effects  of  false  teaching  in  re- 
ligion and  morals  and  in  matters  of  race 
and  community  progress. 

A  Girl  in  the  Home  Mission  School 

She  had  not  lived  at  home  for  several 
years.  Inclined  to  be  wilful,  the  girl  was 
given  to  kind  neighbors  in  a  distant  town. 
After  a  time  they,  too,  realized  there 
might  be  phases  of  human  nature  which 
neither  the  ordinary  home  nor  the  county 
school  could  well  develop. 

The  Home  Mission  school  might  be 
tried,  and  thither  came  the  girl.  A  short, 
sturdy  figure  which  meant  strength  for 
self  or  service.  A  face  which  attracted 
attention  because  of  the  combative,  An- 
glo-Saxon nose  and  well  compressed  lips; 
the  corners  of  which  turned  down  rather 
more  than  nature  needed.  The  whole 
physiognomy  proclaimed  a  dogged  self- 
will  though  modified  by  a  fine  forehead. 

New  surroundings  attracted  Annie's  at- 
tention and  for  some  time  all  went  well. 
But  there  came  a  period  when  a  clash 
was  inevitable.  The  girl  was  not  pleased 
with  the  restraint  of  rule  and  struck  out 
on  her  own  ideas  of  deportment.  Not 
easily  managed,  she  was  moved  about 
from  one  dormitory  to  another,  as  each 
teacher  failed  to  find  the  time,  outside  of 
school  duties,  to  subdue  such  a  trying 
offender.  The  finality  was  that  Annie 
must  be  taken  into  my  own  house  or  ex- 
pelled. The  former  was  chosen  as  an 
experiment.  She  was  to  share  a  large 
room  with  two  of  our  studious,  law-abid- 
ing girls.  Again  all  went  well  for  a  sea- 
son. But  a  rule  was  absolutely  broken 
and  Annie  was  as  promptly  sent  to  bed 
for  two  days ;  the  last  meal  before  she  was 
allowed  to  rise  being  bread  and  water. 
The  following  Sunday  night  was  a  mem- 
orable one  for  Annie.  The  usual  after- 
meeting  followed  the  Christian  Endeavor 
service  and  a  number  of  students  remained 
for  prayer,  Annie  among  them. 

Earnest  petitions  were  raised  for  the 


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girls,  and  while  Miss  Kinsman  was  plead- 
ing with  God,  Fairy  Bell  Harvey  sprang 
from  her  knees,  crying,  "O  Miss  Owen, 
I'm  a  Christian!  I'm  a  Christian!"  Most 
blessedly  had  the  Spirit  come  to  her  heart 
and  a  happy  girl  she  has  been  ever  since. 
Not  so  with  Annie.  Unknown  to  us,  she 
had  for  some  time  been  under  conviction 
of  sin;  and  finally  decided  during  her  re- 
cent discipline  that  she  would  let  it  Be 
known.  Weeping  bitterly,  she  returned 
to  her  room.  There  one  of  her  room- 
mates and  I  labored  long  with  her  in 
prayer  and  testimony  till,  over-wearied,  I 
finally  retired,  saying,  "When  Jesus 
comes,  and  He  will  come,  you  may  come 
to  my  room."  Before  I  could  fall  asleep 
there  was  a  bound  and  Annie  stood  at 
my  side,  radiant  in  her  acceptance  and 
new-found  joy.  Later  in  the  night  I  was 
awakened  by  the  feeling  that  some  one 
was  near.  Putting  out  my  hand,  it  rested 
upon  Annie,  kneeling  by  my  bed;  "O," 
she  cried,  "I  feel  so  good."  Praise  could 
not  be  repressed,  and  I  rejoiced  with  the 
girl. 

The  next  morning  the  following  note 
was  left  on  my  table :  "Dear  Miss  Owen, 
I  thank  you  very  much  for  correcting  me 
Saturday.  Why,  if  you  hadn't  sent  me  to 
bed  then,  probably  I  would  have  said,  'I 
goes  over  the  road  all  the  time.  Miss 
Owen  don't  even  say  anything  to  the  girls 
and  so  I  don't  care  for  her  rules.'  But 
going  over  the  road  without  permission 
has  learned  me  a  lesson.  I  don't  blaime 
you  a  bit  for  punishing  me  because  I  had 
really  deserve  it,  and  now  I  am  going  to 
try  with  God  helping  me  to  live  a  Chris- 
tian life.  Forgive  me.  Your  student,  An- 
nie Burns." 

I  venture  to  copy  from  a  letter  Annie 
has  written  home:  "Father  please  don't 
take  any  strong  drink;  it  is  not  good  for 
the  brains;  it  weekens  your  nerve.  It 
also  takes  affect  on  your  brains.  I  don't 
take  strong  drink  and  I  don't  want  you  all 
to  take  it.  I  am  a  temperance  girl  fight- 
ing against  whiskey  traffic." 

Sarah  E.  Owen. 

A  Veteran  Home  Missionary 

The  Kansas  Baptist,  State  bulletin,  con- 
tains the  following  from  the  pen  of  A.  T. 
Dickerman  concerning  the  Rev.  F.  L. 
Walker,  a  veteran  missionary  of  the  Home 
Mission  Society:  Volumes  could  be  writ- 
ten of  him  and  his  work.  Brother  Walker 
came  to  Oswego,  Kansas,  in  the  spring 
of  1870.  He  came  out  to  my  place  on  foot 
and  introduced  himself  as  a  Baptist  min- 


ister working  under  appointment  of  our 
Home  Mission  Society.  He  placed  hit 
membership  in  the  Oswego  church  and 
from  there  as  a  center  preached  wherever 
he  could  get  an  audience  in  all  this  part 
of  the  State.  In  January,  1871,  he  be- 
came pastor  for  half  time.  Soon  after- 
ward he  assisted  in  organizing  the  Bap- 
tist church  at  Coffeyville  and  served  it 
part  time  as  pastor.  Later  he  helped  or- 
ganize the  church  at  Mound  Valley  and 
gave  it  part  of  his  time.  He  was  a  hard 
worker.  Almost  every  Sunday  he  preached 
three  times  in  the  school  houses  for  after- 
noon services.  He  would  beg^n  a  pro- 
tracted meeting  in  a  school  house  near 
one  of  the  churches,  and  before  they 
closed  would  lead  these  meetings  toward 
the  church  center.  In  this  way  he  never 
failed  to  add  new  members  to  our 
churches.  He  was  tireless  and  practical 
in  his  labors.  He  would  walk  miles  to 
visit  newcomers  and  encourage  them  in 
the  Christian  life.  Not  long  after  he 
came  among  us  he  began  to  urge  the  im- 
portance of  building  a  house.  Into  this 
enterprise  he  threw  himself  with  great  de- 
votion. He  solicited  aid,  taking  subscrip- 
tions in  money,  material,  or  labor.  He 
worked  with  the  men  on  the  building.  An 
incident  will  show  his  spirit  and  perse- 
verance. When  the  windows  came,  times 
were  close  and  there  was  no  money.  He 
walked  out  to  my  house  in  the  night  and 
asked  if  I  could  help.  I  hadn't  a  dollar 
in  the  world.  "But,  have  you  something 
that  you  can  sell?"  I  told  him  that  the 
only  article  on  my  place  that  could  be 
sold  was  some  corn  and  it  was  in  the 
shock.  "I  will  help  you  husk  a  load  in 
the  morning,"  said  he,  "if  you  will  take 
it  to  market."  So  the  next  morning  found 
us  in  the  field.  The  corn  was  soon  sold 
and  he  had  kept  the  work  moving.  In 
1881  the  long,  satisfactory  labors  with 
the  Oswego  church  closed.  Under  ap- 
pointment of  the  Home  Mission  Society, 
Brother  Walker  went  to  Grenola.  At  the 
end  of  two  years  he  left  good  churches 
at  Grenola,  Moline  and  Cedarvale.  He 
also  labored  in  Arkansas  City,  Wakeeney 
and  Hill  City.  Moving  to  Ottawa  for  its 
educational  advantages,  he  placed  his 
children  in  school,  and  preached  for  sur- 
rounding churches.  At  Gamett  in  1896 
he  was  taken  ill  and  was  soon  called  from 
his  labors — not  old  in  years  but  certainly 
advanced  in  experience  and  great  labors 
for  the  Master.  He  organized  nine 
churches  in  Kansas  and  built  seven  meet- 
ing houses. 


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CHAPEL      CAR      AND      COLPORTER 


The  Passing  of  Bible  Day 

BY  C.   H.   SPALDING,  D.D. 

This  does  not  mean  that  Baptist 
churches  and  Sunday  schools  will  drop 
their  offerings  for  the  cause  of  Bible  dis- 
tribution. This  they  could  not  do.  Since 
1883,  growing  out  of  the  Bible  Convention 
at  Saratoga  in  that  year,  this  Bible  Day 
has  been  observed.  It  has  had  a  gener- 
ous and  grateful  and  gracious  recognition. 
But  it  has  seemed  wise  to  the  Board  of 
the  American  Baptist  Publication  Society 
to  recommend  to  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention  the  discontinuance  of  Bible 
Day,  and  the  Convention  so  authorized  at 
the  Convention  last  May.  While  the  Pub- 
lication Society  surrenders  the  day  and 
thus  relieves  itself  of  the  burden  of  two 
"special  days"  in  each  year,  it  still  has 
the  work  to  do.  The  demands  are  in- 
creasing, and  the  oflFerings  must  pour  in 
for  the  support  of  this  cause.  The  method 
may  change,  but  the  work  must  go  on. 
There  is  a  cry  for  the  Bible.  The  Society 
will  continue  to  administer  this  trust. 
Many  individuals  have  long  loved  this  as 
a  special  object  of  giving.  Let  them  con- 
tinue to  do  so. 

Sunday  School  Work  in  South  Dakota 

T.  H.  Hagen  is  one  of  the  live  Sunday 
school  missionaries  of  the  Publication  So- 
ciety. He  writes  interestingly  of  a  recent 
visit  in  South  Dakota.  The  letter  shows 
the  power,  versatility  and  influence  of  the 
Sunday  school: 

"I  went  to  Bradley,  where  I  conducted 
one  of  the  most  successful  institutes  that 
it  has  been  my  privilege  to  conduct.  Brad- 
ley is  a  small  town,  and  the  teachers  of 
other  schools  in  town  were  present,  and 
on  Saturday  and  Sunday  I  had  in  the  in- 
stitute every  teacher  of  the  public  school. 
The  superintendent  of  the  school  lives  out 
in  the  country,  and  is  the  chairman  of  the 
school  district  where  he  lives,  and  he  in- 
structed the  teacher  of  his  school  to  close 
early  Friday  morning  so  that  he  could  at- 
tend my  institute  in  town  in  the  after- 
noon. The  Methodist  pastor  was  asked 
to  attend,  and  he  told  our  pastor  that 
when  Hagen  came  to    town    he    always 


gave  up  his  service,  which  he  did  at  this 
time.  One  of  the  practical  results  of  the 
Institute  was  the  fact  that  I  got  them  to 
buy  a  Teacher's  Library,  and  am  sure 
they  will  derive  much  benefit  from  it.  I 
received  a  letter  from  the  president  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  the  Sioux  Falls  College 
asking  me  to  come  and  lead  them  in  the 
meetings  there  during  the  Week  of  Pray- 
er for  Colleges.  I  telegraphed  I  would 
come  and  help  them,  and  we  had  a  royal 
welcome  from  the  faculty  and  student 
body.  The  services  were  well  attended, 
and  the  interest  was  marked  from  the 
very  first  service.  At  the  last  service  one 
young  woman  accepted  Christ,  and  others 
told  me  after  the  service  was  over  that 
they  had  decided  to  live  the  Christian  life. 
At  the  last  service  I  was  very  happily  sur- 
prised. I  dismissed  the  service,  when  the 
students  were  asked  to  take  their  seats 
again,  and  the  president  of  the  Y.  M.  C. 
A.  arose  and  presented  me  with  a  hand- 
some leather  traveling  bag,  containing  a 
"traveling  companion"  and  a  large  Sioux 
Falls*  pennant.  The  surprise  was  so  com- 
plete, and  the  kindness  of  the  students  so 
marked,  that  it  was  with  difficulty  I  was 
able  to  say  thank  you;  I  could  not  have 
made  a  speech  if  I  had  been  paid  for  it." 

♦ 

Converting  Mormons 

From  Mormondom  in  Utah  comes  good 
tidings  of  the  work  of  L.  T.  Barkman  and 
family.  In  a  recent  letter  he  says:  "We 
are  still  preaching  the  gospel  in  Spring- 
ville  and  God  is  wonderfully  blessing  us. 
Over  80  have  professed  Christ;  many  of 
them  are  Mormons,  So  far  sixteen  have 
united  with  the  church,  mostly  heads  of 
families,  and  we  are  expecting  four  or  five 
more  to-night.  Last  night  was  one  of  the 
greatest  meetings  we  ever  had;  a  husband 
and  wife  came  forward  and  gave  their 
hearts  to  God  and  united  with  the  church. 
We  had  been  so  interested  in  them.  They 
had  been  seeking  for  the  true  light  for  a 
long  time.  They  came  to  the  Car,  heard 
the  good  old  gospel,  and  then  invited  us 
to  their  home,  which  gave  us  a  good  op- 
portunity to  have  personal  talks.  They 
will  be  baptized  on  Sunday  night.     We 


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expect  to  see  the  work  here  go  on  after 
we  are  gone.  We  do  not  know  how  soon 
we  will  close  the  meeting  here.  They 
want  to  get  a  pastor  here  for  all  time,  and 
we  hope  to  have  it  self-supporting  or  al- 
most 30  before  we  leave.  Last  Sunday  we 
had  a  church  opening,  organized  a  Sunday 
school  of  33,  had  preaching  at  11  a.  m.  and 
3  p.  m.,  young  people's  meeting  at  6.30, 
preaching  again  at  7.45.  The  little  church 
was  crowded;  we  could  not  begin  to  seat 
them  all.  We  hold  meetings  in  the  Car 
during  the  week  and  have  good  congre' 
gations  every  night." 

♦ 
Steady  Service  in  Idaho 

L.  W.  Gowen,  the  veteran  colporter  in 
Idaho,  sends  an  interesting  note  of  work 
done:  "I  am  at  home  once  more  and 
slept  at  home  last  night  for  the  first  time 
since  Jan.  31st,  1910.  These  nine  months 
and  twenty-one  days  have  surely  been 
busy  ones  and  in  some  ways  at  least  more 
fruitful  for  the  Kingdom  than  any  simi- 
lar period  in  the  almost  twelve  and  a  half 
years  of  colportage  work.  In  looking  over 
my  record  book  I  see  that  more  than  1^200 
families  have  been  visited,  nearly  5,000 
miles  traveled,  and  almost  800  copies  of 
the  Scriptures  distributed;  there  have  been 
eight  professions  of  faith,  followed  by 
baptism,  and  one  church  organized  and 
built  up  to  37  members." 

♦ 
How  the  Laymen's  Missionary  Confer- 
ence Corralled  a  Cowboy 

The  pastor-at-large  of  Wyoming,  Rev. 
Wilbert  R.  Howell,  sends  the  following 
letter  which  he  clipped  from  an  old  copy 
of  the  Wyoming  Tribune  of  Cheyenne, 
showing  a  genuine  cowbosr's  anticipation 
of  the  Laymen's  missionary  banquet  and 
as  well  the  far-reaching  interest  awakened 
by  the  new  Movement: 

A    COWBOY    COMING    TO    THE    LAYMEN's    CON- 
VENTION 

Chugwater,  Wyo.,  March  6,  1910. 
Mr.  Editor  of  The  Tribune:    . 

I  have  been  reading  of  the  new  show 
that  you  are  to  have  in  your  city  at  the 
close  of  the  week.  I  expect  to  be  down 
out  of  curiosity,  if  for  nothing  else.  When 
I  told  some  of  the  other  "punchers"  that 
I  was  going  to  ride  to  old  Cheyenne  to 
see  that  men's  missionary  convention 
they  laughed  at  me.  But  I  said,  "Well, 
fellers,  we  rode  all  the  way  to  Cheyenne 
to  see  'The  Virginia'  at  Ed.  Stahle's  opera 
house;  we  have  traveled  as  far  to  see 
Ringling's  circus,  and  to  attend  the  fron- 


tier show.  Now  I  propose  to  ride  that 
distance  to  see  a  missionary  meeting  by 
men.  I  never  heard  of  anything  like  it 
It  will  be  a  new  sensation.  I  have  rode 
two  days  to  see  some  of  the  meanest 
horses  on  earth.  I  have  paid  a  good  price 
to  see  some  of  the  best  men  in  the  'ring.' 
Now  I  am  willing  to  pay  the  price  to  see 
some  of  the  best  men  out  of  the  'ring.'  ^ 
They  say  that  some  of  these  speakers  are 
"the  good  fellows"  all  right  I  see  by 
the  Tribune  that  it  is  no  one-horse  affair. 
It  stacks  up  with  the  Ringling's  and  with 
the  Frontier.  I'll  sure  be  down.  Count 
me  in  on  that  banquet  Yours, 

Cy  Brown. 


THE  "evangel"   in   KANSAS 

J.  C.  Killian  and  wife,  of  Chapel  Car 
Evangel,"  have  already  taken  hold  of 
the  hearts  of  the  people  in  their  vigorous 
work.  They  are  now  in  Wichita,  Kansas. 
Pastor  Cassidy  is  a  live  man.  He  and 
these  helpers  built  a  tabernacle  28x60 
feet,  and  the  car  is  aiding  in  the  upbuild- 
ing of  a  church  in  this  end  of  the  city. 


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extending  the  wagon  work 

The  Society  is  planning  for  larger 
things  this  coming  fiscal  year.  The  wagon 
work  is  to  be  pushed  in  Oregon,  Wash- 
ington, Nevada  and  Idaho  if  funds  will 
allow. 

LITERATURE   NEEDED 

The  Polish  paper,  heretofore  published 
in  Pound,  Wis.,  Nazse  Zycie  (Our  Life), 
is  now  published  by  the  Publication  So- 
ciety, which  issued  the  November  number 
as  the  first  The  demand  for  literature 
for  foreign-speaking  people  is  great,  and 
funds  should  be  put  into  the  hands  of  the 
Society  for  this  distinctive  work. 

HAND-TO-HAND    WORK 

"Messenger  of  Peace"  is  moving  in  co- 
operation with  the  Railroad  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
work  and  the  sound  of  a  going  of  power 
is  in  the  mulberry  trees.  Our  missionary, 
Thomas  R.  Gale,  is  not  only  doing  excel- 
lent work  in  preaching,  but  also  in  the 
shops,  having  private  interviews  with  the 
men,  holding  impromptu  services.  In  the 
Springfield,  111.,  railroad  shops  he  has  a 
well  organized  Bible  class,  composed  of 
the  Christians,  converts  and  those  who 
have  become  interested  in  religion. 

A    REAL    OBJECT-LESSON 

One  of  the  chapel  cars  is  to  be  in  the 
great  exposition.  The  World  in  Boston. 


MISSIONS 


A  Work  of  Value 

The  annual  survey  of  missions  in  Japan, 
entitled  The  Ckriitian  Movement  in  Japan, 
contains  the  most  authoritative  and  com- 
prehensive review  of  religious  conditions 
and  movements  in  that  country  to  be  ob- 
tained. The  editor-in-chief  is  Rev.  Daniel 
Crosby  Greene,  of  Tokio.  With  him  have 
been  associated  the  leading  missionaries 
in  Japan.  In  former  years  comparatively 
few  copies  of  this  book  have  been  circu- 
lated in  America.  The  publishers  in 
Japan  have  therefore  forwarded  a  sup- 
ply to  the  Young  People's  Missionary 
Movement  for  distribution.  Secretaries 
of  Mission  Boards,  members  of  execu- 
tive committees,  donors  especially  inter- 
ested in  Japan,  all  missionary  speakers 
and  other  persons  desiring  to  keep 
abreast  with  current  Christian  activities 
in  Japan,  will  find  the  volume  indispens- 
able. Individuals  can  be  supplied  prompt- 
ly to  the  limit  of  the  edition  in  hand,  at 
7S  cents  for  single  copies,  postage  8  cts. 
extra.  We  most  heartily  commend  this 
work,  which  gives  an  inner  view,  and  are 
glad  it  can  be  obtained.  Send  to  the 
Movement,  156  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York. 
* 
Uiasiona  in  the  Magazines 

With  our  own  Christmas  celebrations 
fresh  in  our  memories,  it  is  pleasant  to 
read  "Christmas  in  Arctic  Lands,"  in  the 
December  Palt  Malt  Magazine.  The  scene 
of  the  sketch  is  one  of  the  Moravian  mis- 
sion stations  in  Northern  Labrador,  and 
the  rejoicings  are  very  real  and  beautiful. 
We  expect  to  give  an  extract  later  for  our 
young  people. 

China  and  Korea  are  not  forgotten  in 
the  magazines.  The  National  Geographic 
Magasine  for  November  gives  charming 
glimpses  of  these  countries,  the  "glimpses" 
being  supplemented  by  colored  photo- 
graphs taken  by  the  author.  Seeking  for 
further  glimpses,  we  come  across  "A 
Small    Chinese    Ciiy,"    in    the    Overtand 


Monthly  for  November.  Here  in  Yah  Jo 
(probably  Yachow  is  meant,  where  the 
Mission  Society  has  a  station),  we  tarry 
long  enough  to  gel  a  good  idea  of  the 
various  shops  and  industries.  The  mis- 
sion house  is  visited  and  the  city  wall, 
rising  on  the  south  side  200  feet  above 
the  city,  is  carefully  observed.  We  also 
read  the  poem  in  the  December  Forum 
entitled  "The  Pilgrims  of  Thibet." 

Not  far  from  China  is  Siam,  and  here 
the  glimpses  continue.  In  the  December 
number  of  Current  Literature  there  is  an 
interesting  sketch  of  Chowfa  Maha  Vaji- 
ravudh,  the  present  King  of  Siam.  In  a 
quotation  from  the  Paris  Figaro  we  gain 
the  comfortable  assurance  that  "he  is  the 
ablest  ruler  of  any  Asiatic  land."  And 
indeed  from  the  sketch  in  hand,  his  tal- 
ents are  varied. 

While  speaking  of  recent  monarchs,  an 
article  in  the  November  National  Review 
deserves  notice.  This  takes  up  the  new 
era  in  Belgium,  contrasting  the  good 
works  of  Albert  I  with  the  unenviable 
record  of  his   predecessor,  Leopold  II. 

Returning  to  our  quest  for  glimpses,  we 
continue  to  Japan,  which  is  represented 
by  a  dainty  story  in  Blackviood's  entitled 
"Tsune  and  the  O  Jo-san."  Tsune  is  a 
gentle  Japanese  girl  who,  although  separ- 
ated from  her  lover  because  he  is  an  out- 
cast, remains  faithful  to  the  memory  of 
her  lover.  She  finally  decides  to  become 
a  nun  and  is  last  seen  making  the  Great 
Pilgrimage  of  a  thousand  temples  in 
peace  if  not  in  happiness.  The  World't 
Work  presents  a  strong  plea  in  "A  Chance 
for  Statesmanship"  for  a  large-visioned 
policy  in  regard  to  Japan,  The  writer  de- 
sires the  immigration  clause  in  our  treaty 
with  that  nation  to  be  cancelled. 

What  other  people  say  is  an  ever  ac- 
ceptable topic  for  conversation  and 
thought.  The  Review  of  Revku-s,  recog- 
nizing this,  has  favored  us  with  what  the 
Hindu   women   think  of  their   Am 


70 


MISSIONS 


«i4f/^rf.  Their  thoughts  are  not  flattering 
"-.rulieitil,  they  are  unnecessarily  and  in- 
^,^<.:i^'tlr  scathing.  On  the  other  hand, 
v.it  wr:u:T  of  "Burmese  Women,"  in  the 
3*vr«2:Vtr  IV estminster,  is  most  apprecia- 
Vi<  ^A  these  Eastern  ladies.  Yet,  having 
ljve4  m  Burma  for  over  forty-seven  years, 
£.jt  ctiiitarian  point  of  view  may  well  have 
vtaec  influenced  by  his  environment. 

Other  interesting  accounts  of  the  far- 
away places  are  to  be  found  in  the  Na- 
iiiKoI  Geographic  Magazine,  which  con- 
t^iics  an  enthusiastic  explanation  of  the 
Liberian  game,  Kboo,  also  an  article  taken 
from  a  recent  number  of  the  Geographical 
Journal  of  London  entitled  "Among  the 
Cannibals  of  Belgian  Congo,"  and  com- 
ments and  quotations  from  Mr.  Roose- 
velt's book,  "African  Game  Trails."  Black- 
wood's contributes  a  long  and  well-written 
description  of  Ocean  Islands  and  Le  Cor- 
respondant  offers  an  exhaustive  account  of 
the  characteristics  of  the  Egyptians. 

The  George  Junior  Republic  has  a 
prominent  place  in  the  current  Review 
of  Reviews,  The  basic  principles  of  this 
organization,  the  varied  industries,  the 
methods  of  dealing  with  the  delinquents, 
and  the  education  of  the  citizens  are  set 
forth.  "The  entire  plan  of  education  in 
the  George  Junior  Republic  involves  pio- 
neer ideas.  Not  only  does  it  apply  the 
democratic  principle  to  school  govern- 
ment, but  also  intensifies  educational  pro- 
cess. The  George  Junior  Republic  boy 
has  ample  opportunity  to  use  his  knowl- 
edge for  practical  purposes  during  the 
years  of  its  acquisition;  he  can  test  his 
ideas  and  theories  by  actual  experience. 
Besides  this  valuable  asset,  he  has  also 
gained  self-mastery." 


Progress  in  China 

Watchman:  When  the  ancient  con- 
servatism of  the  Chinese  is  remembered 
the  rapid  progress  that  country  is  mak- 
ing is  almost  incredible.  No  peaceful 
revolution  in  any  country  has  ever 
equalled  in  its  importance  and  transform- 
ing power  the  change  from  the  ancient 
system  of  examinations  to  examinations 
in  modern  scientific  studies.  No  man 
can  now  hold  an  office  in  China  unless  he 
has  passed  examinations  in  modern  cul- 
ture. Next  to  this  remarkable  change 
which  affected  the  whole  constitution  of 
Chinese  society,  is  the  recent  decree  of 
the  emperor  commanding  that  in  all  the 
ichools  English  shall  be  the  language  in 


which  modem  studies  shall  be  pursued. 
English  was  the  first  of  foreign  lang^uages 
introduced  in  China;  it  is  most  widely 
used  there  and  in  the  world.  When  the 
students  are  sent  to  Pekin  for  final  ex- 
amination after  graduation  they  shall  be 
examined  through  the  medium  of  the 
English  language.  It  is  generally  recog- 
nized that  the  share  of  American  mission- 
ary schools  in  preparing  the  way  for  this 
momentous  decree  has  been  very  great 
America  has  done  more  for  Chinese  edu- 
cation than  any  other  country.  It  is 
clear  that  this  step  will  ally  China  more 
closely  with  the  United  States.  It  will 
gradually  bring  the  educated  classes  of 
China  into  touch  with  American  ideas 
and  methods,  and  by  facilitating  inter- 
course will  increase  and  cement  the 
friendship  of  the  two  countries. 

♦ 

A  >n8ion  for  Spain  and  Portugal 

New  York  World :  A  successful  repub- 
lican movement  in  Spain  just  now  would 
be  most  gratifying.  The  country  is  in 
much  better  financial  shape  than  Portu- 
gal, and  a  new  republic  might  have  wis- 
dom enough  to  wipe  out  the  silly  bound- 
ary and  unite  with  Portugal  in  a  self- 
governed  and  progressive  Iberian  nation 
of  25,000,000  people,  with  a  land  of  splen- 
did location  and  fine  natural  resources, 
larger  than  Germany  or  France.  Some 
day  this  dream  of  the  republicans  will 
come  beneficently  true. 

♦ 
Two  Good  Ideas 

The  Class  Helper,  a  monthly  church 
paper  of  Tucson,  Arizona,  is  admirably 
edited  by  O.  E.  Comstock,  a  member  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church  of  that  city,  and 
helps  the  mission  cause  generally  in  the 
State.  A  number  of  illustrations  from 
Missions  have  been  used  in  its  pages,  and 
we  shall  be  glad  to  furnish  more.  In  the 
October  number  there  was  a  picture  of 
the  mission  church  in  Camaguey,  Cuba, 
and  one  of  Missionary  Petzold's  home  at 
Lodge  Grass. 

Speaking  of  church  papers  and  calen- 
dars, the  Livingston  Avenue  Church  bul- 
letin recently  gave  its  front  and  last  page 
to  Missions,  using  illustrations  furnished 
by  us  at  the  pastor's  request.  This  fitted 
into  the  formation  of  a  club,  which  is  of 
cheering  proportions.  A  hint  to  a  mis- 
sionary pastor  is  sufficient.  What  we  did 
for  Pastor  Hayne  we  will  do  for  you,  if 
you  desire  to  do  what  he  did  for  Missions 
and  the  cause. 


MISSIONS 


71 


Financial  Statements  of  the  Societies 


American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

Fhumdal  Statement  for  ^ht  months,  endlnc  Norember  SOih.  191f  »  , 

Balance 

Source  of  Income                                                    Budget  for  Receipts  for  required  by 

1910-1911  Eiffht  Months  Mar.  81, 1911 

Churches.  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's  So- 
cieties (apportioned  to  church) 1382.276.42  166.603.62  1815,772.90 

Individuals   (estimated)    125.000.00  3.322.28  121,677.72 

Legacies,     Annuity     Bonds     released.     Income     of 

Bonds,  etc.  (estimated) 158,792.00  112.589.80  46.202.20 

Total    Budget   as   approved   by    Northern    Baptist 

Convention    $666,068.42  $182,415.60  $483,652.82 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  Those  of  Last  Year 
First  Kight  Months  of  Financial  Year 

Sonree  of  Income  1909  1910  Increase  Decrease 

Churches,  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's  So- 
cieties     $50,408.76  $66,603.62  $7,094.77                 

Individuals    7,405.67  3,322.28              $4,083.89 

Legacies,  Annuities  released.  Inc.   Inv.  Funds,  etc.     87,417.32  112.589.80  25.172.48                 

$154,231.74       $182,415.60       $32,267.25  $4,083.89 

N.  B. — Of  the  total  Budget  to  be  raised  by  the  Denomination  the  Society  has  received  only  14 
per  cent,  during  the  first  eight  months  of  the  present  Fiscal  Year. 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

Ftaianclal  Statement  for  elffht  months,  endtaiff  November  80th«  1910 
Sooroe  of  Income 


Bndget  for 
1910- 1911 

Churches.    Young    People's    Societies    and    Sunday 

Schools    (apportioned   to  churches) $563,465 

Individuals  (estimated)    176,000 

Legacies,   Income  of  Funds,   Annuity  Bonds,   spe- 
cific  gifts,   etc.    (estimated) 104.527 


Total   Bndget   as   approved   by   Northern   Baptist 

Convention     .• $032,982 


Receipts  for 
Bight  Months 

$100,442.64 
20,066.86 

106.588.69 


$235,908.10 


Comparison  of  Receipts  with  Those  of  Last  Year 
First    Eight    Months    of    Financial    Year 


Source  of  Income  1909 

Churches,    Young    People's    Societies    and    Sunday 

Schools    •$05,670.06 

Individuals    

Legacies,  Income  of  Funds,  Annuity  Bonds,  spe- 
cific  Gifts,    etc 84,713.63 


1910 

$100,442.64 
29,966.86 


Increase 

$34,830.46 


Balance 
required  by 
Mar.  81, 19U 

$468,012.86 
146,038.14 

88.938.81 


$696,983.81 


Decrease 


106,688.69         20,875.16 


$180,283.58       $235,998.19       $55,714.01  

'Previous  to.  1910  the  receipts  from  individuals  were  not  reported  separately  from  those  from 
churches,  young  people's  societies  and  Sunday  schools.  A  small  amount  of  specific  gifts  is  included 
in  this  figure. 


American  Baptist  Publication  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  eiglit  montlis,  endinir  November  30th,  1910 

Source  of  Income                                                 Bndget  for  Receipts  for 

1910-1911  Eight  Montlis 

Churches,    Young    People's    Societies    and    Sunday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  churches) $104,189.00  $49,628.61 

Individuals    (estimated)    10.000.00  4.408.96 

Legacies,  Income  of  Funds,  Annuity  Bonds  (esti- 
mated)           61.404.00  28,280.29 

Total   Budget   as   approved   by   Northern   Baptist 

ConvenUon    $165,693.00  $77,812.76 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  Those  of  Last  Year 
First  £ight  Montlis  of  Financial  Year 

Sonree  of  Income  1909  1910  Increase 

Churches,    Young   People's    Societies   and    Sunday 

Schools     $46,746.87         $49,628.61         $8,882.14 

Individuals    2.190.60  4.403.96  2,213.46 

Legacies,  Income  of  Funds,  Annuity  Bonds,  Spe- 
cific Gifts,  etc   21,227.47  28,280.29  2,062.82 

$69,164.84         $77,812.75         $8,148.41 


Balance 
required  by 
Bfar.  81, 1911 

$64,660.49 
5.696.06 

28.128.71 


$88,280.26 


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Hunilton,  N.  Y.]  

The  Theoli^ical  Seminary  of  Colgate  Univarsitj' often 
conrses  covering  three  fears,  planaed  to  give  tborongb 
equipment  and  traiaiog  for  the  work  of  the  Christiaa 
minisiry.  One  lerm  of  the  senior  year  is  spent  in  New  York 
(Tity.  The  faculty  numbers  ten  besides  lecturers.  For  in- 
forniation,  address  William  H.  Allison.  Dean. 


DENISON    UNIVERSITY 


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■and  tor  cataJiiua  and  Infornullon  to  tha  Prealdanl, 

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MISSIONS 


PROM    WASHINGTON'S  CODE  OF   CONDUCT 
4  When  yon  apeak  of  God  or  His  attributes,  let  it  be  seriously 


^Associate  yourself  with  men  of  good  quality,  if  yon  esti 
your  own  reputation,  for  it  is  better  to  be  alone  t 
in  bod  company. 


FIHST  GLIMPSES  OF  I'ORTO  RICO,  Ul!R  ISIAND  T«^S^%?.\Q■S 


The  Financial  Situation 

Two  MONTHS  remain  of  the  fiscal  year  of  the  Northern  Baptist 
Conventioii.  Will  the  story  that  is  told  on  April  first  be  a 
story  of  victory  or  defeat?  The  task  that  remains  is  vast,  but 
the  outlook  is  encouraging.  To  close  the  year  without  debt 
there  must  come  in  during  the  last  quarter  of  the  year  more 
than  three  times  as  much  as  was  received  during  ^e  past  nine 
months,  but  the  fine  spirit  that  is  manifest  throughout  the 
country,  and  the  fact  that  at  this  time  the  receipts  from  the 
churches  ore  far  in  advance  of  the  amount  received  during  the 
some  period  last  year,  give  reason  to  believe  that  again  our 
General  Societies  are  to  close  the  year  without  debt. 

Q^Ai  will  be  seen  by  the  financial  statement  published  elsewhere  in  this  issue, 
the  ehnrches,  Sunday  schools  and  young  people's  societies,  and  individuals 
lutTe  contributed  for  the  work  of  the  three  Goieral  Societies  during  the  nine 
monthB  ending  December  31,  $294,346.24.  This  leaves  11,065,574.18  still  to 
come  from  these  sources. 

(Q, Comparison  with  last  year's  record,  however,  shows  a  gain  of  $42,293.63 
over  the  receipts  from  these  sources  for  the  same  period.  Indeed,  there  has 
not  been  a  month  this  year  when  a  gain  has  not  been  reported,  and  it  has  been 
larger  each  month,  except  the  last  (due  to  a  falling  off  in  gifts  from  individuals 
for  one  of  the  societies). 

CL Note  the  figures  as  taken  from  financial  statements  published  in  MISSIONS: 
$5,736.30;  $13,022.22;  120,720.57;  S23,985.07 ;  $33,940 ;  $43,946.42 ;  $42,293.63. 

C^It  IB  believed  that  this  happy  condition  is  due  in  large  part  to  increased 
offerings  and  to  the  sending  in  of  offerings  earlier  in  the  year,  to  both  of  which 
flieie  is  probably  nothing  that  has  contributed  more  than  the  large  increase  in 
tiie  number  of  churches  using  the  double  envelopes  and  making  the  every 
..  g  j^^  weekly  oflferings  to  missions. 


MISSIONS 


Worth  While" 

HEN  a  man  of  influence 
belonging  to  the  non- 
church^oing  class  was 
approached  by  one  of 
the  ministers  of  his  city 
with  reference  to  accept- 
ing a  position  as  trustee, 
y,  "No,  I  cannot  do  it; 
for  the  church  as  a  pre- 
conservative  force  in 
I  take  up  anything  in  the 
.  want  a  job  worth  while, 
see  that  the  church  oifers 
to  a  business  man." 
nan  was  a  director  in  the 
i  Christian  Association 
$  contributor  to  its  work; 
;ed  in  a  half  dozen  chari- 
lanthropic  societies;  but 
lade  no  appeal  to  him. 
it  too  much  that  seemed 
I,  too  little  that  really 
time  and  thought  of  a 
e  had  been  brought  up 
ool  and  church,  and  had 
away  from  the  earlier 
"  he  did  not  feel  that  he 
them. 

as  come,  happily,  when 
:aken  of  the  class  of  men 
resents.  The  church  is 
make  it  unquestionable 
hand  an  enterprise  great 
act  the  biggest  man,  "a 
le."  The  evangelization 
i  certainly  such  an  enter- 
the  church  is  actively  and 
iged  in  carrying  forward 


this  enterprise  at  home  and  abroad,  be- 
ginning at  Jerusalem,  and  going  on  to 
the  ends  of  the  earth,  she  can  speak  with 
confidence  to  men  of  business  acumen 
and  energy.  This  is  a  man's  job  in  its 
scope  and  demands.  It  will  never  be 
accomplished  until  the  laymen  take 
hold  of  it  in  dead  earnest,  as  many  of 
them  are  doing.  And  as  this  vast  en- 
terprise is  pushed  with  the  same  far- 
sighted  planning  and  consummate  abil- 
ity that  mark  the  business  activities  of 
the  time,  it  will  more  and  more  draw 
men  into  the  church  that  affords  full 
opportunity  for  their  best  servi'ce. 

In  saying  this,  we  are  not  losing  sight 
of  the  fact  that  the  one  essential  that 
can  make  the  church  effective  in  its 
appeal  to  strong  men  is  the  possession 
of  a  spiritual  life  and  power  dominant 
enough  to  assure  its  place  as  the  re- 
ligious dynamic  operative  in  all  the 
Christian  activities.  Mr.  Cope,  in  his 
recent  book,  "The  Efficient  Layman," 
puts  the  matter  truly  when  he  says  that 
"we  must  cease  to  hope  to  win  men  by 
appeals  to  their  loyalty  to  an  insutution, 
by  begging  them  to  come  to  church 
and  sit  still  or  to  'serve'  on  a  committee. 
They  will  be  won  when  there  is  a  man's 
work  to  be  done,  and  their  work  for 
others  will  save  their  own  souls  and 
then  the  church  need  not  fear  for  itself. 
We  have  been  offering  men  the  parlor 
when  we  ought  to  have  called  them  to 
the  field;  we  have  been  saying,  'Here 
are  pleasant  pews  and  soft  music,* 
when  we  ought  to  have  been  saying, 
'Here  is  hard  work,  here  is  a  world  to 
be  won,  here  is  a  kingdom  to  be  estate 


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lished,  here  are  the  dragons  of  human 
greed  and  sloth,  the  walls  of  ancient 
custom  and  privilege  to  be  assailed.' 
We  have  not  'played  up'  the  big  things 
and  the  real  things  of  the  Christian  life 
to  men.  The  spirit  that  made  pioneers, 
the  spirit  that  compels  a  man  to  leave 
his  ease  and  push  into  the  wilderness  to 
conquer  and  shape  a  new  world,  is  in 
the  men  of  our  day.  The  opportunity 
for  the  extension  of  the  kingdom  of 
God  among  men  is  the  one  appeal  that 
will  win  them  more  than  any  other; 
they  need  to  see  this  world,  as  Canon 
Freemantle's  book  puts  it,  *as  the 
object  of  redemption.'  The  deepest 
places  in  their  natures  will  be  stirred  if 
they  can  but  be  brought  to  see  that  they 
arc  serving  their  world;  they  are  work- 
ing for  a  universe;  they  are  moving  in 
that  glorious  army  of  noble  souls  that 
through  all  time  have  been  saving  the 
world,  witnessing  to  the  light,  extending 
the  kingdom,  and  bringing  heaven  to 
earth."  Q 

An  Ideal 

THIS  is  the  ideal:  A  Baptist 
Monthly  Magazine  which  between 
its  two  covers  should  contain  the  record 
of  all  our  missionary  work  and  represent 
all  the  societies  engaged  in  this  work  in 
the  North.  This  to  be  the  one  and  only 
missionary  magazine  appealing  to  the 
denomination  as  it  is  represented  in  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention.  That 
is  one-half  of  the  ideal. 

The  second  half  is,  this  single,  com- 
prehensive, finely  illustrated  and  su- 
perbly printed  magazine  —  without  an 
equal  in  missionary  literature  —  a  regu- 
lar visitor  in  every  Baptist  home,  and 
on  file  in  every  Baptist  church  or  Sunday 
school  or  young  people's  library. 

This  ideal  realized  would  meet  the 
popular  demand  of  the  denomination. 
It  would  mean  immeasurable  develop- 
ment of  missionary  intelligence  and  in- 
terest, and  not  less  of  the  spirit  of 
service. 


The  realization  of  the  first  half 
would  make  possible  the  realization  of 
the  second.  The  realization  of  the 
second  half  would  do  much  to  blot  out 
that  formidable  list  of  non-contributing 
churches  that  is  now  a  source  of  weak- 
ness and  depression. 

This  ideal  is  not  an  impracticable 
vagary  of  a  visionary.  It  is  in  the  line 
of  economy,  of  efficiency,  of  educational 
and  inspirational  advance. 

For  the  realization  of  the  first  half  — 
the  combined  and  comprehensive  maga- 
zine —  it  is  only  necessary  that  the 
Women's  Home  and  Foreign  Societies 
should  do  what  the  three  General  So- 
cieties did  in  1909:  combine  their  sepa- 
rate publications  in  Missions.  The 
Women's  Societies  can  most  effectively 
present  their  work  through  this  medium, 
which  offers  them  exceptional  ad- 
vantages. 

If  it  be  said  that  the  proposed  com- 
bination is  not  practicable,  so  it  was 
said  for  years  about  the  proposed  joint 
magazine.  But  everybody  knows  now 
that  it  is  practicable  —  for  it  has  been 
done.  That  it  is  successful  as  well  as 
practicable  the  universal  approval 
demonstrates. 

If  it  be  said  that  the  Women's  So- 
cieties would  lose  by  the  merger,  and 
not  be  able  to  impress  their  work  as 
strongly  as  at  present,  so  the  same  thing 
was  said  by  some  regarding  the  General 
Societies.  But  here  again.  Missions 
as  a  concrete  fact  has  met  and  answered 
all  apprehensions.  There  is  no  such 
talk  now.  The  fact  js  recognized  that 
the  presentation  of  the  whole  cause  is 
stronger  than  any  partial  presentation 
of  it  can  be.  The  denominational  ap- 
preciation, cordial  and  continual,  shows 
how  our  entire  missionary  enterprise 
has  been  stimulated.  There  has  been 
gain  for  all  and  loss  for  none.  So  it 
would  be  with  the  work  of  the  Women's 
Societies  presented  in  the  full  depart- 
ments which  Missions  would  afford. 
With  the  gifted  editors  o(  Helping  Han  J 


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and  Tidings  added  to  Missions'  staff, 
think  what  a  magazine  Missions  might 
be  madel  Think,  too,  of  the  broaden- 
ing and  educative  influence  of  having 
the  whole  of  our  great  missionary  work 
with  its  world  sweep  brought  before  all 
readers!    The  ideal  is  inspiring,  surely. 

Then,  with  the  faithful  women  now 
busy  in  getting  subscriptions  for  the  two 
monthly  publications  of  the  Women's 
Societies,  added  to  the  force  of  faithful 
agents  working  for  Missions,  and  with 
a  single  appeal  backed  up  by  a  period- 
ical of  highest  class,  offered  for  a  sum 
shockingly  small  compared  to  its  value, 
there  would  be  a  chance  to  secure  such 
a  circulation  as  no  Baptist  magazine  has 
dared  to  hope  for  in  the  past.  This  is 
impossible  with  the  present  divided  can- 
vassing and  the  separate  publications. 
But  with  one  magazine,  it  is  not  wild 
to  predict  such  a  subscription  list  as 
would  ensure  advertising  patronage 
sufficient  to  make  Missions  self-sus- 
taining. Then  the  desired  end  would 
be  attained. 

Why  should  not  this  ideal  be  realized  ? 
What  is  in  the  way  ?  This  is  the  day  of 
effective  combination.  "In  union  there 
is  strength"  was  never  truer  anywhere 
than  in  missionary  work.  Must  things 
always  be  as  they  have  been,  just  be- 
cause they  have  been  ?  Especially, 
when  they  have  been  the  cause  of  weak- 
ness, not  strength. 

This  editorial  is  intended  to  be  merely 
suggestive.  The  ideal  must  be  held  up, 
and  the  idea  take  root.  Then  the  re- 
sult will  in  time  be  reached. 

What  is  necessary  to  make  the  first 
half  of  the  ideal  possible  ?  Nothing 
whatever  but  the  vote  of  three  missionary 
boards  to  try  the  union  —  in  other 
words,  accept  Missions'  proposal  of 
marriage.  And  there  need  be  no  long 
engagement.  So  far  as  Missions  is 
concerned,  the  day  can  be  set  without 
delay. 

Then  the  denominational  approval 
would  begin  to  show  itself  in  the  pleasing 


form  of  subscriptions  as  wedding  pres- 
ents. ^^ 

The  Financial  Outlook 

THIS  is  the  time  when  special  stress 
should  be  laid  upon  the  raising  of 
the  missionary  budgets  by  the  churches 
which  have  not  already  done  so.  The 
financial  statements  made  and  empha- 
sized in  other  parts  of  this  issue  indicate 
the  need  of  earnest  effort.  The  task 
seems  a  formidable  one  to  raise  over  a 
million  dollars  within  three  months, 
when  in  nine  months  the  receipts  have 
been  only  about  one-third  of  that  sum. 
It  is  a  large  task,  but  by  no  means  a 
discouraging  one.  For  one  thing,  this 
putting  off  the  day  of  reckoning  and 
giving  until  near  the  close  of  the  fiscal 
year  of  the  societies  has  been  a  habit,  — 
a  bad  one  admittedly,  but  one  not  to 
be  overcome  in  a  year  or  two.  On  the 
other  hand,  as  the  reports  show,  there 
has  been  a  larger  giving  than  last  year 
by  the  churches  and  Sunday  schools 
and  young  people's  societies  up  to  date; 
so  that  if  this  ratio  is  maintained  the 
total  required  will  come.  Then,  the 
spirit  manifested  is  hopeful  and  cheer- 
ful,— an  excellent  symptom.  The  re- 
sponse has  never  been  readier  when  the 
pastors  have  taken  up  the  matter  en- 
thusiastically with  their  people.  Of 
course  everything  depends  upon  this. 
It  is  encouraging,  also,  to  know  that 
the  number  of  churches  adopting  the 
duplex  envelope  system  is  steadily  in- 
creasing. The  systematic  methods  are 
gaining,  not  so  rapidly  as  many  would 
like  to  see,  but  perhaps  as  rapidly  as 
could  reasonably  be  expected;  and  the 
gains  made  are  likely  to  be  permanent. 
We  heard  recently  of  a  church  meet- 
ing called  to  consider  raising  a  certain 
deficit  in  the  current  expenses.  One 
of  the  leading  officers,  at  the  outset, 
said  he  had  been  thinking  the  matter 
over,  and  his  conviction  was  that  the 
easiest  way  to  pay  off  the  deficit  was 


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79 


to  begin  by  raising  the  missionary  budget, 
amounting  to  more  than  the  deficit. 
He  was  not  only  serious  in  the  proposal, 
but  succeeded  in  convincing  the  other 
brethren  that  his  position  was  sound. 

Experience  has  proved  to  more  than 
one  church  that  the  raising  of  the 
budget,  which  at  first  seemed  to  some 
very  large,  has  given  an  impetus  to  all 
the  church  work,  and  also  to  the  church 
finances.  We  trust  that  the  proposition 
referred  to  above  may  commend  itself 
to  many  churches^  whether  they  have 
a  deficit  or  not,  and  that  they  will 
forthwith  proceed  to  raise  the  budget, 
possibly  along  the  practical  lines  laid' 
down  by  Secretary  Moore  on  another 
page.  Make  it  "hilarious"  giving,  in 
the  true  scriptural  sense,  and  spiritual 
blessing  cannot  fail  to  result. 

"Give  not  grudgingly  or  of  necessity; 
God  loves  a  hilarious  giver.'' 

Great  Men  and  Good 

This  country  will  never  cease  to  be 
grateful  to  God  for  its  great  leaders, 
Washington  and  Lincoln.  Both  would 
rejoice  in  the  new  civic  conscience  of  the 
present  time.  Washington  was  any- 
thing but  a  pious  pretender,  but  he 
was  a  devout  believer  in  God  and  Provi- 
dence, as  the  spirit  of  humble  depend- 
ence upon  God  in  his  private  and  pub- 
lic papers  alike  proves.  He  had  prayers 
morning  and  evening,  at  home  or  in 
camp,  and  was  regular  in  his  attendance 
at  church.  His  influence  for  good  can 
be  read  in  the  words  which  he  addressed 
to  his  army:  "The  general  hopes  and 
trusts  that  every  officer  and  man  will 
endeavor  so  to  live  and  act  as  becomes 
a  Christian  soldier,  defending  the  dearest 
rights  and  liberties  of  his  country." 

The  close  of  Washington's  life  was 
what  would  be  expected  from  his 
character.  After  less  than  two  years 
of  peaceful  life  from  the  day  of  his 
retirement  from  public  cares,  the  end  of 
the  great  earthly  career  came  at  sixty- 


seven  years.  A  cold  fastened  itself 
upon  his  lungs,  and  Washington  was 
the  first  to  say  it  was  the  end.  "I  am 
not  afraid,"  he  said  with  a  smile  to  his 
friend  and  physician,  "it  is  a  debt  we 
all  must  pay."  And  his  last  words 
were,  "It  is  well."  Undoubtedly  well 
for  him,  as  his  life  had  been  for  his 
country  and  the  world.  Well  will  it 
be,  indeed,  for  the  country  he  loved 
and  served  if  we  shall  emulate  his 
patriotism  and  unfeigned  piety.  We 
honor  ourselves  as  we  honor  his  memory. 

Editorial  Notes 

^  Julius  Rosenwald,  a  Chicago  merchant^ 
is  so  interested  in  providing  suitable  buildings 
for  negro  Y.  M.  C.  A.s  that  he  has  offered 
to  give  1(25,000  to  any  city  that  will  raise 
^75,000  additional  for  erection  and  equip- 
ment. His  offer  holds  good  for  five  years, 
and  has  been  accepted  by  Chicago,  where  a 
banker  has  added  |l25,ooo  more,  and  the 
negroes  have  undertaken  to  raise  the  re- 
maining {50,000  by  subscription.  This  is 
another  movement  in  the  direction  of  race 
elevation  and  the  elimination  of  the  bitter- 
ness at  least  of  the  race  problem.  That 
there  must  be  separate  Associations  seems  to 
be  a  settled  policy  North  and  South.  That 
being  so,  the  colored  men  are  certainly  as 
much  entitled  to  public  help  as  the  less 
needy  whites. 

^  It  will  probably  surprise  many  people  to 
leam  that  at  least  one  in  nine  persons  of  the 
millions  in  New  York  City  receive  some 
kind  of  assistance  every  year  from  charity. 
A  severer  indictment  of  city  conditions  or  of 
our  present  civilization  could  scarcely  be 
found.  Put  beside  this  fact  the  statement 
of  Rabbi  Wise  that  the  New  Year  eve  drink 
bill  of  extravagant  New-Yorkers  at  the  res- 
taurants and  hotels  exceeded  by  far  the 
total  amount  given  for  the  support  of  organ- 
ized charities  and  philanthropies  during  the 
year,  and  the  picture  is  filled  out.  Pauper- 
ism and  poverty  versus  wanton  waste  and 
extravagance  —  both  symptoms  of  social 
cancer  of  deadly  character.  Christianity 
has  a  gigantic  task  set  before  it  in  the 
saving  of  the  city. 


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Note  and  Comment 


M'\ 


riSSlONS   invites 
5  readers  to  a 
feast  in  this  February 
number.      It  may  be 
pardoned    for   calling 
attention   to   its    fresh 
new  dress,  which  goes 
with  a  new  home  and 
printer.    The  table  of 
contents  ofTers  variety 
and  scope.  We  go  with 
Dr.  Sale  to  Pono  Rico, 
and    see   through    his 
camera,  which  is  doing 
excellent    work;    then 
we   camp  with    Dr.  Crozier    in    the    Garo 
Hills,  and  look  in  with  Dr.   Barnes  upon 
native  American  life  no  more  civilized  than 
the  other  Indian  until  Christianity  enters  the 
pagan  tepee;  then  our  great  French  apostle 
takes  us  to  Algeria,  and  presently  we  are  on 
the  plains  of  North  Dakota  with  Dr,  Proper, 
or   in    Spokane    shop    meetings    with    Mr, 
Hermiston;  for  the  world  is  now  small  and  set 
in  neighborhood.     A  new  feature  of  value  is 
the  admirable  comprehensive  survey  of  con- 
ditions  in   Great   Britain    by  the  brilliant 
editor  of  the   London   Missionary   Society, 
who  gives  us  inside  glimpses  into  the  life  of 
our  sister  nation.     There  is  wealth  of  ma- 
terial in  all  the  departments,  and  none  will 
be  able  to  escape  the  fact  that  much  money 
must  pour  into  the  missionary  treasuries  dur- 
ing the  next  three  months.    See  if  you  do  not 
agree  that  there  is  not  a  dull  page  in  the  issue. 

^  It  is  easy  to  talk  about  the  "people"  and 
become  their  champion  in  the  abstraa,  but 
another  thing  actually  to  set  to  work  to  do 
them  good  individually  and  in  the  concrete. 
And  this  is  as  true  of  the  church  member  as 
of  the  politician.  We  are  all  surrounded  by 
people  who  need  us,  and  if  our  sympathy  is 
genuine  there  is  plenty  of  opportunity  to 
show  it.  Self-sacrifice  is  required,  however, 
to  translate  altruistic  sentiment  into  active 
lervice. 


^  To  satisfy  a  natural  curiosity  as  to  why 
the  piiblication  office  of  Missions  should  be 
moved  from  New  York  to  Boston,  it  may 
be  said  that  the  complexity  of  the  foreign 
work,  the  multiplicity  of  fields  differing 
widely  in  character,  the  library  and  informa- 
tion facilities,  and  the  store  of  photographic 
and  other  material,  all  combined  to  make 
'  Boston  more  advantageous,  so  far  as  the 
efficiency  of  the  magazine  is  concerned. 
Missions  will  be  glad  to  welcome  its  friends 
in  the  new  rooms  in  the  Ford  Building. 

II  Renewals  and  new  subscriptions  are  com- 
ing in,  but  we  want  more  —  and  more  — 
and  yet  more.  The  list  has  room  for  fifty 
thousand  before  we  shall  begin  to  reach  our 
right  expectations.  Do  not  miss  a  number. 
If  you  wish  to  receive  the  Januaiy  issue, 
and  begin  with  the  year,  send  in  your  name 


\  Concerning  the  remarkable  fortress  palace 
of  Man  Singh  in  India,  which  formed  the 
frontispiece  in  the  January  number  of 
Missions,  Dr.  John  Humpstone,  who 
kindly  loaned  the  photograph,  says:  "It 
stands  on  an  isolated  rock,  overlooking  a 
vast  plain  —  one  of  the  finest  and  most 
characteristic  views  in  India.  The  rock 
for  ages  has  been  a  vast  fortress.  The 
palace  is  the  most  interesting  example  of 
its  class  of  early  Hindu  architeaure.  Never 
can  I  forget  my  ride  on  elephant  back  (the 
Maharaja's  own  beast,  gayly  caparisoned) 
to  the  music  of  its  sweet  bell,  in  the  late 
afternoon  with  a  level  sun  flooding  the 
vast  brown  plain  below,  and  the  solemn 
rock  crowned  with  splendid  architecture 
towering  on  the  right;  nor  my  eager  visit  of 
two  hours  in  fast  waning  light  to  the  temples, 
Jain  Colossi,  and  other  interesting  remains 
of  an  ancient  rigime  on  that  lofty  summit. 
There  is  no  more  fascinating  spot  in  that 
land  of  antiquity."  Look  again  at  the  fine 
half-tone  reproduction,  with  this  description 


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8i 


%  The  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement  is 
at  present  engaged  in  a  campaign  of  educa- 
tion, which  will  continue  until  April.  It 
started  in  Youngstown,  Ohio,  and  will  go 
to  the  Pacific  Coast,  taking  in  the  principal 
cities.  The  program  this  year  is  c  iefly 
institute  work,  designed  to  show  the  laymen 
how  to  work,  and  to  raise  up  leaders  to  carry 
on  the  instruction  after  the  expert  teaching 
force  has  gone.  Business  men  who  have 
become  interested  say  that  the  missionary 
business  must  be  conducted  upon  the  same 
plane  of  efficiency,  energy  and  success  as 
other  business,  and  to  teach  them  how  to 
do  it  is  a  main  purpose  of  the  institutes. 
There  will  also  be  several  conventions. 
Secretary  Stackhouse  will  represent  us  in 
this  work,  and  will  get  into  touch  with  the 
Baptist  men  in  each  place  visited  in  the  in- 
terests of  our  own  Laymen's  Movement 
and  the  local.  Brotherhoods. 

^  The  theological  seminaries  cannot  teach 
everything,  it  is  true,  and  the  curriculum  is 
already  overcrowded.  But  one  thing  that 
the  seminaries  might  well  encourage  and 
stimulate,  reaching  back  indeed  into  the 
college,  is  a  knowledge  of  Italian  and 
Spanish.  French  and  German  are  all 
right,  but  the  minister  of  today  and  the 
prospective  missionary  will  find  Italian  and 
Spanish  equally  advantageous  culturally 
and  immediately  usable  in  parish  or  mis- 
sionary work.  A  seminary  elective  in  these 
languages  would  open  large  opportunities 
for  personal  Christian  work  that  would  react 
most  helpfully  upon  the  spiritual  life  of  the 
student.  If  young  ministers  need  one  thing 
more  than  another  it  is  aptness  of  personal 
approach,  and  tact  in  applying  the  human 
touch.  There  is  no  more  effective  way  to 
acquire  this  than  by  getting  into  helpful 
contact  with  the  foreigners  who  now  abound 
everywhere,  in  city  or  country  parish;  and 
some  knowledge  of  their  mother  tongue  is 
the  "open  sesame." 

Tl  We  are  glad  to  note,  in  this  connection, 
that  Newton  has  added  a  French  training 
course  to  the  Gordon  Training  School  cur- 
riculum, and  has  secured  the  services  of 
Missionary  Pastor  Delagneau  of  Worcester 
as  teacher.  With  an  Italian  department  in 
Brooklyn,  in  connection  with  Colgate,  a 
German  and  Slavic  work  at  Rochester,  and 
the   Scandinavian   department   at   Chicago 


Divinity  School,  we  are  doing  something  to 
prepare  trained  missionaries  for  the  foreign 
peoples;  but  there  is  a  vastly  greater  work 
to  be  done,  and  a  part  of  this  work  can  only 
be  accomplished  by  the  American  pastor 
and  his  laymen.  The  churches  that  study 
their  field  and  engage  in  this  kind  of  mis- 
sionary effort  wherever  there  is  opportunity 
will  have  no  lack  of  conversions  or  spiritual 
vitality. 

^  Z ion's  Advocate  of  December  28  contained 
an  instructive  article  on  "Indigenous  Chris- 
tianity in  India,"  by  F.  M.  Armstrong,  son  of 
Rev.  W.  F.  Armstrong  of  Rangoon,  Burma. 
The  writer  shows  how  everywhere  Chris- 
tianity has  become  a  recognized  religion,  and 
a  religion  of  India,  setting  up  new  standards, 
commercial,  social  and  moral.  He  rightly 
says  it  is  a  marvel  to  have  made  in  so  few 
years  any  impression  upon  the  stolid,  satis- 
fied Hindu,  with  his  centuries  of  custom. 
In  the  line  of  what  was  brought  out  at  the 
Edinburgh  Conference,  he  holds  that  India 
should  be  left  free  to  develop  an  Indian  church. 

^  Ambassador  Bryce,  whose  acuteness  as  an 
observer  and  sound  judgment  as  a  statesman 
and  publicist  will  not  be  questioned,  has 
returned  from  a  visit  to  Panama  and  South 
America  with  a  thoroughly  optimistic  feeling. 
He  says  he  was  greatly  interested  in  every- 
thing he  saw  in  South  America,  and  that 
there  is  a  wonderful  sentiment  down  there 
for  universal  peace.  A  new  era  has  dawned 
in  all  the  countries  of  our  great  neighbor 
continent.  They  offer  now  a  missionary 
field  of  the  first  importance.  What  are  our 
missionary  boards  going  to  do  to  Christianize 
the  newly  awakening  and  developing  life  of 
the  long  slumbering  Spanish-speaking  peo- 
ples ? 

^  There  are  in  California  and  Saskatchewan^ 
Canada,  some  twenty  thousand  Molokanes, 
Russian  refugees,  driven  out  of  their  native 
land  by  oppressive  measures.  They  are  ag- 
ricultural and  economical.  It  is  reported 
that  they  purpose  to  establish  in  the  far  West 
a  colony,  perhaps  in  the  vicinity  of  Santa 
Barbara,  California,  securing  forty  or  fifty 
thousand  acres  of  land  for  their  plant. 
There  is  a  strong  liking  among  them  for 
cooperative  ownership.  They  are  said  to 
be  primitive  and  substantial,  religious  by 
nature,  and  receptive  to  the  right  sort  of 
missionary  approach. 


MISSIONS 


Camping  Snapshots  in  the  Garo  Hills 

BY  REV.  G.  G.  CROZIER,  TURA,  ASSAM 


numerous  —  for 
Camping  ?    Yes,  it 


T  is  a  fine  resort  with 
plenty    of  variety. 

gether  in  the  for- 
ests and  by  the 
babbling  brooks. 
Entrancing  views 
everywhere,  and 
abundance  of 
game,  and  thrilling 
experiences 
rh  as  seek  them. 
camping,  one  long 


line  of  camps;  rough,  genuine  camps. 
Touring,  don't  you  mean  f  Yes,  tour- 
ing, but  not  in  a  touring  car.  Better 
go  in  the  dry  season  unless  you  are 
expert  in  wading  and  swimming  moun- 
tain torrents  over  beds  of  boulders,  aiid 
are  expeditious  in  ridding  yourself  of 
the  numerous  leeches  that  "stand  like 
wiggling  fingers  on  every  grass-tip  along 
the  pathway,"  as  one  coolie  naively 
warned  me. 


It  being  utterly  impossible  for  any 
one  man  to  see  every  Christian  village 
during  the  possible  touring  season,  the 
work  is  divided  for  the  dry  season  of 
1910-11  with  the  hope  of  visiting  once 
each  school  and  church,  and,  as  far  as 
is  possible,  all  the  scattered  groups  of 
Christians;  and  a  few,  very  few,  of  the 
multitudes  of  almost  untouched  heathen 
villages.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harding  are  to 
go  together  to  the  south  and  west, 
Dr.  Mason  to  the  western  north.  Miss 
Bond  and  Miss  Robb  to  the  central 
north,  Mrs.  Crozier  and  myself  to  the 
eastern  north  and  inland  central  regions 
of  the  hills. 

A  few  notes  from  the  journal  of  my 
first  two  years'  touring  will  give  a 
sympathetic  view  of  the  region  Mrs. 
Crozier  and  I  are  to  visit  this  season, 
and  of  the  work  that  is  before  us. 

"Eight  miles  up,  around,  behind  and 
across  a  high  range  of  hills,  and  we 
leave  the  semi-graded  government  bridle 


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»3 


path  to  lee  it  no  more  (ill  again  within 
three  miles  of  home.  We  reach  the 
picturesque  Ganol  as  it  swirls  between 
its  zigzag  rocky  walla.  The  old  rattan 
native  suspension  bridge  and  the  new 
bamboo  bridge  speak  of  the  dangers 
and  the  contrasts  of  the  seasons." 

There  are  many  bad  places  to  cross 
on  native  bridges,  or  without  them,  on 
this  tour.  At  one  place  "both  ponies 
fell  otF  from  the  bridge  and  floundered 
around  in  the  water,  mud  and  logs  for 
half  an  hour,  but  escaped  with  no 
serious  injury.  We  managed  to  get 
both  ponies  across  the  next  two  bridges, 
but  to  avoid  the  risk  at  the  next.  Dr. 
Mason  worked  for  nearly  an  hour  to 
get  his  through  the  water,  but  we  reached 
our  destination  at  4.00  p.m.  The  next 
day  a  pleasant  ride  of  three  or  four 
hours  brought  us  past  many  forbidding 
mud  holes,  worthless  bridges,  and  yawn- 
ing earthquake  cracks  to  Rongjeng," 
with  which  church  we  may  spend 
Christmas  this  year.  To  and  from  the 
several  branches  of  this  church  we  face 
the  record  r  "Off  at  10.30  A.m.;  8.30  p.m. 
ready  for  bed  at  Mangsang.  Arrived 
at  5.00  and  ate  supper, — -tired, — most  as 
hard  as  harvesting  in  the  old  farm  days; 
hills,  HILLS,  HILLSI  Whew!  Mud 
holes,  earthquake  cracks,  mirel  Ex- 
amined school,  held  ser\'ice,  heard 
people  clapping  bamboos  to  frighten 
off  wild   animals   from   their  growing 


rice.  In  the  moming  treated  patients, 
baptized  four,  and  off  at  9.30.  Hills 
HILLS,  HILLS;  rocks,  rocks,  ROCICSI 
Earthquake  cracks  and  chasms,  rents 
and  seams,  bamboo  bridges  and  mud 
holesi  Four  o'clock  arrived  at  Dam- 
bora  very  tired,  —  through  bamboo 
forests,  mud  holes,  and  over  precipitous 
hills  all  day;  enormous  rocks  scattered 
about  and  capping  the  hills  or  had  been 
thrown    down    crashing    through    the 

i'ungle  at  the  time  of  the  earthquake." 
^ven  at  the  time  of  this  writing  the 
earth  occasionally  rumbles  and  shakes 
beneath  us. 

"Approaching  Dambora  from  the 
opposite  direction  the  next  year  with 
Mr.  Phillips  we  left  the  historic  Raja- 
simla  where  the  hrst  Garo  Christians 
were  gathered  out  from  total  savage 
darkness    forty-three    years    ago,    and 


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where  by  the  gracious  purpose  of  the 
Master  we  were  constrained  by  a  heavy 
storm  to  remain  a  blessing  longer  than 
we  had  purposed.  We  left  our  houses 
of  shelter  placarded  with  'Well  Came,' 
and  'Welcome  to  our  Lord'  as  a  witness 
unto  the  truth,  and  followed  up  the 
Rangda  River  as  it  came  thundering 
down  the  gorge.  In  some  places  the 
swollen  stream  was  completely  hid 
under  the  enormous  rocks  tumbled  in 
reckless  confusion.  The  pure  bracing 
air  helped  us  as  we  wriggled  our  way 
through  the  dense  wairS  bamboo  forest 


up  the  slippery  and  often  rocky  precip- 
itous hillsides,  slipping  off  muddy 
ridges,  struggling  through  deep  mud, 
over  rocks  and  piles  of  rocks,  and  earth- 
quake traps  for  ponies'  legs,  and 
puffing  up,  and  up  and  up,  and  sliding 
and  creeping  and  tumbhng  down,  and 
down  and  down.  At  one  place  my  pony 
tumbled  off  a  ledge  eight  or  ten  feet,  at 
another  I  barely  saved  him,  and  at 
another  Mr.  Phillips'  pony  slid  about 
three  rods  down  a  make-believe  path 
in  the  dense  bamboo  forest," 

"Eight  P.M.  at  Danbora.     Evening 


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service  is  over,  and  school  is  now  in 
session  in  the  native  chapel.  Mr.  Mason 
and  Tangkan  are  examining  the  school. 
About  two  hundred  crowded  into  the 
building  for  the  service,  a  number  com- 
ing by  torchlight  from  another  village. 
Amid  the  noise  of  the  barking,  snarling, 
fighting  dogs,  the  cooing,  fretting  and 
ciying  of  numerous  babies  tied  on  the 
backs  of  the  mothers,  and  the  repeated 
creaking  and  cracking  and  crash  of  the 
breaking  bamboo  floor,  the  gospel  was 
presented  to  the  eye  and  ear  of  the 
crowd.  Aftvr  dispatching  our  coolies 
next  moming  at  7.15  we  held  a  blessed 
service  with  the  church,  and  left  them 
It  9.00  A.M.,  reaching  the  Adokgtri 
Church  center  at  1.30  p.m." 

The  church  examination  on  such  a 
trip  includes  generally  church  records 
and  candidates  for  baptism.  At  one 
meeting  I  caught  the  following  ques- 
tions asked  one  of  the  candidates  for 
baptism:  2.  Question  on  sin,  fear; 
what  ia  nn  ?    4.   When  did  you  hear  ? 


5.  Did  you  like  the  message  i  6.  About 
hell.  7.  About  baptism.  8.  Who  goes 
to  hellP  9.  Who  saves  from  hell? 
10.  HowdoesHe?  11.  Bywhatmeans? 
12.  Who  sent  Him  f  13.  Why?  14.  Is 
Henowdead?  15.  IsHe  alive?  16.  Does 
He  see  and  hear  you  now  ?  17,  Teach- 
ing, sacrificing,  drinking,  helpfulness, 
etc.  18.  Your  home  —  if  you  help  in 
sacrificing,  is  it  sin  7  19.  Does  Christ 
give  strength  and  help  ?  20.  Does  God 
hear  your  prayer  ?  21.  On  forbearance. 
26.  Do  you  love  the  mind  and  work  of 
God  i  27.  If  you  are  a  member,  will 
you  help  in  the  work,  and  give  your 
money  as  much  as  possible  ?  28.  Will 
you  sacrifice  if  you  have  much  sickness 
and  trouble  ?  29.  If  your  father  and 
mother  afflict  you.  what  will  you  do  ? 

Some  thirty  questions  were  asked 
each  candidate  by  various  ones  in  the 
congregation.  Other  questions  asked  of 
others  were:  "Reason  for  desiring 
baptism;"  "How  can  you  be  saved?" 
To  which  latter  the  answer  was,  "  Christ 


PJhM*  h  An>.  Wm.  Drimi 


86 


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died  in  the  world,  but  was  raised  and 
now  lives  in  heaven."  Still  other  ques- 
tions were,  "What  is  Christ  now  do- 
ing?" "What  did  Christ  die  for?" 
"What  did  men  do  to  Christ  ?"  "Will 
you  give  up  sin?"  "If  you  are  not 
baptized,  will  Christ  be  your  friend,  or 
your  enemy?"  "Does  bapdsm  save 
you?"  Answer  to  .the  last,  "No,  but  it 
shows  my  faith."  "Will  tiy  my  best 
to  teach  them  of  my  own  family." 
"Till  death,  will  endure  affliction." 
The  third  candidate  says,  "God  saves 
me  through  the  death  of  Christ."  With 
the  founh  these  additional  thoughts 
were  caught,  "Why  have  you  given  up 
sin?"  "Did  God  like  the  death  of 
Christ?"  "Do  you  pray?"  "Do  you 
teach  and  try  to  save  others?"  The 
sixth  said,  "I  have  faith  in  God;  I 
pray  to  God  and  He  saves  me.  My 
father  drinks,  but  favors  my  baptism. 
Christ  delivers  me  from  sin.  He  is  my 
friend."  The  seventh  candidate,  after 
some  questioning,  was  advised  to  wait. 
Meering  adjourned  at  12.45  niidnight. 

"As   I  was   pushing  on   homeward 
near  sunset  through  a  bamboo  forest, 


suddenly  I  caitie  upon  an  impressive 
scene.  A  branch  path  from  a  village 
came  in  at  the  top  of  a  little  hill;  I 
had  heard  a  voice.  There  sat  a  little 
five-year-old  boy  upon  a  ditty  cloth  on 
the  ground  near  a  fire,  and  the  heavy- 
hearted  father  was  sacrificing  to  the 
demons  and  calling  on  them  to  accept 
his  offerings  and  relieve  his  little  child 
of  the  malaria  from  which  the  boy  had 
been  suiFering  several  days.  There 
were  some  little  bamboo  fixtures  ripped 
with  bright  red  peppers;  pieces  of 
squash  and  sweet  potato  had  been 
offered,  together  with  some  other  things, 
and  a  hen  was  waiting.  Her  blood  was 
to  be  shed  for  the  sins  of  the  child  or 
parents  on  account  of  which  this  sick- 
ness had  come.  The  father  thought  the 
offended  demons  were  preparing  to  eat 
the  child,  but  that  they  might  accept 
his  substitute.  I  stopped  and  talked 
with  the  sorrowing  man  and  told  of  the 
loving  Spirit  and  the  Great  Physician, 
and  told  him  to  come  and  get  medicine; 
also  told  him  of  purity  and  peace.  May 
the  Lord  bless  this  unexpected  meeting 
in  the  bamboo  forest." 


MISSIONS  87 


The  Call  of  the  Christ 

By  REV.  CLAUDE  KELLY 

IN  the  crowded  press  of  the  city  street, 
From  the  hovel  of  want  in  grim  retreat, 
In  the  lamp's  red  glare  of  pit  and  place 
Where  vice  prints  the  mark  of  the  beast  on  the  face, 
By  the  clanging  forge  of  flaring  mills, 
From  the  reeling  product  of  demon  stills, 
In  the  Babel  district  of  alien  tongue, 
There's  a  call  full  as  strong  as  alarm  bells  rung 
When  the  yellow  legions  of  sinuous  fire 
Threatened  a  path  of  destruction  dire. 
For  souls  in  the  city  are  done  to  the  death, 
And  I  hark  to  the  summons  with  anxious  breath, 
The  call  of  the  Christ  to  me. 

FROM  the  far  frontier  on  the  border  line 
Where  scattered  hamlets  are  beaded  on  steel, 
From  the  roistering  life  in  the  camp  of  the  mine. 
Or  the  lush  of  prairie  grass  follows  the  wheel. 
By  the  orchard  rills  of  mountain  dyke. 
Where  the  cattle  trail  o'er  measureless  range. 
Where  fitful,  tropic  warfares  strike 
And  the  isles  are  rife  with  the  fever  of  change, 
Where  the  missioner  labors  in  parish  wide. 
And  the  chapel  car  rolls  to  ministries  new. 
From  the  lonely  cabins  of  mountain  side. 
From  plantation  singers  of  dusky  hue. 
Where  immigrant  throngs  are  streaming  forth, 
From  Israel's  tribes  with  a  veil  on  the  heart, 
From  Indian  wigwam  or  frozen  north, 
I  hear  the  call  which  wakes  with  a  start, 
The  call  of  the  Christ  to  me. 


ACROSS  the  sea,  across  the  sea, 
^  I  hear  the  call  of  the  Christ  to  me. 
Where  the  witchman's  fetich  cowers  the  soul. 
In  the  dying  cults  of  ancient  scroll. 
Where  the  typhoon  drives  the  fragile  bark 
And  the  light  of  Asia  wanes  to  the  dark, 
Where  the  minaret  calls  for  Moslem  prayer. 
Or  the  beast  of  the  jungle  hides  in  his  lair. 
Where  the  caravan  traffics  in  Orient  mart, 
Where  widowhood  curses  the  child  woman's  heart. 
By  the  comfortless  splendors  of  Taj  Mahal, 
In  the  barbaric  orgies  of  savage  Kraal, 
Where  the  kingdom  of  sunrise  lifts  from  the  sea. 
Comes  the  Spirit's  call  of  the  Christ  to  me. 
The  call  of  the  Christ  to  me. 


AND  what  dost  thou  answer  Him,  O  my  soul? 
^  Is  it  nothing  to  thee  as  the  ages  roll, 
That  the  Lord  of  Life  should  suffer  in  vain. 
That  He  who  was  Prince  in  the  Realm  of  Pain 
Should  seek  for  the  sin-stricken  children  of  men. 
That  by  way  of  the  cross  He  might  bring  them  again 
To  the  fold  of  His  care  —  His  infinite  care. 
That  thou  shouldst  turn  from  this,  His  prayer. 
And  deaden  thine  ear  to  His  wondrous  plea. 
The  call  of  the  Christ  to  me? 


M  I  SSIONS 


A  New  Porto  Rico 

BY  GEORGE  SALE,  D.D. 


THE    island    of  new   people   in   the   new   Porto   Rico. 

Porto   Rico  These  are  the  work  of  the  Anemia  or 

presents  the  in-  Hookworm  Commission  and  the  modem 

teresting     spectacle  public  school, 
of  a  nation  engaged 


1  missionary  work. 
Forces  are  at  work 
there  that  are  rapid- 
ly bringing  about 
an  economic  and  in- 
tellectual regenera- 
tion, and  making   a   new  Porto  Ric< 


THE    PORTO   f 


r   HOOKWORM 


It  was  a  great  pleasure  to  meet,  on 
the  steamer  which  carried  us  to  Porto 
Rico,  Dr.  Bailey  K.  Ashford  of  the 
Medical  Corps,  United  States  Army, 
and  to  hear  from  his  own  lips  the  stoiy 
of  the  ten  years'  warfare  against  the 


They  are  building  new  roads;  they  are     hookworm  disease,  and  of  the  splendid 


developing  resources  hitherto  untouched ; 
they  are  rapidly  eradicating  the  Porto 
Rico  anemia,  now  recognized  as  un- 
cinariasis or  hook-worm;  they  are 
developing  a  system  of  modern  schools; 
they  are  teaching  the  new  generation  the 
English  language;  they  are  introducing 
new  methods  of  business,  new  roads,  new 
enterprises,  a  new  business  credit,  a  new 
vigor  of  health,  a  new  education,  a  new 
language,  a  new  Porto  Rico. 

The  real  wealth  of  a  country  is  in  its 
people  and  not  in  its  material  resources, 
and  of  the  forces  here  enumerated  there 


results  already  accomplished.  In  1899 
Dr.  Ashford  discovered  that  the  Porto 
Rican  anemia,  formerly  attributed  to 
poor  and  insufficient  food  and  other 
accompaniments  of  extreme  povernr, 
was  due  to  hookworm.  In  1902  a  bill 
was  passed  by  the  Porto  Rican  legis- 
lature appropriating  ^5,000  and  creat- 
ing a  commission  consisting  of  Dr». 
Ashford  and  King  of  the  Army  Corps, 
and  Dr.  Pedro  Gutierrez  Igaravidcz,  a 
Porto  Rican  physician,  for  the  study 
and  treatment  of  the  disease. 
With  few  friends  and  amidst  general 


are  two  that  are  operating  to  make  a     incredulity   the   commission   began  its 


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work.  But  for  one  fact  a  certain  bit  of 
history  would  have  repeated  itself  and 
the  commission  could  have  done  "no 
mighty  work  there  because  of  their  un- 
belief." In  an  account  given  by  Drs. 
Ashford  and  Igaravidez  in  the  Journal 
of  the  American  Medical  Association 
for  May  28,  1910,  they  say:  "Had  it 
not    been    for   one   saving   clause   we 


would  have  failed.  That  element  was 
the  poor  man  himself.  He  was  so 
utterly  miserable  that  he  could  not  be 
more  so,  and  as  he  had  faithfully  em- 
braced each  and  all  promises  to  cure 
h  m  of  what  he  persistently  called  his 
enfermeJad  (illness),  in  spite  of  the 
more  refined  explanations  of  his  better 
educated  compatriots,  he  gingerly  ac- 
cepted our  treatment." 

A   N^W  GOSPEL   OF   HEALING 

The  story  of  the  first  work  of  this 
commission  reads  strangely  like  a 
chapter  from  one  of  the  Gospels:  "The 
moment  we  opened  our  hospital  the 
sick  began  to  arrive.  We  had  told  the 
governor  we  might  treat  600  cases,  but 
when  considerably  more  than  600  cases 
had  been  treated  in  Bayamon  in  less 
than  one  month,  and  a  cured  patient 
began  to  deposit  his  entire  family  and 
that  of  his  neighbors  at  one  morning 
clinic,  it  became  evident  that  we  had 
to  move  to  some  other  town  where  we 
were  not  known  or  succumb  to  the 
force  of  numbers.  We  moved  to  Utuado, 
said  to  be  the  most  hungry  of  all  the 
Porto  Rican  municipalities,  with  a 
population  of  40,000.  We  rapidly  re- 
organized our  work  to  satisfy  the 
demands  we  knew  would  come,  and  in 
spite  of  every  care  and  outside  assistance 
we  were  again  overwhelmed  with  pa- 
tients. They  came  from  every  barrio 
of  the  extensive  municipality,  afoot, 
horseback  and  in  hammocks.  As  soon 
as  some  notorious  old  anemic,  who  had 


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spent  his  last  cent  to  buy  iron  pills, 
would  return  to  his  barrio  from  our 
hospital  cured,  the  whole  barrio  would 
swarm  about  our  ears.  On  July  4, 1904, 
two  members  of  the  commission  were 
ill  and  the  one  remaining  handled  a 
clinic  of  over  700,  each  one  of  whom 
had  to  have  a  clinical  summary  of  his 
case  made  out."  Surely  that  was  a 
glorious  4th  of  July. 


I  asked  our  general  misaonaiy,  Dr. 
A.  B.  Rudd,  what  his  observation  had 
been  of  the  results  of  this  work.  His 
reply  was  very  emphatic.  He  said  that 
ten  years  ago  the  majority  of  people  one 
met  on  the  roads  and  trails  in  the 
mountains  were  listless  and  sallow;  now 
there  is  spring  in  the  step  and  oAot  in 
the  cheeks  and  multitudes  of  the  people 
are  rejoicing  in  a  new  vigor  of  health. 

The  story  cannot  here  be  totd  in  (iill 
of  the  disgusting  worlc  entailed  in  this 
service  and  the  great  personal  sacrifices 
of  these  devoted  physicians  whose  chief 
reward  is  in  the  results  accomplished 
in  the  bodies  of  the  poor  of  the  island. 
It  was  no  figure  of  speech  when  I  said 
in  the  opening  sentence  of  this  article 
that  the  island  presented  the  spectacle 
of  a  nation  engaged  in  missionary  work. 


CURpS   AT    BARGAIN   COST 

Other  appropriations  were  subse- 
quently made  and  a  detailed  report  of 
the  work  up  to  June  30,  1910,  shows 
that  up  to  that  time  249,688  patients 
had  been  treated,  who  had  made 
1,302,032  visits  to  the  various  stations. 
This  work  was  accomplished  at  a  cost 
of  $154, 191. 40  or  61 J^  cents  per  patient. 
Of  these  48  per  cent  were  completely 
cured,  and  about  80  per  cent  practically 
cured  of  the  disease.  From  June,  1909, 
to  February,  1910,  22,568  more  cases 
were  treated.  It  is  estimated  that 
adding  the  numbers  of  cases  privately 
treated  the  total  would  reach  300,000, 
nearly  one-third  of  the  population  of 
the  island. 


A    LAND   OF    SCHOOLHOU8B8 

The  missionary  territory  of  the  Home 
Mission  Society  extends  along  both 
sides  of  the  great  Military  Road  from 
San  Juan  to  Ponce.  To  visit  the  terri- 
tory one  must  take  a  motor  car  or 
coach,  as  the  railway  lines  on  the 
island  are  for  the  most  part  along  the 


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north  and  west  coast.  This  is  fortunate, 
for  not  only  are  frequent  stops  possible, 
but  the  opportunity  for  observation  of 
the  country  and  people  is  constant.  If 
I  were  asked.  What  in  the  ride  across 
the  island  impressed  you  most  ?  I 
should  at  once  say,  the  public  schools. 
In  the  principal  towns  the  public  schools 
are  the  most  conspicuous  buildings,  and 
they  are  everywhere  crowded  with 
bright  and  happy  children.  In  nearly 
all  the  large  towns  the  buildings  over- 
flow and  some  of  the  grades  are  housed 
in  rented  quarters.  When  school  is  dis- 
missed one  wonders  how  all  the  children 


can  be  tucked  away  in  the  houses  of  the 
town.  Every  few  miles  along  the  road 
a  rural  schoolhouse  appears  surrounded 
by  tropic  growth  or  backed  by  some 
lofty  mountain  peak.  Over  every  school 
building  the  stars  and  stripes  float,  and 
within  whenever  possible  the  school  is 
conducted  in  English,  while  the  stand- 
ards are  those  of  our  American  system, 
and  many  of  the  teachers  are  Americans. 
The  response  of  the  Porto  Ricans  to  the 
provisions  made  for  education  has  been 
almost  universal,  and  they  have  a  pride 
in  sending  their  children  to  school  clean 
and  neatly  dressed.    Indeed  one  of  the 


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inefFaceable  impressions  I  brought  away 
from  the  island  was  of  a  land  swarming 
with  school  children. 

In  San  Juan,  Mayaguez  and  Ponce 
excellent  high  schools  are  maintained. 
A  brief  visit  to  the  high  school  of  Ponce 
gave  the  impression  of  a  group  of  hand- 
some concrete  buildings  surrounding  a 
quadrangle  shaded  by  palm  trees,  a 
hive  of  industry,  where  eveiybody  was 
paying  strict  attention  to  business. 
Nearly  all  the  staff  here  are  Americans, 
and  the  course  of  study  is  that  of  the 
American  high  school. 

THE    UNIVERSITY  OF    PORTO   RICO 

The  educational  center  of  the  island 
is  Rio  Piedras,  the  seat  of  the  University 
of  Porto  Rico.  This  town  is  on  the 
Military  Road  seven  miles  from  San 
Juan  and  is  reached  by  a  fifty-minute 
ride  on  the  electric  cars.  Of  the  proposed 
University  two  departments  are  in 
operation,  the  agricultural  department 
and  the  Insular  Normal  School.  Two 
years  of  the  proposed  course  in  Arts  are 
now  offered.  These  departments  attract 
students  from  all  parts  of  the  island. 
There  are  no  dormitories,  and  the 
young  men  and  young  women  have  to 
find  boarding  places  as  best  they  can 
in  the  houses  of  the  town, 

A  Porto  Rican  gentleman  whom  I 
met  on  shipboard  said  to  me,  "The 
hope  of  Porto  Rico  is  in  the  children. 
We  old  people  are  set  in  our  way  and 
you  cannot  change  us,  but  the  children 
are  learning  new  ways  and  the  schools 
are  transforming  the  island."  And  he 
was  right.  The  forces  now  at  work  in 
Porto  Rico  will  in  less  than  two  genera- 
tions completely  transform  it,  and  we 
shall  see  a  new  people  inhabiting  a  new 
island. 

A   CALL    FOR    PROTESTANT   MISSIONS 

It  is  this  background  of  national 
endeavor  that  gives  to  our  Protestant 
Evangel  its  thrilling  interest  and  throws 
into  clear  relief  the  task  that  is  before 

MAI  KHOni.  J,    ICHOOL  AT  lAH  LOKEHIO  i         v  J  1      e 

BMCATioMAi  tcKoot   4.  HicB  (CHcioL,  FOHct       US,  aud  the   utgeHt  demand  tor  con- 


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structive  work.  Other  fields  there  are 
where  prepress  jogs  along  with  tropic 
leisureliness;  here  it  moves  with  amazing 
swiftness.  The  constructive  forces 
above  enumerated  are  all  material  and 
intellectual.  No  religion  can  be  taught 
in  (he  schools.  It  is  the  task  of  our 
Protestant  forces  to  see  to  it  that  the 
new  people  are  dominated  by  spiritual 
ideals.  Romanism  can  practically  be 
left  out  of  account.  It  antagonizes  the 
public  school,  the  most  potent  of  all  the 
constructive  forces  on  the  island,  and 
has  lost  its  hold  on  the  masses  of  the 
people.  It  is  not  a  question  as  to 
whether  Porto  Rico  shall  be  Protestant 
or  Catholic.  It  is  a  question  whether 
it  shall  be  Protestant  or  irreligious, 

THE    EVANGELICAL   CONFERENCE 

An  excellent  opportunity  was  afforded 
to  gauge  the  strength  of  the  united 
Protestant  forces  at  the  conference  of 
evangelical  workers  held  at  Ponce, 
November  29  to  December  I,  1910. 
This  was  the  fourth  conference  of  a 
similar  nature.  It  is  held  every  two 
years  under  the  direction  of  the  Federa- 
tion   of   Evangelical    Churches   which 


embraces  every  evangelical  denomina- 
tion except  the  Episcopalian.  The 
opening  session  was  held  in  the  large 
building  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  which  was  filled  to  overflowing 
by  an  enthusiastic  congregation  of  some 
600  people.  It  was  like  a  prophecy  of 
victory  to  hear  this  congregation  sing 
"Firmes  y  Adelante,"  the  Spanish  ver- 
sion of  our  great  Christian  hymn, 
"Onward,  Christian  Soldiers." 

But  it  was  the  closing  session  in  the 
Ponce  Theatre,  the  largest  auditorium 
on  the  island,  that  made  the  deepest 
impression.  When  we  reached  the  build- 
ing, several  minutes  before  the  hour  of 
opening,  every  seat  was  taken  and  only 
standing  room  was  to  be  had.  From 
the  stage  the  impression  was  of  a  sea 
of  faces  filling  pit,  galleries  and  boxes, 
and  the  way  in  which  the  audience 
joined  in  the  hymns  showed  that  they 
were  mainly  Protestants.  On  the  stage 
was  a  large  choir  of  young  people,  many 
of  them  students  of  the  High  School, 
who  sang  with  sweetness  and  precision. 

There  were  three  addresses.  The 
first  was  by  Albelardo  M.  Diaz,  one  of 
our   Porto  Rican   Baptist   pastors,  on 


94  MISSIONS 

Intemperance,  a   popular  presentation  referred  to  in  this  article  and  emphasiz- 

which   was  well   received.     Then   the  ing  the   call  to  the  churches,  not  to 

representative   of  the   Home    Mission  build  up  this  denomination  or  that,  but 

Society  was  privileged  to  speak  for  the  to  see  to  it  that  the  new  people  of  the 

Christian  bodies  of  the  United  States  new  Porto  Rico  shall  be  dominated  by 

in    an    address    outlining    the    forces  Christian   purposes  and  ideals.     Then 


MISSIONS 


foUowed  an  excellent  address  by  an 
American  missionary  outlining  the  great 
modem  missionary  movements,  Stu- 
dent Volunteer,  Mission  Study,  Lay- 
men'i  Movement,  the  Edinburgh  Con- 
(eience,  the  significance  of  all  which  he 
declared  to  be  that  the  churches  were 
reco^iinng  their  world-wide  mission, 
and  also  that  their  mission  is  one  and 
die  nme  for  all. 

In  one  of  the  day  sessions  of  the  con- 
ference there  was  some  friction,  owing 
to  tendency  of  some  to  reopen  questions 
ai  to  the  basis  of  federation  and  to 
:  tomewhat  sharply  the  church 


polity  of  some  confederating  churches. 
This  was  but  a  ripple  on  the  surface. 
The  conference  was  a  magnificent 
demonstration  of  the  oneness  of  our 
Protestant  communions.  Standing  in 
that  large  audience  in  the  theatre  it  was 
hard  to  realize  that  one  was  facing  but 
little  more  than  a  decade  of  mission 
work  on  the  island. 

THE   TASK  OF   THE    HOUR 

One  part  of  the  philanthropic  task 
undertaken  by  the  nation  as  the  result 
of  the  war  with  Spain  was  the  recon- 
struction of  Porto  Rico.  It  is  with  a 
thrill  of  pride  that  one  points  to  the 
spectacle  of  a  great  nation  using  all 
the  resources  of  this  island,  which  is 
part  of  the  spoils  of  war,  for  the  develop- 
ment of  the  island  itself  and  the  welfare 
of  its  people.  The  flag  floating  from 
'the  school  building  is  a  daily  reminder 
that  American  occupation  means  en- 
largement of  opportunity  for  the  com- 
ing generations.  The  work  is  one  of 
surpassing  interest.  Here  is  a  small 
island  with  a  million  inhabitants  practi- 
cally homogeneous,  and  we  are  bringing 
to  bear  upon  it  our  accumulated  ex- 
perience of  government,  of  education, 
of  sanitation  and  the  scientific  treatment 
of  disease.  The  whole  island  is  astir 
with  the  spirit  of  the  new  time.  In  this 
work  of  reconstruction  our  Protestant 
forces  have  a  large  part  to  perform. 
We  must  for  the  time  being  give  to 


MISSIONS 


Porto  Rico  missionary  resources  out  of  development  shall  keep  pace  with  these 
proportion  to  the  numbers  of  her  forces  for  material  and  intellectual 
people,    in     order    that    her     religious      enlargement. 


MISSIONS 


Shall  we  repeat  in  Pono  Rico  the 
mistakes  we  have  made  in  the  home 
land  ?  During  the  past  decade  we  have 
awakened  to  the  fact  that  our  educa- 
tional machinery,  and  especially  the 
public  schools,  were  not  producing  the 
moral  effects  on  the  people  for  which 
our  fathers  hoped.  Our  convictions  in 
this  regard  have  taken  shape  in  the 
Religious  Education  Association,  and 
the  great  effort  the  churches  are  every- 
where making  to  supplement  the  teach- 
ing of  the  schools  by  moral  and  religious 
training.  There  is  less  opportunity  for 
religious  influence  in  the  public  schools 


of  Porto  Rico  than  in  those  in  the 
United  States.  The  instruction  must 
under  the  conditions  be  wholly  secular. 
Unless  our  Protestant  churches  supple- 
ment this  work  as  they  are  doing  at 
home  by  moral  and  religious  influences 
and  in  a  measure  commensurate  with 
the  material  forces  that  are  changing 
the  face  of  things  in  Porto  Rico,  the 
loftiest  ideals  of  our  American  life  will 
not  find  expression  in  the  new  Porto 
Rico. 

"  If  a  son  shall  ask  bread  of  any  of 
you  that  is  a  father,  will  he  give  him  a 


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litions  in  Great  Britain  During  1910 

BY  BASIL  MATHEWS,  M.A. 

EDITORIAL   SECRETARY   OF   THE    LONDON    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY 


ROUBLED  by  the 
earthquake  of  the 
general  election  and 
deafened  by  the  whirl- 
wind of  political  ora- 
tory, it  is  not  easy  to 
listen     for    the     still 

*  that  tells  of  the  things  which 
emal  value  in  our  British 
ring  1 9 10.    It  is  not  easy  to 

instance,  that  the  verdict  of 
entury  on  the  history  of  this 
be  that  its  most  important 
I  a  world  point  of  view  was 
g  of  some  thousands  of  men 
;n  from  every  part  of  the 
consider  the  science  of  the 
of  God  in  Edinburgh,  just 
r  Roman  history  it  would 
cd  ludicrous  if  an  Emperor 
old  that  one  of  the  Councils 
lurch  was  more  important 
vn  imperial  decrees, 
itical  history  of  the  year  will, 
itself  certainly  make  history, 

begun  and  ended  in  two 
:ctions  fought  with  extraor- 
lemence  on  questions  that 
down  to  the  very  pith  and 

government  and  social  life; 
he  very  center  of  that  war 

*  a  sudden  peace  when  the 
leath  was  laid  upon  King 
/II.      The     British    general 

January,  1910,  raged  first 
ost  around  the  question  of 
n  of  land.  Around  this  one 
er  a  whole  host  of  social 
ch  go  far  beyond  the  mere 
arty  politics.  Great  Britain, 
Jnited  States,  has  suffered 
iceasing  influx  of  people  into 
One  of  the  great  causes  of 
;ration  into  cities  with  us  has 
ack  in  villages  of  houses  in 


which  to  live,  and  the  lack  of  access  to 
land  from  which  to  draw  sustenance. 
The  attempt  to  throw  more  and  more 
of  our  land  into  agricultural  use  as 
opposed  to  its  being  preserved  for  sport 
was  one  of  the  central  issues  of  the 
January  general  election.  It  was  the 
question  whether  we  are  to  have 
pheasants  or  peasants. 

The  social  unrest  of  which  this  is 
but  one  example  has  resolved  itself  into 
a  questioning  of  all  established  things, 
with  the  result  that  both  the  good  and 
the  bad  in  ancient  institutions  suiFer 
violence.  The  strength  of  the  hereditary 
principle  as  crystallized  in  our  own 
House  of  Lords  has  been  battered  and 
weakened  during  this  last  year,  and 
particularly  during  the  election  which 
is  closing  as  I  write,  as  never  before  in 
its  history.  To  such  an  extent  is  this 
true  that  even  the  Lords  themselves 
have  passed  resolutions  giving  up  the 
unqualified  principle  of  their  hereditary 
right  to  legislate.  But,  again  and  again, 
the  criticism  of  the  good  that  is  essential 
has  gone  confusedly  along  with  the 
criticism  of  the  bad  old  organizations. 
For  instance,  in  matters  of  religion  we 
find  that  the  failing  grip  of  established 
ecclesiasticisrfi  is  also  accompanied  by  a 
decay  of  the  heart  of  religion.  Again, 
the  steady  stream  of  evidence  that  has 
come  before  the  Divorce  Commission 
throughout  this  year,  a  Commission 
which  is  still  sitting,  has  shown  a  strong 
movement  against  the  old  character- 
istics of  family  life.  Evidence  has  come 
from  statesmen,  leaders  of  the  Church, 
ethnological  experts,  and  doctors  with 
a  passion  for  eugenics,  and  the  general 
impression  conveyed  has  been  that  in 
the  specifically  religious  life  of  England 
the  problems  raised  by  personal  in- 
compatibility of  temperaments,  and  the 


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99 


desire  to  shirk  responsibility  in  condi- 
tions of  marriage,  do  not  have  much 
force;  while,  on  the  other  hand,  there 
is  outside  those  religious  areas  a  rather 
querulous  desire  to  throw  off  the 
shackles  that  tradition  has  placed  on 
immediate  impulses.  The  general,  in- 
formed feeling  in  England  on  this 
question  is  that  the  increase  of  access 
to  divorce  multiplies  by  its  very  existence 
the  number  of  people  who  desire  the 
dissolution  of  marriage. 

On  another  side  of  the  social  problem 
we  have  striking  evidences  during  the 
last  year  of  a  petulant  industrial  unrest. 
The  fact  that  many  of  the  strikes  under 
which  we  have  suffered  have  arisen  on 
small  points,  and  in  defiance  of  the 
official  leaders  of  the  trade  unions, 
shows  querulous  irritation  combined 
with  a  lack  of  discipline  which  are 
rather  ominous  for  the  future  success 
of  labor  agitation.  The  feeling  is  deep 
and  strong  and  urged  on  by  unjust 
conditions. 

The  central  place  that  social  interests 
are  taking  in  our  national  thought  is 
shown  by  the  fact  that  the  outstanding 
names  among  our  younger  writers,  the 
men  who  command  the  more  intelligent 
ear  of  the  public,  are  all  men  with  a 
social  passion  and  with  great  powers  of 
agitation  with  a  view  to  change.  One 
may  simply  mention  the  names  of 
Mr.  G.  K.  Chesterton,  Mr.  H.  G.  Wells, 
Mr.  Bernard  Shaw  and  Mr.  John 
Galsworthy.  It  is  significant  that 
Galsworthy's  play  called  "Justice"  so 
moved  our  Home  Secretary,  Mr.  Win- 
ston Churchill,  by  its  statement  of  the 
inhumanity  of  our  method  of  treating 
criminals  that  he  has  ever  since  been 
actively  at  work  examining  the  condi- 
tions and  moving  towards  a  betterment. 

What  then,  in  the  face  of  all  this 
unrest,  is  the  attitude  of  the  churches, 
and  how  far  has  the  religious  voice  been 
expressed  ?  It  may  perhaps  be  broadly 
said  that  the  churches  in  England  are 
awake,  as  they  have  never  before  been 


awake,  to  social  evils  under  which  the 
majority  of  our  population  suffer,  and 
yet  it  may  equally  well  be  said  that  the 
attitude  is  emotional  rather  than  in- 
formed. It  pities  the  sufferer,  but  has 
little  knowledge  of  'methods  of  relief. 
The  attitude  of  the  churches  to  the 
hereditary  legislature  has  been  signifi- 
cant. As  one  would  expect,  the  Free 
Churches  have  been  almost  completely 
unanimous  in  their  enthusiastic  ardor 
against  the  House  which  has  steadily 
resisted  all  claims  for  the  equality  of 
Nonconformists  in  the  eye  of  the  law 
and  all  attempts  to  legislate  with  a  view 
to  temperance.  It  is,  however,  much 
more  interesting  to  find  The  Church 
Times,  the  organ  of  High  Anglicanism 
in  the  established  Episcopal  Church, 
expressing  itself  in  a  leading  article  in 
this  extraordinarily  frank  way:  "The 
House  of  Lords,  theoretically  considered, 
is  a  rather  absurd  institution.  No  in- 
ventor of  constitutions  would  dream  of 
anything  so  fantastic:  it  is  an  odd  sur- 
vival from  a  state  of  things  long  past, 
and  it  does  not  even  represent  what  was 
logically  coherent  in  its  original  forma- 
tion. It  is  not  an  assembly  of  magnates, 
but  a  fortuitous  collection  of  individuals. 
The  majority  of  its  members  are  obscure 
persons  without  weight  or  authority. 
The  methods  by  which  it  is  recruited  are 
often  suspicious  and  sometimes  scan- 
dalous. It  should  be  overwhelmed  with 
ridicule." 

There  has  been  a  distinct  change  in 
the  attitude  of  the  National  Free  Church 
Council  during  the  past  year  which  will 
mark  an  epoch  in  its  history,  a  change 
personified  in  the  elevation  of  the  Rev. 
F.  B.  Meyer  to  its  secretariat  in  suc- 
cession to  the  late  Rev.  Thomas  Law. 
Broadly,  that  change  may  be  described 
as  the  movement  from  party  politics  to 
a  social  evangelicalism.  The  difference 
of  the  newer  social  evangelicalism  from 
the  old  evangelism  may  be  summed  up 
in  the  belief  that  there  is  such  a  thing 
as  social  as  well  as  individual  salvation. 


5a^t\\  A 


100 


MISSIONS 


TKis  growth  of  the  social  conscience, 
stimulated  and  informed  from  the 
American  side  by  such  stirring  books 
as  Professor  Peabody's  "Jesus  Christ 
and  the  Social  Problem,"  has  altogether 
modified  the  old  individualistic  pierism 
i>l^  the  Keswick  School.  The  personal 
stoi>-  of  Mr.  Meyer  himself  during  the 
iastlive  \-ear8  has  been  precisely  along 
that  line.  His  newer  attitude  in  de- 
nouncing village  feudalism  and  in  the 
MTaching  of  social  reform  resulted  in  a 
!(fciYase  by  about  one-half  of  the  sale 
^>^  his  devotional  books  among  his  older 
<\  angelical  Keswick  admirers. 

Sioe  by  side  with  the  fact  that  the 
x4^«ivhes  are  realizing  more  and  more 
their  duty  in  matters  of  social  reclama- 
thM\  ci>nie8  the  deplorable  story  of 
itHUicfion  in  membership  numbers. 
INactically  all  ^f  our  churches  show  a 
y\t\\\M  in  actual  membership,  though 
ii  in  diHicult  to  base  any  authoritative 
Aiftumrnt  on  such  figures,  as  niay  be 
^ufKM'd  from  the  fact  that  owing  to 
Antitiuatcd  methods  of  collecting  results 
o«i  C'onRrcgational  Year  Book  gives 
x\\\n  yrur  the  reported  membership  of 
t\v\)  ycNi'S  ago.  Here  again  we  have  the 
inipiiUr  to  avoid  responsibility.  Proba- 
bly innruding  numbers  attend  churches, 
but  the  number  of  those  who  take 
ihr    irNponiibility    of    membership    is 

IfNN. 

'I  lir  (luf standing  organic  development 
ot  (hi*  Noi'isil  enthusiasm  of  the  churches 
in  KiiKtiind  is  in  the  Men's  Societies  of 
(hi*  Anglican  Church,  and  the  P.S.A. 
jliollicrluKid  Movement  among  the 
ji'lfiii  (*l)urches.  Altogether  with  the 
AihiU  Schools  this  movement  gathers 
liplwrrii  half  a  million  and  three-quar- 
lii|ii  of  a  million  of  workingmen  and 
I'lmkn  in  the  afternoon  meetings  all 
iivri  the  land.  The  Social  Reform 
inipli< 'itions  of  the  gospel  are  em- 
|ihM*i/^d  in  these  meetings,  and  are, 
ihaitdnCf  breaking  down  the  feeling 
uf  fhe  artisan  that  the  churches  are 
Mreless  of  the  coming  of  the  Kingdom 


on  earth.  It  is  significant  that  Dr. 
George  Adam  Smith,  for  instance,  sees 
in  this  development  one  of  the  most 
hopeful  movements  since  the  Reforma- 
tion; while  Dr.  Alexander  White  regards 
it  as  ''a  direct  road  to  the  communion 
table." 

On  the  whole  it  is  true  to  say  that 
this  is  the  outstanding  feature  of 
religious  life  in  this  year,  rather  than 
any  movement  of  liberalism  in  theol- 
ogy. The  New  Theology  Movement  in 
Great  Britain,  with  all  the  passionate 
keenness,  ability  and  sincerity  of  its 
leaders,  cannot  be  described  as  having 
any  great  d)mamic  effect.  What  is 
perhaps  more  important  is  that  nearly 
all  our  denominations  have  embarked 
on  schemes  of  Sunday  School  reform. 
American  psychologists,  like  Dr.  Star- 
buck  and  Dr.  Coe,  have  guided  us  both 
in  the  understanding  of  the  child  mind 
and  the  reconstruction  of  our  organiza- 
tion. Mr.  G.  H.  Archibald  has  ex- 
pounded these  newer  methods  with  the 
enthusiasm  of  an  apostle.  And  the 
younger  element  in  the  churches  have 
taken  up  the  challenge  with,  on  the 
whole,  extraordinary  zeal. 

Perhaps  the  one  other  feature  of  our 
religious  thought  during  this  year,  which 
is  worthy  of  mention,  is  the  Rev.  J.  H. 
Shakespeare's  heroic  scheme  for  a 
United  Free  Church  of  England.  He 
showed  at  the  Free  Church  Council 
meetings  in  the  spring  that  people 
move  now  from  one  denomination  to 
another  without  any  sense  of  strain 
upon  their  consciences.  Under  the 
watchword  ''Redistribution  and  Social 
Service"  he  proposes  the  formation  of 
a  United  Free  Church  of  England  as 
distinct  from  the  Established  Church, 
not  in  opposition  to  it,  but  representing 
the  non-sacerdotal  idea.  The  United 
Free  Church  should  allow  autonomy  to 
its  different  sections,  yet  working  to- 
gether with  a  common  policy  and  full 
co-operation.  He  wanted  to  see  on  every 
notice  board  "United  Free  Church  of 


MISSIONS 


En^and,"and  underneath,  "Methodist 
Section,"  or  "Congregationalist  Section." 

It  may  be  said  that  broadly  speaking 
our  churches  are  penitent  and  hopeful. 
There  has  come  to  them,  even  during 
the  last  year,  a  clearer  sense  of  the 
sufficiency  of  God,  and  it  is  curious 
how  this  and  other  watchwords  of  the 
Edinburgh  Conference  are  penetrating 
the  mind  of  our  home  churches,  so  that 
once  more  we  seem  to  be  experiencing 
the  real  value  of  foreign  missions  as  a 
Stimulus  to  home  work. 

Our  political  and  social  and  religious 
life  are  all   being   reanimated    by   the 


of  the  passion  for  social  reo 
lamation.  There  is  today  more  ideal- 
ism in  politics,  more  penitence  in 
corporate  church  life,  more  individual 
sacrifice  among  members  of  a  higher 
social  order  for  their  depressed  brothers 
than  twelve  months  ago.  Faced  by 
many  and  varied  problems,  often  appar- 
ently insoluble,  we  remain  undismayed 
or  undepressed,  because  of  undying 
determination  to  face  the  problems  with 
courage,  and  attack  them  by  eveiy 
weapon  which  sanctified  ingenuity 
and    scientific   statesmanship   can    con- 


Rounding  up  this  Year's  Budget  Campaign 


LMOST    everybody 
now  agrees  that 
weekly    giving    for 
missions  is  the  plan 
of  missionary 
finance    par    tx- 
e  el  I  e  nee.      The 
Northern  Baptist   Convention   recom- 
mends it.     The  Laymen's  Missionary 
Movement  is  emphasizing  it  everywhere. 
All  denominauons  are  promoting  it. 

An  Every  Member  Canvass  with 
weekly  offerings  from  now  until  March 
31  is  suggested  as  the  best  plan  for 
completing  this  year's  Budget.  Single 
missionary  envelopes  for  weekly  offerings 
will  be  supplied  free  of  charge  for  the 
rest  of  this  fiscal  year  by  the  General 
Apportionment  Committee,  Ford  Build- 
ing, Boston.  The  following  course  is 
recommended. 

TXY  TT  IN  YOUK  CHUKCH 

1.  Call  t<^;ether  a  few  representative  men  of 

the  church. 

2.  State  the   problem   and    have  definite 

prayer. 

3.  Go  at  it  in  dead  earnest. 

4.  Plan  a  month's  campaign. 

5.  I^  this  b(^  with  a  "Budget  Sunday." 


>r  "Budget  Sunday"  the  following  is 
suggested: 

Let  the  pastor  and  two  or  three  lay- 
men make  strong  appeals  for  the 
WHOLE  Budget  and,  if  possible. 


Place  on  the  blackboard,  in  la^ 
characteis,  a  statement  of  the 
present  situation  in  some  such 


Total  Hissionary  Budget  of  the 

church  for  uie  year S-  ■ 

Amount  already  raised  to  apply 

Balance  to  be  raised  before  the 
end  of  the  year (. . 

Weekly  offering    required   for 

weeks    to   end  of 

year %.. 

Ths  Basal  yau  of  tha  iviwral  mlMionvy  mnIi 


Let  the  last  speaker  present  the 
above,  and  then 

Distribute  pledge  blanks  for  immedi- 
ate subscriptions  to  raise  the 
entire  amount  in  weekly  ofFer- 
tngs.  Have  packages  of  en- 
velopes ready  for  distribution. 


MISSIONS 


/.  Appoint  It  thti  time  ■  nnmg  com- 
mittee, I  luffident  number,  if 
ponible,  to  go  two  by  two  to 
eveiy  tnember  of  the  church 
who  iota  not  lign  a  pledge  card 
CM1  "Budget  Sunday,"  or  who 
mi^t  be  able  or  willing  to  in- 
crcaie  hit  or  her  lubKripdcHi. 
Appoint  two  to  correspond  with  non- 

reaident  memben. 
Let  the  following  Sunday  be  "Prelimi- 
nary Report  Sunday."  Let  the 
whole  church  hear  from  the  canran- 
tn,  every  one  of  them.  Place  on 
the  blackboard  the  retumt.  If  the 
reports  are  not  tatiifactory  have  a 
season   of  prayer.     Face   all   diffi- 


culties, apeak  hopefully,  pbn  a  «^ 
canvati  if  neceaiaiy.  _ 

9.  Let  the  next  Sunday  b« 

Member  Sunday." 
ingi  received  froi 
memben.  Read  I 
from  them* 

10.  Let  the  fourth  Sundaj 

Sunday."    Let  die  1 
ming  with  die  great 
■ioni.     Let   the   di 
committee  report  die  reauha  of  lh» 
month's    campaign.    Give    a    few 
minutei  for  membcta  to  tell  what 
the  campaign  has  meant  to  them, 
how  they  earned  or  laved  the  mooey 
they  gave  to  the  Bui^et. 


"Come  Over  and  Help  Us" 

CHINA'S 
APPEAL 


COlfFDCIAR 

awmiaona 


HOHAHBIBDAH 


CHRISTIAn 
One-FlWil 


MISSIONS 


Kjn  me  w  ar  ram  among  cianKet 
Indians 

BY  FIELD  SECRETARY  L.  C.  BARNES,  D.D. 


HEY  are  still  Blanket 
Indians,  although  white 
men  are  settled  on  farms 
all  about  them  and  inter- 
spersed among  their  own 
allotments.  The  Indian 
men  seen  were  all  in 
attire  similar  to  that  of 
other  frontier  farmers,  but 
the  women,  thanks  cither 


picturesque  native  cos- 
tumes, including  almost 
invariably  the  blanket. 

The   war   path   is    no 
longer   against    men.      It 
now     against     devils. 
The    old    demons   of  in- 
dolence, greed,  falsehood, 
lust  and  thrift  less  ness  are 
,      rampant.      Whites     can 
**     understand  the  battle  be- 
cause   these    demons    are 
not  confined  to  Redskins. 
The    experienced    and 
:ampaigner.     Superintendent 
ney,  planned  the  invasion  so 
the  missionaries  so  efficiently 
cany  it  out,  that  we  visited 


founeen  of  our  sixteen  chapels  and 
preaching  stations  and  held  a  two  days' 
conference  with  the  assembled  mission- 
aries of  the  Society  and  the  Woman's 
Society,  all  in  ten  days. 

This  involved,  during  the  days  on 
the  road,  driving  twenty  to  forty  miles 
a  day  behind  the  Society's  missionary 
teams,  which  are  not  the  fastest,  being 
Indian  ponies  for  the  most  part.  One 
is  a  mule  team,  and  the  missionary 
frequently  signs  himself  M.D.  (Mule 
Driver).  A  sharp  north  wind  was  blow- 
ing two  of  the  long  days.  Kind  friends 
put  a  big  red  shawl  around  the  Field 
Secretary.  When  alighting  at  one 
stauon  the  Indian  interpreter  awaiting 
said,  "Ughl  Blanket  Indian." 

One  of  the  greatest  difficuldes  in  the 
missionary's  work  is  the  inveterate 
nomadism  of  the  Indians.  The  govern- 
ment has  put  them  on  allotments,  but 
they  find  frequent  occasions  for  leaving 
their  farms  and  camping  elsewhere. 
Whole  tribes  visit  other  tribes,  bands 
other  bands  in  the  same  tribe,  and 
families  are  as  likely  to  be  encamped 
near  some  other  family  as  on  their 
own  allotment. 

Our  first  Sunday  meeting  was  at  one 


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MISSIONS 


of  the  best  churches,  but  all  had  been 
away  camping  at  a  fair,  and  only  one 
came  to  the  chapel  where  two  Sundays 
before  nearly  fifty  communicants  had 
gathered  at  the  Lord's  Supper.  In 
other  parts  of  the  field  we  had  good- 
sized  gatherings,  even  on  week  days, 
generally  two  a  day  in  different  places. 

The  second  Sunday,  when  we  told  the 
story  of  how  Show-A-Fish,  the  distant 
Crow  Indian,  had  started  on  the  Jesus 
Road,  two  men,  one  a  young  man  with 
some  education  and  the  other  a  sturdy 
Indian  with  some  gray  in  his  hair, 
came  forward  and  shook  hands  with  the 
visitors  and  missionary  in  token  of  their 
purpose  to  take  the  Jesus  Road.  The 
joy  of  those  already  on  the  Road  was 
great.  One  of  the  deacons  came  around 
later  to  say  good-by.  I  wish  you 
could  have  seen  his  beaming  face  as  he 
exclaimed,  ''Mebbe  so  two  men  ketch 
the  Road,  my  heart  heap  glad." 

We  had  services  in  three  government 
schools  where  our  missionaries  are  the 
welcome  chaplains.  I  never  heard  any- 
where, even  in  the  most  favored  suburb 
of  Boston,  more  ready  and  accurate 
recitations  of  Scripture  in  concert  than 
were  given  for  half  an  hour  at  a  time 
by  the  Indian  boys  and  girls. 

One  service  was  in  the  evening,  when 
only  the  older  pupils  were  present.  A 
large  recitation  room  was  filled.  Intro- 
duqing  them  to  us  the  missionary  said, 
''Most  of  these  young  people  are 
members  of  our  church.**  This  work 
for  the  rising  generation  is  of  incal- 
culable importance. 

At  the  conference  many  hard  prob- 
lems were  vigorously  discussed  and 
questions  of  vital  interest  to  the  workers 
and  the  work  were  frankly  considered. 
A  more  democratic  administration  of 
missionary  affiairs  is  inconceivable.  Su- 
perintendent Kinney  talked  everything 
over  with  the  whole  company.    It  was 


like  one  great  strong-minded  (aniOj, 
all  saying  right  out  what  they  thotriit. 
Then  all  agreed  to  what  seoned  Mt 
for  the  whole  work,  thoug|i  in  loaie 
cases  the  new  plans  invdlved  •eriout 
personal  inconvenience. 

There  is  nothing  more  Chrisdike  in 
all  the  annals  of  missions  to  the  heathen 
than  the  work  of  these  men  and  women 
today  among  the  Blanket  Indians.  No 
wonder  that  m  the  last  five  yean  a 
thousand  souls  have  ''caught  the  Road.** 
Of  course,  with  the  savage  past  inbred, 
they  are  often  weak  and  wayward.  But 
a  careful  going  over  of  the  matter  widi 
the  missionaries  indicated  that  almost 
as  large  a  proportion  as  in  average 
Anglo-Saxon  churches  are  living  lives 
which  are  a  credit  to  the  Christian 
name,  although  our  fathers  have  been 
on  the  Road  for  thirty  generadont. 
Regeneration  somedmes  is  mightier 
than  generation.  Men  who  have  diem- 
selves  used  the  scalping  knife  are  setting 
us  an  example  of  grace. 

For  instance,  the  Kiowas,  as  a  tribe, 
are  numerically  more  confessedly  Chris- 
tian than  are  the  white  Americans  taken 
as  a  whole.  To  establish  them  in  the 
strange  new  life  they  need  to  be  carried 
like  children  in  the  patient,  loving  arms 
of  the  missionaries.  Nothing  less  than 
the  heart  of  Christ  is  equal  to  their 
necessities.  But  a  child  may  set  us  an 
example. 

In  our  Jesus  talk  with  them  at  Rainy 
Mountain,  Chief  Gotebo  announced  an 
ideal  for  an  Indian  church  which  our 
white  churches  ought  to  seize  and  nail 
to  the  mast-head.  He  flung  his  pocket- 
book  on  the  floor  of  the  chapel  and 
said,  "You  can  see  how  thin  it  is,  but 
whatever  we  have  to  give  our  church 
ought  to  give  as  much  for  sending  the 
gospel  to  those  who  are  without  it  as 
we  spend  in  providing  it  for  ourselves.** 
On  the  Trail. 


MISSIONS 


The  Baptists  in  North  Africa 


BY  REV.  R.  SAILLENS 


QROM  Egypt  to  Morocco, 
the  land  known  as  North 
Africa,  was,  centuries 
ago,  a  flourishing  Bap- 
tist country.  The  names 
of  Tertullian,  Cyprian, 
Augustine,  shine  as  stars 
of  the  very  first  magnitude  in  the 
history  of  the  Church  of  Christ.  But 
the  annals  of  the  world  aifotd  no  other 
instance  of  such  a  thorough,  radical  and 
and  lasting  change  as  that  which  took 
place  when  the  barbarians  uprooted 
both  the  Roman  civilization  and  the 
Chrisuan  faith,  opening  the  way  for 
the  Mahomedan  invasion,  which  made 
North  Africa  what  it  is  today;  a  land 
of  mosques,  with  a  few  scant  relics  of 
former  cathedrals. 

For  a  long  time  there  was  no  possi- 
bility to  preach  the  Gospel  among  the 
Moslems  of  North  Africa.  Even  now, 
Tripoli  and  Morocco,  at  least  in  the 
interior,  are  almost  entirely  shut  to 
Chrisdan  influences.  But  the  British 
proteaorate  in  Egypt,  and  the  French 
annexarion  of  Algiers  and  Tunis,  have 
made  a  way  for  the  missionary  in  those 
lands. 

Algeria,  a  country  larger  than  France, 
was  conquered  eighty  years  ago,  and 
has  been  so  thoroughly  colonized  that  a 
Frenchman,  landing  at  Algiers,  or  Oran, 
feels  at  home  at  once.  Large  European 
streets  surround  the  native  city,  all  the 
appliances  of  European  civilizarion  are 


at  work,  and  were  it  not  for  the  sight  of 
so  many  turbans  and  burnouses,  he 
might  think  himself  in  Marseilles  or 
some  other  French  port.  A  good  rail- 
road system  covers  the  whole  country, 
and  thousands  of  thrifty  French  peas- 
ants are  turning  the  barren  waste  into 
a  fruitful  garden. 

I  have  not  visited  Tunis,  but  the 
reports  from  that  part  of  North  Africa 
are  even  better.  The  Regency  is  rapidly 
becoming  prosperous  under  the  wise 
management  of  the  French  Republic. 

A  few  years  ago,  a  great  deal  of 
opposidon  from  the  French  authorities 
was  shown  to  the  English  Protestant 
missionaries,  who  were  the  first  to  try 
the  evangelizadon  of  the  natives.  I  am 
glad  to  say  that  this  opposidon  has,  in 
a  large  d^ree,  subsided,  the  authorities 
having  at  last  understood  that  those 
English  did  not  come  with  a  view  to  spy 
the  land,  but  simply  to  help  the  natives 
by  teaching  them  the  "better  way." 

Nearly  all  these  missionaries  belong 
to  a  society  which  is  called  "The  North 
Africa  Mission."  Its  early  promoters, 
thirty  years  ago,  were  men  well  known 
in  France,  as  well  as  in  England, 
George  Pearse  and  W.  T.  Berger.  They 
belonged  to  the  "Brethren"  type  of 
Chrisdans,  and  their  methods  and  aims 
were  similar  to  those  of  the  China  In- 
land Mission.  The  work  was  taken  in 
hand  by  a  Committee,  the  general  Sec- 
retary   of   which    was    Mr.     Edward 


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MISSIONS 


Glenny.  My  honored  friend,  the  late 
H.  Grattan-Guinness,  and  a  number  of 
other  godly  men,  among  whom  are 
several  Baptists,  sat  in  that  committee. 
While,  therefore,  it  cannot  be  said 
that  North  Africa  is  being  evangelized 


by  Baptists  it  is  true  to  say  that  nearly 
all  its  present  missionaries  are  baptized 
believers  J  they  have  so  much  in  common 
vrith  us,  that  out  there  among  the  Mos- 
lems, the  diflFerences  appear  very  small. 
In  the  city  of  Algiers  itself  there  are, 
to  my  knowledge,  seven  baptized  mis- 
sionaries (and  probably  more);  four  in 
the  city  of  Oran;  five  or  six  in  the  city 
of  Constantine;  three  at  Tizi-Ouzou; 
eight  in  the  mountains  of  Kabylia  (and 


probably  more);  several  others  in  Soiisse, 
Tunis,  Larrache,  Tangiers  and  Egypt. 

These  men  and  women  do  not  con- 
fine their  labors  to  the  native  population, 
which  is  wholly  Moslem.  Several  of 
them  are  engaged  in  evangelizing  the 
numerous  Europeans:  French,  Spaniards 
and  Italians,  who  fill  the  cities,  and  also 
the  Jews,  who  are  very  numerous.  A 
comparatively  large  number  of  French 
Protestants  have  emigrated  to  those 
colonies,  and  there  are  several  French 
churches  of  the  Reformed  type,  most  of 
which  work  harmoniously  with  the 
English  missionaries. 

A  French  Baptist  and  his  devoted 
wife,  with  a  lady  helper,  are  settled  at 
Tizi-Ouzou,  and  have  started  a  mis- 
sion on  behalf  of  the  natives.  Four  of 
them  have  recently  been  baptized.  The 
name  of  this  missionary,  who  receives 
partial  support  from  our  French 
churches,  is  Brother  Rolland,  a  former 
member  of  our  church  at  Valentigney. 

Partly  through  his  exenions,  a  little 
Baptist  church  has  been  founded  in  the 
city  of  Algiers.  It  numbers  nineteen 
members,  three  of  whom  are  Bible  col- 
poners,  whose  work  among  the  Arabs 
in  the  interior  has  been  much  blessed  of 
God.  These  good  men  are  supported 
by  an  English  lady,  residing  in  Algiers, 
where  she  and  some  other  ladies  are 
doing  missionaiy  work.  While  the  lady 
does  not  belong  to  the  Baptist  denomina- 
tion, she  gives  full  liberty  to  her  col- 
porters  to  act  according  to  their  con- 
sciences. I  have  noted  that  aU  the 
colporters  engaged  in  the  work  of  the 
British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society  in 
Algeria  have  been  members  of  some  of 
our  French  Baptist  churches,  when  at 
home.  Thus,  our  French  churches, 
though  smalland poor, have  alarge  share 
in  the  evangelization  of  North  Africa. 

As  far  as  I  can  ascertain,  there  are 
now  in  Algeria  about  one  hundred  and 
forty  baptized  believers,  twenty  of  whom 
were  Moslems,  ten  Jews,  and  the  rest 
European  born  (besides  the  missonaries). 


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107 


These  numbers  are  small,  but  they 
represent  a  great  deal  of  faithful  work 
under  many  di£Rculties,  which  no  one 
can  realize  who  has  not  lived  in  Ma- 
homedan  • 


A    VISIT  TO   ALGERIA 

Perhaps  I  can  do  nothing  better  than 
to  relate  a  short  visit  which  I  paid  to 
Algeria,  a  few  years  ago,  at  the  request 
of  a  united  committee  of  the  French 
and  English  pastors  and  missionaries 
of  all  denominations. 

On  my  arrival  at  Algiers  from  Mar- 
seilles, a  passage  of  thiny-six  hours,  I 
found  all  the  brethren  assembled  for  a 
prayer  meeting  at  the  French  Protestant 
Church.  Leaving  aside  all  diiFerences, 
they  had  united  for  several  weeks  in 
prayer  for  the  preparation  of  my  visit, 
and  I  felt  the  presence  of  the  Spirit  in 
that  gathering  in  a  marked  d^ree. 
For  four  days  in  succession  that  church. 


holding  about  four  hundred,  was  well 
filled 'with  the  Protestant-born,  a  few 
Roman  Catholics,  and  some  Jewish  con- 
verts. At  most  of  the  services  the 
former  Queen  of  Madagascar  and  her 
aunt  were  present,  and  seemed  to  enjoy 
the  teaching. 

When  the  Special  Mission  for  the 
Protestants  was  over,  we  went  into  a 
theatre,  which  we  had  hired  for  the 
purpose,  and  held  three  more  meetings 
there.  The  place  could  hold  twelve 
hundred.  It  was  crowded  on  the  first 
night,  and  more  than  crowded  on  the 
last.  Bills  had  been  printed,  announc- 
ing "Un  Orateur  de  Paris"  (An  Orator 
from  Paris),  but  I  begged  the  brethren 
to  have  this  erased,  and  to  put  instead: 
"Un  Predicateur  de  I'Evangile"  (A 
Preacher  of  the  Gospel).  Some  said, 
"This  won't  draw  the  crowd."  But 
they  did  according  to  my  wish,  and  the 
result  was    a    theatre    full   of   people 


I  EAITLI  COVTERTt  AT  DfUIAA-IAUDJi  » 


io8 


MISSIONS 


who  knew  what  they  had  come  for. 
Among  my  hearers^  I  noticed  on  the 
first  night  a  group  of  fine  young  Mos- 
lemSy  with  spotless  turbans  and  bur- 
nouses, evidently  belonging  to  the  Arab 
aristocracy.  They  seemed  to  listen  most 
intently,  but  on  the  following  night 
they  were  not  there.  I  was  told,  on 
inquiry,  that  they  belonged  to  the  high 
class,  were  students  in  the  University, 
and  had  probably  received  intimation 
that  their  presence  at  such  meetings 
would  bring  trouble  to  them. 

However,  the  meetings  went  on  with 
much  blessing,  of  which  I  heard  later 
on.  The  colporters  at  the  doors  sold 
hundreds  of  New  Testaments.  In  all 
my  experience  as  a  Gospel  preacher, 
in  all  sorts  of  places  and  buildings,  I 
never  met  a  people  more  receptive.  I 
still  remember  a  lady,  coming  to  me  at 
the  close  of  the  last  meeting,  and  say- 
ing, with  tears  in  her  eyes,  ''Sir,  I  am 
a  Roman  Catholic.  .  .  .  But  God  bless 
you  for  having  upheld  the  name  of 
Our  Lord  as  you  have  done  in  this  city  I  *' 
I  heard  afterwards  that  the  lady  be- 
longed to  a  most  aristocratic  family;  she 
would,  probably,  never  have  crossed  the 
threshold  of  a  Protestant  place  of  worship. 

From  Algiers,  I  went  to  Oran,  Con- 
stantine,  Boufarik,  Blida,  Setif,  speak- 
ing both  in  theatres  and  churches,  with 
great  encouragement.  But  now,  let  me 
conclude  with  an  after-result  of  these 
Algiers  meetings.  The  fine  young  Mos- 
lems who  had  attended  at  the  theatre  on 
the  first  night  had  a  French  friend ,  a  young 
man  who  was  then  studying  Arabic  at  the 
same  university,  with  a  view  of  qualifying 
as  an  officer-interpreter  in  the  French 
army.  That  young  man,  a  Parisian, 
Catholic-born,  but  wholly  infidel,  had 
taken  no  notice  of  the  posters  announcing 
my  meetings.  His  Moslem  friends  said  to 
him,    "We   were    last    night    at    Salle 


Barthe,  and  heard  that  French  preacher 
from  Paris;  why  don't  you  go  and  hear 
him  tonight?  We  are  Moslems,  and 
cannot  go;  but  you  are  a  Roumi  (the 
general  name  for  European),  it  concerns 
you."  The  young  man  was  pricked 
in  his  curiosity;  he  came  the  two  nights. 
I  never  saw  him  then,  never  heard  of 
him  until,  a  few  months  afterwards,  I 
heard  that  our  good  Baptist  friends  at 
Algiers  had  taken  him  in  hand  at  the 
close  of  the  Mission  in  which  he  had 
been  impressed,  and  that  he  had  been 
baptized  on  profession  of  his  faith. 

And  a  few  months  ago,  who  did  I 
see  in  my  own  house  in  Paris?  The 
young  lieutenant-interpreter.  He  had 
written  to  me,  asking  me  to  advise  him 
as  to  his  future  course.  "I  am  a  Chris- 
tian, I  want  to  serve  my  Lord;  I  would 
willingly  give  up  my  military  calling 
and  become  a  missionary  among  the 
Moslems."  On  his  next  furlough,  he 
had  come  to  see  his  Roman  Catholic 
mother,  and  I  had  the  joy  of  welcoming 
him  in  my  home,  with  his  young  sister, 
who  now  is  nearly  won,  too.  God 
knows  what  his  future  course  will  be. 
But  when  I  think  of  this  young  officer, 
now  back  on  the  Morocco  frontier, 
with  two  or  three  hundred  native  soldiers 
under  him,  praying  alone  in  his  tent, 
with  his  Bible  in  his  hand,  and,  as  he 
told  me,  "trying  to  show  the  natives 
what  a  true  Christian  is,"  I  feel  amply 
rewarded  for  that  short  visit  to  Algiers, 
and  feel  a  sort  of  longing  to  return 
thither  again,  if  the  Lord  will. 

Our  small  Baptist  community  in 
Algiers  asks  us  to  send  them  a  preacher, 
not  to  care  for  themselves  alone,  but  to 
evangelize  that  large  city,  and  to 
organize  Baptist  work  in  the  country 
at  large.  We  could  find  the  man,  but 
the  Lord  has  not  yet  sent  us  the  means 
to  support  him. 


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Chapel  Car  Shop  Evangelism 

BY  REV.  E.  R.  HERMISTON 

HIIStONARy  or  CHAPEL    CAR    EMMANUEL 

IT  has  been  thought  for  a  long  time 
that  the  only  place  for  the  chapel 
car  was  in  the  small  town  on  the  frontier, 
but  it  has  been  proved  that  the  car  has  a 
place  in  city  mission  work.  Our  work 
for  three  months  has  been  in  the  rapidly 
growing  city  of  Spokane,  and  while  we 
began  our  work  in  the  big  Hillyard 
Railroad  Shops  we  soon  found  demands 
for  similar  work  in  many  of  the  other 
shops  and  factories,  and  in  all  we 
worked  and  preached  in  ten  of  the  big 
mills  and  shops  in  this  city.  Of  course, 
naturally  we  had  our  best  hearing  among 
the  railroad  men,  but  it  was  not  diffi- 
cult to  get  a  hearing  at  any  of  the  shops. 
And  the  very  fact  that  we  were  in  charge 
of  the  chapel  car  gave  us  not  only  a 
hearing,  but  admission  into  any  of 
the  factories.  Wherever  it  was  wise  to 
use  the  car  we  did  so,  but  in  most  in- 
stances the  crowd  was  so  great  that  wc 
held  the  services  in  the  open  air.  At  the 
Hillyard  shops  when  Mrs.  Hermiston 


spoke  on  one  occasion  the  big  machine 
shop  was  tilled,  and  they  say  it  will  hold 
six  hundred  men.  We  were  treated 
with  the  greatest  courtesy  by  the  men, 
and  a  great  many  who  were  in  any  way 
led  to  make  any  outward  manifestation 
of  their  acceptation  of  Christ  were  fol- 
lowed up,  and  it  gave  us  access  into 
their  homes.  I  believe  that  in  the  future 
we  will  make  more  of  our  city  mission 
work,  and  see  if  we  cannot  plan  our 
campaign  not  only  in  harmony  with  our 
own  city  mission  society,  but  with  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  other  kindred  societies, 
so  that  we  may  get  the  very  largest  re- 
sults. 

Some  of  the  results  of  this  work  can 
be  told  in  a  few  words.  It  gives  our 
local  churches  a  new  hold  on  the  labor- 
ing men,  as  in  most  instances  we  held  a 
few  evening  services  in  the  church  near 
to  the  shop  meeting.  At  Hillyard  one 
man  was  led  to  become  a  Christian,  and 
as  he  said  afterward,  was  saved  from 


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suicide.     He  first  heard  our  message  in     it  gives  us  a  chance  to  locate  new  mi^ 
the  noonday  meeting  at  the  shop.    Then     sion  fields.     In  the  heart  of  the  great 


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growing  cities  there  are  almost  always 
tidings  the  car  can.  be  placed  on,  and 
the  work  can  be  organized  and  started. 
It  also  gives  a  new.  impetus  to  our  own 
denominational  work  to  be  able  to  bring 
this  twentieth-centuiy  evangelism  to 
their  door.  At  the  Union  Iron  Works 
they  wanted  services  every  noon  hour, 
and  at  the  Washington  mill  they  had  a 
KTvice  in  the  open  air  once  a  week  in 
amnecdon  with  the  Y,  M.  C.  A.  At 
the  N.  P.  R.R.  shops  we  had  a  service 


twice  a  week  and  at  Hillyard  twice  a 
week.  One  of  the  most  fruitful  parts 
of  our  work  here  was  that  it  has  re- 
vealed the  great  need  and  opportunity 
for  railroad  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work.  It  has 
led  to  an  investigation  of  the  matter, 
and  Mr.  Hill  is  willing  to  give  a  large 
sum  of  money  to  this  kind  of  work  at 
Hillyard.  No  doubt  in  the  near  future 
they  will  have  a  good  building.  We 
had  our  car  repaired,  and  it  looks  as 
fine  as  when  first  sent  out  for  service. 


Advance  on  the  Congo 


THE  visit  of  the  Commission  of  the 
Foreign  Mission  Society  to  Africa 
is  familiar  to  all  readers  of  Missions 
through  the  articles  in  previous  num- 
bers. The  Commission  has  made  its 
fonnal  report  to  the  Board  of  Managers, 
and  this  has  been  carefully  considered. 
The  report  has  been  printed  and  its 
chief  features  are  probably  familiar. 
These  include  the  recommendation  that 
no  new  mission  be  established  in  the 


Sudan  at  present,  but  that  the  work  on 
the  Congo  be  strongly  reinforced  and 
that  an  advance  movement  be  under- 
taken. A  new  and  attractive  pamphlet 
has  just  been  issued  by  the  Society, 
entitled  "  The  Congo,  a  Problem  in  Mis- 
sions," setting  forth  in  popular  form  the 
situation  on  the  Congo,  the  chief  points 
regarding  that  field  in  the  report  of  the 
Commission  and  the  action  taken  by  the 
Board.     It  can  be  had  for  the  asking  at 


112 


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the  Literature  Department  of  the  So- 
ciety. 

''Advance"  spells  the  action  taken 
by  the  Board.  It  is  recognized  that  the 
mission  on  the  Congo  has  been  too  long 
neglected,  and  that  if  we  are  to  conserve 
the  results  of  the  past  twenty-five  years 
of  effort  and  take  advantage  of  the 
opportunity  that  is  open  to  us,  special 
attention  must  be  given  to  the  develop- 
ment of  the  mission.  The  staff  of 
missionaries  is  too  small,  the  equipment 
is  inadequate  and  schools  are  too  few. 
So  far  as  it  goes,  our  Congo  Mission  is 
second  to  none  in  the  whole  Congo 
Valley,  but  it  needs  strengthening  all 
along  the  line. 

First  of  all  a  definite  policy  has  been 
adopted  by  the  Board  with  reference  to 
the  present  and  the  future  in  the  Congo 
work.  Certain  immediate  needs  have 
been  recognized  and  plans  are  made  for 
expansion  along  certain  well-defined 
lines.  Enlargement  is  proposed  in  the 
Kwango  District,  in  the  Lake  Leopold 
II  District  and  in  the  Lukanie  River 
District;  also  exploration  up  the  Ubangi 
River.  The  adoption  of  this  policy 
assures  a  progressive  and  statesmanlike 
development  in  the  work  of  our  Congo 
Mission  and  makes  it  certain  that  with 
proper  support  on  the  part  of  the  home 
churches  the  mission  that  has  witnessed 
"the  Pentecost  on  the  Congo,"  and  in 
which  has  been  invested  a  treasure  of 
lives,  will  yet  rank  as  one  of  the  greatest 
of  the  missionary  efforts  of  the  American 
Baptists. 

But  what  of  the  present  ?  How  shall 
the  work  be  strengthened?  For  it  is 
absolutely  imperative  that  it  be  strength- 
ened at  once.  Five  new  families  are 
needed,  three  for  general  work  and  two 
for  medical  service.  One  family  should 
go  to  Palabala,  the  oldest  station,  vacant 
now  through  the  return  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hall  and  Mr.  Boone.  Another 
should  go  to  Tshumbiri,  on  the  upper 
Congo,  one  hundred  and  seventy  miles 
above  Stanley  Pool.    This  is  one  of  the 


great  fields  of  the  mission,  with  practi- 
cally an  unoccupied  territory  for  hun- 
dreds of  miles  to  the  southeast.  The 
third  family  should  be  located  at  Banza 
Manteke,  numerically  our  largest  station 
but  where  the  work  imperatively  needs 
reinforcement  and  immediate  strength- 
ening. A  physician  and  his  wife  should 
go  to  Ikoko,  farthest  up  the  Congo  of 
all  our  stations,  five  hundred  miles  from 
the  coast,  the  center  of  a  great  mission 
field,  —  great  in  its  present  develop- 
ment and  great  in  its  possibilities. 
Another  physician  and  wife  should  be 
located  at  Sona  Bata,  where  a  large 
number  of  orphans  have  come  under 
the  care  of  the  mission  and  both  educa- 
tional and  evangelistic  work  are  strong. 

It  is  evident  that  this  large  reinforce- 
ment will  call  for  considerably  increased 
expenditure.  It  will  cost  |io,C'00  for 
the  passages,  outfits  and  first  year's 
salaries  of  these  five  new  families.  The 
equipment  of  many  of  the  stations 
should  also  be  greatly  improved.  Many 
buildings  are  in  desperate  need  of  re- 
pairs, and  several  new  ones  should  be 
erected  without  delay,  f  15,000  is  not 
too  much  for  the  improved  equipment. 

The  question  now  is,  can  we  secure 
the  needed  resources?  Are  there  five 
men  of  full  college  and  professional 
school  training,  vigorous  health  and 
earnest  consecration  who  will  offer 
themselves  for  the  large  opportunities 
of  this  field  ?  The  heroic  forces  on  the 
Congo  cannot  be  reinforced  without  an 
increase  in  the  number  of  candidates. 
"The  best  men  are  needed  for  the  most 
destitute  fields."  This  is  not  a  time 
for  the  sending  of  second-rate  men  to 
the  Congo.  Strong  men  should  offer 
themselves  for  this  important  work. 
Who  will  go  ? 

And  what  of  the  money  needed? 
It  is  evident  that  the  j(t25,ooo  required 
for  this  advance  cannot  be  taken  from 
the  appropriations  which  would  other- 
wise be  made  for  other  fields,  for  that 
would  be  only  "robbing  Peter  to  pay 


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"3 


Paul."  The  Finance  Comminee  of 
the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  have 
been  asked  to  authorize  the  Society 
to  include  provision  for  this  advance  in 
the  next  budget.  But  the  money  must 
come  from  the  members  of  our  churches, 
and  this  means  an  increase  in  ofTerings. 
Pastors,  churches,  laymen,  young  people. 


Sunday  schools,  —  all  must  help,  if  the 
means  are  to  be  supplied  for  this  ad- 
vance movement. 

"Shall  our  work  on  the  Congo  be  re- 
duced, abandoned,  reinforced?"  This 
is  the  question  asked  in  the  leaflet  "The 
Congo."  The  response  of  the  members 
of  our  churches  will  decide  the  issue.    - 


Uplift  in  Arkansas 

BY  L.  C.  BARNES,  D.D. 


HAT  is  not  what  one  looks 
for  whose  principal  knowl- 
edge of  the  State  has  been 
from  newspaper  witticisms. 
But  entering  it  from  the 
level,  treeless  plains  of  the 
West,  it  is  a  joy  to  see  this 
heavily  wooded  country  and  its  noble 
mountains.  It  has  its  own  superlatives, 
not  a  few.  For  example,  we  pass 
through  the  forest-embowered  hamlet  of 
Auzite.  It  is  the  chief  aluminum  point 
of  the  world.  Here  two-thirds  of  the 
ore  supply  for  this  metal,  which  is 
becoming  so  wonderfully  useful  and 
ornamental,  is  mined.  Twenty-two 
miles  away  is  Arkansas  Baptist  College, 
where  far  more  precious  mettle  is  being 
developed.  For  twenty-three  years 
President  Joseph  A.  Booker  has  been 
at  the  head  of  the  enterprise,  and  has 
built  it  into  a  great  institution,  with 
more  than  four  hundred  students.  No 
one  would  suspect  the  years,  finding 
him  on  the  edge  of  the  football  field, 
eager,  alert,  assured.  It  is  nearly  sunset, 
and  his  boys,  though  against  a  heavier 
team,  are  ahead  eleven  to  nothing. 
Dr.  Booker  is  justly  proud  of  the  fact 
that  Dr.  Morehouse  has  told  him  that 
he  is  a  black  Yankee.  The  following 
paragraphs  from  his  catalogue  would  he 
counted  far  from  the  most  important, 
but  they  set  a  wholesome  pace  which 
schools  North  as  well  as  South  might 
do  well  to  follow,  even  thoi^h  afar  off: 
"Economy  and  good  laste  demand  plain 
and  simple  wearing  apparel,  and  parents 


and  sponsor?  are  earnestly  requested  to  co. 
operate  with  the  faculty  in  seeing  that  the 
girls  conform  to  the  regulations  of  the  school 
respecting  the  dress  habit. 

"  Knowing  the  evil  influences  of  the  over- 
dressed girl  in  institutions  like  this,  a  simple 
uniform  has  been  adopted,  to  be  wom  on 
all  public  occasions,  unless  otherwise  ordered 
by  the  President.  This  uniform  consists  of 
a  white  waist  and  a  black  skirt  to  be  wom 
during  the  fall  and  winter  season;  a  white 
shirtwaist  suit  of  linen  or  cotton  goods 
(without  trimming)  for  spring  wear. 

"  As  these  dresses  are  for  Sunday  wear  and 
all  public  occasions,  there  will  be  no  need 
for  any  others,  aside  from  everyday  dresses 
which  must  be  of  gingham  or  other  simple 
material.  Those  who  bring  extravagant 
or  unnecessary  finery  will  be  forbidden 
to  wear  it  while  they  are  here.  Students 
should  also  be  provided  with  a  raincoat,  an 
umbrella,  rubbers,  and  at  least  three  suits 
of  warm  underwear." 

Why  would  not  the  race  problem  be 
solved,  if  enough  black  people  could  be 
trained  under  the  following  principles  f 
Note  the  first  clause,  completely  cutting 
out  the  race  equality  question: 

*'  In  this  country  the  negro  is  a  society  unto 
himself,  and  for  the  sake  of  self-respect  and 
self-preservation  it  is  indispensable  that  the 
race  should  have  every  phase  of  education 
promotive  of  efficiency  and  of  good.  Hence 
the  diiTerent  courses  of  instraction  adopted 
and  operated  are  aimed  to  make  successful 
home  builders,  captains  of  industry,  leaders 
in  business,  masters  of  farms,  preachers  of  the 
gospel,  teachers  of  proper  social  doctrine." 

In  view  of  such  principles  the  initials  of 
the  school  are  widely  significant:  A.  B.  C. 


"4 


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Devotional 


31  l^rapet  for  tl^e  l^ortti 

jC\  GODf  our  Father^  remember  not  our 
Xf  past  shortcomings f  our  lack  of  service^ 
our  indifference  to  the  spread  of  Thy  kingdom 
and  to  the  needs  of  those  who  sit  in  darkness 
and  the  shadow  of  death.  Forgive  us,  we 
beseech  Thee,  and  receive  our  supplications 
fur  all  estates  of  men  in  Thy  church  that 
e%>fry  member  of  the  same,  in  his  vocation  and 
ministry,  may  truly  serve  Thee,  Endue  with 
Thine  especial  grace  Thy  church  throughout 
the  Ivor  la,  that  true  holiness  and  earnest  %eal 
fur  Thy  glory  may  everywhere  abound. 
Send  forth  more  laborers  into  Thy  harvest, 
men  full  of  faith  and  poiver  and  of  the  Holy 
(ihott.  Enrich  with  Thy  Spirit  all  who 
luhor  for  Thee  in  distant  lands  or  in  the  fields 
at  home,  and  grant  that  the  word  spoken  by 
them  may  never  be  spoken  in  vain.  Set  up 
Thyself,  0  God,  above  the  heavens,  and  Thy 
glffty  above  all  the  earth.  Give  Thy  Son  the 
heathen  for  His  inheritance,  and  the  utter^ 
mo  ft  parts  oj  the  earth  for  His  possession. 
Stir  up  Thy  strength,  O  Lord,  and  come  and 
help  us,  that  Thy  way  may  be  known  upon 
earth.  Thy  saving  health  among  all  nations, 
Amen, 

PRAY  — 

For  the  missionaries  engaged  in  work 
among  the  Indians  of  our  own  land,  that 
grace  may  be  given  to  endure  the  conditions 
that  try  the  body  and  spirit  alike,  and  that 
they  may  see  of  the  fruits  of  their  self-sacri- 
ficing labors. 

For  the  churches  of  the  homeland  that  are 
making  special  effort  to  raise  the  Budget, 
especially  those  churches  that  sustain  their 
own  work  only  by  heroic  giving. 

For  the  non-contributing  churches,  that 
a  vision  may  come  to  them  of  the  wider 
Kingdom  and  its  claims,  and  they  be  moved 
thereby  to  make  an  offering  unto  the  Lord 
for  missions  at  home  and  abroad. 

A  Personal  Petition 

Eternal  God,  I  would  that  I  might  begin 
CO  reflect  the  likenetf  of  my  Master  in  word. 


deed  and  character.  May  His  love  make 
me  a  lover  of  my  fellow  men,  and  His  sacrifice 
make  me  willing  to  expend  myself  for  others. 

Going  About  ''Doing  Good" 

In  many  v^ays  this  has  been  one  of  the  best 
three  months  we  have  spent  on  the  field. 
By  means  of  the  motor  boat  given  us  by 
friends  here  and  in  America,  we  have  traveled 
more  than  in  any  other  quarter,  have  dis- 
tributed more  tracts  and  Gospel  portions, 
and  have  had  an  increased  number  of 
preaching  services  and  baptisms.  While 
the  rowdy  element  persecute  and  make  fun 
of  the  new  converts,  the  better  class,  even 
those  who  are  Buddhists,  have  respect 
for  them.  We  have  traveled  over  five  hun- 
dred miles,  and  thou^  seldom  preaching 
in  Christian  homes,  have  not  been  refused 
this  privilege  in  any  house  to  which  we  have 
gone.  Often  we  have  been  invited  from 
day  to  day  to  near-by  villages  where  we  had 
no  Christians.  All  over  the  field  there  are 
earnest  inquirers.  —  J.  T.  Latta,  Thonze, 
Burma. 

Thoughts  to  Grow  Upon 

I  am  lonely  and  sick  and  out  of  heart. 
Well,  I  still  hope;  I  still  believe;  I  still  see 
the  good  in  the  inch,  and  cling  to  it.  It  is 
not  much,  perhaps,  but  it  is  always  some- 
thing. 'Tis  a  strange  world  indeed,  but 
there  is  a  manifest  God  for  those  who  care 
to  look  for  Him.  —  Robert  Louis  Stevenson, 

It  is  not  so  much  great  talents  that 
God  blesses  as  great  likeness  to  Christ. 

No  man  in  the  world  today  has  such  power 
as  he  who  can  make  his  fellow  men  feel  that 
Christ  is  a  reality.  —  Fan  Dyke. 

What  are  churches  for  but  to  make  mis- 
sionaries ?  What  is  education  for  but  to 
train  them  ?  What  is  commerce  for  but 
to  carry  them  ?  What  is  money  for  but  to 
send  them  ?  What  is  life  itself  for  but  to 
fulfill  the  purpose  of  foreign  missions,  the 
enthroning  of  Jesus  Christ  in  the  hearts  of 
men  ?  —  Dr,  A,  H,  Strong, 


MISSIONS 


An  Event  in  Iloilo,  P.  I. 

BY  RAPHAEL  C.  THOMAS,  MEDICAL  MISSIONARY 

ILOILO  has  been  agog  with  enthusiasm 
and  gaudy  with  bunting.  The  Secre- 
taiy  of  War  and  the  Governor  General  of 
rhe    islands  have  been  paying  the  city  a 

Among  other  more  important  attractions, 
they  found  time  to  Step  in  to  see  our  little 
hospital.  The  cosmopolitan  character  of 
the  patients  was  emphasized  by  a  unique 
coincidence.  As  we  passed  one  of  the 
private  rooms  the  Governor  recalled  that 
it  was  here  that  Benito  Lopez,  former 
governor  of  Iloilo  Province,  had  died  a 
number  of  months  ago.  By  a  strange 
chance  the  same  room  was  occupied  this 
time  by  the  wife  of  his  brother.  As  we 
passed  from  the  private  rooms  to  the  free 
wards,  where  we  have  a  peculiarly  pathetic 
group  of  helpless  poor,  the  contrast  must  have 
been  striking.  Rich  and  poor,  obscure  and 
influential  —  all  ate  welcome. 

One  of  the  events  of  the  Secretary's  visit 
was  the  opening  of  the  railroad  between 
Iloilo  and  Capiz.  This  will  be  a  great  con- 
venience for  our  two  mission  stations,  for 
now  we  shall  be  within  a  few  hours'  journey 
of  one  another  by  rail,  instead  of  dependent 
upon  a  steamer  running  irregularly.  The 
railroad  will  also  mean  much  to  our  hospital. 


for  it  will  make  easy  c 
those  in  distant  barrios.  At  present  our 
beds  are  pretty  well  filled,  in  spite  of  the 
fact  that  these  far-away  sick  folk  have  to 
journey  long  distances  in  hammocks  or 
carabo  carts.  What  shall  we  do  to  accom- 
modate this  horde  when  a  few  cents  will 
bring  them  to  our  doors  i     We    ought   to 

The  event  of  most  importance  in  our  hos- 
pital year  was  the  second  annual  graduating 
exercises  of  our  Nurses'  Training  School. 
This  class  is  the  third  class  of  graduate 
nurses  in  the  islands,  the  second  being  one 
that  recently  came  from  a  Manila  hospital. 
Our  second  class  numbers  three,  as  before, 
and  they  are  very  creditable  representatives 
of  their  profession.  Their  diploma  repre- 
sents a  three  years'  course  of  practical 
nursing  pursued  under  the  supervision  of 
regularly  trained  American  nurses.  We  are 
hoping  they  will  appreciate  this  distinction 
of  being  members  of  the  third  graduating 
class  of  nurses  in  the  islands,  for  it  is  a  real 
one.     The  other  day  one  of  them  was  sent 

and  the  note  sent  to  us  on  her  return  to 
the  hospital  was  worded  as  follows:  "The 
services  of  the  nurse  were  very  satisfactoiy. 


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MISSIONS 


and  Mrs.  S says  (hat  (he  only  difference 

between  this  nurse  and  (he  ones  we  had 
before  was  in  color."  For  this  discrepancy 
Durnursewasnot  strictly  to  blame,  and  conse- 
quently we  rejoice  with  her  in  this  well-earned 
commendation. 

The  most  interesting  cases  among  our 
hospital  admissions  recently  have  been 
fractures.  Surgery  is  marked  by  (his  pe- 
culiarity, that  similar  cases  occur  in  groups. 
One  of  these  cases  is  a  young  man  who  was 
formerly  one  of  our  house  servants.  He 
distinguished  himself  by  a  number  of  mis- 
takes, one  of  which,  as  I  recall,  was  appro- 
priating one  of  our  best  towels  as  a  stove 
cloth,    l^ter  he  left  us  and  a  short  time 


ago  he  appeared  in  the  hospital  on  a  ttretcher, 
with  a  broken  arm  and  thigh.  He  had  fallen 
out  of  a  window.  It  was  repotted  to  us 
that  the  hrst  aid  to  the  injured  in  his  case 
by  willing  and  sympathetic  bystanders  at 
the  time  of  the  accident  was  to  make  him 
stand  erect  on  his  broken  leg,  while  they 
poured  a  pailful  of  water  over  him.  Today, 
as  we  passed  him  in  the  ward,  he  was  reading 
his  Bible  earnestly.  The  poor  fellow  has 
suifered  much,  but  if  this  accident  should 
prove  to  be  a  means  of  teaching  him  to  love 
his  Bible,  it  may  become  in  his  case,  as  in 
the  case  of  others,  a  blessing  instead  of  a 
misfortune. 
Iloili,  P.I. 


A  Fine  Example  of  Missionary  Unity 

BY  REV.  J,  E.  NORCROSS 


CHRISTMAS  morning  in  the  year  just 
closed  found  a  group  of  Christian 
workers  en  route  for  Vermont.  Lew  Wallace 
portrays  the  desert,  mysterious  and  silent,  as 
the  meeting  place  of  the  ancient  wise  men 
who  followed  the  star.  The  focal  point  of 
their  modem  successors,  who  came  from  a 
territory  that  stretched  ftom  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, to  Parkersburg,  West  Virginia,  was 


the  gloomy  passenger  station  at  the  east  por- 
tal of  the  Hoosac  Tunnel.  Here  a  narrow- 
gauge  train  supplanted  the  camels  of  the 
opening  chapter  of  "Ben  Hur,"  and  rattled, 
swayed  and  creaked  with  its  burden  along 
the  winding  road  to  Wilmington,  Vetmont. 
At  this  point  began  a  series  of  Educational 
and  Inspirational  Institutes,  which  were  de- 
signed to  reach,  help  and  stimulate  cveiy 


MISSIONS 


"7 


Bapdtc  churdi  in  the  Green  Mountain 
State.  Centers  were  created  at  Wilmington, 
BrattleborOy  Chester,  Bennington,  Poultney, 
Rutland,  Vergennes,  Montpelier,  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Newport,  Hardwick,  St.  Albans  and 
Burlington,  while  additional  meetings  were 
held  at  Bellows  Falls,  North  Bennington, 
East  Poultney,  Brandon,  Essex  Junction 
and  Colchester. 

All  of  the  cooperating  societies  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  sent  repre- 
sentatives to  help  Superintendent  of  Missions 
Davison  in  the  campaign  in  Vermont,  and 
no  stone  was  left  unturned  to  start  a  united 
movement  that  would  issue  in  the  realization 
of  the  dual  motto  printed  on  eveiy  program: 
*' Baptisms  in  every  church  this  year;  the 
whole  Budget  in  eveiy  church  this  year." 

Mrs.  G.  W.  Peckham,  Mrs.  Carrie  Robin- 
Dr.  C.  H.  Spalding,  Dr.  W.  A.  Davison, 


Rer.  h  S.  Stump,  Rev.  J.  E.  Norcross  and 
RcT.  W.  H.  S.  Hascall  formed  the  group  of 
repntcntachrcf  whose  messages  produced  a 
profound  impression  on  hundreds  of  hearts. 

The  church  at  Readsboro  sent  a  laige 
dd^gttion  to  Wilmington  on  a  special  train, 
mmj  dtoft  miles  with  the  temperature  be- 
low leio  to  leach  other  centers,  and  in  every 
imtaiioe  die  departing  workers  were  given  a 
hcmity  godspeed. 

At  At  morning  sessions  the  entire  time 
was  devoted  to  the  vital  subject  of  "  Personal 
Woffc  in  Soul  Saving."  Every  afternoon 
mJssionaiy  needs  were  strongly  emphasized, 
and  wijfs  and  means  of  raising  the  whole 
Bodg^  thoroughly  discussed.  In  the  even- 
ing services  the  gospel  stoiy  was  forcefully 
told  and  many  were  led  to  accept  Christ  as 
their  Saviour. 

In  every  center  these  three  links  were 
welded  wtdi  telling  blows,  and  new  visions  of 
the  unity  of  our  work  as  Northern  Baptists 
were  given  to  scores  of  Vermont  Chrisrians, 
who  at  the  genesis  of  the  campaign  saw  need 
and  victory  but  dimly. 

Too  much  praise  cannot  be  given  to  Super- 
intendent Davison  for  his  uniform  tact  and 
unflagging  zeal,  and  for  his  fine  conception 
of  what  was  needed  by  the  churches  under  his 
care;  while  the  hospiulity  of  the  churches 
visited  was  a  signal  revelation  of  what  the 
grace  of  God  can  do  in  giving  expression  to 
the  common  courtesies  of  life.  Such  cam- 
pangns  in  every  State  would  be  productive  of 
hwong  benefit. 


There  is  a  tremendous  moral  influence  in 
the  united  efforts  of  God's  people,  and  this 
is  manifestly  true  of  Bapdst  leadership. 
That  young  men  and  women  in  Vermont 
will  invest  their  lives  where  they  will  count 
more  for  the  Kingdom  may  confidently  be 
expected  as  the  fruitage  of  this  campaign. 
Definite  pledges  of  life  have  already  been 
made.  Drooping  spirits  have  been  revived 
in  more  than  one  church.  Chrisdanity  has 
been  made  attracdve  with  pure  gold  and  not 
with  tinsel.  The  entire  cause  in  the  State 
has  been  given  a  new  impulse  and  the  home- 
land and  the  lands  which  sit  in  darkness 
cannot  fail  to  feel  the  life  and  light  which 
these  Missionary  Institutes  have  generated. 

From  Our  Note  Book 

**  Porto  Rico  now  has  2,040  schools,  87,236 
scholars,  1,736  teachers,  and  a  rural  school- 
house  in  every  village.  When  the  United 
States  took  possession  there  was  only  one 
real  schoolhouse  on  the  island,  and  no  public 
school  system  worthy  the  name. 

**  I  sat  one  night  recently  by  the  side  of 
Baron  Kikuchi,  the  head  of  the  Educational 
Department  of  Japan,  and  he  told  me  that 
in  that  country  ninety-eight  per  cent  of  the 
children  were  in  the  public  school.  I  said 
to  him,  "You  are  in  advance  of  America." 
I  wonder  how  long  it  will  be  before  we  catch 
up.  —  Lyman  Abbott, 

**  In  view  of  the  present  temperance  cam- 
paigns, it  is  interesring  to  recall  the  fact  that 
when  Washington  was  President  he  had  to 
put  down  an  insurrecdon  in  Pennsylvania. 
The  cause  was  the  excise  law  by  which  the 
United  States  Government  had  taxed  their 
whiskey,  and  the  people  rose  in  arms  to 
resist  the  government  and  keep  whiskey 
free.  Washington  was  not  afraid  of  the 
liquor  party,  not  being  solicitous  for  votes, 
and  so  promptly  did  he  send  troops  into  the 
section  that  the  rebels  surrendered  without 
a  blow. 

**  Two  bootblacks  came  into  the  limelight 
last  week,  one  a  Greek  and  the  other  an 
Italian.  The  former  was  appointed  Greek 
vice-consul  at  Aberdeen,  South  Dakota,  and 
the  other  returned  to  Italy  with  |io,ooo  in 
American  gold  which  he  had  saved  the  past 
thirteen  years  in  a  shoe-shine  parior  at 
Paterson,  N.J.  That  is  what  opportunity 
spells  for  the  immigrant. 


MISSIONS 


The  Baptist  Laymen's  Meeting  in  Buffalo 


THESE  are  days  of  great  achievements. 
And  the  great  achievements  of  these 
days  are  hut  the  stepping-ttones  to  the 
greater  things  that  shall  follow.  Great  things 
are  transpiring  at  our  Laymen's  meetings; 
but  these  meetings  are  only  the  windows 
through  which  we  look  upon  the  mighty 
victories  that  extend  far  beyond  these 
gatherings  of  men.  Who  can  predict  what 
will  happen  in  Kingdom  extension  when  all 
the  men  of  the  churches  raise  God's  business 
to  at  least  the  same  plane  of  importance  as 
that  characterizing  the  secular  things  that 
compel  their  attention  ?  That  this  is  being 
done  by  hundreds  of  men  as  never  before 
is  a  faa  beyond  question.     Praise  Godt 

Our  Laymen's  Meeting  in  BufFalo  on 
Dec.  15  was  a  splendid  success.  Over  eight 
hundred  men  had  accepted  the  invitation  to 
the  banquet!  hut  the  night  proved  so  un- 
favorable, owing  to  the  all-day  storm,  that 
many  were  unable  to  come.  However, 
when  six  hundred  and  ten  men,  representing 
about  every  Baptist  church  in  Buffalo,  took 
their  places  at  the  Mission  a  ly  Banquet,  a 
feeling  of  great  gratification  came  into  the 
hearts  of  all  those  concerned  with  the  pre- 
liminary steps  leading  up  to  this  great 
gathering. 

How  ^as  this  meeting  brought  about  ? 
The  suggestion  was  made  by  the  writer  at 
the  Baptist  Rally  during  the  Interdenomi- 
national Conference,  that  the  Buffalo  Baptist 
men  should  take  the  lead  in  a  definite  com- 
prehensive campaign  for  intensive  missionary 
work  among  our  people.  Only  a  limited 
number  of  our  men  had  come  into  touch 
with  any  of  the  Laymen's  meetings  yet  held. 
It  therefore  seemed  wise  that  plans  should 
be  made  for  a  meeting  of  the  largest  possible 
number  of  our  Baptist  men,  when  the  claims 
of  this  great  Movement  might  be  brought 
to  their  attention,  and  their  sympathies  for 


missions  be  enlarged  diereby.  Thit  sug- 
gestion was  heartily  endorsed  by  all  present, 
and  ratified  at  a  subsequent  meeting  of  the 
pastors  and  one  or  two  laymen  from  eadi 
church,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
make  full  arnuigements.  The  comminee 
at  once  opened  an  office  and  secured  the 
efficient  services  of  Rev.  L.  B.  Jackman,  one 
of  our  missionaries  from  Assam,  fortheeiiecu- 
tive  work.  A  full  lirt  of  the  names  of  the 
men  of  each  congregation  was  obtained,  in- 
vitations and  acceptance  cards  were  pre- 
pared and  sent  to  every  man,  with  a  letter 
explaining  the  nature  and  purpose  of  the 
meeting.  Announcements  were  made  by 
the  pastors,  and  much  personal  work  was 
done  by  the  committee  and  others  to  make 
the  meeting  a  success.  Arrangements  were 
made  forthe  banquet  at  Hengerer's  Caiie,  and 
the  cost  of  the  dinner  was  met  by  a  freewill 
offering  at  the  tables,  and  by  the  generosity 
of  a  number  of  men  who  were  espedally  in- 
terested in  the  project. 

The  photograph  of  the  meeting  will  give 
some  idea  of  the  inspiring  assembly  3iat 
greeted  the  speakers  that  night.  When 
they  looked  into  the  faces  of  over  six  hun- 
dred earnest  men  who  had  come  togcdier 
to  consider  the  work  of  the  Kingdom,  they 
felt  that  unspoken  messages  were  idKady 
being  impressed  upon  the  hearts  of  wl 
present. 

The  chairman  of  the  evening,  Mr.  Volney 
P.  Kinne,  presented  Dr.  W.  G.  Gregory  as 
toastmaster.  Both  these  laymen  acquitted 
themselves  with  great  credit  to  the  cause 
they  love.  The  first  speaker  was  Mr. 
Momay  Williams  of  New  York,  who  in  a 
tender,  forceful  address  dwelt  on  the 
"Challenge  of  Christ  to  the  Men  ofToday." 
He  was  followed  by  Rev.  C.  L.  Rhoades, 
our  late  Foreign  Mission  District  Secretaiy, 
who  in   masterful   way  emphasized  "The 


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119 


Challenge  of  the  Men  of  the  Church  to 
God." 

The  third  address  was  delivered  by  the 
writer,  who  ipoke  on  "The  Challenge  of 
the  I^ytnen'i  Movement  to  the  Christian 
Men  of  our  Countiy." 

These  addresses  brought  us  to  the  real 
heait  of  the  meeting;  when  in  rapid  suc- 
cession a  number  of  the  Buffalo  men  made 
short  addresses  bristling  with  point  and 
power  on  themes  that  they  had  chosen  for 
discussion.  Tlie  crowning  feature  was  the 
heaity  reception  given  the  resolutions  pre- 
sented by  Principal  Fosdick,  which  were 
unanimously  adopted.  The  resolutions 
speak  for  themselves  and  are  as  follows: 

Wt,  (Ik  Baptix  men  of  BuBilo,  declare  it  ■■  our 
coanctun  that  wc,  »  indiiiduili,  md  the  churcbca 
we  reprcimt,  irt  under  obligitidnt  to  do  out  but  to 
ezteiid  the  Idn^om  ot  J»ui  Chriit  in  the  world. 

We  beliere  that  more  cSecIin  ind  thorough  lervice 
•hould  be  ginn  for  the  itrengthening  ind  unificitioa 
of  our  Buflklo  Bnptul  fonxi,  and  in  reaching  ihe  in- 
diSennl  and  unaaTed  ri  out  dlj  with  the  goipcl.  We 
alio  belicn  thai  ihe  time  it  ripe  for  an  enlirgtmenl 
of  the  (Tmpatluei  aod  nipport  of  our  people  for  all  our 
Home  HiiaioD  interettt  in  AmcHca.  And  ve  (uitbcT 
belieTC  chat  thoc  ii  an  imperatiie  demand  ior  grealei 
dnotioa  (o  (he  lupteme  ttA  of  giTiog  the  goipel  lo 
(he  UDrrangelaed  cf  the  mn-Chiinian  world.  Linljr, 
in  the  light  of  the  action  alttadf  taken,  and  now  being 
taken  bj  (he  Chriitiaa  men  all  oTer  (hi)  continen(,  and 


in  the  light  et  (he  influence  we  maj  emt  bj  out  action 

tonight,  we  believe  that  the  tinac  hai  come  (or  the 
BaptiN  people  of  Buffalo  to  undertake  an  immediate 
and  poiitiTe  advance  along  all  miitionarr  liaci. 

To  Kcure  tbii  end  we,  the  Baptiil  men  of  thia  atj, 
would  recommend  to  the  churchea  here  repreaented 
(he  following  policy: 

I.  The  iniuguration  d[  t  vigoioui  educattonil  cam- 
paign touching  all  branchei  of  our  miaiiouarj  work  at 


n.  The  adoptio 


ir  cbutchet  of  tucb  methodi 


onarj  u 


id  the 


■ecuring  oi  larger  miuiooary  offeringi,  ai  hare  prom 
moat  adrantageaua  in  other  cburchei. 

in.  The  appointment  of  a  nrong  miuionaij  com- 
mittee in  each  church. 

IV.  The  imaiediate  inauguration  of  an  Enrj- 
Member  canTau  for  Miuiona. 

V.  The  reaching  of  luch  a  Gnandll  ohjectiTe  at  it 
conunenturate  with  the  ability  of  our  people.  We 
thould  aim  at  not  let)  (ban  ten  cent!  (loc.)  a  week  per 
□lember  for  miiiionary  purpoiea- 

VI.  That  a  BuSalo  Baptiit  Laymen'i  ComiDiltee  be 
immtdiattlj  appointed,  compoied  of  a  repretentaiive 
from  each  church. 


This  was  indeed  a  significant  meeting  of 
men.  It  was  significant,  first,  because  it 
gave  the  Baptist  men  of  Buffalo  a  new 
realization  of  their  number  and  strength. 
Second,  it  set  a  reasonable  pace  for  the 


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ts  of  other  cities  in  the  United  States. 
BufFalo  has  done  other  cities  can  do 
laps  outdo.  Third,  it  brought  to  the 
t  men  in  BufFalo  an  objective  in 
lary  effort  worthy  of  their  ability. 
,  it  will  give  courage  and  inspiration 
men  of  other  great  centers,  and  in 
our  Baptist  men  everywhere,  to  under- 
ighty  things  for  the  Kingdom, 
committees  are  now  at  work  with  a 
>  crystallize  the  sentiment  and  resolu- 
*this  magnificent  service  into  very  defi- 
ion  and  results.  In  closing  may  I  add 
lave  just  come  from  the  Interdenomi- 
il  Laymen's  Convention  held  at 
stown,  Ohio.  Here  again  we  had  a 
-ful  convention.    The  atmosphere  was 


surcharged  with  spiritual  power,  due  in  a 
great  measure  to  the  work  that  was  done  dur- 
ing and  since  the  Sunday  evangelistic  meet- 
ings. Space  forbids  a  description  of  the 
convention,  other  than  to  say  that  the 
Baptist  forces  are  lining  up  splendidly. 
They  have  set  their  financial  objective  at  ten 
cents  per  member  per  week  for  our  missionary 
objects,  and  are  now  undertaking  an  every- 
member  canvass  with  this  in  view.  We  are 
greatly  cheered  by  what  we  see  of  interest 
and  of  action  in  connection  with  this  great 
Movement.  And  with  our  unified  mis- 
sionary appeal  and  united  missionary  forces 
at  work  we  are  confident  of  victory.  Let 
our  churches  pray  for  the  continued  power 
and  presence  of  Christ  in  this  Movement. 


Where  Strong  Men  are  Needed 


£  Foreign  Mission  Society  furnishes 
I  most  attractive  list  of  opportunities 
1  who  are  prepared  to  fill  the  positions, 
pportunities  are,  of  course,  not  for 
making,  but  for  investment  of  life 
view  to  the  widest  possible  influence 
e  most  far-reaching  service, 
ral  teachers  are  needed.  There  is  a 
y  in  the  principalship  of  one  of  the 
high  schools  in  Burma.  There  are 
her  similar  positions  in  South  India 
will  probably  be  filled,  one  at  Nellore 
e  other  at  Kumool.  At  Huchow  and 
a  in  East  China  there  is  opportunity 
tally  large  service  in  the  care  of  boys' 
ng  schools.  One  cannot  conceive  of 
:r  opportunity  than  will  be  given  to 
ing  men  who  are  fortunate  enough  to 
>ointed  to  these  places  of  influence. 
;pid  development  of  interest  in  educa- 
the  East  makes  this  a  time  of  strategic 
ance  for  the  educational  missionary, 
loubtful  whether  teachers  have  ever 
ifFered  so  important  an  opportunity 
luencing  the  lives  of  those  who  are 
he  leaders  of  their  nation  than  is  now 
ted  in  the  Orient.  For  all  of  these 
ns  men  of  college  training  are  re- 


quired, with  some  experience  in  teaching, 
and  some  post-graduate  study  if  possible. 

Physicians  also  are  called  for,  seven  in 
all.  OneoftheseistobesenttoNamkham, 
among  the  Shans  of  Northern  Burma,  where 
the  demand  for  medical  service  is  so  great 
that  after  the  last  doctor  returned  home, 
nearly  three  years  ago,  the  missionary  who 
was  left  —  himself  not  a  physician  —  Yns 
compelled  to  treat  over  6,000  patients  during 
the  year.  Now  he  also  has  returned,  and 
the  station  is  without  any  medical  aid. 
What  doctor  could  ask  for  a  larger  oppor- 
tunity than  that  ?  Moulmein  is  also  asking 
for  a  medical  missionary  to  act  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  leper  asylum,  and  to  care  for 
the  medical  needs  of  the  pupils  in  the  schools. 
This  is  an  opportunity  of  a  special  kind 
which  ought  to  find  many  applicants.  In 
China  three  physicians  are  needed,  two 
for  South  China  and  one  for  Hanyang, 
Central  China.  Three  places  in  South  China 
need  physicians,  Swatow,  Kityang  and  Hopo, 
and  to  two  of  these  doctors  ought  to  go  next 
fall.  At  Swatow  and  Kityang  there  are  fine 
hospitals,  while  at  Hopo,  a  center  of  wide 
influence,  with  not  a  physician  within  a 
day's  journey,  the  people  have  voluntarily 


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offered  latge  financial  aid  in  the  establish- 
ment of  a  hospitaL  At  Hanyang  Dr.  Hunt- 
1^  needs  an  associate;  this  position  offers 
unique  opportunities  for  the  medical  training 
of  Oiinese  assistants.  In  Africa  two  doctors 
are  needed,  in  stations  where  there  has  until 
now  been  no  physician.  One  of  these  is 
Ikokoy  five  hundred  miles  up  the  Congo;  the 
other  is  Sona  Bata.  Much  efiicient  medical 
aid  has  been  rendered  by  the  missionaries 
at  both  these  stations,  but  trained  physicians 
are  needed.  The  need  and  opportunities 
for  Christian  medical  senrice  are  absolutely 
unlimited.  All  these  physicians  should  be 
college  graduates  if  possible,  and  should  be 
thoroughly  trained  in  the  medical  profession. 
They  will  not  have  to  wait  for  patients,  for 
throngs  of  needy  and  suffering  people  are 
already  waiting  for  them. 

A  special  position  which  is  just  now  vacant 
is  that  of  assistant  at  the  Mission  Press  at 
Rangoon,  Burma.  Mr.  Snyder,  one  of  the 
two  assistant  superintendents,  has  been 
transferred  to  Iloilo,  P.I.,  to  take  charge  of 
the  Philippine  Mission  Press,  and  his  place 
at  Rangoon  must  be  filled.  Few  people  have 
any  concepdon  of  the  size  or  importance  of 
the  Rangoon  Baptist  Mission  Press.  It 
occupies  a  fine  building  on  the  main  street, 
employs  over  two  hundred  and  prints  in 
many  different  languages  and  dialects. 
It  is  up  to  date  in  every  parricular  and  is 
one  of  the  strongest  and  best  printing  and 
publishing  houses  in  the  East.  The  superin- 
tendent is  treasurer  and  business  agent  of 
the  mission,  and  the  posiuon  of  assistant 
superintendent  is  therefore  a  most  important 
one.  A  man  who  is  merely  a  printer  will 
not  do.  He  should  have  a  good  general 
knowledge  of  the  whole  printing  business, 
should  understand  bookkeeping,  and  should 
have  a  good  general  education,  being  if 
possible  a  college  graduate;  for  those  in 
charge  of  the  press  are  members  of  the  mis- 
sion body,  and  oug^t  to  be  equally  well 
equipped  with  the  other  workers  in  the  mis- 


sion. This  is  an  opportunity  to  be  grasped 
by  the  right  man. 

Twenty-six  men  are  needed  this  year  by 
the  Foreign  Mission  Society  for  general 
stadon  work.  Four  men  are  asked  for 
Burma,  five  to  reinforce  the  important  work 
in  Assam,  four  for  South  India,  one  for 
South  China,  one  or  two  for  East  China, 
three  for  West  China,  one  for  Central  China, 
three  for  Japan  and  three  for  Africa.  These 
are  not  pastorates  of  churches,  for  every 
missionary  has  the  care  of  many  churches 
and  directs  many  evangelists,  not  to  speak 
of  the  schools  under  his  charge.  The  work 
of  the  evangelistic  missionary,  indeed,  is 
primarily  the  training  and  direction  of  nadve 
leaders,  a  work  calling  for  statesmanlike 
qualides,  for  it  means  the  building  up  of  a 
whole  Christian  community,  with  all  that 
that  involves.  Men  undertaking  general 
evangelistic  work  should  be  college  and 
theological  seminary  graduates. 

Needless  to  say,  those  appointed  to  all  of 
the  above  positions,  whether  educational, 
medical,  publishing  or  evangelistic,  should 
be  primarily  missionaries  and  should  have 
proved  by  successful  Christian  service  in 
this  country  that  they  are  fitted  for  similar 
work  abroad.  No  man  who  has  had  the 
full  educational  and  other  training  and  who 
is  in  good  health  need  ask  the  question, 
"Am  I  needed  in  a  foreign  mission  field?" 
He  takes  upon  himself  an  unnecessary  re- 
sponsibility and  risk  when  he  decides  that 
he  is  not,  unless  he  confers  with  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Foreign  Mission  Society.  The 
Home  Secretary  of  the  Society,  Rev.  Fred  P. 
Haggard,  Box  41,  Boston,  vKll  be  glad  to 
correspond  with  men  regarding  any  of  the 
above  posidons. 

In  the  home  fields,  also,  there  is  special 
need  just  now  of  at  least  two  men  for  Porto 
Rico,  where  the  force  has  been  greatly 
depleted  by  illness.  Men  of  excepdonal 
ability  are  wanted  for  responsible  places. 
Knowledge  of  Spanish    is   very  desirable. 


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Echoes  from  the  Oriental  Press 


O^, 


A  Business  Man  on  Missions 

,NE  hears  &o  much  in 
these  days  of  the  super- 
ficial criticisms  of  the  trav> 
eler  from  the   Orient    that 
it  is  interesting  to  get  such 
a  testimony  as  comes  unso* 
hcited  from  such  a  man  as 
Captain    Dollar.    It    is    of 
especial  value  also  as  being  given,  not  in  a 
church  at  home,  but  on  shipboard  on  his  way 
to  America,  where  if  anywhere    he  would 
have  as  companions  those  who  would  not 
agree  with  his  views. 

Writing  of  a  series  of  meetings  on  board 
the  P.M.S.  Mongolia  en  route  to  America 
a  correspondent  of  the  Bi-Monihly  BuUrtin 
says:  "One  of  the  most  striking  addresses 
was  made  by  Capt.  Robert  Dollar,  a  promi- 
nent business  man  of  San  Francisco,  a  large 
shipowner  and  a  man  widely  known  and 
respected  in  business  circles.  He  gave  a 
clear-cut  testimony  to  the  value  of  foreign 
missions,  based  on  his  own  experience  and 
observation.  The  address  was  the  sensation 
of  the  ship  for  a  whole  day.  Before  such  an 
audience  as  he  had  it  was  unparalleled  in 
my  experience  at  least.  There  was  much 
talk  of  missions  in  private  as  well  as  in  pub- 
lic. One  gentleman  from  Portland  told  me 
that  his  ideas  of  foreign  mission  work  had 
been  revolutionized  during  these  meetings, 
and  he  was  one  of  quite  a  number.  There 
was  some  bitter  talk  in  private  on  the  part  of 
a  few  who  do  not  want  to  give  up  the  old  idea 
that  missionaries  are  a  bad  lot  and  their 
work  a  farce.  But  it  may  be  safely  said  that 
a  majority  of  those  on  the  ship  have  seen 
mission  work  in  a  new  light.  Captain  Dollar, 
alluded  to  above,  is  returning  from  Shanghai, 
^ere  he  was  the  representative  of  the  Cham- 


bers of  Commerce  of  the  Pacific  Coast  to 
arrange  for  the  visit  of  the  large  party  of 
American  business  men  who  recently  visited 
China." 

« 
InventiTt  ChineBe  Christians 
We  submit  the  following  clipping,  not  be- 
cause it  is  an  argument  for  foreign  missions, 
but  because  one  often  hears  that  the  Chtic- 
rians  are  all  "rice  Christians,"  and  it  is  good 
to  have  proof  that  Christianity  is  adding  to 
the  material  prosperity  of  the  East  ai  wdl 
as  to  the  moral  uplift.  The  by-products  of 
missionary  work  would  be  an  interesting 

"  A  long  article  of  real  commercial  value 
appeared  last  week  in  The  Chinete  Chrii- 
tian  InttUigtneer  on  the  culture  of  American 
cotton  in  China.  It  is  written  by  Mr,  Wang 
Ling-yung,  who  for  several  years  haa  been 
the  chief  promoter  of  a  Chinese  Agricultural 
Association  in  the  Fuhkien  province.  Suc- 
cessful experiments  in  growing  American 
cotton  have  been  made  in  that  province,  and 
samples  of  the  products  have  been  sent  to 
the  editor.  These  demonstrate  effecdvely 
that  there  is  a  splendid  outlook  for  the  growth 
of  this  staple  in  that  part  of  China.  Under 
twelve  captions  Mr.  Wang  discusses  the  soil 
condirions  and  seed  requirements  and  gives 
concise  directions  as  to  the  peculiar  culture 
from  sowing  to  picking.  This,  being  a  purely 
Chinese  discovery  and  experiment,  has  at- 
tracted considerable  notice,  and  it  is  hoped 
will  prove  to  be  of  permanent  value.  As 
the  foreign  apples  and  pears  which  come 
down  periodically  from  Chefoo  are  the  by-  ■ 
product  of  missionary  thought  and  labor, 
so  this  successful  experiment  in  cotton  was 
originated  among  Chinese  Chrisrians,  and 
should  be  proof  posirive  of  the  solid  value  of 


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123 


forngn  missions,  even  to  pachyderms  whose 
callous  opinions  can  only  be  influenced  by 
gastxonomic  evidence,  or  by  satisfactoiy 
prices  and  pecuniary  profits  in  Chinese  cot- 


tons. 


^ 


How  the  Queue  Will  Go 

Great  changes  are  in  progress  in  China 
and  are  often  brought  about  in  singular  ways. 
Recently  the  first  all-China  athletic  meet 
was  held  in  Nanking.  Student  athletes  to 
the  number  of  one  hundred  and  forty,  from 
all  parts  of  the  country,  came  together  and 
some  very  credible  records  were  made. 
Perhaps  one  of  the  most  interesting  r^ults 
to  the  outside  world  may  be  seen  in  the  fol- 
lowing extract  from  the  North  China  Daily 
News: 

"The  Chinese  national  athletic  meeting 
at  Nanking  was  not  allowed  to  pass  without 
exercising  some  influence  on  the  vexed 
question  of  the  queue.  On  the  voyage 
down  from  the  North  the  subject  came  up 
for  discussion  among  the  traveling  athletes. 
The  general  consensus  of  opinion  was  that 
the  queue  was  a  grave  handicap,  and  as  a 
result  a  number  of  the  competitors  cut  off 
their  queues  before  they  landed.  During 
the  contest  the  majority  of  the  students 
tucked  their  queues  into  their  belts  or  the 
tops  of  their  'shorts,'  but  often  the  queue 
would  slip  out  and  trail  behind  them  in  the 
air.  One  competitor  had  the  misfortune 
after  clearing  the  bar  in  the  high  jump  to 
dislodge  it  with  his  queue.  He  failed  to 
jump  the  same  height  at  subsequent  attempts 
and  appeared  the  next  day  minus  the  queue." 

A  Pessimistic  View 

The  Japanese  are  usually  optimistic  and 
are  somedmes  misjudged  as  being  without 
recognition  of  the  dangers  before  them  as  a 
narion.  The  following  opinion  from  a 
Japanese  paper  shows  the  views  of  one  who 
as  yet  sees  no  hope  from  Christianity,  and 
expresses  a  despair  of  his  country,  morally, 
which  may  come  as  a  surprise  to  many: 

"A  writer  in  the  Eibun  Tsushin  takes  no 
vciy  hopeful  view  of  the  condition  of  the 
people  today,  in  whose  spiritual  life  he  sees 
the  same  confusion  of  ideas  as  is  to  be  wit- 
nessed in  the  material  life  of  the  Japanese. 
He  says:  'If  an  army  has  no  leader,  it  will 
collapse   and   be   defeated.    The   same   is 


true  in  other  instances.  Briefly  speaking, 
Japan  is  on  the  eve  of  moral  shipwreck. 
There  is  no  moral  magnate  leading  them  to 
the  path  of  truth  and  enlightenment.  All  of 
the  Japanese  are  guided  by  what  may  be 
termed  the  "  Donguri-no-Sei-kurabe."  In 
other  words,  those  who  claim  to  be  moral 
guides  of  the  people  all  stand  on  an  equal 
level,  while  each  and  all  claim  the  fact  that 
they  are  excellent,  but  none  seems  to  be  dis- 
tinguished from  the  other.  Shintoism,  Bu- 
shido.  Naturalism,  Confucianism  and  Mili- 
tarism all  meet  together  without  being  able 
to  point  out  the  way  and  lead  the  people  to 
the  path  of  edification.  Such  being  the  case, 
the  entire  country  is  left  in  the  condidon 
of  perfect  darkness.  A  political  cartoon 
depicts  all  these  moralists  appearing  on  the 
same  stage,  but  owing  to  the  lack  of  a  proper 
guide  they  are  left  in  a  state  of  utter  confu« 
sion,  there  being  no  guide  or  director.  Such 
theoretical  performance  will  end  in  a  com- 
plete failure  simply  because  there  is  no  moral 
guide,  which  appears  to  be  particularly  the 
case  with  present  Japan.  There  is  no  moral 
center.  Religion  is  regarded  merely  as  fit 
for  mockery.  Among  the  rising  generation 
there  prevails  a  worse  state  than  this. 
Young  men  are  sadly  deficient  in  anything 
pertaining  to  education,  so  that  it  is  almost 
literally  true  that  Japan  is  completely  ship- 
wrecked. It  is  our  sincere  hope  that  some- 
thing will  be  done  to  improve  the  moral 
condition  of  the  people.'  " 

Opening  of  Serampore  College 

On  Oct.  27  a  Higher  Theological  Depart- 
ment will  be  opened  in  connection  with 
Serampore  College.  This  department  is 
intended  for  the  theological  training  of 
Indian  Christians  on  University  lines.  The 
staff  will  consist  of  five  European  and  two 
Indian  Christian  Professors.  Among  these 
are  Dr.  Howells,  Revs.  W.  Sutton  Page, 
F.  Robinson,  S.  C.  Mukerji.  Special  at- 
tention is  to  be  given  to  Indian  philosophy 
and  religion.  The  college  will  award  a 
degree  of  B.D.  to  students  who  complete  a 
specified  course  and  pass  the  necessary  ex- 
aminations. The  opening  of  this  college, 
coming  as  it  does  in  conjunction  with  the 
opening  of  the  United  Theological  College 
in  Bangalore,  marks  a  red-letter  day  in  the 
onward  march  of  Christianity  in  India.  — 
From  The  Mission  Field, 


MISSIONS 


JOHN  R.  MOTT,  LL.D.  HOWARD  B.  GROSE,  D.D, 


The  "Triplex"  Plan  and  the  Budget 

TWO  months  remain  for  the  raising  of  this  year's  Budget.  More  and  more  we  are 
coming  to  appreciate  the  importance  of  relating  educational  methods  to  money  raising, 
and  the  "triplex"  plan  provides  a  method  by  which  an  enducational  campaign  can  be 
carried  on  in  the  churches  during  these  two  months  which  will  be  both  intensive  In  the 
training  of  missionary  leadership,  and  extensive  in  its  influence  upon  the  whole  church. 

All  that  is  required  is  a  little  group  of  people  who  will  seriously  study  one  or  the  other 
of  these  two  strong  text-books,  and  present  in  meetings  of  the  church  the  programs  that 
have  been  prepared  by  the  Forward  Movement. 

Send  for  these  programs  to  Secretary  John  M.  Moore,  Forward  Movement,  Ford 
Building,  Boston,  Mass. 


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125 


llli^DectaiYe  Hour**  Programs 

M^-lMloductoiy  program  in  the  series 
Ifc'tugdy  of  a  guessing  contest.  A 
Iffytabhen  is  placed  upon  the  black- 
^ll^  advance.  The  purpose  of  this 
il  to  awaken  interest  in  the  whole 

^aecond  program  the  congregation 

imagine  itself  for  one  hour  the 

IGssion    Board.     The    chairman 

;tiie  Board  has  been  called  together 

an  offer  that  has  been  made  by 

conttttuent  to  give  a  half  million 

that  pait  of  the  non-Christian 

Just  now  there  is  the  largest 

ror  advance,  in  view  of  the 

ion  of  the  people,  the  critical 

and  the  rising  spiritual  tide  in 

diurches.     He  states  that  in 

in  securing  a  wise  decision, 

at  home  on  furioug^  have  been 

present,  and  present  the  claims 

fields.  These  missonaries, 

are  die  members  of  the  study 

have  studied  together  the  first 

of  die  text-book,  and  in  four- 

diese  in  turn  present  the 

China,    Japan,    Korea,    India, 

the  Moslem  World,  after  which 

votes  where  the   money  shall 

in  the  li^t  of  these  aigu- 

two   programs    are    equally 
and  informing. 


The  ^'Antilles"  Programs 

The  opening  program  on  "Advance  in  the 
Antilles''  is  entitled,  "The  Dawn  of  a  To- 
morrow in  Cuba."  The  members  of  the 
class  constitute  the  Cuban  Constitutional 
Convention,  the  members  of  the  congrega- 
tion being  present  simply  as  spectators.  The 
chairman  of  the  Convention  briefly  reviews 
the  war  with  the  United  States  and  the  result- 
ant treaty,  and  suggests  that  the  discussion 
before  the  house  is  on  the  adopdon  of  a 
consritution  of  the  Cuban  Republic.  Dra- 
matic episodes  described  in  the  text-book, 
are  reproduced,  and  in  the  speeches  that 
follow  in  the  discussion  of  the  republican 
form  of  government,  the  interesting  facts 
concerning  the  Spanish  rigime,  Cuba's  many 
revolts,  the  intervention  of  the  United  States, 
and  the  success  of  the  cause  of  freedom  are 
fully  brought  out. 

Another  program  on  Cuba  discusses  the 
needs  of  the  people,  the  inadequacy  of 
Romanism,  and  the  proven  sufficiency  of 
Protestantism.  This  program  is  carried 
through  endrely  by  impersonadoniB,  members 
of  the  class  representing  respecdvely  a 
Spaniard,  a  mixed  Negro,  a  pure  Negro,  a 
Cuban  man,  a  Cuban  woman,  a  Cuban 
priest,  a  Cuban  missionary,  and  an  American 
missionary. 

The  other  two  programs  are  on  Porto 
Rico,  and  by  other  methods  equally  attract- 
ive bring  out  the  condidons  and  the  successes 
that  have  been  wrought. 


A  Lift  on  the  Home  Mission  Budget 


Home  Mission  Sunday  school  con- 
'The  Waiting  Isles,"  will  be  used  by 
ida  of  schoob  in  helping  round  up 
Mne  Mission  Budget.  To  begin  with 
very  attracdve  program.  The  music 
1  and  the  literary  supplement  is  in- 
g.  The  concluding  tableau  is  most 
re.  In  most  cases  this  concert  will 
en  by  the  Sunday  school  at  the  hour 
regular  morning  or  evening  preaching 
.  It  will  afford  an  opportunity  for 
;  a  distinctly  strong  missionary  im- 
n.  The  offering  taken  in  connection 
(as  is  the  case  with  all  Sunday-school 
laiy   offerings)   will    apply    on   the 

Budget,  either   for   the   American 


Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  or  the 
Woman's  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
Society.  A  little  effort,  with  the  use  of  the 
weekly  envelopes  or  mite-boxes,  which  are 
provided  in  connection  with  the  program, 
will  simply  mean  in  many  churches  the 
difference  between  success  and  failure  in 
raising  the  Home  Mission  Budget.  Two 
years  ago  the  Lincoln  Day  program  helped 
many  a  church  to  reach  its  goal.  The  date 
suggested  for  "The  Waidng  Isles"  is 
March  19,  which  will  allow  dme  (if  the 
treasurer  is  prompt)  to  get  the  offering  in 
on  this  year's  Budget.  An  earlier  date  may 
be  selected  if  desired.  Do  not  fail  to  use 
this  exercise. 


ia6  MISSIONS 


Missionary  Program  Topics  for  1911* 

January.  Our  Work  among  Foreign  Populations. 

February.  Our  Work  for  Mexicans  and  Indians. 

March.  The  Western  States:  Status  and  Outlook. 

AfriL  The  World's  King  and  How  He  Conquers. 

May.  Colporter  Work. 

June.  Our  Denominational  Power  and  Obugations. 

(Meetings  in  Philadelphia.) 

July.  Our  Obligations  to  Porto  Rico  and  Philippines. 

August.  State  Convention  Work. 

Sefiember.  Reports  from  China. 

October.  Reports  from  Indu. 

November.  Trials  and  Triumphs  in  Europe. 

December.  African  Missions. 

*  Thete  topfei  are  nmfonn  with  tlM>ae  Klecfied  for  the  Noithern  Baptbt  Confcntioii  hj  Dr.  S.  Hol»ait» 
ippointed  to  nuke  a  progrua  leriefl  for  tlie  churdbet. 


B 


The  Western   States 

program  for  the  march  meeting 

Hymn. 

Prayer. 

Hymn. 

Scripture  Reading. 

Frontier  Missions  of  the   Past   (five-minute  sketch  based  on  first  two 

chapters  of  '*  Baptist  Missions  on  the  Frontier"). 
Hymn. 

Present  Status  (extracts  from  "What  Some  Laymen  Saw"). 
Hymn. 

Reading,  "Sammy  Kidd's  Missionary  Box." 
Hymn. 
The  Outlook  (summary  of  "Creative  Week  in  the  West"). 

Note.  Literature  suggested  for  ibove  program  may  be  secured  by  sending  15  cents  in  postige  stamps  to 
Literature  Department,  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  23  £.  26th  Street,  New  York,  N.Y.  Otber 
material  for  a  program  may  be  found  in  this  number  of  Missions.  If  a  file  of  the  magaiine  is  accessible 
abundance  of  fresh  items  and  sketches  will  be  found. 


MISSIONS 


A  Missionary  Itinerary  in  North  Dakota 

BYD.  D.  PROPER,  D.D. 

GENERAL  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  MISSIONS  FOR  THE  CENTRAL  WEST 


.  C.  E.  HEMANS  of  Terre 
lute,  Ind.,  began  his  work 
General    Miss  ion  a  ly    for 
}rth   Dakota,  November   i, 
10.     During  the  first  week 
removed  to  Grand  Forks, 
lere  we  have  a  flourishing 
oaptist      chufch,      efficiently 
cared  for  by  Pastor  Pugh.     Inasmuch   as 
Mr.  Hemans  was  new  to  the  State  and  to 
this    kind    of   work,    with    his    approval    I 
arranged  a  ten  days'  trip  with  him.    In  this 
1  had  a  double  object  in  view,  that  of  intro- 
ducing him  to  pastors  and  churches,  and  of 
getting   better   acquainted   myself  with   the 
State  and  its  needs. 

Our  first  stop  after  leaving  Grand  Forks 
was  at  Calvin,  where  there  is  a  small  church 
of  nineteen  members,  only  sixteen  of  them 
resident,  with  Rev.  L.  McKinnon  pastor. 
This  is  a  small  town  of  a  few  hundred  people, 
but  the  country  is  well  settled  around  it. 
The  church  was  organized  four  years  ago 
with  twelve  members.  They  have  a  good 
meeting  house  costing  {3,500,  and  a  par- 
sonage valued  at  {2,000.  The  members  are 
mostly  from  Canada,  and  the  last  report  to 
the  Association  showed  that  the  nineteen 
members  gave  for  all  purposes  {93.42  per 
member,  or  {iia.93  per  resident  member. 
So  far  as  known,  this  is  the  banner  church 
for  giving  in  the  Central  Division.  A  small 
indebtedness  remains  upon  each  of  the 
properties.  Pastor  McKinnon  is  a  Canadian, 
self-sacrificing  and  untiring  in  his  work. 
This  little  band  of  workers  on  one  of  our 
Home  Mission  fields  may  be  an  exception  in 
the  amount  raised  and  paid  out  this  year, 
but  we  have  scores  and  hundreds  of  members 
in  the  West  who  are  doing  such  kind  of 
work,  many  of  whom  approximate  this 
heroic  service  for  the  Master. 

Our  next  stop  is  Bottineau,  a  county-seat 
town.  This  church  is  self-supporting  under 
pastoral  care  of  Rev.  H.  Shaw,  and  is  the 
strongest  one  in  the  western  half  of  the  State. 
The  town  numbers  1,000  people  and  was 
settled  yea  IS  ago,  largely  with  Scotch' 
Canadians.  The  pastor  closed  his  work 
with  November,  but  the  church  hopes  to 


get  him  back  in  the  spring.    The  church  is 
prospering  and  has  the  largest  Sunday  school 

The  next  place  visited  is  Minot,  a  lively 
town  of  about  6,000.  The  church  was 
organized  twenty-three  years  ago,  but  is  not 
yet  self-suppoiting.  There  is  a  fine  new 
parsonage  and  a  good  though  small  house  of 
worship.  At  present  the  church  is  pastor- 
less,  and  members  are  somewhat  discouraged 
because  of  removals  and  loss  of  crops  this 
year.  Minot  is  the  best  and  largest  town  in 
the  western  part  of  the  State  and  claims  to 
be  the  third  in  population.  An  effort  is 
being  made  to  settle  a  pastor. 

Williston  is  a  good  town  of  about  5,000 
souls,  near  to  the  west  line.  There  is  no 
Baptist  church  here,  and  we  find  the  usual 
results  where  there  is  a  failure  to  organize 
in  a  town  early  in  its  history.  The  Methodist 
church  is  strong,  and  the  pastor  said  that  1 
former  Baptist  member  had  given  more  and 
done  more  for  this  church  than  any  other 
member.  A  Baptist  lawyer,  who  has  recently 
united,  is  another  leading  member.  The 
Congregational  church  is  strong,  and  the  - 
pastor  said  the  leading  member  in  hii 
church  was  a  former  Baptist  of  Grand  Forks. 

At  Stanley  we  found  a  new  town  of 
several  hundred  people,  which  has  just  been 
voted  the  county  seat.  A  little  Baptist 
church  was  organized  here  some  months  ago. 
It  is  expected  that  part-time  preaching  will 
be  secured  soon.  The  religious  element  of 
the  community  is  veiy  weak.  Sawyer  is  a 
nice  little  town,  where  we  have  had  a  small 
'organization  for  some  time,  but  it  is  now 
pastorless.  Serious  internal  dissensions 
have  greatly  hindered  the  work,  but  we  hope 
the  worst  is  past. 

NORWEGIAN  GENERAL  CONFERENCE 

At  Fargo  we  found  the  Norwegian  General 
Conference  of  North  America  in  session, 
having  just  been  organized.  We  brought 
the  greetings  of  the  Home  Mission  Society, 
receiving  a  most  hearty  welcome  and  a  place 
on  the  program. 

The  Norwegians  are  the  last  of  our 
Scandinavian  Baptists  to  organize  a  separate 


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MISSIONS 


General  Conference.  They  now  number 
about  thirty-five  churches,  with  2,000  mem- 
bers. There  are  fifteen  of  these  churches, 
nearly  half  of  the  entire  number  in  North 
Dakota.  These  brethren  are  enthusiastic 
for  the  evangelization  of  their  people  and 
believe  they  will  be  more  efficient  by  thus 
forming  a  separate  Conference. 

Fargo  is  a  beautiful  young  city  of  14,000 
people.  The  First  Church  is  a  vigorous 
body  under  care  of  Pastor  A.  £.  Peterson, 
who  is  getting  a  strong  hold  upon  the  church 
and  people. 

In  North  Dakota  we  have  only  fifty-three 
Baptist  churches,  with  2,581  members,  out- 
side of  the  German  Baptists,  with  2,223 
members,  but  they  do  not  co-operate  with 
us  in  mission  work. 

NORTH     DAKOTA:      AN     OBJECT    LESSON     IN 

HOME  MISSIONS 

North  Dakota  is  a  large  State,  but  Baptists 
have  been  veiy  slow  adequately  to  occupy  it 
during  the  last  twenty-five  years.  Along  the 
line  of  the  Great  Northern  Railway,  from 
FaigO  to  Buford,  on  its  western  border,  a 
distance  of  413  miles,  there  are  seventy-seven 
towns,  and  only  five  of  these  towns,  running 
from  100  to  14,000  people,  have  Baptist 
churches.  Only  two  of  these  are  self-sup- 
poiting.  On  eleven  branch  lines,  running 
north  from  the  main  line  of  this  railway, 
there  are  736  miles  of  railway  with  115  towns, 
and  only  14  of  them  have  Baptist  churches. 
In  four  places  the  churches  are  pastorless 
and  are  barely  alive.  The  totals  for  this 
one  railway  company  in  the  north  part  of 
the  State  is  1,138  miles,  194  towns,  with 
only  nineteen  places  having  Baptist  churches. 
If  we  shall  add  the  "Soo  Line, "  from  Thief 
River  Falls  to  Kenmare,  with  its  300  miles, 
twenty-six  towns  and  only  two  churches,  ^e 
have  then  in  the  north  part  of  the  State, 
1,438  miles  of  railroad,  220  towns,  and  in 
only  twenty-one  places  are  there  Baptist 
churches. 

In  the  south  two-thirds  of  the  State,  the 
condition  is  not  quite  so  bad,  but  in  the 
entire  State  there  are  nearly  900  towns 
without  a  Baptist  church.  From  conversa- 
tion with  ministers  of  other  denominations, 
I  conclude  that  there  are  more  or  less 
Baptists,  or  those  who  have  been  Baptists, 
in  all  these  places.  In  a  large  proportion  of 
these  towns  the  Catholics  are  represented 


by  good  houses  of  wonhip,  and  there  are 
from  one  to  three  Protestant  churches. 

The  question  arises,  why  are  the  Baptists 
not  better  represented?  It  is  because  of 
our  failure  adequately  to  occupy  the  towns 
in  their  beginnings,  from  twelve  to  twenty 
years  ago.  Now,  it  is  too  late,  as  the  most 
of  them  are  fully  occupied,  and  any  more 
church  organizations  in  most  of  the  towns 
would  meet  with  strong  opposition,  and 
rightly  so. 

We  cannot  now  go  back  and  do  the 
work  which  ought  to  have  been  done.  It  b 
too  late.  To  everything  ''there  is  a  season," 
and  the  season  for  starting  our  churches  is 
in  the  early  history  of  towns,  when  they  are 
in  the  formative  period. 

See  how  expensive  it  is.  In  probably  800 
towns  where  there  are  no  Baptist  churches. 
Baptists  have  settled  and  have  either  joined 
other  denominations  or  are  largely  lost  to 
us,  and  but  few  members  are  received  by 
letter  from  other  Baptist  churches  in  the 
State.  In  most  other  States  where  the 
centers  of  population  have  churches.  Bap- 
tists removing  from  one  place  to  another 
find  a  church  home. 

Let  North  Dakota  be  an  object  lesson  to 
the  new  States,  such  as  Wyoming,  Montana 
and  Idaho. 


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What  a  Local  Church  can  do 

The  Italian  Baptist  Mission  of  Scottdale, 
Pa.,  was  organized  some  two  years  ago,  under 
the  leadership  of  Rev.  Ettora  M.  Schisa  of 
Uniontown.  For  the  past  year  the  mission 
has  been  in  charge  of  Mr.  Gaetano  Albanese, 
who  has  shown  himself  an  earnest,  aggres- 
sive and  faithful  leader.  Since  its  organiza- 
tion over  twenty  men  have  been  baptized 
into  the  fellowship  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Scottdale,  by  whom,  in  coimection 
with  the  Pennsylvania  Baptist  Convention 
and  the  Home  Mission  Society,  the  work  is 
maintained.  A  preaching  service,  with  an 
average  attendance  of  about  thirty  men,  is 
held  every  Sunday  morning  in  the  social  room 
of  the  Baptist  Church.  The  mission  main- 
tains a  Bible  class  and  prayer  service.  Mr. 
Albanese  has  also  started  a  mission  among 
his  fellow  countrymen  in  Mt.  Pleasant. 
The  outlook  for  a  good  work  there  is  very 
promising. 


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129 


The  Correspondence  Club 

FBRTINENT  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  QUESTIONS  ALWAYS  WELCOMED 


Uiting  the  Budget 

IT  REV.  A.   E.  HARRIS 

ng  the  suggestion  of  the  appor- 
it  committee  to  a  church,  it  is 
t  pastor  and  the  officers  in  charge 
dieir  own  personal  preferences, 
rcions,  for  a  time,  and  find  some 
cfa  this  can  be  met.  It  is  an  easy 
t  down  and  say,  "The  apportion- 

0  high,  it  is  impossible  for  my 

1  do  not  know  the  conditions,  I  am 
anot  raise  it."  But  if  the  pastor 
ixtous  to  accomplish  the  end  at 
le  will  make  the  effort,  and  he' 
>  a  way  that  may  be  outside  of  his 
ly  and  even  athwart  his  pet  ideas 
lould  be  done,  not  to  say  his  well- 
DTicdons  concerning  the  method 
b  church  should  give  to  missions. 
idi  has  never  taken  kindly  to 

weekly  giving  for  benevolences, 
rven  years  of  missionary  training 
:  succeeded  in  convincing  any 
I  number  that  this  is  the  better 
criptural  method  for  .a  church 
idividual.  However,  /  did  dis' 
i  church  likes  to  meet  an  obliga' 
and  meet  it  well  at  one  jump;  so 
ie  morning  service  to  our  con- 
terSy  to  things  concerning  the 
aocieties,  and  lastly  to  the 
irricular.  Then  I  had  pledges 
d  and  asked  the  people  to  make 
lat  would  cover  their  gift  to  all 
By  and  included  the  State  Con- 
ng  four  in  all.  I  also  urged  that 
:e  into  consideration  that  there 
other  appeal  for  the  year  and 
\  cover  four  organizations,  and 
and  the  work  they  are  doing, 
c  pledges.  They  went  beyond 
ments,  and  we  hope  to  make 
t  of  the  various  organizations 
kc  notice.    "We  can  do  it  if 

re  do  not  trust  our  churches 
0ee  are  too  much  afraid  to  ask 
ct  the  apportionments.  Let 
bem  in  greater  confidence  in 
y  and  we  shall  find  they  will 
1. 


A  Situation  and  a  Question 

BY  REV.  J.  W.  FULKROD 

"I  am  not  a  Landmarker  or  Hardshell, 
but  have  been  preaching  for  about  thirty- 
three  years  as  a  missionary  Baptist  in  eastern 
Kansas,  and  am  now  district  secretary  for 
the  Mound  City  Bapdst  Association  in  which 
there  are  eighteen  weak,  struggling  Bapdst 
churches  and  each  one  situated  in  villages 
where  there  are  from  one  to  three  Protestant 
churches  much  stronger;  hence  the  following: 
Does  the  Northern  Bapdst  Convention  and 
Missions  endorse  the  statement  found  on 
page  727,  'The  wicked  over-churching  of 
small  towns  is  a  scandal  to  our  religion'? 
And  if  so  would  you  not  advise  that  I  cease 
my  work  as  missionary  in  this  Associadon  and 
advise  our  litde  churches  to  disband  and 
cast  their  lot  and  membership  in  with  their 
sister  ( ?)  churches,  and  so  cause  the  scandal 
to  cease  ?  If  you  will  kindly  give  this  a 
place  in  Missions  with  the  answers  you  will 
clear  the  way  for  future  acdon  for  a  large 
number  of  hearty  supporters  of  Missions, 
and  greatly  oblige  yours  fraternally." 

[We  gladly  give  this  letter  a  place  in 
Missions,  as  all  have  equal  right  to  express 
opinions  or  ask  questions.  As  for  answering 
these  and  other  questions  involving  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention,  we  can  only 
repeat  what  we  said  last  month,  that  Mis- 
sions has  no  idea  what  the  Northern  Bapdst 
Convention  would  or  would  not  endorse, 
and  no  authority  to  speak  for  that  body. 
Nor  could  Missions  express  an  opinion  of 
its  own  concerning  the  struggling  churches 
referred  to  by  its  courteous  correspondent 
because  it  has  not  the  basis  for  an  opinion. 
It  is  necessary  to  know  the  circumstances  in 
each  instance  before  judgment  is  possible. 
The  district  missionary  must  know  whether 
his  work  jusdfies  itself  or  not.  Certainly 
the  State  Convention  of  Kansas  knows. 
A  discussion  of  general  principles  of  comity 
might,  however,  make  it  easier  to  decide 
where  cooperation  is  possible  and  desirable. 
As  for  Dr.  Crandall's  statement  that  Chris- 
tian comity  stands  for  "denominadonal 
administration  with  sole  reference  to  the 
kingdom  and  righteousness  of  God,"  is 
that  called  in  question  ?  —  Ed.] 


MISSIONS 


Our  Itinerants  in  India 

THE  first  stage  in  the  pilgrimage  of  Dr. 
Barbour,  Foreign  Secretary,  and  his 
companion.  Prof.  A.W.Anthony, has  extended 
from  Boston  to  Rangoon.  As  the  CkinJwn 
drew  to  the  wharf  in  the  Rangcxin  River,  an 
Sunday,  Nov.  13,  a  patty  of  more  than  forty 
Baptist  missionaries  waved  greetings.  Sun- 
day night  at  a  largely  attended  service  Pro- 
fessor Anthony  preached.  Monday  was 
devoted  to  conferences.  The  Annual  Con- 
ference of  the  missionaries  opened  Tuesday 
morning,  and  continued  for  a  week.  Be- 
ginning with  Thursday  morning  the  Foreign 
Secretary  cottducted  an  informal  conference 
of  great  value,  presenting  subjects  for  con- 
sultation, upon  which  he  made  explanatory 
statements,  while  general  discussion  brought 
out  comments  and  criticisms. 

Among  rhe  subjects  approved,  which 
will  be  sent  home  as  recoi^mendatians  to 
the  Board  of  Managers,  are  the  following: 
TTie  formation  of  a  committee  on  evangelism, 
to  stimulate  and  advise  in  evangelistic  effort 
throughout  the  field;  representation  of  the 
Woman's  Boards  in  the  Reference  Com- 
mittee and  the  Property  Committee,  on  the 
field;  revision  of  estimates  by  the  Reference 
Committee  every  three  years  and  careful 
auditing  of  accounts;  continuation  of  the 
plan  of  making  appropriations  to  the  in- 
dividual and  not  to  the  field  in  gross;  ap- 
pointment of  a  committee  to  confer  with  the  ■ 
British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society  with  view 
to  cooperating,  if  passible,  in  the  revision 
of  the  vernacular  texts  of  the  Scriptures, 
and  the  increase  and  expansion  pf  the  work 
in  many  directions. 

A  delightful  reception,  given  to  the  Secre- 
tary and  new  missionaries  in  the  kinder- 
garten room  of  the  Girls'  School  at  Kcmen- 
dine,  afforded  all  an  opportunity  to  make 
acquaintances.  Sunday,  Nov.  20,  was  a 
busy  day.     Dr.   Barbour  preached  in  the 


forenoon  in  Cushing  Hali  at  the  Coll^, 
and  in  Immanuel  Baptist  Church  in  the 
evening.  Professor  Anthony  preached  in 
the  morning  through  a  Burmese  interpreter 
in  the  Lanmadaw  Baptist  Church,  and  in 
the  evening  addressed  the  non-Christian 
.students  of  the  College.  It  was  his  privily 
at  noontime  to  baptize  in  Immanuel  Church 
six  Telugu  converts. 

A  unique  service  of  the  day,  chiefly  musi- 
cal, was  held  in  Cushing  Hall  in  the  afternoon 
when  more  than  a  thousand  people,  repre- 
senting Christians  of  many  lands  and  many 
colors,  expressed  in  scriptural  phrase  and 
sacred  song  the  extension  of  the  Kingdom 
and  the  triumphs  of  the  cross. 


A  Unique  Ceremony 

The  Jap^n  £va„g,li»  g 
unique  ceremony  at  the  Second  Middle 
School  of  Sendai,  when  a  large  copy  of 
Hofmann's  Christ  was  unveiled  in  the 
presence  of  the  teachers,  students  and  in- 
vited guests.  Never  before  in  a  govern- 
ment school  was  Christ  accorded  so  great 
an  honor,  nor  his  life  and  teachings  pre- 
sented so  forcibly  as  on  this  occasion.  The 
sch[>ol  president  outlined  briefly  Christ's 
life  and  spoke  of  His  marvelous  influence 
throughout  the  world;  then  unveiled  the 
portrait  while  the  five  hundred  teachers  and 
Students  remained  standing,  and  upon  a 
given  signal  bowed  reverently,  afterward 
singing  a  hymn  specially  prepared  for  the 
occasion.  The  teacher  of  music  chose  a 
tune  from  the  Christian  hymnal,  but  the 
words  were  too  clearly  religious,  so  the 
teacher  of  Japanese  literature  composed  a 
poem  referring  to  the  principal  facts  in 
Christ's  life,  ending  with  His  death  on  the 
cross.  Dr.  Schwartz,  the  missionary  ^o 
has  taught  English  in  the  school  and  pre- 
sented the  picture,  spoke  of  Christ's  resur- 


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131 


lectioii,  which  made  it  possible  for  Him  to  be 
the  world's  Saviour,  and  two  native  Christian 
teachers  made  strong  Christian  addresses. 


The  occasion  shows  strikingly  how  the  doors 
in  Japan  are  opening  widely  for  Christian 
teaching. 


FROM    THE     FAR     LANDS 


NEW    ASSISTANT    SECRETARY 

The  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Foreign 
Mission  Society  have  appointed  Mr.  George 
B.  Huntington  as  Assistant  Secretary.  Mr. 
Huntington  went  to  the  Foreign  Mission 
Rooms  in  1903  and  since  that  time  has  been 
associated  with  Secretary  Barbour  in  the 
correspondence  and  other  work  of  the 
Foreign  Department.  His  name  is  familiar 
to  all  the  missionaries  of  the  Society,  and 
those  who  know  of  his  faithful  and  efficient 
work  will  be  glad  of  this  deserved  promodon 
which  has  been  given  him. 

NEW    DISTRICT   SECRETARY   FOR   NEW   YORK 

Rev.  Charles  L.  Rhoades,  the  District 
Secretary  of  the  Foreign  Mission  Society 
for  the  New  York  District,  having  resigned 
to  become  pastor  of  the  Prospect  Avenue 
Baprist  Church  in  Buffalo,  Rev.  Arthur  L. 
Snell,  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Fitch- 
burg,  has  been  appointed  in  his  place.  Mr. 
Snell  has  served  in  Fitchburg  for  a  number 
of  years  and  has  made  a  large  place  for 
himself  among  the  Baptists  of  the  State. 
He  is  a  member  of  many  important  com- 
mittees and  is  recognized  as  a  man  of  sound 
judgment,  great  tact  and  earnest  Christian 
character.  He  has  served  for  some  time  as 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the 
Foreign  Mission  Society.  He  is  therefore 
famihar  with  the  work  of  the  Society,  and  is 
most  cordially  recommended  by  his  brethren 
to  the  churches  in  New  York.  He  is  well 
liked  among  those  who  know  him,  and  the 
pastors  of  our  churches  in  the  New  York 
District  will  be  sure  of  a  helpful  friend  in 
their  new  District  Secretary. 

NEW   RECRUITS 

The  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Foreign 
Mission  Society  has  recently  appointed  the 
following  young  men  as  missionaries  to 
enter  upon  foreign  service  in  1911:  Rev. 
J.  C.  Jensen,  Mr.  D.  C.  Graham,  Mr.  C.  L. 


Bromley  and  Mr.  L.  Foster  Wood.  Messrs. 
Wood,  Graham  and  Bromley  will  be  gradu- 
ated from  Rochester  Theological  Seminary 
next  spring,  and  Mr.  Jensen  will  be  gradu- 
ated from  Hamilton  Theological  Seminary 
at  the  same  time.  All  four  of  these  new 
missionaries  are  young  men  of  earnest  pur- 
pose, with  experience  in  Christian  work  in 
this  country,  and  are  looking  forward  to 
large  service  on  the  foreign  mission  field. 

THE     KIND     OF     STUFF     MISSIONARIES     ARE 

MADE   OF 

Rev.  E.  H.  East,  M.D.,  of  Haka,  Burma, 
has  been  forced  through  severe  illness  to 
anticipate  by  a  few  months  his  time  of 
furlough.  He  had  offered  a  course  of  in- 
struction to  preachers  and  evangelists  dur- 
ing September,  and  although  suffering 
intensely  from  the  very  beginning  of  the 
month,  by  a  tremendous  effort  of  will  he 
completed  the  course,  the  class  meeting  by 
his  bedside.  On  October  2  he  left  Haka, 
accompanied  by  Rev.  J.  Herbert  Cope. 
The  journey  from  the  hill  station  to  fre- 
quented lines  of  travel  is  long  and  arduous, 
and  in  Dr.  East's  weak  condition  it  necessi- 
tated rests  by  the  way.  Two  days  were 
spent  at  Lombon  Village,  where  there  are 
some  Christians,  and  here,  overcoming  pain 
and  weariness.  Dr.  East  preached,  desiring 
to  use  every  opportunity  left  him  to  tell  of 
Christ.  The  missionaries  will  miss  Dr. 
East  and  so  will  the  people  of  the  Chin  Hills, 
among  whom  he  has  traveled  widely,  healing 
the  sick  and  preaching  the  gospel. 

THE  JUDSON   HOUSE 

The  house  in  Maiden,  Mass.,  in  which 
Adoniram  Judson  was  bom  has  been  made 
available  for  the  use  of  the  missionaries  of 
the  Foreign  Mission  Society,  and  is  now 
ready  for  occupancy.  It  is  arranged  for 
two  families  and  is  furnished.  A  moderate 
rent  will  be  charged  and  the  house  will  be 


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available  for  a  limited  period  for  missionaries 
returning  to  this  country  on  furlough,  until 
they  shall  have  made  other  definite  arrange- 
ments. Correspondence  regarding  the  use 
of  the  house  should  be  had  with  the  Home 
Secretary. 

APPRECIATION   FROM   NATAL 

Rev.  John  Rangiah,  the  pioneer  Telugu 
missionary  to  his  people  in  Natal,  South 
Africa,  enthusiastically  writes  of  the  good 
progress  of  the  Telugu  Baptist  Natal 
Mission.  He  considers  the  mission  a  proof 
of  the  real  missionary  spirit  that  the  poor 
Telugu  Christians  in  India  possess,  and 
with  gratitude  he  says,  "I  am  thankful  and 
grateful  to  our  beloved  American  Baptist 
Christians  for  all  the  good  they  have  done 
to  me  and  to  all  the  Telugu  Christians  of 
India  and  Natal." 

NEWS   FRQM   SABADELL 

The  work  at  Sabadell  goes  on  as  usual. 
I  have  two  Sunday-school  classes,  one  in  the 
morning  and  one  in  the  afternoon.  Besides 
I  take  the  morning  service  while  Mr. 
Anglada  and  some  young  men  of  his  congre- 
gation take  the  afternoon  service.  The 
few  church  members  are  anxious  to  have  a 
missionary  to  go  on  with  the  work.  — 
Matilde  Marin,  Barcelona,  Spain. 

AS  THE  CENTURY  CLOSES 

At  the  preaching  service  of  Sunday, 
October  23,  in  Rangoon,  Cushing  Memorial 
Hall  was  completely  filled  with  an  audience 
of  Burman  Christians  to  listen  to  the  annual 
sermon  in  Burmese  by  U  Po  Hla,  who 
preached  for  an  hour  with  great  acceptance 
and  power  from  the  text,  "Behold,  God 
was  in  this  place  and  I  knew  it  not."  I 
have  never  seen  so  many  Burman  Christians 
together  at  any  time  since  my  arrival  in 
Burma.  There  must  have  been  over  1,000 
in  attendance.  The  Burman  work  is  looking 
up,  and  we  hail  this  evidence  with  delight 
as  the  first  century  of  American  Baptist 
foreign  mission  work  draws  to  a  close.  — 
J.  E.  CuMMiNGS,  D.D.,  Henzada,  Burma. 

HOW  A  MISSIONARY  IS  APPRECIATED 

Upon  undertaking  the  principalship  of 
Duncan  Academy  in  Tokyo,  which  the  fur- 
lough of  Prof.  E.  W.  Clement  has  made 
vacant.  Rev.  H.  B.  BenninghofFwas  forced  to 


sever  his  connection  with  Waseda  University, 
where  for  some  years  he  has  been  the  teadier 
of  philosophy  and  religion.  As  a  result  of 
his  resignation  the  Christian  teachers  of 
Waseda  University  have  sent  a  petition  to  the 
Foreign  Mission  Society,  asking  the  society 
to  reconsider  its  action  in  appointing  Mr. 
BenninghofF  to  Duncan  Academy.  To 
quote  their  words:  "It  is  very  seldom  that  a 
teacher  is  so  universally  respected  as  a  man 
and  valued  as  a  teacher  by  both  the  students 
and  the  faculty,  and  is  so  strong  a  force  in 
the  religious  life  of  the  University." 

HELP  FOR  NORWAY 

During  the  Norwegian  Baptist  Conference 
of  America,  held  in  Fargo,  North  Dakota, 
it  was  reported  that  f  15,000  was  subscribed 
for  the  fund  for  the  seminary  in  Chris- 
tiania,  now  in  operation  by  the  united  efforts 
of  the  Norwegian  School  Society  here  and 
the  workers  in  Norway.  In  view  of  the  ur- 
gent missionary  needs  here  among  the  Nor- 
wegians, it  was  decided  that  at  present  the 
churches  should  not  be  appealed  to  by  the 
agents  from  Norway  without  consent  of  the 
commission. 

"  WHAT  WOULD  J  ESU8  DO  ?  " 

**  Did  you  see  Jesus  there  ? "  asked  Miss 
Slater,  Hsipaw,  Burma,  of  one  of  her  school- 
boys who  had  been  constant  in  attending 
heathen  feasts.  His  face  changed  and  he 
said,  "No,  and  I  will  not  go  again.  I  did 
not  know  it  was  a  sin."  He  has  kept  his 
word. 

TELUGUS    EMIGRATING 

The  demand  for  labor  in  the  rubber 
estates  in  Singapore  and  Ceylon  has  already 
raised  the  price  of  labor  in  South  India,  and 
has  thus  bettered  the  condition  of  the  large 
coolie  population.  South  India  farmers 
pay  from  four  to  eight  cents  a  day  for  labor, 
while  the  rubber  estates  pay  from  fifteen 
to  twenty-five  cents  a  day  to  the  same  man. 
The  government  has  issued  a  circular  to 
the  farmers  calling  their  attention  to  the 
very  high  prices  they  are  getting  for  their 
cotton  and  other  products,  and  warning 
them  that  unless  they  begin  to  raise  the 
laborers'  wages  at  once  they  are  in  danger 
of  losing  many  of  them.  Only  the  coolies' 
dislike  for  leaving  home  and  their  fear  of 
the  sea  prevent  them  from  going  by  the 
thousand.    Among  the  coolies  a  number  of 


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Christians  have  emigrated,  and  some  of 
the  Christian  planters  have  provided  church 
buildings  on  their  estates,  and  are  now  ask- 
ing for  pastors  to  go  out  with  the  coolies. 
One  concern,  at  its  own  expense,  recently 
sent  the  Bezwada  pastor  to  Singapore  to  see 
the  coolies  and  the  estates. 

WHEN   OPPOSmON  18   PRAISE 

Under  the  lead  of  the  Irish  Pongyi,  or 
priest,  the  Buddhist  Society  have  voted  to 
start  a  "King  Edward  Memorial  Buddhist 
Boys'  School "  in  Pyinmana,  Burma.  When 
Rev.  L.  H.  Mosier,  our  missionary  in  that 
station,  opposed  the  movement,  the  leader 
confessed  that  the  missionary's  influence  over 
the  bo3rs  was  not  bad  but  said:  "We  find  that 
our  bo3r8  do  not  care  for  the  Buddhist 
rdigion  any  more,  nor  for  the  priests.  We 
did  not  realize  this  before,  but  we  realize  it 
now.  We  see  that  our  boys  are  going  to 
bdoog  to  some  other  religion."  These 
words  of  the  leader  show  what  a  decided 
influence  Christianity  has  already  gained 
in  Pjfinmana.  Money  and  recruits  are 
needed  to  press  home  the  advantage  and  win 
the  Buddhist  boys  for  Chrisdanity. 

THE  BROTHERHOOD  SOCIETY 

"To  help  those  in  need,"  is  the  motto  of 
the  Brotherhood  Society,  formed  on  July  12, 
1910,  in  Capizy  P.I.  At  the  outset  this 
oiganizarion  was  composed  of  fifty  young 
men  who  gathered  at  the  home  of  Rev. 
J.  F.  Russdl  of  Capiz,  and  pledged  them- 
selves to  study  the  Bible  and  the  Holy  Land. 
It  has  now  grown  to  sixty-eig^t  members, 
one  of  them  being  the  nephew  of  the  padre 
of  the  dty.  Its  study  meetings  take  place 
on  Sunday  afternoons  in  connection  widi  the 
Sunday  tchooL  The  Brotherhood  Society 
has  phced  itself  on  record  as  opposed  to 
the  desecration  of  the  Sabbath  and  already 
diows  promise  of  being  an  acrive  factor  in 
the  solution  of  some  of  the  problems  of  the 
islands. 

FOES  OF  WATER  AND  FRESH  AIR 

Among  the  poor  in  the  Philippines  there  is 
a  woftd  lack  of  knowledge  of  the  care  and 
training  of  children.  Much  of  the  disease 
among  the  diildren  is  due  to  the  utter  lack 
of  hygiene.  Miss  Sarah  Whelpton  of 
Bacolod  teDs  of  a  snail  suflFerer  whom  she 
visited:  "He  was  but  a  year  old,  had  taken 
no  food  for  some  days  and  was  indescribably 


dirty.  His  poor  head  was  almost  covered 
with  something  black  and  sricky  —  hair  and 
all.  I  made  him  as  comfortable  as  I  could, 
and  showed  the  mother  how  to  induce  him  to 
take  a  little  milk.  Both  mother  and  father 
seemed  loving  and  attentive,  but  they  had 
a  terrible  fear  of  water  and  fresh  air,  and 
their  only  idea  of  healing  was  the  application 
of  leaves  to  any  part  of  the  body.  The  first 
time  I  went  I  took  one  of  my  girls  with  me, 
but  afterwards  I  regularly  made  one  or  two 
daily  visits  alone.  One  day  one  of  the  girls 
went  with  me  and  we  had  prayer  with  the 
family.  The  little  one  is  better  and  the 
parents  are  so  grateful.  Is  the  picture  dark  ? 
There  are  many  even  darker,  but  there  is 
a  bright  side,  too." 

The  "Goddess  of  Mercy"  Merciful 

Some  years  ago  in  China  at  a  place  called, 
in  translation,  Waterville,  the  Chrisrians 
were  hard  put  to  it  by  their  heathen  friends 
to  subscribe  to  the  funds  for  making  sacri- 
fices to  the  gods  and  for  giving  feasts  to  the 
wandering  spirits.  The  goddess  of  mercy, 
so  the  villagers  said,  was  making  these 
demands  and  they  must  be  met.  The 
Chrisrians  tried  every  method  to  avoid  the 
issue,  but  the  heathen  were  firm.  The 
Chinese  ofiicial  and  the  missionary  were 
alike  appealed  to,  but  without  avail;  the 
Chrisrians  must  either  comply  with  the  re- 
quest of  the  goddess  or  leave  her  realm. 
As  a  last  resort,  the  Chrisrians  agreed  that 
at  a  personal  request  from  the  divinity  they 
would  submit,  and  the  rime  was  set  for  going 
to  the  temple  to  learn  the  will  of  the  goddess. 
At  the  appointed  hour  they  went  to  the 
temple  accompanied  by  practically  the 
whole  village.  Their  lives  waited  on  a  word 
from  the  goddess,  for  so  intense  had  become 
the  passion  of  their  neighbors  that  at  her 
command  the  Chrisrians  would  be  at  once 
cut  to  pieces.  An  intense  hush  settled  on 
the  whole  crowd  as  the  medium  bowed 
down  before  the  image  and  asked  her  pleasure 
in  the  matter.  Her  spirit  came  upon  him  and 
rising  from  the  ground  he  faced  the  crowd 
with  the  message:  "Worship  does  not  con- 
sist in  the  amount  sacrificed,  but  upon  the 
heart  of  the  worshiper."  This  could  mean 
nothing  else  than  that  the  unwilling  sacrifice 
of  the  Chrisrians  was  neither  desirable  nor 
acceptable.    All  concerned  recognized  the 


MISSIONS 


if  the  decision,  and  to  this  day  the 
ns  have  lived  in  peace  and  harmony 
rir  fellows  without  any  part  in  the 
of  the  gods  of  the  place.  —  A.  F. 
RCK,  Chaoyang,  South  China. 

An  African  Convention 

nd  our  yearly  gatherings  to  be  of 
t'ssing  to  our  Christians.  As  many 
:ome  and  leave  home  stay  with  us 
L*  days.  The  native  preachers  give 
dresses  on  portions  of  the  Scriptures. 
r>se  a  chairman  among  the  people, 
y  on  the  meetings  on  the  same  lines 
ne.  A  collection  is  also  taken  which 
or  some  parts  of  the  work  in  accord- 
h  the  wishes  of  the  Christians.  This 
people  came  in  from  the  different 
I,  bringing  their  children  and  food 
:m.  The  meeting-house  would  not 
so  many  had  to  sit  outside.  From 
first  the  people  showed  interest  in 
tings  and  some  of  the  addresses 
lly  good  —  one  could  hear  that  the 
had  prepared  for  the  occasion. 
e  fond  of  stereopticon  pictures,  and 
d  them  some  in  the  evening  as  a 
Several  had  come  for  baptism, 
mnday  we  went  down  to  the  stream 
by  the  foot  of  the  hill  on  which  our 
s  built  and  there  we  baptized  forty- 
it  the  time  for  collection  two  native 
were  passed  around.  The  offering 
tly  in  cash  and  a  little  barter  goods, 
le  amounting  to  a  little  more  than 
t  dollars.  The  last  day  short  ad- 
were  given  on  subjects  of  great 
ice  for  the  Congo  people,  such  as 
I,  temperance,  giving,  charity  work 
ty,  after  which  between  two  and 
mdred  Christians  sat  down  and 
of  the  Lord's  Supper.  All  agreed 
lad  had  a  blessed  time  together,  and 
•me  happy  and  much  cheered.  — 
»ERiCKSON,  Sona  Bata,  Africa. 

.  Welcome  at  Daybreak 

f.  M.  Baker  of  Ongole,  South  India, 
msly  welcomed  back  to  the  mission 
:er  eighteen  months  of  absence, 
ether  with  her  husband,  daughter 
1,  was  to  reach  Ongole  on  the  mail 
)ut  four  in  the  morning,  —  not  the 


most  auspicious  hour  for  a  great  gathering. 
Mrs.  Baker  is  much  loved  in  Ongole, 
however,  and  all  who  had  alarm  clocks  set 
them,  and  with  others  who  were  without 
this  friendly  aid  were  on  hand  at  the  sution. 
The  sexton  of  the  church  had  made  ar- 
rangements to  be  notified  by  the  Indian 
Master  of  Ceremonies  when  the  train  left 
the  station  previous,  about  twenty-five 
miles  away,  in  order  that  he  might  ring  the 
bell  to  let  the  Christians  know  that  Mrs. 
Baker  was  coming.  Over  two  hundred 
people — missionaries,  preachers,  teachers, 
coolies,  schoolboys  and  college  boys  with 
torches  and  fireworks — surrounded  the  car- 
riage which  was  to  take  her  home.  The 
church  bell  rang  joyfully  as  the  procession 
passed.  The  earthen  wall  of  Miss  Dessa's 
school  compound  was  bright  with  blazing 
rags  dipped  in  oil,  placed  there  in  the  re- 
turning missionary's  honor  by  the  school- 
boys. At  the  Baker  compound  an  arch  of 
welcome  had  been  erected  at  the  gate,  and 
just  inside  Miss  Kelly's  girls  decorated  all 
the  family  with  garlands.  By  half  past 
four  about  five  hundred  people  had  gathered 
in  front  of  the  bungalow.  Mrs.  Baker 
affirmed  that  she  was  too  happy  in  getting 
home  to  essay  a  speech  and  bade  them  all 
"Good  night,"  or  rather  "Good  morning." 

The  Foreign  Missionary  Record 

AKRIVKD 

Miss  Mary   E.  Danielson,  from  Osaka,  JapAn,  in 

Sweden,  in  November,  19  lo. 
Rev.  W.  C.  Owen  and  Mrs.  Owen,  from  AUiir»  Sontli 

India,  in  Germany,  in  November. 
Rev.   F.   J.  Bradshaw,  Mrs.  Bradshaw,  M.D.9  and 

family,  from  Kiating,  West  Chma,  at  Vkloria, 

in  December. 
Mrs.  C.  G.  Lewis  and  family,  from  Suifu,  Weit  China, 

at  Philadelphia,  December  16. 
Miss  Isabella  Wilson,  from  Gauhati,  Anam,  at  New 

York,  December  19. 
Miss  Louise  £.  Tschirch,  from  BasKin,  Burma,  at 

New  York. 

BORN 

To  F.  W.  Goddard,  M.D.,  and  Mrs.  Goddard,  of 
Shaohsing,  East  China,  on  Dec  9,  19KH  a 
Stephen  Josiah. 


FROM    THE     HOME     LANDS 


Crow  Indian  Mission 

BY  D.   D.   PROPER,   D.D. 

dine  days'  meetings  at  the  Crow 
dilation.  Lodge  Grass,  Mont.,  held 
H.  H.  Clouse  and  three  Kiowa 
were  very  successful.  A  letter 
Umionaiy  W.  A.  Petzoldt  says : 
xnd  the  Kiowas  have  come  and 
aving  behind  them  large  blessings 
nflucnce  for  Christ  that  will  result  in 
lod.  There  were  not  the  number 
fsioDs  we  had  hoped  for,  but  faith- 
mi  dme,  BO  we  leave  the  rest  with 
fbcie  were  three  baptisms  and  there 
u  lean  one  moie;  two  received  by 
id  a  number  of  recUmationa.  Our 
a  whde  was  left  much  stronger  and 
Ke  solid  basis  as  a  resuh  of  their 
lie  Crows  at  large  are  yet  deep  in 
I*."  In  a  note  Mr.  Clouse  says: 
ectinp  were  all  good,  but  it  is  hard 
'rows  to  give  up,  they  are  so  deep  in 


secret  sins.  Some  under  very  deep  convic- 
tion, but  they  would  not  give  up  the  dance." 
I  could  not  put  in  print  all  the  tribal  customs 
and  degradations  which  have  been  in  exist- 
ence among  this  people.  It  is  very  encourag- 
ing to  know  that  we  have  established  a 
Strong  mission  among  them,  and  that  some 
of  the  most  influential  members  of  the 
tribe  have  become  devoted  Christians. 

This  is  the  best  equipped  mission  the 
Home  Mission  Society  has  among  the 
Blanket  Indians.  We  have  a  school  which 
is  much  more  promising  than  last  year. 
The  decision  of  the  Agent  that  all  children 
over  thirteen  years  of  age  should  go  to  the 
government  s^ool  has  been  completely  over- 
ruled by  Commissioner  Valentine,  and  par- 
ents have  the  utmost  libeity  to  send  didt 
children  to  our  mission  school.  Some  of  the 
children  drawn  away  ihrou^  the  influence 
of  the  prietts  last  year  have  come  back.  Mr. 
Petzoldt  further  says:  "We  are  much  en- 
couraged for  the  future.    Our  school  has 


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gone  up  a  notch  or  two  farther  until  now  we 
have  forty-eight  pupils.  It  may  yet  run  to 
fifty."  It  has  been  decided  to  establish  a 
branch  mission  at  Wyola,  and  arrangements 
are  being  made  to  open  up  a  school  there, 
about  fourteen  miles  away  in  this  Lodge 
Grass  District. 

To  the  friends  who  so  kindly  sent  in  money 
to  help  put  in  the  furnace  in  the  home  of 
the  missionary,  I  would  say  that  the  full 
amount  was  received.  This  will  be  a  great 
improvement  over  having  the  family  look 
after  five  or  six  stoves.  Owing  to  the  illness 
of  the  teacher,  Mrs.  Petzoldt  has  had 
charge  of  the  school  thus  far  this  year. 

An  Idaho  Ranch  Giver 

BY    REV.    D.    D.    MURRAY,    STATE 
EVANGELIST,  IDAHO 

It  has  been  my  privilege  to  labor  for 
several  months  in  the  outlying  fields  in 
central  and  eastern  Idaho.  After  our  re- 
ligious conferences  held  in  Camas  Prairie, 
where  Rev.  Thomas  H.  Scruggs  is  in  charge 
of  the  work  as  district  missionary,  our  com- 
pany of  field  workers  returned  overland  in 
wagons.  The  journey  over  the  lava  beds 
and  desert  waste  in  the  scorching  sun  was 
anything  but  pleasant.  The  hope  of  reach- 
ing the  Wood  River  country,  however,  filled 
every  heart  with  cheer.  After  we  crossed 
the  mountains  and  descended  the  eastern 
slope  into  the  green  and  fertile  valley  of  the 
Wood  River,  we  stopped  at  a  farm  home  to 
enjoy  a  little  rest  and  the  generous  hospitality 
of  a  noble  woman.  In  the  midst  of  our  con- 
versation I  gathered  that  in  years  gone  she 
with  her  consecrated  husband  had  been  very 
poor  and  sorrowed  because  of  the  meagre- 
ness  of  their  offerings  to  the  Lord's  work. 
"During  those  days,"  she  said,  "you  know 
we  were  so  poor,  and  I  wanted  to  give  five 
dollars  to  foreign  missions;  so  my  neighbor's 
wife  was  sick  and  I  went  to  help  her,  and 
then  her  husband  gave  me  five  dollars." 
Thus  she  realized  her  desire.  I  confess  I 
knew  not  what  to  say  as  I  listened  to  her 
recital  of  how  she  was  laboring  with  her 
hands  to  earn  a  few  pennies  to  give  to  God. 
With  all  the  cares  and  labors  of  a  rancher's 
wife,  she  steals  away  to  do  washing  for  her 
neighbors  and  friends,  and  every  cent  re- 
ceived for  that  arduous  task  she  gives  to  the 
Women's  Mission  Circle  and  the  Ladies' 
Aid.    " Last  week,"  she  said,  "I  washed  for 


that  neighbor  bachelor,  and  mind  you,  he 
gave  me  a  dollar,  and  that  was  good,  for  it 
went  to  Jesus." 

A  lirtle  pig  when  only  a  few  weeks  old  was 
given  to  this  woman  by  her  neighbor.  She 
raised  it  and  the  following  year  there  were 
seven  other  little  pigs,  all  of  which  the 
woman  sold  to  her  husband  for  twenty 
dollars,  every  penny  of  which  she  gave  to 
State  missions.  In  telling  the  story  she  said, 
"And  mind  you,  I  don't  think  my  husband 
gave  me  enough  for  them,  because  he  sold 
one  of  his  own,  not  nearly  so  large,  and  asked 
three  dollars  and  a  half  for  it.  But  the  price 
was  good  for  State  missions  and  for  Jesus." 
I  looked  across  the  table  into  the  face  of  one 
of  our  general  workers,  and  saw  him  brush 
away  a  tear  as  he  said,  "This  makes  me 
ashamed  of  myself,  that  I  have  not  done 
more  for  my  Saviour's  cause."  It  is  rarely 
that  we  are  privileged  to  meet  such  a  con- 
secrated giver  as- we  found  unexpectedly  on 
this  Idaho  ranch.  If  it  be  true  that  the 
Chrisnan  is  remembered  by  what  he  has 
done,  what  sacred  memories  must  cluster 
around  that  humble  home.  Christian 
women,  living  amid  affluence,  do  you  want 
to  see  a  woman  with  heaven  in  her  face? 
If  you  do,  go  to  the  Wood  River  country, 
visit  that  ranchman's  home,  and  receive,  as 
many  burdened  missionaries  have  done,  new 
inspiration  to  sacrifice  and  suffer  for  their 
Lord.  ^ 

The  Romance  of  Gospel  Work 

Recalling  some  of  the  incidents  of  his 
missionary  life.  Rev.  T.  C.  Carleton  says  one 
of  the  inspiring  things  about  the  work  here 
in  Oklahoma  is  that  we  are  in  touch  with  all 
parts  of  the  country.  By  far  the  larger  part 
of  our  rapidly  growing  population  are  young, 
enterprising,  ambitious  men  and  women 
from  the  States.  It  makes  a  fertile  field 
for  religious  work. 

Here  are  three  instances  in  my  experience 
in  one  week  that  make  a  veritable  gospel 
romance:  A  mother  in  Galveston,  Texas, 
had  a  son  who  had  recently  come  to  Mus- 
kogee. His  father  was  a  Baptist  preacher, 
now  in  heaven.  The  boy  was  unsaved,  and 
the  mother  enlisted  the  pastor  and  church  in 
his  behalf.  The  son  was  found  and  the 
pastor  introduced  a  recent  Sunday-evening 
service  by  telling  of  the  letter,  of  finding  the 
boy,  and  requested  special  prayer  for  him. 


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which  was  made  then  and  there.  A  young 
man  from  Virginia,  who  had  been  a  wanderer 
from  a  widowed  mother's  home  for  three 
years,  was  in  the  congregation.  He  was 
on  his  way  to  Mexico  as  the  next  stopping 
place.  He  was  deeply  moved  by  the  in- 
cident and  the  service,  and  on  the  following 
night  came  to  the  pastor's  home  in  deep 
penitence  to  express  his  gratitude  for  the 
help  received,  and  to  say  that  he  would  take 
the  first  train  out  of  Muskogee  for  home  and 
mother.  The  experienced  city  pastors  at 
least  will  be  glad  to  know  that  he  did  not 
ask  for  a  loan,  that  his  board  was  paid  up 
for  a  week^  and  that  he  left  a  good  job. 

During  the  same  week  a  letter  from 
Kansas  was  full  of  grateful  appreciation 
for  services  rendered  the  writer  and  his 
family  by  the  pastor  and  his  church.  All 
our  rewards  are  not  reserved  for  the  bliss 
of  heaven.  Many  gladden  the  heart  even 
while  we  serve.  There  is  no  finer  home 
mission  field  in  America  than  Oklahoma. 
My  first  convert  was  a  young  man  from  St. 
Louis;  the  second,  a  young  man  from  Iowa; 
the  third,  a  young  man  from  North  Carolina; 
and  we  baptized  a  half  dozen  full  blood 
Indians  in  one  year  in  our  church  in  Mus- 
kogee. 

Danish  Baptist  Conference 

The  Danish  Bapdst  Conference  of  America 
has  been  organized  to  prosecute  mission 
work  among  the  Danish  people.  The 
Norw^an  Baptists  had  previously  organized 
a  similar  conference.  The  Danish-Nor- 
wegian Bapdsts  will,  however,  conrinue  to 
cooperate  in  mission  work  as  heretofore  in 


fields  where  there  is  not  room  for  two 
churches,  and  in  State  conferences  as  well 
as  in  their  school  work.  The  Danish  Bap- 
tists believe  the  most  successful  work  can 
be  done  by  establishing  separate  work 
in  new  fields  with  Danish  preachers  and 
churches,  appealing  to  Danish  people. 
Their  denominational  paper.  The  Vagteren^ 
published  as  Harlem,  la.,  owned  by  Rev. 
S.  O.  Nelson  of  Oakland,  Cal.,  was  presented 
as  a  gift  to  the  new  organizadon.  Also 
a  fund  was  started  with  pledges  of  {2,000  to 
aid  aged  ministers,  indicating  the  high 
regard  they  have  for  their  worn-out  minis- 
ters. On  the  last  day  of  the  meeting  sub- 
scriptions of  113,600  were  received  for  work 
on  new  fields. 

How    the    Edifice    Fund    Helps    the 
Growing  Church 

The  little  Baptist  church  in  Belgrade  has 
just  dedicated  a  beautiful  house  of  worship. 
The  church  has  been  organized  a  little  over 
one  year.  The  building  and  lots  cost  about 
{5,000.  On  dedication  day  the  full  amount 
was  pledged  in  good  and  reliable  subscrip- 
tions, except  {750,  loaned  by  the  Home 
Mission  Society.  Rev.  O.  P.  Bishop  of 
Bozeman  preached  in  the  morning  to  a 
large  congregation,  and  at  the  close  of  the 
sermon  the  full  amount  asked  for  was 
pledged  and  the  edifice  was  dedicated. 
Great  credit  is  due  Dr.  C.  E.  McCoy  and 
John  Cowan  for  the  businesslike  manner 
in  which  they  have  conducted  the  finances. 
The  General  Missionary,  Rev.  Thomas 
Stephenson,  preached  the  evening  sermon 
to  a  crowded  house. 


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CHAPEL    CAR    AND    COLPORTER 


Growth  in  New  Mexico 

Colporter  Wm.  J.  Gordon  has  organized 
three  churches  the  past  year,  the  third  in  a 
very  proniisiiig  community.  He  has  three 
or  four  other  fields  in  cultivation.  In 
answer  to  the  claim  that  "one  dollar  of 


southern  money  goes  further  than  six  dollars 
of  northern  money  as  an  evangelizing 
agency,"  he  says :  "  During  the  past  year  the 
four  churches  composing  the  Southwestern 
New  Mexico  Association  spent  in  special 
revival  meetings  over  |t  1,000.  They  had 
two  excellent  southern  evangelists  to  help 


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the  four  paston.  Two  evangelitu  and  their 
singers  and  four  putan,  all  told,  report 
one  church  and  Sunday  ichool  reorganized 
(and  I  spent  three  weeks  on  that  field  help- 
ing them),  and  sixteen  baptiinu,  as  against 
three  churches,  six  Sunday  schools,  and 
thirteen  baptisms  by  this  insignificant,  one- 
legged  colponer  alone,  with  help  of  his  wife. 
The  praise  is  the  Lord's,  who  doeth  the 
work." 

* 
A  Building  in  a  Day 
Chapel  car  "Evangel"  is  at  work  in 
Wichita,  Kansas.  This  is  a  beautiful  dty 
of  about  60,000,  and  only  two  Baptist 
churches.  The  First  has  1,010  meinbers, 
the  West  End  about  240.  The  First  has  a 
fine  modem  building.  They  said,  "We 
must  establish  Baptist  interests  in  both  the 
south  and  north  ends  of  the  city."  Pastor 
G.  W.  Cassidy  and  Assistant  Pastor  C.  H. 
Wareham,  helped  by  twenty-six  other  men, 
in  one  day  built  a  Tabernacle  twenty-eight 
by  sixty  feet,  making  a  special  room,  twenty- 
eight  by  sixteen,  for  primary  work.  At 
this  point  the  car  is  at  work,  holding  special 
meeting,  and,  with  the  aid  of  a  noble  band  of 
people,  looking  up  the  Baptists  in  this 
end  of  the  city,  hoping  that  soon  this  may 
be  a  strong  Baptist  church.  Last  week 
the  work  of  "A  Tabernacle  in  a  Day" 
was  repeated,  headed  by  the  pastors  of  the 
Fiist  Church  who  are  great  workers.  Pastor 
Cassidy  is  bringing  things  to  pass  and  is 
backed  by  his  assistant,  also  a  great  worker. 
In  a  short  time  the  car  will  leave  the  south 
end  of  the  city  and  go  to  the  north  end  and 
there  hold  special  meetings.  These  meet- 
ings are  being  owned  of  God  in  the  saving  of 
souls  and  the  gathering  of  the  workers,  and 
giving  them   larger  hopes   and   aims.     The 


pictures  show  the  builden  at  work  on  the 
North  End  Tabernacle,  also  the  completed 
Tabernacle.  —  F.  C.  Killian. 


Goapel  Wagoning  ia  Montana. 

BY  THOIUS  HOWLAMD 

Extremely  cold,  yet  occasionally  I  sleep 
in  the  tent.  Many  of  these  new  homestead 
settleis  hare  no  spare  bed  or  beddothing, 
and  some  of  them  hare  no  space  for  another 
bed.  Sometimes  we  find  old  settleis  wdl 
equipped,  but  there  are  large  district*  with 
nothing  but  shacks  for  dwellings,  often  with 
no  bam,  hay  or  oats.  In  this  sectiMi  Mon- 
tana has  lost  much  of  the  old-dme  hospitali^ 
and  the  average  traveler  pays  for  all  he  gets. 

Your  missionaiy  is  generally  well  received. 
Sometimes,  however,  when  he  arrives  about 
nightfall  and  the  settler  reads  the  words 
American  Baptist  Publication  Society  on  the 
wagon,  gazes  at  the  size  of  the  team,  and 
computes  the  ratio  of  their  capacity  to  the 
emptiness  of  his  oat  bin,  the  social  atmoc- 
phere  grows  chilly.  As  his  wife  begins  her 
stubborn  problem  in  domestic  mensuration, 
trying  to  figure  out  how  to  find  room  for  a 
shakedown  bed  for  the  stranger  in  her 
twelve  by  fourteen  house,  and  how  to  create 
a  new  hed  without  mattress  or  blankets, 
a  decidedly  frigid  wave  blows  over  her  cold 
shoulder,  frosty  enough  to  compel  the  sphinx 
to  sneeze.  But  when  the  discovery  is  made 
that  the  wagon  contains  oats  and  bed  and 
tent  and  victuals,  the  thermometer  rises 
to  the  welcome  point  and  soon  all  become 
interested  in  his  gospel  work,  and  when  he 
departs  he  is  invited  to  return. 

Recently  in  an  Italian  htnne  I  found  a 
husband  and  wife,  three  boys,  and  four 
boarders  in  a  one-room  shack  cwelTe  by 


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sixteen.  Two  bunks,  one  over  the  other, 
each  twelve  feet  long,  served  as  bedsteads. 
At  supper  we  talked  of  Italy,  and  when  the 
dishes  were  laid  away  the  woman  brought 
me  Dante's  Inferno,  and  was  delighted  to 
hear  me  read  a  few  pages  in  her  own  lan- 
guage. I  then  told  in  English  the  story  of 
Dante  being  in  the  church,  hut  out  of  Christ 
for  years  and  afterwards  convened.  Then 
we  turned  to  the  Italian  Testament  and  read 
the  story  of  a  somewhat  similar  conversion. 
Then  we  turned  to  Isaiah  Iv.  and  read  of  the 
fteeness  of  salvation  without  money  and 
without  price.  One  of  the  men  remarked, 
"If  the  Book  is  right  Jesus  is  the  only  priest 
who  has  3  comer  on  salvation."  Two  ac- 
cepted Christ  that  night  as  their  only  Priest 
and  Saviour  and  Ruler.  One  such  blessed 
experience  as  this  more  than  repays  a  col- 
porter  for  all  the  hardships  he  can  encounter. 


Among  the  Hormoas 

BY   MRS.    L.   T.    BAKKMAN 

In  Springville  we  held  meetings  every  night 
and  visited  through  the  day.  This  is  a 
Mormon  town  where  many  of  the  Gentiles 
were  killed  by  the  Mormons.  Some  of  the 
same  Mormons  are  living  here  now,  and  bit- 
ter against  the  Christian  work.  They  have 
five  meeting-houses  here;  the  first  was  built 
in  1856.     Most  of  their  bishops  now  have 

everywhere,  and  morals  are  very  low. 
Our  car  ("Good  Will")  stands  on  the  very 
spot  where  the  Mormons  killed  a  man  for 
defending  what  he  thought  was  right.  We 
had  good  congregations  at  every  meeting. 
One  of  the  Mormons  told  me  that  we  had 
more  people  at  our  meetings  than  they  had, 


for  they  had  only  thirty-five  out  to  their 
afternoon  meeting,  and  we  had  a  car  full. 
Not  only  are  the  Mormons  coming,  but  some 
are  confessing  Christ.  One  night  three 
accepted  Christ.  They  went  home  and  toid 
their  parents  what  they  had  done.  Their 
parents  made  light  of  them,  but  they  stood 
firm,  so  the  next  night  the  mother  came  and 
kept  on  commg.  The  children's  meetings 
were  well  attended.  At  one  service  sixteen 
said  they  wanted  to  be  Christians.  One  boy 
asked,  "Can  Mormons  be  Christians?" 
We  said  of  course  Mormons  need  Christ  as 
well  as  any  one  else.  One  little  boy  said  he 
had  been  taught  to  steal,  lie  and  swear  by  the 
older  Mormon  boys,  hut  he  now  wanted  to  be 
a  Christian  and  live  a  good  hft.  He  went 
home  and  (old  his  mother  what  he  had  done 
and  that  he  was  very  happv.  She  would  not 
let  him  come  any  more.  One  mother  sixty- 
five  years  old  confessed  Christ  and  was  bap- 
tized with  many  others.  She  said  she  had 
prayed  that  some  one  would  come  and  open 
up  the  truth  to  her  that  she  might  become  a 
Christian,  and  praised  God  for  sending  the 
chapel  car  here.  So  you  see  the  seed  is  being 
sown  and  wjll  spring  up  and  bring  forth 
fruit.  An  infidel  asked  Mr.  Barkman  if  he 
would  preach  in  the  Opera  House  if  he  could 
get  it,  and  when  told  yes,  said  the  whole 
town  would  be  out  to  hear  him.  This  shows 
the  influence  of  the  work  in  the  community. 
* 

Railroad  Work 

The  Chapel  Cars  have  from  the  beginning 
been  a  vital  force  with  railroad  men.  and 
many  of  these  have  been  helped  and  con- 
verted through  them.  One  ear,  "Messenger 
of  Peace,"  has  this  past  year  been  devoted 


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to  railroad  work  in  Missouri,  This  past 
month  an  arrangement  has  been  made  with 
the  Railroad  Department  of  the  Inter- 
national Committee  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  for 
cooperative  work.  The  following  letter 
explains  the  matter: 

"My  dear  Dr.  Sbyuour:  Through  ar- 
rangement! made  with  yout  Western  Super- 
intendent of  Chapel  Can,  Rev.  Joe  P.  Jacobs 
of  Kansas  City,  and  our  Railroad  Secretaiy 
for  the  Southwen,  Mr.  E.  L.  Hamilton, 
headquarten  in  St.  Louis,  the  Chapel  Car 
'Messenger  of  Peace,'  in  charge  of  Rev. 
Thomas  R.  Gale  and  wife,  has  been  doing 
some  effective  work  on  the  lines  of  the 
Frisco  Railway.  This  work  was  so  helpful, 
both  at  points  where  a  railroad  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
is  established  as  well  as  at  the  isolated  and 
imorganized  points,  that  arrangements  have 
now  been  completed  with  your  approval, 
we  understand,  to  continue  the  work  of 
this  Chapel  Car  on  the  lines  of  the  Wabash 
Railway,  with  transportation  for  car  and 
occupants  granted  by  President  Delano  upon 
request  of  Mr.  Hamilton.  The  International 
Ccnnmittee  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.s  at  its  recent 
meeting  voted  unanimously  to  express  to 
you  their  hearty  appreciation  of  this  cordial 
cooperation  of  the  Baptist  Publication  So- 
ciety with  the  Railroad  Department  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  We  have  the  conviction  that 
the  Chapel  Car  is  accomplishing  a  great 
work  in  a  very  needy  field  for  the  extension 
of  our  Master's  Kingdom  here  on  earth. 
It  is  a  great  pleasure,  therefore,  to  convey 
to  your  society,  through  you,  this  expression 
of  appreciation,  and  to  hope  that  the  work 
on  the  Wabash  Lines  as  well  as  on  other 
railway  lines  that  are  ready  to  open  to  us 
may  continue  to  be  of  great  service  in  win- 
ning men  into  the  Christian  life,  and  training 
them  for  services  in  the  church.  Yours  very 
sincerely,  C.  J.  Hicks,  ^Jjoclali  Gen.  Sec" 
•{• 

A  Colporter's  Sunday 
First  came  the  Saturday,  with  its  several 
hours  on  train  and  waiting  at  change  siation, 
then  hunting  up  the  leading  Baptist  and 
getting  accommodations  at  the  temperance 
hotel.  Sunday  morning  about  twenty-five 
people  gather  in  the  small  but  neat  brick 
meeting-house  to  hear  the  sermon.  At 
Sunday  school,  which  has  fifty  scholars,  a 
Bible  class  is  taught  and  later  the  school 


addressed.  After  a  bountiful  dinner  lo  ■ 
home  where  the  late  paator't  failure  to  mctf 
the  needs  of  the  church,  which  paid  him 
little  enough  to  keep  him  humble  ami  poi^ 
bly  hungry,  was  the  main  topic,  ■«— "^'Mg 
better  follows  in  calls  upon  two  >ick  ifOneo 
who  find  comfort  and  joy  in  their  idwen. 
Supper,  then  B.  Y.  P.  U.  lernce  to  Mid; 
evening  sermon;  and  the  day'i  wnrk  it  crer. 
Many  hearts  seemed  happy  for  the  day. 
Here  is  a  field  of  opportunity  for  i  man 
who  can  be  preacher,  teacher,  pastor, 
chorister  and  general  utility  man  all  in  one. 
Applicants  can  write  to  C.  L.  Kingsbury, 
the  colporter,  at  Park  Rapids,  Minn. 
* 
A  Generous  Gift 
Chapel  car  "Evangel"  was  in  need  of 
better  lights,  and  while  at  Wichiu,  Kansas, 


engaged  in  work  elsewhere  reported,  a 
Baptist  of  the  city,  Mr.  W.  C,  Coleman, 
inventor  of  a  special  gasoline  lamp,  visited 
the  car,  saw  the  need  and  offered  ro  install 
one  of  his  outfits  without  charge.  It  is 
needless  to  say  that  the  offer  was  most 
gratefully  accepted,  and  now  the  car  is 
brilliantly  lighted.  The  picture  shows  Mr. 
Coleman  and  two  of  his  workmen  sent  to 
install  the  light. 

* 
The  evangelistic  services  of  Rev.  E.  R. 
Hermiston  and  wife  at  the  Central  Church 
in  Los  Angeles  resulted  in  more  than  a  score 
of  conversions  and  much  blessing  to  the 
church. 


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The  Efficient  Larnutn 
t  it  a  book  that  every  minister  should 
snd  then  get  as  many  of  the  men  of 
urch  to  read  as  he  possibly  can.     It 
lui'i  book.     No  more  significant  and 

discussion  of  the  subject  of  the  reli- 
training  of  men  has  appeared.  Take 
cnce  in  illustration  of  the  snap  in  the 

"The  fiist  need  of  a  man  is  atmos- 
His  soul  lungs  demand  an  air 
iline,  vital,  laden  with  a  sense  of 
Soft,  sisterly  saintliness  may  give 
rings,  but  he  is  not  looking  for  wings 
WW;  he  wants  work."  The  au  hot, 
nek  Henry  Cope,  General  Secretary 

Religious  Education  Society,  has  in 
lots  gone  to  the  root  of  the  matter. 
)ioak  is  vital,  pulsating,  suggestive, 
atiDg.  Pastors  can  put  some  of  it 
efmoos,  more  of  it  into  the  prayer- 
ig  talks,  still  more  into  the  Men's 
!tlioods  or  Qasses.  No  commenda- 
u  be  too  strong,  for  the  author  has 
^  idea,  not  only  of  the  religious 
ig  needed  for  the  adult,  but  also  of  the 
n  of  the  church.  The  seed  thoughts 
Jew  church,  clothed  with  might  for 
^  are  in  this  volume.  (Griffith  & 
nd  Press,  Philadelphia,  ^i  net.) 
he  Modem  ICasionary  Challenge 
Jiis  volume  Dr.  John  P.  Jones,  for 
^rs  missionary  in  India,  presents  the 
s  delivered  at  Yale  and  Other  institu- 
Ut  year.  He  acknowledges  the  inspir- 
uid  aid  received  from  the  Edinburgh 
^ence,  but  the  book  is  the  product  of 
m  ripe  experience,  and  is  a  stirring 

of  the  present  mission  demands  and 
w  condtlions.  Dr.  Jones  sees  clearly 
le  future  will  be  marked  by  the  su- 
■y  of  the  spiritual  and  ethical  in  the 
;e  of  the  outgoing  missionary  church. 


while  ecclesiastical  ceremonialism,  which  has 
crippled  the  cause  in  Oriental  lands,  will 
grow  less  and  less.  The  simple  gospel  is  to 
conquer.  The  volume  rings  with  conviction 
and  is  sound  and  convincing  in  its  appeal. 
(Fleming  H.  Revell  Co.  ^1.50  net.) 
A  Winning,  Friendly  Book 
Not  in  a  long  time  have  we  taken  up  a  book 
with  greater  charm  than  Dr.  W.  E.  Hatcher's 
Along  the  Trail  of  ike  Friendly  Tears. 
Having  heard  Dr.  Hatcher  preach  and  speak 
on  occasions,  we  knew  his  racy  style  and 
abundant  wit  and  dry  humor;  but  this  sort 
of  autobiographical  sketching  is  simply  de< 
lightful.  More  than  that,  it  is  touching  and 
uplifting  to  the  soul.  One  could  hardly 
find  a  more  effective  account  of  conversion; 
ikes  itself  felt  irresist- 


and  the  personality  n 
ibiy.     Ministers  who 


;  looking  for 
r  grip  on  realities  ol 
:his  book.     We  only 
'  may  give  us  other 
The  Southern 


religion  should  posses 

hope  the  genial  author 

volumes  as  inspiring  a 

Baptists  have  long  counted  hin 

their  bright  panicular  stars,  but  he  belongs 

to  the  world;  his  stoiy  has  in  it  the  human 

touch  that  knows  no  bounds.  (Revell.   t'-jo 

net;  pp.  359.) 

Recruiting  for  Christ 
Dr.  John  Timothy  Stone,  a  Presbyterian 
pastor  in  Chicago  with  unusual  gifts  for 
reaching  men,  gave  a  series  of  lectures  on 
the  importance  and  methods  of  personal 
Christian  work  before  a  class  conducted 
under  rhe  auspices  of  the  Federatiui  of 
Church  Clubs  and  Brotherhoods  in  Chicago. 
These  lectures  now  form  chapters  in  a 
volume,  under  the  title  above,  treating  of 
Motive,  The  Men  to  Reach,  Preparation, 
Approach,  Means  and  Method,  An  Early 
Church  Illustration,  The  Man  who  is  In- 
different, Doubt  and  Doubters,  Regaining 
Men,  and  Following  up  the  Work.    Dr.  Stone 


MISSIONS 


that  the  personal  word  must  be 
lever  before  if  the  masses  outside 
irches  are  to  be  reached  by  religion, 
agree  with  him  thoroughly.  The 
^e  must  be  that  of  Jesus,  the  con- 
f  souls.  With  abundance  of  illus- 
Irawn  from  life  and  experience, 
•rward,  thrilling  with  earnestness, 
volume  to  inspire  the  worker  and 
nany  to  become  personal  workers, 
e  church  members  enter  in  any 
to  this  form  of  service,  which  treats 
as  something  real  and  genuinely 
lile,  we  shall  have  reached  a  new 
church  and  spiritual  development. 
H.  Revell  Co.  224  pages;  $1  net.) 

grant  Races  in  North  America 

?ter  Roberts  has  rendered  a  real 
{  this  handbook,  which  in  briefest 
ts  the  facts  and  figures  concerning 
rent  races  of  immigrants,  their 
istics  and  location.  In  his  po- 
di rector  of  work  for  aliens  in  con- 
(vith  the  International  Industrial 
je  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Dr.  Roberts 

much  for  alien  Americanization, 
expert  in  such  lines  of  investigation 
istical  information  as  this  little 
•resents.  If  study  classes  wishing 
ip  "Aliens  or  Americans  ?"  secure 
Ibook  in  connection  with  the  text- 
us    bringing   the    figures    to    date, 

have  admirable  working  material, 
be  positions  taken  in  the  text-book 
ve  to  be  altered  today.  (Y.  M.  C.  A. 
f  E.  28th  St.,  New  York.) 


ssions  in  the  Magazines 

protrayal  of  the  strange  personality 
mmed,  son  of  Abdullah,  is  to  be 
'*'!  he  Red  Star/*  by  Anhur  Conan 
n  Scribner*s.  The  scene  of  the 
laid  in  Constantinople,  A. I).   630. 

the  large  and  stately  houses  a  little 
f    friends    are    gathered    togctlur, 

experiences.  Finally  Manuel  I)u- 
oung  merchant  of  gold  ami  ostrich 

relates  his  weird  nucting  with 
led  in  the  desert,  and  the  powerful 
n  the  Arab  and  Iiis  new  rrligious 
de  upon  him.  "Sonuwhcie  down 
lat  man  is  working  and  striving. 


He  may  be  stabbed  by  some  brother  fanatic, 
or  slain  in  tribal  skirmish.  If  so,  that  is 
the  end.  But  if  he  lives,  there  was  that  in 
his  eyes  and  in  his  presence  which  tells 
me  that  Mohammed,  the  son  of  Abdullah, 
will  testify  in  some  noteworthy  fashion  to  the 
faith  that  is  in  him." 

The  magazine  also  contains  ''On  the  Way 
to  India,"  an  interesting  article  by  Price 
Collier,  setting  forth  the  West  in  the  East 
from  an  American  point  of  view.  From  a 
serious  discussion  of  the  grave  situauon  of 
Great  Britain  at  the  present  rime  —  "If  the 
British  Empire  is  not  on  fire,  no  one  will 
deny  that  there  is  much  smoke  and  smoulder- 
ing both  at  home  and  in  India,  in  Egypt, 
in  South  Africa,  and  elsewhere "  —  the 
author  branches  off  into  a  pleasing  descrip- 
tion of  the  journey  to  India,  touching  lightly 
upon  the  various  romantic  and  historic 
places  passed  on  the  way.  In  the  same 
number,  Ernest  Thompson  Seton  conrinues 
his  sketches  of  the  Arctic  Prairies,  and  the 
Rocky  Mountains  are  represented  by  a  good, 
stirring  account  of  the  stalwart  telephone 
men  and  their  bravery  amidst  all  kinds  of 
dangers. 

The  fForU's  Work  contains  a  new  in- 
stalment of  Booker  T.  Washington's  auto- 
biography, dwelling  particularly  upon  the 
types  of  men  that  have  helped  him.  This 
magazine  also  gives  a  valuable  and  complete 
review  of  the  decisive  incidents  in  the  world's 
history  for  the  past  ten  years,  with  illustra- 
tions many  and  varied  but  all  well  suited 
to  the  international  subject  matter. 

"The  Danger  Point  in  the  Near  East"  is 
considered  in  the  fVestminster  Rex^iew  for 
December.  Greek  opposition  and  Turkish 
problems,  political  and  otherwise,  are  dis- 
cussed. The  author  prophesies  that  the 
government  will  last  but  a  few  months  if 
the  present  course  is  continued.  The  maga- 
zine also  takes  up  the  "Cause  of  Unemploy- 
ment." "Woman's  Position  in  Ancient  and 
Modem  Jewry"  is  well  worth  attention. 

The  Review  of  Reviews  contributes  a  short 
article  entitled  "Head-Hunting  Subjects  of 
the  United  States."  These  are  to  be  found 
in  the  Philippines,  and  the  solution  of  the 
situation,  according  to  the  writer,  is  American 
education.  With  this  article  on  head-hunt- 
ing it  is  fitting  to  place  "A  Lion  on  the  Little 
Tate"  in  Cornhill  Magazine  for  December, 
which  gives  a  very  good  description  of  a 


MISSIONS 


i^3 


South  African  lion  hunt,  for  the  men  engaged 
in  both  sports  have  a  primitive  aim  in  com- 
mon, since  both  desire  to  kill  something 
worth  killing  about  which  they  can  glory 
afterwards. 

The  Century  contains  much  of  interest. 
"  How  America  got  into  China  "  gives  inside 
history  of  the  diplomacy  by  which  the 
United  States  achieved  an  equal  opportunity 
for  trade  with  China.  "The  Regenerate," 
by  Norman  Duncan,  is  a  remarkable  narra- 
tive of  an  actual  experience  —  a  study  in 
the  conservation  of  human  life.  This  is  the 
kind  of  a  story  that  sets  one  to  thinking,  and 
continues  the  thinking  long  after  the  words 
and  phrasing  have  faded  from  the  mind. 
"The  Pure  Scholar,"  a  touching  story  of 
Kentucky  mountain  life,  continues  the  series 
of  Kentucky  Mountain  Sketches. 

Immigrants  are  not  forgotten.  In  the 
American  appears  a  touching  story  entitled 
"Father  and  Son/'  in  which  the  false  hopes 
and  ideas  of  a  recently  arrived  Russian  Jew 
are  broken  down  before  the  memories  of  his 
former  happy,  though  straitened  life. 

The  Forum  contains  "The  Italians  in  the 
United  States,"  a  thoughtful  and  instructive 
article  by  Alberto  Pecorini.  The  writer 
discusses  the  various  evils  of  the  situation, 
but  thinks  that  on  the  whole  the  Italian  out- 
look in  the  United  States  is  improving.  He 
gives  credit  to  church  and  settlement  work. 
With  the  diminishing  of  illiteracy  the  evils 
of  which  it  has  been  the  principal  cause 
grow  less.  He  emphasizes  the  hopeful 
fact  that  not  men  alone  but  families  are  com- 
ing to  America  in  greater  numbers,  and  that 
Italian  books  are  present  in  much  greater 
quantities.  "The  problem  of  making  a 
citizen  of  the  Italian  is  not  an  insoluble  one. 
It  is  only  a  question  of  going  to  work  with 
a  sincere  desire  to  help,  not  to  exploit;  rec- 
ognizing the  bad  side  of  Italian-American 
life,  but  giving  full  credit  for  the  good.  The 
Italian  is  certainly  capable  of  contributing 
his  full  quota  to  the  best  life  of  the  Republic, 
and  it  should  be  the  task  of  earnest  Ameri- 
cans to  bring  that  consummation  about. 
Only  thus  may  what  seems  now  a 'peril  be 
made  a  blessing." 


Items  for  the  Missionary  or  Prayer 

Meeting 

The  eighth  annual  convention  of  the  Re- 
ligious Education  Association  will  be  held 
in  Providence,  Feb.  14-16.  Rev.  Lyman 
Abbott,  D.D.,  of  New  York,  Bishop  Law- 
rence of  Massachusetts,  Professor  Shailer 
Mathews  and  Miss  Jane  Addams  of  Chicago 
are  announced  as  speakers  on  the  topic, 
"Education  and  the  American  Home." 

The  report  of  President  F.  E.  Clark 
regarding  Christian  Endeavor  progress  in 
1 910  says:  "When  we  come  to  missionary 
lands,  we  find  that  the  empire  of  India  leads 
them  all  in  the  number  of  societies,  having 
by  this  time  nearly  if  not  quite  1,400  bands 
of  Endeavorers.  In  this  number  are  in- 
cluded more  than  two  hundred  societies  in 
the  fine  Baptist  mission  of  Burma."  It 
will  be  remembered  that  the  Burmese 
Endeavorers  made  a  deep  impression  at  the 
World  Convention  at  Agra  last  year. 

Reports  of  a  revival  at  Cape  Palmas  in 
Liberia  state  that  more  than  one  hundred 
and  forty  persons  have  been  baptized,  and 
so  many  people  seek  to  crowd  into  the 
churches  that  preaching  services  are  ad- 
journed to  the  open  air.  The  heathen 
blacks  have  beaten  the  Christians,  taken 
from  them  their  property,  and  in  some  cases 
hung  them  up  head  downwards  and  burnt 
red  pepper  under  them,  rubbing  it  as  well 
into  their  eyes;  yet  the  Christians  hold  fast 
to  their  confession. 

In  World's  Work  for  December,  Booker  T. 
Washington,  in  his  most  interesting  "Chap- 
ters from  My  Experience,"  considers  the 
question  as  to  how  education  solves  the  race 
problem.  He  is  a  sincere  and  thorough  be- 
liever in  the  value  of  education.  To  use  his 
own  words:  "I  want  to  see  education  as 
common  as  grass,  and  as  free  for  all  as 
sunshine  and  rain." 

Concerning  the  special  care  of  the  city 
child,  American  cities  have  much  to  learn 
from  Paris,  which  has  among  other  good 
things  numerous  free  day  nurseries;  guar- 
dians, between  close  of  school  hours  and 
dinner-time,  for  small  children  whose  parents 
are  absent  from  home  at  work;  industrial 
schools,  and  medical  relief.  Far  better  this 
than  our  special  criminal  courts  for  children. 


144 


MISSIONS 


Financial  Statements  of  the  Societies 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  nine  months,  ending  December  31,  1910 


Source  of  Income 

Chtirches,  Yoting  P^^ple's  Societies  and  Sunday 
Schools  (apportioned  to  churches)    .... 

Individuals  (estimated) 

Legacies,  Income  of  Funds,  Anntiity  Bonds, 
Specific  Gifts,  etc.  (estimated) 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 
Convention 


Budget  for 


ag( 
10- 


1910-1911 

$563,455.00 
175.000.00 

194.527.00 


$932,982.00 


Receipts  for 


ipts 
Mob 


Nine  Months 

$118,448.45 
33.499.58 

116.443.82 


$268,391.85 


Comparison  of  Receipts  with  Those  of  Last  Tear 
First  nine  months  of  Financial  Year 


Source  of  Income  1909 
Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Stmday 

Schools ♦$112,793.35 

Individuals 

Legacies,  Income  of  Ptmds,  Annuity  Bonds, 

Specific  Gifte,  etc 100.699.75 


1910 

$118,448.45  ) 
33,499.58  ) 

116.443.82 


Increase 
$39,154.68 

15,744.07 


Balance 

Required  br 

Mar.  31,  1911 

$445,006.55 
141,500.42 

78.083.18 


$664,590.15 


Decrease 


$213,493.10        $268,391.85        $54,898.75         

♦Previous  to  1910  the  receipts  from  individtaals  were  not  reported  sei>arately  from  those  from  churches, 
young  people's  societies  and  Stmday  schools.    A  small  amount  of  specific  gifts  is  included  in  this  figure. 


The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  nine  months,  ending  December  31,  1910 


Source  of  Income 

Churches.  Stmday  Schools  and  Ymmg  People's 
Societies  (apportioned  to  churches)      .    .    . 

Individuals  (estunated) 

Legacies^  Anntiity  Bonds,  income  of  Bonds,  etc. 
(estimated) 


Budget  for 
1910^1911 

$382,276.42 
125,000.00 

158.792.00 

$666,068.42 


Rec^ptt  for 


iptt 
Hoi 


Nine  Honthi 

$80,234.47 
4,047.53 

101,508.69 


$185,790.69 


Comparison  of  Receipts  with  Those  of  Last  Tear 
First  nine  months  of  Financial  Tear 


Churches,  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies 

Individuals 

Legacies,  Annuity  Bonds.  Income,  etc 


1909 

$72,157.06 

9.817.73 

119.928.42 


1910 

$80,234.47 

4.047.53 

101.508.69 


Increase 
$8,077.41 


Balance 

required  by 

Mar.  31,  1911 

$302,041.95 
120.952.47 

57.283.31 

$480,277.78 


$201,903.21    $185,790.69 


5,770.20 
18,410.73 


$8,077.41    $24,189.93 


American  Baptist  Publication  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  nine  months,  ending  December  31,  1910 

Source  of  Income  Budget  for  Receipts  for 

1910-1911  Nine  Months 
Churches.    Young    People's    Societies.    Sunday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  churches)    ....  $104,189.00  $53,512.26 

Individuals  (estunated) 10.000.00  4.603.95 

Legacies,    Income-  of   Ptmds,    Annuity   Bonds 

(estimated) 51.404.00  25.556.53 

Total  Budget  as  Approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention $165,593.00  $83,672.74 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  Those  of  Last  Tear 
First  nine  months  of  Financial  Tear 

Source  of  Income  1909  1910  Increase 

Churches,    Young    People's    Societies.    Sunday 

Schools $52,801.37  $53,512.26  $710.89 

Individuals 4.483.70  4,603.95  120.25 

Legacies,    income   of   Funds,   Annuity   Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 22.100.34  25,556.53  3,456.19 

$79,385.41  $83,672.74  $4,287.33 


Balance 

reQuired  by 

Mar.  31.  1911 

$50,676.74 
5,396.05 

25.847.47 


$81,920.26 


Decreaae 


MISSIONS 


"Thy  word  ii  a  Lamp 
onto  m;  fe«t  and  a 
Ligtit  onto  my  path." 


'The  White  Man's  Grave" 


Africa  is  a  lovely  Cbarnel  House.  —  Herbert  Ward 
BY  REV.  JAMES  H.  FRANKLIN 

Member  i>f  the  Foreign  Mi>»oD  Socicty't  Sudan-Cungu  Coaimittiun 

THE  COMMISSION'S  INTRODUCTION  TO  THE  CONGO- 
FIELD  EXPLORATION  FULL  OF  THRILLING  INCIDENT— 
REAL  CHRISTIAN  COMITY— THE  NATIVES  AT  HOME- 
STRIKING  ILLUSTRATIONS  FROM  THE  AUTHOR'S  CAMERA 


HREE  weeks  out 
from  Antwerp,  the 
Bruxellfsville  was 
slowly  making  her 
way  against  the  dark 
brown  torrent  which 
rushes  out  of  the  jun- 
gles and  marshes  of 
Central  Africa  under 
the  name  Congo 
River.  A  merciless 
thing  is  this  Congo 
current.  To  its  own 
force,  which  is  gath- 
ered in  its  course  of 
thirty-four  hundred 
miles,  is  added  the 
strength  of  many 
thousands  of  miles  of 
tributaries.  At  its 
CMnwwninAHD  mouth  its  savage  ap- 
"*"•  petite  has   not   been 

aatufied  until  it  has  eaten  a  chasm  six- 
teen hundred  feet  deep  in  the  bed  of  the 
Atlantic  Ocean,  whose  tides  are  dis- 
colored far  out  at  sea  by  the  dye  stuff 
of  the  Congo  Basin. 


This  second  largest  river  in  the  world 
has  never  been  hospitable  to  the  white 
man.  For  nearly  four  hundred  years 
after  its  discovery  by  the  Portuguese 
explorer,  Dom  Diogocam,  the  Congo 
successfully  resisted  invasion  by  Euro- 
pean spies  for  any  great  distance 
through  the  cataract  region.  The  lower 
cataracts  begin  a  hundred  miles  from 
the  mouth  of  the  river  and  extend  a  dis- 
tance of  two  hundred  and  fifty  miles  to 
Stanley  Pool.  A  tropical  sun,  malarial 
fevers  and  poisoned  arrows  were  other 
safeguards  for  Congo  secrets.  Although 
many  white  men  gave  their  lives  in  try- 
ing to  break  through  the  lines  of  de- 
fence, "Unexplored"  was  the  word 
found  on  maps  of  Central  Africa  as 
late  as  1877.  Only  thirty-four  years 
ago  did  this  land  surrender  its  stoiy, 
and  even  then  Stanley  found  it  neces- 
sary to  slip  in  at  the  back  door. 

The  Portuguese  had  established  their 
highest  river  settlement  between  the 
sea  and  the  cataracts,  at  a  point  just 
below  the  whirlpool  rapids,  whose  boil- 
ing waters,  overshadowed   by  colored 


>4S 


MISS  IONS 


clifFt,  •uggested  the  name  "The  Devil's 
Cauldron."  The  temperature  there- 
about suggested  a  second  name,  "The 
Mouth  of  Hell." 

The  BruxelUiville  was  on  the  last 
hour  of  her  long  voyage.  Just  above 
the  "Cauldron"  wai  her  pier  at  Matadi, 
where  steamers  discharge  their  cargoes 
of  trade-goods  and  receive  immense 
stores  of  rubber,  ivoiy  and  palm  oil. 
Here  also  traders,  government  ap- 
pointees, army  officers,  engineers,  ex- 
plorers  and  missionaries  go  ashore  for 
the  long  journeys  into  the  interior. 
Most  steamers  homeward  bound  carry 
back  some  whose  health  is  broken  by 
the  tropics,  or  take  ridings  to  Europe 
of  the  growth  of  "The  White  Man's 
Grave."  "Africa  is  a  lovely  chamel 
house,"  said  Herbert  Ward. 

Matadi  itself  is  a  colleaion  of  low, 
white  buildings  that  all  but  blaze  in  the 

fierce  sunlight  —  such  buildings  as  one  The  steamers  can  proceed  no  further, 
expects  to  find  for  "palefaces"  who  At  this  point  both  goods  and  passengers 
must  live  near  "The  Mouth  of  Hell"  must  be  transferred  to  the  riny  railway 
and  inhale  the  steam  of  "The  Devil's  which  makes  the  journey  of  two  hun- 
Cauldron."    There  is  no  help  for  it.     dred   and   fifty  miles  to  Stanley  Pool 


MISSIONS 


149 


within  less  than  two  days.  The  pas- 
lenger  who  is  disposed  to  complain  of 
the  service  should  have  visited  Africa 
a  few  years  ago  when  two  weeks  were 
required  for  the  overland  march,  with 
a  train  of  porters  for  the  tents,  "chop 
boxes"  and  luggage. 

Long  before  the  BruxeUesvilU  could 
be  made  fast  to  the  small  steel  pier,  a 


annum  and  attends  to  their  spiritual 
needs  as  well.  He  has  oversight  of  the 
work  of  native  evangelists.  He  receives 
supplies  from  incoming  steamers  and 
forwards  the  same  across  country  or  up 
river  to  the  missionaries  in  the  remote 
sections.  He  unravels  all  of  the  knotty 
legal  tangles.  More  than  thirty  years  he 
has  been  at  this  work.     Several  years  be- 


rowboat  slipped  out  from  a  mission 
compound,  paddled  by  a  half  dozen 
native  boys,  and  flying  the  Stars  and 
Stripes.  It  was  the  boat  of  our  own 
Socie^,  commanded  by  our  medical 
mission  a  ry,  legal  representative  and 
transport  agent,  Dr.  A.  Sims,  the  first 
citizen  of  Matadi,  and  probably  the 
greatest  living  authority  on  tropical 
diseases.  He  speaks  seven  languages, 
but  he  is  a  man  of  few  words.  He  has 
no  time  for  needless  "palaver."  His 
day  begins  at  four  in  the  morning  and 
ends  when  he  gets  through.  Perhaps  no 
man  in  Congo  does  more  business  or 
does  it  more  quickly.  He  gives  the 
natives    ten   thousand   treatments    per 


fore  Stanley  went  on  his  search  for  Emin 
Pasha,  Dr.  Sims  was  exploring  the 
Congo  Basin,  furnishing  a  tempting 
mark  for  the  cannibals,  studying  un- 
written languages,  preaching  the  gospel, 
and  giving  medicine  to  the  natives. 
Everybody  knows  him.  Every  steam- 
ship purser  who  goes  to  Congo  can  tell 
you  of  Dr.  Sims.  Address  a  letter 
"Sims,  Congo."  He  would  likely  get 
it. 

Our  luggage  went  ashore  without 
inspection.  Our  legal  representative  is 
allowed  to  take  ashore  whatever  he 
likes  and  report  to  the  customs  officials 
the  amount  of  dutiable  goods  he  has 
received.    The  Commission  was  fortu- 


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iiate  in  falling  into  hands  su  experienced.  Clark,  tou,  was  a  daring  explorer  and 

But  here  we  were   doubly   fortunate,  strong    missionary    thirty    years    ago. 

The  guide  of  the  pany,  Rev.  Joseph  He  can  tell  many  an  interesting  story. 

Clark,  knows  the  Congo  as  few  men  With  such  men  to  start  us  and  steer  us, 

know     it.     Moreover,     he     is     known,  it  is  small  wonder  that  veterans  of  Cen- 

Said    a    steamer   captain    one   morning  tral  Africa  marveled  at    the    distances 

before   breakfast,  when  our  pilot  had  we  traveled  and  the  health  we  enjoyed 

secured  trophies  from   a  trader's  post  those  months  along  the  rivers  and  over 

on  the  Upper  Congo,  "If  any  man  can  the  hills.     Both  men  preached  quinine 

get  what  he  wants  on  the  Congo,  that  —  two  to   five  grains   per  day.     They 

man  is  the  Rev.  Joseph  Clark."     Mr.  preached;  wc  practised  religiously.   Both 


MISSIONS 


of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  for   the   luggage)   in   the   second-class 

Missionaries   travel  second  class  on  flat  car,  with  board  seats  and  wooden 

the  little  Congo  railroad.     For  an  arm-  awning,  the  fare  is  five  dollars.     All  of 

chair  in  the  first-class  carriage  the  fare  us  advocated   fresh   aJr  and   economy, 

is  forty  dollars  from  Matadi  to  Stanley  We  wished   an  observation   car  from 

Pool.     For  space  in  which  to  sit  down  which  to  view  the  scenery  —  fields  of 

or  stand  up  (positively  no  other  accom-  elephant  grass,  beautiful  palms  and  ba- 

modations,  except  space  under  the  seats  nana  trees,  dense  jungle,  villages  and 


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MISS  IONS 


grsEE  huu,  dressed  and  undressed  na- 
tives, and  frequent  glimpses  of  the  old 
trail  over  which  the  foot-sore  porters 
moved  with  their  heavy  head-loads  a 
few  years  ago.  Thousands  and  thou- 
sands died  on  these  trails  before  the  little 
railroad  came.  I  say  little  railroad,  for 
the  reason  that  it  is  indeed  a  tiny  affair 
compared  with  the  trunk  lines  of  Europe 
and  America.    The  (rack  is  thirty  inches 


somely.  Originally  the  stock  sold  for 
one  hundred  francs  per  share,  now  it  is 
reported  the  stock  sells  for  two  thou- 
sand francs  per  share.  The  passenger 
must  take  his  own  "chop  box"  filled 
with  canned  goods  and  bottled  waters. 
Dining  cars  and  lunch  stations  are  un- 
known. However,  one  may  buy  pine- 
apples, oranges  and  bananas  from  the 
natives  who  gather  around  the  station. 


in  width,  the  carriages  are  about  as 
large  as  our  small  street  cars  and  the 
locomotives  are  of  infantile  proportions. 
But  this  small  railroad  has  cost  heavily 
both  in  life  and  money.  The  Chinese 
who  were  imported  for  its  construction 
died  like  flies  in  this  land  of  fevers. 
Every  rail,  sill,  telegraph  pole,  bridge 
and  water  tank  is  of  steel  or  iron  and 
was  brought  from  Europe.  Wooden 
sills  and  poles  would  furnish  only  a 
brief  picnic  for  the  white  ants.  Every 
pound  of  coal  is  brought  from  Europe. 
Yet    the    enterprise    has    paid    hand- 


At  Thysvilie,  far  up  in  the  hills, 
the  train  stops  over  night.  At  the 
"  B.  M.  S."  (Baptist  Missionary  Society 
of  England)  rest-house,  four  tired  white 
men  found  black  boys  to  make  the  soup 
and  tea,  and  point  thewayto  warm  beds. 
Yes,  there  is  at  least  one  spot  in  Africa 
with  cool  nights  —  Thysvilie,  away  up 
in  the  hilis  of  Congo.  Many  a  traveler 
has  had  reason  to  be  grateful  for  the 
"B.  M.  S."  and  its  rest-house  with  good 
beds  and  warm  blankets. 

The  second  afternoon  finds  the  little 
train  at  Stanley  Pool.     Missionaries  of 


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ongo  Bololo  Mission  and  the  Bap-  miles  down  the  river,  to  say  that  their 
[inionary  Society  of  England  gave  steamer  would  be  run  for  our  conven- 
Linericans  hearty  welcome,  not  to  ience.  This  relieved  us  of  the  necessity 
on  the  cups  of  tea,  which  every  of  using,  except  for  short  distances,  the 
ne  son  of  Britain  must  have  in  all 
des.  "An  afternoon  cup  of  tea 
ne  little  pick-me-up,  you  know." 

Stanley  Pool  the  cataracts  of  the 

■  river  have  been  passed,  and  now 

Steamers    are    available    which 

evety  inch  of  their  way  against 
urrcnt  for  one  thousand  miles  to 
ty  Falls,  or  up  the  numerous  tribu- 
;  of  the  Congo.  The  mission 
lers  of  all  of  the  evangelical  so- 
il so  far  as  they  were  needed,  were 
'or  the  convenience  of  Mr.  Gark 

his  Commission.  Captain  and 
Stonelake,  of  the  B.  M.  S.  steamer 
avour,  could  not  have  been  more 

to  secretaries  or   missionaries  of 

own  society.  Captain  McDonald 
Miss  Cork,  of  the  Congo  Bololo 
ion  steamer  Livingstone,  sent  a 
age  in  dug-out  canoes,  two  hundred 


MISSIONS 


rusty  old  H fnry  RfeJ, of  oxiTOwn  Society, 
which  is  never  in  commission  now 
without  grave  risk  to  the  lives  of  crew 
and  passengers.  Had  we  not  been 
anchored  just  over  a  sandbank  one  nighr. 
we  might  have  been  in  danger  from 
even  the  "hippos,"  which  were  angered 
at  our  presence  and  could  be  seen  in 
the  moonlight.  A  "hippo"  tooth  might 
easily  pierce  the  rusty  bottom  of  the 
RtfJ.  Da)-  after  day,  for  several  weeks 
we  worked  up  the  great  river,  steamed 
round  Lake  Mantumba,  tried  the  lower 
waters  of  the  Mobangi  and  the  Lulanga 
and  dashed  back  down  stream  to  Stanley 
Pool,  stopping  at  village  or  mission 
station  as  we  liked.  AVhen  the  river 
travel  was  over,  some  rime  was  given  to 
overland  marches. 

Soon  after  leaving  Stanley  Pool,  going 
up  river,  the  banks  of  the  Congo  are  low 
and  flat  and  heavily  covered  with  trop- 
ical growth.  Dense  jungle  in  many 
places  extends  to  the  water's  edge. 
Open  fields  here  and  there  are  covered 
with  the  tall  elephant  grass  that  some- 
times reaches  the  height  of  eighteen  or 
twenty  feet.  Scores  of  crocodiles  may  be 
seen  within  an  hour,  and  many  a  "hippo" 
head  may  be  discovered  in  a  day's  run. 
Parrots  and  monkeys  may  be  seen  and 
heard  on  the  river  banks.  Numerous 
native  villages  are  close  to  the  water's 
edge,  and  frequently  the  unclothed 
children  of  nature  lean  on  their  spears, 
in  front  of  their  villages,  gazing  at  the 
p^issing  steamer.  .\  camera  turned  in 
thi-ir  direction  causes  them  to  scamper. 

The  hanks  are  not  as  thickly  populated 
niiw  as  when  Stanley  drifted  down  the 
t'lingii  in  1877.  Sleeping  sickness  has 
rhiimvd  (treat  multitudes,  and  fear  of 
ihc  natiM-  soldiers  has  driven  many 
more  into  the  remote  interior.  It  was 
sir:in)xe  policy  which  led  the  Belgian 
i^oveinnHnt  to  inaugurate  a  system  that 
i^iive  uLiirovms  and  muskets  to  former 
i'.iniiil>:ils,  :uid  sent  them  out  to  help  the 
1 1. Hill's   in   thi'ir   lollection   of  rubber. 

1  111    sioiA    of  the  Congo  for  the  last 


MISSIONS 


'55 


quarter  of  a  century  has  been  tragic 
indeed.  The  missionaries  believe  now 
that  with  King  Albert  on  the  Belgian 
throne  a  new  day  is  dawning.  Some 
are  even  bold  enough  to  say  that  this 
is  the  "renaissance  of  the  Congo." 
Tremendous  mistakes  have  been  made 
in  the  past,  but  there  is  a  general  belief 
that  King  Albert  will  bring  in  a  day  of 
better  conditions.  The  task,  however, 
is  enormous,  and  a  long  time  will  be 
required  for  its  performance. 

Here  and  there,  at  a  trading  post,  a 
lone  white  man  lifted  his  helmet  to  the 
passing  strangers.  Numerous  dug-out 
canoes  glided  quietly  through  the  water 
in  the  soft  light  of  the  late  afternoon. 
Toward  evening  our  little  steamer  was 
made  fast  to  the  shore,  sometimes  at 
the  edge  of  the  dense  jungle,  and  thirty 
black  boys  went  out  with  their  long 
knives  to  secure  fuel  for  the  next  day's 
run.  Out  in  the  darkness  of  the  jungle, 
in  the  late  hours  of  the  night,  their 


torches  looked  like  so  many  fireflies. 
By  midnight  the  lower  deck  was  well 
stacked  with  hre-wood,  and  we  were 
usually  off  soon  after  daybreak. 

Into  many  of  the  villages  of  grass  huts 
we  journeyed,  even  to  where  cannibal* 
ism  is  said  to  be  practised  quietly;  into 
back  villages  where  there  were  no  signs 
of  the  life  of  the  white  race,  where  the 
natives,  who  eyed  the  visitors  curiously, 
lived  the  simple,  unrestrained  life  of 
children  of  the  jungle.  Clothing  was 
lacking,  save  for  a  small  piece  of  grass 
cloth  and  a  few  beads.  Perhaps  a 
small  piece  of  fur,  the  skin  of  a  jungle 
animal,  dangled  from  a  narrow  belt. 
The  bodies  were  often  smeared  with 
palm  oil  mixed  with  the  deep  red  cam- 
wood powder.  Rings  of  brass  and  ivory 
adorned  wrists  and  ankles.  Brass  col- 
lars, weighing  twenty-five  or  thirty 
pounds  each,  were  on  the  necks  of 
women.  In  some  villages  the  natives 
stole    away    from    the    whiti 


WAKINO    tWAfCA,    : 


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MISS  IONS 


with  scowling  faces.  They  seemed 
little  removed  from  the  beasts  of  the 
jungle.  The  visitor  almost  wondered  if 
anything  could  be  done  for  the  uplift 
of  such  people.  Had  he  not  seen  such 
life  transformed  and  uplifted  through 
the  work  of  Christian  missions,  he 
would  be  tempted  seriously  to  harbor 
Danvin's  first  opinion:  "You  might  as 
well  try  to  convert  cattle."  But  we 
had  already  seen  enough  of  the  power  of 
the  gospel,  even  among  savages,  to  make 


us  know  that  cannibalism,  fetishism 
and  witchcraft  can  be  made  to  give  way 
before  the  story  of  Christ  and  His  cross. 
In  the  Congo  Basin  evangelical  mis- 
sionaries had  been  at  work  for  a  third 
of  a  century.  To  note  the  results, 
conditions  and  prospects,  a  Commission 
had  been  sent  from  America.  The  ttoiy 
of  the  Commission's  visit  to  many  vil- 
lages and  mission  stations,  along  At 
Congo  River  and  in  the  hill  country,  will 
be  told  in  succeeding  chapters. 


Making  the  Children  Happy 

BY  REV.  D.  L.  SCHULTZ,  LABOR  EVANGELIST 


FOR  weeks  the 
striking  miners' 
children  of  Westmore- 
land County,  Pennsyl- 
vania, were  looking 
forward  to  the  Christ- 
mas holidays  and 
wondering,  like  all 
other  children,  what 
Christmas  would  bring 
to  them. 

Upon  inquiring  of  a 
number  of  them,  I  found  the  one  thing 
they  all  looked  forward    to   was    the 


settlement  of  the  great  strike,  for  as  some 
of  them  said,  if  it  was  not  settled  they 
would  not  have  a  merry  Christmas. 
Many  of  the  parents  had  been  telling 
their  children  that  they  thought,  because 
of  the  fact  that  Santa  was  on  a  strike, 
they  would  not  receive  anything,  so  they 
were  to  be  content  to  have  a  little  to  eat. 
One  day  while  Rev.  Mr.  Bruce,  Super- 
intendent of  the  foreign -speaking  work 
of  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
Society,  and  two  other  gentlemen  were 
visiting  the  StrikeZone  with  me,  a  number 
of  children  asked  me  if  I  thought  Santa 


MISSIONS 


TBI    JOT    'UlAI 

visit  them  on  Christmas.  Some 
c  just  what  they  would  like  to  have 
promised  them  that  I  would  try 
«  that  they  would  get  something, 
that  time  on  I  began  to  ask  God 
c  up  friends  who  would  help  me 
out  my  promise,  and  He  wondcr- 
nswered  my  prayers  in  such  a  way 
.  was  privileged  to  supply  over 
children  with  candy,  fruit,  toys, 
,  shoes  and  clothing, 

HOW    CHRISTMAS    CAME 

the  zjd  day  of  December,  1910, 
my  privilege,  through  a  friend,  to 
over  1,200  children  happy  in 
iburg  and  South  Greens  burg, 
lalls  were  secured  for  their  enter- 
!Dt  and  treat.  What  happiness  and 
ire  manifested  by  these  children! 


At  one  of  the  halls  I  taught  nearly  400 
children  the  following  chorus: 

THE    WAY   TO    LIVE 

"  Live  for  others  day  by  day. 
Be  a  blessing  while  you  mayt 
Ever  lovif^,  kind  and  true, 
Jetut-like  in  all  you  do." 

These  children  entered  heartily  into 
the  singing  of  this  chorus  and  listened 
with  intense  interest  as  I  told  them  the 
meaning  of  every  line.  I  really  believe 
the  seed  sown  in  their  hearts  will  pro- 
duce good  fruit.  After  dismissing  the 
children  a  laige  crowd  standing  on  the 
outside  came  in  and  I  preached  to  these 
men  and  women  upon  the  subject  of  the 
"Greatest  Gift."  A  number  of  them 
took  a  definite  stand  for  Christ,    All  of 


J5S 


MISSIONS 


tht  money  spent  and  effort  put  fonh  was 
worth  while  and  God  blessed  it. 

On  Saturday,  Rev.  Mr.  Lang,  pastor 
•A  the  Second  German  Baptist  Church 
of  Pittsburgh,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Steucsek, 
pastorof  the  First  Slovak  Baptist  Church, 
came  to  assist  in  distributing  the  gifts. 

We  had  a  large  sled  load,  and  were  on 
the  road  all  day.  The  children  of  the 
different  camps  we  visited  were  all 
made  happy,  and  many  laughed  for  the 
joy  which  came  to  them.    Nearly  all  of 


the  men,  women  and  children  were  for- 
eigners, the  Slovak  being  in  the  majority. 
Mr.  Steucsek  talked  to  the  parents 
while  the  little  ones  received  their  Christ- 
mas gifts;  he  also  gave  over  i,ioo  pages 
of  tracts  to  these  people  and  they  seemed 
delighted  to  get  them.  We  returned  to 
our  homes  in  Pittsburgh  tired  and 
hungry,  but  with  thankful  hearts  be- 
cause of  the  opportunity  of  making 
others  happy.  Truly  it  was  a  day  which 
was  lived  for  others. 


A  Labor  Evangelist 


BY  REV.  |.  M.  BRUCE 


ST     summer     a    Baptist 

iilission    pastor.    Rev.    D. 

-.  Schultz  of  the   Lorenz 

Wenue  Church,  Pittsburgh, 

'a.,  became   intcrcstctl    in 

everal   groups  of  striking 

.niners  and  devoted  his  vacn- 

tion  to  visiting  them.     Ihey  wcrt  mostly 

in  the  Greens  burg  distria, some  thirty  to 

fony  miles  from  Pittsburgh.    For  a  long 


time  conditions  had  been  hard  for  the 
miners  in  that  region.  No  unions  were 
tolerated  and  the  men  sought  redress 
for  their  grievances  by  personal  appeal. 
Despairing  at  last  of  any  results  by  this 
method,  they  determined  to  organize. 
Bd'ore  their  union  had  been  actually 
formed  a  number  of  those  who  had  led 
in  tlie  effort  to  secure  better  conditions 
were  discharged,  some  after  twenty  and 


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'59 


even  twen^-Bve  years  of  service.  Then, 
at  once  completing  their  organization, 
the  nunen  went  out  on  strike,  to  the 
number  of  fifteen  thousand  or  more.  No 
coDcemons  were  made  by  the  coal  com- 
panies. All  who  joined  the  unions  were 
diicha^ed  and  outsiders  were  brought 
into  fill  their  places.  Deputy  sberifFs 
employed  by  the  companies  evicted 
hundreds  of  families  from  their  houses. 
These  people,  having  no  money  nor 
anywhere  to  go,  lived  on  the  roadside 
until  the  United  Mine  Workers  of  Amer- 
ica provided  shelter  for  them  by  means 
of  tents  pitched  upon  pieces  of  ground 
which  they  rented  from  farmers. 

It  was  the  accounts  of  suffering  in 
such  improvised  camps  printed  by  the 
Pittsburgh  papers  that  first  attracted 
Mr.  Schultz's  attemion,  and  led  him  to 
invesdgate  the  situation.  He  found 
that  the  reports  were  not  exaggerated 
and  immediately  began  to  work  for 
relief.  He  wrote  articles  in  Pittsburgh 
newspapers  asking  for  clothing,  shoes 
and  food.  His  appeals  met  with  gener- 
ous response. 


"After  going  to  different  camps,"  he 
writes,  "and  gaining  the  confidence  of 
these  suffering  people,  1  began  preach- 
ing Christ  to  them  in  an  individual  way. 
Then  a  number  asked  me  to  address 
them  more  publicly.  At  Camp  No.  i, 
a  few  miles  from  Greensburg,  I  preached 
my  first  sermon  to  the  miners.  It  was 
at  this  camp  that  1  found  women  and 
children,  as  well  as  a  number  of  men, 
without  shoes  or  clothing.  Here,  too,  a 
number  of  babies  were  born,  and  the 
mothers  suffered  untold  pain  for  want 
of  proper  attention.  I  shall  never  for- 
get the  first  service  in  that  rude  camp. 
Many  for  the  first  time  in  their  lives 
heard  a  sermon  from  a  Baptist  minister. 
I  thought  it  the  greatest  experience  of 
my  life  to  speak  to  these  needy  people, 
many  of  whom  1  had  clothed  and  fed. 
I  shall  never  forget  how  with  tears  they 
ui^d  me  to  come  again  and  speak  to 
them." 

Other  camps  where  Mr.  Schultz  was 
able  to  preach  were  at  New  Alexandria, 


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MISSIONS 


Salemville  and  neighboring  points,  all 
in  the  same  general  region  of  western 
Pennsylvania.  Some  of  the  camps  were 
occupied  by  foreigners,  chiefly  Slavs, 
Poles  and  Russians,  who  proved  when 
known  to  be  a  iine  class  of  people.  The 
majority  of  them  were  Roman  Catholics 
and  a  few  Gteeic  Catholics.  Their 
priests  showed  them  little  sympathy, 
in  some  instances  closing  the  churches 
and  going  away.  Naturally  enough,  the 
people  were  alienated  from  such  reli- 
gious leaders.  An  honorable  exception 
was  one  Greek  Catholic  priest,  who 
opened  the  church  basement  and  gave 
up  the  parsonage  to  homeless  families, 
after  allowing  all  who  could  to  camp  on 
the  grounds. 

One  evening  last  December,  Mr. 
SchuUz  had  arranged  to  hold  a  miners' 
meeting  in  one  of  the  Greensburg 
churches.  Shonly  before  the  appointed 
hour  he  was  informed  that  the  trustees 
would  not  allow  him  the  use  of  the 
church.  The  local  Miners'  Union  be- 
stirred themselves  and  succeeded  in 
hiring  a  hall  over  a  saloon  which  was 
immediately  crowded  with  hve  hundred 
men,  besides  women  and  children.  Few 
if  any  Protestants  were  present.  Of 
this  meeting  Mr.  Schultz  writes: 

"The  man  who  introduced  me  was  a 
man  who  stands  high  in  the  labor  move- 
ment and  has  been  a  devoted  Catholic. 
In  the  course  of  his  remarks  he  said  that 
he,  with  many  others,  believed  God  had 
raised  me  up  to  aid  the  working  people 
in  their  distress,  and  because  of  the 
Christian  acts  I  had  done  and  the  sacri- 
fices I  had  made  he  felt  that  I  had  a 
message  to  do  them  all  good.  I  preached 
from  John  iii.  16.  Many  were  moved  to 
tears  and  many  requested  prayers  by 
rising.  At  a  meeting  on  January  2  the 
results  of  this  first  meeting  were  mani- 
fested. Fifteen  of  those  who  had  then 
risen  for  prayer  publicly  accepted 
Christ." 

"It  has  been  my  privilege,"  Mr. 
Schultz  adds,  "to  visit  other  towns  and 


preach  the  gospel  to  these  striking  miners 
and  their  families,  and  I  am  planning 
to  visit  them  again  in  the  near  future. 
Notice  what  has  been  the  result  of  this 
work.  Not  only  have  doors  of  op- 
portunity been  opened  to  me  in  this 
county,  but  labor  organizations  of  various 
kinds  have  sent  me  invitauons  to  come 
to  their  towns  and  cines  and  preach  in 
their  halls.  The  Federation  of  Labor 
of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  elected  me 


to  the  position  of  Adviser  in  dicir  or> 
ganization.  They  have  also  reqtieattd 
me  to  attend  their  convennon  to  be 
held  at  Harrisburg  in  March  ne«.  The 
United  Mine  Workers  of  America 
elected  me  as  an  honorary  member  with 
a  request  that  I  attend  their  inter- 
national convenrion  in  Columbus,  Ohio. 
I  believe  that  the  interest  already  roused 
in  labor  circles  will  deepen,  and  we  shall 
see  in  the  near  future  a  different  attitude 
on  the  part  of  laboring  men  ttiward 
the  churches." 

Rev.  H.  C.  Gleiss,  Missionary  Secre- 
tary of  the  Pittsburgh  Association, 
brought  this  matter  bdTore  the  Home 


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Society.  As  their  reprcaenta- 
nt  to  Pittsburgh  in  December 
in  company  with  Mr.  Schultz 
everal  of  the  miners'  camps, 
many  hundreds  of  families  liv- 
mts  with  no  floors  but  the 
xnmd.  The  tents  were  heated 
it  stoves  which  had  to  be 
lUf^t  and  day  to  prevent  con- 
L  It  was  pitiful  to  see  the 
mi  children  in  the  cold  and 
npelled  to  share  the  hardships 
en.    They  were  supported  by 


id  Mine  Workers  of  America, 
!  been  putting  up  long  wooden 
hrided  into  two-room  dwellings, 
ould  afford  better  protection 
winter  weather  and  increased 
One  could  not  withhold  sym- 
KD  people  who  were  bravely 
■uch  hardship,  even  though 
[t  question  the  wisdom  of  the 


methods  by  which  they  sought  to  ob- 
tain their  rights. 

The  point  of  special  interest  and 
appeal  was  the  opportunity  for  religious 
ministry  providentially  opened  by  the 
circumstances.  This  was  what  had 
roused  the  Christian  enthusiasm  of  Mr. 
Schultz.  He  is  a  plain  man,  originally 
a  glass-worker  by  trade,  and  for  several 
years  an  earnest  and  useful  missionary 
pastor,  first  in  Dakota  and  recently  on 
the  Pittsburgh  field.  He  understands 
working  people  and  is  able  to  get  into 
reladon  \nth  them  like  one  of  them- 
selves. He  believes  that  they  need 
above  everything  else  Christ's  gospel  of 
the  love  of  God,  and  seems  to  have  a 
gift  for  reaching  their  hearts  with  its 
help  and  hope. 

I  had  talked  with  some  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh pastors  and  with  prominent  busi- 
ness men,  themselves  large  employers 
of  labor,  r^arding  the  proposal  to 
employ  Mr.  Schultz  as  a  Labor  Evangel- 
ist. Without  exception  they  approved 
of  the  plan  and  of  him  as  the  man  to 
cany  it  out.  Shortly  after  my  Pitts- 
burgh visit  a  significant  communication 
came  to  the  Home  Mission  Society 
from  the  United  Workers,  whose  local 
representarivcs  I  met  and  very  frankly 
conferred  with  at  Greensbu^.  This 
document  is  signed  by  the  president  and 
secreUiy  of  the  organizadon.  It  ex- 
presses appreciarion  of  the  service  gjven 
to  the  suffering  miners  and  their  fami- 
lies by  Mr.  Schultz,  and  goes  on  to  say: 

"His  presence  among  them  at  fre- 
quent intervals  has  had  a  great  material 
dfTect  and  has  convinced  thousands  of 
our  people  that  the  religious  bodies  of 
our  country  are  interested  in  the  social 
and  moral  uplift  of  the  common  peojde. 
During  industrial  conflicts  there  are 
many  who  go  among  our  people  de- 
nouncing reli^ous  denominations  as 
being  antagonistic  to  labor  interests. 
The  work  rf  the  Rev,  D.  L,  Schultz  in 
this  instance  has  done  much  to  correct 
this  impression  among  our  people.    We 


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believe  there  is  no  greater  mission  in 
this  world  than  in  the  great  mining 
localities  of  our  State.  Through  lack  of 
proper  attention  great  numbers  of  our 
people  are  becoming  indifferent  toward 
religion.  For  the  above  reasons  our 
distrin  executive  board,  in  session  De- 
cember 17,  unanimously  adopted  the 
following  resolution:  That  we  urge 
the  creation  of  a  bureau  of  labor  in 
the  Baptist  Church  and  recommend  the 
appointing  of  the  Rev.  D.  L.  Schultz  to 
this  position  if  created." 

When  this  whole  matter  was  pre- 
sented to  the  Home  Mission  Board  it 
received  careful  consideration  as  regards 
the  various  issues  that  might  be  involved. 
There  was  no  disposition  to  undenake 
anything  so  formal  and  ambitious  as 
"the  creation  of  a  labor  bureau"  in  our 
denomination.  But  the  conviction  was 
unanimous  that  the  call  had  come  and 
should  be  obeyed  for  a  special  evangel- 
istic service  among  the  working  people, 
in  at  least  one  great  industrial  region. 
The  experiment  might  also  have  far- 
reaching  influence  in  other  dij 
The     Board     accordingly 


co-operate  with  the  Pittsburgh  Associa- 
tion in  appointing  Mr.  Schultz  ai  a 
"Labor  Evangelist,"  and  he  began  bis 
labors  on  January  1. 

The  terms  of  Mr.  Schultz's  appoint- 
ment are  cleariy  defined  and  there  is 
entire  concord  between  his  own  views 
and  those  of  the  co-operating  societies. 
It  is  understood  that  his  work  is  solely 
to  labor  in  the  gospel  among  the  laboring 
people.  He  is  advised  to  be  "diligent 
in  seeking  opportunities  to  exalt  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  to  persuade  those 
he  reaches  to  put  themselves  and  their 
lives  under  the  control  of  the  Spirit  of 
Christ."  On oneimportam point heisin- 
structed  as  follows:  "  In  your  work  you 
will  carefully  refrain  from  partisanship 
in  respect  to  men  or  policiesin  labor  move- 
ments, about  which  there  will  naturally 
be  differing  opinions  among  working 
people." 

Mr.  Schultz  will  be  under  the  regular 
direction  of  the  Pittsburgh  Association 
committee  of  work,  though  his  work  will 
not  be  strictly  confined  to  their  field.  The 
experiment  thusentered  on  must  enlist  the 
sympathy  and  prayers  of  our  churches. 


MISSIONS 


Outline  of  Free  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Work 


BY  THOMAS  H.  STACY,  D,D. 


CORKESPUNDING    SECRETARY    OF    THE 

THE  Foreign  Mission  Society  of 
the  Free  Baptist  denomination 
orNocth  America  was  organized  in  1833, 
and  was  the  first  of  the  benevolent  so- 
cieties of  that  people. 

It  came  about  in  a  way  such  as 
plainly  to  show  the  plan  and  leading  of 
God.  In  brief,  the  story  is  as  follows: 
Rev.  James  Colman  went  from  America 
to  Burma  to  assist  Adoniram  Judson; 
bcre  Mr.  Colman  died,  leaving  a  widow. 
Up  in  Serampore,  India,  the  General 
BapoMi  of  England  had  a  mission  under 
the  leadership  of  Rev.  Amos  Sutton, 
DJ).  After  the  death  of  his  first  wife 
hcilBirricd  the  widow  of  James  Colman. 
I^C-  need  of  missionaries  and  means  in 
dw  General  Baptist  work  in  India  was 
mst|  and  when  Mrs.  Sutton  informed 
her'liatbaiid  that  there  were  Free  Bap- 
tiiBl  in  America  who  corresponded  to  the 
Gcnend  Baptists  of  England,  that  they 

loo  foreign  mission  work,  and  en- 
1  him  to  write  them,  and  if  pos- 
nble  enlist  their  co6[>eration.  Dr.  Sut- 
ton determined  to  find  and  seek  to  in- 
tend diem. 

While  at  Pun  he  wrote  a  letter  setting 
forth  the  horrors  connected  with  the 
worship  of  J agumath,  and  closed  it  with 
this  appeal:  "Come  then,  my  American 
brethren,  come  over  and  help  us."     He 


4 


intended  this  letter  to  be  printed  in  the 
Morning  Star,  the  organ  of  the  denomi- 
nation, but  Mrs.  Sutton  could  not  re- 
member where  the  paper  was  published, 
consequently  the  letter  remained  in  Dr. 
Sutton's  desk  for  months.  Then  a  pack- 
age reached  Dr.  Sutton  from  England, 
and  wrapped  about  it  was  a  copy  of  the 
Morning  Star,  just  what  he  wanted. 
The  place  of  publication  was  found,  the 
letter  sent,  received  and  published.  It 
was  just  what  the  Free  Baptists  needed; 
they  had  large  missionary  zeal  but  it  was 
mostly  latent.  The  letter  was  published 
in  the  issue  of  April  13,  1832,  and  found 
a  quick  response.  \  erv  soon  it  was 
decided  by  the  le:iders  in  the  denomina- 
tion to  orj^ani/e  :i  Foreign  Mission  So- 
ciety. In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year 
the  first  meeting  fm  this  purpose  was 
held  in  Niirrh  ParsonsHeld,  Me.,  by 
Rev.  John  Bu7.7.ell,  Rev.  Ho/ea  Quimby 
and  others.  .-Xn  act  of  incorporation 
was  obtained  from  the  Maine  Legisla- 


ture.  and  ; 
on  March 

ipproved    )anuarv  29,  1833; 
i,  (he  Cunstiturion  and   By- 

Laws  were 
election  of, 
name  givei 
Foreign  M 
The  Con 

adopted;  and  on  April  20  the 
[.fficers  WPS  completed.     The 
n   was   (he   Freewill    Baptist 
ission  Society. 
istitution  has  been  amended 

several   tin- 

les;  in    1883  the  name  was 

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MISSIONS 


changed  to  the  Free  Baptist  Foreign 
Mission  Society,  and  the  Society  opened 
its  doors  to  all  holding  the  teaching  of 
Free  Baptists.  Soon  after  the  forma- 
tion of  the  Society,  Dr.  Sutton  came  to 
America  and  greatly  increased  the  in- 
terest which  he  had  previously  awak- 
ened; he  acted  as  corresponding  secre- 
tary one  year,  1834-35.  While  in  this 
country  he  induced  the  Baptists  to  be- 
gin their  mission  to  the  Telugus,  which 
has  been  so  successful,  and  was  ac- 
companied on  his  return  by  Mr.  Day, 
their  first  missionary  to  that  field. 

In  1856  Dr.  O.  R.  Bacheler  succeeded 
in  interesting  the  Free  Baptists  of  New 
Brunswick  in  this  mission  work,  while 
home  on  a  furlough,  and  in  1868  the 
Free  Baptists  of  Nova  Scotia  assumed 
the  support  of  a  missionary. 

The  Woman's  Missionary  Society 
was  organized  in  June,  1873,  with  its 
own  treasury,  and  the  power  to  select 
and  support  its  own  missionaries,  ap- 
proved by  the  board  of  the  Free  Bap- 
tist Foreign  Mission  Society.  The 
Woman's  Society  comprehended  work 
for  the  home  and  foreign  fields,  and  has 
accomplished  a  large  amount  for  both, 
spreading  information,  raising  money, 
and  stimulating  mission  zeal.  In  1906 
General  Conference  and  the  Woman's 
Missionary  Society  adopted  a  plan  by 
which  General  Conference  became  re- 
sponsible for  the  work  in  India  pre- 
viously cared  for  by  the  Woman's  So- 
ciety, the  women  still  retaining  interest 
in  and  working  for  the  mission. 

In  1 89 1  the  denomination  secured  a 
charter  constituting  a  corporation  for 
religious,  missionary,  educational  and 
charitable  purposes,  under  the  name  of 
the  General  Conference  of  Free  Bap- 
tists. The  Free  Baptist  Foreign  Mis- 
sion Society,  the  Woman's  Missionary 
Society,  the  Home  Mission  Society  and 
Educational  Society  were  empowered 
to  transfer  to  this  General  Conference 
all  their  real  and  personal  property  and 
estate,  and  all  their  powers,  privileges, 


rights  and  immunities;  so  that  since 
1 89 1  the  Free  Baptist  denomination 
has  no  longer  Missionary  or  Education 
Societies,  but  is  itself  a  Foreign  Mission 
Society,  a  Home  Mission  Society  and  an 
Education  Society. 

In  1900  Rev.  Lewis  P.  Clinton,  a 
native  of  the  Bassa  Tribe,  Liberia,  re- 
turned to  that  country  and  opened  a 
mission  for  his  people  near  Fortsville, 
Bassa  Country.  He  had  graduated  at 
Storer  and  Bates  Colleges,  and  seemed 
well  qualified  to  engage  in  this  work, 
which  was  always  on  his  heart  while  in 
this  country.  He  has  secured  two 
hundred  acres  of  land  from  the  Liberian 
Government;  ten  acres  he  uses  for  a 
mission  compound,  the  remainder  for 
agricultural  purposes.  He  has  erected 
eight  houses,  four  of  them  small  native 
structures,  the  others  larger,  covered 
by  corrugated  iron,  and  quite  perma- 
nent. He  has  now  a  competent  as- 
sistant, has  gathered  forty-five  boys  and 
girls  into  schools  for  education,  and 
made  ten  converts  by  his  preaching. 
He  has  been  largely  supported  by  the 
young  people  of  Maine.  This  mission 
is  about  fifty  miles  from  the  coast,  and 
seventy-five  miles  east  of  Monrovia. 

At  the  General  Conference  held  in 
Cleveland  in  1907  the  Free  Baptist 
Association  of  Barbadoes  was  admitted 
to  membership,  and  while  the  mission 
was  not  formally  adopted,  the  repre- 
sentative, Rev.  S.  A.  Estabrook,  mis- 
sionary in  charge  of  this  independent 
mission  in  Barbadoes,  was  permitted  to 
solicit  among  Free  Baptists  for  funds  to 
assist  in  carrying  along  that  work. 

The  largest  part  of  Free  Baptist 
foreign  mission  effort  has  been  made  for 
India;  there  they  have  nearly  4,000,000 
of  people  in  about  12,000  square  miles 
of  territory,  for  whose  evangelization 
they  have  been  entirely  responsible. 
The  people  for  the  most  part  are  Ben- 
galis, Oriyas,  Santals,  situated  from  75 
to  225  miles  southwest  of  Calcutta,  along 
the  coast  of  Bay  of  Bengal;  here  the 


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165 


minuHiarieB  have  done  a  splendid  work, 
many  f^  them  surrendering  their  lives 
in  die  service. 

The  report  official  gives  the  follow- 
ing  stadsdcs:  Whole  number  of  mis- 
sionaries, 25;  school-teachers,  Christian, 
157,  non-Christian,  97;  total  number  of 
pupils,  4,615;  number  in  the  Sunday 
tchool,  4,335;  ^dded  by  baptism,  pre- 
vious year,  107;  total  church  mcmber- 
ihip,  1,368;  native  Christian  commu- 
nity, 2,375;  native  ordained  ministers, 
10;  native  evangelists,  26;  native  col- 
porters,  14;  native  Bible  women,  zo; 
narive  other  lay  workers,  39. 

Although  our  foreign  mission  work 
has  not  been  great  compared  with  that 
of  many  other  denominations,  it  has 
nevenhcless  been  commendable.  Eter- 
nity alone  can  reveal  the  true  results. 
No  department  of  the  work  has  afforded 
Free  Baptists  greater  inspiration  than 
this;  and  if  it  has  required  constant 
oversight,  voluntary  painstaking  service 
year  after  year,  burden  bearing  and 
lelf-denial,  it  was  all  in  harmony  with 
the  genius  of  the  gospel.  We  love  the 
mitsion  because  of  what  we  have  been 


permitted  to  do  for  it,  and  all  this  has 
enriched  our  own  lives. 

And  now  that  our  foreign  mission 
work  is  about  to  enter  upon  a  new  era, 
after  being  for  seventy-seven  years  our 
care,  we  wish  it  godspeed  more  abun- 
dantly than  ever.  Our  love  and  devo- 
rion  are  twined  about  it. 
n     ■     B 

The  India  field  was  visited  in  1890 
by  Corresponding  Sccretaiy  Stacy,  and 
is  now  enjoying  a  visit  from  Dr.  Bar- 
bour and  Professor  Anthony.  Detailed 
accounts  of  Free  Baptist  Foreign  Mis- 
sion work  will  be  found  in  the  Frte  Bap- 
tist Cyclopedia,  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Burgess, 
D.D.,  and  Rev.  J.T.Ward,  D.D.;  Life  of 
Lminia  Crawford,  by  Mrs.  S.  M.  Bache- 
ler;  India,  by  Rev.  Z.  F.  Griffin;  Life  of 
James  L.  Phillips,  M.D.,  D.D.,  by 
Mrs.  Phillips;  Life  of  O.  R.  Baeheler, 
M.D.,  D.D.,  Fifty-three  Tears  Mission- 
ary  to  India,  by  Thomas  H.  Stacy,  D.D. ; 
In  the  Path  of  Light  around  the  World, 
by  Thomas  H.  Stacy,  D.D.;  Reminis- 
cences, by  Mrs.  M.  M.  H.  Hills,  all  of 
which  may  be  secured  from  the  Morning 
Star  Publishing  House,  Boston. 


MISSIONS 


Strong  Points  in  Burma 

BY  PROFESSOR  A.  W.  ANTHONY,  D.D. 


\  VISITOR  to  Burma  is 
impressed    with    the    di- 
versity of  the  field  adminis- 
tered by  Baptists.    A  thou- 
sand    miles     lie     between 
extreme  stations.    Sea,  river, 
plain  and  mountain  charac- 
terize   the    distribution    of 
sites.     The  languages  used 
are  Burmese,  Karen  in  four 
dialects.        Chin,        Shan, 
Kachin,  Talain,  Tamil,  Te- 
lugu,  Chinese  and  English. 
The  tools  required  include 
horses,       cans,       gardens, 
launches,  mills,  printing  presses,  lands 
and  buildings,  of  lai^e  variety,  extent 
and  value.     The  agencies  are  schools, 
hospitals,   churches,    preaching   booths, 
touring  equipment  for  mountain,  plain 
or    river,    with    stereopticons,    musical 


instruments,  tracts,  song-bookl  and  Bi- 
bles. The  missionaries  are  almon 
wholly  college-trained,  prepared  to  build 
houses,  teach  school,  set  broken  umti 
advise  in  the  cultivation  of  rice,  the 
gathering  of  rubber,  or  the  aettlement  of 
suits  at  law;  they  are  good  at  facing 
tigers,  killing  snakes  and  fighting  fever. 
Some  are  translating  the  Scnpumc, 
composing  hymns  and  making  diction- 
aries. One  ingenious  man  has  figged  a 
device  by  which  he  sits  at  table  or  at  his 
desk  and  operates  a  ftunkha  with  bis 
foot;  he  can  literally  fan  himself  vith 
his  foot! 

These  men  and  women,  versatile  and 
ingenious,  maintain  friendly  relations 
with  English  officials,  are  on  good  foot- 
ing generally  with  those  who  still  remain 
heathen,  and  have  the  fullest  confidence 
of    an    increasing    number    of    native 


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167 


Christians,  now  numbering  more  than 
sixty  thousand.  By  their  advice  Chins 
have  removed  entire  villages  from  the 
mountains  to  the  plains;  under  their 
influence  and  guidance  villages  of  Ka- 
rens and  Kachins  have  been  so  re- 
formed and  remodeled  that  a  new  life 
characterizes  all  of  the  people  from  the 
youngest  to  the  oldest,  and  there  are 
in  their  parishes  men  who  have  risen 
to  the  highest  stations  of  responsibility 
and  trust  possible  in  their  respective 
communities. 

The  mission  property,  as  a  whole, 
is  conspicuous  for  its  location,  either 
in  the  centers  of  population  and  ac- 
tivity, where  values  are  highest,  or  on 
convenient  and  commanding  sites  adja- 
cent to  the  throngs.  One  cannot  fail  to 
note,  in  most  instances,  marks  of  genius 
and  statesmanship  in  the  selection  and 
the  development  of  real  estate.     The 


pioneers  have  in  this  respect  left  a 
remaricably  good  heritage  to  their  suc- 
cessors. In  the  large  cities,  like  Ran- 
goon, Mandalay  and  Moulmein,  one 
cannot  see  how  the  locations  could  be 
improved,  or  the  sites  now  duplicated  by 
any  possible  outlay  of  money. 

The  schools  are  numerous  and  well 
attended.  In  almost  every  place  the 
buildings  are  crowded  and  are  proving 
inadequate  for  the  numbers  who  at- 
tend. The  Baptist  College  in  Rangoon, 
under  the  able  administration  of  Princi- 
pal L.  H.  Hicks,  Ph.D.,  who  on  account 
of  advancing  years  retires  at  the  end  of 
March ,  1 91 1 ,  has  received  what  is 
termed  "B.A.  standing,"  which  means 
officia!  recognition  as  doing  first-class 
college  work,  with  authority  to  confer 
the  Bachelor  of  Arts  degree.  Its  new 
buildings  are'models  of  beauty  and  con- 
venience.     For  its  preparatory  and  nor- 


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MISSIONS 


ma]  departments  some  new  structures 
are  needed. 

In  the  work  for  special  races  that 
for  the  Karens,  the  Kachtns  and  the 
Talains  stands  out  conspicuous.  The 
triumphs  of  Christianity  among  the 
Karens  are  among  the  miracles  of  mis- 
sions. Numbering  now  more  than  fifty 
thousands,  Karen  Christians  maintain  . 
churches  and  schools,  themselves  send 
out  missionaries,  and  determine  the 
character  of  communities  and  almost 
of  regions. 

The  Kachins  thirty  years  ago  had  no 
alphabet  or  literature;  they  lived  in 
degradation  and  ignorance,  dirty  and 
immoral.  The  missionaries  have  given 
them  the  Bible  and  vrith  it  song-books 
and  schoolbooks  and  the  beginnings  of 
a  literature.  Dr.  Barbour  on  Sunday, 
December  4,  1910,  had  the  privilege  of 
preaching  at  Bhamo  to  an  attenrive, 
appreciative  congregarion  of  about  three 
hundred  Kachins,  composed  of  school 
children   and   adults,   many  of  whom 


had  traveled  a  three  or  four  day**  jour- 
ney for  the  occasion;  and  following  the 
sermon  he  baptized  three. 

The  Talains  are  an  ancient  people  of 
Burma.  They  number  about  half  a 
million  souls,  living  chiefly  in  the 
Tenasserim  province  and  spreading  into 
Siam.  About  seventy-five  years  ago  a 
mission  among  them  was  begun  by  Rev. 
James  M.  Haswell  and  conrinued  for 
forty  years,  until  the  time  of  his  death. 
Then,  because  other  opportuniries 
seemed  urgent,  the  Talains  were  neg- 
lected for  about  thirty  years.  Six  years 
ago  Rev.  A.  C.  Darrow  and  his  wife 
were  sent  to  the  Talains  and  b^n 
vrork  with  headquarters  at  Moulmein. 
In  six  years  more  than  three  hundred 
have  been  baprized.  One  church  has 
become  five,  and  these  are  nearly  adf- 
supporting. 

Missionary  work  in  Burma  fumlshet 
an  object  lesson  of  the  efficiency  of  the 
leaven  in  the  measure  of  meal. 

Rangoon,  Burma. 


t.  Ilin£.  D.  Haini.  Rer. 

_. «.  .^=..  ™.^..-™,-«.aitBMfenr  "•••>- 

Bottom  row:  tin.  P.  R.  Uoora.  Un.  A.  P.  UKord. 


Bulov.  C.  H.  Bwknr,  MJ). 


MISSIONS 


A  Standard  Missionary  Church 

what  it  would  mean  if  every  Bapliil  church,  large  and  small  in  city 
Duntry,  were  to  adopt  a  uniform  standard  at  to  itt  miuionary  policy 
•ork.    For  moat  churche*  it  would  mean  both  revolution  and  evolution. 

would  he  revolution  at  bcDcficeDt  in  retulu  ai  that  which  created 
ne  Republic,  and  evolution  in  harmony  with  Bible  teaching  and 
tUs  principle*. 

I IM  sect  the  (tandaid*.  ai  the  firit  tiep.    Theie  are  enenlia)  and 
-„._£leri(tic  (ealutet: 


1. 

A  Mimonu;  Pallor. 

2. 

A  MifKonuy  Commillee. 

3. 

A  MiaiouiySuKky  School. 

4. 

A  Progrun  ol  Prayer  for  Minioiu. 

5. 

Syitenulic  Minonuy  Education. 

6. 

7. 

Tl>c  W«Uy  CMcriig  lor  Minoi.. 

9  IKt'piqpOM  to  iwtwidCT  dieae  leven  itandard  features  one  at  a  time  for  the  next  aeven 
BOB^mL     QnKlw*  iniMt  a»iie  to  believe  in  them  before  they  can  be  adopted. 
%  Mnmriiik  bow  many  d  lhe*e  featurci  are  already  in  operation  in  your  church? 
%  M  jaa  htm  No.  1  and  No.  2,  Bitd  they  mean  bunncM,  you  will  not  wait  aeven  monthi 
to  liMC  die  Q&tn — nor  ior  a  reviv&l. 


MISSIONS 


How  the  Laymen's  Movement  Helps 
All  Around 


HE  Laymen's  Mission- 
ary Movement  has 
come  to  our  churches 
at  the  right  hour.  They 
need  it  for  the  cause  at 
home, and  they  need  ii 
for  the  cause  abroad. 
Many  pastors  and 
church  officers  have  thanked  God  for 
the  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement, 
not  only  for  what  it  has  given  by  way 
of  Oi^anized  activity  along  missionary 
lines,  but  for  the  spiritual  uplift  and 
financial  increase  it  has  brought  to  the 
local  church.  Thinlc  of  a  pastor  getting 
ready  to  resign  because  the  finances  of 
his  church  were  so  unsatisfactory  as  to 
make  it  difficult  for  him  to  continue. 
Debts  were  accumulating,  salary  was 
unpaid,  pieople  were  discouraged,  and 
the  work  generally  was  becoming  dis- 
organized. The  Laymen's  Movement 
came  to  that  church.  The  people 
agreed  to  follow  the  simple  business- 
Hke  methods  introduced  by  the  Move- 
ment. In  one  month  from  the  coming 
of  the  Movement  a  new  day  had 
dawned  in  the  history  of  that  church. 
The  missionary  offerings  had  increased 
from  an  annual  gift  of  S50  to  weekly 
gifts  aggregating  over  8500  a  year. 
And  although  this  meant  over  six  dol- 

small  part  of  what  the  Laymen's  Move- 
ment gave  to  that  congregation.  A 
reorganization  of  work  and  workers 
was    inaugurated.      A    successful    at- 


tempt was  made  to  increase  the  attend- 
ance at  the  Sunday  services,  and  also  at 
the  midweek  prayer  meeting.  The 
pastor  was  not  only  paid  up,  but  f200 
per  annum  was  added  to  his  salary. 
And  the  total  increase  made  for  local 
work,  on  a  systematic  basis  of  giving, 
amounted  to  jl2,700  a  year.  The  pastor 
remained  and  is  there  yet.  This  sounds 
like  a  story  coined  for  the  occasion. 
Let  me  assure  my  readers,  however, 
that  1  have  stated  an  actual  case.  I 
visited  the  field  and  helped  to  present 
the  Movement  in  that  church.  This  is 
but  one  of  many  similar  cases.  That 
the  methods  of  the  Laymen's  Move- 
ment help  all  other  interests  as  well  as 
missions  is  a  fact  demonstrated  in 
many  congregations  to  my  personal 
knowledge. 

A  treasurer's  testimony 
Here  is  the  testimony  of  a  church 
treasurer  which  speaks  for  itself:  "Last 
fall  after  your  visit  we  made  a  thorough 
canvass  of  the  church  for  missions.  We 
adopted  a  monthly  system  of  giving 
instead  of  the  quarterly  that  before  ob- 
tained. We  are  glad  to  report  that  the 
missionary  otTerings  of  the  church  have 
gone  up  from  £300  per  annum  to  {l  ,000. 
Besides  this  we  have  increased  the  pas- 
tor's salary,  and  are  now  paying  the 
largest  salary  the  church  has  ever  paid; 
and  we  are  finding  it  easy  to  finance  all 
other  church  matters.  We  attribute 
this     splendid     improvement     to    the 


MISSIONS 


171 


Ml  of  a  better  system,  and  the 
■dike  way  we  have  gone  about 
■e  money  for  the  Kingdom." 
tmy  think  I  have  given  too  much 
«f  to  the  increase  of  pastor's 
at  the  result  of  the  Movement. 
«  fact  is  we  have  got  to  face  this 
Ml  as  men.  When  one  thinks  of 
ry  small  salaries  that  are  paid  to 
of  our  consecrated  and  faithful 
srs  you  can  scarcely  wonder  at 
f  them  saying  (perhaps  in  an 
rded  moment),  ''  If  you  are  sure 
lymen's  Movement  will  increase 
Btor's  salaiy,  then  bring  it  to  my 
.  quick."  I  know  this  statement 
>m  of  real  need.  Another  pastor 
i  occasion  wrote  us  on  behalf  of 
f  and  his  finance  committee, 
ting  that  we  bring  the  facts  of  the 
sn's  Movement  to  his  congrega- 
He  closed  his  letter  by  saying, 
on  me  if  I  put  it  strongly,  but  this 
needs  an  'almighty  jar."*  The 
aent  was  taken  to  that  church, 
le  report  of  last  year  shows  a 
id  increase  in  contributions  to 
local  and  missionary  objects. 
were  also  evidences  of  improve- 
Q  the  spiritual  life  of  the  church. 
diat  this  brother  meant  by  an 
ity  jar'  has  kept  me  guessing 
ince.  One  thing,  however,  is 
namely,  that  church  got  a  jar 
)mewhere,  and  it  looks  as  though 
from  the  Almighty. 

CAMPAIGN  WORK 

"e  is  no  doubt  about  our  being  kept 
District  Secretary  F.  H.  Divine 
f  York  knows  how  to  get  men  to 
uid  he  knows  how  to  work  him- 
Much  of  the  credit  for  the  suc- 
'  the  meetings  named  below  is 
the  push  and  preparation  he  gave 
n.  At  Ilion  on  January  18  we 
5  men  present;  at  Oneida  on  the 
•5;  and  at  Oswego  on  the  20th, 
rhese  meedngs  were  attended  by 
ntatives   from   the   surrounding 


churches,  who  will  doubtless  carry  back 
to  their  own  fields  much  of  the  inspira- 
tion gathered  at  these  Men's  Banquets. 
Among  the  larger  meetings  were  those 
of  Utica,  where  we  had  an  attendance 
of  400  men,  Auburn  340,  Hamilton 
about  225,  and  Syracuse  470.  At  all 
of  these  meetings  a  Men's  Banquet  was 
arranged,  except  at  Hamilton,  where 
conditions  were  such  as  made  the  Ban- 
quet inadvisable  at  this  date.  At  Utica 
the  local  committee  was  assisted  by  Rev. 
J.  L.  Ingram,  and  at  Syracuse  by  Rev. 
L.  B.  Jackman,  both  of  whom  rendered 
splendid  service  in  making  these  meet- 
ings large  and  successful.  We  want 
also  to  record  our  appreciation  of  the 
untiring  efforts  of  the  local  committee 
and  the  pastors  who  did  all  in  their 
power  to  make  these  gatherings  the 
greatest  possible  victory. 

Of  course  for  many  churches  the 
work  is  only  commencing.  The  pass- 
ing of  resolutions  is  important,  but  to 
carry  them  into  effect  is  still  more  im- 
portant. This  we  ^rust  will  be  done  in 
all  the  places  visited  where  the  Every 
Member  Canvass  for  Missions  has  not 
been  made  already.  A  splendid  finan- 
cial objective  was  set  in  nearly  all  these 
meetings,  namely,  not  less  than  ten 
cents  a  member  per  week  to  missions, 
home  and  foreign. 

TEN   CENTS  A  WEEK 

This  is  a  good  starting  place.  A 
true  conception  of  stewardship  will 
carry  many  men,  and  many  churthes, 
and  many  communities  away  beyond  a 
ten  cent  a  week  basis.  But  what  would 
happen  if  the  one  million  two  hundred 
thousand  ISaptists  of  the  Northern 
Convention  were  to  average  ten  cents 
a  week  per  member  for  missions  ?  It 
would  put  into  our  missionary  treas- 
uries 1(6,240,000  per  annum.  And  that 
amount  would  provide  for  the  salaries 
of  all  the  missionaries,  native  help- 
ers and  educational  requirements,  etc., 
necessary  for  the  evangelization  of  our 


ITS 


M  ISSIONS 


share  of  the  heathen  world;  and  at  the 
same  time  maintain  all  our  home  mis- 
sionary interests  in  America  splendidly. 
.  Can  we  do  it  ?  Churches  without  a 
wealthy  member  in  them  have  averaged 
from  t(>  to  I30  per  member  for  mis- 
sions. Churches  of  over  one  thousand 
members  have  averaged  from  f  12  to  flj 
per  member  for  missions.  The  Bap- 
tist members  of  whole  cities  have  aver- 
aged from  {7.71  to  f  10.50  per  member. 
And  they  have  enjoyed  at  the  same 
time  a  growth  and  prosperity  in  local 
work  transcending  anything  in  previous 
years  of  their  history. 

What  city  in  the  United  States  do 
you  think  will  be  the  first  to  win  out  i 
Make  it  yours! 


The  Fall  River  Banquet 

BY  W.  F,  WrrTEH,  D.D. 

The  Baptist  laymen  of  Fall  River  have 
set  a  splendid  pace  for  all  subsequent 
Laymen's  Missionary  Movement  Confer- 
ences to  be  held  from  time  to  time  in  New 
England.  On  the  evening  of  February  8 
over  three  hundred  business  men,  repre- 
senting all  the  Baptist  churches  of  the  city, 
sat  down  to  a  banquet  in  the  Temple 
Baptist  Church.  It  was  the  largest  meeting 
of  the  Icind  ever  held  in  Fall  River.  It 
was  evident  that  the  local  executive  com- 
mittee had  been  doing  some  tall  hustling. 
Their  chairman,  Mr.  DuriFee,  Superintend- 
ent of  city  schools,  was  evidently  pioud  of 
the  work  done  by  his  men,  and  when  he 
called  upon  them  to  sing  the  "Glory  Song" 
before  grace  was  asked  by  Dr.  George  W. 
Quick  of  Newport,  the  way  the  three  hun- 
dred voices  responded  made  it  apparent  that 
already  every  man  present  was  expecting 
an  unusual  evening.  It  was  just  that  from 
start  to  fnish.  Among  the  guests  were 
Secretaries  Spalding  and  Witter  from  Boston, 
Dr.  Barnes  from  New  York  City,  Mr.  W.  C. 
King  from  Springfield,  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Conference  to 
be  held  there  on  the  loth,  Missionaries 
Jackman  of  Assam,  and  Lerrigo  of  the 
Philippine  Islands,  and  District  Secretary 
J.  E.  Norcrossof  the  Home  Mission  Society, 


who  was  introduced  as  a  ttuter  tat  "the 
William  the  Conqueror"  who  wai  to  (Jkm. 
A  starter  it  was  in  good  eamett,  brilliant 
and  bristling,  just  the  kind  to  capctTue  busy 
business  men.  Then  came  the  mmn  of  the 
hour  in  the  interests  of  Baptist  MiMiaas  at 
home  and  abroad,  the  Abraham  LiDOotD- 
like  secretary  of  the  Baptin  hajmea't 
Movement,  W.  T.  Stackhouse,  taD,  cttn- 
manding,  terse,  tremendously  coovtBcn^  in 
argument  and  illustrarion,  —  living  his  burn- 
ing message  himself  to  the  very  letter,  and 
hence  able  to' say  with  all  enqriiuts, 
"Come  on."  If  one  could  judge  from  didr 
faces,  it  was  an  hour  of  revelation  and  vision 
to  many  a  man  in  that  attent  audience. 

At  the  close  of  this  masterly  address  the 
chairman  called  upon  ex-Congressman  An- 
drew Jennings,  who  offered  a  strong  set  of 
resolutions  by  which  the  men  assembled  by 
unanimous  vote  acknowledged  themselves 
under  solemn  obligations  to  do  all  in  their 
power  to  bring  the  gospel  message  to  the 
unevangelized  at  home  and  abroad,  and 
pledged  themselves  to  make  a  strong 
endeavor  to  secure  from  all  the  Baptist 
churches  of  the  city  an  average  per 
member  of  at  least  ten  cents  per  week  for 


The  missicmary  comminee  of  the  churdiet 
appointed  by  the  chairman  immediately 
upon  the  adjournment  of  the  meeting 
gathered  around  Dr.  Stackhouse,  who 
outlined  the  most  effective  plans  for  a  follow- 
up  campaign,  and  a  determination  to  gp  at 
the  matter  at  once  in  an  earnest  and  busi- 
nesslike way  was  evident  on  the  part  of  the 
men  as  they  separated. 

Much  of  the  success  of  this  meeting  was 
due  to  Pastors  Baldwin  of  the  First  Church, 
and  Blakeslee  of  the  Temple  Church,  who 
worked  untiringly  with  their  men  for  the 
conference,  which  every  one  was  assured 
marked  the  beginning  of  a  new  day  in  the 
forward  march  of  the  Baptist  men  of  Fall 
River  in  line  with  men  all  over  the  United 
States  and  Canada  in  the  interests  of  the 
Kingdom. 


Heetrngs  Projected 
March    7.  South  Norwalk,  Conn. 
March    8.  New  Haven,  Conn. 
March  10.  New  London,  Conn. 


MISSIONS 


On  the  Untraveled  Road 


BY  EDWARD  B.  EDMUNDS  OF  WISCONSIN 


HEN    you    come  to  a 
fork     in    the    roadway 
take    that    one    which 
seems  to  be  least  trav- 
eled."     This    was    the 
instruction      that     was 
given     to     those      men 
tent  out  by  the  American  Baptist  Publica- 
tion Society  to  carry  the  Bible  to  those  who 
lived   in  the   newly  settled   districts   of  the 
country  forty  years  ago.    They  were  called 
colporten  —  the  word  being  a  combination 
of  collar  and  porter  —  a  person  who  carries 
heavy  loads  by  means  of  a  strap  or  yoke 
fastened  over  his  shoulder.    The  Publica- 
tion Society  was  the  first  to  employ  col- 
porteis,  as  ii  conceived  the  idea,  1  think, 
nearly  sixty-five  years  ago,  of  sending  men 
out  with  its  books  and  literature.    This  was 
some  time  before  the  Tract  Society  had  men 
in  ttie  field.    A  large  number  of  these  col- 
poners  were  ministers.    They  would  canvass 
from  house  to  house,  selling  books  and  Bibles, 
organizing    Sunday    schools    and    reviving 
imall    churches.    They    carried    all    books 
ihat  were  suited  to  the  purpose  in  hand. 
Their  mission  was  in  country  places,  out  of 
the  way  places,  where  no  one  else  would 
go  —  going  from  place  to  place,  house  to 


,  stopping  men  on  the  road  for  con- 
riding  with  them  in  wagons, 
reading,  praying  with  the  people,  selling 
books  and  Bibles  when  possible,  and  giving 
away  wherever  there'seemed  to  be  need.  It 
was  a  rule  never  to  leave  a  house  without 
being  sure  that  there  was  a  Bible  there. 
From  very  small  beginnings  this  work  has 
grown  gradually  to  its  present  size.  Then 
the  load  was  carried  by  hand.  Now  more 
than  tifty  of  these  missionaries,  scattered  all 
through  the  country,  have  wagons,  by  which 
they  can  much  more  easily  carry  a  larger 
nd   scatter   freely    tracts    and 


paper 


slea 


s  for  hea 


ited  "Uncle  Boston,"  in  making 
an  address  some  years  ago  at  the  National 
Anniversaries,  said,  "There' is  Brother  Ed- 
munds of  Wisconsin.  He  has  been  cariying 
loads  of  books  for  many  years,  very  heavy 
loads,  till  he  has  become  round-shouldered 
and  his  fingers  are  drawn  so  that  they  cannot 
be  straightened."  This  was  of  course  an 
exaggeration,  but  not  without  a  measure  of 
truth. 

WISCONSIN   WANDERINGS 

The  first  day  that  I  worked  for  the  Society 
I  was  in  Oconomowoc.  Where  should  1 
begin  i    I     remembered     reading,     several 


m 


MISSIONS 


months   before,   a   letter   in   the   Stan  Jar  J 
written  by  a  lady  from  s<Hne  place  in  Wis- 
consin, pleading  for  some  one  to  come  and 
preach  the  gospel.     I  looked  over  the  map 
till  1  found  it.    The  place  was  Leeds,  thirty- 
live  miles  by  rail  and  about  fifteen  back  in 
the  country.     I  stopped  at  Fall  River.    The 
pastor  loaned  me  his  horse.     Leaving  an 
appointment  there  for  Sunday  evening,  I  - 
rode  thrpugh  Otsego,  where  I  left  an  ap- 
pointment for  Sunday  afternoon,  and  on  to 
Leeds.     I  found  the  family  whose  daughter 
was  the  writer  of  that  letter.     I  planned  for 
a  meeting  in  the  school- 
house  for  Sunday  morn- 
ing and  circulated  the 
notice  all  through  the 
community.      Sunday 
moming  1  preached  to 
a  full  house  and  organ- 
ized a   Sunday  school. 
In  the  afternoon  I  drove 
back  to  Otsego  where 
1  organized  another  Sun- 
day school  and  took  up 
a  small  collection  forthe 
Society.  Went  on  to  Fall 
River  where  I  preached 
in  rhe  evening  and  took 
another    col  lectio 


up    ; 
So    . 


Sun- 
work    under   the 


KSTABIJSHINC  f 


I  think  that 


'  ago 


last 

with  his  horse  and  wagon  (you  could  hardly 
call  it  a  buggy),  had  been  canvassing 
some  of  ibe  towns  in  Richland  County. 
We  started  for  Ontario  in  Vernon  County. 
There  was  no  direct  road,  and  wc  had  to 
take  a  circuitous  route  west  of  the  Kickapoo 
River,  a  journey  of  about  forty  miles. 
Late  in  the  afternoon,  very  tired,  we  came  to 
a  hill  that  overlooked  Ontario.  We  in- 
quired of  a  man  at  the  top  of  the  hill  for 
Baptists.  We  were  directed  to  a  house  up 
the  Brush  Creek  Valley,  where  we  were 
warmly  welcomed  by  Robert  Sandon  and 
his  family.  We  found  that  there  was  ,i 
little  church  of  eight  members  that  bad  not 
had  a  meeting  for  two  years.  We  remained 
a  few  days,  visited  throughout  the  communitv, 


held  several  meetings,  found  them  anxious  to 
do  something  and  left  them  with  a  promise 
to  return  in  the  winter.     In  the  meantime 
1  found  a  brother,  over  sixty  years  old,  who 
bad  retired  from  the  ministry,  and  persuaded 
him  to  undertake  a  pastorate  there.     About 
holidays  I  recalled  my  promise  and  wrote  to 
Brother  Sandon.     He  replied,  "Not  ready 
yet.    Wait,"    In  February  I  received  word: 
"All    ready.    Wish  that  you   could   come 
right  away."     Providentially  I  had  just  then 
about  ten  days  between  appointments.    I 
took  a  twenty-five  mile  stage  ride  to  reach 
there.    As     the     stage 
stopped  two  men  came 
up.   "Is  this  Elder  Ed- 
munds ?"     "Yes,    sir." 
"Well,  brother,  we  have 
been   praying  that  God 
would    tend    you    here 
and  now  we  pray  diat 
he  will  bless  you."    I 
found   that    a    number 
were  gathered  just  then 
and  praying  for  a  blcM- 
ing  uptxi    the  woric  to 
be  done.    Within  eight 
weeks  that  little  church 

bers,  having  been  muki- 
rDutjHD)  plied    more    than    ten- 

fold. Pastor  Phillipi  did 
a  splendid  work  among  them  for  twelve  years 
and  lived  there  till  over  ninety  years  of  age. 


Over  twenty  years  ago  I  found  myself  one 
Saturday  morning  in  Madison,  with  no 
appointment  for  Sunday.  I  knew  of  a  little 
church  where  there  was  no  pastor  and 
probably  no  meetings.  That  was  my  field. 
1  took  a  freight  train  about  sixty  miles 
to  a  small  siarion,  reaching  there  about 
I  P.M.  1  asked  a  man  near  by,  "How  far  to 
the  Clark  neighborhood?"  "Five  miles." 
"Is  the  river  safe  to  cross?"  It  was  the 
lower  Wisconsin  River  and  Jt  was  getting 
late  in  the  spring.  "Two  men  crossed  it 
day  before  yesterday,  but  1  would  not  prom- 
ise it  to  be  safe."  "What  chance  is  there 
for  dinner  here  ?■'  "None  at  all."  I  could 
see  nothing  to  do  but  to  venture.  He  gave 
me  directions  and  I  started.  Soon  I  came 
ro  a  son  of  a  straw  bridge  crossing  a  stream 
that  was  running  clear  (fed  by  springs).    A 


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175 


linlc  ianher  and  I  came  to  the  "  river."  The 
ice  seemed  safe.  I  cut  as  Urge  a  stick  as  I 
could  handle  to  be  a  help  if  I  broke  through. 
1  ventured  out  and  got  safely  over.  But  a 
quaiter  of  a  mile  farther  and  1  came  to  the 
liver.  The  other  proved  to  be  only  a  slough, 
But  here  is  the  river  itself,  very  wide,  and 
the  water  tunning  clear  at  my  feet.  What 
should  I  do  ?  I  could  see  people  and  hear 
their  voices  over  the  dther  side,  but  I  could 
not  make  them  hear  me.  A  little  to  the' 
right  the  ice  touched  the  shore.  I  tried  it. 
It  seemed  solid.     I  thought  of  the  conse- 


the  door.  She  recognized  me  as  I  looked 
back,  1  was  received  into  the  house,  but 
got  no  dinner  till  supper  time.  I  made 
appointments,  stayed  about  ten  days  and 
had  a  good  series  of  meetings. 

NOW  FOR  THE    SEQUEL 

One  Saturday,  about  fifteen  years  ago,  I 

walked  twelve  miles  to  Columbus  where  was 

a    small,,  pastorless    church.      1    made    an- 

;   for  meetings,    but  had   very 

attendance,    only    in    the    afternoon 

about  sixty  came.    I  preached  one  of 


quences.  lliere  was  not  a  person  among 
my  friends  who  knew  where  I  was.  If  I 
should  be  drowned  my  body  might  be 
caught  on  a  snag  or  be  carried  under  the  ice 
into  the  Mississippi.  It  would  be  a  case  of 
mysterious  disappearance.  Finally  I  said, 
"My  duty  is  over  there.  I  have  nothing  to 
do  here.  It  is  either  over  or  under."  I 
naned,  treading  lightly  but  swiftly  and  — 
well,  I  breathed  more  freely  when  I  reached 
the  Other  shore.  I  tramped  on;  reached  the 
home  of  one  of  the  Clark  brothers  and 
knocked  in  vain.  No  one  at  home.  I  went 
to  the  home  of  the  other  brother  and  knocked 
and  knocked.  No  response.  Then  I  felt 
blue.  Tired,  hungry,  what  should  I  do? 
I  turned  away  slowly.  But  Mrs.  Clark  had 
been  groused  by  my  knocking  and  came  to 


my  "Boys'  and  Girls'  sermons"  and  had 
just  dismissed  the  meeting  when  a  man  came 
up  and  said  (hat  he  wanted  to  speak  to  the 
people.  I  called  for  order  and  he  said, 
"Twenty  years  ago  I  lived  in  Washington 
County.  A  Baptist  missionary  held  a  meet- 
ing for  boys  and  girls  in  our  schoojhouse, 
I  was  one  of  the  little  boys  on  the  front  seat, 
I  have  wondered  whether  I  would  ever  see 
iry  again.  I  think  that  this  is 
but  do  not  know.     But  1  want  to 


say  tha 

t,  if  the 

Lord 

ever  let  : 

me  hav. 

e  any 

faith  in 

Him  or 

do  an 

ything  In 

the  miti 

listry, 

I  have 

to  look 

back 

to  that  SI 

'rmon  3 

IS  the 

means 

of  winn 

ine  m 

e."     My 

heart  a 

Imost 

choked 

me,  but  I  said 

,  "I  am  til 

le  man. 

And 

if  it  pie. 

ises  you 

to  ha 

ve  a  meeting  tomi 

.>rrow 

aftemoc 

wi  after 

schw 

]],    I    will 

preach 

that 

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MISSIONS 


same  temoa"  This  gave  me  the  ears  of 
the  people.  They  came  in  larger  numbers, 
and  for  ten  days  I  had  a  precious  meeting. 
He  told  me  that  at  that  meeting,  twenty 
years  before,  five  boys  and  girls  were  con- 
verted who  afterward  became  Methodist 
ministers  or  ministers'  wives. 

A  COINCIDENCE  AND  CONVERSION 

While  attending  the  La  Fayette  Associa- 
tion at  Dodgeville  I  was  invited  home  to 
dinner  by  a  lady  whom  I  did  not  at  first 
recognize.  She  told  me  that,  over  thirty 
years  before,  when  she  was  a  little  girl,  I 
held  a  boys'  and  girls'  meeting  in  her  neigh- 
borhood. As  a  result  of  that  meeting  she 
gave  her  heart  to  Christ.  I  have  no  recollec- 
tion of  that  meeting,  neither  can  I  find  any 
record  of  it.  Having  no  church  or  Christian 
privileges,  she  fell  away.  About  a  dozen 
years  later  I  held  another  meeting  in  a 
neighborhood  where  she  was  working  and 
she  there  confessed  Christ  and  came  into 
the  church.  At  that  first  meeting  I  had 
given  each  one  a  little  bit  of  a  singing  book 
that  we  had  printed  ourselves,  containing 
the  words  of  about  a  dozen  hymns  for  use  in 
the  meetings.  For  over  thirty  years  she  had 
kept  it  and  now  showed  it  to  me. 

A  Testament  was  given  to  a  Bohemian 
family.  Through  it  both  husband  and  wife 
were  led  to  Christ.  They  passed  it  on  to 
relatives  in  Minneapolis  who  in  turn,  we 
hope,  were  blessed. 

THREATS  AND  TRIUMPHS 

I  once  drove  in  a  sleigh,  with  another 
worker,  to  a  new  county  where  there  was 
no  organized  church  with  the  exception 
of  one  small  Dutch  Reformed.  I  drove  to 
the  county  seat,  a  small  village,  knocked  at 
the  door  of  the  first  house  and  heard,  "Come 
in."  I  opened  the  door  and  saw  about  a 
dozen  men  and  women.  "I  am  a  Sunday- 
school  missionary.  Did  you  ever  see  such 
a  creature?"  "Well,  the  last  minister  that 
came  here  we  stoned.  We've  made  up  our 
minds  to  crucify  the  next."  "Well,"  I 
replied,  "there  will  be  a  meeting  at  the 
schoolhouse  tonight,  and  you  are  all  invited 
to  come."  And  they  did  come.  Every  man, 
woman  and  child  with  one  exception  —  a 
mother  with  a  babe  too  young  to  bring  out. 
I  stayed  five  days,  visiting  and  holding  meet- 
ings. The  last  evening  I  said,  "I  know 
little  about  you,  but  I  wonder  if  there  are 


any  among  you  that  will  confess  Christ  as 
your  Saviour."  One  woman  rose.  "Are 
there  any  who  want  this  Christ  ?"  A  young 
woman  rose.  I  found  that  for  a  long  time 
she  had  been  feeling  in  the  dark  after  salva- 
tion and  no  one  to  show  her  the  way. 

"on  THE  WRONG  ROAD" 

One  day  I  was  in  Loganville  and  wanted  to 
go  to  Marble  Ridge.  I  was  told  to  go  down 
the  valley  about  three  miles,  turn  to  the 
right  and  climb  the  bluflP  where  I  would  find 
the  place.  A  little  way  down  I  found  two 
tracks  that  seemed  to  be  both  one  road. 
Being  on  the  left,  I  kept  on  that  track. 
Walking  a  long  time  and  finding  no  turn  to 
the  right,  I  called  to  a  man  stacking  grain 
down  in  a  field.  "Hello,  there.  You  have 
a  fine  lot  of  boys  on  that  stack."  "My  boys 
are  all  girls."  With  boys'  hats  on  and  too 
far  away  I  could  not  disringuish.  "How 
far  is  it  to  Marble  Ridge?"  "You  are  en 
the  wrong  road."  "Why,  I  was  told  to 
come  this  way."  "Did  you  notice  a  fork 
in  the  road?  You  should  have  taken  the 
right  hand."  "How  far  back  is  it?" 
"Three  miles."  "How  far  the  other  way 
around?"  "Four  miles  down  and  four' 
back."  "Can't  I  get  across?"  "No,  there 
is  a  deep  marsh."  "How  far  is  it  over?" 
"Half  a  mile."  "Why,  I  can't  go  'way 
around.  What  shall  I  do?"  "Well,  there 
is  a  path  where  people  have  crossed.  Per- 
haps you  can  find  it.  Go  across  that  potato 
patch  to  a  certain  point,  climb  the  fence  and 
there  is  a  path."  I  started  and  thou^t  that 
I  struck  the  trail,  but  I  lost  it.  I  got  deeper 
and  deeper  in  the  bog.  I  was  besvi^ 
loaded  with  books,  satchel,  rain  coat  ani 
umbrella.  Worse  still,  a  rain  came  vp  aai 
I  must  keep  my  books  dry.  Suuggpug  O^ 
I  came  to  the  edge  of  a  wood  that  proved  ta 
be  a  swamp.  Tearing  my  way  thram^  1. 
came  up  against  "Honey  Creek,**  fhm  aDMl 
close  the  other  side.  Tired,  hungrf, 
by  the  rain,  I  plunged  in,  holding 
above  my  head  to  keep  it  diy,  and 
safely  on  the  other  side.  I  walked  a 
down  the  road  before  I  came  to 
There  I  knocked  in  vain.  No  one 
Thoroughly  tired,  I  sat  down  and 
hour  or  more,  when  the  people 
I  was  helped  to  some  dry  dodiinc.  Tlio 
consequence  was  a  severe  cold,  and  dtt  matt 
morning  I  was  glad  to  catdi  a  tide  to  dK 


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PnbEciAiaaSacietr 


railroad  ten  miles  away  and  go  home.     1  did 
nottee  Marble  Ridge  till  some  yean  afterthat. 

FOUR  MILES  OF  MUD 

Smiic  yean  after  the  first  visit  I  wu  again 
io  Omaria  It  was  the  muddiest  October 
ever  known  in  Wiicotuin.  A  man  laid  that 
he  bad  found  a  new  load,  six  feet  below  the 
(dd  one^  Brush  Creek  Valley  was  especially 
bad.  Pastor  Phillips  kept  saying  "I  do 
wish  that  May  would  come  down."  She 
widi  another  young  lady  widied  to  he  bap- 
tiied,  and  he  was  too  infirm  to  do  it.  But 
May  lived  four  railei  up  that  muddy  road, 
and  pet^le  were  upon  it  only  when  obliged 
to  be.  Saturday  noon  I  made  up  my  mind 
that  I  mutt  tty  to  reach  her.  I  waded  the 
four  miles  through  the  mud,  reaching  there 
late  in  the  ^kanooa.  May  was  kneading 
bread.    But  there  was  no  ttnte  to  be  Ion  if 


we  were  to  reach  town  before  dark.  Hardly 
■topping  to  sit  down,  I  told  why  I  had  come. 
She  immediately  took  her  hands  out  of  the 
dough,  washed  them,  made  up  a  package 
of  clothing  and  followed  me  through  the 
mud  to  the  village.  The  next  morning  I 
baptized  the  two. 

IN  THE  MICHIGAN   PENINSULA 

Between  April,  1S77,  and  April,  iSSi,  I 
was  engaged  in  this  same  work  in  Michigan. 
In  1880,  Mr.  W.  H.  Brearley,  then  of 
Detroit,  offered  to  pay  an  extra  hundred 
dollars  to  the  Sunday-school  Board  to  meet 
the  extra  expense  of  sending  a  missitmaiy 
through  the  "Upper  Peninsula."  I  took  the 
earliest  boat  in  Detroit  for  the  "Soo,"  In 
and  around  that  new  town  I  found  about 
fifteen  Baptists.  Securing  an  empty  school- 
house,  1  furnished  it  for  the  purpose  and 
organized  a  Sunday  school.  Soon  after  I 
met  Dr.  G.  S.  Bailey  and  suggested  that  the 
"Soo"  might  be  a  good  place  to  spend  his 
vacation  and  do  some  pioneer  work.  He 
accepted  the  suggestion,  spent  six  weeks 
there,  baptized  a  number  and  organized 
what  has  since  grown  to  be  Mie  of  die  ben 
churches  in  Michigan,  During  my  lasttwo 
years  of  Michigan  work  I  organized  ten 
churches,  about  half  of  them  proving  per- 
manent and  successful. 

Many  a  time  have  I  thanked  the  Publica- 
tion Society  for  standing  behind  me  in  thii 
precious  work,  and  praised  the  Lord  that  He 
was  willing  to  use  so  unworthy  an  innru< 


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MISS  ION  S 


The  Philippine  Conference 

BY  REV.  CHARLES  L.  MAXFIELD,  OF  BACOLOD,  P.I. 


HE  Seventh  Annual  Conference 
of  the  Philippine  Baptist  Mis- 
sion was  held  in  Iloilo,  Dc- 
The  reports  from 


cember  6  -1 
the    vario. 


shov 


steady  progress  along  many 
lines,  and  called  attention  to 
cenain  pressing  needs  if  we  are  to  conserve 
the  work  already  gained. 

Mr.  Russell,  who  is  caring  for  Capiz 
station  during  the  absence  of  Dr.  Leriigo 
and  Mr.  Robbins,  reported  eighty  baptisms. 
A  dormitory  for  young  men  has  been  estab- 
lished and  a  good  beginning  made.  Miss 
Nicolet,  in  charge  of  the  home  school  during 
the  absence  of  Miss  Suman,  reports  a  pros- 
perous and  encouraging  year's  work. 

Mr.  Forshee  for  northern  Ncgros  reported 
activity  among  the  churches  as  shown  in  the 
increased  membership  and  development  in 
organization.  Mr.  Ma.tBeld  reported  wide 
evangelization  and  encouraging  results  in 
particular  in  the  winning  to  Christ  of  several 
prominent  leaders  among  the  upper  classes. 
Bacolod  station  reported  220  baptisms  for 
the  year.  Miss  Whelpton  has  been  busy 
with  many  duties.  She  has  had  the  care  of 
the  girls'  dormitory,  a  successful  kinder- 
garten of  about  fifty  children,  supported  by 


the  people  of  the  town,  and  a  large  service 
in  the  dispensary,  having  treated  more  than 
200  cases  during  November  alone.  The 
Conference  asked  Dr.  Thomas  to  cooperate 
in  sustaining  the  medical  work  for  the 
present  in  association  with  Miss  Whelpton. 
As  there  is  a  steamer  from  Iloilo  to  Bacolod 
twice  a  week,  which  anchors  at  Bacolod 
over  night,  this  will  be  possible.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Maxfield  will  reside  in  Bacolod  when 
Mr.  Forshee  leaves  for  his  furlough  in 
September. 

The  Union  Hospital  in  Iloilo  h»  done  a 
large  service,  but  is  greatly  crippled  becaUM 
of  insufficient  quarters  to  do  the  larger  work 
contemplated  when  the  union  work  was 
begun.  Dr.  Hall  of  the  Presbyterian  Board 
was  obliged  to  return  to  Ametica  in  April 
because  of  sickness,  and  thus  Dr.  Thomas 
has  done  double  service  since  that  time. 
The  great  need  is  for  an  etilat^ement  of  the 
hospital  in  order  to  hold  and  increaM  the 
large  place  it  has  made  for  iadf  in  the 
community  and  the  entire  southern  portion 
of  the  Archipelago,  both  among  nadvc  and 
foreign  population.  There  is  also  an  im- 
perative need  for  a  missionary  residence  for 
Dr.  Thomas,  as  the  present  abode  i*  a 
menace  to  heahh.    The  Property  Committee 


MISSIONS 


■79 


and  the  Conference  unanimously  recom- 
moidcd  that  these  needs  be  supplied. 

The  Press  has  been  under  the  care  of 
Mr.  MuDger.  It  has  done  a  lai^e  work, 
baving  printed  more  than  three  million  pages 
of  Inenture.  Mr.  Snyder  will  come  from 
oar  press  in  Rangoon,  Burma,  early  in  the 
jwar  to  assume  charge  of  the  Press  and 
become  treasurer  of  the  Mission.  He  will 
supply  a  need  in  both  these  lines  of  service. 

Mr.  Lund  has  been  busy  with  translation 
work;  preaching  on  Sunday  in  Iloilo  and 
oeca^onal  visits  to  the  various  districts  with 
other  nuMioDa tie*.  He  is  indeed  the  "  Father 
of  the  PhiUppine  Mission,"  and  continues 
to  give  it  a  father's  love  and  care.  The 
translation  of  the  Old  Testament  is  approach- 
ing completion  and  portions  will  be  printed 
by  the  American  Bible  Society  this  year. 
Two  dormitories   ibr  students   have   been 


instituted  by  the  Iloilo  i 
Maxfield  has  had  charge  of  the  dormitories. 
They  have  cooperated  with  the  Presbyterians 
in  sustaining  a  preaching  service  for  the 
400  Americans  resident  here,  as  well  as  a 
Y.M.C.A.  in  the  heart  of  the  city.  The 
Y.M.C.A.  has  no  secretary,  and  is  supported 
entirely  by  local  contributions. 

The  Woman's  Bible  Training  School, 
under  the  care  of  Miss  Johnson,  has  per- 
formed a  service  of  great  good  in  providing 
trained  Bible  women  who  labored  during 
the  vacations  in  all  the  fields.  A  class  will 
be  graduated  this  year  who  will  be  available 
for  pennanent  service  along  this  line.  We 
were  happy  to  greet  Miss  Lund,  who  returns 
from  Chicago  10  be  associated  with  Miss 
Johnson  in  this  school. 

The  Girls'  Academy  under  the  charge  of 
Miss  Bissinger  has  just  begun.  This  insutu- 
tion  promises  large  usefulness  in  touching 
le  young  women  of  the  scHcalled 
of  people.  The  need  is  for  a 
id  suitable  home  for  the  school, 
irial  school  has  had  a  good  year, 
le  has  been  alone  most  of  the 
teachers  came  from  America, 
1  Houger  and  Miss  Grace 
most  welcome  addition  to  the 
;e.  It  was  voted  to  add  the 
;h  School  work  to  the  cutricu- 
:  have  been  nearly  400  pupils 
he  irrigation  plant  is  installed 
is  hoped  that  the  new  Central 
ling  may  be  forthcoming  this 
I  voted  to  ask  (or  an  appropria- 
all  sugar  mill  to  grind  the  cane 
:  farm. 

)w  has  had  charge  of  the  Jaro 
ield.    He  reports  200  baptisms 
nent  along  many  lines  of  work, 
had  charge  of  the  completion  of 
lujlding.     This  work  was  well 
and  quickly  done  with  a  large 
saving  over  contract  prices. 
T^e  paramount  need   as 
indicated    in    nearly    every 
report  of  individual  and  of 
comminee      was      for      an 
enla^ment  of  the   educa- 
tional work  as  a  means  both 
to  wider  evangelization  and 
the  conservation  of  the  work 
already  done. 


MISSIONS 


DEMAND  FOK  MEN 

The  report  of  the  Jaro  station  showed  a 
membership  of  about  1,600  in  1907,  am] 
only  about  2,000  in  1908.  During  die  last 
two  years  there  has  been  a  loss  equally  great. 
The  report  of  Mr.  Bigelow  states  that  "In 
this  district  there  are  21  organized  churches 
up  the  country  beyond  the  Kabatuan  field. 
Counting  Jaro  and  the  little  church  on 
Guimaras  at  Sanao  there  are  23  in  all.  In 
these  churches  there  are  a  little  over  1,200 
members.  At  the  last  association  they  re- 
ported a  few  over  200  baptisms.  Two  of 
these  churches  are  just  about  dead;  four 
are  veiy  weak;  eight  are  barely  holding  their 
own,  and  the  remaining  nine  are  quite  strong. 
The  great  difficulty  is  the  lack  ofa  sufficiently 
crained   working    body.     There   are  seven      mission. 


ordained  men,  six  of  whom  are  good  work- 
ers. There  are  four  real  good  licensed 
preachers,  though  they  have  but  little 
power."  These  facts,  together  with  the  call 
for  workers  better  trained  for  the  other 
fields,  made  imperative  the  demand  for 
schools.  The  recommendation  of  the  edu- 
cational committee  that  vacation  schools  be 
approved  was  heartily  endorsed.  The  need 
for  a  Bible  School  was  discussed  and  it^was 
unanimously  recommended  that  an  appro- 
priation for  the  construction  of  such  a 
school  be  made.  With  faith  in  God  and 
confidence  in  the  brethren  at  home  whom 
we  represent,  the  missionaries  returned  to 
their  stations  believing  that  a  day  yet 
brighter  was    dawning  for  the  Philippine 


MISSIONARY  AMONG  THE  KIOWAS  IN  OKLAHOMA 


ON  a  memorable  day  the  Kiowa  Quar- 
tette, consisting  of  Deacons  Toybow 
(interpreter),  Saneco,  Hobey  and  theit 
missionary,  departed  from  Rainy  Mountain 
Mission  for  a  tour  among  the  churches  in 
southeastern  Nebraska,  and  from  there  to 
Lodge  Grass,  our  Crow  Mission  in  south- 
eastern Montana.  This  was  to  be  a  mission 
of  Christian  Indians  to  a  neighbor  tribe. 
The  churches  visited  in  Nebraska  were 
Fairbury,  Alexandria,  Beatrice,  Wymere, 
Pawnee  City,  Lincoln,  Alliance,  Hastings, 
Grand  Island,  and  live  in  Omaha;  two  in 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  were  also  included. 

These  churches  are  earnest,  aggressive 
and  missionary.  Their  pastors  are  men  of 
God  with  the  Master's  vision  of  a  lost  world. 
Pastors  and  churches  gave  the  quartette  a 
warm  welcome  in  heart,  home  and  attendance 


and  were  not  stinted  in  their  gifts  to  help 
the  visitors  on  their  Way. 

Our  gift  to  the  churches  *  comprised 
Kiowa  Jesus  songs,  interpreted  and  sung 
in  Kiowa;  a  brief  statement,by,the  missionary 
of  the  history,  fields  and  workers  among 
the  Blanket  Indians;  impressing  the  people 
that  their  money  has  been  well  invested 
when  given  to  our  Horoe  Mission  Societies, 
and  asking  that  they  give  their  prayers, 
children  and  money  for  the  enlargement  of 
the  work.  Then  the  Indian  brothers  are 
presented  as  the  products  of  Christian 
prayers  and  gifts,  and  they  tell  the  story  of 
their  life.  In  their  addresses  the  old  life 
and  the  new  are  brought  out  in  vivid  con- 
trast, and  the  gospel  is  seen  to  be  the  power 
of  God  unto  salvation.  All  see  that  this  is 
Christ's  work.     I>eacon  Saneco    gives    an 


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exhibition  of  the  sign  or  hand  language  of 
(he  Indians.  He  (peaks  of  God's  houie 
here,  and  of  the  beautiful  one  on  high,  of 
the  way  Je«us  has  made  for  us  to  travel  to 
that  home.  By  this  hearts  are  touched  and 
■nissionaiy  interest  is  created.  Many  said, 
"1  wish  our  Societies  would  do  more  of  this 
kind  of  work.  We  can  now  see  what  our 
money  is  doing." 

Lodge  Grass  is  fifty-two  miles  northwest 
of  Sheridan,  Wyoming,  and  twenty-four 
miles  southeast  of  Custei's  last  battlefield, 
in  the  valley  of  the  Little  Big  Horn  River. 
It  derives  its  name  from  the  fact  that  in  the 
olden  days  the  grass  grew  so  long  that  the 
Indians  could  cover  their  lodges  with  it. 
In  the  Bat  valley,  one-half  mile  from  the 
railroad  station  and  near  the  river,  our 
mission  is  located.  On  the  east  the  foot- 
hills, on  the  west  snow-capped  mountain;  a 
I  of  beauty.  In  eight  years  three 
have  been  ereaed, — parsonage, 
I  Hall  and  school  building.  These 
are  built  of  small  pine  logs, 
iMdk  B  ardiitecture.  All  the  buildings 
ara  tborou^y  constructed  and  attractive. 
Some  handa  have  wrought  long  and  nobly. 
The  adtool  wilt  enroll  fifty  this  year. 

A  little  church  <tf  thirty  members  shines  as 
a  beacon  in  At  midst  of  heathen  darkness. 
Many  of  the  members  are  faithful  and  are 
growing  ttroT^.  Their  persons  and  faces 
show  the  new  life  and  dieir  speech  is  the 
dialect  of  Zion. 

The  tribe  numbert  two  thousand.  Iliis 
people  are  farther  hack  than  any  tribe  in 
Oklahoma  in  the  comforts  of  civilization. 


in  cleanliness  of  person  and  home,  and  are 
very  low  in  their  social  relations.  The 
tribal  social  dance  is  strong,  and  in  this  a 
large  element  of  impurity.  Antichrist,  in 
the  form  of  Romanism,  has  much  influence, 
and  by  intrigue  poisons  and  biases  the 
Indian  mind,  and  holds  before  the  people  a 
form  of  godliness  that  has  no  power.  In 
an  environment  like  this  the  progress  of 
truth  must  be  slow.  But  the  lamps  are 
full  of  oil,  trimmed  and  burning,  and  the 
darkness  must  pass. 

Our  three  Kiowa  Christians  were  living 
letters  read  by  this  people.  Through  them 
Christ  sung  and  testified.  It  was  a  good 
meeting.  The  people  came,  the  Crow  Chris- 
tians were  earnest,  many  were  convicted 
deeply  of  sin,  four  were  received  for  baptism 
and  three  baptized.  Others  will  come,  for 
much  good  seed  has  been  sown. 

More  than  thirty  years  ago  the  heroic 
Custer  with  his  little  band  made  their  last 
stand  on  the  ridge  above  the  valley  while 
the  vast  hordes  swept  up  frrm  the  glen 
below,  completely  surrounding  him  and  hti 
band.  The  cause  for  whicli  .'hey  shed  thdr 
blood  has  moved  onward  and  Indian  wan 

There  are  spiritual  Custers  in  the  vale 
below,  the  little  band  is  surrounded  by  the 
foes  of  the  cause.  The  truth  for  which  they 
are  giving  their  days  of  devotion  will  move 
forward.  Let  us  sympathize  with,  pray 
for,  support  and  honor  those  who  leave 
friends  and  loved  ones  and  lay  down  their 
lives  for  Christ  and  His  cause. 

Rainy  Mountain,  Okla. 


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Devotional 


9ra;er  f et  tit  JEUtion 

^  LORD  GOD  of  nations,  Thou  who 
^0^  makest  of  one  blood  all  men  to 
dwell  upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  look 
upon  this  Thy  people.  Let  the  nation 
know  what  makes  a  people  great.  If 
we  have  been  wandering  from  Thee, 
looking  upon  merchandise  as  our  only 
glory,  and  wealth  as  our  only  good,  in 
Thy  great  mercy  pity  us.  Let  us  re^ 
member  the  holy  teachings  of  the  past, 
the  story  of  the  times  that  are  gone.  Wake 
us  up  from  our  indifference  to  right  and 
our  love  of  mammon.  Let  us  be  filled 
with  great  thoughts,  noble  patriotism, 
great  and  holy  purposes,  that  we  may 
lend  to  our  land  the  grace  of  true  citizen- 
shijf,  of  goodness  and  of  truth.  May 
we  know  Thee  as  the  Rock  of  our  de- 
fence, our  strong  Tower,  our  Sovereign 
Ruler,  and  our  Everlasting  Hope;  for 
Jesus  Christ's  sake.     Amen, 

PRAY  — 

That  great  blessing  may  rest  upon  the 
men  of  the  churches  as  they  gather  in  the 
conferences  of  the  Baptist  Laymen's  Mis- 
sionary Movement. 

That  the  leaders  may  be  given  messages 
that  shall  bum  into  the  souls  of  the  hearers 
and  make  them  men  for  such  a  time  as  this. 

That  the  Secretary  of  the  Movement  may 
be  clothed  upon  with  mighty  power  to  move 
men,  give  them  his  own  broad  vision  and 
confidence  in  God,  and  band  them  for  such 
service  as  the  church  has  never  seen. 

That  out  of  this  Movement  may  come  the 
means  to  enlarge  the  missionary  work  to 
meet  some  of  the  most  pressing  calls  at  home 
and  abroad. 

From  a  Missionary's  Journal 

January  5.  Pitt  preached  well  on  *'  Love." 
God's  love  to  us  is  shown  in  Romans  v.  8. 
Our  love  to  God  is  shown  in  John  xiv.  23. 


If  we  love  God  we  must  show  it  as  in  I  John 
iv.  7,  8. 

January  16.  It  is  just  twenty-d^t  ytan 
today  since  we  readied  Nowg(mg.  Busy 
and  happy  years  they  have  been.  We  can 
trust  Jesus  for  the  future.  We  cannot 
adequately  express  our  appreciation  of  Him 
who  hath  redeemed  us  and  honored  us  with 
junior  partnership  in  the  work  of  building 
up  His  kingdom. 

January  20.  When  reading  today  in 
"Secrets  of  a  Beautiful  Life/'  I  was  struck 
with  this  expression,  "When  night  comes 
He  will  show  us  the  stars/'  —  meaning  that 
God  has  a  promise  and  comfort  for  our 
every  need.  I  am  trying  to  put  a  few  of  die 
thoughts  of  that  good  little  book  into 
Assamese. 

June  25.  I  like  this  sentence  from  J.  R. 
Miller:  "He  who  does  God's  will  faithfully 
each  day  makes  life  a  song.  The  music 
is  peace." 

November  11.  This  has  been  a  happy 
birthday  for  me.  The  twelve  women  who 
came  to  our  bungalow  for  the  women's 
prayer  meeting  prayed  so  earnestly.  They 
hold  these  meetings  around  at  the  Christian 
houses. 

June  30.  We  praise  our  Saviour  for  His 
loving  kindness.  "Peace!  perfect  peace! 
our  future  all  unknown.  Jesus  we  know, 
and  He  is  on  the  throne." 

Sources  of  Strength 

Then  welcome  each  rebuff 
That  turns  earth's  smoothness  rough, 
Each  sting  that  bids  nor  sit  nor  stand,  but  go! 
Be  our  joys  three-parts  pain! 
Strive,  and  hold  cheap  the  strain, 
Learn,  nor  account  the  pang;  dare,  never 
grudge  the  throe.  — Browning, 

Thoughts  to  Grow  On 
The  only  remedy  with  me  is  to  pray  for 
every  one  who  worries  me.     It  is  wonderful 
what  such  prayer  does. 

And  be  ye  kind  one  to  another,  tender- 
hearted, forgiving  each  other,  even  as  God 
also  in  Christ  forgave  you.  — Eph,  iv.  32. 


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Echoes  from  the  Oriental  Press 

CONDUCTED  BY  J.'  L.  DEARING,  D.D. 


A  WRITER  i: 
1\.  attenlion   ii 


;  Indian  Mirror  calls 
uncertain  way  to  the 
problems  among  young  men  today  in  India. 
It  is  sadly  true  that  the  condition  which  he 
Mcms  to  see  in  India  is  too  sadly  true  of  the 
entire  East.  The  appeal  to  the  Christian 
West  in  behalf  of  these  tnen  of  the  coming 
generation  in  the  East  should  be  heard.  The 
following  quotation  is  none  too  strong; 

"One  of  the  gravest  problems  of  the  ptes-  , 
ent  day  is  how  to  arrest  the  rapidly  growing 
tide  of  moial  depravity  among  some  of  the 
young  men  of  our  country.  No  thoughtful 
observer  can  help  noticing  that  the  minds  of 
lome  of  them  have  been  greatly  perverted  by 
the  insidious  teachings  and  preachings  which 
have  been  their  staple  food  for  some  time 
past.  'Headless,  heartless,  soulless,'  would 
perhaps  be  the  only  fitting  description  of  the 
youth  to  whom  we  have  referred.  Do  we  find 
in  these  young  men  or  in  the  system  to  which 
they  belong,  either  reverence  to  God,  obedi- 
ence to  authority,  or  love  for  humanity  ? . 
Religion,  worth  the  name,  they  have  none; 
their  moral  horizon  is  darkened  by  passion 
and  hate;  and  their  intellectual  outfit  is  of 
the  meagrest  type.  No  wonder,  violence  and 
bloodshed,  robbeiy  and  spoliation,  have  be- 
come their  creed.  It  grieves  us  beyond 
measure  to  have  to  draw  up  this  indictment 
against  any  class  of  our  young  men,  but  the 
situation  has  become  so  great  that  we  cannot 
help  giving  expression  to  our  feelings  without 
concealment  or  attempt  at  palliation." 
TI  The  Indian  Mirror  sounds  a  very  encour- 
aging note  in  r^ard  to  the  change  in  the  con- 
dition of  child  widows  and  child  marriages. 
We  ceitainly  cm  but  thank  God  for  thi. 


hopeful  sign.    The  following  is  taken  from 
a  recent  number: 

"We  are  confident  that  so  much  interest 
that  is  now  taken  in  our  widows  and  the 
cause  of  their  advancement,  cannot  surety 
go  in  vain.  The  movement  has  spread 
abroad,  and  Bengal,  or,  for  the  matter  of 
that,  only  that  ponion  of  it  that  still  delights 
in  hidebound  obstinacy  and  narrow  intoler- 
ance, cannot  long  afford  to  escape  the  blessed 
contagion.  Judging  from  the  strides  that  the 
movement  is  making  m  almost  all  parts  of 
the  country,  we  believe  that  it  will  soon  be> 
come  as  impossible  to  withstand  its  resting 
waves  as  for  Mrs.  Malaprop  to  mop  away 
the  Atlantic.  A  welcome  sign  is  already 
visible,  which  must  do  good  to  the  heart  of  all 
interested  in  social  reform.  Hitherto  many 
of  our  contemporaries  dismissed  with  scant 
respect  all  questions  of  social  reform,  and 
allowed  themselves  (o  be  absorbed  exclusively 
In  political  topics.  A  change  has  happily 
come  over  their  spirit,  and  social  reform  is 
no  more  the  subject  under  ban  that  it  was 
previously  regarded  to  be.  The  questions 
of  raising  the  marriageable  age  of  girls  and 
the  introduction  of  widow  marriage  have 
forced  their  way  to  the  forefront,  and  claim  a 
good  deal  of  public  attention  at  the  present 
time.  An  influential  organization  has  al- 
ready been  set  afoot  in  Bengal  to  take  care 
of  the  first  question  and  need  is  felt  for 
another  body  to  Interest  itself  in  the  second. 
We  are  sure  that  with  the  inauguration  of  a 
Widow  Marriage  Association  in  Bengal  on 
the  lines  of  similar  organizations  in  Madras 
and  Bombay,  the  cause  will  receive  a  fillip, 
which  will  greatly  accelerate  its  progress." 


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Tlie  Lost  Month 

BHIS  is  the  closing  month 
of  the  fiscal  year  of  the 
Societies.  It  will  have 
to  be  a  month  of  per- 
tinent budget  raising 
and  large  giving  if  the 
year  is  to  close  without 
debt.  There  has  been  some  advance 
proportionately  during  the  recent 
monthi  as  compared  with  last  year, 
K>  far  as  tbe^ving  of  the  churches  is 
concemed.  llie  figures  will  be  found 
in  die  financial  statement  on  another 
page.  But  taken  at  the  most  favorable 
catimate,  the  giving  of  a  single  month 
muit  greatly  exceed  that  cf  the  pre- 
ceding eleven  months  in  order  to  come 
out  eren.  We  are  still  a  long  way  from 
the  systematic  giving  that  will  save  us 
from  such  anxious  conditions  in  these 
latt  days  of  the  year. 

Juit  now  the  burden  is  upon  pastors 
churches  to  see  that  the  great 
noariooaiy  work  to  which  we  are 
committed  does  not  suffer.  If  by  any 
chance  your  church  has  not  taken  its 
oSoii^  for  missions,  or  done  anything 
to  meet  its  apportionment,  will  you  not 
get  under  your  share  of  the  burden  7 
And  do  it  now. 

Remember  that  the  books  close 
March  31.  Church  treasurers  should 
keep  u  much  this  side  of  that  date  as 
powible,  and  every  church  should  have 
sooie  representation  in  the  year's 
gffieriiiga.  It  is  not  too  late  to  make  an 
evoT^^icmber  canvass  yet.  Let  no 
dinrdi  fail  to  do  somediing. 


Lay  Preaching 

OUT  of  the  Laymen's  Movement 
ought  to  come  a  large  number  of 
lay  preachers. 

This  is  a  power  that  the  church  needs 
to  utilize.  In  England  and  Scotland 
there  is  a  vast  amount  of  evangelistic 
work  done  by  these  consecrated  lay- 
men, who  put  their  gifts  to  exercise  in 
effective  ways  and  give  the  gospel  to 
thousands  who  otherwise  would  be  de- 
prived of  it.  It  is  time  that  in  this 
country  we  should  call  the  laymen  to 
this  rewarding  and  self-developing  task. 
The  preaching  places  are  waiting  on 
every  hand,  and  the  people  will  always 
respond  to  this  unofficial  type  of  minis- 
try. The  lay  preacher  has  a  peculiar 
influence  with  the  masses.  He  has  none 
of  the  artificial  barriers  to  tear  down 
that  have  been  builded  around  the  or- 
dained minister.  He  has  the  great 
advantage  of  being  regarded  as  one  of 
those  to  whom  he  is  speaking. 

One  reason  why  laymen  are  slow  to 
respond  to  this  kind  of  service  is  proba- 
bly that  they  make  too  much  of  tt  in 
their  minds.  They  are  not  expected 
or  desired  to  equip  themselves  with 
commentaries  and  homiletic  reviews 
and  sermon  helps  and  books  of  illustra- 
tions, and  then  set  about  manufacturing 
finished  discourses  —  finished  before 
ever  delivered  such  ought  to  be.  They 
are  not  to  imitate  the  regular  preacher, 
quite  the  contrary.  What  is  wanted  is 
a  straightforward  talk,  from  man  to  men, 
on  things  growing  out  of  the  daily  ex- 
peiience  and  the  observation  and  read- 


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ing  of  an  intelligent  man  who  is  alive 
to  humanity  and  duty,  and  who  shows 
his  love  to  God  by  his  helpfulness  to 
his  brother  man.  If  the  word  "preach- 
ing'* is  too  formal  and  stiff,  discard  it 
Lay  evangelism  is  what  we  want,  simple 
but  genuine,  full  of  cheer  not  of  cant, 
warm-hearted  and  brotherly.  Men  who 
can  contribute  this  kind  of  service  can 
live  in  a  true  and  steady  revival,  for 
they  will  create  and  perpetuate  it. 

These  lay  preachers  in  the  cities 
could  treble  our  city  mission  possibili- 
ties. In  the  country  they  could  unlock 
the  doors  of  scores  of  churches  now 
closed  because  there  is  no  pastor,  and 
either  not  enough  money  to  sustain 
one  or  not  enough  obtainable  until  grace 
shall  open  the  pockets  of  members  who 
have  but  do  not  give  it.  They  could 
preach  in  schoolhouses  in  districts 
where  there  are  no  churches  near.  That 
striking  article  on  Oldtown,  Maine,  in 
a  recent  number  of  Missions,  showed 
impressively  what  a  band  of  devoted 
laymen,  with  the  co-operation  of  a  mis- 
sionary-spirited pastor,  could  do  to 
spread  the  gospel  over  a  neighborhood. 
East  and  West  there  are  numberless 
points  that  could  be  reached  by  the  lay 
preacher,  and  that  otherwise  we  cannot 
hope  to  reach. 

We  do  not  mean  that  these  lay  preach- 
ers will  give  up  their  business  to  become 
ministers.  Their  strength  will  lie  in 
large  measure  in  the  very  fact  that, 
while  successful  business  men,  they  have 
a  true  perspective  that  will  not  allow 
them  to  give  all  their  time  and  talent  to 
the  money-making  side  of  life.  Out  of 
their  business  contacts  will  come  in- 
spiration for  plain  talks.  Their  exam- 
ple will  be  a  sermon  in  itself.  Happy 
the  pastor  who  shall  develop  a  band  of 
lay  preachers  in  his  church,  for  they  will 
be  his  right-hand  helpers,  and  he  will 
be  sure  of  sympathizers  in  his  own  work. 
Nothing  will  make  a  layman  appreciate 
a  sermon  like  attempting  to  preach  one. 
And  nothing  will  make  him  so  loyal  and 


happy  as  the  sincere  effort  to  bring  the 
truth  of  God  to  the  hearts  of  men.  Let 
us  cultivate  the  laymen  for  lay  preaching. 
Perhaps  they  can  help  solve  the  Sunday- 
evening  service  problem.  They  cer- 
tainly can  enlarge  the  field  of  missionary 
activity. 

(8) 

Time  to  CaU  a  Halt 

1r  is  exceedingly  fortunate  that  there 
are  witchful  eyes  in  Washington, 
scanning  every  bill  that  is  introduced. 
Otherwise  the  bill  introduced  and 
pushed  forward  with  extreme  quiet, 
granting  300,000  acres  of  land  in  New 
Mexico  to  the  Roman  Catholic  bishop 
of  that  diocese  for  school  and  other 
purposes,  to  be  held  and  so  used  by 
his  church  forever,  would  have  slipped 
through.  Now  it  cannot  be  passed 
without  publicity  and  protest,  and  a 
protest  so  strong  and  unmistakable  that 
the  national  legislators  will  be  likely 
to  heed  it.  The  constant  attempts  to 
infringe  upon  our  fundamental  principle 
of  the  absolute  separation  of  Church 
and  State  should  make  it  clear  that  we 
are  dealing  with  a  persistent  force, 
and  one  that  ought  to  be  squarely 
met  and  overthrown. 

This  pernicious  bill  is  in  line  with 
much  that  is  being  proposed  by  Roman 
Catholics  at  the  present  time.  It  seems 
as  though  they  had  determined  to  go 
into  politics  and  try  their  strength. 
It  is  most  unfortunate  that  such  issues 
should  be  thrust  upon  the  people. 
The  charge  of  religious  bigotry  is  sure 
to  be  hurled  at  those  who  are  simply 
aiming  to  keep  the  State  and  Church 
separate,  and  to  prevent  a  political 
organization  from  claiming  toleration 
and  rights  on  the  ground  of  being  a 
church.  There  must  be  no  temporiz- 
ing, however,  when  religious  liberty  is 
at  stake,  or  the  principles  of  democracy. 

Just  now  the  Catholic  Congress, 
which  met  in  Boston,  has  resolved  to 
make  another  appeal  for  public  funds 


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to  be  appropriated  for  the  parochial 
schools,  and  this  matter  will  have  to  be 
fou^t  out  again.  But  every  time  it 
comes  up  it  must  be  met  with  a  resolu- 
tion that  will  by  and  by  satisfy  the 
Catholics  that  only  trouble  and  defeat 
lie  in  that  way. 

Another  attempt  to  interfere  in  state 
affairs  is  the  bill  introduced  into  the 
Massachusetts  Legislature  to  refuse  di- 
vorce on  any  ground  whatever,  thus 
putting  the  Roman  Church  authority 
above  that  of  Jesus  Christ  himself. 
This  bill  was  introduced  at  the  instance 
of  the  archbishop,  and  advocated  by  a 
priest  of  much  ability.  The  opposi- 
tion was  voiced  particularly  by  Judge 
Lummis,  who  based  his  argument  on 
the  ground  that  such  a  bill  was  in 
violation  of  the  principle  upon  which 
the  commonwealth  and  nation  were 
founded,  that  of  absolute  separation  of 
Church  and  State. 

e 

The  Asbuiy  Park  Conference 

ELSEWHERE  in  this  issue  we  give 
a  report  of  the  conference  of  lay- 
men and  secretaries  at  Asbury  Park. 
It  was  the  first  of  its  particular  kind,  so 
far  as  its  make-up  is  concerned,  but 
assuredly  it  will  not  be  the  last.  It  was 
a  gathering  concretely  illustrating  the 
new  unity  of  our  mission  work.  For 
two  days  the  men  who  are  entrusted 
with  large  responsibilities  discussed 
matters  of  grave  importance  in  the 
frankest  manner.  They  knelt  together 
in  half-hour  devotional  sessions  almost 
wholly  given  to  prayer.  They  became 
acquainted  with  one  another  in  a  more 
intimate  way  than  hitherto.  And  the 
result  was  unquestionably  of  great  good 
to  the  men  and  to  the  cause  they  rep- 
resent. 

In  such  conferences  new  perspective 
is  gained  and  wise  plans  are  laid.  It 
was  most  interesting  to  watch  the 
progress  of  the   discussions  and   note 


how  open-minded  the  leaders  were,  how 
ready  to  change  when  their  view  was 
shown  to  be  not  the  best,  how  quick  to 
see  the  right  solution  when  it  appeared. 
The  contact  of  mind  with  mind,  the 
impact  of  widely  different  personalities, 
the  almost  invariable  courtesy  and 
brotherliness,  made  the  days  not  only 
stimulating  and  enlightening,  but 
delightful.  It  was  the  unanimous  feel- 
ing that  few  days  have  been  more 
profitably  spent  for  the  denomination 
and  its  missionary  enterprises. 

® 

Mormonism  in  True  Light 

THE  more  we  know  of  Mormonism 
the  more  false  and  pernicious  it 
is  seen  to  be^  Its  doctrines  are  nothing 
short  of  blasphemous  and  its  practices 
are  in  defiance  of  its  solemn  pledges 
and  the  law  of  the  land.  When  the 
Mormon  leaders  desired  statehood  for 
Utah,  they  were  ready  to  issue  the  anti- 
polygamy  manifesto  of  1890,  and  to 
promise  that  this  manifesto  should  never 
be  violated.  They  were  ready  also  to 
promise  that  Mormonism  should  re- 
frain from  all  interference  in  political 
affairs.  How  these  pledges,  by  which 
Congress  was  tricked  into  granting 
statehood,  have  been  shamelessly  bro- 
ken, is  shown  in  current  magazine  arti- 
cles. In  Everybody  Sy  ex-United  States 
Senator  Frank  J.  Cannon,  son  of  a 
former  chief  apostle  of  the  Latter  Day 
Saints  and  therefore  able  to  speak  from 
the  inside,  tells  the  story  of  broken 
faith.  He  also  tells  how  the  money 
interests  have  gotten  a  grip  on  the 
Church,  and  are  using  it  to  gain  control 
of  the  political  situation  for  their  own 
selfish  and  monopolistic  purposes.  This 
exposure  ought  to  open  the  eyes  of  the 
people  to  a  situation  fraught  with  peril 
to  democracy  and  liberty. 

In  a  second  article,  in  the  February 
McClureSy  the  charge  is  made  and  sub- 
stantiated by  many  proofs  that  polygamy 


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is  by  no  means  an  abandoned  doctrine 
or  practice  of  the  Mormon  Church.  If 
the  writer  is  correct,  the  common  state- 
ment that  polygamy  is  dead  because 
the  younger  generation  will  not  tolerate 
it  must  be  taken  with  much  allowance. 
Indeed,  he  believes  that  on  sentimental 
grounds  of  belief  in  the  earlier  revela- 
tions sanctioning  polygamy  the  young 
women  of  today  bom  and  bred  in  Mor- 
mondom  are  more  fanatical  and  readier 
to  accept  the  practice  than  their  mothers 
were.  He  declares  that  there  has  been 
a  revival  of  polygamy,  although  the  facts 
are  denied  by  the  Mormon  heads,  and 
every  effort  is  made  to  conceal  the  truth. 
It  is  felt,  however,  that  the  federal 
government  cannot  interfere  in  a  state's 
domestic  affairs;  and  as  for  broken 
faith,  it  is  always  easy  to  secure  a  divine 
revelation  when  one  is  required  to  fit 
a  certain  case.  It  is  tacitly  recognized 
that  the  Woodruff  decree,  although 
perhaps  of  divine  origin,  was  but  a 
temporary  departure  from  the  more 
authoritative  voice  which  spoke  through 
Joseph  Smith  and  Brigham  Young. 
In    the    revelation    of   the    present 


situation  the  Salt  Lake  Tribune  has 
rendered  large  service  to  the  nauon  and 
its  own  state,  and  it  does  not  purpose  to 
give  up  the  effort  to  free  Utah  from 
Mormon  control.  The  more  than  two 
hundred  cases  of  new  polygamous 
marriages  definitely  known,  including 
the  high  officials  of  the  Church,  are 
sufficient  to  keep  polygamy  alive  for 
more  than  another  generation.  The 
Church,  moreover,  honors  and  promotes 
the  polygamists.  One  of  the  recent 
developments  is  the  establishment  of 
polygamous  cities  of  refuge  in  the 
northern  part  of  the  Republic  of  Mexico, 
where  the  Mormons  have  a  most 
flourishing  colony,  owning  over  300,000 
acres  of  land.  There  they  venture  to 
practice  polj^amy  openly,  and  unless 
President  Diaz  puts  his  "benevolent 
hand"  upon  them,  he  will  presently 
have  a  problem  to  deal  vrith  more  diffi- 
cult than  revolutionists.  Meanwhile, 
a  federal  law  prohibiting  polygamy  is 
the  one  thing  feared  by  the  Mormons, 
and  the  one  thing  that  can  cut  out  this 
cancerous  and  deadly  growth  from  our 
body  politic. 


Q 


Note  and  Comment 


ISSIONS  this  month  takes 
you  first  to  Africa,  in 
company  with  the  Sudan 
and    Congo    Commission, 

and  under  the  -  direct 
guidance   of  Dr. 


nd  his  fine 

i  the  first  of  3 


This 
s  of 


n  fields  vividly 
before  our  readers.  When  we  see  how  people 
live  in  the  mining  regions  of  Pennsylvania, 
in  our  own  enlightened  United  States,  we  are 
not  sure  that  an  African  hut  is  the  worst 
place  in  which  to  live,  or  that  the  wild  jungle 


is  worse  than  the  human  jungle.  The  gospel 
is  needed  in  both  places,  that  is  sure.  The 
range  of  interest  is  wide  as  usual,  ctivering 
the  conference  in  the  Philippines  and  the 
wanderings  of  a  veteran  colporter  in  the 
West,  Dr.  Anthony  in  Burma,  the  Baptist 
Laymen's  Movement  and  the  Women's 
Jubilee  meetings,  with  a  wealth  of  infonna* 
tion  from  all  pans  of  the  world.  Look  out 
for  some  new  features  next  month,  and  for 
Dr.  Sale's  second  article  an  Potto  Rico. 
^  We  made  a  mistake  in  suggesting  that  the 
new  subscribers  would  be  able  to  b^^i  widi 
the  January  numt>er,  for  the  demand  ww  so 


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189 


the  Januaiy  Issue  was  speedily 
and  although  we  increased  the 
issue  by  several  thousand,  that 
U  fall  short  also  of  the  incoming 
send  the  subscription  along.  We 
>  it  that  we  have  enough  of  the 
nber.  We  must  make  that  fifty 
mark    before    the    Philadelphia 

id  as  though  a  concatenation  of 
ees  worked  against  us  in  getting 
bfuary  number.  We  shall,  how- 
t  promptness  if  it  is  within  possi- 
anwhile  our  readers  are  not  half 
wer  delays  as  we  are. 

e  asks  whether  indifference  is  ever 
e  should  ask,  in  reply,  whether 
Sy  when  it  comes  to  religion  and 
f  Christ,  is  ever  anything  else  than 
iquestionably  indifference  is  one 
itest  foes  to  progress  which  the 
hurch  has  to  deal  with  today. 

lor  of  a  new  book  of  fiction  says 
rharacters  whom  he  is  describing 
would  have  been  equally  horrified 
xd  the  Christian  religion  doubted, 
seen  it  practised."  The  sentence 
^t  one  neatly  turned;  but  think 
I  see  if  there  is  not  a  good  deal  in 
f  reflection. 

(rent,  head  of  I^rotestant  Episcopal 
die  Philippines,  wishes  a  change 
trdi  name.  He  says  the  word 
t"  means  something  as  unworthy 
rable  to  the  Filipino  as  Anarchist 
uld  signify  to  our  people,  hence  is 
ock  to  progress.  We  have  not 
I  our  missionaries  that  they  ex- 
ouble  from  this  source;  andcer- 
i  must  be  a  clear  distinction  be- 
estant  and  Catholic,  if  the  truth 
its  way.  The  Filipinos  will  come 
lat  Protestant  really  means  when 
ad  such  men  as  Bishop  Brent  and 
hristian  missionaries  among  them 
of  years.  These  Protestants  can 
racter  and  meaning  to  any  name. 

'  China  is  seeking  to  repress  the 
fie  as  one  essential  to  national 
nd  in  this  effort  all  lovers  of 
ihould  sympathize.  What  more 
o  missionary  effort  than  that  the 
ince  should  be  found  in  Christian 


England,  that  introduced  the  deadly  drug 
into  China,  and  now  does  not  favor  its 
banishment  because  of  commercial  injuries 
that  might  result  to  her  colonies  and  mer- 
chants ?  It  is  characteristic  of  the  times  that 
the  Chinese  recognize  the  help  to  be  derived 
from  teaching  the  young  men  to  follow  those 
methods  of  athletic  training  common  among 
us,  which  require  habits  of  temperance  and 
abstinence.  Happily,  they  also  differentiate 
the  missionaries  from  the  money-making 
foreigners.  But  unchristian  acts  of  Christian 
nations  make  Christianity's  path  rocky. 

^  Two  men  mean  a  different  thing  when 
they  use  the  familiar  word  "prayer."  The 
significance  of  the  word  to  each  will  be 
measured  by  his  experience.  Just  as  there 
are  men  and  men,  so  there  are  prayers  and 
prayers.  That  was  a  profound  remark  of 
Mr.  Gladstone  that  real  prayer  —  com* 
munion  of  the  finite  with  the  infinite — is  the 
highest  exercise  of  the  human  faculties, 
demanding  a  sustained  concentration  and 
attention  not  called  for  by  any  other  mental 
effort.  Prayer  of  the  kind  the  great  English 
commoner  had  in  mind  and  knew  by  ex- 
perience is  a  draft  upon  the  infinite  spiritual 
resources.  More  experience  of  it  would 
'  mean  more  vital  religion. 

^  The  organization  of  commercial  travelers 
known  as  the  "Gideons"  has  placed  over 
sixty  thousand  Bibles  in  hotel  bedrooms  in 
the  United  States  and  Canada.  A  pleasant 
feature  in  connection  with  this  distribution 
is  the  encouragement  given  to  the  plan  by 
the  proprietors.  One  hotel  owner  west  of 
the  Mississippi  said  his  electric  light  bill 
doubled  after  the  Bibles  were  put  in  the 
bedrooms,  but  he  didn't  care,  and  would  as 
soon  have  the  bill  get  bigger  yet  if  Bible 
reading  was  responsible  for  the  increase. 
The  "Gideons"  represent  a  specific  type  of 
laymen's  movement,  of  great  practical 
benefit  and  blessing. 

^  A  new  race  journal,  called  The  Crisis,  is  to 
be  published  monthiy  in  New  York  by  the 
National  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Colored  People.  Dr.  W.  E.  B.  DuBois  is 
the  editor.  In  the  opening  announcement  of 
the  first  number  the  editor  says:  "Its  edi- 
torial page  will  stand  for  the  rights  of  man, 
irrespective  of  color  or  race,  for  the  highest 
ideals  of  American  democracy,  and  for 
reasonable  but  earnest  and  persistent  attempt 


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MISSIONS 


to  gain  these  rights  and  realize  these  ideals. 
The  magazine  will  be  the  organ  of  no  clique 
or  party  and  will  avoid  personal  rancor  of  all 
sorts.  In  the  absence  of  proof  to  the  con- 
trary, it  will  assume  honesty  of  purpose  on 
the  part  of  all  men,  North  and  South,  white 
and  black."  There  is  room  for  such  a  maga- 
zine, properly  conducted,  and  we  wish  it 


success. 


%  The  acceptance  of  the  call  to  the  Fifth 
Avenue  Presbyterian  pulpit  in  New  York 
by  Rev.  J.  H.  Jowett  of  Manchester,  by 
many  regarded  as  the  foremost  living  English 
preacher,  will  add  strength  to  the  Christian 
forces  in  the  metropolis.  Three  times  the 
call  was  extended  before  the  minister  was 
constrained  to  accept;  and  he  was  besought 
on  all  sides  in  his  own  country  to  remain 
there.  His  spirit  is  shown  in  his  letter  to  the 
church,  in  which  he  said  that  the  stipend 
offered  (|i  2,000  and  a  parsonage)  was  much 
more  than  he  should  need,  and  he  hoped 
they  would  adjust  it  to  the  equivalent  of  his 
stipend  in  Manchester  ({5,000).  He  had  been 
cruelly  wounded  by  the  statement  that  it  was 
the  larger  salaiy  that  won  him.  But  those 
who  know  the  man  and  his  spiritual  power 
and  devotion  will  not  misjudge  his  motives, 
and  we  shall  all  rejoice  in  his  coming.  John 
Hall's  pulpit  will  sound  the  strong  evangelical 
note  through  his  preaching. 

^  Over  three  hundred  and  fifty  men  at  the 
banquet  in  the  Highland  Church  of  Spring- 
field —  that  was  the  splendid  record  of  the 
Laymen's  Meeting  on  Friday,  February  10. 
Such  a  meeting  had  not  been  held  in  the  city 
before.  As  the  editor  of  Missions  was 
present,  he  will  reserve  a  description  until 
the  next  number.  It  is  plain  that  such 
gatherings  of  Baptist  men  for  a  specific 
purpose  must  result  in  immeasurable  gain  for 
all  the  interests  of  the  church  and  the  wider 
Kingdom. 

^  It  is  doubtful  whether  a  more  vivid  de- 
scription has  ever  been  written  of  the  growth 
of  a  dogma  like  that  of  the  Virgin  Mary  and 
the  Immaculate  Conception  in  the  Catholic 
Church  than  that  by  Israel  Zangwill  in  "The 
Carpenter's  Wife,"  in  his  new  volume  en- 
titled 'Italian  Fantasies."  Nor  can  one  find 
a  more  striking  contrast  between  the  simple 
truth  of  history  and  the  mariolatry  that  has 
been  substituted  for  it  by  the  priesthood. 
The  reader  will  agree  that  this  is  a  very 


unusual  piece  of  writing,  while  it  is  not 
necessary  to  agree  altogether  with  the 
picture  of  Joseph  and  Mary. 

^The  Black  Hand  in  this  country  has  re- 
ceived a  severe  blow  through  the  recent  dem- 
onstration by  the  police  under  a  real  head 
detecrive  who  knows  how  to  detect,  that  kid- 
nappers and  dynamite  depredators  can  be 
detected  and  punished  to  the  limit  of  the  law. 
A  valuable  accession  to  the  Italian  reforma- 
tion party  has  come  in  the  person  of  an 
Italian  duke,  of  ancient  and  royal  family, 
who  has  discarded  his  titles  and  become  a 
plain  American  cidzen.  A  teacher  by  day, 
he  devotes  his  spare  rime  to  the  Americaniza- 
tion of  his  fellow  countrymen,  and  proposes  to 
establish  an  immigrant  board  that  shall 
look  after  all  Italian  immigrants,  teach  them 
the  duties  of  citizenship  and  the  laws  con- 
cerning crime  and  deportation.  No  work 
is  more  needed,  and  we  trust  that  Professor 
Pugliatd  will  be  able  to  accomplish  his 
admirable  purpose. 

^  Chrisdan  Endeavor  has  been  celebradng 
its  thirtieth  birthday,  which  came  on  Feb- 
ruary 2.  A  review  of  young  people's  develop- 
ment and  service  in  the  churches  during  the 
thirty  years  shows  how  much  this  inidal 
movement  has  meant  and  still  means.  The 
Endeavor  societies  girdle  the  globe  and  are 
found  in  all  mission  lands  and  among  all 
peoples.  The  young  people  trained  in  this 
and  kindred  organizations,  which  are  an 
integral  part  of  the  local  church,  have  fur- 
nished the  consdtuencies  for  the  missionary 
and  other  movements  of  recent  date.  The 
church  has  been  a  different  place  since  she 
discovered  her  young  people  and  her  young 
people  discovered  themselves  as  having  work 
to  do  and  a  religion  to  live.  Every  wise 
church  will  foster  its  young  people's  work, 
and  keep  it  centered  in  the  spiritual  forces. 
We  believe  no  young  people's  society  will 
ever  succeed  and  persist  that  does  not  found 
itself  in  the  prayer  meeting  and  in  individual 
witness  and  work.  In  this  lies  the  secret  of 
Christian  Endeavor,  no  matter  what  number 
of  spokes  radiate  from  the  prayer-meedng 
hub.  We  rejoice  that  the  young  people  of  all 
names  are  alive  today  with  the  missionary 
spirit. 

^  The  best  selling  book  in  Syria  today  is  the 
Arabic  Bible,  according  to  a  veteran  mis- 
sionary. 


: MISS  IONS 


A  Significant  Missionary  Conference 


BY  F.  W.  PADELFORD,  D.D. 


SECRETARY   MASSACHUSETTS    BAPTIST 


CONFERENCE   of  much 
significance  was  recently  held 
in  the  interest  of  the  Baptist 
Laymen's  Missionaiy   Move- 
ment and  the  General  Appor- 
tionment    Plan.        Secretary 
Stackhouse  met  many  of  his 
workcis  and  outlined  his  plans.    The  Con- 
ference will  give  marked   impetus  to  the 
Laymen's  Movement   already   under  way, 
ibould  hdp   in  the   solution    of  some   of 
our  denominadcoial  problems,  and  be  pro- 
ductive  of  better  undeistanding  and  much 
greater  efficiency  in  our  dcnominatianal  work. 
The  Onference  was  held  in  Atbuiy  Park, 
New    Jtatf,  Fcbniaiy  l,  3.     It    brought 
together  foiW  men,  representing  the  Baptist 
Laymoi'i  Missionaiy  Movement,  the  For- 
ward Movement  and  the  General  Appor- 
nonmcnt    Coiiimittcc,    including    laymen, 
tecreuries  of  misnonaiy  societies,  district 
■ecretaiies,    state    secretaries,    missionaries 
and  editors.     Five  sessions  were  held,  be- 
ginning  Thursday    altemoon    and    closing 
Friday  evening.    The  endre  time  was  given 
CO  serious  discussion  of  some  of  the  most 
important  prt^Iems  which  are  fadng  the 


The  leadii^  personalis  of  the  Conference 
was  Dr.  W.  T.  Stackhouse,  the  new  Secre- 
uiy  of  the  Baptist  Laymen's  Missionaiy 
Morancnt.  He  came  fresh  from  his  great 
triiun]^  in  leading  the  laymen  of  Canada  in 
their  great  forward  morcmenl.  He  re- 
hearsed some  of  his  successes  in  Canada, 
outlined  some  of  his  plans  in  detail  and 
suggested  others.  He  made  an  indelible 
impressioa  upcm  every  member  of  the  Con- 
ference that  God  has  sent  to  us  just  the 
[i^t  man  to  lead  the  Baptist  laymen  of 
Atnerica  in  a  great  movement.  Tliere  can 
be  no  possible  failure  under  his  leadership. 
Success  is  assured. 

The  Conference  organized  on  Thursday 
afternoon,  with  Momay  Williams,  Esq.,  of 


New  York,  as  chairman,  and  Frank  W. 
Padelford,  of  Boston,  as  secretary.  The 
arrangements  of  the  sessions  were  placed  in 
the  hands  of  a  business  committee,  of  which 
Rev.  A.  L.  Snell,  the  new  District  Secretaty 
for  New  York,  was  chairman.  The  after- 
noon and  evening  sessions  were  taken  by 
Dr.  Stackhouse  in  laying  out  his  plans  of 
campaign  and  in  answering  questions. 
He  assured  the  Conference  that  he  had  come 
to  the  United  States  in  the  spirit  of  optimism, 
because  of  what  he  had  seen  in  Canada. 
Conditions  could  not  have  been  more  dis* 
couraging  than  they  were  .when  he  began 
there.  During  the  first  two  years  of  the 
Canadian  campaign,  130,000  Baptists  in- 
creased their  gifts  to  missioiu  by  f  55,00a,  and 
during  the  third  year  55,000  Bapdsts  in 
Ontario  increased  their  giving  over  the 
second  year  by  $60,000,  "What  has  been 
done  in  Canada  can  be  outdone  in  die 
States." 

The  plan  is  to  hold  a  series  of  denomi- 
national conferences  in  strategic  points 
throughout  the  country,  and  from  these 
centers  reach  our  entire  constituency.  So 
far,  the  conferences  have  been  held  largely  in 
western  New  York,  and  that  section  has  been 
thoroughly  worked.  Conferences  have  been 
held  in  Rochester,  Buffalo,  Syracuse,  Utica, 
Auburn  and  Oswego.  Conferences  had 
been  arranged  for  Fall  River,  Springfield, 
Bridgeport,  Hartford,  New  Haven  and  so 
on  toward  the  West,  up  to  the  last  of  June. 
In  connection  with  these  distinctly  denomi- 
national conferences,  the  secretary  is  also 
following  up  the  Interdenominauonal  Lay- 
men's Movement  through  members  of  his 
own  staff. 

Dr.  Stackhouse  has  no  apology  for  this 
movement  or  any  of  its  plans.  He  has  tried 
it  in  every  kind  of  a  church  and  it  has  suc- 
ceeded. He  has  three  strong  convictions: 
(i)  that  every  member  of  every  church  ought 
to  be  interested  in  missions^  (i)  that  every 
church  ought  to  have  a  missionary  c< 


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(3)  that  the  church  that  gives  to  missions  will 
receive  the  largest  blessing  locally.  Dr. 
Stackhouse's  objective  may  be  summed  up 
as  follows:  (i)  a  missionary  committee  in 
every  church;  (2)  a  canvass  of  every  member 
for  missionary  giving;  (3)  weekly  giving  for 
missions;  (4)  a  minimum  standard  of  ten 
cents  per  member  per  weeic  for  missions.  He 
does  not  depend  upon  conferences  to  secure 
results.  These  are  held  simply  to  arouse 
interest.  This  is  a  stimulus  for  a  follow-up 
campaign  under  the  direction  of  a  member 
of  his  staff,  to  reach  every  man  in  every 
Baptist  congregation  in  the  vicinity.  Such 
plans  as  these  cannot  fail  to  return  large  re- 
sults, for  in  the  words  of  Momay  Williams, 
"the  thing  we  are  after  in  this  work  is  not 
more  money,  but  bigger  men."  Discussion 
of  these  plans  aroused  the  keenest  interest 
and  lasted  well  on  into  the  night. 

The  sessions  of  Friday  were  devoted  to  a 
discussion  of  some  of  the  burning  questions 
relating  to  the  apportionments  and  the  plans 
of  the  Forward  Movement.  These  ques- 
tions were  discussed  very  frankly  and  openly. 
It  was  recognized  that  some  changes  should 
be  made  if  the  apportionment  plan  is  to 
retain  the  sympathy  and  interest  of  the 
churches.  Secretary  Moore,  of  the  Appor- 
tionment Committee,  presented  a  plan  of 
apportionment  which  that  committee  is  con- 
sidering. It  was  discussed  most  fully,  and 
in  a  somewhat  modified  form  received  the 
hearty  approval  of  the  Conference.  The 
character  and  significance  of  the  proposals 
will  be  made  clear  in  the  next  bulletin  issued 
by  the  Apportionment  Committee.  Other 
important  questions  relating  to  the  budget 
also  came  up  for  consideration,  especially 
the  relation  of  the  State  Conventions  and 
other  local  interests  to  the  national  appor- 
tionments. Most  significant  and  far  reach- 
ing recommendations  were  made,  which  can 
be  best  understood  from  the  following  reso- 
lutions which  were  adopted: 

AN    INCLUSIVE   APPORTIONMENT  AND    EARLY 
ANNOUNCEMENT 

Resolved^  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  body 
that  the  State  Apportionment  Committee 
should  include  in  the  apportionments  to  the 
churches  the  amounts  needed  by  their  respec- 
tive State  Mission  and  Educational  Conven- 
tions or  Boards  and  the  City  Mission  Socie- 
ties or  Associational  Missionary  Committees, 
when  such  exist  within  their  states. 


RisoiveJ,  That  we  approve  the  issuance  of 
the  entire  budget  to  the  churches  in  each 
state  as  early  in  April  as  possible,  and  the 
reissuance  of  the  budget  by  the  state  com- 
mittee at  such  time  in  the  fall  as  best  suits  all 
interests  in  the  state,  and  that  we  uige  all 
national,  state  and  city  officials  to  cooperate 
as  heartily  as  possible  during  the  entire  year, 
for  the  success  of  the  entire  national,  state 
and  city  budget. 

The  adoption  of  these  resolutions  by  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  would  provide 
adequately  for  all  the  local  denominational 
objects,  some  of  which  have  suffered  here- 
tofore by  reason  of  the  national  apportion- 
ments. Hereafter  national  officials  should 
have  a  keen  interest  in  assisting  to  raise  the 
state  budget,  and  the  state  officials  should 
be  equally  keen  to  help  in  raising  the  national 
budget. 

THE  WIDE  SCOPE  OF  THE  BAPTIST  LATMBN's 

MOVEMENT 

A  further  resolution  was  adopted  for  the 
purpose  of  calling  national  attention  to  the 
real  character  of  the  Laymen's  Movement, 
and  the  purpose  of  Dr.  Stackhouse,  and 
thus  clearing  up  a  question  much  misunder- 
stood. 

Resoltedy  That  we  heartily  approve  of  the 
policy  as  announced  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Baptist  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement,  of 
including  all  the  Baptist  missionary  and 
educational  interests,  national,  state,  city 
and  local,  in  the  scope  of  the  movement,  and 
of  urging  all  the  secretaries  of  said  interests 
to  cooperate  in  the  laymen's  campaign  so 
far  as  their  duties  and  opportunities 
permit. 

When  these  resolutions  are  carefully 
studied,  it  will  be  apparent  how  significant 
were  these  discussions,  and  how  far  reaching 
the  action  of  the  Conference  may  become  if 
its  recommendations  are  adopted.  It  pre- 
sages new  things  for  our  denomination. 

The  report  of  this  Conference  would  not 
be  complete  if  mention  were  not  made  of  the 
fact  that  one-half  hour  was  set  apart  in  the 
middle  of  each  session  for  prayer.  Inspired 
perhaps  by  the  experience  which  several  had 
had  in  the  great  Conference  at  Edinburgh,  we 
stopped  our  discussions  in  the  midst  of  each 
session,  sometimes  at  critical  points,  and  on 
our  knees  laid  the  whole  matter  before  God. 
These  half  hours  will  be  remembered  as  the 
best  feature  of  the  Conference. 


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BY  HARRIETT  STRATTON  ELLIS 


BOMB  8BCRBTARY  WOMAN  8  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOOETY 


|FTER  the  two  days  of  Jubilee 
meetings  held  in  the  capital 
city,  February  2,  3,  it  cannot 
be  said  of  the  women  of  Wash- 
ington that  the  people  perish 
without  a  vision!  It  does  not 
seem  possible  that  a  series  of 
meetings  could  have  been 
id  with  more  care,  foresight  and  fore- 
it  or  with  more  skillfid  providings 
t  all  emergencies.  Precision^  punctu- 
perfection  plus  a  deep  realizadon  of 
unity,  of  vital  dependence  on  God,  a 
i  desire  to  submit  all  to  the  guidance 
xitrol  of  the  Master  in  whose  name 
»r  whose  glory  the  Jubilee  was  held, 
teriied  every  session.  No  one  was 
»i:  diere  were  meetings  for  the  women 
lire  and  for  the  busy  women;  for  the 
prb  and  students;  for  nurses  and 
1;  for  colored  people  and  for  children. 
oiild  be  impossible  to  say  which  meet- 
M  die  greatest,  for  they  were  individu- 
id  distincdvely  great.  Every  one  at- 
g  any  or  all  of  the  conferences  seemed 
conscious  of  the  opportunity,  and 
that  it  be  conserved  and  consecrated 
higliest  and  best.  The  hour  of  prayer 
leiywbere  emphasized  and  the  answer 
rer  everjrwhere  recognized  by  all  in 
frit  of  devotion,  reverence  and  deep 
ty  that  breathed  through  all  that  was 
'done. 

Thursday  afternoon  we  were  received 
White  House  by  President  and  Mrs. 
After  that  came  the  laige  meedng  for 
pib  and  students,  i,20o  of  whom 
td  in  the  Masonic  Temple.  This 
M  of  the  most  effective  meetings 
e  of  die  opportunity  to  reach  those  so 


greatly  coveted  for  the  work  of  missions. 
It  was  deeply  gratifying  to  see  the  absolute 
attendon  and  involuntary  responsiveness  of 
the  young  women  as  they  listened  to  the 
facts  concerning  the  needs  of  the  fields  as 
presented  by  missionaries  and  workers. 
Their  singing  of  "O  Zion  haste,  thy  mission 
high  fulfilling,"  was  electrifying,  and  through 
all  and  above  all  there  seemed  to  sound  a 
note  of  glad  accord  and  willing  submission 
to  the  obligadon  upon  them  as  educated 
Chrisdan  western  young  women. 

On  Friday  morning  the  Baptist  rally  was 
held  in  Calvary  Church.  Mrs.  Peabody, 
Mrs.  Montgomery,  Miss  Suman,  Miss 
Grace  of  the  Southern  Bapdst  Convendon, 
and  the  writer  spoke.  The  church  was  filled. 
We  went  from  there  to  a  hotel  where  800 
women  sat  down  to  lunch.  Among  the 
speakers  were  Mrs.  Montgomery,  Mrs.  Pea- 
body,  Dr.  Noble  and  others.  From  there  we 
went  to  a  special  meedng  arranged  for 
nurses  and  doctors  in  one  of  the  beaudful 
homes,  and  at  five  o'clock  went  to  an  elegant 
recepdon  in  one  of  Washington's  finest 
residences. 

The  mass  meedng  in  the  evening  was  a 
fitdng  climax.  I  neVer  attended  a  more 
dignified,  reverendal  service.  It  was  held 
in  the  beaudful  new  D.A.R.  Hall.  The 
music  was  inspiring,  and  the  whole  meedng 
ftiU  of  the  power  of  the  Spirit.  One  said, 
"We'll  have  to  work  hard  to  come  up  to 
Washington,"  which  reached  the  highest 
mark  of  all  so  far. 

It  was  a  rich  privilege  to  have  had  a 
share  in  such  a  gathering.  Throughout  the 
endre  series  of  meedngs  and  conferences  the 
very  hi^est  and  purest  ideals  were  pre- 
sented and  made  so  appealing  and  so  evi- 


MISSIONS 


11  of  the  Master 
asonable  service, 
delightful.  The 
58  worthy  of  the 
endowment  and 
orld-wide  vision 
1  and  world-wide 
ing  away  of  old 
oing  as  occasion 
iT  than  as  time- 
t   may   suggest, 

and  God's  all 
icible  power  of 
ese  were  uttered 
le  noble-hearted 

meetings  closed 
1  in  no  near  day 
meeting  lose  the 
ung  so  perfectly 
;,  "Open  mine 
/ine,"  nor  forget 
heir  own  hearts 


as  with  bowed  heads  the  gre^t  audience 
waited  silently  before  the  throne  of  the 
Lamb,  to  whom  be  given  praise  and  thanks- 
giving for  such  a  Jubilee. 

Reports  from  the  meetings  in  Baltimore 
state  that  fifteen  hundred  women  sat  down 
at  the  banquet  there,  and  the  height  of  en- 
thusiasm was  reached.  As  at  all  other  points, 
Mrs.  Montgomery's  addresses  made  a  deep 
impression,  and  our  Baptist  women  were  in 
the  forefront.  Reports  also  come  from 
Washington  that  the  women  there  under- 
took to  raise  1 10,000  at  the  Baptist  Rally, 
and  that  this  sum  would  doubtless  be  raised 
by  the  Baptist  women. 

Following  the  February  meetings  in  Phila- 
delphia, Pittsburg,  and  Buffalo,  the  list  made 
out  is  as  follows:  Albany  and  Troy,  March 
2,  3;  Springfield,  March  6,  7;  New  Haven, 
March  8,  9;  Providence,  March  10,  11; 
Boston,  March  14,  15;  Portland,  March  16, 
17;  New  York,  April  4,  5,  6. 


^he  June  Meetings 

lEV.  HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH 

PHILADELPHIA    COMMITTEE    OF    ARRANGEMENTS 


ists  all  over  the 
I  upon  the  city 
5e  the  scene  next 
igs  ever  held  in 
less  all  plans  and 
great  a  company 
orkers  been  as- 
;ion  and  earnest 
The  Northern 
)me  to  its  own. 
mch  to  the  front 
igton,  Oklahoma 
needs  but  a  few 
^resident  Emory 
versity  calls  the 
le  13  he  will  face 
rho  will  be  fully 
ties  and  oppor- 
T  a  mob  nor  a 
itude  of  earnest 
1  to  grapple  with 
tional,  evangelis- 


tic and  spiritual  themes  which  will  be  pro- 
posed for  discussion.  There  were  over 
three  thousand  in  Chicago  in  1910.  Phila- 
delphia in  191 1  waits  to  welcome  five 
thousand.  Previous  conventions  have  been 
west  of  the  Alleghenies;  this,  the  first  in  the 
east,  will  surely  rally  a  larger  number.  No 
pastor,  no  Sunday-school  worker,  no  young 
people's  leader  can  afford  to  miss  the  sdmu- 
lus  of  such  a  gathering. 

But  Northern  Baptists  are  only  a  segment 
of  the  denomination  in  America.  A  great 
host  live  in  the  South,  and  while  the  Southern 
Baptist  Convention  holds  its  May  meedng 
in  Jacksonville,  Florida,  and  the  brethren 
in  Canada  will  be  found  in  their  provincial 
conclaves  as  usual,  numbers  of  these  will  also 
journey  to  Philadelphia  for  the  General 
Convention  of  the  Baptists  of  North  America 
on  June  19. 

One  session  of  this  body  will  be  a  fitring 
prelude  to  the  Baptist  Worid's  Alliance,  the 


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»95 


crowning  assembly  of  the  series  to  be  in 
session  from  June  19  to  25. 

Baptists  are  making  giant  strides  in  the 
world.  Nowhere  is  progress  more  marked 
dian  on  the  Condnent  of  Europe.  In 
Russia  and  Hungary,  where  formerly  perse- 
cudon  was  sufFered,  immense  gains  have 
lately  been  made.  One  hundred  delegates 
from  these  countries,  with  another  five  hun- 
dred from  Great  Britain,  and  others  from 
Australia  and  the  regions  beyond,  will  join 
Canadians  and  Americans  for  a  week  of  un- 
usual opportunity.  England's  indomitable 
£>r.  John  Clifford  is  the  President  of  the 
Alliance,  with  the  ingenious  and  versatile 
J.  H.  Shakespeare,  M.A.,  as  Secretary. 
Such  topics  as  "The  Sufficiency  of  the 
Gospel,"  "The  Vital  Experience  of  God," 
"The  Chrisdanizing  of  the  Worid,"  "The 
Spirit  of  Brotherhood,"  "The  Church  and 
Educadon,"  "The  Church  and  Individual- 
ism," "  Bapdsts  and  the  Coming  Kingdom," 
will  be  presented  by  speakers  selected  from 
every  coiner  of  the  globe.  Rev.  Thomas 
Phillips  of  London,  England,  will  preach  the 
AUiance  Sermon. 

A  special  program  for  use  by  churches  and 
Sunday  schools  everywhere  is  being  prepared 
for  Alliance  Sunday,  June  25.  Altogether 
this  will  be  a  splendid  occasion  for  the  realiza- 
tion of  Baptist  world  consciousness. 

The  Philadelphia  Committee,  of  which  the 
writer  is  chairman,  has  been  actively  at  work 
on  the  preparadons  for  the  meedngs  for 
months.  We  expect  great  things.  The 
"City  of  Brotherly  Love"  offers  a  wide  open 
hospitality.  We  shall  be  disappointed  if 
it  is  not  taxed  to  the  uttermost.  Brethren, 
come  on;  our  hands,  our  homes,  our  hearts 
are  yours,  for  Christ  and  His  Church. 

A  Supplementary  Note 
We  are  glad  to  announce  that  the  Baptist 
Temple,  Rev.  Russell  H.  Conwell,  D.D., 
pastor,  has  been  secured  for  the  meetings  of 
the  Northern  Baptist  Convention,  the 
General  Convendon  of  the  Baptists  of  North 
America,  and  the  Baptist  World  Alliance  in 
June,  191 1.  Temple  University,  which  ad- 
joins the  church,  has  also  been  secured.  The 
trustees  of  both  these  institutions  have  ten- 
dered the  use  of  these  buildings.  The  church 
has  a  searing  capacity  of  thirty-two  hundred. 
The  new^fifteen-thousand-dollar  pipe  organ 
will^be  completed  in  ample  dme  for  these 


gatherings.  The  Lower  Temple  has  ample 
accommodadons  for  the  bureau  of  registra- 
don,  post  office,  retiring  room,  committee 
rooms,  bureau  of  information,  etc.  In  case 
more  room  is  needed,  the  rooms  of  the 
Temple  University  can  be  used.  Also  in 
case  it  is  thought  advisable  to  hold  simul- 
taneous meetings,  the  Temple  Forum  can  be 
used.  In  case  additional  accommodation  is 
needed,  the  Memorial  and  Gethsemane 
Baptist  churches  are  within  easy  reach.  The 
Gymnasium  of  Temple  University  will  afford 
sufficient  space  to  have  a  fine  missionary 
exhibit. 

The  address  of  welcome  to  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  will  be  delivered  by 
J.  Henry  Haslam,  D.D.;  the  address  of 
welcome  to  the  Baptist  World  Alliance  by 
George  Hooper  Ferris,  D.D. 

J.  MiLNOR  Wilbur, 
Chairman  Publicity  Committee. 

State  Convention  Notes 

^  The  New  Jersey  State  Convention  has  a 
iioo,ooo  church  edifice  fund  among  its  proj- 
ects, and  the  Bulletin  says  that  Rev.  Bimey 
S.  Hudson  of  Atlantic  City  will  be  given  time 
by  his  church  to  make  a  campaign  for  the 
money. 

1!  When  Dr.  Homer  J.  Vosburgh  left  Cah'- 
fomia  to  become  pastor  of  the  North  Church 
in  Camden,  N.J.,  the  California  State  Con- 
vention lost  its  president,  as  the  Coast  did 
one  of  its  foremost  ministers  and  citizens. 
He  will  find  warm  welcome  in  New  Jersey. 

^  The  State  B.Y.P.U.  in  Colorado  has  pro- 
posed to  cooperate  with  the  State  Convention 
and  raise  funds  in  the  unions  to  support  a 
missionary  for  work  in  destitute  parts  of  the 
State.  The  Convention  Board  has  enthu- 
siastically welcomed  such  cooperation,  and 
believes  a  new  and  far-reaching  movement 
may  result.  Certainly  the  young  people 
could  not  do  better,  and  a  definite  objective 
would  inspire  them  to  effort. 

^  Colorado  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  the 
choice  of  Rev.  W.  C.  King  as  Corresponding 
Secretary  and  Cieneral  Missionary  of  the 
State  Convention.  In  South  Dakota,  Mr. 
King  made  a  record  for  efficient  service,  and 
he  will  not  fail  to  carry  forward  the  work  in 
Colorado. 


196  MISSIONS 

Missionary  Program  Topics  for  1911* 

January.  Our  Work  among  Foreign  Populations. 

February.  OuR  WoRK  FOR  Mexicans  and  Indians. 

March.  The  Western  States:  Status  and  Outlook. 

AfriL  The  World's  King  and  How  He  Conquers. 

May,  Colporter  Work, 

June.  Our  Denominational  Power  and  Obligations. 

(Meetings  in  Philadelphia.) 

July.  Our  Obligations  to  Porto  Rico  and  Philippines. 

August.  State  Convention  Work. 

September.  Reports  from  China. 

October.  Reports  from  India. 

November.  Trials  and  Triumphs  in  Europe. 

December.  African  Missions. 

'^  These  topkt  are  uniform  with  those  selected  for  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  by  Dr.  A.  S.  Hobait, 
appointed  to  make  a  program  series  for  the  churches. 

o 

The  World's   King  and   How   He   Conquers 

program    for    missionary  meeting   for    APRIL 

1.  Hymn:  "Fling  out  the  Banner." 

2.  Scripture  Reading:   Micah  iv.  i-8;  Ps.  Ixxii. 

3.  Hymn:  "Christ  for  the  World." 

4.  Prayer.     For  conquest  among  all  peoples,  with  thanksgiving  for  conquests  already 

achieved. 

5.  Hymn:  "The  Son  of  God  goes  forth  to  war." 

6.  Three  minute  talks  or  papers  on: 

{a)    Growing  recognition  of  Christ  as  Lord  and  Teacher,  rightful  Ruler  among  all 

conditions  of  men.      (Workingmen,  Socialists,  Freethinkers,  liberal  Jews,  all 

claim  Jesus  as  Teacher.) 
{b)    How  Christ  has  conquered  in  the  European  nations. 
{c)    How  Christ  has  conquered  in  North  America.    (Our  civilization  and  liberties; 

our  missionary  work  among  Indians  and  Negroes,  etc.) 
(</)    How  Christ   has   conquered    in    non-Christian   lands.       (Take  the  Telugu 

Mission  as  one  illustration.) 
{e)    The  Christ  conquest  yet  to  be  made  at  home  and  abroad.     (Not  only  in 

mission  fields,  but  in  all  communities,  even  in  the  churches.) 

7.  Hymn:  "The  morning  light  is  breaking." 

8.  Brief  survey  by  the  pastor  of  the  mission  opportunities  and  obligations. 

(Why  this  should  be  the  day  of  unexampled  victories.) 

9.  Pointed  illustrations   of   conquest   drawn   from   incidents   and   items  in 

Missions.     (A  number  participating.) 
10.   Closing  Prayer  and  Hymn. 

Note.  Material  to  Uluttrate  this  subject  at  here  laid  out  can  be  found  in  abundance  in  the  file  of 
Missions.  The  present  number  it  full  of  news  of  conquest  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Send  to  the  Foreign 
Mission  Society  for  the  new  booklet  on  Burma,  as  one  field  of  conquest;  to  the  Home  Society  for  Frontier 
Sketches;  to  the  Publication  Society  for  Chapel  Car  incidents. 

Another  method  of  treatment  most  interesting,  where  a  live  committee  will  give  time  to  work  it  up,  it  to 
have  a  Conquest  Conversation  between  six  or  seven  persons  seated  around  a  center  table  on  the  platfonn. 
They  can  discuss  the  subject,  quoting  the  news  and  facts  they  have  gathered  to  show  that  Christ  it  tuitly 
conquering  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 


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From  all  Sources 
A  widespread  revival  movement  is  re- 
ported in  Livingstonia,  Africa.  Pentecostal 
scenes  are  described,  and  the  missionaries 
are  greatly  encouraged.  Tliis  is  the  field 
of  the  Scotch  United  Free  Church. 

A  Presbyterian  missionary  in  Korea  says 
that  coumiy  is  overrun  with  teachers  of 
fabe  doctrines  and  eveiy  kind  of  ism,  so  that 
the  poor  Koreans  are  distracted.  Mean- 
while the  Christians  in  Japan  are  seeking 
to  enter  into  close  relations  with  those  in 
Korea,  since  the  annexation,  and  the  results 
will  undoubtedly  be  helpful. 

The  Chinese  SluJmli'  Monthly  says  the 
Chinese  in  Sacramento  have  destroyed  their 
idols  and  changed  their  temple  into  a  school- 
house.  A  similar  change  has  been  effected 
in  New  York,  and  a  Chinese  Christian 
church  has  also  been  organized  there,  with 
a  settled  pastor.  Chinese  change  is  not  all 
in  China. 

The  German  Evangelical  Association  of 
this  country  has  decided  to  undertake 
evangelistic  work  in  Russia,  placing  the 
Gm  missionary  in  Riga.  The  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  has  a  mission  in  St. 
Petersburg.  When  religious  liberty  is  really 
granted  in  Russia  there  will  be  an  inrushing 
tniuionary  force.  The  Baptists,  however, 
seem  to  appeal  most  strongly  to  the  Russians, 
and  the  present  remarkable  work  goes  on  as 
though  it  were  spontaneous. 

Forty  thousand  priests  are  paid  by  the 
state  in  Spain,  and  the  government  supports 
a  sdll  larger  number  of  monks  and  nuns. 
The  task  of  making  Spain  religiously  free 
is  still  3  difficult  one,  but  a  breach  has  been 
made  in  the  cccletiasdcal  walls. 


The  Republic  of  Portugal,  while  not  sail- 
ing steadily  as  yet,  has  instituted  decided 
reforms,  such  as  the  establishment  of  pri< 
mary  schools,  asylums  and  hospitals,  and 
providing  help  for  needy  children  and 
protection  for  matemi^  and  childhood. 
The  features  of  modem  clvilizatiim  which 
Portugal  lacks  afford  a  sufficient  commen- 
tary upon  the  character  of  that  ecclesiastical 
rule  which  we  are  told  would  be  so  beneficial 
to  this  country. 

As  a  result  of  revivals  in  China,  Dr. 
Arthur  H.  Smith  says  that  while  in  February 
last  only  one  of  a  graduating  class  of  fourteen 
was  willing  to  study  theology,  a  few  month) 
later  seventy-nine  students  pledged  them- 
selves to  preach.  In  another  institution 
eighty  studends  voluntarily  offered  themselves 
for  the  ministry.  This  seems  to  be  a  provi- 
dential preparation  for  the  new  era  in  China. 
The  Missionary  Rrvinu  for  February  con- 
tained an  excellent  sketch  of  Dr.  Clough 
and  his  work  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  Mabie. 
The  cover  illustration  is  of  the  Ongole 
Sunday  school. 

Three  Y.  M.  C.  A.  buildings,  built  with 
funds  furnished  by  John  Wanamaker,  will 
soon  be  completed  in  the  Orient;  one  in 
Seoul,  the  old  Korean  capital,  one  in  Kyoto, 
Japan,  and  the  third  in  Peking.  Two 
others,  in  Calcutta  and  Madras,  respectively, 
stand  to  his  credit.  An  agricultural  fatm 
near  Allahabad,  India,  is  another  of  this 
millionaire  merchant's  projects. 

The  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions has  opened  a  new  mission  at  Kerman- 
shah,  a  city  of  45,000  people  situated  on  the 
caravan  road  from  Bagdad  to  Persia.  The 
Kermaruhah  ruga  have  made  the  name  b- 


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MISSIONS 


miliar  to  many.  The  city  is  cosmopolitan, 
and  willing  to  hear  the  Christian  missionaries, 
although  Islam  is  the  prevailing  faith. 

From  recent  reports  it  would  seem  as 
though  athletics  would  have  more  to  do 
with  removing  the  Chinese  queue  than  any 
sort  of  conviction.  No  sooner  do  the  Chinese 
athletes  discover  that  the  queue  is  an  obstacle 
to  the  highest  success  than  they  put  away 
the  tail  and  the  ancient  custom.  In  the 
clippings  from  the  Oriental  press  there  is 
an  interesting  account  of  this  change. 

C  That  England  should  not  be  willing  to  sec- 
ond China  in  her  efforts  to  suppress  the 
opium  'evil  is  a  shameful  illustration  of  the 
dominance  of  greed  over  creed.  But  in  our 
commercial  dealings  with  the  far  East  we 
are  not  so  perfect  as  safely  to  throw  stones 
at  our  neighbor's  house.  The  nominally 
Christian  nations  make  the  work  of  the 
Christian  missionary  who  goes  out  from 
them  exceedingly  hard  oftentimes. 

According  to  the  latest  reliable  statistics 
there  are  1959905  Christian  communicants 
in  China,  and  a  Christian  community  of 
about  280,000.  The  ninety  different  mis- 
sionaiy  societies  at  work  in  the  Empire  have 
4,299  foreign  workers  and  11,661  Chinese 
workers.  There  are  670  missions  and 
3,485  out-stations.  Since  the  Boxer  up- 
rising there  has  been  steady  growth. 

Dr.  Solomon  Schechter,  of  the  Jewish 
Theological  Seminary  in  New  York,  has 
discovered,  in  the  "Hiding  Place"  under 
the  ruins  of  one  of  the  most  ancient  syna- 
gogues in  the  world,  a  manuscript  of  great 
interest.  According  to  Dr.  Margouliouth 
of  the  British  Museum,  it  dates  back  to  the 
second  half  of  the  first  centuiy  of  the  Chris- 
tian era  (70  A.D.),  and  perhaps  antedates 
the  Gospel  of  Mark.  It  speaks  of  two 
Messiahs,  one  a  forerunner  whom  he  identi- 
fies with  John  the  Baptist,  and  the  second, 
the  "Teacher  or  Righteousness,"  "The 
Unique,"  with  Jesus.  If  this  interpretation 
is  correct,  a  Christian  document  has  been 
found  revealing  something  of  the  character 
and  teaching  of  an  early  Christian  sect, 
holding  closely  to  Jewish  rites,  possibly  that 
sect  headed  by  Peter  and  James.  It  is 
significant  that  the  first  principle  stated  in 
the  first  fragment  published  is  "to  raise 
their  offerings  according  to  their  interpreta- 


tion," and  the  second  ''tio  love  eveij  obe 
his  neighbor  as  himself,  and  to  fl'^^g|tffl* 
the  hand  of  the  poor  and  the  needf  and  die 
stranger,  and  to  seek  evenr  one  the  pcaee 
of  his  neighbor."  It  •houM  be  said  tbitt  Dr. 
Schechter  does  not  share  Dr.  Meigonlionlh't 
opinion,  but  regards  the  docomenr  m  an 
account  of  the  beliefs  of  a  band  of  Jewa  who 
broke  away  from  the  main  idigMiia  body 
about  290  B.C.,  and  founded  a  cok  with  be- 
lief in  some  kind  of  Messiah.  The  fellowen 
of  this  faith  were  ready  to  accept  the  teach- 
ings of  Jesus  when  He  came. 

Paris  is  not  merely  "gay."  The  city 
sends  to  the  seaside  during  the  summer  from 
its  schools  the  children  who  are  feeble  for 
a  month's  outing.  Every  ytzr  the  City 
Council  votes  a  handsome  sum  of  money  to 
pay  for  the  management  of  school  vacation 
trips  into  the  country,  and  an  important 
system  of  school  camps  and  colonies  has  been 
established  for  the  children  of  the  working 
people. 

The  Congregational  Church  Building 
Society  in  19 10  received  ^265,955.  The 
donauons  from  churches  exceeded  those  of 
1909  by  several  thousand  dollars.  This 
total  put  into  church  edifices  in  newly  settling 
sections  of  the  West  explains  the  solid  growth 
of  the  Congregational  denomination  there. 
Our  Baptist  Church  Edifice  Fund  should  be 
more  than  double  its  present  amount  if  we 
are  to  keep  pace,  not  with  other  denomi- 
nations, but  with  the  natural  demands  of 
our  fields. 

A  procession  of  six  hundred  widows  at  the 
funeral  of  Chulalongkom,  the  late  king  of 
Siam,  indicates  that  there  is  still  room  for 
reform  and  for  the  principles  of  Christianity 
in  that  country.  But  a  nation  that  permits 
polygamy  in  Utah  as  a  phase  of  a  religious 
system  and  that  is  now  engaged  in  wholesale 
divorce  will  be  slow  to  point  the  finger  at 
Siam. 

The  Congregational  churches  gave  ^5,000 
for  ministerial  relief  in  1910,  f  10,000  more 
than  the  year  preceding.  The  permanent 
investments  of  the  Board  of  Ministerial 
Relief  now  amount  to  {203,500.  More  is 
being  paid  to  the  veterans  than  ever  before. 
How  about  that  million-doUar  fond  for 
Baptist  ministerial  relief? 


MISSIONS 


CONDUCTED   BY   SECRETARY  JOHN    M.  MOORE 


A    Stewardship    Census    of    Baptist 
Churches 

THE  Fofward  Movement,  to  which  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  at  its 
meeting  in  Oklahoma  City  entrusted  the 
work  of  promoting  Christian  Stewardship, 
haa  planned  a  very  simple  and  praaical 
&e«ardihip  campaign  for  April,  the  first 
month  of  die  missionary  fiscal  year.  Four 
bright,  brief  leaflets  are  being  prepared  for 
distribution  on  the  lint  four  Sundays  of 
April.  For  the  fifth  Sunday  a  blank  is  sup- 
plied, containing  the  following  four  options: 

I.  My  practice  is  to  give  at  least  one- 
tenth  of  my  income  for  Christian  work, 

1.  I  will  b^n  now  to  give  to  Christian 
work  at  least  one-tenth  of  my  income. 

3.  I  will  adopt  for  a  three-months'  trial 
the  plan  of  giving  one-tenth. 

4.  I  will  give  henceforth  some  definite 
proportion  and  will  study  Stewardship. 

A  supply  of  these  four  leaflets  and  the 
blanks,  sufficient  to  put  one  in  the  hands  of 
each  member  of  the  church  and  congregation, 
will  be  furnished  free  of  charge  to  any  pastor 
agreeing  to  have  them  distributed. 

Before  undertaking  this  piece  of  work, 
about  the  biggest  thing  the  Forward  Move- 
ment hat  ever  anempted,  in  order  to  be  sure, 
a  letter  and  an  outline  trf' the  plan  were  sent 
to  the  following  denominational  leaders: 

Executive  Committee  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention,  officers  of  General  and 
Women's  Missionary  Societies,  secretaries 
of  State  Conventions,  editois  of  Baptist 
papen,  members  of  State. Apponionment 
and  Stewardship  Committees. 

Hundreds  of  these  leaders  replied  heartily 
approving  the  plan.  It  requires  now  only 
the  enthusiastic  coSperation  of  pastors  to 
make  it  fairly  revolutionaiy  in  its  effect  upon 
the  lives  and  finances  in  our  Baptist  churches. 


For  further  particulars  address  the  Baptist 
Forward  Movement,  Ford  Building,  Boston, 
Mass. 


The  Student  Department 

BY  SECRETARY  MARTIN   S.   BRYANT 

Tlie  three  months'  tour  among  the  Baptist 
and  State  institutions  of  the  Central  West 
was  a  marked  success.  The  presidents  and 
principals  received  the  work  in  a  most 
cordial  manner,  and  they,  as  well  as  the 
local  Baptist  pastors,  were  willing  to  co- 
operate in  making  the  visits  as  efl^ective  as 
possible,  in  placing  before  the  best  Baptist 
students  the  claims  of  the  denomination's 
missionary  work,  and  installing  more  sys- 
^ducaiion.  Eleven  of 
itional  colleges,  five  prepara- 
tory schools,  five  State  institutions  and  one 
Theological  Seminary  were  visited,  the  trip 
including  the  States  of  Iowa,  Minnesota, 
South  Dakota,  Nebraska,  Kansas,  Okla- 
homa, Missouri  and  Illinois, 

Although  it  is  to  be  largely  a  work  of 
cultivation  and  development,  yet  the  results 
of  the  nine  months'  work  are  greater  than 
the  Secretary  dared  hope  for  at  the  outset, 
in  so  short  a  period  of  time.  Several  letters 
have  come  in  stating  decisions  for  missionary 
service  from  students  in  institutions  visited 
last  spring,  and  others  are  asking  questions 
concerning  the  various  phases  of  missionary 
service  and  education.  Practically  all  of 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.S  and  Y.  W.  C.  A.s  have 
either  been  strengthened  in  what  was  already 
being  done  in  missionary  education,  or  have 
been  indused  to  put  in  monthly  missionary 
meetings  and  mission  study  classes. 

Realizing  that  intelligence  must  precede 
activity,  and  that  those  students  who  are  to 
be  the  future  laymen  are  to  help  constttutv 


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MISSIONS 


the  base  of  support  for  the  denomination's 
missionary  work,  I  am  placing  more  and 
more  emphasis  upon  real  missionary  in- 
struction, and  the  part  the  educated  layman 
is  to  take  in  missionary  work.  Even  where 
there  is  a  knowledge  of  what  the  church  is 
doing,  it  seems  in  many  cases  to  be  of  the 
work  of  the  General  Foreign  Board;  conse- 
quently the  emphasis  being  placed  upon  the 
Home  Mission  end  of  the  work,  and  in  the 
Y.  W.  C.  A.'s  that  of  the  Woman's  Boards. 

There  is  a  great  opportunity  for  work 
among  our  Baptist  students  in  the  State 
Universities.  They  present  a  peculiar  and 
difficult  problem,  yet  one  which  is  tremen- 
dously worth  while,  as  we  as  Baptists  have  as 
many  students  in  such  institutions  as  we 
have  in  the  denominational  colleges.  In 
the  five  State  Universities  visited  about  800 
students  are  registered,  either  as  members 
of  Baptist  churches  or  expressing  a  pref- 
erence for  the  Baptist  church.  Nearly  all 
of  them  are  of  the  former  class.  Through 
the  kindness  of  the  Baptist  pastors  and 
general  secretaries  of  student  associations, 
I  was  enabled  to  come  into  touch  with 
practically  all  the  best  Baptist  students, 
either  in  public  addresses  or  in  personal 
interviews.  The  work  of  the  winter  season 
is  in  the  institutions  of  Michigan,  Wisconsin, 
Indiana,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and  New 
York. 


Summer  ConferenceS|  1911 

The  Young  People's  Missionary  Movement 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada  will  hold 
seven  conferences  in  191 1  for  missionary 
education  and  training,  as  follows:  Asheville, 
N.C.,  June  30-July  9;  Whitby,  Ont.,  July  3- 
10;  Knowlton,  Que.,  July  12-19;  Woodstock, 
Ont.,  July  17-24;  Silver  Bay,  N.Y.,  July  11- 
20;  Lake  Geneva,  Wis.,  July  21-30;  Cas- 
cade, Colo.,  August  4-13.  Never  before  has 
there  been  such  a  request  for  efficient  leaders 
in  the  church  as  now.  This  need  is  increas- 
ing, and  more  and  more  the  Home  and  For- 
eign Mission  Boards  are  looking  to  these 
conferences  to  furnish  them  with  needed 
workers.  These  conferences  in  191 1  will 
provide  institutes  and  classes  to  prepare 
missionary  leaders  in  the  Sunday  school  as 
well  as  in  all  other  forms  of  church  work. 

Baptist  young  people  should  begin  to 
plan  now. 


The  PMtors*  Instttute  in  Pdrto  Rico 

BY  REV.  C  8.  DETWBaBR  OF  PONCB 

The  coolest  month  is  selected  as  the  time 
when  we  do  the  hardest  work  of  the  year. 
For  eight  days  all  our  workers  are  gathered 
together  for  a  time  of  Bible  study  and  dis- 
cussion of  practical  problems.  The  home 
study  courses  our  preachers  must  follow 
lead  up  to  this  as  the  climax  of  the  year's 
work.  In  addition  to  the  morning  and 
afternoon  sessions,  special  meetings  were 
held  each  nig^t  in  the  churches  of  Rio 
Piedras  and  San  Juan. 

The  crowning  service  of  the  series  was 
the  ordination  of  the  pastor  of  the  Rio 
Piedras  church,  Juan  Rodriguez  Cepero,  on 
the  evening  of  January  24.  This  is  not  a 
common  event  in  Porto  Rico,  and  we  were 
therefore  glad  that  it  could  take  place  in 
the  presence  of  all  our  preadieis.  The 
examination  was  held  the  evening  previous 
and  was  remarkable  for  its  clear  statements  of 
doctrine  and  for  the  spirituality  and  dqBCli 
of  Christian  experience  nuuiifested.  Our 
brother  Cepero  came  of  a  good  familjr  in 
middle  stadon  of  life,  and  was  carelully 
brought  up  in  the  faith  of  Rome.  At  die 
time  of  his  conversion  he  was  one  of  tlie 
leading  churchmen  of  his  town  and  a  special 
friend  of  the  priest;  but  only  lootelj  at- 
tached to  the  doctrines  of  the  churdi.  His 
father  before  him  had  been  a  school-Ceadiery 
and  the  son  came  to  occupy  a  good  position 
under  the  American  r^me,  as  principal  of 
the  district  in  which  he  lived.  At  the  time 
of  his  call  to  the  ministry  he  was  lecehing 
a  much  larger  salary  than  the  missioa  couU 
pay  him.  He  has  been  tried  in  the  pastcnate 
more  than  four  years,  and  in  addition  has 
given  excellent  service  as  editor  of  our 
church  paper,  El  Evan  gel ista. 

The  church  was  crowded  at  the  ordination 
service  and  many  of  the  principal  men  of  the 
town  were  present,  some  for  the  first  rime 
in  a  Protestant  church,  who  must  have  been 
impressed  with  the  seriousness  of  the 
minister's  calling.  The  next  day  our  Insti- 
tute came  to  a  close  with  a  parting  service 
of  testimony  and  praise.  I  am  sure  none 
of  the  four  American  missionaries  who 
lectured  and  preached  ever  had  a  more 
eager  and  responsive  body  of  listeners  before 
them  than  our  Porto  Rican  pastors  during 
this  Institute.  It  was  time  of  inspiration  for 
all,  a  worthy  beginning  for  the  new  year. 


MISSIONS 


The  Ministry  of  Service 


Charln  W.  Perkins  Retignt 

It  was  with  regret  that  the  Foreign  Mission 
Society  accqited  the  resignation  of  Charles 
W.  Perkins,  who  in  1:903  succeeded  the  lite 


studying  thb  question.  Previous  to  1903, 
Mr.  Perkins  was  for  thiity-five  years 
connected  with  the  Massachusens  National 
Bank,  the  oldest  bank  in  New  England. 
In  1S88  he  was  appointed  a  member  of 
the  Executive  Committee  (now  termed  the 
Board  of  Managers),  and  as  such  he  con- 
tinued until  his  appointment  as  Ticasurer, 
for  two  years  having  been  chairman  of  that 
body.  Mr.  Perkins  has  always  allied  him> 
self  with  Baptist  interests  and  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in 
Boston.  Missionaries  and  home  workers 
alike  have  learned  to  appreciate  the  un> 
failing  courtesy  and  the  careful,  sympathetic 
service  of  Mr.  Perkins  and  sincerely  r^ret 
that  he  finds  his  resignation  necessary. 


EUiha  P.  Coleman  as  Treasurer  of  the 
Society.  'Latt  summer  Mr.  Perkins  was 
forced,  on  account  of  ill  health,  to  remain 
away  from  his  office  for  several  months,  and 
although  sufficiently  recovered  to  attend  to 
his  work,  now  feels  it  advisable  to  withdraw 
fiDm  the  strenuous  and  responsible  duties  of 
Treasurer.  He  wiU,  however,  remain  in 
office  until  his  successor  may  be  chosen,  and 
a  special  committee  is  at  present  carefully 


Thanks  from  HoUo,  P.L 
We  have  wanted  for  a  long  time  to  express 
our  thanks  to  some  one  iriio  is  kind  and 
thoughtful  enough  to  collect  and  send  us 
back  numbers  of  various  papers  and  maga- 
zines. Some  of  the  more  general  papers  and 
magazines  come  regularly  to  our  table,  but 
such  ones  as  Puck,  Life,  Scientific  American 
and  Country  Life  are  beyond  our  magazine 
fund  and  never  find  their  way  into  our  home 
save  through  the  above-mentioned  source. 
For  these  we  are  more  than  grateful.  There 
are  so  many  serious  sides  to  one's  life  on  a 
mission  field  that  anything  which  provokes 
laughter  or  can  bring  alleviation  by  means 
of  beautiful  illustrations  and  unusual  hap- 
penings is  eagerly  looked  forward  to.  A 
personal  word  would  be  more  to  my  liking, 
but  not  knowing  the  source  of  these  gifts,  1 
must  trust  that  this  hare  statement  shall  fall 
under  the  right  eyes. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Bigelow. 


MISSIONS 


The  Two  Trareleis  Abroad 
We  give  elsewhere  Professor  Anthony's 
impressions  of  our  mission  work  in  Bunna, 
and  of  the  field  as  well.  He  is  a  wide-awake 
traveler  and  is  rendering  most  valuable 
service  by  his  informing  and  bright  corre- 
spondence. He  can  also  take  photographs, 
of  which  we  present  two  proofs  in  this  issue. 
What  adds  to  the  pleasure  of  Professor 
Anthony's  accompanying  Dr.  Barbour  on 
[his  visitation  is  the  fact  that  Free  Baptists 
and  Baptists,  having  voted  in'  their  repre- 
sentative bodies  to  unite  in  missionary  work 
and  other  denominational  activities,  can 
now  be  represented  in  these  two  men  in 
their  distinctive  missionary  fields  in  India. 
The  Free  Baptist  field,  in  the  Balasore 
district  of  India,  nearly  joins  on  the  north  the 
Baptist  field  of  southern  India.  The  Board 
of  Managers  of  the  American  Baptist  For- 
eign Mission  Sosiety  have  made  Professor 
Anthony  one  of  their  number,  so  that  he 
adds  to  his  representative  character  as  a 
Free  Baptist  that  also  of  a  Baptist  and 
thus,  doubly  a  Baptist,  becomes  an  object 
lesson,  not  abroad  so  much  as  at  home,  of 
the  newly  ordained  merger  of  the  members 
of  one  great  ecclesiastical  family. 
* 
Bread  on  tb«  Waters 
We  are  indebted  to  Dr.  Burlingame  for 
ihis  account  of  a  most  interesting  ceremony 
on  board  of  the  flagship  of  the  fleet  of 
Japanese  warships  in  San  Francisco  Bay, 
on  a  recent  Sunday  when  representatives 
of  the  Golden  Gate  Union  of  Christian 
Endeavor,  the  American  Bible  Society,  and 
of  the  five  hundred  Japanese  Christians 
of  the  Bay  Cities  were  formally  received  by 
the  chief  officers  of  the  flagship  Asama, 
and  presented  copies  of  the  Bible  in  the 
Japanese  language  to  the  fourteen  hundred 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  fleet.     Mr. 


A.  W.  .\Iell,  the  Agent  of  the  American 
Bible  Society,  in  a;  brief  address  intioduced 
Pastor  Geo.  E.  Burlingame  of  the  Fim 
Baptist  Church  of  San  Francisco  and  Pas- 
toral Counselor  of  Golden  Gate  Union,  who 
told  the  group  of  officers  and  men  in  whose 
behalf  the  company  were  present  and  for 
what  purpose,  in  a  ten-minute  address, 
which  admirably  presented  the  claim  of  the 
Bible  upon  their  attention.  The  Japanese 
manifested  the  utmost  courtesy  and  interest 
throughout  the  entire  proceedings.  The 
lieutenant,  to  whom  the  addresses  were 
presented  in  writing,  promised  to  have  them 
translated  for  the  men  of  the  ships,  to  each 
of  whom  will  be  given  a  copy  of  the  Bible. 


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In  the  fatty,  beside  those  named  above, 
were  Mr.  H.  C.  Allan,  President  of  Golden 
G«e  Union;  Dr.  F.  D.  Bovard,  editor  of 
the  CJifemia  Chriittan  Aivotale;  Norman 
Knig^  Oiairman  of  the  Floating  Work 
Coounittee  of  Golden  Gate  Unionj  and  two 
Japaneae  Chrinian  pattots.  After  the  cere- 
moniei  the  party  were  conducted  over  the 
ship  bj  a  couiteous  lieutenant  who  spoke 
Ei^^iili,  and  who  pointed  out  with  pardon- 
able pride  the  brass  tablet  recording  the 
battles  in  whidi  the  ship  had  taken  pait. 
A  conqiiaioui  dent  in  one  of  the  turrets 
and  ■CTcral  patches  on  a  funnel  indicated 
dttt  Kimmh  ihot  had  not  altogether  missed 
tbcsr  inaik.  This  ship  fired  die  first  shot 
in  the  haAot  at  Chemulpho  which  ushered 
\m  Ae.tcnific  conflict  with  Russia. 


that  we  have  today  a  unittd  mission- 
ary magaxini.  May  our  sympathies  be 
broadened  and  deepened  as  we  dwell  more 
upon  the  words  of  our  Master,  "the  field  is 
the  world,"  and  may  this  united  missionaty 
magazinethrill  the  souls  of  the  most  lethargic 
of  our  church  members  till  they  are  fain  to 
take  up  the  missionary  battle  cty,  "The 
world  for  Christ;  Christ  for  the  world  I" 

The  world  waits  for  that  unity  and  co- 
operation in  Christian  effort  that  shall  yet 
shake  the  very  foundations  of  heathendom. 
I  write  this  prophetically.  Brothers  and 
sisters,  in  the  dear  homelands  over  yonder, 
join  with  us,  heart  to  heart,  hand  in  hand,  in 
theserviceof our oneMasterand  Lord.  We 
have  that  within  us  which  can  remove 
mountains  of  difficulty.  Shall  we  not,  as 
never  before,  give  place  to  the  Holy  Spirit's 
guidance,  and  attempt  great  things  for  God, 


FROM     THE     FAR     LANDS 


THANKS  rOR  BOOKS 

The  Fliilippiiie  Baptist  Misnon  wish  to 
thank  all  the  fnendt  who  responded  to  their 
nqucst  (or  books,  published  in  various 
Bapdst  papen  some  months  ago.  The 
response  was  most  generous  and  meets  a 
long-fUt  need.  We  do  not  know  the  names 
of  all  the  contributors;  and  10  we  take  this 
method  of  exprening  our  appreciation  of 
their  generastty. 

Caxolinb  M.  Bisbenger,  a.  A.  Fobshee, 
Henrt  W.  Mtmosx,  Commitltt. 

A  CONGO  CALENDAR 

Missions  has  received  from  Dr.  Carohne 
Mabie  of  the  Congo  a  calendar,  for  which 
acknowledgment  is  here  made.  Dr.  Mabie 
is  one  of  the  busiest  and  most  useful  of  our 
medical  inissionaric*.  She  also  has  the 
Ktctary  gift,  as  our  readers  know,  and  we 
trust  will  have  many  oppoitunities  to  know 


better.  As  for  the  message  on  the  calendar, 
above  and  below  a  picture  of  the  mission 
church,  we  give  it  herewith  so  that  others 
may  understand  it  as  well  as  we  do: 


Please  send  in  the  translations. 

k  LEADER  OF  MISSION  CIRCLES  PASSES  AWAY 

Prof.  D.  Gustav  Wameck,  D.D.,  passed 
away  at  his  home  in  Halle  on  December  37, 


19  ic 


was  the  leader  of  German  mis- 
:le5  and  possessed  a  broad  interest 
er  the  world.  He  wrote 
many  works  on  the  subject  of  missions, 
dealing  with  the  questions  of  principle  and 
policy  and  detailing  mission  progress.  These 
books  command  the  attention  of  all  students 
of  this  subject.  Particularly  noteworthy  is 
his  history  of  Protestant  Missions.    He  was  a 


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professor  in  the  University  of  Halle  and 
editor  of  the  monthly  periodical,  Die  AlU 
gemeine  Missionsxeitschrift,  Prdbably  there 
is  no  man  living  who  has  a  completer  knowl- 
edge of  modem  missions  than  had  Dr. 
Wamecky  for  these  had  been  his  lifelong 
study. 

AN  APPRECIATIVE  AUDIENCE 

We  have  greatly  enjoyed  the  visit  of  Dr. 
Barbour  and  Dr.  Anthony.  I  had  the 
privilege  of  showing  them  the  grounds  and 
buildings,  and  introducing  them  to  the  whole 
school  —  about  one  thousand  pupils  —  in 
Gushing  Hall.  They  both  spoke  wisely  and 
eloquently,  uttering  sage  counsels  to  the  boys 
and  girls.  But  eloquent  as  they  were,  the 
most  impressive  thing  was  the  audience  — 
that  large  and  beautiful  room  packed  full  of 
bright,  intelligent  faces.  No  school  audience 
in  the  world  could  excel  that  audience  in  the 
variety  and  deep  significance  of  the  points 
of  interest  which  it  presented.  About  half  of 
the  pupils  are  Christians.  Some  are  in  the 
third  or  fourth  generation  of  Christians,  their 
grandparents  or  great-grandparents  having 
been  converted  in  the  time  of  Dr.  Judson.  — 
L.  £.  Hicks,  D.D.,  Rangoon,  Burma. 

CHRISTMAS   IN   BASSEIN 

Our  school  here  in  Bassein  had  a  delight- 
ful little  Christmas  treat  with  a  tree.  Some 
people  in  Oregon  sent  out  sixty-six  dolls  for 
our  girls.  To  a  Karen  girl  a  doll  is  the 
dearest  thing  on  earth.  You  will  rejoice  with 
us  that  thirty-seven  of  our  school  boys  and 
girls  were  baptized  here  Christmas  morning. 
We  have  been  praying  for  the  winning  of 
these  pupils,  and  they  have  come.  —  L.  W. 
Cronkhite,  Bassein,  Burma. 

[Dr.  Cronkhite  is  in  charge  of  the  Pwo 
Karen  work  in  the  Bassein  field.  Over  two 
hundred  are  in  attendance  in  the  Pwo  Karen 
school  at  the  station.] 

RESIGNATION    OF   DR.    L.    E.    HICKS 

Rev.  Lewis  E.  Hicks,  Ph.D.,  for  the  past 
six  years  principal  of  Rangoon  Baptist 
College,  has  resigned,  the  action  to  take 
effect  March  31,  191 1.  The  Board  of 
Managers  in  accepting  his  resignation  has 
made  him  Principal  Emeritus,  and  has 
appointed  as  his  successor.  Rev.  E.  W. 
Kelly,  Ph.D.,  of  Mandalay.  Since  Dr. 
Hicks'  arrival  at  the  College,  seventeen 
years  ago,  the  institution  has  grown  from  a 


high  school  to  a  full  B.A.  college.  Dr.  Hickt 
leaves  the  work  in  fine  condition.  During 
the  year  1 910  the  enrollment  in  all  depart- 
ments was  1,113.  Besides  the  college  de- 
partment proper  there  it  a  large  high  sdiool 
and  a  normal  school.  The  buildings  num- 
ber over  thirty  and  the  faculty,  foreign  and 
native,  foity-seven.  The  Cushing  Memorial, 
the  group  of  buildings  occupied  by  the  col- 
legiate department,  it  one  of  the  finest 
structures  in  any  mission  college  in  the  East. 

IN  MEMORY  OF  DR.  CLOUGH 

At  Podili,  South  India,  the  Quarterly 
Meeting  held  in  December  was  helpful  and 
inspiring.  On  the  afternoon  of  Christmas 
Day  a  service  in  memory  of  Dr.  Clough  was 
held.  Dr.  Clough  in  hit  acdve  days  was 
accustomed  to  go  over  this  field  when  it  was 
a  part  of  the  great  Ongole  field,  and  old  men 
who  had  toured  in  company  with  him  were 
glad  of  the  opportunity  of  telling  something 
of  the  days  ^en  he  was  strong  and  hard  at 
work  among  the  villages. 

FORTY-THREE   NEW  SCHOLARS 

I  have  a  new  school  at  Pyn  with  forty-three 
scholars.  There  are  five  there  who  want  to 
be  baptized,  some  at  Toungoo  and  two 
Buddhist  priests  are  inquirers,  one  having 
asked  if  he  be  sufficiently  well  founded  in 
faith  for  bapdsm. — L.  B.  Rogers,  Toungoo, 
Burma. 

A  missionary's  outlook 

I  have  not  been  out  of  these  hills  for  five 
years  and  could  almost  count  the  white 
people  I  have  seen  in  that  dme  on  the  fingers 
of  my  two  hands.  Nevertheless  there  is  no 
place  in  the  world  where  I  would  rather  be 
than  just  here.  God  is  blessing  the  work 
and  the  time  is  coming  when  His  name  will 
be  magnified  among  the  Chins.  —  Laura 
H.  Carson,  Haka,  Burma. 

bible  women  needed 

The  workmen  were  scarcely  out  of  the  new 
house  for  women  in  Ningpo,  when  Miss 
Covert  moved  in  with  a  class  of  thirty-eight 
women  and  has  had  them  under  daily  in- 
struction. The  class  closed  about  Januaiy 
18,  and  soon  after  the  Chinese  New  Year  — 
January  30 — Miss  Covert  hopes  to  begin  a 
training  class  for  Bible  women,  to  continue 
through  the  year.  This  \m  a  work  that  has 
been  neglected  for  tome  yeart  past,  chiefly 


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because  we  all  were  too  busy  with  other 
duties.  Our  three  Bible  women  are  now  old 
ind  getting  feeble,  and  we  need  to  increase 
our  staff  of  women  as  well  as  to  have  them 
more  dioroughly  trained.  It  is  hoped  that 
this  dass  may  develop  into  a  training  school 
for  Bible  women  for  the  whole  East  China 
Mission.  —  J.  R.  Goddard,  Ningpo,  East 
China. 

SIGNinCANT  CONTlUBUnONS 

It  is  a  genuine  pleasure  to  record  that 
Rs.  9J-J-I  (about  ^30.00)  were  contributed 
by  our  Telugu  churches  for  the  support  of 
the  seminary  during  the  year.  This  is  con- 
siderably over  one  hundred  per  cent  more 
than  was  received  last  year,  which  was  really 
the  first  time  that  the  native  Chrisdans  had 
ever  responded  to  our  appeals  for  financial 
md  moral  support.  Twelve  churches  are 
lepieacuted  in  these  contributions,  also  seven 
individuals,  mostly  old  seminaiy  graduates. 
—  J.  HsmaiCHs,  Ramapatnam,  South  India. 

NBW  BUILDINGS  FOR  JAPAN 

Missionaries  in  Japan  are  busy  supervising 
building  operadons  in  Yokohama  and  Tokyo. 
In  Yokohama  the  Maiy  Duncan  Harris 
Hall,  given  by  Mrs.  Robert  Harris  and 
named  in  her  memory,  and  the  home  for 
missionaries  are  steadily  growing.  In  Tokyo 
the  new  building  for  the  dormitoiy  for 
students  attending  Waseda  Univenity,  which 
is  in  charge  of  Rev.  H.  B.  Bennin^off,  the 
principal  of  Duncan  Academy,  is  about  to 
be  begun.  Mr.  Benninghoff  hopes  to  see  it 
completed  before  the  summer  vacadon. 

SERIOUS  LOSSBS  IN  THE  WOMAN's  MISSION- 
ARY SOCIETY 

The  Woman's  Missionary  Society  has  in 
the  last  three  months  lost  three  of  the  vice- 
presidents  of  its  Board:  Mrs.  Robert  Harris 
cyf  New  York,  Mrs.  W.  R.  Brooks,  Morris- 
town,  N.J.,  and  Mrs.  Lewis  E.  Guriey  of 
Troy,  N.Y.,  who  was  also  a  member  of  the 
Genc»ral  Committee  of  the  Foreign  Mission 
Society.  Mrs.  Guriey  had  recendy,  together 
with  her  daughter  and  Miss  MacLaurin, 
made  a  tour  of  our  mission  field  and  since  her 
return  had  done  considerable  speaking  for 
the  advancement  of  missions.  She  was  to 
have  been  one  of  the  speakers  in  the  Women's 
.  Jnbike  Meetings  now  being  held  in  different 
paitt  of  die  ooontiy. 


THE  DEATH  OF  A  FORMER  BAPTIST 
MISSIONARY 

Prof.  Alfred  Augustus  Newhall  of  Leland 
University,  New  Orleans,  a  former  mission- 
ary of  the  Foreign  Mission  Society,  died  at 
Wobum,  Mass.,  December  30,  1910.  He 
served  from  1875  to  1890  in  South  India, 
first  at  Ramapatnam  and  later  at  Hanu- 
makonda.  Illness  compelled  his  giving  up 
the  foreign  service. 


A  Trip  to  Bantayan 

On  a  recent  trip  through  the  district  we 
took  the  rime  to  make  a  visit  to  another 
island  some  distance  away  from  the  north- 
east coast  of  Negros,  Bantayan.  We  had 
been  here  about  one  year  ago,  and  had  done 
what  we  could  to  speak  about  the  evangelical 
faith  and  to  distribute  some  Bibles  and  other 
Chrisdan  literature.  Hearing  that  the  annual 
feast  day  was  at  hand  we  determined  to  take 
advantage  of  that  fact,  and  of  our  compara- 
rive  vicinity  to  the  place,  to  make  another 
call  there.  We  found  an  open  theatre  that 
had  been  arranged  on  the  plaza,  and  shortly 
there  was  presented  a  Spanish  play  under 
the  direction  of  the  local  priest.  The  next 
night  there  was  a  play  in  Visayan.  The 
plaza  was  crowded  by  hundreds  of  people 
who  had  come  in  from  all  of  the  adjoining 
towns  and  even  from  neighboring  islands,  as 
these  town  festivals  held  in  honor  of  the 
patron  saints  of  the  town  are  the  big  social 
events  in  Filipino  life.  We  had  no  oppor- 
tunity of  preaching  that  night.  The  next 
morning  we  spent  in  selling  Bibles,  dis- 
tributing tracts  and  going  about  among  the 
people.  We  found  that  there  was  very  much 
less  fanaticism  than  there  had  been  a  year 
before.  Then  we  were  hooted  at  by  the 
rabble  and  had  tin  pans  beaten  in  our  faces 
to  scare  away,  evidently,  the  evil  spirits  that 
were  supposed  to  guide  us  about.  This  rime 
we  met  no  such  experience.  In  the  evening 
we  had  two  meedngs  in  the  market  place 
opposite  the  plaza  and  over  five  hundred 
people  listened  quietly  and  respectfully  to 
the  preaching  of  the  Word  of  God.  We  met 
many  young  men  who  urged  us  to  send  a 
preacher  to  the  island,  and  one  especially 
who  was  much  concerned  for  the  religion  of 
his  people  and  who  wished  that  they  might 
forsake  many  of  their  old  customs  and  learn 


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the  simple  truths  of  the  gospel.  Altogether 
it  was  a  most  heartening  experience.  —  A.  A. 
FoRSHEE,  Bacolod,  P.I. 


Helping  to  Solve  India's  Industrial 
Problem 

BY   REV.   S.   D.    BAWDEN,   ONGOLE 

I  wish  that  you  might  have  been  here  the 
other  afternoon,  as  a  neighboring  Sudra  or 
land  cultivator,  whose  fields  adjoin  ours, 
and  who  is  veiy  courteous  and  helpful  to 
my  field  overseer  in  many  ways,  brought  in 
four  visiting  friends  of  his  who  came  from 
a  village  some  forty  odd  miles  away,  and  to 
whom  he  was  anxious  to  show  some  of  the 
machines  that  we  have  and  are  using,  and 
the  tools  that  we  are  using  on  our  field  work. 
They  came  first  to  the  bungalow  in  which 
we  live,  and  then  the  Sudra,  whose  name  is 
Venkataswamy,  asked  where  the  seed  drill 
that  Mr.  Wetmore  sent  out  some  time  ago 
was,  as  he  was  veiy  anxious  to  have  his 
friends  see  that  machine.  He  had  already 
taken  them  to  see  the  fodder  cutter,  and  they 
spent  an  hour  or  more  in  looking  over  the 
various  tools  we  have  in  use,  under  the 
direction  of  one  of  my  assistants  here. 

This  is  the  same  man  who  borrowed  the 
"little  giant"  broadcast  seeder  which  came 
this  year,  and  used  it  in  the  planting  of  his 
rice  on  the  field.  As  it  happened  there  was 
not  enough  rain  after  he  had  planted  it  to 
bring  it  up  properly,  and  so  I  am  afraid  he  is 
not  going  to  have  a  successful  crop  from 
that  field.  I  am  sorry,  because  he  is  taking 
so  much  interest  in  the  possibilities  of  these 
new  tools  that  I  should  be  glad  to  have  them 
supply  him  with  success  as  often  as  possible. 

After  they  had  looked  at  a  number  of  the 
other  tools  I  happened  to  be  across  the  road 
in  our  garden  where  Nathaniel  is  irrigating 
with  the  little  giant  tank  pump,  by  the  fur- 
row system  of  irrigation,  and  when  he  and 
I  showed  the  visitors  our  method  of  irri- 
gation, and  how  it  was  putting  the  moisture 
under  the  ground,  how  we  then  harrowed  the 
top  again,  and  so  kept  the  moisture  there 
for  ten  days  or  two  weeks,  they  were  very 
much  interested,  and  I  am  hoping  that 
we  may  be  able  to  make  a  demonstration 
this  year  that  will  be  successful,  and  help 
some  of  them  to  do  better  work  on  their  own 
land. 


MitBionary  Pursonals 

By  the  arrival  of  Rev.  and  Mrs.  L.  C. 
Hylbert,  who  are  two  of  last  fall's  recruits, 
and  the  return  of  Rev.  and  Mrs.  EL  E,  Jones 
from  furlough,  the  ranks  at  Ningpo  are  com- 
plete again  —  five  families  and  four  single 
¥^men.  Mr.  Jones  resumed  work  inmie- 
diately,  spending  his  first  Sunday  after 
arrival  at  one  of  his  outstations. 

Rev.  Frank  Kurtz  of  Madira,  South  India, 
is  expecting  to  come  home  on  his  furiough 
this  spring,  reaching  this  country  about 
May  I.  Ehiring  his  fuilou^  Rev.  W.  J. 
Longley  and  Mrs.  Longley,  who  went  out 
to  Soudi  India  in  1909  and  who  have  been 
residing  at  Vinukonda,  will  take  chai]ge  of 
the  Madira  station. 

Mr.  R.  D.  StaflFord,  who  has  been  engaged 
in  language  study  at  Ningpo,  was  t6  remove 
to  Shanghai  about  February  i,  and  assume 
the  duties  of  mission  treasurer  and  business 
agent  for  the  East  and  Central  China  mis- 
sions, the  special  work  to  which  he  was 
appointed.  Shanghai  also  receives  the  wel- 
come addition  of  another  missionaiy  family 
in  the  transfer  of  Rev.  John  H.  Deoning  and 
Mrs.  Deming  from  Hanyang,  Central  China. 
Mr.  Deming  is  to  teach  English  temporarily 
in   the  Shanghai  Baptist  College. 

Rev.  J.  L.  Dearing,  D.D.,  of  Japan,  is  in 
West  China  on  special  service,  being  invited 
by  the  West  China  Annual  Conference  to 
confer  with  them  at  their  gathering.  His 
last  letter  was  dated  from  Ichang.  Together 
with  our  new  West  China  missionaries,  he 
was  traveling  with  the  Canadian  Methodist 
missionaries. 

Rev.  W.  C.  Owen  and  Mrs.  Owen  of 
AUur,  South  India,  are  spending  part  of 
their  furlough  in  Hamburg,  Germany, 
among  German  Baptist  friends.  They 
write  enthusiastically  in  regard  to  the  in- 
spiring strength  of  these  Hambuig  Baptists., 
Together   with    Rev.    Johannes   Wiens   of 


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Sooriapett,  South  India,  who  is  in  Europe 
for  his  little  daughter's  health,  they  have  been 
interesting  the  churches  in  the  mission  work 
among  the  Telugus. 

On  December  28, 1910,  Rev.  S.  W.  Riven- 
burg,  M.D.,  of  Kohima,  Assam,  and  Miss 
Helen  B.  Protzman  of  Nowgong,  were 
married  by  Rev.  P.  H.  Moore  at  Nowgong. 
Bride,  groom  and  officiating  clergyman  are 
all  members  of  our  Assam  Mission. 

Rev.  H.  W.  B.  Joorman  of  Thayetmyo, 
Burma,  has  been  forced  to  leave  his  work 
owing  to  the  critical  state  of  his  health.  At 
the  present  time  he  is  under  medical  treat- 
ment in  Germany. 

DEATH  OF  MISS  MYRA  F.  WELD 

A  cablegram  was  received  at  the  Rooms 
announcing  the  death  of  Miss  Myra  F.  Weld 
i£  Swatow,  South  China.    After  a  short  but 


severe  attack  of  t}rphoid  fever.  Miss  Weld 
passed  away  Januaiy  27,  191 1.  She  was  a 
graduate  of  Wellesley  and  a  teacher  of  many 
years'  experience  in  America.  In  1904  she 
decided  to  devote  her  life  to  the  education  of 
the  Chinese,  sailing  from  San  Francisco  on 
October  13.  Since  that  time  until  her  death 
she  was  principal  of  the  Girls'  Boarding 
School  in  Swatow.  The  Society  suffers  a 
severe  loss  in  her  death. 

Foreign  Missionary  Record 

ARRIVBD 

Rev.   B.    H.   East,   M.D.,   from   Haka.   Burma,   at 
Chicago,  February  2. 

8AILBD 

Miss  A.  A.  Martin,  January  18,  from  San  Frandsco» 
for  China. 

BORN 

To  Rev.  G.  W.  Lewis  and  Mrs.  Lewis,  Unglcung. 
China,  on  October  7.  1910,  a  son. 


;'-^*: 


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FROM     THE     HOME     LANDS 


THE  METHOD  IN  OKLAHOMA 

Rev.  J.  C.  Stalcup,  General  Missionary  of 
Oklahoma,  is  continuing  this  year  the 
missionaiy  committee  for  each  association, 
as  a  connecting  link  between  the  office  of 
the  secretary  and  the  churches  and  pastors. 
The  aim  is  by  this  concerted  effort  to  enlist 
all  of  the  churches  in  all  phases  of  mission 
work  and  to  bring  the  workers  into  the 
closest  possible  fellowship.  The  State  has 
been  engaged  during  Januaiy  in  a  cam- 
paign for  state  missions  and  has  endeavored, 
in  addition  to  regular  contributions,  to  raise 
suffident  to  care  for  the  deficit  which  came 
oiver  from  last  ]rear.  Arrangements  were 
made  some  time  ago  that  representatives  of 
the  two  Home  and  two  Foreign  Mission 
Boards  in  cooperation  with  the  Convention 
should  hold  special  conferences  in  the  State 
in  Februaiy,  March  and  April. 

A  FRENCH  CONVERT  OF  NOTE 

Rev.  I.  La  Fleur,  missionary  to  the  French 
in  Waterville,  Me.,  reports  with  much  joy 


that  an  intelligent  priest,  who  has  served 
twenty-two  years  in  the  Romish  Church,  has 
come  to  him  from  another  town  and  is  ready 
to  assist  in  spreading  the  evangelical  faith, 
to  which  he  has  been  increasingly  drawn 
for  the  past  three  years.  This  seems  to 
Missionaiy  La  Fleur  a  golden  opportunity, 
for  the  new  convert  is  a  man  of  exceptional 
gifts  and  of  fine  promise  for  "the  King's 
business." 

HOME   MISSION   DAY  IN  A   GERMAN   CHURCH 

Home  Mission  Day  is  to  be  observed  in 
some  of  our  German  churches.  The  Supei^ 
intendent  of  the  Second  German  Baptist 
Church  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  has  translated  the 
service  into  German  and  the  school  will  use  it. 
This  shows  that  this  church  is  wide-awake. 

CHANGES   IN   COLORADO 

Rev.  W.  F.  Ripley  of  Pueblo,  after  wisely 
and  fruitfully  supervising  as  general  mission- 
aiy the  work  of  the  Colorado  Baptist  State 
Convention,  in  cooperation  with  the  Ameri- 


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can  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  has  been 
compelled  on  account  of  ill  health  to  resign. 
He  will  probably  enter  upon  a  pastorate  as 
soon  as  his  strength  will  permit.  Rev.  W.  C. 
King,  for  many  years  the  efficient  General 
Missionary  of  South  Dakota,  has  been 
elected  his  successor.  A  Forward  Movement 
campaign  has  been  inaugurated,  and  it  is 
expected  that  one  or  more  evangelists  will 
be  placed  in  the  field,  with  all  the  cost  met 
by  the  Convention,  thus  relieving  the  Home 
Mission  Society  of  appropriations  to  this 
part  of  the  work. 

DR.   WOODDY's   son  A   RHODES   SCHOLAR 

Mr.  Carroll  Hill  Wooddy  has  been  elected 
as  a  Rhodes  Scholar  for  1910  and  will  rep- 
resent McMinnville  College  of  Oregon.  He 
is  the  son  of  Dr.  C.  A.  Wooddv,  Superintend- 
ent of  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
Society  for  the  Pacific  States.  He  is  nineteen 
years  of  age,  and  is  a  senioi  in  his  college, 
but  secured  four-fifths  of  the  votes  of  the 
Oregon  Committee  representing  the  five 
colleges  and  universities  in  the  State.  He 
will  enter  Oxford  next  October. 

A  REMARKABLE   RECORD 

During  the  missionary  career  of  Dr.  J. 
S.  Murrow  of  Atoka,  Okla.,  he  has  or- 
ganized more  than  seventy-five  Baptist 
churches  in  that  State,  assisted  in  the  ordina- 
tion of  over  seventy  preachers,  mostly 
Indians,  and  baptized  more  than  two  thou- 
sand people,  nearly  all  Indians. 

GET  THE   LOCATION   RIGHT 

All  who  are  sending  gifts  of  various  kinds 
to  the  Morrow  Indian  Orphanage  should 
remember  that  it  is  not  now  located  at 
Unchuka,  but  has  been  transferred  to 
Bacone,  Okla.  A  fruitful  step  forward  has 
been  taken  in  affiliating  the  Orphanage  with 
a  larger  institution  in  Bacone. 

IN  THE   YELLOWSTONE    DISTRICT 

Rev.  C.  A.  Cook,  D.D.,  of  the  Yellow- 
stone District,  comprising  Montana,  Wyo- 
ming, Utah,  Idaho  and  Eastern  Washington, 
writes  in  praise  of  the  work  at  Marcus  and 
Kettle  Falls,  Wash.,  where  two  fine  church 
buildings  have  been  erected  under  the  inde- 
fatigable labors  of  Rev.  J.  M.  Hupp.  In 
each  place  new  members  were  received  at 
the  dedication  of  the  buildings;  and  in  each 
place  the  community  at  large  showed  its 


esteem  for  Mr.  Hupp  by  a  present  of  money 
amounting  in  all  to  more  than  ^130.  Dr. 
Cook  reports  that  the  Home  Mission  offerings 
from  his  field  are  nearly  ILfOO  in  advance  of 
what  they  were  for  the  same  period  last  year. 

A   VIRGINIA  REVIVAL 

The  Baptist  cause  in  Lynchburg  has 
received  a  strong  impetus  from  the  notable 
series  of  evangelistic  meetings  in  charge  of 
Dr.  Bruner  and  his  associates.  Over  one 
hundred  additions  to  the  churches  (white) 
were  reported  for  one  week.  Noon  services 
at  the  Southland  Shoe  Factory  were  an 
important  feature.  A  significant  fact  in  this 
campaign  is  that  colored  ministers  were  in- 
vited to  be  present  and  were  called  upon  to 
pray.  The  college  and  Theological  Semi- 
nary (colored)  are  working  hard  and  are  in 
great  need  of  financial  help.  General  Mis- 
sionary D.  N.  Vassar  reports  much  interest 
and  a  spirit  of  union  among  the  people  of  his 
territory.  Some  belated  "leaders"  try  to 
keep  up  divisions,  but  the  people  are  demand- 
ing "more  gospel  and  less  fuss." 


PLENTY  OF  WORK  IN  WYOMING 

A  missionary  in  Wyoming  writes:  "I  hope 
the  Society  can  in  the  near  future  place  at 
least  another  man  on  this  field.  At  the 
present  time  I  do  not  know  of  another  man 
who  is  making  regular  trips  into  the  countiy 
north  of  the  railroad  in  Crook  County  be- 
side myself.  This  territory  takes  in  almost 
4,500  square  miles  and  the  people  are  anx- 
ious for  the  gospel.  I  cannot  go  to  all  the 
places  I  am  asked  to  go  to,  but  where  I  go 
1  always  receive  a  hearty  welcome  and  have 
good  congregations.  Often  have  people 
present  at  our  meetings  that  have  not 
attended  a  religious  service  for  many  year? ." 

ITALIANS   IN  MISSOURI 

Work  among  the  Italians  in  St.  Louis  has 
been  started  and  many  have  professed  faith. 
The  presence  of  "impolite  Americans,"  who 
call  the  Italians  "dagos"  and  otherwise 
interrupt  the  meetings,  is  lamented  by  the 
native  missionary.  He  tells  of  a  young 
Italian  who  said,  "So  far  I  continually 
despised  the  Catholic  superstition;  that  was 
all.  But  now  since  you  have  pointed  me  to 
Jesus  Christ,  I  shall  have  my  priest,  my 
high  priest,  my  only  priest,  Jesus  Christ 
himself."  This  young  man  was  afterwards 
killed  by  a  train. 


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209 


SWEDISH  WORK  IN   PORTLAND 

Rey.  G.  A.  Dahlquist  has  entered  upon 
missionaiy  work  with  the  First  Baptist 
Swedish  Church  of  Portland,  Me.  Pecuh'ar 
difficulties  which  call  for  patience  and 
unusual  wisdom  and  tact  present  themselves 
to  this  missionaiy,  but  he  takes  up  his  work 
with  courage,  and  the  indications  are  that 
the  members  will  rally  and  the  mission  take 
on  new  life  and  influence.  On  the  first 
Sunday  in  January  the  Sunday  school  was 
graded. 

COLORADO 

Steamboat  Springs,  which  has  an  interest- 
ing summer  population,  has  been  building  a 
church  edifice.  Meanwhile  meetings  have 
been  held  in  the  moving-picture  building. 
Two  outstadon  Sunday  schools  have  been 
joined.  At  one  of  these  the  pastor.  Rev.  A.  H. 
Ballard,  preaches  on  alternate  Sunda3rs,  but 
the  other  is  too  far  away  for  that  plan. 

The  work  at  Heppner  has  been  difficult 
and  the  church  was  closed  for  two  years  till 
October,  1909,  when  Rev.  C.  H.  Davis  came 
as  pastor.  He  preaches  on  alternate  Sundajrs 
at  lone,  eighteen  miles  away,  where  the 
church  property  is  unfinished  and  a  small 
debt  temporarily  overhangs.  These  fields 
require  energy  and  faith;  and  Mr.  Davis  is 
earnest  and  hopeful.  Pastor  F.  H.  Hayes 
at  Sellwood  has  a  unique  church  of  ninety 
members,  most  of  whom  are  children  and 
young  people  of  school  age.  He  calls  them 
"a  fine  lot"  and  expects  a  strong  church  as 
they  grow  up  with  this  growing  town. 

At  Scibert,  Colo.,  a  missionaiy  has  been 
holding  a  revival  meeting  in  which  fourteen 
conversions  occurred  during  the  first  six  days. 
This  is  in  the  heart  of  the  Kit  Karson  County 
and  is  purely  pioneer  work.  A  new  church 
was  constituted  January  9. 

POLES  IN  NEW  JERSEY 

The  only  Polish  Protestant  Church  in 
New  Jersey  is  in  Newark,  where  there  are 
50,000  Poles  and  Russians  among  whom  it 
directly  works,  but  it  strives  as  best  it  can 
to  reach  the  enure  Polish  population  of  the 
State,  which  is  more  than  180,000.  It  has 
a  reading  room  for  foreigners  and  a  medical 
dispensary.  The  demand  for  evangelical 
literature  is  continually  increasing  Much 
good  it  dooe  by  open-air  meetings  at  the 


city's  foreign  center,  and  a  good  property, 
three-story  double  house  at  30  Richmond 
Street,  was  bought  in  September  last,  when 
the  church  was  organized.  Two  years  is 
the  limit  of  the  mortgage  of  ^7,000,  and  the 
church  needs  all  the  help  it  can  get  in  order 
to  meet  this  obligation  and  carry  on  its 
present  valuable  work.  The  pastor,  Rev. 
Gottfried  Patmont,  may  be  addressed  at 
the  above  number  and  will  be  glad  to  accept 
gifts  and  also  to  furnish  gospel  literature  in 
the  Polish  language  to  any  one  that  can 
use  it. 

Among  Nebraska  Sand  Hills 

In  north  central  Nebraska  is  the  little 
village  of  Chambers,  twenty-two  miles  from 
the  nearest  railway  station  and  numbering 
not  more  than  150  souls.  But  it  is  sur- 
rounded with  farms  and  grazing  land,  and 
is  the  center  of  bustling  activities.  It  has 
four  grocery  stores,  a  drug  store,  a  hardware 
store,  a  jewelry  store,  a  barber  shop,  two 
blacksmith  shops,  a  meat  market,  a  hotel, 
two  livery  stables,  a  printing  office  with  a 
good  weekly  paper,  a  post  office,  a  cream 
station  doing  a  fine  business,  and  "last  but 
not  least,"  two  churches,  viz.,  Methodist 
and  Baptist.  The  Baptist  pastor.  Rev. 
T.  H.  Evans,  "not  a  novice,"  for  he  has 
grandchildren  in  the  "East,"  is  cultivating 
this  field  with  truly  apostolic  faith  and 
energy,  covering  a  territory  that  needs  a 
dozen  men  and  more.  One  of  his  out- 
stations  is  thirty  miles  away,  among  the 
sand  hills,  where  thousands  of  cattle  graze» 
where  every  hill  is  just  like  every  other  hill, 
a  rounded  mound,  and  not  even  the  oldest 
inhabitant  can  always  be  sure  in  which  of 
the  numberless  tracks  that  pass  for  roads 
he  ought  to  travel,  where  a  deceitful  stillness 
mocks  the  ear  with  a  cruel  negation  that  is 
not  true  peace,  where  form  and  size  and  color 
join  in  a  curious  conspiracy  to  cheat  the 
eye  and  thwart  the  judgment.  But  the 
people  are  brave  and  earnest  and  eager  to 
hear  the  preacher's  words,  are  "live  wires" 
filled  with  quick  sympathy  and  mental 
alertness.  Another  of  his  stations  is  Harrold, 
only  eight  miles  away,  where  he  preaches 
every  Sunday,  except  when  taking  the  long 
tnp  above  mentioned.  Grazing  is  still  the 
chief  occupation,  but  agriculture  is  increas- 
ingy   and  the  need  of  strong  and  >broad 


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foundations  for  the  upbuilding  of  this  "in- 
land empire"  is  very  great.  Here  as  every- 
where,  denominationalism  acts  as  a  hinder- 
ing and  divisive  force,  for  persons  of  almost 
every  sect  are  found  among  the  settlers. 
The^'Methodist  pastor  works  with  the 
Baptist,  but  not  all  the  laymen  are  as  liberal. 
However,  some  union  services  have  been 
held  and  the  spirit  of  Christian  love  is 
winning  its  way  increasingly. 

Five  Thousand  a  Month 

That  is  the  rate  at  which  people  are 
settling  in  Idaho,  making  new  mission  fields. 
State  Evangelist  D.  D.  Murray  writes  from 
Caldwell  that  the  churches  are  well  supplied 
with  pastors,  earnest,  faithful  men  and  fre- 
quently of  superior  ability.  With  immigra- 
don  at  this  rate  of  five  thousand  a  month, 
the  fields  need  able  men  who  can  grapple 
with  the  situation. 

Rev.  T.  H.  Scruggs,  of  Soldier,  a  district 
missionary  for  twenty  years  in  the  North- 
west, is  doing  good  work  in  Camas  County, 
a  prairie  region  in  much  need  of  regular 
preaching  stations  at  suitable  points.  Popu- 
larion  is  increasing,  but  the  people  are 
scattered  and  there  are  only  two  small 
church  buildings  (of  all  denominations)  in 
this  territory  sixty  miles  long  by  twenty 
wide.  Many  of  the  inhabitants  have  not  had 
the  opportunity  to  attend  a  religious  service 
for  years.  "On  the  whole  our  work  in  Idaho 
is  doing  well,"  but  these  destitute  regions 
must  not  be  forgotten. 

Among^  the!  Italians; 

The  Pittsburgh  (Pa.)  Evangelistic  Com- 
mittee provided  a  tent  for  work  among  the 
Italians  in  the  campaign  of  1910,  and  a 
large  number  professed  conversion. 

In  one  place  where  the  tent  was  stationed 
much  opposition  was  encountered.  Two 
preachers  were  assaulted  and  the  tent  was 
cut  down.  Yet  in  those  services  forty 
Italians  boldly  confessed  Jesus  Christ.  At 
the  noon  meetings  888  Bibles  or  portions 
thereof  were  given  out,  the  languages  being 
English,  Italian,  German,  French,  Greek 
and  Bohemian. 

In  Barre,  Vt.,  there  are  about  4,000 
Italians,  all  from  the  north  of  Italy.  They 
are  skilled  workmen,  independent  in  means 


and  character,  earning  from  ^3.20  per  day 
and  upward.  They  are  more  reserved  in 
disposition  than  their  fellow  countrymen 
from  the  southern  part.  Anarchy  and 
socialism  of  an  atheistic  type  here  have 
their  chief  center  among  Italian-speaking 
people,  and  here  the  chief  Italian  anarchy 
paper  is  published.  No  God,  no  future  life, 
no  supernatural  religion  of  any  sort,  are  their 
darling  doctrines.  Rev.  G.  B.  Castellani 
has  labored  there  about  a  year  vrith  good 
success.  His  policy  is  conciliatory,  benevo- 
lent, constructive,  and  he  is  well  received. 
Children  are  permitted  to  attend  his  Sunday 
school,  which  has  an  average  attendance  of 
sixty,  and  he  reports  four  baptisms. 

South  Dakota  Destitution 

An  interesting  letter  from  L.  J.  Velte,  a 
student  in  Crozer  Theological  Seminary, 
who  spent  his  last  vacation  at  BuflFalo  Gap 
and  in  the  neighboring  region,  preaching  at 
the  ranches  and  in  log  schoolhouses,  tells  of 
pitiful  religious  destitution  in  oudying  dis- 
tricts, and  says  he  is  "praying  that  some 
one  can  follow  up  the  work"  which  the  open- 
ing of  the  school  year  compelled  him  to 
renounce.  The  people  have  pleaded  that 
services  be  continued.  In  covering  his 
territory  he  preached  morning,  afternoon 
and  evening;  often  without  time  for  supper 
and  always  with  only  a  few  minutes  for  the 
noonday  meal.  Distance  is  an  important 
hindrance  in  attempting  to  combine  fields. 
The  circuit  of  Buffalo  Gap,  Lone  John's 
and  Harrison  Flat,  which  he  proposes  as  a 
favorable  one,  would  involve  twenty-eight 
miles  travel,  on  horseback  or  otherwise. 
But  he  is  full  of  enthusiasm  and  says,  "I 
thank  God  the  Home  Mission  Society  sent 
me  out  there.  I  have  been  drawn  closer 
to  humanity  and  to  Jesus." 

North  Dakota  Wants  Men 

In  North  Dakota  there  are  twenty-six 
churches  without  pastors.  Some  of  these 
are  very  weak,  but  many  others  are  among 
the  best  in  the  State,  having  fine  properties. 
If  ministers  who  are  without  pastorates  in 
eastern  States  could  move  to  North  Dakota, 
they  would  find  abundant  opportunity  for 
important  Christian  service.  Pastors  with 
evangelistic  gifts  are  most  needed.  In- 
quiries concerning  pastorates  in  this  State 


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211 


may  be  addressed  to  Dr.  C.  E.  HemanSy 
Grand  Forks,  North  Dakota. 

A  Swedish  church  has  been  organized  at 
Flasher.  Throughout  the  State  the  Swedish 
and  Norwegian  churches  are  prospering. 

Clearing  the  Deck  at  Fort  Collins 

Dr.  M.  P.  Hunt,  pastor  of  the  church  in 
Fort  Collins,  Okla.,  which  owes  its  existence 
to  missionary  enterprise,  printed  the  follow- 
ing call  to  acdon  under  the  title  "Clearing 
the  Deck:" 

"In  the  war  between  Japan  and  Russia 
we  read  of  the  clearing  of  the  deck  for  acdon. 
That  is  what  the  First  Baptist  Church  of 
Fort  Collins  wants  to  do  on  Sunday,  January 
29.  By  the  grace  of  God  and  the  help  of  the 
church  we  want  to  make  this  an  epochal 
day  in  our  history.  We  want  all  to  arrange 
to  be  present  unless  absolutely  hindered  by 
sickness.  In  that  way  each  one  can  help. 
We  want  all  to  pray  God  for  grace  to  believe 
that  with  His  help  we  can  do  anything  that 
needs  to  be  done." 

How  weU  he  succeeded  is  reported  in  a 
daily  paper  published  at  Fort  Collins:  "The 
Baptist  Society  owed  a  debt  on  church 
building  and  Lake  Park  chapel  for  several 
years  and  it  was  a  millstone  around  the 
parishoners'  necks.  The  financial  com- 
mittee, assisted  by  Dr.  Hunt,  the  pastor, 
concluded  it  was  time  to  pay  off  the  debt, 
and  set  Sunday,  January  29,  as  the  dme  to 
do  it.  After  a  good  sermon  by  the  reverend 
doctor,  he  called  for  pledges  to  liquidate  the 
12,500  due,  also  iSjoo  on  this  year's  budget, 
a  total  of  {2,800.  In  less  than  an  hour's 
time  {3,500  was  subscribed,  thus  leaving  a 
neat  balance  of  {700  for  future  contin- 
gencies." 

Oregon  Progress 

At  Grass  Valley  the  pastor  reports  many 
removals;  some  of  them  in  the  search  for  a 
different  climate,  and  several  because  a 
competency  has  been  secured,  for  the  town 
is  in  a  fine  wheat  section.  He  says,  "Of 
course  we  meet  our  budget,"  and  tells  of  the 
new  parsonage  bought  and  paid  for  during 
the  past  eight  months. 

The  University  Park  Church  of  Portland 
is  enjoying  the  ministry  of  Rev.  H.  F, 
Cheney,  who  finds  much  encouragement  in 
the  increased  attendance  at  prayer  meetings 


in  spite  of  the  fact  that  removals  have 
carried  away  many  members,  including 
nearly  all  of  the  church  officers  during  the 
past  few  months.  The  church  is  in  a  grow- 
ing suburb  and  good  families  are  moving  in. 

The  pastor  at  Prineville  is  doing  good 
work.  A  stone  church  building  ({10,000  to 
{12,000)  is  being  erected,  and  the  pastor  is 
working  in  outlying  districts  where  the  need 
and  opportunity  are  very  great.  He  pleads 
for  helpers  and  says,  "  I  could  win  hundreds 
to  Christ  if  I  were  free  to  go  over  this  great 
field  of  Cook  County,  which  is  a  large  state 
in  itself."  Other  denominations,  especially 
the  Presbyterians,  are  doing  all  they  can, 
but  there  is  plenty  of  chance  for  more. 

Rev.  A.  F.  Bassford  has  been  at  Cor- 
vallis  over  a  year  and  the  church  has  pros- 
pered under  his  leadership.  From  irregu- 
larity, weakness  and  discouragement  it  has 
emerged  into  efficiency,  vigor  and  enthusi- 
asm. Its  relation  to  the  college  has  become 
more  inrimate  and  the  students  are  appre- 
ciating its  ministrations  and  joining  in  its 
activities.  The  pastor  has  received  much 
welcome  recognition  from  the  faculty  and 
frequently  is  called  to  assist  in  college  gather- 
ings of  various  sorts.  The  church  member- 
ship has  been  increased  some  sixty  per  cent. 
The  great  need  is  a  suitable  church  building. 

Rev.  D.  E.  Baker  came  to  Lebanon  in 
March,  1909,  and  has  had  phenomenal 
success.  Very  early  in  the  work  he  baptized 
twenty-three  persons  and  since  then  the 
additions  to  the  church  have  numbered  over 
one  hundred.  He  preaches  also  at  Tollman, 
where  additions  have  occurred,  and  labors 
at  another  out-station  a  part  of  the  time. 
Repairs  and  enlargements  have  been  made 
upon  the  church  building  to  the  amount  of 
{1,800,  and  the  people  hope  to  support  the 
work  without  help  from  outside  sources  in 
the  near  future. 

Rev.  F.  C.  W.  Parker,  General  Missionary 
of  the  Oregon  Baptist  Convention,  reports 
increase  all  along  the  line.  The  offerings  of 
the  churches  to  this  work  have  exceeded 
those  of  last  year  by  about  {1,000,  the  total 
increase  in  this  department  being  {1,350, 
making  the  entire  missionary  business  for 
the  year  about  {15,600.  The  workers  have 
included  four  district  missionaries,  a  Swed- 
ish, Chinese  and  colored  missionary,  two 
colporters,  a  superintendent  of  city  missions, 
thirty-four    missionary    pastors,    and    the 


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MISSIONS 


general  missionary.  There  has  also  de- 
veloped a  large  interest  in  the  work  among 
the  Italians  and  an  Italian  missionary  began 
work  in  Portland  last  October.  Many  of 
the  churches  have  erected  houses  of  worship 
or  have  built  parsonages.  One  of  the  most 
interesting  movements  has  been  that  at 
Myrtle  Creek,  where  an  old  school  building 
was  purchased  and  turned  into  a  center  of 
religious  life.  The  first  floor  becomes  an 
auditorium;  the  second  floor  is  divided  into 
Sunday-school  classrooms,  a  social  room 
and  a  room  for  athletics.  A  swimming  pool 
is  to  be  excavated  in  the  basement. 

The  Home  Mission  Society  (New  York 
City)  has  appropriated  1 1,500  to  help  the 
State  work,  and  the  Church  Edifice  Gift 
Fund  has  been  drawn  upon  much  more 
heavily. 

Oregon  Baptists  in  general  have  increased 
in  vision  with  respect  to  their  possibilities, 
and  are  advancing  in  obedience  to  what  God 
is  showing  them.  The  great  Inland  Empire 
of  Central  Oregon  and  the  Coast  Region  are 
both  attaining  a  wonderful  development 
through  the  construction  of  railways.  Large 
systems  of  electric  railways  are  in  process  of 
construction  throughout  the  State,  chiefly 
by  the  interests  in  control  of  President  Hill, 
who  declares  he  will  put  forward  this  work 
in  undeveloped  sections  with  a  rapidity  un- 
precedented elsewhere.  To  meet  enlarged 
demands  the  convention  has  planned  its 
work  for  the  coming  year  upon  the  basis  of 
|l2,ooo  more  than  last  year. 

Lookiiig  Forward 

Indian  University  looks  forward  with 
feelings  of  hope  and  encouragement.  The 
new  year  began  with  the  temperature  be- 
low zero  and  all  our  water  pipes  frozen  up, 
but  the  thermometer  does  not  register  low 
enough  to  freeze  up  our  courage  and  opti- 
mism. At  the  last  Sunday-evening  service 
of  the  school  in  1910  two  young  men  were 
converted,  and  a  number  of  others  took  a 
new  stand  for  Christ.  And  at  the  first 
Sunday-evening  service  in  191 1  two  young 
women  publicly  confessed  Christ.  Some  of 
the  young  men  have  asked  for  a  special 
class  in  Bible  study,  that  they  may  have  more 
of  that  work  than  is  required  in  the  regular 
course.  Both  young  men  and  young  women 
have  mission  study  classes  organized.  Thus 
we  begin  the  new  year  with  a  very  encourag- 


ing outlook  for  the  spiritual  part  of  our 
work. 

There  is  just  as  much  to  encourage  us  in 
the  other  departments.  The  old  students 
are  all  returning,  and  we  have  already  re- 
ceived twelve  new  students  and  know  of 
more  who  are  coming.  We  have  had  to 
refuse  one  girl  because  all  rooms  in  the  giris' 
dormitory  were  engaged.  Thus  we  see  the 
need  for  enlarging  and  completing  Scott 
Hall. 

There  is  reason  for  encouragement  in  the 
character  of  our  student  body.  In  former 
years  there  has  been  almost  a  new  body  of 
students  after  the  holidays.  This  year  we 
have  our  students  planning  for  the  work  of 
the  year,  not  simply  one  term.  Work  in  a 
new  country  is  always  more  broken  than  in 
older  communities.  It  is  encouraging  to  see 
our  school  work  here  taking  a  more  system- 
atic form. 

We  have  recently  heard  statements  from  a 
number  of  people  who  have  known  Bacone 
for  years,  and  the  reports  they  give  are  all 
hopeful.  Our  friends  who  are  looking  on 
are  reporting  that  we  have  a  good  school 
and  that  the  standard  now  is  as  high  as  at 
any  time  in  the  best  days  of  Bacone.  Such 
reports  help  us  to  look  ahead  cheerfully  and 
hopefully.  They  will  also  have  a  tendency 
to  bring  us  more  students,  and  more  students 
call  for  better  buildings  and  accommodadons. 
Thus  these  evidences  which  we  see,  giving 
us  hope  for  a  prosperous  year,  are  also  calb 
for  greater  effort  and  more  money  to  put 
our  equipment  in  shape  to  give  our  young 
people  the  best  possible  advantages.  Eveiy 
department  of  our  work  is  in  an  encouraging 
condition,  and  we  confidently  look  forward 
with  the  belief  that  191 1  is  to  be  the  best  jeaLTf 
along  all  lines  of  work,  that  Bacone  has  ever 
enjoyed.     J.  Harvey  Randall,  Presiiifii. 

A  Danish-Norwegian  Mission  in  Boston 

The  Boston  Baptist  City  Mission  Sodetj 
and  the  Massachusetts  Baptist  Missionaij 
Society  have  united  in  the  suppoit  of  a 
missionary  among  the  Norwegians  and 
Danes  in  Boston.  Rev.  Jacob  R.  Laison 
will  be  in  charge  of  the  work. 


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213 


CHAPEL    'CAR      AND      COL  PORTER 


LuigiRuspiiii'sColportageWorkinnevYork 

BY  SUPT.   ROBERT  WALKER 

Our  missions  in  the  city  are  five  in  number, 
and  normally  Ruspini  devotes  one  day  each 
week  to  each  of  the  districts  and  Saturday 
afternoon  to  the  largest  of  all,  that  situated 
around  Washington  Square,  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  the  Judson  Memorial  Church. 
The  visits  he  pays  are  not  perfunctory  calls 
for  the  sake  of  selling  his  books,  but  real 
evangelistic  visits  wherein  he  gets  into  con- 
versation with  the  families.  When  families 
or  individuab  begin  to  frequent  a  service 
we  try  to  get  Ruspini  to  call  and  offer  his 
literature,  especially  the  Scriptures.  He 
finds  it  less  easy  to  approach  and  interest  the 
people  here  than  lie  did  in  Italy.  This  is 
probably  due  to  the  fact  that  over  yonder 
they  had  less  to  do  with  their  time,  or  that 
they  had  fewer  distractions  there  than  here. 
He  gives  the  names  and  addresses  of  the 
families  referred  to  and  we  seek  to  follow 
them  up  by  pastoral  visits  as  opportunity 


offers.      Her 


■■  reports    of  these 


1.  Well  received,  especially  by  the  sons, 
who  would  willingly  have  bought  something 
but  were  hindered  by  the  mother,  who  al- 
leged hard  times  and  poor  health  as  her 
reasons.  (This  family  is  always  accessible 
to  us  now.) 

2.  The  husband  showed  utter  indifference, 
but  the  wife  and  brother-in-law  received 
me  kindly  and  bought  one  tract. 

3.  Husband  and  wife  both  sincerely  in- 
terested, but  the  prolonged  strike  of  the 
tailors  has  reduced  them  to  very  poor  con- 
ditions. (A  request  for  spectacles  has  been 
acceded  to,  and  these  two  have  been  bap- 
tized into  the  Memorial  Church.) 

4.  Father  and  two  daughters  received 
me  well.  It  seemed  to  me  that  the  father 
had  some  diffidence  in  talking  of  the  gospel 
with  bis  children.  We  must  encourage  him. 
(Not  confined  to  Italian  fathers.) 

5.  Father  died.     Have  hopes  of  gaining 


MISSIONS 


the  son  and  his  wife.  The  widow  is  veiy 
irrespDnsive,  but  with  God  all  things  are 
possible. 

6.  Husband  and  wife,  veiy  decent  people 
but  very  ignorant  and  therefore  require 
much  looking  after. 

Such  cases  might  be  almost  indefinitely 
cited,  but  these  give  a  good  idea  of  the  kind 
of  ground  he  hit  to  wort  in.  He  tells  of  the 
special  needs  of  (he  Mariners'  Temple  dis- 
tria,  where  the  people  are  always  on  the 
move,  so  that  often  he  can  only  see  some  of 
them  once.  When  he  returns  they  have 
left  the  district.  Ten  families  in  this 
quarter  received  him  well.  During  the  vaca- 
tion of  the  pastor,  Kuspini  was  almost  ex- 
clusively occupied  in  this  part  of  the  city, 
and  sold  a  good  number  of  tracts  and  books. 
His  help  in  the  meetings  at  this  time  was 
much  appreciated  by  the  people. 


At  Ellb  Island 
Missionary'  Lodsin's  work  is  full 
dent.    He  finds  many  people  anxiou: 
Testaments  and  tracts.     One  Rus; 
says,  after  receiving  a  Gospel,  wen 
window  and  wiped  his  eyes  to  tn' 
the  tears  after  hearing  me  adt-ise  ihe 
to  read  and  obey  the  Word  of  God,  a 
they  would  be  blessed  in  this  counti 
people   would   like   them.      One   day 
Lettish  girls  came  who  had  not  been  : 
make  themselves  understood.    Afier 


them  the  needed  advice  about  baggagi 
he  gave  them  Lenish  tracts,  not  1 
Lettish  Gospels  at  the  moment.    Thq 


help  us."    This 
fulness  that  is  ni 

well  as  Russian! 


angel  sent  from  C 
!  the  touch  of  human 
forgotten.  In  the  ci 
met  many  Jews  in  the  pa 
ms  and  Poles,  and  he  $9 
lys  willing  to  listen  outs 
is  hard  (o  get  them  insid 


church,  but  it 

This  is  the  way  his  work  tells.  He 
"In  a  Russian  home  on  Cherry  Street  I 
a  man  and  wife  n-ith  two  small  childr 
presented  them  with  a  Russian  Bible, 
next  time  I  called  on  them  I  had  the  pl< 
to  find  both  of  them  bending  over  tha 
cious  Bible,  and  since  then  one  of  the: 
been  at  meeting  each  time,  while  the 
stayed  at  home  to  tend  the  children.  I 
tried  to  have  our  people  attend  the 


>f  inei- 
for  the 


possible,  and  so 
igclized  and  .Americanized  i 

.ded  the  Fridav  and  Sunday- 
for  which,  as  well  . 
Mariner's  Temple,  I  giv 


MISSIONS 


Tba  Divine  Reuon  of  the  Cross 

In  this  icadj  of  die  atonement  as  the 
TMjon^i  of  the  univeise.  Dr.  Mabie's  thesis 
ii  1  unique  cmiception  of  vicariousness,  the 
self-mediation  of  God-in-Christ,  which  he 
regards  as  the  central  thfng  in  the  gospel. 
This  atonement  is  the  ground  purpose  of 
the  redeeming  God.  The  fact  and  character 
of  this  mediation  are  brought  out  and  illus- 
trated with  the  force  and  charm  which  we 
expect  from  Dr.  Mabie,  who  has  thought  for 
many  years  on  the  fundamental  truths  of 
the  gospel.  Many  a  long  and  learned 
treatise  on  this  mysterious  subject  will  be 
found  less  satisfactoiy  than  this.  In  a 
cosmic  atonement  the  author  sees  a  common 
ground  for  faith  and  philosophy.  (Revell; 
tl  net;  pp.  i86.) 

"Dlscursos  Biblicos" 

This  is  the  title  of  a  little  Spanish  volume 
containing  six  seimons  preached  in  the  course 
of  his  ministry  in  the  Calvaiy  Baptist  Church 
of  New  York,  wher«  on  Sunday  afternoons 
the  author.  Rev,  Samuel  F,  Gordiano,  minis- 
ters to  a  congregation  of  his  people.  The 
book  is  dedicated  to  Dr.  MacArthur,  who  has 
been  from  the  first  an  enthusiastic  advocate 
of  the  Spanish-speaking  work  connected 
with  his  church.  Dr.  MacArthur  has  written 
a  felicitous  introduction,  and  Piof.  Hugh 
Black  adds  an  appreciation.  The  subjects 
□f  the  sermons  are:  "God  in  Loye;"  "The 
Reign  of  God;"  "Christ  and  His  Works;" 
"Personal  Influence;"  "The  Great  Career;" 
"Voices  of  the  New  Year."  These  sermons 
deserve  to  find  many  readers  who  are  fa- 
miliar with  the  Spanish  language,  and  it 
may  be  secured  of  Mr.  Gordiano,  address, 
Calvaiy  Baptist  Church,  New  York  City. 
The  price  is  fi.  The  second  edition  will  be 
published  by  the  American  Tract  Society, 


and  will  doubtless  have  a  very  wide  reading. 
Mr.  Gordiano,  in  addition  to  his  fruitful  ter* 
vice  with  the  Calvaiy  Church,  has  devoted 
much  time  during  the  last  two  summers^to 
special  Christian  work  among  the  Spanish- 
speaking  people  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Evangelistic  Committee  of  New  York  City, 
c.  L.  w. 
Autumn  Leav«i  froon  Auam 
Under  this  title  Mrs.  P.  H.  Moore  has 
continued  her  Journal,  the  previous  parts 
having    been    published    under    the    title* 
"Twenty  Years  in  Assam"  and  "Further 
Leaves  from  Assam."     In  this  Journal  the 
uho  has  now  completed  thirty  years 


eofw 


1,  gives 


detail  the  incidents  of  her  daily  life.  To 
many  the  little  volume,  printed  at  the  Bap- 
tist Mission  Press  in  Calcutta,  will  be  of 
interest,  giving  them  intimate  glimpses  into 
a  missionary's  experiences.  It  forms  ma- 
terial also  for  the  writing  of  history  in  days 
to  come.  Mrs.  Moore  closes  her  record 
with  this  entry;  "June  30.  Thus  we  Rnish 
our  thirty  years  and  more  of  work  in  Assam. 
To  continue  in  the  good  work  is  our  wish. 
Assam  for  Christ  is  our  prayer."  Gleanings 
from  this  Journal  could  be  made  veiy  sug- 
gestive in  women's  missionary  meetings. 

"In  Kali's  Cotmtry" 

In  these  twelve  sketches  Mrs.  Emily  T. 
Sheets,  who  accompanied  her  husband  on  a 
missionary  tour,  pictures  in  vivid  colors  some 
of  the  condirions  with  which  missionaries  are 
confronted  and  some  of  the  work  ihey  do. 
The  pages  throb  with  life,  and  one  of  these 
sketches  read  at  a  missionary  meeting  would 
interest  even  the  most  lethargic.  The  literary 
quality  is  equal  to  the  unfailing  human  in- 
terest. We  see  the  fakir  in  his  unavaihng 
search  for  peace,  the  English  official  brought 


MISSIONS 


If  through  ;thc^iielpfulness' and 
^ornan  missionary,  the  helpless 
td  her  rescue  by  the  mission, 

native  (Old  Sara)  and  her 
iselfish  service,  the  Parsi  con- 

a  story  that  might  well  put  to 
erican  young  woman  declaring 

Christian,  and  other  striking 
characters  and  scenes.  Read- 
l,  revealing,  this  is  a  mission- 
iep  interest  and  value.  (Fleming 
.     Illustrated;  $i  net.) 

iliflsions  in  Burma 

x)klet  in  the  Historical  Series  of 
Jociety,  bearing  the  ritle  above, 
best  publicarions  of  its  class,  in 
tractive,  and  furnishing  the  in- 
sired  by  one  who  really  would 
•ast  and  present  work  in  Burma, 
ure  revision  of  the  sketch  pub- 
>,  with  a  new  dress.  Send  fifteen 
>  see  how  beautiful  and  readable 
ork  it  is.  (Literature  Depart- 
ican  Bapdst  Foreign  Mission 
I  Building,  Boston.) 

ihort  and  Effective 

ets  just  from  the  Home  Mission 
epartment  are  "A  Practical 
he  Reflex  of  Home  Missions," 
nap  Shots."  Each  tells  its  story 
pithy  style,  and  this  is  the  kind 
iion  literature  that  is  pretty  sure 
id  wherever  read  it  will  leave  an 
Here  is  a  sentence  from  "Four 
:  "If  the  United  States  may  be 
'done  gone  and  expanded,'  so 
be  said  of  the  Home  Mission 
ne  who  reads  that  will  be  likely 
ler. 

.  Attractive  Periodical 

'  School,  the  new  publication  by 
ion  Society,  is  one  of  the  most 
;riodicals  it  has  issued,  both  in 
and  contents.  It  merits  the 
is  rapidly  attaining. 


Missions  in  the  Magazines 

The  American  Indian  figates  lacgely  in 
the  material  this  month.  The  Sewanee 
Review  for  January  contains  **  Indian  Life 
in  Wyoming,"  well  written  and  interesung. 
Two  tribes,  the  Shoshones,  original  owners* 
of  the  territory,  and  the  Arapahoes,  arc  de- 
scribed and  compared.  Their  customs  and 
traits  are  depicted.  Supersdrion  still  pre- 
vails to  a  marked  extent.  Within  the 
memory  of  living  missionaries  a  child  bom 
with  two  teeth  has  been  thrown  into  the 
river,  being  considered  a  changeling  bringing 
ill  luck  upon  his  unfortunate  family.  The 
good  work  of  the  government  schools  and 
the  results  of  the  mission  work  carried  on 
among  the  tribes  are  menrioned.  The 
Canadian  Magazine  for  January  oflxrs 
"An  Ancient  Indian  Fort."  This  fort  was 
built  by  the  Crow  Indians  where  they  took 
their  last  stand  against  the  Blackfoot  tribe 
who  came  from  the  timber  country  to  the 
north  of  the  present  city  of  Edmonton,  and 
drove  them  out  of  the  country  towards  the 
Missouri.  A  story  of  ranch  life,  enritled 
"Blue  Pete,"  also  appears  in  this  issue. 
Horse  thieves  and  ranch  justice  figure  in 
the  story,  which  is  colored  by  the  personality 
of  the  Indian  half-breed.  Blue  Pete.  The 
Overland  Monthly  for  January  contributes 
to  our  Indian  material,  "Alone  on  the  Trail," 
a  weird  story  disastrously  romanric. 

The  Century  continues  its  series  of  Ken- 
tucky Mountain  Sketches  in  the  amusing 
narrative,  "The  Fightingest  Boy,"  and 
gleefully  we  watch  this  pugnacious  individual 
succumb  before  his  appointed  desriny.  Con- 
tinuing on  our  way  through  the  condnent. 
World* s  Work  for  February  contains  another 
installment  of  Booker  T.  Washington's 
autibiography,  "Chapters  from  my  Ex- 
perience." In  this  number  Mr.  Washington 
explains  why  he  has  never  accepted  govern- 
ment employment,  describes  his  acquaint- 
ance with  Colonel  Roosevelt,  and  gives  his 
estimate  of  the  ex-President,  taking  up  at 
some  length  the  mischief-making  dinner 
episode. 

The  National  Geographic  Magatine  for 
December  contains  much  interesting  infor- 
mation about  Mexico,  its  archeology,  the 
life  of  its  people  and  its  agricultural  possi- 
bilities. Condnuing  south,  we  arrive  at  the 
Caribbean  Sea,  and  McClure's  here  contrib- 
utes  a   passionate,    bloodthirsty    story    of 


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217 


crime  and  retribution^ — not  agreeable  but 
unpleasantly  realisdc. 

The  Philippines  are  represented  in  the 
Overland  Monthly  by  "Justice  Untempered," 
a  savage  story  of  wrongs  perpetrated  by 
base  natives  in  prominent  positions, — 
wrongs  righted  by  the  hated  Americans. 

The  present  conflict  between  Church  and 
State  in  Spain  is  clearly  considered  and 
discussed  by  a  Spanish  professor  in  the 
North  American  Review  for  February. 
At  the  close  of  the  article  the  author  asks 
two  significant  quesrions:  Will  the  revo- 
lution of  the  bourgeois  liberals  (above  all, 
die  monarchists)  be  sustained  veiy  long? 
Can  the  atdtude  of  the  king  be  counted  on  ? 

"How  America  Got  Into  Manchuria,"  in 
die  February  Century,  is  inside  histoiy  of 
America's  diplomatic  fight  for  the  open 
door  and  equality  of  trade.  It  complements 
"How  America  Got  Into  China,"  in  the 
January  number. 

A  story,  "The  House  of  the  Cherry  Or- 
chard/' gives  a  glimpse  of  Japan,  but  Japan 
as  seen  by  Americans  and  with  American 
journalists  as  the  main  characters  in  the 
ili^t  plot.  A  little  poem  in  the  Century, 
"A  Japanese  Wood  Carving,"  is  a  dainty 
and  charming  bit  of  word-paindng. 

Scrthners  for  February  contains  "The 
Gateway  to  India,"  by  Price  Collier,  the 
second  of  a  series  of  arddes  on  the  West 
in  the  East  from  an  American  point  of  view. 
At  the  outset  the  writer  gives  an  idea  of  the 
problems  that  are  rife  in  India.  He  con- 
trasts with  the  perfect  equality  of  Moham- 
medanism the  exdusiveness  of  Christianity, 
and  affirms  that  the  Indians  have  no  wish 
for  representadve  government  or  for  Chris- 
tianity. There  is  not  even  a  Chrisdan  club 
in  India  in  which  the  nadve  can  become 
a  member.  "The  Chrisdan  missionary 
seems  almost  the  one  fine  and  genuine  thing 
left."  After  speaking  thus  seriously  of 
Indian  condidcms,  he  enters  upon  a  whim- 
sical account  of  social  life  in  Bombay,  and 
expadates  upon  the  wonderful  ability  and 
taa  of  the  governor's  aid-de-camp.  Both 
BlackwooeTs  Magazine  and  the  National 
Review  in  their  January  numbers  take  up  at 
length  Mr.  Valentine  Chirol's  recent  book, 
"Unrest  in  India."  According  to  both 
criddsms,  the  book  gives  a  clear  and 
fascinating  picture  of  die  present  polidcal 
condtdoo^of  India  and  is  a  work  which  will 


attract  the  attention  of  thinking  men  in 
Europe.  In  the  National  Geographic  Maga- 
zine appears  a  thoughtful  article  by  Melville 
E.  Stone,  General  Manager  of  the  Associated 
Press,  upon  the  subject  of  "  Race  Prejudice 
in  the  Far  East."  This  might  be  called  a 
plea  for  a  square  deal:  "As  a  soldier, 
whether  at  Omdurman,  in  the  Sudan,  or  on 
203-Metre  Hill,  at  Port  Arthur,  the  man  of 
color  has  shown  himself  a  right  good  fight- 
ing man;  in  commerce  he  has,  by  his  in- 
dustry, perseverance,  ingenuity  and  frugality, 
given  us  pause,  and  before  the  eternal  throne 
his  temporal  and  his  spiritual  welfare  are 
worth  as  much  as  yours  or  mine." 

Africa  also  is  not  forgotten.  In  Cornhill 
Magazine  for  January  the  well-written 
series  of  articles  entitled  "Pastels  under 
the  Southern  Cross"  are  continued.  These 
are  descriptive  of  Rhodesia,  South  Africa. 
"The  Snow  Fields  and  Glaciers  of  Kenia" 
depicts  the  delights  of  winter  travel  in 
equatorial  East  Africa. 

Pall  Mall  also  contains  an  exciting  story 
entitled  "A  Dog  —  and  Unclean."  This  is 
another  of  the  adventures  of  Miss  Gregory, 
the  storied  Englishwoman,  whose  experiences 
have  been  appearing  in  magazines  on  both 
sides  of  the  Atlantic.  In  this  story  the 
honors  are  divided  between  the  lady,  an 
ascedc  missionary  returning  to  his  station 
oh  the  edge  of  a  Syrian  desert,  and  an  ener- 
gedc  castaway  dog.  The  denouement  illus- 
trates the  expiatory  instinct  of  the  missionary. 
The  venturesome  lady  is  also  to  be  found  in 
McClure's,  where  she  aids  the  Turkish 
Governor  of  Andjerrah,  near  Aden,  to  care 
for  the  plague  sufferers  of  the  little  village. 
The  whole  atmosphere  and  setting  of  this 
tale  are  essendally  eastern,  and  the  charac- 
terizing of  the  educated  Turk  is  exceedingly 
true  to  life. 

In  "The  Rug  of  her  Fadiers"  McClure's 
takes  us  back  to  America.  This  is  a  good 
story  of  Syrian  life  in  America.  To  turn 
from  die  immigrant  in  pardcular  to  die  im- 
migrant in  general,  "The  Immigrant  and  the 
Farm,"  in  The  World  Today,  is  an  interesting 
protrayal  of  an  experiment  showing  why  the 
immigrant  does  not  move  from  the  crowded 
dty  into  the  open  country.  This  experiment 
was  made  at  the  University  of  Chicago 
setdement  in  the  Polish-Slovak  neighborhood 
back  of  the  stock  yards,  and  had  for  its  open 
field  the  farms  of  Wisconsin  and  Illinois. 


2l8 


MISSIONS 


Financial  Statements  of  the  Societies 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Socie^ 

Financial  Statemtnt  for  ton  monthi,  tnding  Janvary  31»  1911 


Sourca  of  Inooma 

Churches,  Young  People's  Sodeties  and  Sunday 
Schools  (apportioned  to  churches)    .... 

Individuals  (estimated) 

Legacies,  Income  of  Pimds,  Annuity  Bonds, 
Specific  Gifts,  etc.  (estimated) 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 
(Convention 


Budget  for 
1910-1911 

$563,455.00 
175,000.00 

194.527.00 


$932,982.00 


Raosiptsfor 


lipts 
lion 


Ten  Months 

$159,216.38 
42.459.32 

126.043.76 


$327,719.46 


Comparison  of  Raceipti  with  Those  of  Last  Tear 
First  ten  monois  of  Financial  Tear 


Source  of  Income  1910 

Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday ) 

Schools {   •$150,262.04 

Individu^ ) 

Legacies.   Income  of  Ptmds,   Annuity  Bonds. 

Specific  CHfts.  etc 124.0(X).61 


1911 

$159,216.38 
42.459.82 

126.043.76 


Balance 

Reoitired  by 

Har.  31,  1911 

$404,238.62 
132.540.68 

68.483.24 


$605,282.54 


Int 

$51,413.66 

2.043.15 


$274,262.65        $327,719.46        $53,456.81         

•Previous  to  1910  the  receipts  from  individuals  were  not  reported  separately  from  those  from  churches. 
Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday  Schools.    A  small  amount  of  specific  gifts  is  included  in  thh  figure. 


The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

Finandal  Statement  for  ten  months,  ending  January  31,  1911 

Source  of  Income  Budget  for  Receipts  for 

1910^1911  Ten  Months 

Churches,  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies  (apportioned  to  churches)      .    .    .  $382,276.42  $103,793.75 

Individuals 125.0(X).00  6,260.28 

Legacies,    Annuity    Bonds,    Income    Invested 

Funds 168.792.00  146.393.86 

$666,068.42  $256,447.89 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  Those  of  Last  Tear 
for  ten  months  of  Financial  Tear 

1909-1910  1910-1911  Increase 

Churches.  Stmday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies $93,681.00  $103,793.75  $10,112.76 

Individuals 12.538.23  6.250.28         

Legacies,    Annuity    Bonds.    Income    Invested 

Funds,  etc 146.312.56  146.393.86  1.081.30 

$251,631.79         $256,447.89         $11,194.05 


Balance 
Required  by 
.  31,  1911 

$278,482.67 
118,739.72 

12.398.14 

$409,620.63 


$6,277.95 


$6,277.95 


American  Baptist  Publication  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  ten  months,  ending  January  31,  1911 

Source  of  Income  Budget  for  Receipts  for 

1910-1911  ten  Months 

Churches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  churches)    ....  $104,189.00  $60,729.48 

Individuals  (estimated) 10,000.00  5,103.95 

Legacies,    Income    of    Funds.    Annuity    Bonds 

(estimated) 51.404.00  27,624.72 

Total  Budget  as  Approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention $165,593.00  $93,458.15 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  Those  of  Last  Tear 
First  ten  months  of  Financial  Tear 

Source  of  Income  1909-1910  1910-1911  Increase 

Churches,    Young    People's    Societies.    Sunday 

Schools $59,816.18  $60,729.48  $913.30 

Individuals 4,483.70  5.103.95  620.25 

Legacies,    income    of    Funds,    Annuity    Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 23,693.93  27.624.72  3,930.79 

$87,993.81  $93,468.15  $5,464.34 


Balance 

Required  by 

Mar.  31,  1911 

$43,459.52 
4.896.05 

23.779.28 


S72.134.85 


MISSIONS 


Beautiful  Easter 

Day  of  the  crucified  Lord's  resurrection ; 

Day  that  the  Lord  by  His  triumph  hath  made ; 
Day  of  Redemption's  seal  of  perfection ; 

Day  of  the  Crown  of  His  power  displayed; 
Beautiful  Easter;  dazzlingly  bright; 
Sun-Day  that  filleth  all  Sundays  with  light! 

He  who  redeemethy  consoleth,  forgiveth; 

Who  His  own  body  raised  up  from  the  dead, 
Holdeth  all  evil  in  bondage  and  liveth. 

Source  of  all  blessing,  our  Life  and  our  Head. 
It  is  His  glory  that  maketh  thee  bright, 
Sun-Day  that  filleth  all  Sundays  with  light! 

Harriet  McEwen  Kimball. 


210 


The  Adaptable  Church 

QHE  Church  of  the  living  God  is  a  living  Church,  and  there- 
fore will  adapt  itself  to  environment.  While  it  will  not 
change  in  essentials,  it  will  adapt  itself  to  changing  con- 
ditions which  do  not  affect  the  essentials,  but  which  keep 
it  a  living  power  in  a  progressing  civilization. 
If  there  is  an  unnecessary  chasm  between  the  Church 
and  people  outside,  the  adaptable  Church  will    seek  to   bridge   the 


The  adaptable  Church  will  be  new  in  some  respects,  but  it  will  be 
old  in  its  fundamental  doctrines. 

It  will  never  get  beyond  the  doctrine  of  salvation  through  faith 
in  JcBua  Christ. 

But  it  can  and  does  lay  new  emphasis  on  the  further  teaching  that 
salvation  through  faith  must  manifest  itself  by  works  of  righteous- 
ness and  by  righteous  character. 

The  adaptable  Church  is  not  less  spiritual  but  more  ethical. 

It  is  not  less  individual  but  more  social  —  a  brotherhood  and  not 
a  loose  collection  of  atoms. 

The  adaptable  Church  is  not  less  locally  alert  and  aggressive  but 
mon  distinctively  and  zealously  missionary. 

The  adaptable  Church  modernizes  its  methods  to  square  with  the 
wisest  methods  (£  the  day.  In  raising  money  for  its  benevolences  and 
current  expenses  alike,  it  abandons  the  spasmodic  for  the  systematic. 

It  sets  up  its  standards  for  internal  development  and  world  evan- 
gdiZfttiim*  These  standards  include:  I.  A  unified  church  budget. 
2.  Weekly  giving  through  the  duplex  envelope.  3.  A  missionary  com- 
mittee. 4.  Every  member  a  contributor.  5.  Ten  cents  per  week  per 
member  as  die  minimun  for  missions.  6.  A  missionary  educational 
campaign.  7.  Bible  study  for  the  whole  church.  8.  Steady  evangel- 
ism in  the  local  field. 


MISSIONS 


A  Missionary  Pastor 


B 


HE     first     essential 
a  standardized 
ary  church   is    : 
sionary       pastor, 
pastor  is  the  key 


The 
<  the 
If  he  is  in- 
mission  s  the 
ill  be  more  indifferent.     If  he 


different  ti 


church 

is  half-interested  the  church  will  be 
perhaps  one-third  interested.  If  he  is 
aflame  with  zeal  for  missions  the  church 
will  respond,  sometimes  unexpectedly 
and  nobly,  but  will  still  average  a  little 
below  his  missionary  level. 

The  pastor  cannot  avoid  a  heavy 
responsibility  for  his  leadership  in  this 
matter  of  missions.  It  rests  altogether 
too  much  with  him  to  determine  what 
the  attitude  and  spirit  and  benevolence 
of  the  church  shall  be.  When  the  lay- 
men shall  be  further  developed  the 
pastor  will  be  reheved  somewhat  of 
this  load.     But  at  present  he  is  the  key. 

Already  there  are  instances  not  a  few 
where  a  non-missionary  pastor  (a  seem- 
ing contradiction  in  terms  but  unfortu- 
nately a  fact)  has  been  prodded  by  his 
members  who  have  caught  the  broader 
and  truer  view  of  the  work  of  the  church 
and  the  claims  of  the  Master.  In  other 
instances  pastors  who  were  formerly 
afraid  to  preach  and  talk  and  awaken 
enthusiasm  concerning  missions  have, 
by  reason  of  recent  movements,  taken 
heart  and  been  surprised  and  over- 
joyed at  the  result  of  pressing  home 
upon  the  people  their  relations  to  the 


wider  interests  of  the  kingdom  of  God. 
The  importance  of  a  real,  live,  ag- 
gressive, informed  missionary  pastor 
cannot  be  over-emphasized. 

And  one  point  is  worth  bearing  in 
mind,  and  is  commended  to  the  students 
in  our  seminaries:  Not  only  is  a  mis- 
sionary pastor  essential,  but  a  standard- 
ized missionary  church  will  have  no 
other  kind. 


Tbe  Plague  in  China 

THE  reports  from  China  are  most 
distressing.  Famine  and  the 
plague  have  filled  the  land  with  terror. 
Dr.  Samuel  Cochran,  an  American 
engaged  in  relief  work,  says  that  a 
million  people  will  probably  die  before 
the  first  crop  is  harvested,  and  this  crop 
will  be  scanty  because  the  people  have 
no  strength  to  plow  and  no  animals  re- 
maining to  do  the  work.  The  Chinese 
direct  their  efforts  to  the  control  of  the 
plague  along  the  railways  and  frontiers. 
Modern  sanitation  has  had  great  effect 
where  it  has  been  introduced,  but  few 
of  the  doctors  among  the  Chinese  and 
Russians  are  familiar  with  the  modem 
methods.  Medical  authorities  say  that 
such  an  epidemic  as  the  present  one, 
which  is  entirely  pneumonic,  has  not 
visited  the  world  since  the  Middle  Ages. 
So  far  America  and  Japan  are  the  only 
countries  that  have  contributed  to  aid 
the  sufferers.  The  assistance  is  totally 
inadequate.  It  is  estimated  that  two 
million  persons  are  subsisting  on  roots 
and  grasses. 


MISSIONS 


223 


In  this  dark  time  the  heroism  and 
devotion  of  the  missionaries  shine  out 
oonspicuouslyy  both  in  the  relief  work 
and  the  medical.  They  are  in  many 
places  the  distributors  of  relief,  and 
expose  their  lives  constantly  in  the  dis- 
charge of  their  painful  duties.  A  press 
report  says  that  at  Sha-Yang,  for 
example,  in  Hupeh  Province,  twenty- 
one  persons  were  trampled  to  death  in  a 
rush  of  starving  Chinese  for  food  which 
the  missionaries  were  attempting  to 
distribute.  Their  lives  were  in  peril  in 
the  fierce  struggle  of  those  mad  from 
hunger.  The  missionaries  tell  of  tragic 
occurrence^  and  a  daily  death  rate  that 
is  appalling.  The  Chinese  come  to 
know  the  true  character  of  the  foreign 
missionaries  in  rimes  like  these.  The 
best  way  to  contribute  relief  funds  is 
through  the  missionary  societies,  not 
through  special  newspaper  funds. 

**  Missions  *'  and  the  Budget 

THE  two  go  together.     They  are 
strong  allies.    Every  Baptist  needs 
them  both — the  Budget  for  expression. 
Missions  for  information  and  stimula- 
tion.   Missions  contains  the  informa- 
tion needed  regarding  plans,  methods 
and    policies    of    apportionment    and 
Budget.    It  answers  the  questions  that 
have  been  raised  and  explains  why  modi- 
fications have  been  proposed.    It  shows 
why  the  annual  Budget  campaign  should 
begin  in  April,  the  first  month  of  the 
fiscal  year  of  the  societies,  instead  of 
letting  the  matter  go  by  default  for  the 
first  third  or  half  of  the  year.    It  tells 
aU  readers  what  Baptists  are  for,  what 
good  Baptists  are  doing,  and  by  what 
new  methods  they  are  effectively  pro- 
moting the  chief  causes  of  their  existence. 
Missions  puts  this  information  in  a 
manner  that  attracts  business  men.    Its 
"set  up''  of  missions  appeals  to  their 
good    judgment    and    business    sense. 
They   are  among  its   most  interested 
readers,  and  their  good  word  is  increas- 


ing its  circulation.  If  Missions  had  a 
hundred  thousand  subscribers,  that 
would  mean  at  least  two  hundred  thou- 
sand readers.  And  that  surely  would 
lead  to  the  carrying  of  our  annual 
Budget  campaigns  to  successful  issues 
with  needed  advance  to  meet  new 
conditions. 

The  readers  of  Missions  are  the 
givers.  Non-subscribers  are  the  non- 
givers  both  in  the  giving  and  non-giving 
churches.  Wherever  Missions  is  intro- 
duced, a  club  meaning  five  subscribers 
as  a  minimum,  an  efficient  lever  for  the 
raising  of  the  Budget  is  soon  eff*ectively 
prying  at  the  hearts,  consciences  and 
purses  of  the  church  members.  Add 
to  this  the  prayers  and  tact  of  the 
pastor  and  a  few  of  his  best  men  and 
the  thing  is  done.  Missionary  readers 
will  be  missionaiy  members,  and  a 
missionaiy  church  is  always  a  living 
evangel  in  its  own  community,  and 
from  there  on  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

Justice  to  Japan 

THE  Senate  has  ratified  the  treaty 
made  by  our  government  with  Japan, 
to  the  great  joy  of  the  latter  nation  and 
the  gratification  of  the  best  people  of 
our  own  land.  Japan  is  now  placed 
on  the  same  basis  as  other  nations,  and 
the  restrictions  upon  the  immigration 
of  her  people  are  removed  from  the 
treaty.  This  does  not  mean  that  our 
government  will  not  restrict  Japanese 
immigration  by  such  provisions  as  may 
be  deemed  wise,  and  to  this  Japan 
agrees.  But  it  does  mean  that  we  shall 
not  insult  a  friendly  nation  by  treaty 
discriminations  implying  inferiority  and 
undesirability.  It  also  makes  it  difficult 
for  Congressman  Hobson  to  exert 
further  injurious  influence  by  his  rabid 
war  talk. 

The  effects  of  such  unwarranted 
assertions  as  have  been  made  by  him 
and  others  in  regard  to  Japan's  feeling 
have  been  most  baneful  in  Japan,  as 


224 


MISSIONS 


Missionary  Briggs  made  clear  in  a 
forcible  address  before  the  Boston 
Social  Union  recently.  He  gave  the 
results  of  his  own  close  acquaintance 
with  the  Japanese  people  in  all  parts  of 
Japan,  and  declared  that  the  war  state- 
ments were  absolutely  without  founda- 
tion and  as  wicked  as  anything  that  could 
possibly  be  invented.  Many  Japanese 
were  deceived,  owing  to  the  official 
positions  of  some  of  the  American 
fomenters  of  strife.  But  the  new  treaty 
will  make  it  possible  to  counteract  all 
such  influences,  and  will  make  the  work 
of  our  missionaries  easier.  This  coun- 
try, indeed,  owes  much  to  them  for  the 
high  opinion  of  America  held  by  the 
Japanese;  and  happily  the  Japanese 
recognize  the  good  that  has  come  to 
their  land  through  the  teaching  and 
example  of  the  Christian  missionaries. 
It  is  all  the  more  satisfactory  that  the 
United  States  should  be  the  first  nation 
to  treat  with  Japan  upon  the  favored 
nation  basis.  President  Taft  has  in 
this  rendered  good  service  all  around. 

(8) 

A  Guidepost,  not  a  Goal 

THAT  is  an  idea  to  fix  firmly  in  the 
mind.  Apportionment  is  a  guide- 
post,  not  a  goal.  The  guidepost  points 
the  way  to  the  goal.  He  who  stops  at 
the  guidepost  will  not  reach  the  goal. 
The  guidepost  is  exceedingly  important 
and  useful  as  a  guidepost;  it  would  be 
a  great  misfortune  to  mistake  it  for  the 
destination. 

Apportionment  in  our  missionary 
nomenclature  indicates  the  minimum 
from  the  churches  which  will  enable 
the  Baptists  to  carry  on  at  present  pace 
their  missionary  work,  and  that  only  by 
strictest  economy  and  paring  at  every 
practicable  point. 

This,  of  course,  is  not  the  missionary 
goal  which  the  Baptists  would  like  to 
establish  and  acknowledge  before  the 
world. 

If  the    apportionment    for    1911-12 


is  a  million  and  a  half,  the  goal  for  the 
year  ought  to  be  at  least  two  millions, 
in  order  to  make  any  advance  and 
respond  to  the  most  urgent  of  the  needs 
that  call  on  every  side. 

Let  it  not  be  supposed  that  full  duty 
is  done  when  the  apportionment  is  met. 
Keep  the  distinction  clear  between  a 
pointer  and  the  point.  Do  not  forget 
that  the  guidepost  is  only  on  the  way 
to  the  goal,  and  that  the  apportionment 
is  a  missionary  guidepost,  not  the 
Master's  goal. 

0 

Seeking  Trouble 

THE  German  chancellor  has  warned 
the  Vatican  that  persistence  in 
issuing  decrees  aflPecting  Germany  with- 
out previous  consultation  with  the 
government  would  lead  to  retaliation. 
The  immediate  cause  of  controversy  is 
the  papal  requirement  that  theological 
professors  must  take  an  anti-modernist 
oath.  The  chancellor  announced  that 
teachers  taking  such  an  oath  would  not 
be  permitted  in  future  to  teach  history 
or  German  in  the  middle  schools,  and 
the  government  would  also  consider 
the  matter  of  oath-taking  when  filling 
other  state  posts.  He  said  further 
that  if  the  Vatican  continued  to  ignore 
the  representations  of  the  Prussian 
Minister  at  the  Holy  See,  the  abolition 
of  the  legation  might  be  involved.  If 
the  Vatican  is  bent  on  destroying  the 
friction  of  a  papal  court  and  legations 
it  is  pursuing  the  right  course. 

In  our  own  country  there  is  another 
manifestation  of  effort  at  priest  control 
in  the  matter  of  the  schools.  In  Cincinnati 
an  order  has  been  issued  by  the  arch- 
bishop that  parents  who  send  their 
children  to  other  than  the  parish  schools 
shall  not  receive  absolution  from  the 
priests.  How  the  Catholic  parents  ac- 
customed to  the  liberty  of  the  United 
States  will  treat  this  pronounced  usurpa- 
tion on  the  part  of  the  ecclesiastics  re- 
mains to  be  seen.     In  the  past  such 


MISSIONS 


225 


pronouncements  have  been  so  widely 
disregarded  as  to  show  their  futility. 
But  apparently  all  along  the  line  the 
Roman  Catholic  authorities  are  feeling 
out  to  see  how  far  they  can  go.  The 
more  rigidly  the  lines  are  drawn,  the 
sooner  they  will  snap  in  this  peculiar 
climate. 

About  the  Banquet  Idea 

EVERY  cause  has  its  critic,  and 
the  Layman's  Banquet  has  no 
reason  to  escape  common  lot.  The 
Movement  will,  doubtless,  be  ready  to 
"meet  to  eat*'  no  more  when  a  better 
method  to  accomplish  the  desired  end 
is  presented.  Meanwhile  be  sure  there 
is  a  psychological  magnet  in  the 
banquet  idea. 

Here  are  two  testimonies  from  sources 
that  have  weight  with  Baptists.  At 
least,  they  used  to  have,  when  names 
counted. 

Dr.  Wayland  said:  "There  is  a  great 
deal  of  religion  in  a  good  cup  of  tea." 
Dr.  Wayland  usually  knew  what  he  was 
talking  about,  and  he  was  as  highly 
regarded  for  his  good  sense  as  for  his 
sterling  character. 

Dr.  Robinson,  also  of  Brown  University, 
said:  "One  of  the  essential  elements  of 
all  friendship  is  gastric  juice."  And 
President  Robinson  was  never  noted 
for  overflow  of  fellowship. 

A  third  testimony  comes  from  one  of 
the  most  successful  working  Social 
Unions  in  the  country:  "We  always 
have  a  splendid  supper  and  good 
speeches  afterwards.  There  is  wisdom 
in  having  the  supper  first." 

If  you  feel  critical  of  the  idea,  go  to 
one  of  the  Laymen's  Banquets  and 
observe  carefully.  You  will  see  how  the 
sitting  together  at  table,  the  informal 
fellowship,  the  sense  of  solidarity, 
prepares  the  way  for  what  is  to  come. 
And  our  word  for  it,  you  will  find  your- 
self as  congenial  and  happy  and  inter- 
ested as  the  men  around  you.     The 


Laymen's  Banquet  is  an  institution, 
based  on  sound  principles,  and  it  does 
the  business. 


& 


Reaching  the  Men 

SINCE  the  beginning  of  the  Lay- 
men's campaign  Secretary  Stack- 
house  has  already  had  the  chance  of 
seeing  and  speaking  to  more  than  twelve 
thousand  of  our  Baptist  laymen.  In 
the  week  ending  March  4,  at  banquets 
held  chiefly  in  New  York  State,  he 
faced  over  sixteen  hundred  men.  It 
is  safe  to  say  that  not  a  man  of  the 
entire  twelve  thousand  has  failed  to 
receive  some  impression,  and  certainly 
every  one  knows  something  definite 
about  missions  and  the  Baptist  ob- 
jective in  missions.  If  that  were  all, 
the  result  would  mean  much  for  the 
future.  But  that  is  far  from  all.  In 
scores  of  known  instances,  men  of  in- 
fluence and  means  have  been  led  to  see 
the  missionary  function  of  the  church 
and  their  personal  relations  to  the 
evangelization  of  the  world  in  entirely 
new  light.  Where  before  they  were  in 
the  way,  now  they  are  opening  new 
ways  and  eager  to  make  up  for  lost  time. 
Young  men  are  developing  leadership 
and  many  a  layman  is  for  the  first  time 
tasting  the  joys  of  responsibility  and 
active  service. 

The  Baptist  Laymen's  Movement  is 
young,  but  it  has  made  a  splendid  start. 
It  is  reaching  the  men. 

(8) 

The  Pink  SUp 

If  you  find  a  pink  slip  in  your  magazine, 
it  means  that  ^ou  are  near  the  expiration 
of  your  subscription,  and  that  we  are  de- 
sirous to  receive  your  renewal  and  remit- 
tance jpromptly,  so  that  there  may  be  no 
loss  ox  a  number.  The  postal  law  allows 
us  to  insert  the  slip  in  the  form  of  a  bill 
and  not  merely  a  notice.  This  will  explain 
the  form  and  take  off  any  apparent  abrupt- 
ness in  sending  what  seems  a  bill  for  an 
indebtedness  not  yet  incurred.  Renew 
through  your  club  agent,  if  you  are  in  a 
club. 


Note  and  Comment 


ing  in  the  tirs: 
and   the  mattei 


H  HIS 'number  of  Missions 
is  devoted  distinctively  to 
fuithering  the  Appoition- 
menl  and  Budget  plans  for 
the  year  just  now  begin- 
ning. It  will  be  a  great 
thing  if  the  churches  can 
be  induced  to  begin  giv- 
month  of  the  fiscal  year, 
s  laid  before  our  readers 
Not  that  there  is  lack  of 
other  features,  however.  Field  Secretary 
Barnes  opens  up  a  new  enterprise  in  Central 
America  in  a  most  interesting  way;  Mission- 
ary Brock  shows  how  the  caste  and  non- 
caste  children  can  be  brought  together  in 
Christian  schools  in  India;  Dr.  Spalding  lets 
us  see  something  of  a  quarter  century's 
service  as  a  district  secretary;  the  Laymen's 
Movement  gets  an  unusual  setting  forth, 
such  as  its  etFective  campaign  deserves;  all 
the  depanments  are  full  to  overflowing.  Yet 
the  articles  unused  greatly  exceed  in  number 
those  given.  Do  not  miss  the  May  number, 
nor  allow  your  subscription  to  expire. 

1  In  the  May  number  of  Missions  we  shall 
set  forth  the  striking  features  of  the  great 
city  where  the  Baptist  meetings  are  to  be 
held,  a  city  that  takes  us  back  to  the  founda- 
tion days  of  the  Republic,  and  that  has  a 
notable  present  as  well  as  a  notable  history. 
Make  your  plans  now  to  go  to  Philadelphia 
in  June,  but  took  out  for  the  next  number 
of  the  magazine.  It  will  tell  you  just  the 
things  you  wish  to  know  in  advance  of 
going. 

^  "Baptist  Day,"  observed  throughout  the 
worid  on  Sunday,  June  25 — that  is  an  inspir- 
ing idea  of  the  World  Alliance  executive 
committee.  To  take  an  offering  and  give 
it  for  out  Baptist  work  in  eastern  Europe  is 
an  equally  good  idea.  Now  is  the  strategic 
time  for  us  in  Russia  and  other  portions  of 
Europe.     Do  not  fail  to  send  to  the  com- 


mittee at  1701  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia, 
for  a  copy  of  the  program  specially  prepared 
for  the  day.  More  dian  that,  do  not  fail  to 
observe  the  day. 

^  Our  papers  have  been  disciming  the 
names  of  various  eminent  Baptist!  for  presi- 
dent of  the  Baptist  World  Alliance,  among 
them  Dr.  MacArthur,  Dr.  Hatcher  of  Vir- 
ginia, and  President  Mullins  of  Louisville 
Seminary.  Some  have  claimed  that  the 
South  is  entitled  to  this  position,  although 
the  reason  is  not  clear.  Certainly,  as  pastor 
for  forty  years  of  a  great  metropolitan 
church,  as  preacher,  traveler,  author  and 
lecturer,  as  an  accomplished  parliamentarian 
and  cultured  Christian  gentleman,  the 
American  Baptists  have  no  more  widdy 
known  or  fitting  representative  than  Di. 
MacArthur.  He  gets  our  unpurchasable  and 
unsolicited  advance  vote. 
^  There  is  a  church  in  Pennsylvania,  and  a 
large  one,  which  proposes  to  have  a  copy  of 
Missions  in  every  home.  It  should  be  no 
surprise  to  add  that  this  church  sustains  a 
work  among  foreign-speaking  peoples,  and 
also  gives  largely  towards  the  work  in  other 

^  By  the  time  this  number  reaches  our 
readers  the  year's  record  of  offering  will 
have  been  made  up.  If  any  reader,  realiz- 
ing that  it  is  too  late  for  any  change,  should 
feel  dissatisfied  with  the  amount  given  for 
the  great  cause  of  missions,  let  this  be  a 
reminder  that  the  new  fiscal  year  Ix^ns  die 
moment  the  old  fiscal  year  close*,  and  that 
there  will  never  be  a  better  time  to  add  that 
unmade  or  inadequate  offering  of  1910-11 
to  the  new  one  for  1911-12,  and  forward 
the  total  to  the  proper  church  officer. 
^  We  think  it  was  Horace  Bushndl  whc 
said  that  some  married  couples  were  sewei 
together  and  some  only  basted.  In  tb 
light  of  the  present  divorce  ttatiatics  d 


MI  SSIONS 


227. 


"basted''  couples  seem  to  be  increasing  at 
most  disastrous  rate.  Bushnell's  remark 
might  also  be  applied  to  the  pastoral  relation 
as  well  as  the  matrimonial.  The  divorce 
rate  there  too  is  pitifully  high.  Short 
pastorates  mean  shrinkage  of  power. 

^  In  introducing  Josiah  Jones  and  his 
experiences  to  our  readers  the  editor  does 
not  feel  that  he  is-  breaking  the  general  rule 
regarding  the  printing  of  poetry,  because  he 
does  not  regard  this  as  reaching  up  to  that 
disuncrion.  It  is  colloquial  rhyme,  which 
affords  a  medium  for  putting  some  things 
that  could  not  be  so  effectively  put  in  the 
ordinary  way  of  prose.  Josiah,  by  the  way, 
is  typical  of  a  certain  class  of  church  mem- 
bers, and  the  case  is  not  wholly  one  of 
ficrion.  We  wish  the  conversion  were  as 
common  as  the  original  character. 

f  A  secretarial  council  has  been  organized 
composed  of  the  men  in  the  various  denomi- 
narions  who  have  immediate  responsibility 
for  the  development  of  missionary  interest 
and  work  among  men,  together  with  repre- 
sentatives of  the  interdenominational  Lay- 
men's Missionary  Movement.  The  object  is 
to  prevent  duplicarion  of  effort,  and  to  make 
the  denominational  movements  harmonious 
with  the  general  oiganization.  This  is  a  wise 
step.  The  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement 
has  now  reached  the  broad  basis  of  mission- 
ary inspiration,  and  with  all  the  forces 
working  in  unison  of  plan  and  purpose  there 
ought  to  be  large  results  of  good. 

f  We  are  in  the  whirl  of  Movements,  and 
it  is  fortunate  that  they  are  of  such  a  character 
that  we  can  welcome  them.  The  Men  and 
Religion  Forward  Movement  proposes  to 
link  all  the  other  movements  together  and 
make  a  comprehensive  effort  to  evangelize 
the  men  and  hoys  in  our  communities  who 
are  now  out  of  touch  with  the  churches, 
or  at  least  not  in  them.  The  Christian 
AssociadonSy  Laymen's  Missionary  Move- 
ment, Men's  Brotherhoods  and  Young 
People's  Missionary  Movement  are  all 
enlisted  in  this  effort,  and  an  extensive 
campaign,  similar  in  sweep  to  the  Laymen's 
Caurnpaign  of  last  year,  will  begin  in  Sep- 
tember. 

^  How  rapidly  the  current  phrases  get  fitted 
into  speech.  A  minister  recently  described 
himself  to  t  cifcle  of  friends  as  the  insurgent 


pastor  of  a  stand-pat  church.  There  is  a 
volume  in  a  sentence.  It  describes  the 
missionary  situation  in  too  many  churches. 
But  occasionally  it  is  the  church  that  is  the 
missionary  insurgent,  and  the  pastor  that 
is  the  stand-patter. 

Tl  The  transportation  committee  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  has  appointed 
Mr.  H.  V.  Meyer,  manager  of  the  Boston 
Branch  of  the  American  Baptist  Publica- 
tion Society,  transportation  leader  for  New 
England.  His  address  is  16  Ashburton 
Place,  Boston,  Mass.  There  ought  to  be 
half  a  dozen  special  New  England  trains 
for  Philadelphia  this  year. 

^  The  central  West  owed  much  in  the 
generation  now  closing,  so  far  as  Baptist 
development  is  concerned,  to  two  men.  Dr. 
Justin  A.  Smith,  editor,  and  Edward  Good- 
man, part  proprietor,  of  the  Standard.  They 
came  together  upon  the  paper  in  1853,  in  the 
days  when  the  Baptist  work  was  largely 
pioneer  in  what  was  then  the  real  West, 
while  now  it  is  only  central.  They  devoted 
their  lives  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  kingdom 
of  God  through  the  denomination  in  whose 
principles  they  believed  with  unshakable 
conviction.  To  their  wise  councils  and 
superb  qualities  of  mind  and  heart  it  was 
due  that  vexatious  problems  were  peaceably 
solved.  Dr.  Smith  passed  away  many  years 
ago;  Mr.  Goodman,  in  the  closing  days  of 
February,  at  an  advanced  age.  He  was  of 
singularly  lovable  character,  and  not  only 
struggled  heroically  to  maintain  a  paper 
worthy  of  the  denomination,  but  served  in 
many  capacities  of  trust  and  honor.  He 
was  long  treasurer  of  the  Morgan  Park 
Theological  Seminary,  and  a  deacon  and 
ardent  supporter  of  the  First  Baptist  Church, 
which  he  saw  build  and  rebuild  and  remove 
and  rebuild  again.  Probably  no  Baptist  in 
the  great  West  was  more  beloved,  and  his 
influence  will  long  abide. 


A  Word  About  Renewals 

Remember  that  the  date  to  which  your 
subscription  is  paid  is  indicated  on  the 
wrapi>er.  Those  whose  subscriptions  have 
expired  will  aid  us  greatly  if  they  will 
renew  promptly  through  their  club  agents, 
or  directly  to  ''Missions,"  if  single  sub- 
scribersy  thus  saving  us  the  necessity  of 
sending  out  notice. 


MISSIONS 


A  Neglected  Neighbor 
By  Field  Secretary  L.  C.  Barnes,  D.D. 

THE  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY  BEGINS  WORK  IN  THE 
REPUBLIC  OF  EL  SALVADOR  — REMARKABLE  OPENING 
AND      PROVIDENTIAL      PREPARATION      OF      WORKERS 


^^^        A  FTER    thorough    in- 

^^^B     -^^  vestigation     of    the 

^^K      need-  and  our  obligation 

^^H^.      to  meet  them  the   Board 

^^H^B   of  Managers  of  the  Ameti- 

^^K^i   can    Baptist    Home    Mis- 

^^^^^     sion  Society  has  voted  to 

*  *"•        begin  work  in  that  part  of 

its   field,  "North  America,"  which    is 

the  most  densely  populated  Republic  on 

canh,  El  Salvador. 

The  Field  Secretary  of  the  Society, 
feeling  in  duty  bound  to  gain  some  just 
conception  of  the  whole  field  which  the 
fathers  had  defined  in  the  constitution 
of  the  Society,  after  reading  eveiything 
available  on  the  subject,  was  convinced 
that  the  southern  part  of  North  America 
is  not  only  quite  as  unknown  to  most  of 
us  as  many  parts  of  Asia  and  Africa,  but 
also  equally  needy. 

I.  It  18  IN  THE  CENTER  OF  THE  MOST 
DESTITUTE  PORTION  OF  OUR  TERRITORY. 

In  the  matter  of  the  preaching  of  the 
Gospel,  Central  America  is  the  most 
destitute  portion  of  Nonh  America.  In 
recent  years  the  Guinnesses  of  London, 


President  Clark  of  the  United  Society 
of  Christian  Endeavor,  Robert  Speer  « 
the  Presbyterian  Foreign  Mission  Board 
and  others  have  called  emphatic  atten- 
tion to  the  desperate  spiritual  needs  of 
Larin  America.  Robert  Speer  insists 
that  in  vital  particulars  South  America 
is  much  more  needy  than  Oiina. 
Central  America  is,  if  possible,  in  still 
greater  need.  A  gentleman,  for  many 
years  in  personal  charge  of  immense 
English  business  enterprises  in  India, 
then  in  South  America,  and  afterwards 
in  Central  America,  declares  that  the 
last  is  the  most  needy  region  in  the 
world.  The  six  republics  of  Central 
America  have  twice  the  popidation  of 
our  thirteen  colonies  at  the  time  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence. 

At  the  north  end  of  the  r^on  the 
Presbyterians  have  two  men  at  woA  in 
Guatemala.  At  the  south  end  the 
Home  Mission  Board  of  the  Soutliao 
Baptist  Convention  has  three  men  at 
work  in  Panama  (Canal  Zone).  For 
the  four  countries  between  little  sys- 
tematic work  is  being  done  except  by 
the  American  Bible  Society  and  by  the 


MISSIONS 


Biituh  and  Foreign  Bible  Society. 
They  each  have  one  responsible  and 
aUe  Anglo-Saxon  agent  in  charge. 
Their  native  colponers  have  carried 
the  Goipel  ttory  in  a  simple  way,  and 
have  sold  Scriptures  throughout  Central 
America.  But  it  is  not  counted  the 
work  of  these  Bible  Societies  to  organize 
churches. 

Some  twenty  years  ago  a  group  of 
earnest  men  in  Texas  became  alive  to 
the  needs  of  Central  America.  Having 
appealed  in  vain  to  cenain  mission 
boards  to  undertake  the  work,  they 
organized  among  themselves  the  Central 
American  Mission.  It  is  undenomi- 
national. It  pays  no  salaries  on  the 
field  or  for  superintendence.  Whoever 
is  inclined  to  go  in  their  name  does  so, 
and  they  send  him  whatever  may  be  put 
into  their  hands  for  that  purpose.  There 
are  now  in  the  four  central  republics  one 
man  and  three  women  holding  a  nom- 
inal relation  with  the  Central  American 
Mission.  There  are  also  three  independ- 
ent missionaries.  On  the  Mosquito 
Coast  of  Nicaragua  the  Moravians  have 
long  had  work  among  the  Indians.     El 


Salvador  is  in  some  respects  the  key  to 
the  situation.  It  is  centrally  located. 
It  is  the  smallest  of  the  republics  in 
area,  but  is  the  most  populous,  and  one 


MISSIONS 


of  the  most  stable  and  progressive.  It 
averages  more  people  to  the  square  mile 
than  any  other  country  on  cither  Ameri- 
can continent.    In  that  respect  the  only      decidedly    furthered    the    work. 


countries  in  the  vrorld  exceeding  it  arc 
Belgium  and  Porto  Rico,  It  has  (en 
times  more  density  of  population  than 
the  United  States.  There  is  but  one 
missionary  living  in  the  Republic. 
Except  for  a  portion  of  his  house  rent 
provided  by  the  Central  American 
Mission,  he  is  self-supporting. 
2.  £l  Salvador  is  peculiarly  open 

TO  us  AT  THE  PRESENT  MOMEKT. 

The  laws  of  the  Republic  guarantee 
complete  religious  liberty.  In  spite  of 
that  there  have  been  at  times  in  some 
places,  as  in  other  Latin  countries, 
annoyances  which  were  in  fact  perse- 
cutions. There  is  reason  to  believe  that 
the  brunt  of  that  is  passed  in  El  Salva- 
dor. 

The  systematic  work  of  the  Bible 
Societies  has  prepared  the  ground,  not 
only  sowing  the  seed  at  large  but  also 
fostering  its  germination.  There  are 
believers  scattered  throughout  the  coun- 
try, individuals  here  and  there  and 
many  clusters  of  them.  In  its  limited 
way  the  Central  American  Mission  has 


Its 


MISS  IONS 


missionary  and  some  of  the  Bible 
Society  colponers  have  written  with 
red  ink  on  the  Home  Mission  Society's 
large  map  of  the  Republic  the  number 
of  decided  evangelical  believers  known 
to  be  at  certain  places.  They  are  con- 
fident that  there  arc  more  known  to 
other  colponers.  Those  indicated  are 
all  in  the  western  half  of  the  Republic. 
They  are  in  sixty-nine  places  and 
number  ten  hundred  and  eighteen  souls. 
Most  of  them  are  sheep  having  no  shep- 
herd. It  is  distressing  when  there  are 
Ml  many  who  have  already  accepted 
the  Goapel,  to  say  nothing  of  multitudes 
more  ^rho  are  prepared  to  listen  to  it, 
that  there  is  no  one  to  gather  them  into 
peimanent  organization  for  their  own 
nunure  and  for  the  advancement  of  the 
Kingdom,  All  devout  souls  there  for  a 
long  time  have  been  pleading  with  God 
to  send  laborers  into  this  ripened  harvest 
field.  They  look  upon  .the  action  of 
our  Board  as  direct  answer  to  prayer. 
3.  Thb  Lord  has  provided  the 

WORKSM. 

The  American  Bible  Society  gave 
cordial  introduction  to  the  superin- 
tendcnt  of  itswork  in  Central  America 
and  Colombia,  Rev.  James  Hayter. 
Secretary  Haveo  (Methodist)  thought 
it  "nothing  against  Mr.  Hayter  that  he 
ii    a    stanch    Baptist."     On  alighting 


from  the  train  in  Guatemala  City,  he 
not  only  presented  himself  with  cordial 
welcome,  but  also  introduced  Rev. 
William  Keech,  the  superintendent  of 
the  work  of  the  British  and  Foreign 
Bible  Society  in  all  Central  America, 
including  Mexico,  south  of  the  Isthmus 
of  Tehuantepec  (which  geographers 
regard  as  a  portion  of  Central  America, 
some,  in  fact,  counting  all  Mexico  as  a 
part  of  Central  America).  It  quickly 
transpired  that  Mr.  Keech,  too,  is  a 
Baptist  minister.  He  was  educated  at 
Harley  House,  London.  Before  becom- 
ing general  superintendent,  he  spent 
five  years  as  Bible  Society  agent  in  the 
Republic  of  El  Salvador.  There  he 
married  a  Kansas  young  lady,  an 
earnest  Christian  worker,  belonging  to 
one  of  the  Baptist  denominations  of  the 
United  States,  the  "River  Brethren." 
This  English  man  and  American  wife 
have  two  sturdy,  growing  boys.  The 
great  field  from  Tehuantepec  to  Panama 
with,  as  yet,  slow  lines  of  transit,  keeps 
the  father  away  from  home  long  periods 
at  a  time  and  most  of  the  time.  In 
short,  all  unknown  to  us,  God  has  pre- 
pared workers  of  the  best  quality,  given 
them  a  facile  use  of  the  language, 
trained  them  for  years  in  E]  Salvador 
itself  where  they  are  accustomed  to  the 
earthquakes  and  all  the  rest  of  it  and 
where    they    are    held    in    the    highest 


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enccm,  and  then  at  tne  right  moment 
made  them  ready  to  settle  down  and 
gamer  the  harvests  of  their  own  sowing. 
When  all  the  slow  processes  of  divine 
preparation  and  human  precaution  had 
ripened,  electricity  did  the  rest.  Dr. 
Morehouse  cabled  Mr.  Kecch.  Mr. 
Keech  cabled  his  resignation  to  the 
Board  in  London  to  accept  our  appoint- 
ment in  order  to  begin  work  in  El 
Salvador  as  early  as  practicable. 

4.     A  LEADER  RAISED    UP,    AND    HOW 
HE  IS  REGARDED  BY  THOSE  WHO  KNOW 


Amid  the  providential  surprises,  both 
great  and  small,  connected  with  the 
opening  of  this  work  —  some  of  them 
scarcely  ever  surpassed  in  the  whole 
history  of  Christian  missions  —  one  of 
the  smaller  surprises,  but  very  agreeable 
personally,  was  finding  at  the  head  of 
the  Presbyterian  work  in  Guatemala 
an  old  Pittsburg  acquaintance,  Rev. 
William  B.  Allison.  Imagine  the  mutual 
surprise  when  he  recognized  me  and 
then  brought  out  a  gold  medal  which  it 
had  been  my  privilege  to  hand  him  as 


the  prize  man  of  his  class  in  a  profes- 
sional school.  The  important  feature 
of  the  incident  is  that  this  tnuted 
Presbyterian  worker  is  completely  qiuli- 
fied  and  disposed  to  intrt>duce  to  lu  the 
man  so  apparently  foreordained  to  be 
our  first  apostle  in  El  Salvador.  He 
does  it  unmistakably  in  the  following 
letter  to  Dr.  Morehouse: 

"I  have  known  Rev.  William  Keech 
intimately  for  seven  years.  He  has 
often  been  a  guest  in  our  home  and  for 
several  years  has  lived  near  by,  and  we 
have  been  warm  friends  and  frequently 
in  each  other's  company.  I  have  had 
every  possible  opportunity  to  know  him 
as  few  men  know  a  brother  minisur. 
When  we  were  on  furlough  for  six 
months,  we  left  him  pracbcally  in  charge 
of  our  work,  when  he  was  not  absent 
on  his  trips.  He  occupies  my  pulpit 
frequently  and  we  have  every  confi- 
dence in  him.  He  is  dearly  beloved  by 
the  people  and  always  preaches  for  the 
edification  of  the  people.  There  is  not 
another  man  in  Central  America  in 
Evangelical  work  who  knows  Salvador 
as  he  does.    There  are  but  two  or  three 


MISSIONS 


433 


side»ble  business  in  shoes  and  aaddleiy 
at  Sonsonate,  a  town  of  five  thousand 
people,  is  looking  after  the  work  as  best 
he  can  in  the  two  southwestern  depart- 
ments of  the  Republic,  where  there  are 
believers  in  twenty-six  places.  He  has 
talked  the  matter  over  with  a  number 
of  the  larger  groups  of  believers,  and  as 
their  representative  sends  to  our  Society 
a  twentieth-century  Macedonian  cry, 
"Come  over  and  help  us."  It  is  the 
spontaneous,  unsolicited,  even  unsug- 
gested  appeal  of  the  Salvadorians  to  the 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society. 
It  was  sent  to  the  missionary  to  be  for- 
warded to  the  Baptists  of  the  North. 
He  wrote  the  agent  of  the  American 
Bible  Society  to  get  the  proper  address. 
My  timely  arrival  was  the  answer. 
Thus  the  action  of  our  Board  and  the 
appeal  of  Salvador  met. 

It  is  a  remarkable  fact,  almost  phe- 
nomenal, that  after  twenty  years  of 
work  by  the  interdenominational  Bible 
Societies,  and  the  same  period  of  work 


t  whole  missionary  force  who  speak 
ilh  .with  the  same  freedom.  He 
•  the  land,  the  people  and  the 
lage,  and  I  am  sure  that  it  would 
tt  least  five  years  for  another  man 

fitted  to  do  what  Brother  Keech 
k>  at  once.  In  all  my  experience 
{  ministers,  I  have  not  known  a 
lovable,  dependable  man,  and  no 

man  whom  I  can  so  thoroughly 
unend  with  my  whole  heart.  We 
C  lorry  to  see  him  leave  Guatemala, 
re  believe  that  your  Board  cannot 
biy  find  another  so  ably  et^uipped 
ce  the  place.  His  wife  is  one  with 
n  everything." 

THE  PRESENT  SITUATION 

ic  of  the  native  brethren  with  more 
itkm  than  most,  and  doing  a  con- 


234 


MISSIONS 


by  the  undenominational  Central  Ameri- 
can Mission  with  possibly  two  thousand 
believers  in  the  four  central  republics, 
there  are  almost  no  Pedobaptist  mission 
workers  or  convens  among  the  natives. 
On  our  most  vital  contention,  that  only 
believers  should  be  baptized,  there  is 
unity.    On  the  other  question  as  to  the 


Aside  from  all  questions  of  denomi* 
nation  there  is  a  wide  open  door  for  the 
Gospel  in  El  Salva<ilor.  If  it  were 
possible  to  credit  the  type  of  Romanism 
prevalent  in  Central  America  with 
partly  supplying  the  need  it  would  be 
only  in  part.  In  San  Salvador,  the 
capital  of  El  Salvador,  they  have  less 


act  of  baptism  there  has  been  ' 
of  practice,  but  all  the  seven  mission- 
aries now  on  the  ground,  aside  from  the 
Moravians  and  possibly  two  of  the 
women,  are  immersionists  by  personal 
conviction.  This  is  true  of  the  one 
missionary  in  El  Salvador.  The  agents 
of  both  Bible  Societies  are  Baptist 
ministers  ordained  in  England.  Noth- 
ing of  all  this  was  known  to  us  when  our 
Board  voted  to  look  into  the  needs  of 
El  Salvador.  But  One  above  knew 
toward  what  He  had  been  leading  for 
twenty  years.  The  missionaries  have 
been  strong  in  their  opposition  to 
infant  baptism  because  that  is  the  tap- 
root of  Romanism.  We  are  htted  as 
no  one  else  to  meet  the  needs  of  the 


than  one  church  for  every  five  thousand 
people.  As  elsewhere  many  of  the  best 
informed  citizens  have  no  use  for  the 
Roman  type  of  religion.  The  mayor 
of  one  of  the  cities  said  to  me:  "I 
have  no  religion  myself,  but  I  see  that 
the  little  Protestant  congregation  here 
is  doing  much  good.  By  its  influence, 
men  who  were  drunkards  and  worthless 
people  have  made  good  citizens  so  that 
we  no  longer  have  any  trouble  with 
them." 

A  reason  for  immediate  action  is  that 
sheep  without  a  shepherd  are  easily 
scattered  and  devoured.  For  example, 
representatives  of  the  new  cult  of  speak- 
ing-with-tongues  have  wanderedfrom  the 
United  States  into  El  Salvador  and  are 
ravening  some  of  the  babes  in  Christ. 


MISSIONS 


^35 


The  Bible  Societies  have  found  that 
they  get  their  best  supply  of  colporters 
for  all  Central  America  from  El  Salva- 
dor. This  quality  in  the  Salvadorians, 
put  with  the  fact  that  the  Republic  is 
central  in  Central  America,  makes  it 
the  natural  fulcrum  for  lifting  neighbor- 
ing peoples.  The  capitals  and  the  chief 
population  of  all  the  republics  are  in 
the  mountainous  region  of  the  Pacific 
Ocean  side.  Much  territory  now 
sadly  neglected  can  be  readily  reached 
from  El  Salvador.  Contracts  are  now 
let  to  complete  the  railway  connection 
from  New  York  to  San  Salvador.  In 
the  immediate  future  El  Salvador  is  the 
point  of  vantage  for  advancing  the 
Kingdom  of  God.  It  lies  within  our 
grasp  to  make  the  splendid  name  of 
this  litdc  Republic  a  divine  reality. 
El  Salvador  may  become,  indeed,  The 
Saviour* 

Salvadorian  Appeal 

Translation  of  a  letter  from  Don  Emilio 
Morales,  leader  of  the  Evangelical  Believers 
in  Sonsonate,  El  Salvador,  C.A.,  ''to  the 
Secretanr  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Mis- 
lionaiy  Society,''  dated  30th  November,  1910: 

The  grace  of  God  the  Father,  and  the 
power  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  the  love  of 
Christ  our  Lord  be  muldplied  to  you. 

This  letter  which  I  direct  to  you,  although 
we  are  not  known  the  one  to  the  other,  has 
the  object  of  manifesdng  to  you  the  circum- 
stances of  the  evangelical  work  in  El  Salvador. 

From  the  year  1889  the  work  has  been 
under  the  direcdon  of  the  Central  American 
Mission,  which  Society  nevertheless  has 
almost  abandoned  it.  The  Republic  of 
El  Salvador,  having  more  or  less  one  and  a 
half  millions  of  inhabitants,  has  had  only 
one  acrive  missionaiy,  Mr.  Robert  Bender, 
of  the  said  Society;  it  is  about  eighteen 
months  ago  that  another  missionaiy  came, 
Mr.  Percy  T.  Giapman,  upon  which  Mr. 
Bender  went  to  the  United  States,  leaving 


again  only  one  missionaiy.  Mr.  Chapman 
is  located  in  Santa  Ana,  and  the  work  of  that 
place  is  even  more  than  he  can  properly 
attend  to,  leaving  the  departments  of  Son- 
sonate and  Ahauchapan,  where  there  exist 
five  centers  of  importance  and  activity, 
each  having  other  smaller  congregadons  of 
I5»  20,  30,  40  and  50  members,  a  consider- 
able number  of  whom  are  communicants. 
All  this  work  is  cared  for  by  nadve  residents 
(not  paid  pastors),  the  writer,  who  is  a 
shoemaker,  having  charge  in  the  character 
of  pastor,  under  the  direction  of  the  mis- 
sionary in  Santa  Ana. 

But  we  feel  that  it  is  a  great  responsi- 
bility for  us  not  to  do  all  that  is  possible 
to  obtain  missionaries  for  these  churches, 
which  occupy  advantageous  places  for  the 
extension  of  the  work;  also  there  are  great 
opportunities  to  evangelize  with  success. 
The  people  are  awakening,  and  eveiy  day 
there  is  more  necessity,  and  this  I  communi- 
cate to  you  that  you  may  answer  me  as  the 
Lord  may  lead  you. 

It  is  about  one  year  since  the  missionary, 
Mr.  Bender,  left  his  work,  taking  his  sick 
wife  to  Upland,  California,  without  any 
surety  of  returning,  and  meanwhile  this 
work  is  left  largely  uncared  for.  There  are  no 
chapels  or  mission  buildings,  and  these  we 
feel  to  be  a  great  necessity  in  this  country. 
Here  foreigners  are  much  respected;  and 
as  to  climate,  there  is  every  grade  between 
hot  and  cold,  so  this  will  not  be  any  diffi- 
culty. Foreigners  make  many  mistakes 
with  respect  to  the  character  of  the  in- 
habitants of  these  countries,  believing  them 
to  be  opposed  to  advancement,  but  it  is  ab- 
solutely to  the  contrary,  and  they  are  very 
grateful  and  ready  to  serve  and  receive 
peacefully  that  which  is  taught  to  them. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  receive,  with  the  answer 
to  this,  any  Spanish  literature  which  you 
may  have  to  show  your  work,  so  that  we 
may  have  knowledge  of  you  when  you  may 
come. 

I  am,  with  all  respect  and  consideration, 
your  servant  in  Christ, 

Emilio  Morales. 


236  MISSIONS 


Some  Proposed  Modifications  of  the 
Apportionment  Plan 

GROWING  OUT  OF  WIDE  CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  PASTORS, 
STATE  COMMITTEES  AND  OTHER  DENOMINATIONAL 
LEADERS,  AND  AUTHORIZED  BY  THE  NORTHERN  BAPTIST 
CONVENTION  FINANCE  COMMITTEE,  THE  GENERAL 
APPORTIONMENT  COMMITTEE  AND  THE  COMMITTEE  ON 
FISCAL  YEARS 

the  first  mMtinc  of  the  General  Apportionment  Committee 
leld  In  August,  1910,  >  subcommittee  wm  appointed  to  study 
:he  question  of  the  basis  of  apportionments  In  the  light  of  our 
>wn  experience  and  that  of  other  denominations.  This  study 
Usclosed  four  serious  problems: 

I.    PROBLEM  OF  miTIATIVE 

It  Is  iiioft  essential  that  the  local  church  shall  r^ard 
missions  not  as  a  task  imposed  upon  it  by  denominational  authority,  but  as 
its  own  task,  for  the  performance  of  wUch  It  Is  directly  responsible  to  Jesus 
Christ. 

n.    THE  PROBLEM  OF  DISTRIBirnOH 

It  is  wellnigh  impossible  to  distribute  the  general  apportionment  to  the  States, 
or  the  State  Apportionments  to  the  churches,  In  a  way  that  shall  be  altogether 
equitable  and  acceptable.  In  spite  of  the  utmost  care,  errors  of  judgment  by  the 
committees  are  Inevitable,  and  they  make  bad  feeling.  Moreover,  our  present  plan 
proridei  no  way  for  the  adjustment  of  an  unsatisfactor;  apportionment. 

ni.  THE  PROBLEM  OF  STIMtTLATIOH  OF  THE  HISSIDHARY  SPIRIT 
The  Apportionment  Plan  as  at  present  employed  does  not  always  secure  the 
largest  giving.  Sometimes  indeed  the  appcrtiomnent  has  stood  in  the  way  of  a 
church's  possible  achievement.  It  should  be  a  definite  port  of  our  plan  to  lead  the 
churches  not  simply  to  raise  an  apportionment  which  at  best  usually  falls  far  short 
of  the  requirements  of  the  Kingdom,  but  to  aim  for  the  largest  giving  the  resources 
and  vision  of  the  churches  make  possible. 

IV.  THE  PROBLEM  OF  EARLY  AHHOUnCEMEIfT  OF  APPORTIOHMEHTS 
This  is  a  problem  of  very  real,  practical  Importance.  The  announcement  of 
apportionments  after  the  meeting  of  the  northern  Baptist  Convention  makes  it 
practically  Impossible  for  most  churches  to  inaugurate  their  campaign  till  fall, 
leaving  often  not  more  than  six  months  in  which  to  do  the  year's  work.  This  makes 
the  work  hard  and  helps  to  perpetuate  the  present  deplorable  situation  due  to  the 
receipt  of  the  major  part  of  the  ofEerings  late  in  the  year.  The  summer  months 
now  largely  lost  might  be  saved  for  a  large  proportion  of  the  churches  by  the  an- 
nouncement of  the  apportionments  on  April  1 . 


MISSIONS  237 


^ 


The  need  for  an  early  announcement  of  the  apportionments  has  been  recog- 
nized from  the  first  The  demand  from  churches  and  states  for  an  early  announce- 
ment led  the  General  Apportionment  Committee,  after  conference  with  the  Finance 
Committee  and  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Convention,  to  annoimce  the 
Budget  and  the  apportionments  for  1909-10  in  advance  of  the  meeting  of  the  Con- 
vention. It  recommended  that  the  Convention  authorize  the  Finance  Committee 
and  Apportionment  Committee  to  co-operate  for  the  announcement  of  the  appor- 
tionments thereafter  early  in  April,  which  recommendation  was  approved  by  the 
Convention.  (See  Annual  of  N.  B.  C.,  1909,  page  86,  recommendation  4.)  Because 
of  unavoidable  delay  this  early  announcement  of  the  apportionment  was  not  made 
the  next  jrear,  but  the  Executive  Committee  in  its  report  recommended  "to  the 
Convention  that  the  Budget  hereafter  be  prepared  much  earlier  in  the  year  than  has 
been  done  hitherto,"  adding  that  "this  recommendation  contemplates  the  prepara- 
tion of  the  Budget  so  early  that  every  church  will  know  by  April  1  of  each  year  what 
is  expected  of  it  during  the  Convention  fiscal  year."  (See  Annual  of  the  N.  B.  C, 
1910,  page  70.)    This  recommendation  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Fiscal  Year. 

If  space  permitted,  each  of  these  problems  might  be  fully  illustrated  in  the 
light  of  experience.  Doubtless  every  State  Committee  could  cite  numerous  examples 
of  these  difficulties. 


THE  NEW  BASIS  PROPOSED 

Toward  their  solution,  and  in  the  light  of  the  fact  that  hitherto  we  have  been 
apportioning  amounts  to  states  and  often  to  churches  in  excess  of  what  we  may 
reasonably  expect  to  receive  on  the  ground  of  their  previous  giving,  the  policy  has 
been  modified  as  follows: 

Amounts  apportioned  should  be  such  as  may  be  reasonably  expected  in  the 
light  of  previous  giving,  but  churches  should  be  urged  to  make  possible  larger 
advance  by  assuming  additional  amounts.  This  makes  possible  the  sending  out  of 
apportionments  to  the  churches  early,  since  these  are  based  not  on  the  Budget  to 
be  adopted  later  by  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention,  but  on  the  previous  three 
years'  record  of  the  churches. 

The  Genera]  Apportionment  Committee  on  the  strength  of  this  demand  for 
early  announcement,  and  toward  the  solution  of  the  other  problems  mentioned 
above  has  therefore  forwarded  to  the  State  Committees  provisional  amounts  on  the 
basis  of  the  previous  giving  of  the  churches,  the  same  to  be  distributed  among  the 
churches  and  forwarded  to  them  on  April  1,  or  soon  thereafter. 

Each  church  will  be  asked  to  take  early  action,  reporting  back  to  the  State 
Committee  within  thirty  days  its  acceptance  of  these  amounts,  with  additional  sums 
self -assumed. 

It  is  altogether  obvious  that  the  success  of  the  proposed  plan  is  conditioned  upon 
the  efficiency  and  thoroughness  with  which  we  conduct  in  April  our  inspirational 
and  educational  work.  It  is,  therefore,  further  recommended  that  hereafter  we 
make  the  first  month  of  the  year  instead  of  the  last  month  the  time  for  our  most 
aggressive,  inspirational,  financial  campaign,  through  ministers'  conferences  and 
additional  assodational  budget  conferences,  through  special  sermons,  the  systematic 
distribution  of  literature,  the  wide  use  of  the  denominational  press,  and  the  extension 
of  the  methods  of  the  Baptist  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement  for  the  every  member 
canvass  for  weekly  giving.    Suggestions  for  this  April  campaign  appear  elsewhere. 


>3« 


MISSIONS 


Uplifting  the  Non-Caste  Madigas 

By  Rev.  G.  W.  H.  Brock 

THE  RACE  ISSUE  IN  INDIA  — HOW  THE  MISSIONARY  AT 
KANIGIRI,  SOUTH  INDIA,  HAS  BEEN  BREAKING  DOWN 
THE  BARRIERS  OF  CASTE— THE  METHODS  THAT  SUCCEED 


I  read  an  article  by 
Mr.  Saint  Nihl  Singh 
on  the  "Color  Line  in 
the  United  States  and 
How  the  Negro  is  Up- 
lifting Himself."  Ihave 
also  read  many  articles 
in  recent  American 
magazines  beating  on 
the  same  question,  all 
showing  that  there  is  a 
most  decided  uphft  tak- 
ing place  amongst  the 
vast  negro  population 


In  re 

nthen 


caste   question,  one  is 
liable  to  think  that  the 
outlook  is  hopeless,  or 
just  about  so.     I  have 
a  desire  to  add  a  little 
touch  of  brightness  to 
H.  nrcHiAH        the   apparently    hope- 
less <]uestion  of  the  non-castes  in  India, 
and  this  is  my  apology  for  writing  this 
article. 


As  there  are  some  S4.,000,000  of  these 
non-caste  people  scattered  over  this 
fair  land  of  India  and  known  by  many 
different  names,  I  shall  have  to  ask  my 
readers  to  pardon  me  if  I  now  confine 
myself  to  one  single  class  among  them, 
the  Madigas.  It  is  ngw  eighteen  years 
since  I  began  work  among  the  non- 
caste  classes  in  South  India,  and  most 
of  my  time  has  been  spent  among  the 
Madigas,  perhaps  the  most  despised  of 
the  non-caste  classes  among  the  Telugus. 
In  the  expressive  Telugu  they  are  called 
the  Unspeakables  or  the  Unmention- 
ables. These  Madigas  arc  the  leather 
kers,     making    the    great    leather 


buckets  and  the  sandals  for  the 


ryots. 


They  are  the  scavengers  competing 
with  the  dc^s,  jackals  and  foul  birds  of 
the  air  for  the  carcasses  of  the  cattle 
which  die  in  the  villages.  They  are 
the  landless  ones;  they  have  no  social 
status.  That  the  Madiga  is  lazy  and 
that  he  lacks  enterprise  there  is  no 
room  for  discussion.  This  I  have 
found  to  my  bitter  sorrow  many  times. 
The  Madiga  is  not  permitted  to  enter 


MISSIONS 


139 


the  public  schools,  though  the  schools  the  Madiga  what  I  have  been  told  in 

are  declared  open  to  all.     But  why  at-  America    about    the    negro  —  let    him 

tempt  to  tell  the  terrible  story  of  the  alone,  let  him  remain  where  God  has 

Unmentionables  ?    Why  have  one's  feel-  put   him.    Why   give   him   education  ? 

ings  harried  by  their  unhappy  condition  ?  You  will  only  spoil  him.     But  my  reply 

It  might  gratify  some  if  I  were  to'tell^of  to  all  such  is  to  point  to  the  change  for 


the  injustices  heaped  upon  the  Madigas 
by  the  Brahmin  and  by  the  Sudra,  but 
diat  is  not  my  purpose. 

THE    UPLIFT   OF   THE    MADIGAS 

"Is  there  any  possibility  of  the 
Madiga  being  uplifted  ?"  some  are 
asking.    I  have  been  told  in  India  about 


the  better  that  has  already  taken  place 
among  the  Madigas,  in  spite  of  the  in- 
difference and  often  in  the  face  of  the 
opposition  of  the  caste  people.  This 
change  among  the  Madigas  is  coming 
about  as  the  change  comes  when  the 
mists  slowly  and  without  noise  give 
place  to  the  glorious  sun  in  the  early 


040 


MISSIONS 


morning  time,  lliis  change  is  being 
accomplished  by  the  Madiga,  by  the 
Sudra  and  by  the  Brahmin.  I  shall 
have  to  ask  my  readers  to  forget  that 
I  am  a  missionaiy  telling  of  the  progress 
of  a  class  of  convens.  I  believe  I 
have  a  message  that  will  be  helpful  to 
all  true  lovers  of  India:  therdfore  I 
desire  to  tell  it.  Along  with  my  joy  at 
being  able  to  tell  of  the  uplift  of  the 
Madiga  I  desire  to  testify  to  the  hearty 
cooperation  of  the  caste  people  in  this 
uplift  —  something  generally  lost  sight 
of  in  a  discussion  of  this  question  of  the 
non-caste  classes.  Without  further  gen- 
eral remarks  I  ask  the  privilege  of  nar- 
rating some*  facts  which  have  come 
within  my  own  observation  during  the 
years  of  my  work  among  this  people. 

Ten  years  ago  a  non-caste  child  could 
not  enter  the  Government  Board  School 
in  this  large  town,  so  much  prejudice 
was  there  against  them  on  the  part  of 
the  caste  commimity,  I  quietly  went  to 
the  leading  officials  and  to  the  leading 
men  of  the  town  and  talked  the  situation 
over  with  them,  and  although  several 
would  not  approve,  1  finally  had  almost 
all  promise  not  to  oppose  the  admission 
of  a  couple  of  boys  from  the  Madiga 
class.  I  personally  saw  that  the  boys 
were  well  dressed  and  clean,  and  then  I 
sent  them.  They  were  admitted,  and 
as  a  result  a  few  Komati  (merchant) 
boys  left  the  school  for  a  short  time. 
In  a  few  months  the  headmaster,  a 
Brahmin,  came  to  me  and  requested  me 
to  send  other  boys  of  the  same  class, 
and  before  the  year  was  over  fully 
thirty  boys  of  the  same  class  were  in 
regular  attendance. 

CO-OPERATION  OF  THE  CASTE  PEOPLE 

Almost  at  once  there  was  a  most  re- 
freshing change  among  the  boys  of  the 
town,  the  little  Madiga  boys  calling  at 
the  homes  of  the  Brahmin  boys  and  go- 
ing arm  and  arm  through  the  bazaar 
together  to  the  school.  An  open  field 
next  to  the  Courthouse  where  all  the 


people  pass  daily  is  until  this  very  day 
being  used  as  the  common  plaj^round 
for  boys  of  all  classes,  and  all  the  people 
of  the  town  seem  to  think  it  is  all  ri^t. 
This  could  not  have  come  to  pass 
without  the  co-operation  of  the  caste 
people,  Brahmins,  Sudras  and  others. 
It  is  only  a  few  months  ago  that  one  of 
the  Brahmin  officials  standing  with  me 
watching  the  boys  all  playing  together, 
his  own  son  among  them,  said  to  me, 


"Sir,  I  wish  to  thank  you  for  the  part 
you  have  taken  in  making  this  wonderful 
sight  possible  in  India."  Indeed,  I 
have  been  many  times  thanked  by  the 
caste  people  of  this  town  for  this  mixing 
of  the  boys.  And  this  is  one  of  the 
things  I  wish  to  make  prominent  —  the 
hearty  commendation  of  the  official  and 
the  educated  classes. 

CO-EDUCATION 

But  there  is  another  feature  of  the 
uplift  of  the  Madiga  to  which  1  denre  to 


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tention,  became  it  is  to  me  most 
idng.  It  is  generally  conceded 
le  village  is  the  most  conservative 
in  India.  I  hope  to  show  that 
I  center  of  conservatism  there  is 
y  a  great  force  at  work,  and  that  a 
wful  change  is  taking  place.  In 
Dvemment  schools  it  has  been  im- 
le  to  have  the  non-caste  children 
ted,  ao  I  have  opened  schools  in 
unlets  (or  palum,  the  non*caste 


f  the  village)  for  the  other  classes. 
teachers  in  these  schools  are  all 
the  same  class  of  non-castes.  For 
years  I  noticed  that  here  and  there 
ra  child  would  be  in  attendance  in 
rhool  in  the  hamlet.  In  one  place 
7  Brahmins  attended.  But  four 
ago  I  was  surprised  to  find  that  a 
cr,  Papiah,  had  a  school,  boys  and 
Brahmins,  Komaties,  Sudras  and 
gas,  and  that  this  school  was  being 
icted  in  a  Sudra's  house.  But 
did  not  like  to  have  the  Madiga 


children.  While  I  was  present  in  this 
village  the  Brahmin  Kumam  and  the 
Sudra  Village  MunsifF  with  the  leading 
ryots  came  to  my  tent,  and  made  a 
proposition  to  me  somewhat  as  follows: 
"  Sir,  you  see  our  school,  and  you  see  the 
difficulty  of  having  all  the  children  to- 
gether right  in  the  village.  Now,  if  we 
had  a  building  midway  between  the 
village  and  the  hamlet  all  the  children 
may  attend  with  offence  to  none,  and  in 
the  school  there  will  be  no  distinction  of 
caste.  If  you  consent,  we  will  show  you 
a  place  where  we  would  like  the  build- 
ing." This  was  four  years  ago.  There 
is  now  a  decent  school  building  with 
a  lower  secondary  trained  teacher. 
Children  of  all  classes  attend,  including 
the  sons  of  the  leading  ryots  of  three 
villages  nearby.  I  put  up  in  this  build- 
ing when  I  visit  the  village  now,  and 
the  people  are  kindness  itself  to  me. 
The  Brahmin  Kumam  was  taunted  by 
some  of  his  relatives,  and  threatened 
with  excommunication  for  having  his 
children  taught  by  a  Madiga. 

HOW   IT   WORKS  OUT 

A  young  man,  Mark,  after  qualifying 
himself  as  a  teacher,  lower  secondary 
trained,  came  to  me  for  a  school.  I 
said,  "Mark,  the  country  is  wide,  go 
seek  a  place  for  yourself  in  a  part  where 
there  are  no  schools."  Mark  went 
away  thirty-five  miles  to  the  southwest, 
right  among  the  Eastern  Ghauts,  and 
opened  a  school  among  the  Sudras.  He 
has  in  his  school  fifteen  boys  and  two 
girls.  He  lives  right  in  the  village  with 
the  caste  people.  He  sleeps  in  the  house 
of  the  Village  MunsifF.  They  all  know 
that  he  is  from  the  Madigas.  When  I 
went  to  visit  this  distant  village  a  year 
ago,  some  six  months  after  Mark  had 
begun  his  work,  I  was  met  a  mile  from 
the  village  by  Mark  and  the  Sudra 
Munsiff.  As  we  entered  the  village  all 
the  people  were  waiting  for  us.  A 
garland  of  flowers  and  many  salaams 
greeted  me  as  I  entered  the  village,  and 


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then  I  was  escorted  to  the  partially 
finished  school  building  Mark  was  con- 
structing. For  three  days  these  shep- 
herds looked  after  all  in  my  camp. 
I  had  to  warn  the  young  men  with  me 
not  to  interfere  with  the  caste  of  the 
people  simply  because  they  were  kind. 
But  my  young  men  —  all  from  the 
Madigas  —  were  heartily  entertained  in 
a  manner  surprising  to  me.  Not  many 
weeks  later  Mark  brought  the  two  lead- 
ing men  all  the  way  to  the  town  to  visit 
me.  In  another  village  there  is  a 
teacher  who  has  a  school  right  in  the 
middle  of  the  village,  and  the  children  of 
the  hamlet  attend  and  mix  freely  with 
(he  caste  children.  Martha  is  the 
teacher.  I  could  scarcely  believe  my 
eyes  when  one  day  I  rode  into  the  village 
and,  going  into  the  school,  I  saw  Martha 
sitting  with  all  the  children  about  her. 
This,  like  all  such  schools,  was  estab- 
lished by  the  teacher.  I  had  nothing 
to  do  with  it  except  giving  my  consent 
after  the  school  was  established.  And 
so  I  could  tell  of  ten  schools  just  like 
the   above,  vrith  the  children  from  all 


castes  sitting  side  by  side  being  taught 
by  the  Madiga  teacher.  I  have  many, 
many  requests  from  the  caste  people 
asking  me  to  send  such  teachers  to 
them. 

SUDRA3  AND   MADIGAS 

But  there  is  another  feature  of  the  up- 
lift of  the  Madigas  I  wish  to  present  to 
your  readers.  The  Madigas  have  ever 
been  the  servants  of  the  caste  people. 
I  have  had  the  pleasure  of  sering  the 
Sudras  doing  cooly  for  the  Madigas. 
I  think  this  matches  the  case  of  the 
white  man  in  America  doing  cooly  work 
for  the  negro.  I  was  visiting  a  village 
some  thirty  miles  away  recently,  and 
when  walking  through  the  bazaar  a 
Kamasali  woman  asked  me  to  come  and 
see  her  house.  She  has  several  grown- 
up sons  who  were  present,  and  amongst 
them  stood  a  young  man  from  the  Madi- 
gas. They  have  taken  this  young  man 
and  are  teaching  him  the  trade  —  car- 
pentry and  ironwork.  How  proud  this 
woman  wasi  She  said,  "He  is  my  8(Hi." 
And  all  the  caste  people  standing  about 


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M3 


i  greatly  pleased.  Certainly 
arprised.  I  never  saw  such  a 
fore.  This  boy  was  as  clean  as 
of  them.  He  is  already  able 
mt  of  the  work  along  with  the 
f  people.  This  is  an  entirely 
Ij^  act  on  the  part  of  these 
^flft.  The  brother  of  this  boy 
bd  recently  by  a  member  of 
HtMCt  of  the  Sudras,  a  man  of 
odofinflucnce,  to  be  the  teacher 
two  sons.  He  is  there  today. 
Ijs  is  an  Antadar  for  the  Rajah, 
b  tUo  the  Village  MnnsifT.  He 
I  flf  some  education.  He  gives 
■dier  his  food,  clothes  and  some 
I  aid.  But  to  me  the  greatest 
all  Standing  conceded. 


ANOTHER    PHASE 


mother  phase  of  this  uplift  has 
me  very '  much.  M.  Pitchiah 
a  employed  in  the  Mission  here 
>ast  sixteen  years  as  writer.  He 
known  by  all  the' local  town- 
Several  years  ago  he  was  made 


a  member  of  the  Village  Union.  I  did 
not  know  of  this  until  many  months 
later.  When  the  post  of  chairman  of 
the  Union  fell  vacant,  Pitchiah  was  made 
acting  chairman.  At  first  several  of  the 
Hindu  members  made  some  slight  ob- 
jection, but  afterwards  they  withdrew  all 
objections  and  Pitchiah  sat  as  chairman, 
and  the  Brahmins  took  their  seats  along 
with  him.  At  a  recent  public  function 
I  saw  a  Brahmin  official  take  this  Pit- 
chiah by  the  arm  in  the  most  friendly 
manner  saying,  "Come  see  the  arrange- 
ments." 

There  is  one  man  of  this  class,  named 
Ramiah,  employed  as  an  Amin  in  the 
local  District  MunsifTs  Court.  Ra- 
miah had  rather  a  cold  reception  at 
first  among  the  other  Amins,  but  he  has 
won  a  place  for  himself.  So  far  as  I  am 
able  to  learn,  there  is  no  objection  to  his 
being  in  the  Court  today.  This  Ra- 
miah's  work  of  delivering  the  notices  to 
the  village  people  brings  him  into  con- 
tact with  all  castes,  especially  the  Sudras. 
They  will  now  give  him  a  seat'_with  all 


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respect  —  a  thing  entirely  unknown  be- 
fore. No  Madiga  is  permitted  to  re- 
main seated  when  a  Sudra  comes  along, 
yet  they  are  giving  Ramiah  a  cot  to  sit 
upon.  Some  contracts  were  to  be  let 
for  constructing  a  "tank."  One  of  the 
teachers  took  a  joint  contract  with  a 
Komati.  This  surprised  me  very  much, 
as  these  Komaties  are,  I  believe,  the 
most  conservative  class  among  the 
Telugus.  For  five  years  these  men  have 
worked  together.  This  merchant  rented 
the  teacher  a  house  right  in  the  center  of 
the  village  proper,  and  the  teacher's 
wife  has  a  school,  with  the  children  of 
caste  and  non-caste  parents  attending. 
I  had  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  these 
arrangements,  only  learning  of  them 
later, 

MADICA8   AND  THEIR   RIGHTS 

That  these  Madigas  are  not  willing  to 
continue  to  submit  to  all  the  injustices 
of  the  caste  people  may  be  shown  by 
the  following  instances  among  many  I 
could  name.  There  was  a  dispute  be- 
tween one  of  these  Madigas  and  the 
Village  Munsiff  of  a  certain  village. 
The  MunsifF  seized  the  ox  and  cart  of  the 
man,  which  I  learned  later  he  had  no 
right  whatever  to  do.  The  man  ap- 
pealed to  me,  and  I  recommended  a 
village  Panchayet.  But  be  said  it  was 
useless  having  a  Panchayet  in  that  vil- 
lage. He  wanted  to  go  to  the  Court. 
I  objected.  But  he  insisted,  and  to  the 
Court  he  went,  and  it  was  only  a  few 
days  when  the  Village  MunsifF  came  to 
me  requesting  me  to  have  the  man 
withdraw  the  case.  1  am  glad  lo  say 
that  I  was  able  to  do  this,  and  the  case 
was  settled  out  of  Court.  One  day  a 
man  of  this  class  was  riding  on  a  horse, 
and  some  caste  people  threatened  his 
life  if  he  did  so  again.  Contrary  to 
my  advice,  he  put  a  case  in  the  Court 
against  one  man,  and  the  man  was  fined 
Rs.  6  for  threatening.  Some  Sudras, 
among  them  the  Village  Munsiff,  gave 
some  of  these  people  a  thrashing.  1  was 
appealed    to.     Again    I    recommended 


them  not  to  go  to  Couit;  but  they  in- 
sisted. Two  days  later  the  whole  com* 
pany  came  to  my  bungalow,  and  the 
case  was  settled  out  of  Coun.  There 
are  many  similar  instances  indicating 
that  the  people  are  beginning  to  know 
their  rights,  and  that  they  intend  to 
insist  on  having  them.  Personally,  I 
never  recommend  the  Courts.  I  always 
recommend  settling  the  troubles  in  the 
villages. 


Of  course,  as  might  be  expected,  some 
of  the  Sudras  state  that  the  Madigas  are 
getting  proud.  That  is  just  what  some 
of  the  white  American  people  say  when 
a  negro  refuses  to  take  all  the  insults 
and  kicks  as  humbly  as  he  did  "in  the 
good  old  days."  But  negro  and  Madiga 
areleaming  that  they  have  certain  funda- 
mental rights  which  must  be  respected, 
and  they  are  simply  demanding  their 
rights.  In  this  I  rejoice  both  for  India 
and  for  America.     It  will  do  good,  not 


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to  the  nc^to  and  to  the  Madiga  alone, 
but  to  the  proud  caste  man  and  to  the 
proud  American. 


MADICAS  GOING 
Some  of  the  young  men  are  going 
abroad.  Luke  went  to  the  Straits  Set- 
tlements as  a  cooly  and  is  now  a  Maistty. 
He  has  been  careful,  and  has  sent  me  a 
goodly  sum  of  money  from  his  savings. 
He  is  just  now  back  to  claim  his  bride, 


wish  most  earnestly  to  state  that  in  all 
this  that  I  see  taking  place  about  me, 
and  which  I  have  barely  hinted  at,  it 
would  have  been  utterly  impossible  to 
have  made  progress  if  the  caste  people 
had  not  co-operated.  Would  a  Sudra 
Munsilf  lend  his  blanket  to  a  Madiga 
simply  because  I  asked  himf  Nay, 
verily.  But  when  the  same  MunsifFsaw 
the  teacher  detained  by  the  rain,  he, 
of  his  own  free  will,  said,  "Here  is  my 


ind  then  be  will  return  to  his  new  coun- 
try. It  does  a  lover  of  India  good  to 
see  the  independence  of  this  young  man. 
Along  with  him  went  one  Samuel,  who 
had  a  fair  knowledge  of  English.  He 
b^an  work  as  a  cooly,  but  he  now,  after 
nine  years,  has  a  good  position  as  chief 
clerk  in  the  Railway  Construction 
Office  on  a  salary  of  more  than  Rs.  lOO 
per  mondi. 

ROW  THE   CHANGES  WILL   COME 
There  are  many  in  India  who  tell  us 
that  the  caste  people  are  unwilling  to  give 
I  the  non-caste  classes.     I 


blanket,  and  here  is  my  cot;  stay  for  the 
night."  If  I  had  asked  the  Headman  to 
take  Mark  into  his  house  would  he  do 
so  P  Not  if  I  understand  the  Sudra. 
But  when  Mark  made  friends  with  the 
man  himself  he  was  asked,  not  into  the 
house  only,  but  to  share  the  best  room  in 
the  house;  and  he  was  given  his  food  in 
addition.  I  want  to  make  a  request: 
that  we  stop  making  mean  statements 
about  the  rigidness  of  the  caste  system, 
and  that  we  take  note  of  what  is  ac- 
tually taking  place,  and  I  think  we  shall 
be  surprised,  not  at  the  slight  but  at  the 
great  progress  being  made. 


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lii^I§lpaig||ll§l§lglglglglgg|lglBlB^ 

Devotional 


An  lExattt  Ifiru^t 

^UR    HEAVENLT    FATHER,    wt 

VP^  bless  Thee  that  Thou  didst  send  Thine 
only  begotten  Son  into  the  world  to  bring  life 
and  immortality  to  light;  that  by  His  life 
He  gave  life  and  gave  it  abundantly;  that 
by  His  death  He  disclosed  the  Divine  love 
in  sacrifice  for  sin  and  became  the  Saviour 
of  men;  that  by  His  resurrection  He  became 
the  pledge  and  assurance  of  a  risen  and 
immortal  life  to  all  who  believe  in  Him.  We 
praise  Thee  for  the  joy  of  this  great  faith. 
We  pray  that  Thou  wilt  enable  us  to  live  in 
the  light  of  immortality f  live  sober,  righteous  . 
and  godly  lives  worthy  of  Him.  Grant  the 
light  and  peace  and  joy  of  this  great  truth 
unto  all  peoples  through  the  faithful  labors 
of  the  missionaries  of  the  cross;  and  help 
us  each  to  impart  unto  others  something  of 
the  spirit  of  the  Easter  Day,  through  the 
grace  of  our  Risen  Lord.    Amen. 


PRAY  — 

That  the  Risen  One  may  be  present  to 
the  eye  of  faith,  and  that  every  disciple  of 
Jesus  may  know  the  joy  of  the  resurrection 
assurance. 

That  in  view  of  the  great  fact  of  im- 
mortality the  value  of  the  present  life  may 
be  realized  more  deeply  and  constantly, 
the  plans  and  activities  of  lifi^  be  more  care- 
fully considered. 

That  out  of  the  great  calamity  of  plague 
and  famine  in  China  there  may  come  a 
spiritual  blessing  to  the  people  of  that 
awakened  Empire. 

That  our  missionaries  who  are  so  hero- 
ically giving  themselves  to  the  work  of  relief 
may  be  graciously  preserved  in  peril. 

The  Easter  Significance 

Chrysostom,  the  "golden  mouthed 
preacher"  of  Constantinople  (A.D.  345- 
407),  said  in  an  Easter  sermon,  "Death  is 
now  only  a  sleep.  Death  which  before 
Christ's  resurrection  had  a  fearful  aspect 


is  now  an  object  to  be  despised.  On  diis 
day  Christ  freed  human  nature  from  the 
dominion  of  human  nature  and  brought  it 
back  to  its  original  dignity." 

Our  world  has  a  measureless  interest  in 
the  great  doctrine  set  within  the  Easter 
Day.  And  then  our  personal  interest  in 
this  truth,  how  great  and  solemn  this  is  I 
Paul  not  merely  declares  the  credibility  of 
the  resurrection,  but  its  certainty.  —  S.  S, 
Mitchell. 

So  we  should  walk  with  an  elastic  step, 
with  a  light  shining  over  our  faces  and  in 
our  eyes,  as  we  go  to  our  homes;  and  if  one 
ask,  "Whence  came  this  new  expression  ? 
Whence  came  this  sweeter  and  more  vic- 
torious tone?"  we  should  be  able  to  say  to 
them,  "It  is  natural,  for  today  I  have  walked 
with  the  risen  Christ;  today  I  have  walked 
near  the  gates  which  He  entered  who  broke 
the  bars  of  the  sepulcher  and  ascended  in 
gloiy  to  heaven.  —  Dr.  R.  S.  Storrs. 

On  Easter  morning  when  a  Russian  meets 
another  the  salutation  is,  "Christ  is  risen!" 
and  the  glad  answer,  "Yes,  Christ  is  risen 
indeed!"  This  makes  the  great  event  seem 
real,  even  though  it  be  a  custom.  In  some 
way  we  should  make  the  Easter  truth  more 
real  in  our  lives. 

This  risen  life  we  may  have  here  and 
now,  as  multitudes  do,  making  their  course 
true,  pure,  noble,  more  glorious;  keeping 
their  senses  chaste  and  clean,  their  affections 
sweet,  their  conscience  healthy.  The  breath 
of  this  new  life  is  prayer.  —  Bishop  Hunt- 
ington. 

Easter 

That  Easter  when  the  stone  was  rolled  away! 
How  many  centuries  have  passed  between 
Our  first  glad  Easter  and  this  later  day! 
How  much  of  sin  and  grief  the  world  has 
seen! 
Yet  those  of  us  who  come  with  hearts  to  pray 
Find  angel  vision  —  and  the  stone  away. 

—  Mary  C.  Huntington. 


MISSIONS 


Suggestions  for  a  Better  Way 
By  Secretary  John  M.  Moore 


'HE  emphuis  it  to  be  placed  hereafter 
upon  April  as  the  great  month  of  the 
I  year  according  to  the  following 
eanve  policy  approved  by  the  General 
ntionment  Committee: 
)  Prepare  the  State  apportionments 
ediately  and  forward  tame  to  State 
mittees,  asking  them  to  meet  at  once 


I  I. 

)   Along  with  the  apportionment  to  the 

church  (end  a  statement  explaining 
baais  of  apportionment,  with  definite 
CM  that  the  church  take  action  within 
r  days,  reporting  to  the  State  Com- 
X  their  acceptance  of  the  apportion- 
:,  with  such  additional  amount*  self- 
ned  as  they  are  willing  to  undertake. 
)  Request    the    State    Committees    at 

to  appoint  coSpetating  associadonal 
soitativeiorcommittees,  through  whom 
may  get  into  dose  and  helpful  contact 
die  cfauichea. 

I  Provide  attractive  literature  for  dii- 
don  during  April  for  the  purpose  of 
ging  the  vision  of  the  people  and  thus 
i^  to  generous  action. 


'  (5)  Through  the  Associational  Com- 
mittees arrange  for  Associational  Budget 
Conferences  where  practicable,  to  which  shall 
be  invited  the  pastor,  at  least  two  repre- 
sentative laymen,  and  two  women  from  each 
church.  "The  purpose  of  these  conference* 
shall  be  the  explanation  of  the  Budget 
Apportionment  Plan,  the  stimulation  of  the 
churches  to  attempt  larger  things  by  present- 
ing the  challenge  of  the  present  new  oppor- 
tunities, the  presentation  of  the  best  educa- 
tional and  financial  methods,  the  promotion 
of  prayer,  and  the  organization  of  the  active 
forces  of  the  association  for  the  assistance 
of  backward  churchet. 

(6)  Ask  every  Baptist  Ministers'  Con- 
ference to  devote  a  session  early  in  April 
to  the  explanation  of  the  Budget  Apportion- 
ment Plan  and  the  setting  foith  of  the 
opportunity  for  advance  work. 

(7)  Ask  every  pastor  to  preach  a  sermon 
early  in  April  on  rhe  call  for  denominational 
advance  in  missions,  and  provide  material 
for  his  use  in  its  preparation. 

(8)  Arrange  for  the  wide  extension  of  the 
work  of  the  Baptist  Laymen's  Missionary 
Movement  and  the  application  of  its  methods 
to  local  churches. 

(9)  Secure  the  cooperation  of  Missioxs 
and  the  denominational  weeklies,  using  their 


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column!  laigely  dunng  April,  in  order  that 
the  utmost  potgible  emphasis  may  be  placed 
upon  this  ideal  r  The  Apponionment  a 
Guidepost  not  a  Goal. 

(lo)  Employ  such  other  educational  and 
inspirational  methods  and  measures  as  will 
emphasize  the  desirability  of  MAKING  THE 
FIRST     MONTH     RATHER     THAN     THE     LAST 

MONTH  of  the  year  the  time  for  vigorous 
effort.  Eveiy  church  should  be  urged  to 
conduct  an  every-member  canvass  during 
the  month  of  April,  to  secure  subscriptions 
for  the  entire  amount  that  it  is  undertaking 
to  raise  for  missions  during  the  year,  the 
same  to  he  paid  at  regular  intervals  (prefer- 
ably weekly)  throughout  the  year  and 
forwarded  quarterly  to  the  missionary 
societies. 

* 
The  Double  Envelope  Campaign 

ON  December  I,  1909,  the  General 
Apportionment  Committee  announced 
its  willingness  to  furnish  the  double  en- 
velopes, numbered  and  dated  and  contain- 
ing the  name  of  the  church,  free  of  charge 
for  one  year  to  churches  introducing  weekly 
giving  to  missions  for  the  first  dme,  and 
agreeing  to  conduct  an  every  member  mis- 
sionary canvass.  This  offer  was  withdrawn 
March  31,  1911.  Afier  that  date  there 
will  be  a  charge  of  half  price,  thus  giving 
the  missionaiy  part  of  the  envelopes  free 
for  one  year  on  the  conditions  noted  above. 


Up  to  March  i,  191 1,  800  churchei  have 
been  supplied  with  the  free  double  envelopes. 
Of  this  number  131  churchea  completnj  s 
year's  use  of  the  envelope*  on  or  before 
February  1.  The  Conuruttee  has  vciy 
earnestly  sought  to  secure  final  defituM 
reports  from  dicse  churches.  A  number  of 
churches  have  failed  to  respond  to  this 
seemingly  reasonable  request.  There  are 
reports,  however,  from  134  churches,  and 
the  Committee  has  learned  indirectly  that 
35  others  have  ordered  a  supply  of  envelopes 
for  the  coming  year,  thus  leaving  64.  chuirhes 
from  which  no  information  has  been  ob- 
tained. Of  the  134  churches  reporting,  108 
State  that  their  otferings  have  been  greacet 
than  for  the  year  preceding  under  the  old 
plan.  Ten  report  smaller  offering,  many 
of  these  specifjring,  however,  that  this  de- 
crease is  not  due  to  the  change  in  the  financial 
system,  but  to  local  conditions.  The  others 
either  secured  about  the  same  or  for  some 
reason  failed  to  use  the  envelopes.  Eighty- 
four  churches  report  definitely  by  how 
many  dollars  their  offerings  were  greater  or 
less  than  the  preceding  year.  Of  these  84, 
79  report  an  aggregate  increase  in  offerings 
of  ^,175,  and  5  report  an  ^gregate  decrease 
in  offerings  of  ^195.  So  far,  then,  as  definite 
returns  have  been  received,  the  interesting 
fact  is  shown  that  84  churches  have  shown  a 
net  gain  over  offerings  for  the  preceding 
year  of  nearly  f  100  per  church. 


Beyond  the  Budget— What? 

THE  OUTLOOK  BY  THE  SOCIETY  SECRETARIES 


The  BodgQt  and  the  Task 

BT  SBCIiBTAItT  P.  r.  BAOGAKD,  D.D. 

THE  Budget  of  the  Foreign  Miuion 
Society  for  the  new  fiical  year  has 
been  carefully  prepaied  and  has  received 
the  approval  of  the  Finance  Committee  of  the 
Northern  BaptiK  Convention.  Ai  in  the 
patt,  thii  Budget  is  bated  upon  the  amounti 
which  can  icaionably  be  expected  from  the 
■eveial  lOUTcea  of  income  and  doa  little  more 
than  nuke  actual  provision  for  needs  nhich 
cannot  bcnorably  be  disregarded.  An  in- 
come tat  exceedii^  that  stated  in  the 
Budget  would  enable  the  Society  happily  to 
strengthen  weak  places  in  work  already 
establiahed  and  heartily  to  undertake  new 
Tenturet  in  fiddi  that  are  both  needy  and 
ready. 

Among  the  itemi  for  which  provision  is 
made  m  the  new  schedule  or  that  may  be 
selected  at  wndiy  of  apedal  note  are  the 
fbUowing: 

I.     MlMIONARY  RbINFOKCBMBNT 

It  if  piDpowd  to  aend  out  to  the  field  during 
the  year  not  IcM  than  twelve  new  men  if  they 
can  be  ■ecuied.  A  list  of  some  thirty  or 
tfair^-five  places  urgently  calling  for  re- 
'  '  efere  ui,  but  the  scarcity  of 
■  it  improbable  that  more  than 


twelve  will  be  available.  The  Budget 
originally  provided  for  twenty  new  workers, 
but  this  number  has  been  reduced  to  twelve 
because  of  the  small  number  of  suitable 
candidates.  Work  among  the  Burmam  in 
Burma,  among  the  Nagas  in  Assam,  edu- 
cational work  in  Burma,  South  India,  and 
China,  medical  work  in  Burma  and  China, 
and  the  West  China  and  Japan  missions  as  a 
whole  present  most  urgent  appeal  for  re- 
inforcement. 

2.   Congo  Mission  Reinforcement 

Work  on  the  Congo  has  been  practically  at 
a  standstill  for  the  last  two  or  three  years.  A 
definite  policy  has  now  been  adopted  as  a 
result  of  the  Commission's  visit.  We  should 
send  this  year  five  or  six  men  if  possible  to 
strengthen  present  stations.  Ten  thousand 
dollars  should  be  expended  to  put  present 
equipment  in  proper  condition,  especially 
the  equipment  of  the  Union  Training  School 
at  Kimpesi,  and  erect  three  or  four  greatly 
needed  buildings. 

3.   Property 

An  expenditure  of  not  exceeding  ^7,000 
for  property  needs,  including  educational 
equipment,  is  proposed.  Ten  mission  resi- 
dences are  required  to  accommodate  mission- 
ary  families   already   on   the   field.     This 


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would  require  between  ^30,000  and  ^35,000. 
New  school  buildings  for  boys'  schools  now 
most  inadequately  housed  are  urgently 
needed  in  Burma,  Assam,  South  India,  China 
and  the  Philippine  Islands.  Station  chapels 
are  earnestly  sought  for  centers  in  South 
India,  China  and  Japan.  Two  new  hospitals 
are  needed  in  China  for  the  work  of  medical 
missionaries  now  on  the  field. 

4.   Special  Enterprises 

Among  the  special  enterprises  which  ought 
to  be  realized  if  possible  in  connection  with 
the  Budget  for  the  new  year  are  land  and 
buildings  for  the  Theological  Seminary  in 
Tokyo,  in  which  the  Southern  Baptists  co- 
operate; entrance  upon  active  work  at  the 
Union  Medical  School  in  Nanking,  China; 
enlargement  of  the  "Fukuin  Maru,"  and 
extension  of  its  work  in  the  Inland  Sea  of 
Japan;  development  of  the  work  in  the 
northern  section  of  the  Kengtung  field, 
especially  across  the  Chinese  border. 

5.   Advance  Work 

The  Budget  makes  no  provision  for  ad- 
vance work,  notwithstanding  most  inviting 
opportunities  offered  in  practically  every 
field.  The  establishment  of  several  new 
stations  is  strongly  urged,  not  simply  because 
doors  are  open,  but  because  missionaries 
should  be  relieved  who  are  now  attempting 
to  care  for  fields  whose  extent  and  responsi- 
bilities constitute  an  overwhelming  burden 
upon  body  and  spirit.  The  amount  con- 
tributed by  the  churches  will  not  permit  both 
the  strengthening  of  the  present  work  and 
the  undertaking  of  new  enterprises.  The 
Board  has  deliberately  excluded  from  the 
Budget  provision  for  new  work  because  of 
the  conviction  that  established  work  and 
stations  already  occupied  must  be  adequately 
manned  and  equipped  before  new  responsi- 
bilities are  assumed.  Advance  will  be  under- 
taken as  soon  as  receipts  permit. 

A  Look  Into  the  Next  Year 

BY  ASSOCIATE  SECRETARY  C.   L.  WHITE,  D.D. 

• 

THE  work  of  the  Home  Mission  Society 
needs  vastly  greater  enlargement  than 
is  made  possible  by  the  new  Budget  recently 
approved  by  the  Finance  Committee  of  the 
Northern  Bapust  Convention. 

As    usual,    urgent   calls   have   come    for 


additional  appropriations  in  several  western 
States,  for  the  foreign-speaking  peoples  and 
the  Indians.  The  increasing  number  of 
open  doors  in  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and  Mexico, 
the  enrichment  of  our  Christian  education 
among  the  Negroes,  the  demands  for  church 
edifice  gifts,  all  have  called  for  enlarged 
work  far  greater  than  the  probable  response 
from  the  denomination  would  warrant. 

The  special  grants  of  last  year  for  church 
edifice  work  in  San  Francisco,  and  experi- 
ence based  upon  the  expenditures  of  the 
last  three  years,  led  to  our  placing  in  the 
Budget  for  the  current  year  a  smaller  sum 
than  a  year  ago.  Additions,  however,  have 
been  made  in  the  missionary  work  in  some 
of  the  western  States.  Estimated  sources  of 
income  have  been  increased  by  f  15,000  in 
annuities  and  f  25,000  from  individuals.  The 
total  Budget  for  the  next  year  will  be 
slightly  less  than  that  under  which  the 
Society  is  now  operating,  and  the  amount 
apportioned  to  the  churches  will  be  corre- 
spondingly decreased. 

The  preparation  of  the  Budget  of  the 
Home  Mission  Society  has  been  made  with 
great  care,  and  it  is  expected  that  the 
apportionment  of  the  new  year  will  permit 
of  certain  advances  in  mission  work  similar 
to  others  which  have  been  for  many  years 
undertaken  by  our  great  Society. 

Among  these  will  be  the  location  of  a 
Spanish-speaking  missionary  in  the  South- 
west, to  labor  among  the  Mexican  popula- 
tion, and  the  erection  of  an  Indian  school 
in  Wyola,  Mont.,  as  an  extension  of  the 
work  among  the  Crows.  The  Woman's 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 
has  promised  to  furnish  a  teacher  for  this 
school.  We  shall  also  erect  an  Indian 
Mission  building  at  Keams  Canyon,  Ariz., 
but  the  major  part  of  the  expense  of  this 
has  been  provided  for  by  the  sale  of  property 
owned  by  the  Society.  A  work  just  begin- 
ning among  the  miners  of  Pennsylvania, 
which  promises  large  fruitage,  will  be  pushed 
with  vigor  by  the  Labor  Missionary,  Rev. 
D.  L.  Schultz,  who  works  among  the  miners 
in  one  of  our  latest  "Expectation  Comers." 

A  new  mission  will  be  opened  in  Mexico, 
and  the  work  in  other  parts  of  that  Republic 
strengthened.  Provision  will  also  be  made 
for  a  long-needed  hospital  in  the  city  of 
Mexico. 

The  new  Budget  calls  for  special  gifts  for 


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chiuch  work  in  Palo  Alto,  for  the  Emanuel 
Church  in  San  Francisco,  a  new  and  promis- 
ing church  in  Washington,  D.C.,  and  liberal 
assistance  has  been  promised  to  the  First 
Baptist  Church  of  Salt  Lake  City. 

During  the  year  work  will  also  begin  on 
the  Dormitory  to  be  used  by  theological 
students  at  Rio  Piedras,  Porto  Rico,  where 
a  major  portion  of  the  instruction  will  be 
given  to  the  students  at  the  Insular  Uni- 
versity, while  they  receive  the  theological 
courses  in  this  new  mission  guild  house 
where  they  will  reside  and  have  their 
recitations. 

The  publication  of  an  Italian  religious 
paper,  to  be  edited  by  Rev.  James  M. 
Bruce,  Superintendent  of  Foreign-Speaking 
Work,  while  provision  for  moving  mission- 
aries, and  for  securing  plans  for  new  build- 
ings, have  not  been  forgotten  in  the  esti- 
mates for  the  next  fiscal  year.  And  last, 
but  not  least,  will  be  the  beginning  of  a 
new  mission  work  in  £1  Salvador,  which 
the  Board  of  Managers  has  voted  to  under- 
take. The  appropriation  for  the  first  year 
will,  however,  be  only  ^000.  Dr.  Barnes 
reports  £1  Salvador  as  furnishing  a  provi- 
dential and  open  door,  which  he  believes 
will  lead  to  an  extensive  harvest  field  that 
has  long  been  waiting  for  the  coming  of  the 
reapers. 

The  Publication  Society's  Needs 

BY  SECRETARY  R.  G.  SEYMOUR,  D.D. 

IT  is  a  great  thing  to  have  the  amount 
which  the  missionary  work  of  the  Publi- 
cation Society  needs  apportioned  to  the 
churches;  and  it  is  a  greater  thing  to  have 
the  amount  apportioned  in  the  treasury  of 
the  Society;  so  that  planning  our  work,  and 
executing  it  on  the  basis  of  the  expected 
returns  the  Society  shall  not  tremble  before 
a  deficit  when  the  fiscal  year  closes,  and  the 
new  year  opens  with  almost  a  necessity  for 
a  retrenchment  in  its  service.  No  one  can 
be  at  headquarters  without  feeling  the 
pressure  for  advanced  work  at  every  turn; 
the  appeals  that  come  stir  the  soul,  and  when 


we  are  compelled  to  deny  them  and  the 
causes  are  imperiled,  we  are  depressed  be- 
yond measure. 

The  danger  we  fear  in  the  matter  of 
lowered  appordonments  is  that  the  churches 
will  feel  that  there  is  less  need  of  money 
than  there  has  been,  and  therefore  slacken 
their  efforts  and  beneficence;  whereas  with 
the  growth  of  population  and  the  contending 
forces  of  evil  there  must  be  a  constantly 
enlarged  giving.  The  question  of  money 
is  the  vital  question  of  the  coming  of  the 
Kingdom.  In  the  Publication  Society  the 
enlargement  of  its  work  the  past  year  has 
been  possible  largely  through  the  gifts  of  a 
single  individual.  Would  that  more  men 
like  this  generous-hearted  one  would  look 
into  the  possibilities  of  good  in  these  Col- 
portage  Wagons,  which  carry  leaf  and  life 
into  scattered  homes  of  the  prairies  of  the 
West,  into  mining  camps  and  ranches 
where  religious  influences  are  so  small. 
There  is  constant  appeal  to  multiply  these 
wagons,  State  Boards  are  appealing  and 
pastors  are  asking  for  colporters  to  come 
and  find  the  scattered  and  lost  sheep.  There 
is  absolute  need  for  the  employment  of  twice 
the  missionary  force  which  the  Budget  now 
allows  us  to  send  out.  There  is  a  demand 
for  an  increased  number  of  trained  Sunday- 
school  missionaries  in  every  part  of  the 
Union.  While  a  great  work  has  been  done 
with  the  comparatively  few  that  we  have, 
it  seems  so  small  compared  to  what  could  be 
done  if  we  had  means  to  employ  trained  men. 

The  cry  of  the  hour  is  childhood.  Our 
best  efforts  in  secular  education  are  put  into 
primary  work;  in  our  religious  education  we 
must  open  our  ears  to  the  great  needs  of  the 
children.  While  the  Society  has  done  some 
work  in  giving  the  foreign-speaking  people 
the  gospel  in  their  own  tongue,  it  has  been 
but  the  slightest  approach  to  meeting  the 
demand.  There  should  be  a  special  fund 
created  at  once  to  produce  literature  for  the 
hungry  millions  that  are  with  us  and  coming 
yearly,  and  crying  for  the  bread  of  life.  Let 
the  people  give  beyond  the  apportionment 
and  meet  the  need. 


It  is  vastly  better  for  the  churches  to  start  giving  in  the  first  month  than 
for  the  Societies  to  be  kept  anxiously  guessing  in  the  twelfth  month.  To 
heg^  in  April  on  the  Budget  is  businesslike  Christian  common  sense. 


A  Quarter  Century  as  District  Secretary 

By  Charles  H.  Spalding,  D.D. 


-FIVE  yeare  ago  the 

next  October  I  wu 

District   Secretaiy   of 

Etican  Baptin  Publi- 

odety.    My  comnuV 

I  made  out  by  Rev. 

n  Griffith,  D.D.,  the 

iiy  of  the  Society.     It 

wai  a  unique  document.     It  tingutarly  im- 

preaied  me  irticn  I  fint  received  it,  and  as  I 

read  it  again,  at  the  point  of  doting  my 

quaiter  of  century  of  service,  thesame  feeling) 

are  with  me  as  then.    The  only  instructions 

were  embodied  as  follows:  "We  have  no 

printed    commissions    for  secretaries.    Use 

your  own  judgment  as  to  the  best  method 

of  procedure.     We  put  the  tield  into  your 

hands  with  the  expectation  that  you  will 

cultivate  it  industriously  and  thoroughly." 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts 
Baptist  Convention  a  few  days  later,  in  the 
Second  Baptist  Church  of  Holyoke,  Dr. 
Griffith  was  present  to  speak  ten  minutes. 
Rev.  R.  G.  Seymour,  D.D.,  then  pastor  of 
the  Ruggles  Street  Baptist  Church  in  Boston, 
was  president  of  the  Convention.  Dr. 
Griffith  toolc  five  minutes  of  his  time  and 
then  called  upon  the  young  sectetaiy  to 
fill  out  the  remainder.  Rev.  W,  H.  P. 
Faunce,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  now  president  of 
Brown  University,  was  at  that  time  pastor 
of  the  State  Street  Baptist  Church  of  Spring- 
field. In  a  letter  to  the  examiner  he, 
reporting  the  meetings,  said,  "Dr.  Griffith 
evidently  wanted  to  see  how  the  young  colt 
would  drive."  Rev.  Andrew  Pollard,  D.D., 
had  held  the  office  of  District  Secretary  for 
thirteen  years,  and  I  was  his  pastor  for 
seven  of  those  yean,  without  ever  a  whisper 
or  a  thought  of  succeeding  him  as  secretaiy. 
Under  the  very  wise  work  of  Dr.  Pollard 
the  office  had  become  reinvested  wiih  a 
strength  and  dignity  peculiarly  its  own.  It 
was  good  to  come  into  the  heritage  of  such 

come  into  the  service  of  the  American 
Baptist  Publication  Society,  at  such  a  rime, 
without  a  sort  of  awe-inspiring  greatness 


and  grandeur  of  to  vast  an  inttitutioo.  Its 
whole  history  was  a  romance.  A  dotid  of 
witnesses  were  hovering  over  eveiy  stage  of 
iu  multiples  growth  from  the  veiy  earliest 
moment.  Its  scmi-centctmial  in  the  dty 
of  Washington,  in  1874,  wu  a  j '  ' 
solemnity,  enwrapped  and  ' 
tancrified  memories,  in  coniecrated  tervices, 
in  gifts  of  magnificent  sacrifice,  embodied 
in  struggles,  in  prayers  and  in  tean.  Hon. 
James  L.  Howard  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  the 
transparent  gentleman  and  die  humble 
Christian,  presided.  Dr.  Warren  Ran- 
dolph gave  one  of  the  addrene*.  Dr. 
Thomas  Armitage  preached  the  leiinon. 

The  Publication  Sodety  it  not  dependent 
upon  any  personality  to  give  it  prestige  in 
any  given  section  of  the  countiy.  It  in- 
vests any  personality  far  more  tlian  any 
personality  can  invest  it.  Its  late  president, 
Mr.  Samuel  A.  Crozer,  could  ''hear  in  the 
clang  of  its  ponderous  presse*  the  softest 
music  of  evangels  bearing  mett^et  of  grace 
to  hungry  souls."  Dr.  Howard  Malcom 
saw  this  Society  as  a  monstrous  engine 
pouring  streams  of  water  over  the  flames 
of  destruction  in  an  evil  world.  To  Col. 
Charies  H.  Bains  it  was  an  arsenal  with 
equipment  and  men  for  triumphant  achieve- 
ments against  the  strongholds  of  the  foes 
of  the  kingdom  of  Christ.  To  Drs.  Rowland 
and  Seymour,  secretaries  of  the  Sodety 
now,  it  is  a  powerful  dynamo  whoae  spark 
energizes  potent  spiritual  acuvitiet  all  over 
the  country.  To  no  one  it  it  an  ainhip;  to 
every  one  it  is  a  vast  cathedral  whose  strength 
and  truth  and  grace 

".     .    .    .    illueiiikd 
In  ihii  Ftcnul  iifc  of  wonhip  aadefiled.~ 

What  a  host  of  strong  friends  have  been 
ready  to  come  to  its  aidi  The  writer  will 
never  forget  a  Sunday  morning  in  the  early 
months  of  18SS,  in  the  Rugglei  Street 
Church,  The  story  of  the  work  of  the 
Society  was  told  and  the  great  audience 
was  sympathetic.  Within  two  or  three  days 
Mi.  Daniel  S.  Ford  responded  in  a  gift  of 
£^6,000,  the  largest  gift  that  up  to  that  rime 


MISSIONS 


253 


had  been  made  to  Baptist  mistJonaiy  work  of  religious  beneficence  in  many  hearts.  And 

by  any  living  man.     How  Hon.  Chester  W.  here,  by  the  way,  let  it  be  said  that  all  our 

Kingsley,  of  Cambrii^,  loved  this  Societyl  great  objects  of  denominational  benevolence 

Its  chapel-car  work  had  a  charm  to  hira.  are  dependent,  each  upon  the  other,  out  of 

He  espoused  its  Bible  work,  towards  which  this   principle,  that  an   awakened   passion 

for  many  years  he  annually  gave  a  thousand  towards    one    fires    that    passion    towards 

dollars.     During  the  eighteen  years  before  others.    This  is  one  of  the  blessed  things 


hit  death  he  put  into  the  hands  of  the  Dis- 
trict Secretary  nearly  ^60,000. 

The  manifold  phases  of  the  missionary 
work  of  this  Society  have  been  a  strong  and 
passionate  appeal  to  certain  benevolently  in- 
clined people.  Indeed,  it  has  been  the  appeal 
of  thif  work  which  has  awakened  the  pauiMi 


five 


o  know  in  these  eventful  twenty- 


years 


The  opening  of  the  heart  of  the  late 
Hon.  William  A.  Munroe  to  the  work  of 
our  Publication  Society  was  one  of  the 
sweetest  experiences  of  all  these  years. 
It  ii  beautiful  to  recall  the  communion  and 


aS4 


MISS  IONS 


the  fellowship  engendered  by  his  generous 
and  gracious  giving.  It  is  easy  to  recall 
instances  not  a  few,  when  stepping  down 
from  a  pulpit  of  a  Sunday  morning,  some 
person  stirred  to  a  response  has  asked  for  a 
moment's  interview,  and  sitting  by  my  side 
has  made  a  promise  of  a  munificent  gift, 
and  that  gift  has  been  added  to  with  in- 
tervening years,  making  a  glorious  total. 
Is  it  any  wonder  that  a  District  Secretary 
comes  to  love  his  constituency?  It  is  a 
blessed  service,  full  of  the  rarest  compensa- 
tions, enkindling  the  most  joyous  relations 


the  human  heart  can  know.  It  is  not  easy 
to  give  it  up.  I  welcome  my  successor, 
Rev.  Guy  C.  Lamson,  to  a  service  the 
blessings  of  which  he  cannot  even  com- 
prehend. 

The  coming  of  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention  has  made  the  office  of  District 
Secretary  a  far  greater  task  than  under  the 
former  r%ime.  The  District  Secretary, 
as  a  factor  in  denominational  service,  is 
more  indispensable  than  he  was  even  then. 
He  never  was  essentially  competitive,  he 
is  now  happily  cooperative. 


Twenty -five  Years  of  Usefulness 


A  LIFE  of  continuous  activity,  covering 
threescore  and  ten  years  and  more, 
must  have  its  zones  of  service,  its  strata  of 
development  and  its  terraces  of  influence. 
Every  life  has  its  meridian.  Dr.  Jonah  G. 
Warren  once  said,  "It  is  hard  climbing  up, 
but  it  is  not  every  man  who  knows  how  to 
get  decently  down."  There  is  something 
unusually  suggestive  in  the  bringing  to  a 
close  a  period  of  twenty-five  years  of  service 
such  as  is  seen  in  the  case  of  Rev.  C.  H. 
Spalding,  D.D.,  who  has  been  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century  the  District  Secretary  of  the 
American  Baptist  Publication  Society,  for 
the  New  England  field.  Previous  to  this 
great  zone  of  service  Mr.  Spalding  was  for 
just  twenty  years  in  the  pastorate,  in  Paw- 
tucket,  R.I.,  Pittsfield,  Arlington  and  South 
Boston,  Mass.  Converted  in  boyhood, 
baptized  in  1853  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Brown,  now 
of  New  London,  Conn.,  he  became  early  in 
life  a  somewhat  keen  observer  of  religious 
motives  and  movements.  He  saw  many  a 
burning  bush,  and  heard  each  time  the 
voice  of  the  Lord,  and  carried  in  his  heart 
the  impressiveness  of  the  visitations.  His 
student  days  in  Plainfield  and  Suffield 
Academies  in  Connecticut,  in  Brown  Uni- 
versity and  Newton  Theological  Institution 
were  the  springboard  from  which  he  took 


his  plunge  into  the  useful  vocations  of  his 
life.  He  centered  his  influence  from  the 
very  start  in  domestic  missions,  in  educa- 
tion, and  in  world-wide  evangelism.  He 
has  been  trustee  of  Worcester  Academy, 
Massachusetts,  and  Ricker  Classical  In- 
stitute in  Maine.  He  has  served  Newton 
Theological  Institution  as  secretary  of  the 
board  of  trustees  for  nearly  a  dozen  years. 
He  was  for  twenty-five  years  the  Boston 
correspondent  of  the  Chicago  Standard, 
Many  of  his  sermons  and  essays  have  been 
published.  His  addresses  at  the  World's 
Sunday  School  Convenuon  in  London, 
in  1898,  and  in  Portland,  Oregon,  in  1909, 
before  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention, 
gave  him  the  stamp  of  a  popular  platform 
orator.  In  his  advocacy  of  the  claims  of 
the  work  of  the  Society  which  he  has  served, 
he  has  so  subordinated  details  to  a  broad 
and  comprehensive  presentadon  of  the 
great  cause  as  to  make  him  everywhere 
welcomed  and  appreciated.  He  has  seen 
great  things  grow  under  the  touch  of  his 
influence  and  work.  *  Friends  have  muld- 
plied  to  him  in  all  the  churches  among  the 
ministry  and  laity  alike.  We  give  above 
an  article  from  his  own  facile  pen  con- 
cerning the  quarter  century  of  service.  New 
England  will  remain  his  parish. 


MISSIONS 


Where  the  Men  Wear 
Large  Hats 

BY  REV.  J.  FRANK  INGRAM 

THESE  Shans  at  Namkham  ate  cde- 
btating  the  donning  of  the  yellow 
robes  of  priesthood  by  three  lads.  When  a 
lad  decides  to  don  these  robes  and  enter 
the  monastery,  his  parents  deck  him  out  in 
gaudy  clothes  and  secure  an  elephant,  or  a 
pony,  for  him  to  ride  in  a  procession  about 
the  village  announcing  or  declaring  his 
vow.  Many  presents  are  carried  in  the 
procession  and  given  to  the  priests  of  the 
monastery  afierwards.  The  procession  is 
punauated  here  and  there  by  the  lad,  or 
his  parents,  throwing  out  a  handful  of  small 
change  for  the  friends  to  scramble  for. 
All  of  this  accumulates  merit,  and  accumu- 
lation of  merit  is  the  soul  of  Buddhism. 
Within  twenty-four  hours  the  lad  may 
throw  oAT  his  robes,  and  be  found  making 
mud  pies,  or  damming  a  stream  on  which 
to  sail  a  toy  boat.  Thus  lightly  does  re- 
ligion sit  on  the  Buddhist's  shoulders. 
■  no 
Mr.  Ingram,  who  has  been  serving  in  the 
Laymen's  Movement,  has  written  for  Mis- 
sions a  series  of  brief  sketches  describing 
photographs  which  he  look. 


MISSIONS 


Saving  the  Foreign  Children 
By  Charles  L.  White,  D.D. 


ONE  oTthe  most  in- 
teresting develop- 
I  ments  among  foreign- 
V  (peaking  populations  Is 
I  that  which    has    been 


ed  by  Mis 
Blodwin  Jones  in  Ed- 
wards ville,  Pa.,  where 
the    resides    with    her 


mothei 


njoys 


leisure  for 
k.  Observing  the  neglected 
the  general  spiritual  destiiu- 
■  Slovak  people  that  live  in  her 
lilt  Jones  addressed  herself  to 
he  Slovak  language,  and  has 
icellent  working  knowledge  of 
i»  that  she  converses  in  it 
•  thus  enabled  to  do  Christian 
E  and  fniitfulness. 
ntcring  the  church  she  became 
he»t  people,  and  seeing  how 


dark  their  lives  were,  longed  to  do  loine- 
thing  to  bring  them  to  Christ.  The  approach, 
however,  was  very  difficult,  and  she  aerioualy 
pondered  what  seemed  to  he  a  problem  that 
baffled  solution.  Her  first  step  was  to  leek 
the  acquaintance  of  three  little  Slovak  girls 
whom  she  invited  to  her  home.  Responsive 
to  such  kind  attentions,  the  little  girls  came 
often  and  were  shown  pictures  and  told 
Biblestories.  Thesepreliminatybeginnings, 
however,  could  not  reach  the  larger  number 
of  children  who  so  sorely  needed  assistance. 
Seeking  the  guidance  of  her  Heavenly 
Father,  it  was  soon  made  clear  to  her  what 
she  should  do.  As  a  result  of  her  meditation 
and  prayer  she  asked  the  little  girls  if  they 
would  like  to  form  a  sewing  school.  Of 
course  they  were  delighted  at  the  prospect 
of  learning  to  sew  and  promised  to  invite 
their  friends.  The  first  afternoon  eight  girls 
were  in  attendance.  This  was  five  years 
ago.     The  eight  little  girls  brought  more, 


and  now  the  average  anendance  ii  from 
fifteen  to  twenty-fire,  and  (ometimet  as 
many  aa  thirty  and  thitty-tive  are  present. 

Min  Jones  writes:  "We  could  have  more 
if  we  invited  them,  but  as  I  have  no  place 
in  i^ch  to  meet  them  now  but  my  own 
home  I  have  had  to  refuse  children  for  lack 
of  Foom  to  seat  them.  Our  school  is  con- 
ducted in  the  following  manner.  We  open 
by  aingine  gospel  hymns,  then  after  verses 
from  die  Bible  have  been  recited  we  sew  for 
an  hour.  I  teach  them  plain  sewing  and 
Tarioua  kind*  of  fancy  work.  The  boys  also 
come  and  have  work  suited  to  them.  When 
die  sewing  lession  is  over  we  devote  half  an 
hour  to  the  Bible  lession,  then  we  close  with 
pnyer.  The  children  are  bright  and  intelli- 
gent and  are  eager  to  team  more  about 
Jesui.  I  am  very  hopeful  of  them  and  feel 
tuie  tbat  the  seed  town  in  their  hearts  is 
taking  toot.  I  have  furnished  those  who 
can  read  well  enough  with  Testaments, 
m  a  chapter  to  study  and  a 


vene  to  learn  each  week.  The  interest  they 
■how  is  a  great  inspiration  to  me,  and  I 
thank  God  for  giving  me  the  privilege  of 
teaching  them  at  least  a  few  of  His  precious 

"  But  things  do  not  always  go  smooth  with 
them,  for  when  the  priest  hears  that  they 
attend  a  Prateatant  school  he  threatens  the 


IONS  257 

parents,  and  the  children  are  kept  away  for 
a  time.  7~hey  are,  however,  usually  allowed 
to  return,  and  there  are  some  parents  who 
permit  their  children  to  come  in  spite  of  the 
priest.  One  bright  little  girl  of  fourteen  has 
been  so  persecuted  by  her  uncle,  elder 
brothers  and  sisters,  that  when  she  wanted 
to  read  her  Testament  in  the  evening  she 
could  not  do  so  in  the  house,  and  had  to  go 
into  an  outside  shanty  with  a  mining  lamp 
for  a  light.  The  relatives  of  this  dear  little 
girl  would  not  allow  her  to  sing  hymns  at 
home,  and  for  a  long  time  kept  her  from 
my  school.  Again  I  sought  guidance  in 
prayer,  and  now  she  is  allowed  to  come. 
Another  girl  has  been  kept  away  because 
since  attending  she  has  refused  to  partake 
of  beer  with  the  family.  She  has  not  returned 
yet  to  the  school. 

"After  beginning  this  work  among  the 
children  I  saw  that  if  I  was  to  hold  them, 
the  conlidence  of  the  parents  must  be  won, 
and  I  began  to  call  at  the  homes.  It  is  a 
pleasure  to  report  that  I  have  found  them 
to  be  friendly  people,  very  responsive  to 
kindness,  and  by  doing  little  things  for  them, 
such  as  visiting  the  sick  and  taking  to  them 
any  little  delicacies  or  occasionally  applying 
simple  home  remedies  in  times  of  sickness,  I 
have  succeeded  in  winning  their  confidence 

The  facility  with  which  Mist  Jones  has 
learned  to  speak  the  Slovak  language  has 
brought  her  into  very  sympathetic  touch 
with  the  mothers  of  the  children  who  have 
all  too  little  to  encourage  them  in  their  hard 
and  strenuous  lives.  She  finds  that  to  talk 
in  the  native  tongue  is  a  sure  way  to  win  the 
hearts  of  these  new  Americans.  This  self- 
appointed  missionary  also  frequently  acts  as 
interpreter  for  the  Slovak  people,  and  they 
are  more  and  more  looking  to  her  as  their 
friend  and  Christian  benefactor. 

Miss  Jones  reports  that  many  whom  she 
visits  are  dissatisfied  with  their  religion,  and 
are  hungering  for  the  Bread  of  Life.  She 
distributes  tracts  and  Testaments  in  their 
own  language  among  them,  but  what  they 
preach  the  gospel. 


She 


s  that  this 


isible 


because 
gather 


they  have  no  building  in  which 

Learning  of  the  Christian  initiative  and 
interesting  work  of  Miss  Jones,  two  Slovak 
missionaries  of  the  American  Baptist  Home 


>58 


MISSIONS 


Million  Society,  Brothers  Zboray  and  Scein- 
cavitch,  held  open-air  meetings  each  week 
in  the  town  in  which  the  miwion  school  is 
located,  but  these  had  to  be  discontinued 
when  the  cold  weather  began. 

God  has  wonderfully  blessed  the  effoits 
of  thi<  heroic  young  woman,  ^o  felt  her 
raponiibility  and  measured  her  stewardship, 
not  by  the  missionary  efforts  which  she 
could  idniuUte  in  others  by  her  contribu- 
tion*, but  by  her  own  service,  which  she 
could  render  by  acquiring  through  diligent 
study  the  Slovak  language  and  patiently 
attacking  a  difficult  problem  with   results 


that  must  bring  comfort  and  satisfaction  to 
her  soul.  She  intends  to  press  on,  believing 
that  God's  word  shall  not  return  to  him 
void,  but  that  it  will  accomplish  that  which 
He  pleases. 

Has  not  Miss  Blodwin  Jones  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, who  has  caught  the  evangelistic  spirit 
of  her  own  Welsh  people,  pointed  out  a  path 
of  Christian  work  which  many  young  men  • 
and  women  in  our  churches  who  have 
leisure  and  ability  for  service  might  well 
enter  and  follow  with  patience  until  they 
have  illustrated  again  the  parable  of  the 
Good  Samaritan  f 


The  messengers  to  the  Baptist  World 
Alliance  must  get  their  credentials  from  the 
nrioui  corresponding  tccTetaries  of  the  State 
boirda.  No  messenger  can  be  registered 
without  that  certificate.    The  basis  of  repte- 


ic  messenger  to  every  one  thou- 
uad  membership.  There  will  be  a  registra- 
tion fee  of  two  doUan  for  all  American  and 
D  meeieiigen. 


Admission  to  the  Alliance  meetings  will  be 
by  badge;  no  one  not  having  a  badge  will 
be  admitted  until  after  the  opening  hour. 
In  this  way  the  privileges  of  the  Alliance  will 
be  secured  to  those  who  take  the  pains  to 
come  from  a  distance. 

Entertainment  can  be  secured  in  private 
homes,  lodging  and  breakfast,  from  one 
dollar  up.  At  hotels,  rooms  without  bath, 
one  dollar  up;  with  bath,  two  dollan  up. 
Better  room*  at  somevriiat  higher  figures. 


MISSIONS  359 

The  Calling  of  William  Shaughnessy 
By  Rev.  W.  E.  Hermiston 


THE  [Mcture  we  give  ii  that  of  a  diamond 
from  the  roug^,  and  the  case  illustrates 
what  ii  frequently  met.  We  were  on  our 
w^  le  one  of  the  churchless  towns  in  the 
Yakimm  Valley,  Washington.  We  stopped  at 
Ac  State  ConTention  at  Nonh  Yaluma,  and 
tben  found  this  man.  He  was  then  a  poor 
lot,  degraded,  rum-soalced  drunkard,  who 
WM,  ai  Hi  *i  wc  could  see,  among  the 
hopdcMly  ubmeigcd  tenth  that  we  consider 
a  Bonl  wattt.  The  first  day  he  came  to 
die  Chapd  Car  he  was  the  worst  looking 
piece  of  humanity  I  have  eTer  looked  at, 
ind  I  am  ture  that  no  human  system  of 
ednotian  or  j^iloeophy  could  have  lifted 
him  op  to  where  he  is  today.  Nothing  but 
the  reideeming  and  regenerating  power  of 
the  goepel  could  have  saved  him. 

We  directed  him  to  the  Baptist  church 
where  the  meetings  were  held,  as  we  were 
crowded  out  of  the  car.  As  he  said  later, 
that  morning  he  heard  the  bright,  cheerful 
music  of  the  gospel  songs,  and  as  the  people 
sang,  "Jesus,  lover  of  my  soul,"  he  thought, 
"Does  any  one  love  my  soulf"  Then  the 
pastor  prayed  that  God  would  break  the 
chaini  that  Satan  had  bound  around  the 
heatts  of  men,  and  after  the  prayer  a  little 
girl  arose  and  spoke  to  the  audience.  As 
the  golden  curb  fell  across  her  forehead  she 
looked  like  a  little  angel.  She  asked  them' 
to  pray  for  her  father,  who  was  a  drunkard. 
And  Shaughnessy  said,  "Her  voice  sounded 
like  my  own  child's,  and  it  awakened  my 
past,  and  I  said  then,  'I  will  arise  and  go 
to  my  Father's  house.'" 

He  aroK  and  asked  the  people  to  pray 
for  him.  At  the  pastor's  invitation  he  came 
lorward  and  knelt  in  prayer,  and  that  was 
the  be^piuung  of  a  gracious  revival.  The 
people  came  forward,  and  it  wa*  a  time 
iriicn  many  renewed  their  coveiunt. 

Ka  convetiioti  was  genuine,  and  on  last 
Tliaaki^Ting  Day  he  waa  baptized  by  Dr. 


H.  L.  Boardman,  his  pastor.  He  has  de- 
veloped into  a  bright  and  shining  light.  He 
stood  on  the  street  the  other  evening  and 
apoke  to  a  large  audience,  and  as  he  looked 
into  the  faces  of  many  of  his  old  companioiu 
he  said,  "  Boys,  I  used  to  ask,  'What  do 


you  have  on  your  hip?'  and  they  would 
show  a  Bask  of  whiskey.  Now  I  have  lomc- 
thing  on  my  hip,  but  thank  God,  it  is  a 
Biblel"  And  as  he  held  it  up  he  said:  "I 
have  seen  the  time  when  I  spent  fifty  didlara 
along  here  in  these  salooni  and  then  slept 
in  a  box  car.  Now,  I  have  a  good  suit  of 
clothes  and  a  good  room  to  sleep  in,  and  I 
have  a  position,  and  this  will  be  the  happiest 
Christmas  of  my  life,  for  I  shall  be  recon- 
died  to  my  family  and  loved  ones." 

There  are  many  things  we  can  never 
report  in  this  wonderful  work  on  the  Chapel 
Car.    Only  the  angels  can  tell  the  ttaty. 


MISSIONS 


"The  World  in  Boston" 


it  WM  fim  propoced  to 

a  great  mJitionaiy  expo- 

1    in    Bonon,    aimilar   to 

'Orient  in  London,"  the 

iction  wu  general  that  in 

countiy  luch  an   expoti- 

entailing  an  expenie  of 

teni  of  thouiands  of  dollar),  could  not  be 

made  lucceuful.    There  were  fifty  skeptio 

to  one  believer  in  the  project.     But  when 

Mr.  Gardner  had  come  over  from  England 

and  met  certain  groups  of  men,  he  inspired 

them  with  his  own  absolute  faith  in  the 

enterprise,  and  it  was  decided  to  try  it  on 

in  Boston  and  see  v^at  would  come  of  it, 

under  his  leadership. 

There  had  to  be  done  a  vast  amount  of 
preparatoiy  work  in  connection  with  a 
.scheme  to  great,  involving  the  securing  and 
training  of  thousands  of  volunteer  workers, 
and  the  preparation  of  elaborate  exhibits. 
In  a  countiy  like  ouis  there  was  a  whole 
new  field  of  home  missions  to  be  explored 
and  brought  into  exhibition  line.  The 
Home  Boards  joined  in  the  plan  with  the 
Foreign,  and  the  Worid  in  Bonon  is  to 
be  the  whole  world  indeed.  There  will  be 
Indian  pagodas  from  India  and  Indian 
tepcei  from  the  United  States.  Chinese 
and  Japanese  will  represent  native  and 
new-world  environments.  The  nations  will 
assemble,  and  all  races  will  mingle  on 
common  ground,  while  over  all  the  banner 
of  the  cross  will  be  raised. 


As  the  work  has  gone  on,  the  pubBc 
interest  has  been  whetted  and  increased 
until,  unless  all  signs  fail,  the  Ex|)amtioa 
will  be  altogether  the  greatest  thing  of  its 
kind  Boston  has  known.  Designed  ai  a 
New  England  affair,  it  is  said  that  txeat- 
sions  are  planning  to  come  frcMn  the  Middle 
States,  and  from  eveiy  part  of  New  England 
the  crowds  will  come  in.  And  this,  mind 
you,  to  see  a  purely  missionary  exposidon. 

There  is  no  mistaking  the  fact  that  people 
like  a  big,  venturesome,  extraordinaiT  thing. 
And  they  are  going  to  have  it  in  this  txpo- 
sition.  We  expect  when  it  actually  is  in 
operation  to  give  such  an  account  of  it, 
with  illustrations  from  the  spot,  as  shall  be 
wonhy  and  enable  our  readers  to  form  an 
adequate  idea  of  it.  Now  we  desire  dmply 
still  further  to  whet  the  appetite  of  those 
within  reach. 

It  is  plain  that  no  exposititm  yet  hdd  in 
this  country  has  had  anything  like  die 
variety  and  attractiveness  of  this  one,  to 
soon  to  open  in  Mechanics  Hall  and  to  fill 
every  part  of  the  huge  building.  It  will  be 
something  new  to  be  able  to  walk  into  a 
Chinese  village  and  talk  to  real  Chinamen, 
just  as  though  you  were  a  missionaiy  in 
Hong  Kong  or  Peking.  Then  to  see  a 
"bazar"  in  full  operation,  as  thou^  you 
had  been  transported  to  India)  Thin^  yon 
have  read  or  heard  of  you  can  here  see  in 
real  form.  A  Korean  house,  a  Potto  Rican 
cottage,  an  Indian  tepee,  a  Japanese  pagoda. 


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,  cariof  from  all  lands, — these 
I  anl  jnake  a  new  impieuion 
Mtm.  The  main  floor  of  the 
H  ciTen  to  couitt  and  scenes 
B  £t  non-Christian  countries. 
•  wcdmi,  to  give  an  iltuttra- 
[^  a  jott  house,  a  chair  hong, 
AnuM  shop,  industries  and 
MHe  with  funeral  ceremony, 
Wching  temple,  etc.  Africa 
Congo  hut,  a  fishing  house, 
op,  mission  house,  well,  devil 

kalabuhes  shop,  medicine 
ritdi  doctor.  This  will  give 
diborateness  of  detail.  Then 
be  large  spaces  for  medical 
.  industrial  missions,  and  the 

tninion  fields,  covering  the 
inunigianu,  the  Indians  and 
iticr  work  and  Cuba  and 
Ifedco  and  Hawaii.  Educa- 
■U  alto  have  its  place, 
md  costume  lectures,  group 
ii^  pictures  and  stereopticon 
make  up  another  disUncdve 
lal  feature  of  the  Exposidon. 
ceant  will  represent  Darkness 
d  will  be  a  distincrive  feature, 
die  daily  work  of  instruction 
on,  to  attend  the  booths  and 
ant,  requires  a  small  army  of 


young  people.  This  has  been  recruited 
from  the  chuichea,  and  thoroughly  drilled 
for  many  months.  Think  of  ten  thousand 
stewards,  as  the  Exposition  staff  are  calledl 
These  will,  very  many  of  them,  be  in  cos- 
tumes of  the  countries  they  represent,  and 
they  have  made  themselves  familiar  with 
the  countries  and  people,  the  nauve  life  and 
religion,  the  need  of  the  gospel,  the  story 
of  Christian  missions  in  the  past,  and  the 
opportunities  now  presenting  themselves  to 

Those  who  have  seen  the  expoairions  in 
England,  and  the  designs  made  for  the 
World  in  Boston,  say  that  the  coming 
exposition  here  will  far  surpass  in  effecdve- 
nesG  anything  done  hitherto.  All  the 
experience  of  the  English  expositions  has 
been  at  the  command  of  the  Boston  exposi- 
tion, and  improvements  have  been  made 
possible  by  that  experience  as  well  as  by  the 
broadening  of  scope.  For  the  illustrationa 
herewith  we  are  indebted  to  the  ExpotiHoH 
HtraU. 

The  one  thing  that  our  readers  will  not 
fail  to  do,  if  it  is  at  all  possible,  is  to  go  to 
the  exposirion,  and  go  often  enough  to 
make  a  study  of  it.  The  opening  day  is 
April  24,  and  the  Exposirion  will  t 
until  May  20. 


MISSIONS 


Baptist  Laymen's  Rally  Song 

BY  H.  L.  MOREHOUSE,  D.D. 


r  earning,  we   iic  cotaiug,  Lad,  a   hundred 
ibouEind  itrong, 
coming  fur  the  conflict  cS  the  ligbt  agaioit  the 


Cbonii: 
Glorj.  glorj.  Hilielujah;  Glorj.  glory,  Hillelujah; 
Glai7,  gloiT,  Hilleujih;  our  God  u  leading  on. 

We  are  coming  to  a  hurett  luch  ■•  earth  baa  ncTct 

Out  of  every  tongue  and  nation  God  ia  gathering  Hia 

Glory,  honor,  power  and  bleating  (o  the  Lamb  upon 
the  throne  I 
Our  God  ia  leading  on. 

Coming,  coming  ii  the  Kingdom;  God  ii  with  us  now 

He  empowered  Hia  andent  bcroei;  He  ia  calling  now, 

Let    His   ransomed    people    anawer   with  a  hundrrd 

For  God  ii  leading  on. 

We  ace  coming  with  a  ntion  of  the  gloty  thai  thall  be, 
When  OUT  Lord  Ehall  haTe  dominkiD  over  eiery  land 

and  ft>i 
Viuon  of  supernal  glory  through  a  bleit  elcrnity; 
For  God  it  leading  on. 
•{■ 

The  Springfield  Laymen's  Meeting 

BY  THE   EDITOR 

THE  Laymen's  Banquet  at  SpHtigficId 
may  be  taken  as,  in  some  measure, 
typical.  It  was  held  iti  the  Highland 
Avenue  Church,  which  has  an  unusually 
commodious  vestry,  and  the  tables  were  set 
for  more  than  three  hundred  and  fifty. 
'1  he  ladies  of  (he  church  were  the  caterers 


and  servers  of  an  excellent  dinner,  and  the 
tables  were  tempting  in  appearance.  The 
room  indeed  presented  a  brilliant  aspect, 
and  was  the  scene  of  much  enjoyment  during 
the  hour  of  the  feast.  The  men  were 
seated  by  churches,  and  gradually  cards 
made  their  appearance,  with  the  names  of 
the  diFerent  churches  upon  them,  so  that 
the  Holyoke  and  Agawam  and  other  subur- 
ban people  were  distinguishable  from  the 
Springheldiies  proper.  There  was  applause 
as  the  signs  were  raised.  Still  more  when 
the  double  quartet  from  the  colored  church 
sang  some  of  the  plantation  melodies,  in- 
eluding  of  couise  the  "Oldtime  Religion," 
which  was  declared  to  be  good  enough  for 
Dr.  Weeks  of  the  Highland  Chun:h,  Dr. 
Stackhouse  and  others.  One  who  doubts 
the  efficiency  of  such  a  dinner  in  promoting 
fellowship  and  human  interest  would  have 
hard  work  to  preserve  the  doubts  in  that 
genial  atmosphere.  Then,  the  impression 
made  by  the  sight  of  so  many  men  drawn 
together  to  consider  the  subject  of  missions 
was  in  itself  enough  to  justify  the  gathering. 
As  a  social  occasion,  merely,  it  was  worth 
while.  We  are  talking  a  good  deal  about 
Baptists  getting  together.  Here  they  were 
together,  and  ready  for  business.  Sociability 
begets  do-ability. 

It  was  evident  that  the  appetite  for  the 
eatables  was  no  sharper  than  that  for  the 
program  that  was  to  follow.  The  way  had 
been  prepared  by  good  feeling,  and  Dr. 
White  of  the  Home  Mission  Society  had 
close  attention  from  the  start,  when  he  illus- 
trated the  attitude  in  which  some  approach 
their  missionary  oiFerings  by  the  story  of 
his  little  girl  who  snatched  hec  sister's 
pencil  and  ran  with  it,  and  being  remon- 
strated with  and  told  that  such  a  wrtmg  act 
must  be  settled  with  her  own  conscience, 


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after  a  considerable  period  of  reflection 
walked  up  to  the  older  sister  and  threw  the 
pencil  at  her  saying,  "Take  it,  you  stingy 
old  diingy  I'm  going  to  be  like  Jesus  1"  An 
impressive  but  brief  setting  forth  of  the 
American  problems  presented  in  the  home 
mission  work  followed.  Then  Dr.  Haggard, 
of  the  Foreign  Society,  was  introduced  and 
widened  the  horizon,  showing  the  power  in 
the  reservoir  and  the  way  to  utilize  it. 

It  should  be  said  that  the  presiding  officer, 
Mr.  W.  C.  King,  the  live  chairman  of  the 
local  committee,  had  spoken  brief  words  of 
welcome  and  introduced  the  speakers,  also 
introducing  the  various  workers  and  guests 
at  the  platform  table.     He  was  happy  in 
his    presentauon    of  the    "long"    awaited 
chief  speaker,  who  unbent  himself  until  he 
justified    the    "Lincolnesque"    appellation 
bestowed  upon  him.     For  a  full  hour  Dr. 
Stackhouse  took  the  audience  with  him  into 
sdl  phaises  of  the  missionary  work  and  of  the 
Xaymen's  Movement.     I  shall  not  attempt 
zo  describe  his  address.     Some  of  the  fea- 
tures of  it  are  given  in  the  form  of  verse  in 
this  issue.    One  thing  is  sure  —  the  men  will 
not  foiget  him,  and  they  will  always  welcome 
liim.     He  is  so  unmistakably  a  real  man, 
and  a  man  with  a  mighty  sweep  of  vision, 
determinadon  of  purpose,  and  faith  in  his 
message  and  the  God  of  missions,  that  men 
are  bound  to  recognize  him  as  a  force  and 
to  listen.     He  does  not  neglect  the  practical 
side.     He  shows  exactly  how  the  develop- 
ment of  the  la3mien's  interest  in  missions 
means  the  carrying  on  of  all  the  work  of  the 
church  in  businesslike  manner  and  on  a 
sound  basis.    He  makes  it  clear  that  the 
increase  of  missionaiy  giving,  done  on  system 
and  not  impulse,  means  increase  all  along  the 
line  of  church  eflFort.     He  draws  his  illus- 
trarions  largely  from  cases  that  he  knows 
personally.     His  points  are  reasonable  and 
hence  appeal  to  the   common-sense  of  his 
hearers.    When   he   has    fairly   and    fully 
presented  the  case,  as  an  able,  fair  and  zeal- 
ous advocate,  he  calls  for  some  immediate 
acrion,  so  that  the  impulse  generated  may 
not  dissipate  and  injure.    If  the  methods  pro- 
posed by  die  Lajrmen's  Movement  are  sound, 
and  the  ten  per  cent  per  week  per  member 
for  missions  as  a  minimum  is  a  reasonable 
proposal,  the  men  are  asked  at  once  to 
affirm  that  by  resolutions,  with  some  other 
points  added,  such  as  a  strong  missionary 


committee  in  each  church,  an  every  member 
canvass,  and  a  definite  advance.  This 
puts  a  mark  for  the  future,  and  clinches 
something. 

The  good  effects  of  the  evening  were  seen. 
Men  were  talking  freely  of  a  new  sight,  a 
deepened  sense  of  duty,  a  keener  realiza- 
tion of  personal  responsibility,  a  disposition 
to  remove  the  disrepute  of  allowing  the 
women  to  do  the  men's  work  of  the  church 
as  well  as  their  own,  a  desire  to  study  up 
on  missions,  and  so  on.  There  was  a  mani- 
fest interest  engendered.  The  subject  had 
taken  on  life.  Not  a  pastor  there  but  would 
find  it  easier  to  preach  a  missionary  sermon 
and  present  a  better  system  of  benevolence. 
The  impression  was  strong  and  wholesome, 
and  would  all  make  for  better  church  mem- 
bership and  general  progress.  It  was  clear 
that  wherever  these  meetings  are  held  there 
will  be  results,  some  of  them  immediately 
visible,  perhaps  more  of  them  long  unseen 
and  unknown.  Watching  critically  that 
gathering  of  men  in  the  Highland  Church, 
noting  the  social  cheer,  the  growing  acquaint- 
ance, the  joy  in  being  together,  the  pleasure 
of  the  large  number  of  ladies  and  young 
women  in  their  gracious  serving,  the  serious 
undertone  as  the  great  task  of  the  church 
was  brought  clearly  into  view,  the  impres- 
sion of  a  strongly  virile  yet  highly  spiritual 
personality  upon  all  classes  of  men  —  taking 
all  the  factors  and  features  into  considera- 
tion, it  is  my  conviction  that  no  man  can 
measure  the  possibilities  and  probabilities 
and  certainties  of  blessing  and  development 
for  men,  for  the  churches,  and  for  the  world- 
wide mission  cause  that  lie  in  the  Baptist 
Laymen's  Movement.  Its  broad  inclusive 
platform,  covering  every  phase  of  missionary 
activity,  is  matched  by  the  spirit  of  its 
leader,  and  of  the  devoted  men  who  are  his 
colaborers  in  this  great  quickening  Move- 
ment. 

Those  who  are  engaged  in  the  "setting 
up "  of  these  meetings  will  bear  testimony  to 
the  fact  that  the  success  in  getting  the  men 
together  depends  chiefly  upon  the  pastors 
and  the  laymen  who  serve  on  the  local  com- 
mittees. Where  the  pastors,  as  in  Spring- 
field and  all  points  yet  visited,  eagerly 
welcome  the  Movement  and  inspire  their 
men  of  influence  to  take  hold  of  the  com- 
mittee work,  there  is  no  question  as  to 
success. 


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MISSIONS 


The  Heeting  at  Blnghunton 
Tlie  largest  mMting  of  the  last  week  of 
February  in  New  York  State  was  at  Bing- 
hamton,  where  +25  men  sac  at  the  tables  in 
the  Y.M.C.A.  auditorium.  Delegates  came 
from  many  small  towns  in  the  vicini^,  and 
it  was  an  enthusiastic  gathering.  The 
speaker  preceding  Dr.  Siackhouie  was  Dis- 
trict Secretary  Divine  of  New  York,  who 
strongly  set  forth  the  church  and  her  mission- 
ary achievements  as  the  greatest  asset  the 
wartd  holds.  Amctica  has  been  given  the 
strat^c  position  and  the  equipment  for  the 
world  task.  The  Secretary  of  the  Move- 
ment made  one  of  his  most  effective  pres- 
entations of  the  work,  and  the  resolutions 
were  pasaed  with  a  will.  Committees  were 
also  appointed  to  cany  out  the  plans  made. 
AU  Day  M  WUkealMiTe 
At  Wilkesbarte  there  was  an  all  day  con- 
ference, the  evening  banquet  not  being  suffi- 
cient for  the  appetite  of  the  men  in  that 
section.  This  made  a  great  day.  At  the 
morning  and  afternoon  session  Dr.  Barnes 


participated,  making  a  deeply  impreniTe 
address  in  the  afternoon  on  "The  Unfolding 
of  the  Modem  Missionary  Enterpn'se."  The 
conference  on  methods  was  very  helpful. 
President  Harris  of  Bucknell  was  among  the 
speakerx  in  the  evening.  Rev.  E.  C.  Ktmkle, 
pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Wilkes- 
barre  and  a  live  missionary  wire,  presided  at 
the  banquet.  All  the  pastors  worked  bard  for 
the  success  of  the  meetings,  and  the  attend- 
ance included  neatly  every  Baptist  church 
in    the   Wyoming  Valley. 

Otlwr  UMtiaga 
At  Coming,  N.Y.,  Z25  men  attended  the 
banquet,  this  being  a  goodly  meeting  for 
the  place.  At  Homell  there  were  127,  at 
Waverley  240,  at  Cortland  137,  and  at 
Wilkesbarre,  Penn.,  356.  This  drew  from 
the  Wyoming  Valley,  and  many  Wcbhmen 
were  present,  so  that  the  singing  was  fine. 
The  men  sang  Dr.  Morehouse's  new  Move- 
ment Hymn,  which  we  print  in  (his  depart- 
ment, with  a  volume  and  sweep  that  were 
most  inspiring,  and  it  is  a  pity  the  author 
could  not  have  heard  them. 


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266 


MISSIONS 


^m:^fmmmmmmmmmm^'im:m}. 


When  quiet  work  had  been  achieved  through  leaders  well  selected, 

To  see  that  wrong  opinions  were  by  truthful  ones  corrected, 

The  pastor  called  a  meeting,  to  determine  what  should  be 

The  church's  missionary  plan  and  **giving'*  policy. 

Josiah  still  was  obdurate  and  angry,  but  he  came 

To  block,  he  said  with  grim,  stem  tone,  the  pastor's  money  game. 

And  sure  enough,  when  pleasantly  the  plan  had  been  unfolded 

To  raise  the  fuU  apportionment,  he  rose  and  roundly  scolded. 

His  followers  applauded,  and  to  save  a  stormy  scene 

The  meeting  was  declared  adjourned  —  a  victory  for  spleen. 

But  still  Uie  truer-sighted  strove,  spread  duplex  envelopes. 

And  worked  for  the  apportionment  though  with  diminished  hopes. 

m 

This  was  the  situation  when  the  Laymen's  Movement  came. 

With  program  and  announcements  that  soon  set  the  town  aflame. 

The  men  in  all  the  churches  were  attracted  by  the  plan. 

And  ban<^uet  applications  soon  the  limits  overran. 

Josiah  said  defiantly,  he  didn't  mean  to  go. 

As  though  that  meant  sure  failure  for  the  so-called  "Laymen's  show." 

The  men  resolved,  however,  that  Josiah  should  be  there. 

For  critics  and  opponents  were  the  workers'  special  care. 

He  had  five  calls  m  one  forenoon,  from  friends  who  came  entreating 

That  he  should  purchase  ticket  for  the  Baptist  Laymen's  Meeting. 

At  first  he  answered  gruffly  No,  he  didn't  mean  f  attend. 

But  after  four  came  Si  and  asked,  he  couldn't  help  unbend. 

The  fifth  received  his  promise  that  he'd  go  a  little  while. 

And  went  away  well  satisfied,  with  reassuring  smile. 

IV 

The  evening  came ;  the  scene  was  bright,  the  decorations  fine ; 
The  tables  clad  in  snowy  white  with  sdlverware  did  shine ; 
The  ladies  fair  to  serve  were  there,  the  men  filled  every  seat; 
And  for  an  hour,  with  fellowship,  they  had  good  things  to  eat. 
Josiah  had  been  placed  with  those  who  urged  him  to  be  present. 
Who  witil  intent  their  efforts  bent  to  make  the  banquet  pleasant. 
So  many  men.  such  solid  fare,  such  friendliness  and  cheer 
Made  this  by  tar  the  greatest  night  he'd  known  in  many  a  year. 
Indeed,  he'd  never  dreamed  that  men  like  these  in  high  positions 
Would  crowd  a  place  like  this  to  show  their  interest  in  missions. 
The  spirit  of  good  comradeship  o'ercame  his  last  objection. 
And  I  don't  think  he  would  have  winced  at  even  a  **Collection." 

V 

But  now  the  moment  came  for  which  the  finely  served  collation 

Had  been  the  best  known  means  devised  of  skillful  preparation. 

The  chairman  of  the  local  force  that  organized  the  meeting 

Presided  as  toastmaster  and  gave  cordial  words  of  greeting ; 

Then  introduced  a  speaker  who  ¥ras  fresh  from  mission  field 

And  briefly  sketched  a  picture  that  most  vividly  appealed. 

So  real  it  made  the  awful  needs,  the  scarcity  of  men. 

The  greater  scarcity  of  funds  to  send  them  forth.   And  then. 

The  chairman  introduced  the  chief  —  the  great-souled  Secretary  — 

The  six-foot-five  man  —  Lincolnesque  —  with  face  extraordinary  — 

With  burning  eyes  and  thrilling  voice,  and  all  the  points  that  presage 

A  living  prophet  of  the  Lord  with  twentieth-century  message. 

His  long  right  arm  stretched  sternly  forth,  his  index  finger  pointed. 

He  seemed,  to  dazed  Josiah,  as  the  very  Lord's  anointed. 

Still  more,  Josiah  felt  that  he  was  surely  indicated 

As  Doctor  Stackhouse  pictured  those  poor  Christians,  far  belated. 

Who  had  not  caught  the  vision  of  a  world  set  in  relation. 

Of  the  great  redemptive  purpose  that  embraces  every  nation. 

Of  open  doors  set  wide  today  for  world  evangelization. 

The  glory  of  it  smote  his  soul ;  but  now  came  a  prediction 

Of  what  would  be  accomplished  when  a  genuine  conviction 


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267 


Laid  hold  upon  the  laymen  of  the  land  and  made  them  ask 

That  God  would  fi;ive  them  grace  to  see  and  undertake  the  task. 

Swift|  burning  feu  the  words  that  told  how  faithless  they  had  been ; 

How  covetousness  had  held  them  fast  in  selfishness  and  sin ; 

How  with  our  vast  increase  in  wealth,  our  prosperous  conditions, 

The  Baptists  had  not  averaged  three  cents  a  week  for  missions; 

How  this  was  recreant  to  the  Lord  who  gave  the  Great  Commission, 

And  oUled  for  deepest  penitence,  conversion  and  contrition. 

Then  came  the  clarion  appeal  to  face  the  matter  squarely 

And  deal  with  missions  as  they  dealt  with  daily  business  —  fairly. 

Ten  cents  per  week  per  member  —  as  a  guidepost  not  a  goal  — 

Was  surely  minimum  to  ask  of  a  converted  soul 

To  give  the  gospel  message,  with  its  note  of  joy  profound, 

To  every  needy  creature  unto  earth's  remotest  bound. 

U  this  were  done,  not  only  would  the  Budget  auick  be  raised, 

Th'  Apportionment  far  exceeded|  but  —  (Josiah  sat  amazed)  — 

With  treasuries  o'erflowing,  switt  our  work  we  could  enand. 

And  raise  victorious  banners  for  the  Christ  in  every  land. 

Not  yet  the  speaker  ceased;  he  told  just  how  the  system  worked;  .^ 

What  changes  came  to  churches  that  of  vore  their  duty  shirked. 

But  now  had  seen  with  Christ  eyes,  and  had  found  it  greatest  joy. 

In  service  and  in  giving,  means  ana  talents  to  employ. 

He  told  how  debts  and  deficits  had  swiftly  disappeared 

When  churches  their  finances  to  these  modem  methods  geared. 

He  showed  the  meanness  of  the  men  who  would  not  make  a  pledge  — 

Held  tip  the  shrinking  hypocrites,  who  squirm  and  rave  and  hedge 

When  asked  to  do  the  Lord's  work,  when  He  plainly  makes  it  known. 

As  honestly  and  faithfully  as  they  would  do  tneir  own. 

And  as  he  pressed  the  plain,  stern  truth,  Josiah  seemed  to  shrink. 

And  wished  that  through  the  hardwood  m>or  he  might  in  some  way  sink. 

But  now  the  speaker  changed  again,  and  pointed  to  the  cross. 
Declared  how  gladly  in  all  days  good  men  had  suffered  loss 
To  serve  Him  who  had  died  for  Siem ;  how  still  heroic  men 
Were  ready  to  give  all  for  Him,  If  they  but  knew.    And  then. 
With  splendid  passion-burst  he  placed  their  privilege  in  view. 
And  asked  each  —  in  the  Master's  name  —  to  say  what  he  would  do. 

VI 

Josiah  sat  as  in  a  trance  while  resolutions  passed. 

And  benediction  was  pronounced.   Then  up  he  rose  at  last 

And  started  for  the  speaker  who  had  shown  him  his  own  soul  — 

His  selfish,  shameful,  stingy  self  —  against  the  shining  goal. 

He  grasped  the  strong,  kind  hand  outstretched — then  suddenly  outblurted  : 

**Tlumk  God  for  what  you  said  tonight  —  thank  God,  I've  been  converted  1 

Fve  thought  I  was  a  Christian  for  well  on  to  forty  years. 

But  haven't  been  a  real  one  as  the  vision  now  appears. 

TeL  by  His  grace  I'll  be  one,  and  I'll  start  this  very  night 

I  tried  to  knock  the  Budget  out,  but  now  I'll  set  that  right. 

Tes.  here's  my  pastor,  he  knows.   Pastor,  that  Apportionment 

We'll  raise  if  I  contribute  every  last  remaining  cent. 

Fve  been  all  wrong,  I  see  it,  but  Pve  come  into  the  light  — 

God  bless  the  Laymen's  Movement  —  it  has  saved  my  soul  tonight  I" 

vn 

The  closing  word  is  but  to  say  that  this  was  true  conversion  — 
Jofldah  carried  out  in  fuU  his  penitent  assertion; 
When  Sunday  came  he  asked  to  speak,  and  told  the  congregation 
How  wrong  he'd  been  and  how  he  met  his  mission  trannormation. 
He  pledged  one-tenth,  and  said  he  yet  could  not  feel  quite  content 
Until  they'd  doubled  the  amount  of  their  Apportionment; 
Which,  under  such  strong  influence,  they  did  before  they  went. 
Shoidd  tiiere  be  need  in  your  church  for  a  Uttie  sotil  improvement 
Arrange  quick  for  a  banquet  of  the  Baptist  Lasrmen's  Movement 


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MISSIONS 


Missionary  Program  Topics  for  1911 

January.  Our  Work  among  Foreign  Populations. 

February.  OuR  Work   FOR   MbXICAMB   AND   InDIANB. 

March.  The  Western  States:  Status  and  Outlook. 

April.  The  World's  Kino  and  How  He  Conuuers. 

May.  Colporter  Work. 

June.  Our  Denominational  Power  and  Obligations. 

(Mebtings  in  Philadelphia.) 

July.  Our  Obligations  to  Porto  Rico  and  Philippines. 

Augutt.  State  Convention  Work. 

Stpltmber.  Rbforts  from  China. 

October.  Reports  from  India. 

Nauimhtr.  Ttials  and  Triumphs  in  Europe. 

DeetmhtT.  African  Missions 


Colporter  Work, 

PROGRAM  FOR  MAY 

1.  Hymn:   Selected  from  Hymnal. 

2.  Scripture  Reading:   Parable  of  Sower. 

3.  Prayer;  For  the  colportera  especially, 
as  they  carry  their  gospel  seed,  in  Bibles, 
Testaments,  tracts  and  books,  up  and  down 
the  land;  as  they  also  enter  into  homes  and 
do  a  personal  work  of  evangelism. 

4.  Hymn:   Sowing  seeds  of  Kindness. 

5.  Sketch;  On  the  Umraveled  Road; 
pioneer  experiences  of  Colporter  Edward  B. 
Edmunds,  given  in  March  Missions.  Divide 
this  into  at  least  four  pans,  giving  one  to 
each  of  four  young  men  to  read. 

6.  Hymn:   Seleaed. 

7.  An  Italian's  Colponer  Work  in  New 
York  (Missions  for  March). 

8.  Special  prayer  for  the  colportage  work 
among  the  foreigners  coming  here  to  make 
their  home. 

9.  The  Colportage  Wagons  and  their 
Helpful  Work.  (Send  to  American  Baptist 
Publication  Society  for  leaflet  on  this  work, 
full  of  incidents  good  to  read.) 

10.  Hymn  and  closing  prayer  or  bene- 
diction. 

Note.  Send  to  i;oi  Chestnut  Street, 
Philadelphia,  for  colportage  literature.  Back 
numbers  of  Missions  contain  most  interest- 

t  natter  for  the  program.    Do  not  make  it 


A  Revival  at  Fosaton,  MlaiutotR 
Rev.  W.  E,  Rbinger,  Publication  Society 
missionary  in  Minnesota,  reports  that  he 
has  had  a  successful  meeting  at  Fosston, 
where  under  the  care  of  Rev.  A.  ErickstHi 
a  new  Sunday  school  has  been  established. 
The  new  church  has  thirty  members  and 


excellent  prospects  of  growth.  Then  Mr. 
Risinger  carried  on  meetings  at  Mcintosh 
in  connection  with  the  church.  After  hold- 
ing a  Sunday  school  institute  the  people 
pressed  him  to  return  for  evangelistic  meet- 
ings, which  he  did.  There  was  a  deep 
spirit  manifested  and  a  number  professed 
conversion.  It  is  the  missionary's  custom 
to  close  his  Sunday  school  institutes  with  an 
appeal  to  the  unconverted  to  accept  Christ, 
and  many  have  responded. 


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WOMEN'S  WORK  IN  MISSIONS 

I'glllll^'lIllllllllMllPlllIlillllllli^^ 


The  Jubilee  Campaign 

The  Woman's  National  Foreign  Mission- 
ary Jubilee  Meetings  in  Buffalo  were 
remarkably  successful  and  inspiring.  Nine 
denominations  united.  Services  were  held 
in  the  Central  Presb3rterian  Church,  which 
seats  about  1,500,  and  overflow  meetings 
in  two  other  churches  on  two  evenings. 
Many  representatives  from  the  foreign  field 
were  present,  besides  women  who  are 
prominent  in  their  denominations  as  helpers 
on  the  home  field.  Our  Baptist  women  were 
surely  not  behind  others  in  leadership  and 
in  the  interest  and  effectiveness  of  their 
speaking.  Mrs.  H.  W.  Peabody  of  Boston 
spoke  at  nearly  all  the  sessions,  and  was 
always  heard  with  delist.  Another  Baptist 
woman,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Montgomery  of  Roch- 
ester, was  equally  prominent.  Mrs.  Pea- 
body  at  one  meering  gave  credit  to  Mrs. 
Montgomery's  book,  "Western  Women  in 
Eastern  Lands,"  for  having  suggested  the 
campaign.  Mrs.  W.  T.  Elmore,  one  of  our 
Baptist  missionaries,  made  a  deep  im- 
pression. 

Toward  the  million-dollar  fund,  Buffalo 
pledged  about  jf8,ooo.  In  the  reports  of 
subscriptions  made  at  the  closing  meeting 
it  appeared  that  the  Baptists  stood  ahead 
of  others.  Friday  afternoon  was  given  to 
the  denominadonal  rallies,  and  the  Baptists 
met  at  the  Delaware  Avenue  Church,  where 
about  700  women  gathered,  and  over  f  3,000 
was  pledged,  the  largest  up  to  date.  Follow- 
ing diese  denominational  rallies  was  the 
banquet  in  Convention  Hall.  This  banquet 
exceeded  all  expectations.  Plans  were  made 
for  an  attendance  of  1,500  women,  but  it 
became  necessaiy  to  accommodate  about 
2,500,  with  many  unable  to  secure  admission. 
The  large  hall  was  beautifully  decorated. 
A  touching  incident  was  the  presentation 
of  Mrs.  Reuben  Lord,  eighty-two  years  of 
age,  who  was  present  at  tho  organization 
of  the  first  woman's  missionary  society  in 
New  York  fifty  jrcgjf  ago. 


Fortieth    Anniversary    of    the    Woman's 
Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

The  "World  in  Boston,"  it  is  to  be.  The 
fortieth  anniversary  of  the  Woman's  Baptist 
Foreign  Missionary  Society  will  be  most 
appropriately  observed  in  the  home  city  of 
the  Society,  April  20,  21.  Tlie  convention 
will  be  entertained  by  the  circles  of  the  four 
Boston  Associations  led  by  an  able  corps  of 
women  to  direct  the  details.  These  officers 
and  chairmen  of  committees  already  have 
the  affair  well  in  hand:  Chairman,  Mrs. 
Geneva  B.  Smith;  secretary.  Miss  Hattie  A. 
Manley;  treasurer.  Miss  Grace  £.  Colbum; 
chairman  of  finance  committee,  Mrs.  Robert 
W.  Van  Kirk;  hospitality,  Mrs.  F.  W.  Walsh; 
press.  Miss  H.  A.  Manley;  reception,  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Heustis;  registration,  Mr.  P.  W. 
Danforth;  assignment,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Weld; 
information,  Mrs.  £.  C.  Applegarth;  enter- 
tainment, Mrs.  L.  K.  Durgin;  music,  Mrs. 
W.  N.  Donovan.  The  meetings  will  be  held 
in  the  Ford  Building,  which  offers  ample 
accommodations.  The  headquarters  for 
officers  will  be  at  the  Parker  House,  where 
rooms  may  be  obtained  from  iti.50  up,  one 
in  a  room,  or  ^$2.50  up,  two  in  a  room. 
Meals  will  be  served  in  Kingsley  Hall  at 
twenty-five  cents  a  plate.  Circles  should 
arrange  to  send  large  delegations,  and  are 
urged  to  correspond  with  the  proper  com- 
mittees as  soon  as  possible  in  regard  to 
entertainment.  ^ 

The  Western  Society's  Annual  Meeting 

The  fortieth  anniversary  of  the  Woman's 
Baptist  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the 
West  will  be  held  at  the  First  Church, 
Indianapolis,  April  11-13.  It  is  expected 
that  every  State  in  its  constituency  will  be 
represented  among  the  delegates  in  attend- 
ance, as  the  meeting  of  191 1  promises  to  be 
one  of  unusual  note.  The  Woman's  Societies 
have  a  story  of  achievement  to  tell  of  which 
Baptist  women  (and  men  too)  may  well  be 
proud. 


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Tlxe  Local  Circle  and  New  Budget  Plan 

As  there  has  been  some  confusion  regard- 
ing the  working  of  the  new  Budget  plan  in 
relation  to  the  women's  circles,  Mrs.  A.  G. 
Lester,  President  of  the  Woman's  Home 
Mission  Society,  says  in  Tidings: 

"In  the  new  Budget  plan  the  relation  of 
the  local  circle  to  the  Women's  Societies  is 
in  no  way  changed.  As  you  know,  this  appor- 
tionment plan  has  long  been  followed  by  the 
Women's  Societies.   It  has  proved  so  success- 
ful that  it  has  been  adopted  by  all  the  mission- 
ary societies.    The  aim  in  view  and  the  one 
we  believe  desired  by  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention  is  that  this  plan  will  in  no  in- 
stance diminish  the  gifts  from  any  church  or 
circle,  to  any  one  of  these  great  missionary 
enterprises,  for  each  has  its  definite  work  to 
do,  but  will  result  in  larger  gifts  for  each  and 
a  greater  interest  in  all  our  missionary  en- 
deavor, which  means  the  work  of  bringing  in 
the  kingdom. 

"The  work  which  the  Women's  Societies 
are  doing  is  a  distinctive  work, and  the  appor- 
tionments for  its  maintenance  should  be 
raised  whether  it  be  in  the  circle  (and  we  still 
consider  this  the  better  plan)  or  whether  it  be 
included  in  the  church  budget." 

The  Women  at  Northfield 

The  fifth  summer  conference  of  women  in 
the  interest  of  Home  Missions  will  be  held  in 
Northfield,  July  21-28,  on  the  campus  of 
Northfield  Seminary.  The  program  includes 
mission  study,  Bible  study,  discussion  of 
methods,  evening  addresses,  a  quiet  hour  on 
Round  Top,  talks  by  missionaries,  and  after- 
noon recreation.  Information  can  be  had 
from  headquarters  in  Chicago,  from  Mrs. 
N.  N.  Bishop,  Ford  Building,  or  Mrs.  Reuben 
Maplesden,  41 14  Pine  Street,  Philadelphia. 

A  Woman's  Bible  Class  in  Porto  Rico 

There  is  more  than  one,  but  the  one  now 
in  mind  is  at  Caguas,  a  city  of  nine  thousand 
inhabitants  located  among  the  evergreen 
hills.  The  name  of  this  class  is  "The  Faith- 
ful Sisters,"  and  is  appropriate  since  its 
members  are  faithful  in  attendance  and  try 
to  live  up  to  the  ideals  of  the  class.  Recently 
at  the  regular  Friday-night  meeting  there 
were  fifty-five  women  present.  The  members 
class  are  working  hard  to  increase  the 


attendance.  They  appreciate  the  benefit 
received  from  it  and  want  others  to  share 
the  good  things  with  them.  This  class  was 
organized  over  a  year  ago  by  Misses  Palados 
and  Marrin,  who  are  missionaries  of  the 
Woman's  American  Baprist  Home  Mission 
Society.  The  Bible  is  taught  and  much 
more.  Lessons  are  given  on  home-keeping 
and  health.  Housekeeping  is  not  dignified 
by  many  Porto  Rican  women.  The  women 
of  this  class  are  finding  out  they  can  serve 
God  by  keeping  their  homes  clean  and  caring 
for  their  children. 

A  Merited  Appreciation 

The  Woman's  Missionary  Jubilee  con- 
tinues with  remarkable  endiusiasm.  The 
fund  for  special  buildings  on  the  various 
mission  fields  is  swelling  toward  the  mark 
of  f 1, 000,000.  The  meedngs  succeeding 
that  in  Washington  were  wonderful.  Audi- 
ences of  4,000,  3,500,  3,000  are  common. 
The  Pageant  was  given  twice  in  Pittsburgh, 
the  two  hundred  girls  and  women  being 
carried  from  one  hall  to  another  in  auto- 
mobiles. One  of  the  most  impressive  things 
about  this  whole  Jubilee  is  the  magnificent 
generalship  displayed  in  its  organization  and 
conduct.  Every  meeting  is  an  astounding 
success,  and  every  detail  is  carried  through 
perfectly.  For  this  the  Jubilee  is  chiefly 
indebted  to  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Peabody  of 
Beverly,  Mass.,  Chairman  of  "The  Central 
Committee  on  the  Study  of  Missions."  — 
The  Watchman, 

A  Chinese  Woman  of  Note 
Dr.  Yamei  Kin,  the  first  and  so  far  as 
known,  the  only  Chinese  woman  physician 
graduated  from  an  American  medical  college, 
and  now  head  of  the  Woman's  Medical  De- 
partment of  North  China,  a  government 
position,  has  returned  to  this  country  with 
a  young  Chinese  woman  who  will  try  for  a 
doctor's  diploma  at  Johns  Hopkins.  Dr. 
Kin,  a  Cornell  graduate  in  1885,  has  done  a 
remarkable  work  in  China,  having  reorgan- 
ized the  hospital  s)rstem  for  women  and 
children,  and  established  a  nurses'  training 
school.  As  head  of  the  Imperial  Woman's 
Medical  School  at  Tientsin  she  wields  wide 
influence.  She  says  the  Chinese  women  are 
taking  a  much  more  acrive  part  in  aflPairs 
than  hitherto. 


MISSIONS 


Hissionvj  Schools  the  Hodels 
the    30,000     Protestart 


Khools  of  ail  grades  in  mission  fields 
there  are  today  more  than  1,500,000  of  the 
choice  youth  of  the  East.  But  what  is 
more  significaiit,  these  schools  are  becoming 
the  models  on  which  are  organized  the 
Khodc  of  the  countiy.  The  missionaries, 
by  the  work  they  have  done  and  the  success 
ik  their  endeavor  along  educational  lines, 
have  won  for  themselves  an  influential 
po8iri<H)  as  educators  in  the  East.  —  Stcrt- 
lor J  Barlon,  A.B.C.F.M. 

ValtM  of  Aoiericaii  Mission  Schools 

The  Vice-Consul  oT  Chefoo,  Shantung 
Province,  China,  C.  N,  Williams,  reports 
(hat  careAiI  inquiry  reveals  the  fact  that  by 
far  the  most  ewensive  and  effective  work 
for  spreading  western  education  in  that 
province  is  being  done  by  the  Protestant 
missionaries,  most  of  them  being  Americans. 
The  schools,  he  declares,  are  graded  accord- 
ing to  the  home  standard,  and  thoroughness 
seems  to  be  the  keynote.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  some  who  have  "picked  up"  their 
En^ish,  moat  of  the  English-speaking  clerks 
and  empl<^e9  come  from  the  mission 
schoc^. 

What  HedlcAl  Hlsdoni  Do 

The  medical  branch  of  mi 
more  to  reconcile  the  Chinese  to  foreign 
association  than  any  other  agency.  During 
a  recent  overland  trip  to  a  city  where  no 
forever  had  been  permitted  to  live  till  the 
American  medical  missionary  opened  a 
e  declares  that  the  mention  of 
with  that  missionary  invari- 
ibl)r  put  him  on  a  friendly  footing.    Contaa 


with  their  work  forces  the  conclusion  that 
the  missionaries  are  practical  forerunners 
of  the  commercial  enterprise.  They  seldom 
fail  to  win  the  respect  and  esteem  even  of 
those  who  will  not  accept  their  doctrine. 
Turkish  Immigration 
In  the  Asiatic  provinces  of  Turkey  there 
are  regions  of  discontent  and  conflict,  even 
thoqgh  there  are  no  outward  rebellions. 
The  emigration  to  America  continues  despite 
the  new  government,  and  is  recognized  as  an 
alarming  fact.  One  of  the  Turkish  news- 
papers declares  that  there  are  300,000 
Ottomans  already  in  America  who  have 
come  from  Syria,  besides  80,000  Armenians. 
This  tide  cannot  be  stopped  until  its  causes 
are  removed. 

^  A  missionary  in  Albania  reports  that  the 
government  oppression  has  not  been  exag- 
gerated in  the  papersi  that  hundreds  of 
Albanians  have  been  killed  and  other 
hundreds  beaten,  exiled  or  imprisoned. 
Quiet  people  have  been  treated  as  the  worst 
of  criminals,  all  newspapers  and  schools 
have  been  prohibited.  The  American 
missionaries  are  safe  only  because  the 
Turkish  oflicials  do  not  dare  bring  down  the 
American  government's  power  upon  them. 
Russlt's  Populatioii 
doing  ^  The  new  census  in  Russia  gives  a  popula- 
tion of  over  160,000,000,  with  an  annual  in- 
crease rate  of  two  and  a  half  millions.  The 
vast  peasant  population  is  shown  by  the  fact 
that    of  each    thousand    persons    771    are 


peasants. 


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MISSIONS 


has  a  more  heterogeneous  population,  and 
none  a  more  irresponsible  and  tyrannical 
government.  Autocracy  gives  way  slov^ly 
in  Russia,  but  it  is  doomed.  The  State 
Church  will  go  with  it,  and  then  Baptists  will 
have  a  great  day  in  the  land  of  the  Tsars. 
The  Insinuating  Mormons 

It  is  stated  that  a  leading  Mormon  has 
secured  the  position  of  agent  for  the  White 
Star  Line  at  one  of  the  ports  abroad.  It  is 
pertinent  in  this  connection  to  say  that  the 
English  Home  Secretary  has  reported  to  the 
House  that  rigid  steps  should  be  taken  to 
suppress  the  Mormon  missionaries  who  are 
luring  hundreds  of  young  women  from  their 
homes.  The  Emperor  of  Germany  has  for- 
bidden the  Mormon  emissaries  entrance  to 
his  dominions,  but  they  steal  in  nevertheless. 
Our  government  might  well  be  asked  to  keep 
these  missionaries  at  home.  Meanwhile  the 
Mormon  Church  is  growing  in  power,  pro- 
tected by  its  religious  guise. 

Look  Out  for  Liberty 

The  Home  Missions  Council,  which  in- 
cludes the  chief  Home  Mission  Boards  of  the 
country,  has  reaffirmed  the  Protestant 
doctrine  of  no  appropriations  from  the 
public  treasury  for  sectarian  purposes.  The 
Council  at  its  Washington  meeting  sent 
protests  to  the  chairmen  of  both  House  and 
Senate  committees  against  an  appropriation 
of  300,000  acres  of  land  in  New  Mexico  for 
a  Catholic  industrial  school,  and  also  against 
an  appropriation  of  ^20,000  to  be  expended 
by  the  Northern  Californian  Indian  Associa- 
tion, a  Protestant  body.  The  Baptist  posi- 
tion is  the  only  safe  one  —  no  appropriations 
of  public  moneys  for  any  sectarian  purposes 

whatever. 

What  Costs 

Speaking  of  the  relative  cost  and  methods 
of  administration,  the  Foreign  Board  of  the 
Reformed  Church  reports  a  total  cost  of 
administration  and  educating  the  churches 
of  about  twelve  per  cent.  This  sentence  is 
added,  which  is  worth  thinking  about:  **It 
is  not  handling  the  money  that  costs,  but 
getting  the  money  to  handle." 

A  Worthy  Work 

The  Old  Jerry  McAuley  Water  Street 
Mission,  which  has  done  such  a  remarkable 
rescue  work,  is  seeking  to  erect  a  new  and 
much  needed  building  which  shall  make  its 
future  secure.    The  present  superintendent. 


John  H.  Wybum,  is  exactly  adapted  to  carry 
forward  this  enterprise.  The  Water  Street 
Mission  testimonies  from  saved  lives  form 
another  of  those  volumes  of  redemption  that 
are  the  absolute  proof  of  the  power  of  the 
gospel  to  save. 

In  Plague  Stricken  China 

The  kindly  feeling  toward  the  American 
missionaries  was  shown  recently  in  Tai- 
kushien,  Shansi,  when  the  men  of  the 
American  Board  mission  were  invited  to  a 
feast  given  by  one  of  the  banks.  Tlie  repast 
was  elaborate,  including  dried  eggs  reported 
to  be  two  hundred  years  old.  The  missiona- 
ries were  permitted  to  say  grace  and  explain 
the  custom,  and  had  chance  to  make  the 
host  understand  that  they  were  not  sent  out 
by  the  United  States  government  for  some 
political  reason,  as  had  been  supposed.  One 
banker  has  joined  the  Congregational 
church,  and  is  a  valuable  addition. 

In  the  two  northern  provinces  of  Chihli 
and  Shansi,  where  the  plague  is  raging,  the 
American  Board  has  nearly  one-seventh  of 
its  596  missionaries  at  work.  In  the  two 
missions  there  are  80  missionaries,  11 
churches  with  4,166  members,  253  native 
laborers,  and  1,435  pupils  in  the  schools. 
This  for  a  population  of  over  thirty-three 
millions.    Peking,  the  capital,  is  in  Chihli. 

Value  of  a  Joint  Movement 

In  1909  for  the  first  time  the  Congrega- 
tional Missionary  Societies,  including  nine 
bodies  and  covering  the  home  and  foreign 
fields,  made  a  joint  campaign  with  aim  to 
raise  money  enough  to  pay  off  all  accumu- 
lated debts,  amounting  to  ^223,000,  and  as 
large  a  surplus  as  possible.  The  result  was 
^$328,827  in  pledges,  which  have  nearly  all 
been  paid.  Of  the  influences  of  the  inclusive 
movement  the  Missionary  Herald^  organ  of 
the  American  Board,  says: 

"The  Societies  are  grateful  to  God  and 
to  their  constituency  for  the  new  era  in  their 
work  and  plans,  which  was  made  possible 
by  the  success  of  the  campaign.  The  unity 
of  the  work  at  home  and  abroad  is  felt  as 
never  before.  The  churches  have  been 
brought  into  closer  sympathy  with  the 
mission  cause.  New  friends  have  been 
made  for  all  aspects  of  the  work.  Systemadc 
and  thoughtful  giving  has  been  promoted. 
The  outlook  for  growth  in  fruitful  service  is 
bright." 


MISSIONS 


Echoes  from  the  Oriental  Press 


ChrUtJauit;  in  India 

The  Arya  Messenger,  organ  of  the  Arya 
Samaj,  a  Hindu  organization  opposed  to 
Chrinianity,  puts  it  this  way: 

"While  the  people  of  India  increased  in 
1891  to  1901  at  the  rate  of  two  and  one-half 
per  cent,  native  Christians  increased  at  the 
rate  of  over  thirty  per  cent.  Just  think  for 
1  moment  what  Christian  missionaries  are 
accomplishing  in  India,  though  they  come 
here  from  the  remotest  parts  of  Europel 
They  beat  even  the  Aiya  Samajists,  in  spite 
of  their  preaching  the  indigenous  faith  of 
the  countiy.  The  reason  is  the  Arya  Sama- 
jins  have  not  yet  learned  to  worlc  amoT^g 
the  masses  who  form  the  backbone  of  India. 
It  i*  high  time  for  us  to  realize  that  the 
future  of  India  lies  not  in  the  hands  of  the 
higher  classes,  but  of  the  low'  caste  people, 
and  if  we  devote  the  best  part  of  our  energy 
in  raising  the  status  of  the  masses,  we  can 
make  every  Indian  household  resound  with 
die  chanting  of  the  Vedas  at  no  distant  date, 
but  where  are  the  men;  where  is  the 
ucrifice?" 

Tli«  Aim  of  Christian  Hlsaloiu 

A  leading  journal  of  the  native  press  of 
India,  the  Indian  Social  Reformer,  devoted 
it*  chief  editorial  article  in  a  recent  issue  to 
the  diacussion  of  "The  Educational  Work  of 
Chtisrian  Missions."  The  article  is  highly 
appreciative;  "It  is  impossible  to  deny  that 
the  several  schools  and  colleges  conducted  by 
Christian  missions  in  India  have  had  a  large 
■hare  in  the  moral  and  spiritual  awakening 
that  it  visible  on  all  sides.  The  high  character 
and  example  of  the  devoted  men  who  are  in 
charge  of  these  insdtutions,  their  generally 
sympathetic    and    kindly   feeling  for  their 


students,  onJ  alio,  of  course,  the  study  of  the 
Bible,  at  any  rate  in  the  higher  classes,  have 
undoubtedly  left  their  impress  on  the  best 
Indian  thought  and  aaiviries  of  the  day.  If 
today  Christianity  is  recognized  by  all  classes 
and  creeds  as  one  of  the  great  religions  of  the 
world,  and  if  the  name  of  Christ  is  held  in 
high  reverence  and  is  often  coupled  with  that 
of  Buddha  as  one  of  the  two  greatest  teachers 
of  humanity,  it  is  wholly  due  to  the  work  of 
the  educational  missions  and  missionaries." 

Having  said  so  much  hy  way  of  commenda- 
tion, the  writer  adds  this  word  of  mild  protest; 
"We  should  like  that  some  at  least  of  the 
more  intellectual  missionaries  should  cease 
to  countenance  the  popular  view,  that  to 
make  people  call  themselves  Christians  is  the 
final  end -and  aim  of  all  good  work," 
Exactly  the  Aim 

The  editor  of  the  Dnyanodaya,  Dr.  R.  E, 
Hume,  in  reprinting  these  statements, 
agrees  heartily  that  to  call  one's  self  a  Chris- 
tian is  not  the  sufficient  test  of  being  a 
disciple;  the  tendency  to  judge  by  externals 
has  called  for  rebuke  from  Jesus'  day  to 
this.  Yet  to  the  question  what  is  the  final 
end  and  aim  of  missionary  endeavor  there 
can  be  but  one  adequate  answer;  unequivo- 
cally and  unreservedly  it  must  be  admitted 
that  "there  is  a  subtle,  ulterior  purpose  at 
the  back  of  all  this  (educational)  good 
work."  This  aim  is  not  to  induce  people 
to  get  themselves  baptized  and  to  swell  the 
numbers  of  the  Christian  communities  by  a 
merely  outward  separation.  The  aim  of 
Christian  missions  through  all  its  educa- 
tional, medical,  industrial  and  evangelistic 
enterprise  is  supremely  spiritual;  it  believes 
that  the  supreme  value  of  life  lies  in  personal 


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MISSIONS 


connection  with  the  holy,  loving  Father- 
God;  and  it  believes  that  the  most  powerful 
means  of  securing  this  connection  is  through 
Jesus  Christ.  The  Dnyanodaya  has  put 
clearly  and  strongly  the  essential  and  dis- 
tinctive purpose  of  the  missionary  as  above 
that  of  the  philanthropist  and  the  social 
reformer. 

Japan  Educatiiig  the  Chinese 

Japan  Evangelist:  "There  are  now  3,000 
Chinese  students  in  Tokyo;  the  number  has 
decreased  sharply  from  former  years,  but 
thty  are  a  much  better,  stronger,  and  more 
influential  type  of  men  than  formerly;  100  of 
these  men  have  been  baptized  as  Christians 
during  the  last  year;  they  will  go  back  to 
China  to  be  leaders  in  their  several  localities." 

"The  Moslem  World" 

WE  have  just  read  number  one,  volume 
one,  of  this  new  quarterly  which  has 
a  clear  field  and  mission.  The  editor  in 
chief  is  Dr.  S.  M.  Zwemer,  one  of  the  modem 
apostles  of  missions  whose  soul  is  on  Are 
and  whose  spiritual  vision  is  keen.  Working 
among  the  forces  of  Islam,  he  knows  the  vast 
initiative  and  missionary  power  of  that  faith 
which  is  Christianity's  strongest  foe  in  non- 
Christian  lands  today.  A  body  of  men,  all 
experts,  is  associated  with  him,  and  The 
Moslem  World  cannot  fail  to  enlighten  us 
regarding  the  aims  and  progress  and  methods 
of  the  devoted  followers  of  Mohammed. 

The  opening  article  is  on  "Moslems  in 
Russia,"  by  Mrs.  S.  BobrovnikoflF,  who 
traces  the  spread  of  Islam  among  the  aborigi- 
nal tribes  in  the  east  of  Russia,  and  later 
among  the  Tatars,  until  the  Mohammedan 
religion  became  predominant  in  this  part  of 
Russia.  Even  among  the  baptized  aborigi- 
nes Islam  made  its  way,  since  the  nominal 
Christians  had  neither  a  clergy  nor  schools. 
In  the  first  half  of  the  nineteenth  century 
Islam  had  taken  firm  root  in  Eastern  Russia. 
The  one  opposing  spiritual  force  was  that 
of  Professor  Ilminsky,  whose  remarkable 
work  is  an  inspiring  example  of  missionary 
heroism  that  should  be  more  widely  known. 
Marked  by  unity  and  fanadcism,  however, 
the  Mohammedans  have  continued  to  make 
steady  gains.  At  present  they  number 
from  seventeen  to  twenty  millions  in  the 


Empire,  and  are  found  in  all  parts  of  it. 
It  is  suggested  that  a  mission  might  be 
founded  near  the  fronder,  and  that  workers 
among  the  aboriginal  tribes  might  be  helped, 
especially  Bible  distributors.  Meanwhile 
the  striking  fact  is  brought  out  by  this 
article  that  Islam  is  the  most  aggressive 
faith  in  Russia  at  the  present  dme.  The 
religious  force  that  can  meet  and  overthrow 
it  is  to  be  found,  not  in  the  moribund  Greek 
Church,  but  in  the  new  evangelistic  move- 
ment represented  by  the  Russian  Baptists 
and  other  dissenters. 

The  next  article,  on  "The  Mohammedan 
Population  of  China,"  is  more  cheering. 
Mr.  Marshall  Broomhall,  Secretary  of  the 
China  Inland  Mission,  is  the  writer,  and  he 
cuts  down  the  totals  from  the  seventy  million, 
fifty  million  and  thirty  million  guesses  of 
Moslem  oflicials  and  English  and  French 
writers,  to  between  five  and  ten  millions, 
inclining  to  the  latter  figures.  But  while 
this  seems  comparadvely  small  against  the 
four  hundred  millions  of  the  Empire,  he 
reminds  us  that  here  is  a  community  equal 
to  that  of  Egypt  or  Persia,  Scotland  or 
Ireland,  Tibet  or  Manchuria,  without  any 
missionaries  whatever;  and  a  community 
which  he  regards  as  peculiarly  accessible 
to  the  gospel,  if  presented  by  missionaries 
qualified  to  deal  with  them.  It  should  be 
remembered  also  that  these  ten  millions 
are  diffused  throughout  the  Empire.  Islam 
will  prove  the  leaven,  if  Christianity  does  not 
render  its  presence  ineffective. 

The  article  on  "The  German  Nadonal 
Colonial  Conference  and  Islam"  shows  that 
the  total  Islamization  of  the  African  posses- 
sions was  fully  recognized  as  the  greatest 
menace  to  Germany  at  present,  and  that  the 
government  had  apparently  been  blind  to 
this  and  had  actually  favored  the  Mohamme- 
dans. It  was  a  German  Roman  Catholic 
priest  who  declared  that  "Government, 
missions  and  colonists  must  unite  in  direct 
and  indirect  defence  and  protecdon  against 
the  common  foe,  so  that  the  future  of  Africa 
may  be  Christian." 

Minor  articles,  notes  on  Present  Day 
Movements  and  Book  Reviews  complete  a 
number  of  value  to  every  student  of  missions. 
The  Review  is  published  for  the  Nile  Mission 
Press  by  the  Christian  Literature  Society 
for  India,  35  John  Street,  Bedford  Row, 
London. 


MISSIONS 


"Why  Insult  the  World?" 
Tht  World  Today.  "The  President  tells 
lu  we  ought  to  fortify  the  Panama  Canal 
(write*  Shailer  Mathewi,  the  editor),  but 
the  canal  is  not  a  part  of  our  coast.  It  can 
IS  well  be  neutralized  as  the  Suez  Canal, 
ihe  Straits  of  Magellan,  the  Danube  River, 
the  Black  Sea,  several  of  the  smaller  coun- 
tries of  Europe,  and,  to  all  intents  and 
purposes,  the  Great  Lakes  of  America.  To 
doubt  the  good  faith  involved  in  such 
oeutialinng  and  to  foriify  the  canal  it  to 
itisub  the  netioni  of  the  world.  It  is  to  tell 
them  that  we  do  not  think  their  word  is 
worth  the  taking;  that  we  do  not  believe  in 
their  honor  and  that  we  distrust  their 
friendship." 

Dining  In  Aid  of  UiHions 
Boaon  Tranicripl:  "Baptist  laymen  are 
holditig  the  most  ambitious  series  of  dinners 
intended  to  help  missions  that  have  yet 
been  attempted,  and  with  an  attention  to 
detail  that  approaches  modem  trust  methods 
in  thoroughness.  Dinners  have  just  been 
held  in  Cindnnati,  Dayton  and  Columbus. 
From  now  until  the  middle  of  March  the 
leries  will  cover  central  New  York  cities, 
including  Binghamton,  Connecticut  cities, 
including  Soudi  Norwalk,  New  Haven  and 
New  London,  and  four  ciries  in  West 
Virginia.  Early  in  April  a  series  will  be 
given  in  Minnesota,  to  be  followed  in  May 
by  others  in  IllincMs  cities,  including  Chicago. 
An  advance  man  works  up  each  meeting, 
a  principal  speaker  comes  along  at  the  right 
time,  often  putting  in  a  luncheon  in  one 
city  and  a  night  conference  in  another,  and 
a  third  comes  after  to  follow  up  clews  and 
clinch  the  work.  Such  system  has,  it  is 
said,  never  been  seen  before  in  missionary 
Dinneta  that  are  not  followed  by 


after  speeches  of  fun,  but  which  talk  finances, 
are  attended  by  two  to  five  hundred  men 
each,  with  an  interest  and  intelligence  on  the 
part  of  mature  men  that  have  not  hereto- 
fore been  seen." 


The  Appartloiiment 

"The  General  Apporti 


TheE> 
ment  Comminee  of  the  Norther 
Convention,  representing  the  three  general 
societies  and  the  three  women's  societies, 
has  placed  the  needs  of  our  home  and 
foreign  mission  work  before  the  denomina- 
oon.  Of  course,  every  one  knows  that  there 
is  nothing  compulsory  in  the  apportionment. 
Every  church  and  every  individual  is  as 
free  to  give  or  withhold  as  if  there  were  no 
apportionment  committee  and  no  Budget. 
The  only  compulsion  is  that  which  Paul 
felt  when  he  wrote,  'The  love  of  Christ 
constraineth  me.'  Thi  only  object  of  the 
oppoTtionment  is  to  give  drfinittness  to  the 
appeal.  If  honestly  unable  to  raise  the  full 
amount  assigned,  no  church  is  disparaged 
thereby;  nor  does  it  serve  to  place  a  limit 
on  what  the  heart  is  prompted  to  give.  How 
fine  it  would  be  if  all  the  contributors  should 
exceed  the  amount  of  the  apportionment! 
This  could  easily  have  been  accomplished  if 
each  member  of  every  church  had  begun 
last  year,  as  soon  as  the  anniversaries  were 
over,  to  'lay  by  in  store'  for  this  sacred 
object.  So  our  suggestion  is  to  those  who 
have    n^leaed    the    duty  so    far.   Begin 

Don 't leave theolfering till thelast  moment, 
and  then  give  a  tithe  of  what  you  would 
have  contributed  had  you  followed  Paul's 
sensible  advice  from  the  beginning  of  the 
convention  year.  But  give  liberally,  as  unto 
the  Lord,  and  in  joyous  remembrance  of 
all  that  He  has  done  for  you." 


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CONDUCTBD  BY  SECRETARY  JOHN  M.  MOORE 


Taking  Stock 
NOTHER 
history  of  ihc  Forward  Mi 
ment  has  arrived,  and 
have  been  taking  stock, 


I  made  some  discoveries, 

which  we  want  to  pass  on  to 

the  readers  of  Missions,  every 

one    of  whom    it    is    fair   to 

assume  is  interested  in  our  work.     In  such 

work  it  is  always  to  be  assumed  that  the 

blessing    of  God    is    the    supreme    value. 

Through  this  blessing  the  following  assets 

have  been  acquired: 

GOOD    PLANS 

The  study  of  the  problem  of  missionary 
education  for  four  years  has  developed  some 
approved  methods.  We  dare  to  say  that 
we  have  good  plans  because  that  is  what 
other  people  are  saying  of  them.  Three  of 
these  may  be  mentioned: 

I.  Our  "triplex"  plan  of  mission 
study,  which  combines  a  reading  circle, 
a  study  class  and  four  programs,  is  widely 
approved,  because  it  provides  for  the  ex- 
tension to  a  wider  circle  of  the   results  of 

1.  Our  Sunday  school  plan  of  dividing 
the  year  into  periods  for  the  consideration 
of  special  fields,  each  period  to  culminate 
with  a  missionary  concert,  is  being  enthusi- 
astically received.  A  well-known  New  Eng- 
land pastor  says  concerning  w.  "I  like  the 
general  plan  you  have  su^ested.  It  is 
the  best  thing  that  has  come  out.  Keep  at 
it,  you  are  winning." 

The  sentiments  of  this  pastor  on  the 
Atlantic  Coast  are  echoed  back  from  the 
Pacific  in  a  letter  from  one  of  the  leading 
pastors  of  California: 


"  1  am  greatly  taken  with  your  movement 
for  missionary  education  in  the  Sunday 
schools.  It  appears  to  me  to  be  the  most 
worthy  and  practical  proposition  that  has 
come  out.  It  promises  to  solve  my  problem 
at  least,  and  I  am  sure  that  it  will  be  a  boon 
to  thousands  of  pastors  and  superintendents." 

3.  Our  STEWARDSHIP  PLAN.  Two  things 
have  been  emphasized  from  the  first:  pro- 
portionate giving  for  the  individual  and 
weekly  giving  by  the  church.  Concerning 
the  first  we  announce  in  another  column  a 
plan  for  a  "Stewardship  Census  Day," 
which  has  been  approved  by  more  than  two 
hundred  and  fifty  denominational  leaders, 
representing  every  State  in  the  field  of 
the  Northern  Baptist  Convention. 

A  leading  worker  in  the  West  comments 
briefly:  "Just  fine,  the  best  yet." 

The  president  of  one  of  the  societies  says: 
"I  think  the  plan  admirable."  Others 
speak  in  similar  vein. 

Concerning  the  second  it  is  necessary  only 
to  say  that  weekly  giving  is  being  empha- 
sized by  the  Laymen's  Movement,  and  has 
been  approved  by  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convenlion  which  has  supplied  eight  hun- 
dred churches  with  double  envelopes,  free 
of  charge,  during  the  last  fifteen  months. 


Our  campaign  printed  matter  has  called 
forth  expressions  of  approval  from  men 
whose  approval  we  appreciate.  A  Chicago 
pastor,  who  probably  has  given  more  study 
to  publicity  methods  than  any  other  pastor 
in  the  denomination,  writes:  "The  up-to- 
date  printing  and  methods  you  employ 
delight  my  hean." 

Our  text-books  and  other  material  for 
mission  study  are  high  grade,  at  least  thu 


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•    • 


fa  wbat  peopk  ny.  Our  Popular  Programs, 
for  csanme,  based  upon  "The  Decisive 
Hoar  of  Christian  Missions/'  "Advance  in 
At  AadlK''  "Stewardship  and  Missions/' 
and  odier  too-books  are  decidedly  fresh  and 
1  and  popular.  A  leading  Iowa 
writes:  "I  greatly  appreciate  the 
you  sent.  The  sermon  which  I 
fa  die  outcome  of  some  special  study 
along  die  lines  suggested  by  your  literature. 
Your  department  is  surely  doing  a  great 
work  for  the  denominadon." 

Another  pastor  in  the  Central  West,  speak- 
ing of  our  "Hand  of  Fellowship"  folder  for 
presentadon  to  new  members,  says:  "I 
have  just  received  one  hundred  copies.  I 
desire  very  much  at  least  one  hundred  fifty 
more.    This  folder  is  the  best  I  have  seen." 

An  Iowa  pastor  wntes:  "I  v^nt  to  con- 
gratulate you  on  the  very  attractive  litera- 
ture you  are  sending  out,  and  the  masterly 
way  in  which  you  are  pushing  the  cam- 
paign for  missionary  education." 

GOOD  BUSINESS 

Four  jrears  of  persistent  work  have 
arrested  the  attendon  of  pastors  and  church 
workers  to  such  an  extent  that  during  the 
year  1910  more  than  ten  thousand  letters  and 
post  cards  were  received  in  the  Forward 
Movement  office.  That  means  an  average 
of  about  two  hundred  per  week  throughout 
the  year.  cooD  results 

Of  course  much  of  the  work  of  the  For- 
ward Movement,  like  all  educational  work, 
is  of  a  sort  that  makes  it  hard  to  tabulate 
results.  Some  things  though  are  quite 
apparent.  Weekly  giving  to  missions  has 
been  introduced  into  a  large  number  of 
Sunday  schoob  with  results  most  gratifying. 

The  special  Foreign  Mission  Sunday 
school  campaign,  which  culminated  at 
Christmas,  enlisted  seventy  per-  cent  more 
schoob  than  parddpated  the  year  before, 
and  the  offerings  as  far  as  reported  are 
forty  per  cent  greater  per  school.  This 
one  single  enterprise  has  turned  back  into 
the  Foreign  Missioii  treasuries  a  sum 
considerably  laiger  than  that  expended  for 
the  Forward  Movement  work  in  the  whole 
year,  not  to  speak  of  the  increasing  returns 
that  will  come  through  all  the  years,  as  a 
result  of  thfa  educadonal  work.  The  Home 
Mission  campaign  just  closed  promises  as 
great,  or  larger,  returns. 


The  effort  of  promodng  weekly  giving  to 
missions  has  been  largely  taken  over  by 
the  General  Apportionment  Committee,  and 
is  dealt  with  on  another  page. 

GOOD  WILL 

This  is,  of  course,  most  important. 
Everything  depends  upon  our  ability  to 
merit  and  receive  the  approval  of  the  de- 
nomination for  which  we  work.  The  volume 
of  our  business  referred  to  above  is  one 
evidence  of  good  will,  especially  when  it  is 
added  that  in  these  ten  thousand  letters 
and  post  cards  not  ten  contained  unfavorable 
criticism.  The  letters  quoted  above  might 
be  duplicated  by  the  hundreds,  but  one 
more  will  be  sufficient.  A  District  Secretary 
writes:  "The  work  you  are  doing  in  Bible 
schools  in  getting  in  the  duplex  envelopes 
and  securing  missionary  officers  is  the  best 
thing  that  has  come  to  us  in  the  last  ten 
years.    I  thank  God  for  it." 

These  are  our  assets.  Next  month  we 
shall    have   something   to   say   about   our 

LIABILITIES. 

ii 

They  Like  It 

The  pastors  are  responding  with  great 
heartiness  to  the  proposed  Stewardship 
Census  campaign  for  April.  The  first  five 
hundred  pastors  registering  represented 
some  of  the  very  largest  churches  in  the 
denomination,  these  five  hundred  requests 
requiring  an  aggregate  of  ninety  thousand 
copies  of  each  of  the  leaflets  and  the  pro- 
portionate givers  blanks.  The  leaflets  are 
enritled  "Just  a  Minute,"  "An  Indian's 
Question,"  "All  Against  the  Grain," 
"Handicapped." 

Pastors  who  have  not  yet  placed  their 
order  for  these  supplies  can  secure  them  in 
time  for  the  greater  part  of  the  campaign 
by  writing  immediately  to  the  Forward 
Movement,  Ford  Building,  Boston. 

^  The  Chinese  Recorder  says  that  on  account 
of  the  plague  the  Christian  Endeavor  Con- 
vention in  Peking  this  coming  spring  has 
been  indefinitely  postponed.  All  interests 
are  being  sadly  affected  by  the  terrible  con- 
ditions, which  are  the  more  serious  because 
of  the  superstition  that  has  to  be  overcome 
before  modem  medical  methods  can  be 
established. 


a;? 


MISSIONS 


The  Missionaiy  Spirit  Indivisible 

BY  REV.  J.  A.  MAXWELL 

THERE  is  only  one  missionary  spirit. 
Whether  it  be  home  or  foreign  missions 
it  is  ttie  same  spirit.  Whatever  division 
there  may  be  in  lerritoty,  it  is  the  same  spirit 
which  operates  in  all,  when  the  true  spirit  of 
missions  is  at  work.  The  difTerentiating 
terms,  home  and  foreign,  are  no  more  meant 
actually  to  divide  the  kingdom  of  Christ,  or 
the  spirit  working  in  it,  than  the  equator  is 
meant  really  to  divide  the  earth.  In  reality 
there  is  no  such  thing  as  the  equator.  No 
person  ever  saw  it.  It  is  only  an  imaginary 
line  used  to  facilitate  our  apprehension  of 
the  whole.  That  is  all  the  service  it  has  in 
geography.  So  the  distinctive  terms  applied 
to  missions  fail  of  their  service  unless  they 
facilitate  only  our  work  in  and  conception  of 
the  whole  Kingdom.  The  person  who  be- 
lieves in  home  missions,  but  not  in  foreign, 
Of  vice  verse,  does  not  have  the  real  mission- 
ary spirit.     The  church   or  individual  who 


hasn 


a  disi: 


>  many  need  help  right  : 


usually  the  church  or  individual  to  give  the 
help  at  home  in  a  very  large  measure. 
Neither     distance     nor     nearness     aflTects 

There  is  no  such  thing  as  get^nphy  in  the 
curriculum  of  love's  study.  The  child  a 
thousand  miles  from  home  is  as  dear  to  the 
mother  as  one  nigh  at  hand.  A  ion  at  home 
and  a  son  away  from  home  do  not  divide  a 
mother's  heart.  There  is  just  one  spirit  of 
parental  love.  There  is  only  one  missionaiy 
spirit,  and  that  is  the  Christian  spirit.  So, 
when  we  seek  to  cultivate  the  missionary 
spirit  in  the  people,  we  can  only  do  so  accord- 
ing as  we  develop  the  spirit  of  Jesus  Christ, 
the  Christian  spirit.  People  become  mote 
missionary  only  as  they  become  more  Chris- 
tian. The  problem  of  missionary  enlarge- 
ment is  the  problem  of  spiritual  devdop- 
ment.  We  get  one  only  as  far  as  we  get  die 
other.  No  missionaiy  movement  portends 
permanent  good  only  as  it  is  a  cultivation  of 
this  one  spirit.  I  do  not  believe  that  we  can 
afford  to  cultivate  these  distinctions.  Let 
I  stay  in  the  dictionary,  but  let  us  get 


then 


It  of  oi 


FROM    THE 

FAR    LANDS 

A  MISSION   WAR  CRV 

IMPRESSIONS  OF  A   NEW   MISSIONARY 

In  the  Burma  Convention  this  year  em- 

The only  work  1  have  been  able  to  do  so 

phasis  was  laid  upon  soul-winning.     Our 
slogans  for  the  campaign  are  100,000  living 
Christians   and    Rs.    100,000  (^33,000)  for 
advance   work   before   the   century   is   com- 

far  is  with  the  boys  in  the  school.  I  have 
been  helping  to  drill  them  in  singing,  and 
find  that  they  learn  about  as  easily  as  our 
boys  of  the  same  age  at  home.     We  have 

pleted.  -  J.  E.  CuMM.NGS,  D.D.,  Henzada, 
Burma. 

just  closed  our  "week  of  prayer."  The 
meetings   were   most   helpful,   missionaries 

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fiom  all  denominations  joining  in  them. 
There  seems  to  be  a  splendid  spirit  of  co- 
opention  and  Christian  love  among  them 
au.— *I«.  C.  Hylbert,  Ningpo,  East  China. 

A  MBMORIAL  SERVICE   FOR  DR.  CLOUGH 

The  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Burlington,  Iowa,  of  which  Dr.  Clough 
was  a  member  from  the  day  of  his  baptism, 
Fd>niaiy  11,  1857,  to  the  day  of  his  death, 
November  24,  1910,  recently  gathered  to- 
gether to  hold  a  beautiful  and  fitting  service 
in  memoiy  of  the  great  missionary. 

FOREIGN  SOCIETY  PROGRAM 

The  Foreign  Mission  Society  has  made 
tentative  arrangements  for  the  program  of 
its  annual  meeting  on  June  16,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention. 
Dr.  Barbour  will  report  his  trip  to  India; 
a  representative  of  the  woman's  societies 
will  speak;  selected  representative  mission- 
aries will  occupy  twenty  minutes  each,  and 
all  other  missionaries  present  will  be  intro- 
duced. Rev.  J.  H.  Franklin  and  Dr. 
Johnston  Myers,  members  of  the  Africa 
Commission,  will  speak.  A  memorial 
address  on  Dr.  Clough  will  be  delivered. 
Owing  to  the  fact  that  the  sessions  of  the 
General  Convenrion  and  Baptist  World 
Alliance  immediately  follow  those  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention,  the  program 
of  the  Society  must  be  crowded  into  a  day. 

NELLORE  CELEBRATES  DIAMOND  JUBILEE 

The  American  Baptist  Telugu  Mission  of 
Nellore,  South  India,  celebrated  its  Diamond 
Jubilee  at  its  Conference  in  February.  The 
dates  of  the  Conference  were  from  February 
I  to  February  8.  Dr.  Barbour  and  Dr. 
Anthony  were  present  on  this  great  occasion, 
and  the  program  which  has  been  received 
indicates  meedngs  of  much  interest.  Febru- 
aiy  6  was  appointed  as  Diamond  Jubilee 
I^y,  and  Dr.  Barbour  was  to  lay  the  comer 
stone  of  the  Coles-Ackerman  Memorial,  the 
new  building  for  the  boys'  high  school  made 
possible  by  the  generosity  of  Dr.  J.  Acker- 
man  Coles  and  Miss  Emilie  Coles  of  New 
York  City.  Previous  to  this  ceremony  an 
address  was  to  be  delivered  by  Dr.  Anthony 
in  the  American  Baptist  Mission  High 
School  hall.  Rev.  W.  F.  Armstrong  of 
Rangoon  and  Dr.  C.  A.  Nichols  of  Bassein 
were  appointed  delegates  from  Burma  to 
diis  Conference,  while  Rev.  S.  A.  D.  Boggs 


of  Jorhat  and  Rev.  G.  G.  Crozier,  M.D.,  of 
Tura,  represented  Assam. 

MISS   EMILY  M.   HANNA   PASSES  AWAY 

The  missionary  circle  in  Burma  is  mourn- 
ing the  loss  of  Miss  Emily  M.  Hanna,  who 
passed  away  in  Moulmein  on  February  15. 
The  granddaughter  of  Dr.  Adoniram  Jud- 
son,  her  deepest  desire  was  to  serve  the 
mission  cause,  and  in  1898  she  was  sent  to 
Burma  by  the  Woman's  Baptist  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  to  take  up  work  in  the 
Kemendine  girls'  school  in  Rangoon.  In 
1905  she  was  transferred  to  the  English  girls' 
school  at  Moulmein,  where  she  remained 
doing  faithful  and  efficient  service  until  her 
death.  On  January  26  Miss  Hanna's 
mother,  the  youngest  child  of  Dr.  Adoniram 
Judson,  died  of  heart  failure.  There  are 
now  thirteen  living  descendants  of  our  first 
foreign  missionary,  three  sons  and  nine 
grandchildren. 

FRENCH  TO  THE   FORE 

The  work  of  Dr.  Mabie  and  myself  in  the 
preparatory  school  in  Banza  Manteke  is 
supplemented  by  that  of  Mrs.  Geil  who  has 
a  select  class  in  French  and  music.  Both  of 
these  subjects  are  very  popular.  There  is 
an  all-pervasive  desire  among  the  people  to 
know  French.  Many  who  do  not  know  how 
to  read  and  write  in  their  own  language  are 
very  anxious  to  study  French.  They  think 
it  can  be  learned  easily  and  quickly.  The 
schoolboys,  however,  are  not  enthusiastic 
supporters  of  that  idea.  Nevertheless,  a 
school  which  does  not  teach  or  pretend  to 
teach  French  is  very  unpopular.  This 
arises  from  no  governmental  requirement, 
but  from  the  natives  themselves,  who  say 
that  they  see  much  shame  because  of  their 
inability  to  speak  and  understand  the 
French  language.  Then,  too,  it  is  a  stepping- 
stone  to  paying  positions.  There  is  a  big 
sale  for  books  which  are  designed  to  assist 
natives  in  the  study  of  French,  and  it  is  well 
that  the  people  should  know  something  of 
the  language  of  the  governing  country.  — 
John  £.  Geil,  Banza  Manteke,  Africa. 

An  Accident  and  Its  Consequences 

We  are  here  by*  appointment  to  baptize 
the  captain  of  a  whaling  ship.  Do  you 
expect  to  see  a  Gloucester  whaler  just  home 
after  an  absence  of  three  years  during  which 


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MISSIONS 


it  breasted  the  storms  and  weathered  the 
gales  of  the  most  distant  seas  ?  The  modem 
Japanese  whaler  starts  from  harbor  every 
morning  in  his  swift  little  steamer.  When 
he  sights  a  whale  he  steams  up  near  enough 
to  shoot  it  with  his  cannon  gun  and  then 
tows  it  to  land,  where  the  oil  is  tried  out. 
This  captain  was  laid  up  in  a  hospital  two 
years  ago,  and  was  led  to  believe  in  Christ 
by  the  young  student-nurse  girl  who  cared 
for  him.  Unable  to  attend  church  he  has 
read  his  Bible  and  regularly  assembled  his 
crew  for  Sunday  devotional  service,  and  has 
long  desired  baptism.  We  are  on  the  dock 
awaiting  his  arrival.  Finally  a  trim  little 
steamer  in  spotless  white  paint  comes 
swftly  around  the  headland.  Soon  it  nears 
the  dock.  The  anchor  drops,  a  boat  is 
lowered,  and  a  tall,  bronzed  man  is  rowed 
ashore.  He  has  come  one  hundred  miles 
and  lost  a  day's  time  of  steamer  and  crew 
to  be  baptized.  After  his  examination  we 
are  rowed  across  the  harbor  to  the  river's 
mouth,  and  there  before  believers  and  all 
he  testifies  to  his  faith  in  Christ.  It  is  good 
for  us  to  be  here  and  to  see  this  man,  whom 
others  obey,  surrender  himself  in  humble 
obedience  to  his  Saviour.  May  he  carry  the 
light  of  the  Gospel  far  over  the  dark  waters! 
—  Henry  Topping,  Morioka,  Japan. 

The  Charm  of  the  Unknown 

Travel  in  China  has  all  the  delights  of  the 
unknovm,  it  being  one  thing  to  start  for  a 
certain  destination  and  an  entirely  different 
proposition  how  and  when  one  will  arrive 
there.  Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  F.  Beaman  had  a 
typical  experience  of  this  uncertainty  on 
their  journey  from  Yachow  to  Ichang. 
Quoting  Mr.  Beaman:  "The  day  we  left 
Yachow  just  at  dark  when  we  were  near  the 
place  where  we  expected  to  stop  for  the 
night  our  bamboo  raft  by  which  we  were 
traveling  ran  on  a  reef  amidstream  in  the 
middle  of  a  bad  rapid.  It  swung  across 
stream  and  stuck  fast.  Rain  was  pouring 
down  and  the  wind  was  blowing  a  gale. 
Being  out  of  reach  of  help,  we  could  do 
nothing  but  wait  till  daylight  the  next  morn- 
ing. After  hanging  there  on  the  rocks 
twelve  hours,  boats  came  and  took  us  off 
with  our  goods."  Their  journey  from 
Ichang  to  Hankow  was  also  eventful.  ''Our 
steamer  ran  aground  on  a  sandbar  at  what 


is  called  'Sunday  Island,'  and  we  spent  one 
entire  day  twisting  from  side  to  side  to  wash 
out  a  channel  under  the  steamer.  Just 
before  dark  it  floated  from  the  sandbar. 
At  this  time  of  year  when  the  water  is  going 
down  in  the  river,  steamers  often  go  aground 
and  stay  there  a  week,  a  month  and  not  in- 
frequently two,  three  or  four  months  rill 
spring  rains  come  and  float  them  off." 

A  Disastrous  Storm 

On  November  ist  the  most  destructive 
bagio  of  the  year  swept  the  Visayas,  and  the 
result  in  the  Jaro  district  was  the  destruc- 
tion of  eight  chapels.  Some  can  be  repaired 
with  but  little  expense,  others  must  be 
entirely  rebuilt.  Coming,  as  this  does,  in 
the  harvest  time,  it  is  a  great  hardship  in 
one  way,  the  scarcity  of  labor.  In  another 
way  it  is  not  so  great  a  hardship  as  if  the 
whole  crops  had  been  destroyed,  a  loss  which 
occurred  in  other  parts  of  the  islands.  No 
members  lost  their  lives,  although  many 
lost  homes  and  all  their  goods.  Tlie  Binga- 
wan  church  was  the  heaviest  loser.  Tlie 
chapel  was  demolished,  and  thirty-eight 
houses  likewise.  This  being  a  mountain 
district,  many  had  just  finished  harvesung, 
and  the  wind  and  rain  carried  away  their 
produce  with  their  houses.  Theirs  was  the 
largest  church  and  the  most  strategic 
position  of  the  field.  The  day  of  the  bagio 
I  had  started  on  a  trip,  not  recognizing  the 
weather  warning.  I  left  the  train  at  Dueanas 
as  the  storm  broke  and  remained  housed 
there  all  day,  barely  getting  home  late  at 
night.  The  trains  were  laid  up  for  four 
days.  The  engineer  of  the  train  on  which 
I  had  left  home  was  killed  in  a  wreck  shortly 
after  I  left  the  train.  I  never  experienced 
anything  like  the  wind,  and  the  rain  was  in 
torrents.  —  A.  E.  Bigelow,  Jaro,  P.I. 

Foreign  Missionary  Record 

ARRIVED 

MiM  Clara    E.    Righter,  from   Rinhwa,   China,    at 
Bloomington,  Delaware,  January  13. 

SAILZD 

ReT.  F.  C.  Briggs  and  Mrs.  Briggs,  March  8,  from 
San  Francisco,  for  Japan. 


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Who  Wm  Take  His  Place? 

After  a   long  and  gallant  fight  against 
increasing  ill  health  Rev.  Charles  G.  Lewis 
of  Suifuy  West  China,  passed  away  at  the 
Victoria  Nursing  Home  in  Shanghai.     He 
began  missionary  service  under  the  auspices 
of  the  China  Inland  Mission  in  1895,  and 
since   1905  has   been  connected  with  the 
Foreign  Mission  Society.    In  his  death  the 
Society   loses    a    consecrated    and   earnest 
missionary,  whose  work  in  West  China  has 
been  to  a  rare  degree  successful  and  inspiring. 
The  missionaries  of  our  West  China  Mission 
feel  sorely  the  loss  of  his  strong  and  generous 
personality  and   his  sympathetic,   efficient 
service,  and  the  Chinese  among  whom  he 
labored  mourn  one  who  was  ever  ready  to 
help  and  guide  them  amidst  their  troubles 
and  perplexities.    In  the  words  of  a  fellow 
missiooaiy,  *'Mr.   Lewis  showed  constant 
patience  in  afl  his  relations  with  the  Chinese. 
At  Ae  memorial  iervice  held  at  Suifu  more 
than  one  spoke  of  his  patience  and  kindli- 
ness.    One  said,  *  Pastor  Lewis  would  sit 
for  hours  bearing  all  we  had  to  say.    Some- 
times his  dinner  bell  would  ring.    Then  he 
would  say,  **  Don't  hurry.    I  will  wait  until 
you  are  diroug^/"    The  love  so  evident  in 
his  home  was  also  given  to  the  church  —  not 
merely  an  attempt  to  love,  but  a  deep-rooted, 
genuine  love  manifesting  itself  in  kindness, 
forbearance,  forgiveness  and  faithful  service. 
He  not  only  taught  Move  one  another/  he 
lived  it.    In  his  death  our  mission  loses  a 
wise  counselor,  an  efficient  worker,  a  tender 
and  sympathetic  pastor,  and  we  as  indi- 
viduals a  loving  and  unselfish  friend.     He 
was  not  only  tactful,  but  had  the  grace  of 
God  in  his  heart,  being  filled  with  the  Spirit, 
bearing    fruit    in    love,    joy,    peace,    long- 
suffering,  kindness,  goodness,  faithfulness, 
meekness."    Mrs.  Lewis  and  her  five  chil- 
dren  have   returned   to  America   and   are 
living  in  Philadelphia. 

The  loss  of  Mr.  Lewis  raises  the  question, 
who  will  take  his  place  ?  Mr.  Beaman  has 
been  compelled  to  leave  West  China  on 
account  of  ill  health,  who  will  fill  his  place  ? 
And  what  of  the  places  left  vacant  by  the 
deaths  of  Dr.  Clough  and  Dr.  Stevens  ?  In 
rime  of  battle  hundreds  of  brave  men  are 
ready  to  leap  into  the  place  of  another  who 
falls  fighting.  Is  it  to  be  said  that  the 
soldiers  of  Christ  are  less  loyal  and  valiant  ? 
Yet  only  four  men  are  at  present  under 


appointment  by  the  Foreign  Mission  Society 
for  next  fall.  A  few  others  are  in  sight,  but 
not  more  than  seven  or  eight  all  told.  Strong 
men  are  needed  —  who  will  go  ? 

Missionary  Personals 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  D.  Stafford  are  now 
settled  in  Shanghai  at  No.  26  Range  Road. 
This  residence  is  in  an  easily  accessible  part 
of  Shanghai,  and  Mr.  Stafford  through 
Missions  cordially  invites  any  Baptists 
touching  at  Shanghai  in  their  travels  to  call 
and  see  him.  He  will  gladly  render  any 
assistance  possible,  and  will  arrange  for 
them  to  visit  the  nearer  inland  stations  of 
the  Mission,  if  so  desired. 

The  catalog  of  Shanghai  Baptist  College 
for  1 911  has  recently  come  to  hand.  It  it 
printed  in  both  English  and  Chinese,  is 
illustrated  by  appropriate  photographs  and 
presents  an  attractive  appearance.  Rev. 
J.  T.  Proctor,  President  of  the  College,  has 
been  forced  on  account  of  persistent  ill  health 
to  advance  the  time  of  his  furiough,  and  on 
January  21  he  sailed  for  home  via  England. 
Rev.  F.  J.  White  will  assume  the  dudes  of 
acting-president  of  the  College  unul  the  end 
of  the  year. 

A  transladon  of  the  Gospels  of  Matthew 
Luke  and  John  and  the  Book  of  Acts  from 
the  Greek  text  into  Angami  Naga  has  been 
recently  received  at  the  Foreign  Mission 
Rooms.  The  Gospels  of  Matthew  and  John 
and  the  Book  of  Acts  were  translated  in 
1903-04  by  Dr.  S.  W.  Rivenburg  of  Kohima, 
Assam,  and  the  Gospel  of  Mark  was  trans- 
lated in  1910  by  his  daughter.  Miss  Narola 
E.  Rivenburg,  who  spent  two  years  with  her 
father  actively  helping  in  the  work  of  the 
station.  Before  her  stay  in  Assam,  Miss 
Rivenburg  had  completed  her  Freshman 
year  at  Bucknell  University,  and  now,  having 
returned  to  America,  is  continuing  her 
college  course  at  Vassar. 

W.  A.  Loops,  M.D.,  and  Mrs.  Loops  of 
Impur,  Assam,  have  decided  to  locate  in 
Austin,  Colo.  Dr.  Loops  reports  that  Mrs. 
Loops  has  made  marked  improvement  in 
health. 

Rev.  C.  E.  Petrick  of  Sibsagor,  Assam,  is 
spending  his  furlough  in  Berlin.  During  the 
last  few  months  he  has  been  carrying  on  a 
most  successful  tour  among  the  Baptist 
churches  of  Hungary,  Roumania  and  Bui- 


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garia.  Everywhere  he  finds  the  people 
ready  and  anxious  to  listen.  In  a  recent 
letter  he  writes,  ''It  seems  that  Baptist 
missions  appeal  more  to  the  heart  of  the 
people  in  these  countries  than  any  other 
denominational  work." 

Mr.  J.  L.  Snyder,  formerly  of  the  American 
Baptist  Mission  Press,  Rangoon,  Burma,  has 
been  transferred  to  the  Philippines  to  take 
charge  of  the  Mission  Press  at  Iloilo,  and 
also  to  assume  the  duties  of  mission  treasurer. 
Mr.  Snyder  expected  to  reach  Iloilo  about 
the  eighth  or  tenth  of  February.  Another 
properly  qualified  man  is  seriously  needed 
at  Rangoon  in  his  place. 

The  missionaries  in  the  Philippines  are 
rejoicing  over  the  successful  purchase  of  a 


chapel  site  in  Jaro.  The  new  chapel  will 
mean  much  in  increased  scope  of  work  for 
the  station.  Until  the  building  is  com- 
pleted, the  Christians  in  Jaro  will  worship 
on  the  old  property. 

Good  news  comes  from  Rev.  A.  Billing- 
ton  and  Mrs.  Billington  of  Tshumbiri, 
Africa,  who  were  compelled  to  leave  their 
station  on  account  of  serious  ill  health. 
Upon  reaching  England,  both  were  examined 
at  the  School  of  Tropical  Medicines  in 
London.  Mrs.  Billington,  who  had  been 
suffering  from  sleeping-sickness,  was  pro- 
nounced free  from  all  trace  of  the  disease. 
After  receiving  further  treatment  at  the 
school,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Billington  plan  to 
visit  Scotland,  where  their  son  is  stud3ring 
medicine. 


FROM    THE    HOME    LANDS 


A  Denominational  Loss 

The  Baptists  lose  one  of  their  able  laymen 
in  the  death  of  William  A.  Grippin  of 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  for  some  years  a  member 
of  the  Home  Mission  Board,  and  long-time 
supporter  of  the  Connecdcut  State  Conven- 
don.  He  was  the  promoter  of  the  mission 
in  Bridgeport,  which  has  now  developed 
into  a  successful  church,  and  built  for  it  a 
good  working  plant,  while  always  loyally 
suppordng  the  work  in  the  First  Church, 
which  will  sorely  miss  him.  Head  of  the 
Bridgeport  Malleable  Iron  Works  and 
interested  in  many  other  business  affairs, 
Mr.  Grippin  was  one  of  the  foremost  citizens. 
He  was  a  steady  and  generous  giver  to 
missions.  His  interesting  life  stoiy  places 
him  among  the  successful  self-made  business 
men  of  the  country.  His  hospitable  home 
in  Bridgeport  contained  a  "prophet's  cham- 
ber," as  many  ministers  and  missionaries 
could  testify.    His  death  will  be  widely  felt. 

Home  Mission  Post  Cards 

Exceptionally  pretty  colored  post  cards,  a 
set  of  six  cards  each,  showing  immigration 
scenes  and  manners  and  customs  of  the 
Navaho  and  Hopi  Indians,  can  be  obtained 


by  sending  to  the  Literature  Department, 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society, 
23  East  26th  Street,  New  York,  N.Y.  The 
price  of  these  sets  postpaid  is  only  fifteen 
cents,  or  twenty-five  cents  for  two  sets.  They 
make  not  only  attractive  cards  for  genera! 
use,  but  charming  gifts  for  Sunday-school 
scholars  from  teachers. 

An  Oregon  Revival 

Evangelist  George  W.  Taylor  reports  from 
Ontario,  Oregon:  "We  have  just  closed  the 
greatest  union  meeting  here  in  the  history 
of  this  town,  resulting  in  437  professions, 
from  a  little  child  of  four  to  an  old  soldier 
of  seventy,  from  moral  business  men  and 
society  women  to  the  drunkard  and  queen 
of  the  redlight  and  her  girls,  closing  the 
resorts.  The  total  membership  of  the 
churches  will  be  more  than  doubled.*' 

Co-operative  Work 

The  St.  Paul  Baptist  Union  has  secured 
as  superintendent  of  city  missions.  Rev. 
A.  E.  Lagerstrom,  formerly  general  worker 
among  the  Swedish  Baptists  of  New  England. 
He  will  devote  a  portion  of  his  time  to  the 
pastorate  of  the  Hebron  Church,  and  the 
remainder  to  looking  after  mission  interests 


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in  the  newer  sections  of  the  dty.  His  «>  en- 
gagement is  the  result  of  cooperation  between 
the  City  Union,  the  State  Convention  and 
the  Home  Mission  Society. 

A  Strong  Worker  Resigns 

We  are  sony  to  lose  Dr.  H.  Russell  Greaves 
from  the  service  of  the  Home  Mission  Society 
in  Southern  California.  In  the  work  of  the 
Convention  he  has  been  a  moving  power,  and 
his  influence  has  been  widely  felt.  It  is  not 
strange  that  the  pace  of  such  a  life  should 
have  told  upon  his  strength.  Whatever  he 
may  undertake,  we  are  sure  that  Missions 
will  have  in  him  a  warm  friend. 

A  Persecutor  Transformed 

Rev.  L.  L.  Zboray,  general  missionary  to 
the  Slavs  and  Hungarians  in  northeastern 
Pennsylvania,  is  rejoicing  over  the  con- 
version of  a  Lithuanian,  John  Yesselszki  by 
nimey  who,  having  been  injured  in  the  mines, 
hat  for  the  past  two  years  been  engaged  as  a 
home^o-house  visitor  of  the  Romish  Church 
widi  **lHAy  water,''  etc.  This  man  dll  re- 
cently has  been  so  abusive  of  Protestants 
"that  we  beg^  to  fear  him  as  much  as  the 
very  Saun  himself  and  have  included  him 
especially  in  our  prayers  for  deliverance," 
sa3rs  the  missionary.  Now,  however,  he  has 
read  the  Bible  for  himself  and  has  become  a 
real  Christian,  and  is  proving  an  earnest 
worker  in  the  Lord's  vineyard. 

A  Convention  Bom  in  a  Bam 

The  South  Dakou  Bafiist  Btdlitin  is 
published  quarterly  by  the  State  Conven- 
tion at  Sioux  Falls,  Dr.  S.  P.  Shaw,  editor. 
It  is  well  printed  in  clear  type  on  thick 
paper  which  takes  the  ink  of  its  numerous 
illustrations  in  fine  shape. 

Already  the  Bapdsts  of  the  State  are  lay- 
ing plans  for  the  next  meeting  of  their  Con- 
vention, nHiich  will  be  held  in  October  at 
Madison,  ^ere  thirty  )rears  ago  in  "  Baker's 
new  bam"  it  was  bom.  The  bam  is  now  a 
part  of  the  Chauuuqua  Hotel  on  the  shore 
of  Lake  Madison,  and  it  is  proposed  that  a 
large  boulder  bearing  a  bronze  plate  properly 
inscribed  be  set  up  on  these  beauriful  grounds 
visited  by  thousands  every  year,  and  thus 
the  memory  of  those  early  days  be  suitably 
perpetuated.  Sioux  Falls  is  a  Bapdst  strong- 
hold and  the  seat  of  Sioux  Falls  College,  for 
which  the  denomination  throughout  the 
State  hat  much  affection. 


A  Russian  Baptist  Chnrch  at  the  Golden 

Gate 

A  Russian  Bapdst  Church  planted  at  the 
Golden  Gate,  where  so  many  Russian  im- 
migrants are  entering,  is  one  of  the  promising 
developments  of  our  work  for  newcomers  in 
California.  Dr.  Burlingame  of  the  First 
Church  of  San  Francisco  is  alive  to  all  needs 
and  opportunities  and  a  helper  in  all  devel- 
opment of  religious  activides.  He  says  the 
story  of  the  formation  of  this  new  church  it 
one  of  the  brightest  chapters  in  the  histoiy 
of  our  Baptist  work  on  the  Coast.  The  mem- 
bers, a  little  company  of  fugitives  and  exiles 
from  their  native  land,  are  remarkable  for 
the  simplicity  of  their  faith,  their  apostolic 
zeal  and  fervor,  their  evangelistic  passion 
and  purpose.  The  pastor,  Rev.  Savly 
Kanakoff,  was  ordained  on  February  16, 
in  the  little  frame  building  on  Holy  Hill,  as 
the  Russian  priests  call  it.  The  council  of 
churches  of  the  San  Francisco  Assodadon 
was  greatly  pleased  with  the  examinadon  of 
the  candidate,  who  is  a  man  of  mature  years 
and  has  been  a  lay  preacher  many  years. 
His  testimony  concerning  his  Chrisdan 
experience  and  call  to  the  ministry  was  rich 
and  convincing.  He  said  that  when  eighteen 
he  visited  a  Baptist  Mission  in  his  native 
city,  and  heard  a  celebrated  evangelist  preach 
on  forgiveness  of  sins  here  on  earth.  He 
was  convinced  of  the  truth  and  became  a 
Christian,  but  for  a  time  was  tormented  by 
the  question  of  water  baptism.  At  last  it 
was  explained  to  his  satisfaction  and  he 
became  a  Baptist.  He  gave  himself  atV>nce 
to  acdve  service,  being  convinced  that  a^be- 
liever  is  "not  an  idle  slave  before  God,  but 
should  work  for  God."  Asked  if  he  intended 
to  give  his  whole  life  entirely  to  preaching 
the  gospel,  he  replied  that  if  he  had  confi- 
dence only  in  himself  he  could  not  answer, 
but  with  the  help  of  God  he  expeaed  to 
preach  the  word  of  God  all  his  life.  Follow- 
ing his  conversion,  he  said  he  always  wanted 
to  embrace  the  whole  world  and  bring  it  to 
Christ.  TTiis  indicates  his  spirit.  He  will 
make  a  rare  leader  for  the  new  church  and 
movement. 

In  the  council  to  ordain  a  Russian  minister 
were  delegates  from  the  Finnish  and  Chinese 
churches.  When  we  consider  how  the 
Great  Bear  has  placed  one  threatening  paw 
upon  Finland  and  another  upon  Manchuria 
in  the  spirit  of  ruthless  conquest  and  absorp- 


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ion,  we  can  better  appreciate,  as  Dr.  Bur- 
ingame  says,  the  Christian  fellowship  that 
brings  together  for  prayer  and  counsel  Finn 
and  Chinese  along  with  Swede  and  German 
and  American  —  all  one  in  Christ  and  all 
rejoicing  in  the  liberty  wherewith  Christ 
makes  us  free. 

Work  in  Washington 

Five  years  ago  a  Baptist  church  was 
organized  at  Elma,  on  the  ruins  of  a  former 
one  that  went  down  in  the  panic  of  1893. 
Rev.  Lemuel  T.  Root  has  been  pastor  three 
years  and  the  Lord  has  greatly  blessed  his 
work.  Lumbering  is  the  chief  industry  of 
the  place,  and  the  frequent  removals  incident 
to  occasional  shut  downs,  ''to  keep  the 
market  from  being  overstocked  and  the 
price  of  lumber  up,"  works  havoc  with  all 
organized  acdvides.  But  these  changes 
afford  opportunity  for  successful  evangelism. 
Thirty  were  baptized  during  one  recent 
series  of  meetings  and  the  church  property 
is  condnually  being  improved. 

A  great  revival  swept  over  Arlington 
(Philip  Graif,  pastor)  in  the  early  fall,  and 
its  results  are  sdll  being  gathered  in.  But 
the  financial  problem  is  severe,  for  the 
church  was  in  debt  and  the  expenses  con- 
nected with  the  revival,  building  a  special 
tabernacle  for  it,  etc.,  were  very  heavy. 
The  neglect  of  a  tax  of  f  1.68  several  years 
ago,  by  a  former  owAer,  resulted  a  few 
months  since  in  the  sale  of  the  entire  church 
property  "unbeknownst"  to  the  pastor  and 
other  officials,  and  a  subsequent  lawsuit 
and  expense  of  over  one  hundred  dollars  to 
rescue  it  from  the  real-estate  dealer  who  had 
bought  at  the  auction.  Let  other  churches 
beware  of  permitting  the  existence  of  the 
smallest  flaw  in  their  real-estate  papers. 

Burlington,  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev* 
Myron  Cooley,  has  become  self-supporting* 
Organized  in  a  small  town  in  1907,  it  has 
now  104  members,  a  fine  up-to-date  house  of 
worship  and  an  influence  that  tells  mightily 
for  righteousness  throughout  Western  Wash- 
ngton. 

At  Hoquiam,  the  pastor,  Rev.  H.  Fergu- 
ton,  is  having  the  assistance  of  Miss  Swartz, 
a  house-to-house  evangelist,  mighty  in  the 
scriptures,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Driver,  in 
ubi  c  services.     Hie  field  is  difiicult,  and 


living  expenses  are  high  on  account  of  the 
distance  from  producers.  But  the  pastor  is 
enthusiastic  and  has  mapped  out  the  city 
(population,  7,000-8,000)  into  districts,  each 
of  which  will  have  meetings  and  visitors 
every  day.  He  has  already  held  many  street 
meetings,  and  will  continue  these  together 
with  others  in  the  mills. 

South  Tacoma,  six  miles  from  the  heart  of 
the  city,  is  one  of  our  most  promising  fields. 
The  great  Northern  Pacific  shops  employ 
1,200  men,  and  there  are  several  other  im- 
portant industries.  The  pastor  here.  Rev. 
James  A.  Barton,  holds  noon  meetings  at 
the  shops  and  is  planning  other  work.  The 
church  is  greatly  hampered  for  room.  The 
building  will  seat  only  125  and  the  Sunday 
school  numbers  135.  Some  money  is  already 
raised,  two  or  three  lots  are  owned  and  a 
suitable  church  edifice  will  soon  be  staned. 

Rev.  Adam  Fawcett,  at  Anacortes,  like 
many  others,  finds  the  unsteady  condition 
of  labor  a  hindrance  in  organized  work. 
Only  two  men  in  the  church  have  remained 
resident  throughout  the  year.  But  a  large 
number  are  reached  as  they  drift  past,  and 
the  church  is  a  center  of  wide  influence. 
Another  year  will  see  it  self-supporting,  for 
it  floats  like  a  ship  upon  this  ever  restless 
human  tide. 

Kennewick  and  Pasco,  at  the  head  of 
navigation  from  the  sea  and  where  railways 
from  every  direction  converge  to  cross  the 
Columbia  River,  look  forward  to  great 
things.  The  Baptist  church  which  is  at 
Kennewick  has  forty-six  members,  largely 
settlers  waiting  for  orchards  to  grow  and 
other  sources  of  wealth  to  materialize,  and 
they  need  much  present  help.  The  Sunday 
school  annex  of  their  building  has  been  put 
up  and  is  filled  to  overflowing.  Rev.  C.  R. 
Delphine,  pastor,  hopes  to  continue  with  the 
main  part  of  the  building  at  once,  using  the 
basement  at  first  to  accommodate  the  present 
overflow.  If,  as  seems  inevitable,  the  harbor 
of  all  the  "Inland  Empire"  should  be  located 
here,  the  twin  cities  will  number  more  than 
100,000  before  many  years  have  passed. 


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CHAPEL    CAR     AND     COLPORTER 


A  Hew  District  Secretary 
The  appointment  of  Rev.  Guy  C.  Lamson, 
panor  of  the  Hyde  Park  Baptist  Church,  ac 
luccessor  to  Dr.  Spalding  in  the  Puhlication 
Society  District  Secretaiyship  for  New 
England  is  received  with  approval  and 
pleasure  by  all  who  know  the  man.  He 
Bcems  especially  adapted  to  this-  form  of 
service,  hut  for  that  matter,  he  is  admirably 
adapted  to  the  pastorate  also,  as  the  Hyde 
Park  people,  reluctant  to  part  with  him,  can 
testify.  He  will  bring  to  the  new  work  an 
enthusiasm  and  adaptability  and  general 
ability  that  will  enable  him  to  meet  the 
demands  of  a  position  which  Dr.  Spalding 
has  made  it  difficult  to  fill.  We  shall  give 
more  extended  notice  when  the  new  Secre- 
taiy  enter*  upon  his  task.  He  has  been 
rendering  a  very  efficient  service  recently 
in  connection  with  "The  World  in  Boston." 

Tb*  PabUcattos  Society  in  Hew  Mexico 

BY  a.  O.  BEYMOUR,  D.D. 

Many  eyes  are  fixed  upon  this  interesting 
territoiy  because  of  the  battles  of  religious 
forces  diere,  and  we  fear  many  are  thinking 
more  about  the  battle  than  about  the  work 
of  the  Master  and  the  progress  of  His  king- 
dom. Peace  sometimes  comes  through 
strife,  but  above  the  noise  of  battle  we  wish 
to  sound  the  note  of  peace.  The  sound  of 
even  the  hammer  should  not  be  heard  in  the 
erection  of  His  spiritual  temple  who  is  the 
Prince  of  Peace,  and  whom  the  angels 
heralded  with  the  song  of  "Peace  on  earth 
and  to  men  good  will."  If  we  are  intensely 
busy  about  preparing  the  way  of  the  Lord, 
making  strai^t  his  paths  in  the  desert  that 
men  may  receive  and  acclaim  the  King,  we 
will  have  no  dme  to  quarrel  with  the  road- 
builders  and  die  outriding  messengers. 

Many  year*  and  with  much  labor  our  sister 
Society,  die  Home  Mission  Society,  had  done 
pioneer  work  in  this  fertile  field,  and  in 
answer  to  the  appeal  of  the  field  workers  of 
this  Society  the  Publication  Society  sent 
into  New  Mexico  a  Sunday-school  mission- 


I  pioneer  worker.  The  Society  chose 
who  was  amply  equipped  for  this 
in  the  person  of  Rev.  J.  L.  Rupard, 
urian,  a  man  who  spent  seven  yean 
of  mission  work  in  Oklahoma.  He  knew 
by  experience  as  well  as  culture  what  to  do. 
Like  all  our  Sunday-school  missionaries  he 
was  an  all-around  man,  full  of  zeal,  and  con- 
sumed with  desire  for  the  salvation  of  the 
people.  From  him  came  the  pressure  upon 
us  at  headquarters  to  do  a  larger  work  in 
New  Mexico.  We  could  not  help  but  listen, 
and  our  heans  went  out  in  sympathy  with 
the  great  need.  We  moved  out  on  faith, 
and  two  workers  were  assigned  to  two 
associations.  Then  this  work  was  laid  upon 
the  heart  of  one  of  ourbest  and  most  generous 
laymen,  M.  C.  Treat,  who  believes  in  this 
personal  work  in  building  up  the  Kingdom. 
The  support  of  these  pioneers  was  not  only 
assured,  but  the  Society  was  enabled  to 
enlarge  its  work.  More  laborers  were  thrust 
fonh  into  the  harvest,  so  that  now  in  the 
State  there  are  four  thoroughly  equipped 
wagons,  two  men  without  wagons,  and  a 
Sunday-school  missionary,  involving  an 
expense  in  round  numbers  of  $B,ooo  per 
year.  There  is  a  large  Mexican  Spanish- 
speaking  population.  A  man  whose  heart 
the  Lord  has  touched,  who  knows  how  to 
reach  this  class  of  people  and  is  full  of  zeal 
and  tact,  has  been  recently  appointed  by 
the  Society  to  labor  among  them,  and  we 
have  no  doubt  there  will  be  rich  returns  in 
men  and  women  saved  from  sin  and  from 
the  superstition  of  Romanism. 

The  facts  of  less  than  three  years'  work 
with  some  of  the  men  are  interesting  and 
instructive:  6,1 13  families  visited,  1,017 
Bibles  distributed,  75,15?  pages  of  tracts 
scattered,  1,522  sermons  and  addresses 
delivered,  2,620  books  sold  and  given  away, 
54  new  Sunday  schools  planted,  164  insti- 
tutes held. 

Who  can  measure  the  influences  upon  the 
home,  social  and  political  life  in  this  coming 
State  of  this  kind  of  work  f  The  founda- 
rions  of  all  organized  life  must  be  moral. 


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that  only  is  permanent  which  is  Christian. 
Tucumcari  is  notable  indeed,  and  can  never 
be  forgotten  by  those  who  were  in  the  Con- 
vention, but  the  Lord  was  in  Tucumcari 
that  day  when  with  a  procession  in  the 
streets  and  services  in  church  and  out  of 
doors  with  a  consciousness  of  God's  guid- 
ing^hand  we  set  apart  these  colponage 
wagons  with  their  tnatched  teams  of  btact 
horses,  and  these  men  consecrated  to 
Christ's  service.  Who  would  hinder  the 
victorious  march  of  these  chariots  of  salva- 
tion? Who  would  not  hasten  to  support 
and  multiply  them  i 


Practical   Canuannity  Bible-School   Work 

BY  BEV.  J.  H.  GURLBY,  KANSAS  SUNDAY- 
SCHOOL  MISSIONARY 

The  writer  had  the  pleaaure  recently  of 
spending  some  time  with  Rev.  Ray  E,  York, 
pastor  of  the  Argentine  Church.  Argentine 
is  a  city  of  some  eight  or  ten  thousand  in- 
habitants, is  situated  south  of  the  Kaw  River, 
and  now  a  corporate  pait  of  Kansas  City, 
Kans.  The  church  has  a  membership  of 
about  two  hundred.  Tliey  give  full  support 
to  their  pastor  and  find  time  and  mcani 
to  cultivate  their  entire  field.    They  have 


Hugo  Chapel 
About  two  years  ago  I  visited  a  "little 
white  Bchoolhouse  in  the  mountains."  In 
connection  with  my  worL  in  that  com- 
munity has  been  built  the  little  chapel,  of 
which  I  send  you  a  picture,  taken  on  dedi- 
cation day,  June  26.  This  house  was  buik 
almost  entirely  by  donated  labor,  a  work 
of  love  and  good-will.  It  is  seated  with 
nice,  comfortable  pews,  and  they  have  a 
new  organ.  There  was  cash  in  hand  to 
pay  all  bills,  and  on  dedication  day,  $yo 
was  promptly  subscribed  to  add  further 
improvements  to  this  little  chapel.  There 
is  no  organization  in  Hugo.  The  property 
is  deeded  to  the  trustees  in  the  Merlin 
Baptist  Church  to  hold  in  trust  till  such 
time  as  a  Baprist  church  may  be  organized 
at  Hugo.  — fov.  C.  H.  McKie. 


built  a  veiy  neat  chapel  in  the  east  part  of 
the  town,  and  have  it  comfortably  seated 
and  attractively  arranged.  In  this  building 
they  condua  Sunday  school  every  Sunday 
afternoon,  with  an  average  attendance  of 
from  fifty  to  seventy-five.  It  is  made  the 
center  of  Christian  activity  and  practical 

In  the  west  part  of  town  they  have  secured 
a  very  comfortable  building  that  was  used  for 
some  time  for  a  union  Sunday  school,  and  at 
the  same  rime  Sunday  afternoons  they  con- 
duct Sunday  school  there,  with  about  the 
same  attendance  and  interest.  The  pastor 
told  me  they  had  another  location  selected 
in  another  part  of  town  and  at  the  ri^t  time 
they  propose  to  start  still  another  work. 
T^e  members  of  the  church  are  very  enthu- 
siastic in  these  activities,  and  are  miizang 


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rich  mums,  both  in  these  outlying  districts 
and  in  the  central  church.  Theie  are  many 
otber  fields  where  similar  efforts  will  yield 
bige  returns.  By  such  methods  the  people 
b  an  enrire  community  may  be  reached,  and 
Chrisuan  people  find  place  for  practical 
Christian  service,  and  are  developed  and 
strengthened  themselTes.  Mr.  York  is  show- 
ing us  what  may  be  done  in  this  line  to  evan- 
gelize a  community.  Take  it  up  and  pass  it 
on,  brethren. 

•!• 
Children's  Day  Program 
Children's  Day,  which  the  Sunday  schools 
have  kept  in  the  interest  of  all  missionaiy 
iforic  of  the  Scxaety  for  eighteen  years,  will 
be  cdebiated  on  the  second  Sunday  in  June. 
A  bii|^  haexf  program  has  been  prepared 
by  RcT.  R.  F.  Y.  Pierce,  entitled  "Serving 
n  Sktc."  The  music  is  unusually  good,  and 
I  helpful  in  every  way.     Part 


«r  Aa  I 


E  hu  been  prepared  by  Tali 


Son  OofpelTagoiia 

T^m  new  wagons  have  gone  into  Utah 

h  **^'^     Two  more  are  ordered  and  will 

ba  mm  imn  Idaho  and  Eastern  Washing- 

tia.     Tha  Danish   brethren   of  Iowa   are 

g  with  the  Publication  Society  in 

D  woric  in  Utah. 


Chapel  Cars  and  Revivals 
Latest  reports  from  the  six  chapel  can 
indicate  that  the  same  victories  are  attend- 
ing the  labors  of  the  missionaries.  The 
setting  apart  of  one  car  for  railroad  work  in 
connection  with  the  Railroad  Y.M.C.A. 
has  proved  a  decided  success.  This  car, 
"Messenger  of  Peace,"  in  charge  of  Rev. 
Thomas  R.  Gale  and  wife,  is  to  be  a  part 
of  the  great  Boston  Exposition. 


Many  Converts 
Chapel  car  "Good-Will"  ; 


t  work 


Utah.  Mr.  Barkman  and  wife  are  holding 
daily  evangelistic  meetings,  and  they  are 
greatly  prospered.  In  connection  with  a 
meeting  in  the  Rio  Grande  Mission,  seven- 
teen presented  themselves  for  membership. 
About  one  hundred  have  been  converted, 
and  there  are  many  interested  who  are  from 
the  Rio  Grande  Railroad  shops. 
* 
A  Porto  Ricaa  Sunday  School 
The  Sunday  schools  in  Porto  Rico  are 
growing  larger  and  more  interesting  every 
year.  One  of  the  most  prosperous  of  these 
among  the  Baptist  churches  is  the  school  at 
Caguas  where  Missionary  Humphrey  lives. 
The  attendance  on  February  19  last  was  131, 
which  is  about  the  average  now. 


MISSIONS 


"Ad  AmvriCMi  B[ld«  In  Porto  Rico" 

The  author,  Marion  BIythe,  was  the  bn'de 
whose  experiences  she  describet  in  a  way  lo 
natural  and  audaciously  bright  that  the 
reader  will  say  this  is  a  kind  of  missionaiy 
book  that  compels  reading.  It  also  impds 
to  a  new  interest  in  that  charming  island 
possession  which  has  attracted  the  American 
missionaiy  and  "drummer"  and  capitalist, 
a!I  of  whom  iind  in  it  a  field  of  operations. 
In  the  form  of  letters  to  the  mother-in-law 
in  California,  the  young  missionary  wife  lets 
you  into  the  highways  and  byways  and  daily 
life  in  the  most  informal  and  informing 
manner.  There  are  touches  that  draw 
tears,  and  sentences  that  keep  one  laughing. 
Porto  Rico  is  made  to  seem  familiar  and  the 
missionary's  life  tremendously  worth  while, 
and  that  is  very  much  for  a  book  to  do.  It 
IS  full  of  bright  passages  for  the  missionaiy 
circle  or  program.  The  one  thing  it  does 
not  contain  is  a  dull  page.  (Fleming  H. 
Revell  Co.      $t  net.) 


"A  Key 


You*. 


the  Hew  Testament" 

not  read  far  in  this  httle  volume 
letters,  comprising  a  correspond- 
ence course  with  men  who  had  not  received 
a  theological  training  but  were  engaged  in 
Christian  teaching  of  some  sort,  before  dis- 
covering that  the  pages  are  full  of  meat. 
Many  a  much  larger  "key"  unlocks  much 
less  Scripture.  Dr.  A.  S.  Hobart,  Professor 
of  New  Testament  at  Crozer,  is  conspicuous 
for  terse  statement  and  common  sense,  also 
for  getting  at  the  gist  of  a  thing.  If  our 
Baptist  Laymen's  Movement  could  inspire 
our  laymen  not  only  to  take  a  deep  and  true 
interest  in  missions,  but  also  to  study  a  little 
book  like  this,  we  should  develop  a  new  type 
of  Christianity  in  our  churches.    This  is  a 


book  for  a  pastor  to  give  to  young  men;  good 
also  to  make  the  basis  dT  prayer-meeting 
thought.  Nor  is  there  any  reason  why  we 
may  not  say  that  paston  themselves  would 
be  greatly  benefited  and  helped  by  its  care- 
ful perusal.  (Griffith  &  Rowland  Press. 
Cloth,  176  pp.  with  index,  40  cents.) 

"Doctor  Apricot" 

Books  on  medical  mission  work  are  noi 
over- numerous,  and  this  brightly  written 
story  by  Kingston  De  Gruchi  it  etpecially 
welcome  among  the  number.  It  describes 
the  work  and  growth  of  the  Medical  Mission 
in  Hang-chow  (Heaven-below)  carried  on  by 
the  English  Church  Missionaiy  Society. 
This  finely  developed  work,  which  began 
with  an  Opium  Refuge,  now  includes  a 
hospital  and  many  branch  institutions, 
among  them  a  leper  refuge  for  men  and 
another  for  women.  The  Cheer  Up  Society 
which  Doctor  Apricot  started,  with  its  motto, 
"Keep  Smiling,"  has  been  of  great  aid  in  the 
healing  process.  The  style  holds  the  interest 
throughout,  and  few  books  tend  so  strongly 
to  impress  the  value  of  medical  missions  as 
a  method  of  evangelization.  We  shall  have 
occasion  to  quote  some  of  its  sketches  later. 
(Fleming  H.  Revell  Co.  $1  net.) 
"Script  and  Print" 

This  practical  primer  for  use  in  the  prep- 
aration of  manuscript  and  print,  prepared 
by  Dr.  Philip  L.  Jones,  book  editor  of  the 
Publication  Society,  is  a  capital  twenty-live 
cent  investment  for  people  in  general  and 
young  people  in  particular.  It  is  full  of 
points,  punctuation  and  otherwise.  The 
writer  admits  that  in  punctuation  and  capi- 
talizing, as  in  style,  there  are  diversities  of 
taste  and  permissible  variations.  He  gives 
the  rules  gradually  established  by  his  house. 


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One  dung  it  cotain,  that  the  reader  cannot 
&il  to  kam  something,  and  something  worth 
knoipitt^  whether  one  is  a  regular  writer  or 
noc    (Griffith  &  Rowland  Press.    25  cents.) 

A  Strong  Book  Honored 

Dr.  E.  P.  Tenney's  "Contrasts  in  Social 
Progrett,*'  a  hook  of  unusual  merit  and  im- 
poitniiGey  has  been  translated  with  some 
adaptations  and  published  by  the  Christian 
Lkoature  Society  for  China,  after  first  ap 
pearing  in  serial  form  in  a  magazine  which 
circulates  among  the  leading  officials  and 
gentry  of  the  empire.  Dr.  Timothy  Richard 
speaks  of  it  as  a  most  timely  and  important 
help  to  China  in  its  present  crisis,  and  ex- 
presses the  hope  that  it  is  being  translated 
into  the  languages  of  Asia  and  Africa,  as  well 
as  into  the  leading  languages  of  the  world. 

The  Hegro  In  Literature  and  Art 

BY  REV.  W.  G.  HUBBARD 

THE  author  of  this  unpretentious  volume. 
Prof.  Benjamin  Griffith  Brawley,  is 
himself  a  Negro^  and  was  bom  in  Columbia, 
S.C  April  22,  1882.  His  father  early  en- 
joyed the  advantages  that  South  Carolina 
even  before  the  war  permitted  to  Negroes, 
and  gained  a  thorough  education  which  cul- 
minated in  his  graduation  from  Bucknell 
University.  Since  then  he  has  always  been  a 
teacher  and  naturally  the  guide  and  inspirer 
of  his  talented  son,  who  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and 
Petersbuig,  Va.,  and  at  Atlanta  Baptist 
Cdlege,  where  he  was  graduated  a  B.A.  at 
nineteen.  After  teaching  a  year  in  the  public 
sdiools  of  Florida  he  was  called  back  to 
Atlanta,  where  he  was  steadily  advanced  in 
his  chosen  department  of  English  language 
and  literature,  till  he  succeeded  in  making 
it  a  distinct  diair.  Meanwhile  he  received 
from  Chicago  University  the  degree  of  Bache- 
lor of  Arts  eum  laude^  and  after  a  year's 
residence  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  at 
Harvard.  A  competent  judge  declares  that 
"this  young  man  has,  during  the  past  eight 
years,  done  probably  more  than  any  other 
man  in  any  institution  of  the  South  for  the 
teadiing  of  English  in  the  Negro  academy 
and  the  Negro  college." 

In  this  little  book  of  sixty  pages  Mr. 
BiBvri^  has  attempted  a  serious  estimate  of 
the  contribution  of  his  race  thus  far  to  ait 


and  literature.  His  standards  are  high,  his 
method  discriminating,  his  material  drawn 
from  padent  and  extended  search.  The  first 
chapter  treats  of  Folk-Lore  and  Folk-Music 
among  the  Negroes.  He  points  out  that  the 
typical  Negro  Folk-Music  differs  from  the 
English  and  Scottish  popular  ballads  in  de- 
pending for  its  merit  much  more  largely  upon 
its  tunes,  the  words  often  lacking  in  narrative 
interest.  He  deprecates  the  debasement  of 
so-called  Negro  music  in  "coon  songs" 
written  by  white  folks,  and  hopes  the  new 
edition  of  genuine  Negro  melodies  recently 
published  by  the  Hampton  Institute  Press 
will  help  correct  the  too  common  conception 
and  re-establish  the  true  ideal. 

The  next  five  chapters  deal  with  a  single 
writer  each  —  Phillis  Wheatley,  Paul  Law- 
rence Dunbar,  Charies  W.  Chesnutt,  W.  E. 
Burghart  Du  Bois,  and  William  Stanley 
Braithwaite.  He  does  not  ask  favor  for  his 
race  as  compared  with  others.  Chesnutt  he 
characterizes  as  "the  foremost  novelist  and 
short  story  writer  of  the  race,"  and  devotes 
to  him  the  longest  chapter  m  the  volume. 
Dr.  Bu  Bois  (A.B.,  Fisk  University;  A.B., 
A.M.  and  Ph.D.,  Harvard;  student  at  the 
University  of  Beriin  and  Professor  in  Adanta 
University)  is  credited  with  producing 
"unquestionably  the  most  imporunt  work 
in  classic  English  yet  written  by  a  Negro," 
namely,  "The  Souls  of  Black  Folks,"  a 
volume  of  essays,  most  of  which  had  sepa- 
rately appeared  in  the  Atlantic  Monthly  and 
the  World's  Work.  He  calls  Braithwaite 
"the  foremost  of  the  poets  of  the  race,"  but 
laments  that  the  poet  has  failed  to  identify 
himself  with  his  own  people  and  to  voice 
their  strivings.  The  remainder  of  the  book 
covers  a  field  outside  his  distinctive  depart- 
ment, and  is  therefore  historical  rather  than 
critical  in  its  general  tendency.  Actors, 
orators,  readers,  painters,  sculptors,  singers 
and  musicians  are  in  turn  presented  with 
brief  remark.  As  might  be  expected,  the 
musical  celebrities  of  tibe  race  are  given  the 
largest  amount  of  attention.  Of  Mr.  Booker 
Washington  he  says  that  he  is  "by  general 
consent  one  of  the  first,  perhaps  the  very 
first,  of  contemporary  American  orators." 
A  list  of  some  thirty  volumes  of  Negro- 
American  literature,  costing  about  thirty 
dollars,  completes  the  book.  Mr.  Brawley 
is  evidently  familiar  with  the  best  thought  of 
his  own  and  other  times.    He  has  lately  be- 


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come  head  of  the  Department  of  English  at 
Howard  University  (Washington),  but  not 
divorced  from  the  common  life  of  the  people 
he  loves.  In  a  letter  to  a  friend  concerning 
the  recent  appointment  he  says:  "My  work 
goes  well  and  I  seem  to  be  finding  a  place  in 
the  hearts  of  the  young  people  here.  I  want 
to  answer  you,  however,  that  I  can  never 
cease  to  be  interested  in  the  work  of  the 
Home  Mission  schools.  I  think  daily  of  the 
men  and  women  toiling  in  the  cotton;  and  of 
the  problem,  as  it  appears  in  all  its  hideous- 
ness."  To  the  solution  of  that  problem,  in 
some  of  its  relations,  the  data  contained  in 
this  little  volume  form  a  valuable  and 
posirive  contribution,  showing,  as  they  do, 
the  present  actual  attainments  of  individual 
Negroes  in  the  several  departments  therein 
discussed. 

Missions  in  the  Magazines 

THE  series  on  the  West  in  the  East  from 
an  American  point  of  view  is  continued 
in  ScrihnerSy  the  current  paper  considering 
the  problem  of  religion  and  caste  in  India. 
The  writer  gives  vivid  glimpses  of  the  life  of 
the  people  under  the  ever-present  burden  of 
religion  and  caste,  his  purpose  being  to 
show  "how  ludicrous  is  the  ideal  of  self- 
government  for  a  people  so  unhomogeneous 
and  how  calamitous  will  be  the  result  of 
going  too  fast  in  granring  legislative  privi- 
leges." "A  Quest  in  the  Himalayas" 
(Harper's),  "Shopping  in  India,"  which  is  a 
pleasant  account  of  diverse  days  in  the 
bazars  and  fascinadng  little  shops  of  Ran- 
goon, Darjeeling,  Benares  and  other  well- 
known  places  in  Burma  and  India  (Black- 
wood's for  February),  and  "Notes  on  Oman," 
by  Rev.  S.  M.  Zwemer  in  the  National 
Geographic  Magazine  for  January,  together 
with  "  Damascus,  the  Pearl  of  the  Desert," 
in  the  same  issue,  are  all  pleasing,  well- 
written,  descriptive  articles  on  various  parts 
of  the  East,  while  the  Imperial  Asiatic 
Quarterly  Review  discusses  various  questions 
and  problems  peculiar  to  the  Orient. 

The  Sunset  Magazine  for  March  contains 
"The  Coming  of  the  Prophet,"  an  exasperat- 
ing story  recounting  how  Quan  Quock  Ming, 
who  departed  from  China  "without  a  copper 
cash,  without  womenfolk,  without  ancestry 
and  altogether  unknown,"  arrived  in  the 
land  of  the  fan  quai  (foreign  devils)  blessed 


with  more  than  a  thousand  taels  of  silver, 
a  young  wife,  three  hundred  ancestors  and 
a  great  reputation  for  piety  and  wisdom. 
The  World's  Work  in  "A  Museum  of  Living 
Trees"  publishes  an  interesting  account  of 
the  work  and  travels  of  those  who  explore 
in  Western  China  and  Tibet  in  the  interests 
of  the  Arnold  Arboretum.  Well  considered 
and  valuable  is  the  article  in  the  Century, 
by  Edward  A.  Ross,  Professor  of  Sociology 
in  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  on  the  subject 
of  "Christianity  in  China."  It  might  well 
be  summed  up  as  a  sympathetic  and  clear- 
sighted interpretation  of  the  missionary,  his 
work  and  ideals.  "The  missionaries  realize 
that  their  part  is  to  man  the  needed  colleges 
and  theological  schools  and  to  supervise  the 
work  in  the  field  while  the  actual  evangeli- 
zation of  China  is  to  be  carried  on  by  the 
trained  natives.  A  silent,  secret  permeation 
of  the  religions  of  the  Far  East  by  the  ideals 
and  standards  of  Christianity  is  inevitable, 
and  if  eventually  they  prove  capable  of 
making  a  stand  against  the  invader,  it  will 
be  owing  to  their  heavy  borrowings  from  it." 

Africa  occupies  many  pages  of  interest. 
The  National  Geographic  Magaxine  con- 
tains two  articles  widely  divergent  yet  both 
acceptable  to  the  many-sided  reader:  the 
first,  "Wild  Man  and  Wild  Beast  in  Africa," 
by  Theodore  Roosevelt;  the  second,  "Dum- 
boy,  the  National  Dish  of  Liberia."  The 
principal  ingredient  of  this  dish  is  cassava; 
the  concoction  of  the  delicacy  requires 
judgment,  patience  and,  above  all,  strength; 
the  eating  of  the  finished  product  requires 
heroism,  praaice  and  no  Fletcherizing,  as 
"dumboy"  once  given  a  hold  in  the  mouth 
is  thereafter  undetachable.  To  impress  this 
upon  the  reader,  the  writer  mentions  casually 
that  when  dried  "dumboy"  is  a  favorite 
kind  of  shot  for  use  in  the  natives'  long 
muzzle-loading  guns,  and  is  also  popular  as 
a  casing  to  stiffen  leather  sheaths  of  swords 
and  knives.  Blackwood's  and  Scribners 
both  contribute  a  story  of  African  missions. 
In  the  former  magazine  we  find  "The  Silent 
Ones,"  a  stirring  account  of  the  quick-witted 
heroism  of  a  French  priest  in  West  Africa; 
in  the  latter,  "Vain  Oblations,"  a  painful 
portrayal  of  the  brave  self-sacrifice  of  a 
New  England  girl  in  a  situation  inconceiv- 
ably merciless. 

"Women  of  All  Nations,"  National 
Geographic  Magazine,  is  abstracted  from  a 


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291 


book  of  the  same  title  recently  published  by 
Cassell  Be  Co.,  and  if  these  few  pages  are 
true  earnest  of  the  book  as  a  whole,  it  is 
well  worth  reading.  In  the  New  England 
Magazine  appears  "A  Masquerade  of 
Menus/'  which  gives  the  prospective  touritt 
an  idea  of  what  awaits  him  in  the  hotel  line 
from  Yokohama  to  Bombay. 

In  "The  Wooing  of  Addie  Swisher,"  a 
simple-minded  and  charming  Mennonite 
girl  who  would  not  marry  until  she  could 
"better  herself,"  the  Century  continues  its 
stories  of  the  Pennsylvania  Dutch,  and  in 
"The  Bom  Trader,"  who  proves  to  his  in- 
experienced teacher  that  sharp  bargains  and 
ostentatious  piety  are  compatible,  adds 
another  to  its  series  of  sketches  of  the  Ken- 
tucky Mountains.  MeClure's  offers  a 
touching  story  of  Syrian  immigrant  life  in 
"The  Tooth  of  Antar,"  in  which  the  blue 
beads  that  keep  off  the  evil  eye  figure 
prominently. 

March  fForliTs  Work  begins  "Down  to 
the  Slum,"  the  story  of  an  American  family 
forced  from  hopeful  respectability  by  poverty 
and  its  remorseless  accessories  to  hopeless 
degradadon,  the  result  of  a  lost  job.  The 
incidents  related  are  sadly  typical  and 
persistently  haunting. 

The  magazine  number  of  the  Outlook 
for  March  contains  the  second  installment 
of  "Through  the  Mill,"  a  story  of  the  life 
of  a  mill  boy,  which  is  "an  autobiography 
in  the  fullest  sense."  Four  more  install- 
ments are  to  appear;  and  if  they  are  equal 
in  interest  to  these  first  two  they  will  form  a 
valuable  contribudon  to  the  literature  of 
the  immigrant  child  in  the  United  States. 
The  February  Outlook  had  a  well-illustrated 
ardde  on  "Our  Two  New  States,"  Arizona 
and  New  Mexico,  where  some  of  our  most 
faithful  and  important  missionaries  are 
laboring.  The  picture  of  "The  Oldest 
House  in  the  United  States  (1520)  Santa 
F^"  significandy  suggests  the  wonderful 
energy  and  capacity  of  beneficent  dominion 
resident  in  the  Pilgrim  type  of  Chrisdanity 
which  was  brought  to  Plymouth,  Mass.,  a 
hundred  years  later,  and  is  now  conquering 
diose  western  regions  for  Christ. 

McClure*!  condnues  its  series  of  articles 
on  the  working  girls'  budget.  This  number 
takes  up  the  women  laundry  workers  in 
New  York.  The  research  work  of  the  two 
audion  Aows  a  deep  and  painful  need  of 


bettered  condition  among  the  laundries  of 
New  York. 

Good  Missionary  Reading 

Pioneering  among  the  Kachins  is  the  title 
of  a  revised  booklet  that  has  just  come  from 
the  Foreign  Mission  Society's  literature 
department.  The  story  told  by  Missionary 
W.  H.  Roberts  is  close  to  the  ideal.  It  will 
be  read  through  by  those  who  begin  it. 

Our  Duty  to  Mexico 

THE  Pacific  Monthly  for  February  con- 
tains an  article  by  John  Kenneth 
Turner,  presenting  a  vivid  picture  of  do- 
mestic, social  and  political  life  in  Mexico,  as 
developed  under  the  policy  of  President 
Diaz  for  the  past  thirty-four  years,  which 
may  be  summed  up  in  its  last  sentence, 
"He  is  not  a  statesman,  but  a  soldier,  who 
lived  three  centuries  too  late."  On  the 
other  side,  the  Sunset  magazine  of  the  same 
date  has  an  ardde  by  Herman  Whitaker, 
defending,  or  at  least  excusing.  President 
Diaz  for  what  he  has  done,  or  failed  to  do, 
during  his  long  and  difficult  administra« 
tion.  Recent  revoludonary  developments 
indicate  the  elements  he  has  to  deal  with. 

Whatever  view  we  may  take  concerning 
the  personality  and  influence  of  this  aged, 
energedc  ruler,  one  thing  is  certain,  Mexico 
is  feeling  throughout  its  entire  extent  the 
fast  increasing  pulsations  of  the  condnually 
inflowing  current  of  modem  life  from  its 
northern  neighbor,  the  United  States.  And 
it  rests  with  the  Christian  people  of  our  land 
to  make  suitable  provision  that  this  current 
shall  contain,  as  one  of  its  most  evident  and 
powerful  forces,  the  purifying  and  uplifdng 
influence  of  the  gospel.  The  oppressed  need 
Jesus  as  their  consoladon  and  their  hope, 
and  the  free  need  Jesus  as  the  only  sufficient 
guide  of  their  newly  acquired  liberty.  The 
rapidity  with  which  that  belated  nation  is 
likely  to  pass  through  a  series  of  changes 
that  took  many  generadons  in  the  more 
highly  civilized  countries  of  today  is  a 
powerful  argument  in  favor  of  immediate 
and  vigorous  acdon  on  the  part  of  American 
Chrisdans  of  every  name.  Thus  far  the 
American  influence  has  been  altogether 
too  largely  the  reverse  of  religious  and 
uplifting.  There  has  been  too  much  com- 
mercialism and  too  litde  Christianity. 


a92 


MISSIONS 


Financial  Statements  of  the  Societies 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

Financial  StaCemant  for  tlavan  montfaa*  andinc  Fabniary  28,  1911 


Sonrca  of  Inooma 

Churches,  Young  Paopla'a  Sodatiaa  and  Sunday 
Schoola   (apportioned  to  cfaurchas)  .... 

Individuals  (estimatad) 

Legacies.  Income  of  Funds.  Annuity  Bonds. 
Specific  Gifts,  etc.  (estimated) 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 
Convention 


Budget  for 
1910-1911 

$563,465.00 
175.000.00 

104.527.00 


$032,082.00 


Reosiptsfor 
Seven  Months 

$188,818.06 
48.385.40 

142,709.89 


$379,973.44 


Conparison  of  Raealpts  wltii  those  of  Last  Tear 
Fbst  eleven  months  of  Financial  Tear 


Balance 
Required  by 
Mar.  31.  1911 


^^                    Soorea  of  Ineome 
Churdies.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 
Schools 


1910 


Individuals 

Legacies.   Income  of  Funds,   Annuity  Bonds, 
Specific  Gifts,  etc 


\ 


•$178,834.65 
128.981.53 


1911 
$188,818.06 
48,385.49 
142.769.89 


$907,816.18        $379,973.44 


Increase 

$58,368.90 

13.788.36 
$72,157.26 


$374,636.94 
126.614.51 

61.757.11 


$663,008.66 


Decreaie 


*  Previous  to  1910  the  receipts  from  individuals  were  not  reported  separately  from  those  from  churches. 
young  people's  societies  and  S\mday  schools.    A  small  amount  of  specific  gifts  is  included  in  this  figure. 


The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  eleven  months,  ending  February  28, 1911 


Source  of  Ineome 

Churches,  Sunday  Schoola  and  Young  People's 
Societies  (apportioned  to  churches)      .   .   . 

Individuals  (esthnated) 

Legacies.  Income,  etc.  (estimated) 


Budget  for 
1910-1911 

$382,276.42 
125,000.00 
168.792.00 

$666,068.42 


Receipts  for 
Eleven  montiis 

$123,243.60 

11.998.24 

168,430.67 


$293,672.61 


Comparison  of  RecdpCs  with  those  of  Last  Tear 
for  eleven  months  of  Fiscal  Tear 


Balance 
Required  by 
Mar.  31,  1911 

$269,082.82 

113.001.76 

361.33 


Source  of  Income 

(lurches.  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies 

Individuals 

Legacies,  Annuity  Bonds,  Income,  etc 


1909-1910 

$110,481.36 

20.161.73 

164.647.69 


1910-1911 

$123,243.60 

11,998.24 

158.430.67 


Increase 

$12,762.24 
'  3.782.98 


$372,395.91 


Decrease 


$8,163.49 


$286,290.78        $293,672.61 


$16,545.22         $8,163.49 


American  Baptist  Publication  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  eleven  months,  ending  February  28,  1911 


Source  of  Income 

C^ixrches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 
Schools  (apportioned  to  churches)    .... 

Individuals  (estimated) 

Legacies,  Income  of  Funds.  Annuity  Bonds 
(estimated) 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention 

Excess  of  Individual  (^Uections 


Budget  for 


igc 
10- 


1910-1911 

$104,189.00 
10.000.00 

61.404.00 


$166,693.00 


Receipts  for 
Eleven  months 

$63,973.42 
11.763.90 

39.996.76 


$116,734.07 


Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Tear 
First  eleven  months  of  Financial  Tear 


Balance 
Required  by 
Mar.   31,1911 

$40,216.68 
11.407.25 


$61,622.83 
1.763.90 

$49,868.93 


Source  of  Income 

(lurches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 
Schools 

Individuals 

Legacies.  Income  of  Funds.  Annuity  Bonds, 
Specific  Gifts,  etc 


1909-1910 

$63,328.61 
4.483.70 

35.467.92 


1910-1911 

$63,973.42 
11,763.90 

39,996.75 


$103,280.13        $115,734.07 


Increase 

$644.91 
7.280.20 

4.528.83 

$12,458.94 


Decrease 


The  Search 


^^WO  tTBTellera  met    One  leld,  "Where  ert  thou  bound,  mj  friend? 
*  I  leek,  myself,  the  light  that  ahlnei  not  on  the  Und  nor  ha. 
I  know  not  when  nor  where  will  be  my  Joumey'B  end, 

Bat  yet  one  thing  ii  nire,  I  know  th^t  light  will  shine  for  me." 

The  other  spoke  mnd  smiled,  "I,  too,  that  light  hare  sought, 
But  on  my  way  so  many  sorrowful  have  needed  me, 

So  many  tick  and  irithout  hope  have  clung,  that  aught 

I  had  I  gave  of  hope,  of  time,  of  cheer,  of  strength.    Tou  see 

That  took  up  all  my  years  and  now  I  am  grown  old. 
Thsre  li  no  longer  time  for  me  to  search.   Success  to  theel 

I  mtwt  go  back  once  more  lest  their  new  joy  wax  cold." 

"VareweU."    He  amllad  and  held  tiie  other  with  his  gaze. 
When,  suddenly,  the  yonnger's  eyes  oped  wonder-wide. 
"0  Friend,"  he  gasped,  "my  friend,"  and  trembled  In  amaie, 
While  some  strange,  wondrous  {vesence  filled  the  place, 
"0  friend,  my  friend,  the  light  is  ■tilwing  on  your  face." 

—  Dwothy  King. 


The  Bible  a  Binding  Tie 

fpHAT  was  B  worUiy  and  noble  mesMge  which  President  Taft  sent  to  the  great  meet- 
fall  which  marked  the  Tercentenary  Commemoration  of  the  English  Bible  in 
Loiid4m.  The  Praaident  has  an  unumiall;  happy  way  of  saying  the  significant  thing  in 
Tf™plt|  tana)  straightforward  speech.  Hia  message  was  presented  in  person  by  Am- 
liawiiliM  Kakl,  iriioae  worda  were  equally  forcible  and  admirable.  There  is  no  perfunctory 
note  la  IUm  nppndation  of  the  Book  that  is,  ai  General  Grant  expressed  it,  "the  sheet 
anchor  of  oar  mMrttaa." 

TUb  BlUa  mMHge  and  Qie  peace  message  that  fittingly  supplements  it  constitute  two 
of  the  most  dbctlTa  and  <ii<liiMit<«l  utterances  ever  made  by  the  head  of  a  great  nation, 

□ooaaaoaDDDaaaaoaaaoaDOD 

President  Taft's  Bible  Message 

TT  aflorda  m*  rary  great  pleaauie  to  present  through  Mr.  Keid  my  congratulations  to 
Minan  who  fai  the  mother  country  are  commemorating  so  signal  and  historic  an  event  as 
a  of  Oie  King  James  Version  of  the  English  Bible.  This  Book  of  books  has 
1  supreme  In  England  for  three  centuries,  but  has  bound  together,  as 
nottdac  daa  conU,  two  great  Anglo-Saxon  nations,  one  in  blood,  in  speech  and  in  common 
reSiJotu  Ute.  Oor  law*,  our  literature  and  our  social  life  owe  whatever  excellence  they 
IinMiiM  laiialj  to  the  Influence  of  this,  our  chief  classic,  acknowledged  as  such  equally 
on  both  ridea  of  the  sea.  Americans  must,  therefore,  with  unfeigned  satisfaction,  join 
in  Quutkiclftng  to  the  Ood  of  the  Bible,  Who  has  thus  bound  together  the  Old  and  the 
Vew  Worlds  by  so  precious  a  tie.  I  can  speak,  I  am  sure,  for  my  fellow  countrymen  in 
TihninitThiti''l  yoa  on  so  significant  a  commemoration. 

—  William  H.  Taft 


296 


MISSIONS 


PASSING  EVENTS 

RARELY  are  we  permitted  to  realize 
that  wc  are  passing  through 
epochal  periods.  If  the  peace  pact  now 
being  negotiated  between  Great  Britain 
and  the  United  States  shall  be  ratified 
by  the  two  great  nations,  it  will  be  the 
longest  stride  towards  universal  peace 
that  the  world  has  seen.  Its  significance 
cannot  easily  be  appreciated.  It  would 
mark  the  beginning  of  the  actual  realiza- 
tion of  what  has  been  regarded  as  the 
dream  of  the  idealist  visionary  belong- 
ing to  the  millennium  rather  than  to  this 
militam  age.  Were  such  a  treaty  made, 
the  other  nations  would  of  necessity  fall 
into  line.  France,  indeed,  no  sooner 
heard  of  the  proposals,  than  she  ex- 
pressed her  desire  to  become  party  to 
a  similar  agreement.  Germany  is  most 
wedded  to  militarism,  but  she  could 
hardly  stand  aloof,  even  should  Russia 
go  with  her.  The  Far  East  would 
welcome  the  move.  Japan,  already  in 
alliance  with  Great  Britain,  has  signified 
her  readiness  to  make  any  change  re- 
quired in  order  to  permit  the  proposed 
treaty  with  this  country.  China  would 
be  saved  the  cost  of  developing  a  great 
army.  Italy,  Spain  and  Austria-Hun- 
gary could  reap  only  benefit  from  the 
assurance  ot  international  justice  and 
universal  arbitration. 
n 
How  the  Movement  Started 

President  Taft  has  the  credit  of  origi- 
nating this  peace  proposal  which  has 
swept  over  the  nations.     At  the  dinner 


of  the  American  Society  for  the  Judicial 
Settlement  of  International  Disputes, 
December  17  last,  in  an  address  that 
will  link  his  name  with  his  country  and 
rime,  the  President  said:  "If  we  can 
negotiate  and  put  through  a  posirive 
agreement  with  some  other  nation  10 
abide  by  the  adjudication  of  an  inter- 
national arbitral  court  in  every  issue 
which  cannot  be  settled  by  negotiations, 
no  matter  what  it  involves,  whether 
honor,  territory  or  money,  we  shall  have 
made  a  long  step  forward  by  demon- 
strating that  it  is  possible  for  two  nations 
at  least  to  establish  between  them  the 
same  system  of  due  process  of  law  that 
exists  between  individuals  under  a 
government."  The  present  treaty  ex- 
cepts questions  relating  to  the  national 
honor,  vital  interests,  and  the  rights  of 
third  countries.  This  was  an  appar- 
ently simple  proposition,  but  fairly 
audacious  considered  in  the  light  of 
diplomacy  and  history. 


ived   I 


A  Stirring  Response 

the  President's  ad- 
special  attenticm  at 
the  time.  It  was  Sir  Edward  Grey, 
British  Foreign  Minister,  who  gave  it 
world  significance.  Beginning  a  speech 
on  March  13,  in  the  House  of  Commons, 
he  said;  "Twice  within  the  past  twelve 
months  the  President  of  the  United 
States  has  sketched  out  a  step  in  advance 
more  momentous  than  any  one  thing 
that  any  statesman  in  his  position  has 
ventured    to  say    before."      He   added. 


S"^=«(  i 


MISSIONS 


297 


"We  should  be  delighted  to  receive 
such  a  proposal."  Then  the  world 
began  to  take  notice.  The  Opposition 
parr^  gsive  its  cordial  assent,  and  the 
English  people  have  held  a  number  of 
great  demonstrations  in  favor  of  such  a 
treaty.  The  most  influential  papers 
have  supported  Sir  Edward  Grey.  The 
peace  lovers  in  the  United  States  have 
also  made  their  voices  heard.  Am- 
bassador Bryce,  peculiarly  fitted  for 
such  a  task,  and  Secretary  Knox  are  at 
work  upon  the  treaty.  The  only  note 
of  dissent  of  moment  has  come  from  the 
German  chancellor,  but  he  is  not  sup- 
ported by  the  bulk  of  German  opinion. 
The  question  of  importance  to  us  is  the 
position  of  the  Senate,  which  has  to 
ratify  treaties.  The  people  should  leave 
the  Senate  in  no  doubt  as  to  their  wishes 
in  the  matter.  Why  not  try  a  referen- 
dum on  popular  initiative  ? .  What  an 
object  lesson  it  would  be  if  the  two 
great  English-speaking  nations  should 
cement  the  bonds  of  permanent  peace 
and  cast  their  united  weight  for  universal 
arbitration  and  vanishing  armaments! 

m 

Peace  and  Missions 

What  would  this  new  movement 
mean  for  the  progress  of  missions  ? 
Much  every  way.  It  would  be  the  move- 
ment of  the  Christian  nations,  to  begin 
with.  It  would  establish  a  new  reign  of 
equity  and  brotherhood  among  the 
peoples  of  the  earth.  It  would  secure 
the  nations  in  their  rights,  and  do  away 
with  the  fear  of  land-grabbing  that  has 
been  not  only  an  irHtant  and  breeder  of 
suspicion,  but  a  provoker  of  open  resent- 
ment and  rebellion.  The  missionary's 
task  would  be  vastly  easier  when  he  did 
not  have  such  questions  thrust  at  him 
as  to  explain  how  a  nation  that  professes 
to  follow  the  Prince  of  Peace  should 
spend  thousands  of  millions  in  keeping 
itself  armed  to  the  teeth,  and  pay  far 
more  attention  to  its  fighting  trim  than 
to  its  church  life  and  righteous  character. 
Money  that  now  goes  in  taxes  to  main- 


tain oppressive  armaments  would  be 
released  for  human  betterment,  and 
the  conditions  in  the  home  base  would 
brighten  immeasurably  the  mission  out- 
look. There  is  no  question  that  the 
peace  cause  has  made  a  tremendous 
forward  leap  —  so  great  that  we  have 
not  as  yet  begun  to  realize  its  scope  and 

content. 

ffl 

Spain  Still  Determined 

The  Vatican  power  has  left  no  stone 
unturned  to  secure  the  retirement  of 
Premier  Canalejas  from  power,  and  at 
the  end  of  March  his  ministry  was  de- 
feated and  resigned.  If  this  was  a 
victory  for  Rome  it  was  short-lived,  for 
the  King  entrusted  Senor  Canalejas 
with  the  formation  of  a  new  ministry. 
Instead  of  being  weakened,  the  Premier 
was  strengthened  by  this  move  of  his 
enemies,  for  now  he  has  a  cabinet  made 
up  of  his  staunch  supporters,  while 
before  he  had  only  a  partial  support  for 
his  measures  in  behalf  of  the  freedom 
of  the  State.  Too  much  credit  cannot 
be  given  King  Alfonso,  who  has  not 
flinched  or  faltered  in  the  face  of  most 
formidable  opposition;  nor  to  his  Prem- 
ier, who  has  shown  forbearance  and 
tact  while  sturdily  maintaining  his 
ground  as  to  the  independence  of  the 
State  from  Church  control  or  inter- 
ference, and  the  religious  liberty  of  the 
people. 

BB 
China's  New  Military  Regime 

While  the  great  nations  of  the  West 
are  talking  peace,  China  issues  an 
imperial  edict  assuming  for  the  infant 
emperor  supreme  command  of  the 
army  and  for  the  prince  regent  the 
office  of  generalissimo.  The  meaning 
of  this  is  that  China  has  determined  to 
raise  the  standing  of  military  men  and 
begin  the  construction  of  an  army  on  a 
scale  hitherto  unthought  of.  The 
soldier  in  China  has  been  a  despised  pro- 
fessional, now  he  is  to  be  raised  to 
highest    social    rank    as    in    Germany. 


298 


MISSIONS 


The  new  military  program  is  of  great 
significance.  Russia's  aggressions  are  in 
part  responsible,  but  the  lesson  has 
been  learned  largely  from  Japan.  How 
the  peaceable  Chinese  people  will  take 
to  the  new  regime  remains  to  be  seen. 
\  nation  can  no  more  be  militarized 
than  it  can  be  civilized  in  a  day. 

BB 

The  Mexican  Situation 

It  turns  out  that  President  Taft  acted 
u|H>n  inside  information  when  he  de- 
vivlvd  to  institute  army  maneuvres  on 
the  Mexican  border  line.  The  develop- 
lucntit  have  shown  that  the  revolution 
%v<iH  much  more  serious  and  widespread 
th<iu  the  public  was  allowed  to  know,  so 
lat  MM  Mexican  news  sources  were  con- 
vvinrd.  So  serious  indeed,  did  the 
muiiilion  become  that  President  Diaz 
iiiiviiird  the  resignation  of  his  entire 
\4binrt,  and  has  promised  to  grant 
in«iny  reforms  demanded,  including  the 
m»n-rf-cIection  of  the  president.  Vice- 
I'lrNident  Corral,  who  was  slated  to 
hui-i'<*rd  Diaz,  refused  to  resign  his 
utru'c^i  but  has  asked  for  a  leave  of 
MliNrnce  from  the  country.  The  revolu- 
lioniiiti  demand  the  resignation  and  re- 
III  rinent  of  President  Diaz.  Meanwhile 
I  hi)  presence  of  our  troops  in  close  proxi- 
iitiry  has  undoubtedly  made  the  situation 
of  the  Americans  in  Mexico  safer,  and 
aUo  prevented  the  border  smuggling 
itnd  unlawful  outbreaks  which  usually 
mark  such  uprisings.  What  the  effect 
(if  the  present  conditions  and  the  arous- 
ing of  Mexican  resentment  against 
Americans  will  be  upon  our  missionary 
operations  cannot  now  be  told.  It 
krrms  certain,  however,  that  the  iron 
rule  that  has  so  long  kept  Mexico  quiet 
liur  increasingly  resentful  must  come  to 
iin  end.  What  will  follow  only  time  can 
reveal,  but  those  best  informed  do  not 
predict  ruin  if  the  Mexican  people  are 

Siven  real  liberty  and  opportunity  for 
evelopment  in  self-government.  The 
progress  of  democracy  in  Mexico  would 
naturally  mean  the  prosperity  of  the 


Protestant  mission  work.  The  one 
thing  which  the  Mexican  type  of  Ro- 
manism cannot  stand  is  freedom  and 
enlightenment.  But  there  must  be  a 
vigorous  and  greatly  enlarged  work  to 
save  the  country  from  religious  indifFer- 
entism. 

BB 

The  Women's  Jubilee 

With  the  great  meetings  in  New  York, 
the  Jubilee  Missionary  Campaign  of 
the  Women's  Boards  came  to  an  end 
for  the  present.  Miss  Ellis  on  another 
page  gives  an  account  of  the  meetings  of 
the  past  month.  Mrs.  Peabody  and 
Mrs.  Montgomery  have  carried  off  the 
honors  of  the  campaign,  and  the 
addresses  by  the  latter  have  placed  her 
among  the  foremost  women  speakers 
of  the  country.  The  women  have  made 
their  cause  widely  known,  have  im- 
pressed thousands  of  women  formerly 
disinterested  in  missions,  have  secured 
pledges  to  the  Jubilee  Fund  amounting 
to  nearly  nine  hundred  thousand  dollars 
of  the  million  proposed,  and  have 
materially  advanced  the  cause  of  mis- 
sions.    In  all  of  which  we  rejoice  with 

them. 

n 

Italy's  Jubilee 

Italy  has  been  celebrating  with  great 
rejoicing  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the 
crowning  of  Victor  Emanuel  as  king, 
and  the  beginning  of  a  United  Italy. 
The  great  work  of  Mazzini,  Garibaldi 
and  Cavour  was  accomplished.  The 
latter,  one  of  the  foremost  statesmen  of 
history,  died  with  the  words  on  his  lips 
which  had  been  his  ideal  for  a  new 
Italy,  **A  free  church  in  a  free  state." 
That  was  the  realized  ideal  that  put 
Italy  into  the  line  of  modem  nations. 
It  was  not  until  1870,  however,  that  the 
King  entered  Rome  and  established  the 
capital  of  the  nation  there,  thus  bring- 
ing to  an  end  the  Papal  State  and  tem- 
poral power  of  the  pope.  This  has 
never  been  forgiven,  and  the  pope  has 
regarded  himself  as  a  prisoner  in  the 


MISSIONS 


299 


Vatican,  although  given  a  princely  in- 
come by  the  government  he  refuses  to 
recognize.  The  more  loyal  adherents 
of  the  papacy  did  not  share  in  the 
general  jubilation,  but  the  Italian  people 
as  a  whole  recognize  the  blessings  of 
a  united  country,  and  also  of  the  religious 
liberty  that  now  obtains. 

® 

Under  the  Debt  Burden 

£  hoped  that  it  would 
be  many  years  before 
our  Missionary  Societies 
should  again  find  them- 
selves burdened  with  a 
debt.  There  are  people 
who  argue  that  a  debt 
is  a  good  thing  and  not  an  evil,  because 
it  inspires  the  churches  to  extra  effort 
and  keeps  the  necessities  of  the  situation 
vividly  before  them.  But  we  have  not 
belonged  to  that  philosophical  class. 
We  believe,  rather,  that  the  denomina- 
tion likes  to  be  on  a  paying  basis,  and 
paying  as  it  goes  along;  that  there  has 
been  a  sense  of  great  satisfaction  in  the 
freedom  from  debt  during  the  past  two 
years;  and  that  debt  is  always  depressing 
rather  than  stimulating. 

We  realize,  at  the  same  time,  that  in 
the  conduct  of  our  missionary  enter- 
prises and  in  the  present  uncertain  state 
of  church  benevolences,  it  is  impossible 
for  the  Societies  to  carry  on  their  work 
without  the  liability  of  a  debt.  The 
budget  may  be  made  out  never  so  care- 
fully, and  the  work  be  kept  down  to  its 
minimum  of  effectiveness,  yet  so  long 
as  the  churches  are  not  acting  univer- 
sally on  a  systematic  basis  and  are  not 
pledged  to  maintain  the  apportionment, 
there  will  be  no  possible  way  of  fore- 
telling the  outcome  of  any  given  year. 

The  debts  as  reported,  total  in  the 
neighborhood  of  a  hundred  thousand 
dollars.  The  Foreign  Society  has  the 
largest  deficit,  about  |62,ooo.  The 
Home  Mission  Sopiety  is  about  {25,000 
behind.   The  Women's  Foreign  Societies 


both  have  debts,  not  large  but  larger 
than  they  like.  The  Woman's  Home 
Society  and  the  Publication  Society  are 
a  little  ahead  of  the  debt  line. 

This  is  not  a  great  sum  for  a  great 
denomination,  but  the  record  is  not  so 
pleasant  as  a  surplus  of  a  hundred 
thousand  dollars  would  have  been. 

Think  what  that  would  have  meant  I 
Less  giving  this  coming  year  on  the 
part  of  the  churches  ?  We  do  not  be- 
lieve it.  For  the  joy  of  the  missionaries 
who  would  have  seen  some  chance  of 
reinforcement  and  enlargement  abso- 
lutely necessary  from  their  point  of  view 
would  have  imparted  itself  in  some 
degree  to  those  who  had  made  this  joy 
possible.  Have  the  great  Kennedy 
bequests  lessened  the  giving  of  the 
Northern  Presbyterian  churches  ?  We 
do  not  think  the  statistics  will  show  it. 
The  effect  of  those  noble  gifts  for  home 
and  foreign  work  cheered  the  whole 
constituency  of  givers  as  it  did  the  whole 
company  of  missionaries.  No,  we  need 
not  fear  a  surplus.  Let  us  have  an 
experience  in  that  line  for  awhile  and 
then  we  can  more  fairly  form  our 
judgments. 

Meanwhile,  shall  debt  mean  dis- 
couragement i  No.  It  will  involve 
more  prayer,  faith  and  effort,  if  that  be 
possible.  Then,  we  shall  hope  for 
definite  financial  results  this  coming 
year  from  the  Baptist  Laymen's  Move- 
ment, for  one  thing;  from  the  early  and 
more  normal  apportionments,  for  an- 
other; and  especially  from  the  increase 
in  the  number  of  churches  that  are  not 
only  adopting  the  duplex  envelopes  and 
the  weekly  giving,  but  also  responding 
more  readily  to  the  missionary  motive. 

The  great  work  must  go  on.  If  the 
salvation  of  the  heathen  did  not  depend 
upon  it,  the  salvation  of  our  own 
churches  does.  A  church  that  is  not 
missionary  is  powerless,  just  as  the 
member  who  does  nothing  to  save  others 
will  find  it  exceedingly  difficult  to  save 
himself. 


MISSIONS 


Note  and  Comment 


ISSIONS  for  May  invites 
you  to  Philadelphia  in 
June,  and  through  the 
pen  of  Dr.  Oiffbrd  tells 
something  of  the  signifi- 
cance of  the  World  Alli- 
ance that  will   hold   its 

of  our  American  Baptist 
meetings.  The  number 
has  a  wide  range  of 
interest,  and  one  or  two  new  features.  There 
iu  nothing  like  coming  to  feel  that  one  is  a 
citizen  of  the  world,  a  Christian  cosmopolite, 
with  interest  as  broad  as  humanity.  It  is 
the  steady  purpose  of  Missions  to  cultivate 
this  sense  of  world  brotherhood  and  inclusive 
interest.  For  this  is  Christian,  and  this  will 
knit  nations  and  denominations  tc^ether, 
and  make  possible  the  coming  of  world-wide 
gospel  triumph.  No  reader  of  Missions 
can  well  stay  in  his  shell  or  shut  his  heart 
against  the  appeals  from  the  broad  fields  of 
Y  endeavor. 


H  A  note  from  Secretary  Haggard  says: 
"We  regret  to  report  that  the  receipts  of  the 
American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 
for  the  year  ending  March  31  show  a  deficit 
of  {62,548.68.  A  detailed  statement  will  he 
issued  at  an  early  dale." 
H  The  Home  Mission  Society's  debt  March 
31,  was  $2S,t7t.iO.  The  total  receipts 
under  the  budget  were  1580,284.12;  total 
disbursements,  f 583,428. 13.  Specific  ap- 
propriations made  but  not  called  for  before 
the  books  closed  bring  the  deficit  to 
^15,271.30.  The  contributions  from  the 
churches,  Sunday  schools  and  Young 
People's  Societies  fell  short  of  the  budget 
apportionment  {130,253. 81,  and  contribu- 
tioni  from  individuals  (1,012.21.  The 
receipt!  from  other  sources  show  an  increase 
of  MrfSl.?!,  of  which  (38,821.80  is  from 


H  We  give  elsewhere  Dr.  Clifford's  re 
able  Leltir  /o  iht  Church^,  in  full,  b. 
it  is  a  document  to  read  and  then  fil 
has  in  it  the  ring  of  the  prophet,  at 
reader  will  be  made  to  feel  that  it  is 
to  belong  to  a  Christian  host  that  hai 
set  to  accomplish  a  large  work  in  the 
Rehgious  hbeny  is  the  principle  that 
up  the  Baptist  pathway  with  glory.  . 
be  worth  going  to  Philadelphia  to  se 
hear  such  a  leader  as  Dr.  Clifford, 
does  he  touch  the  right  chords  in  this  e 

^  We  wish  to  call  special  attention  1 

interesting  news  from  the  field  given 
the  general  head  of  Messages  frot 
World  Field.  The  items  and  short  a 
cover  a  broad  sweep,  and  include  the 
and  foreign  work  in  all  phases.  Pr 
committees  will  find  items  and  sketch 
that  can  be  worked  into  form  for  the  m: 
ary  meering.  A  few  illustrative  items 
duced  into  the  church  prayer  me 
would  give  them  a  touch  of  life  from  wi 
Missionary  committees  might  add  gre; 
the  interest  of  the  regular  meetings 
judicious  use  of  this  matter  in  Misstc 

1]  A  Laymen's  Banquet  in  Trenton, 
to  consider  the  State  Convention  need 
plan  a  campaign  for  the  completion  1 
proposed  gioo,Ooo  building  fund,  . 
how  the  laymen's  idea  can  be  adapt 
conditions.  State  Secretary  Dewolf  1 
slow  to  see  the  advantageous  side 
proposition  or  the  opportunity  to  ini 
interest  in  the  New  Jetsey  work. 
affair  was  a  great  success,  and  goo< 
cenainly  come  of  it.  More  than  two  hu 
laymen  were  present.  President  Bry; 
Colgate.  Convention  President  F.  W. 
Rev.  Harry  E.  Fosdick,  D.  G.  Gara 
and  othets  spoke.  Rev.  B.  S.  Huds 
Atlanric  City  has  been  appointed  to  It 
the  campaign. 


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f  The  June  number  will  be  the  Anniversary 
Number  of  Missions,  and  will  set  forth 
Philadelphia  and  the  Baptist  meetings  in 
becoming  style.  In  this  issue  we  give  such 
facts  as  prospective  delegates  and  attendants 
will  wish  to  know,  together  with  the  letter 
of  Dr.  Clifford  to  the  churches  of  our 
denomination  throughout  the  world. 

^The  report  of  the  twenty-eighth  annual 
meeting  of  the  Lake  Mohonk  Conference  of 
Friends  of  the  Indian  and  other  Dependent 
Peoples  makes  a  pamphlet  of  one  hundred 
and  ninety-three  pages,  with  index,  and  gives 
nearly  in  full  the  discussions  at  the  sessions 
last  October.  Those  who  are  interested  in 
the  Indians  and  in  the  best  development  of 
the  Philippines  and  Porto  Rico  will  find  this 
admirably  prepared  report  of  permanent 
value.  Applications  for  copies  should  be 
made  to  Mr.  Henry  S.  Haskins,  Lake 
Mohonk,  N.Y. 

^  The  Young  Women's  Christian  Associa- 
tion, which  held  its  third  biennial  conven- 
tion in  Indianapolis,  April  19-24,  now 
represents  a  membership  of  over  two  hundred 
and  sixteen  thousand  women  in  the  cities, 
educational  institutions,  industrial  centers, 
mill  villages  and  towns  of  the  country.  The 
national  organization  has  grown  to  be  a 
great  power,  and  has  not  neglected  missions 
as  one  of  its  fields  of  service. 

H  President  Taft  has  appointed  Bishop 
Brent  of  the  Philippines,  Dr.  Hamilton 
Wright  of  Maine  and  Henry  J.  Finger  of 
California  as  the  American  delegates  to  the 
International  Opium  Conference  to  be  held 
at  the  Hague.  Dr.  Wright  has  disclosed  the 
fact  that  Americans  are  using  as  large  an 
amount  of  habit-forming  drugs  per  capita 
as  is  used  in  the  Chinese  Empire.  With 
half  a  million  pounds  of  opium  imported 
and  consumed  we  may  well  second  China 
in  the  effort  to  get  rid  of  this  dreadful  drug. 
All  the  important  nations  will  be  represented 
in  the  Conference,  and  it  is  sincerely  to  be 
hoped  that  China  will  receive  backing  in  her 
laudable  efforts  to  save  her  people  from  the 
opium  slavery. 

\  The  Congregational  Brotherhood  has 
accepted  the  task  of  cultivaring  knowledge 
of  social  obligarions  among  Congregational 
diurches  and  also  of  acting  as  a  denomi- 
national agency  for  rendering  service  in  the 


field  of  social  activity.  In  a  way  this  corre- 
sponds to  the  Presbyterian  Bureau  of  which 
Rev.  Charles  Stelzle  is  the  head.  Rev.  H.  A. 
Atkinson  has  been  made  secretary  of  this 
department  of  work.  Why  should  not  our 
Baptist  Laymen's  Movement  have  a  similar 
department,  as  an  outlet  for  lay  energy  ? 

^  What  a  long  pastorate  of  the  right  kind 
means  to  a  community  is  illustrated  in  the 
case  of  Dr.  Amory  H.  Bradford,  who  died 
recently.  His  one  and  only  pastorate  was  in 
Montclair,  N.J.,  a  suburb  of  New  York. 
He  began  with  the  church  at  its  organization, 
and  built  up  one  of  the  strongest  Congrega- 
tional churches  in  the  country.  He  made 
his  suburban  parish  equal  in  influence  to 
any  metropolitan  parish.  From  fifty-four 
members  he  saw  the  church  grow  in  forty- 
one  years  of  his  ministry  to  a  membership 
of  nearly  thirteen  hundred.  A  missionary 
pastor,  identified  closely  with  the  Home  and 
Foreign  Boards,  he  led  a  missionary  church. 
His  books  widened  his  influence.  He  was 
the  first  citizen  of  Montclair  in  many  ways, 
beloved  and  honored.  Such  a  ministry  is 
an  incalculable  blessing.  It  is  impossible 
on  the  three  or  four  year  basis.  Our  own 
Dr.  MacArthur,  in  a  metropolitan  pulpit,  is 
one  of  the  few  men  with  a  similar  record 
for  staying  and  success. 

^  More  than  a  thousand  dollars  ($1,051.66) 
was  raised  in  cash  and  pledges  by  the  First 
Church  of  Akron,  Ohio,  on  a  Sunday  morn- 
ing, to  meet  its  missionary  apportionment  of 
;f9i5,  and  it  was  done  in  the  space  of  thirty 
minutes.  The  service  was  unique  in  that  a 
Roumanian  class  of  twenty-five  men  who 
have  been  baptized  and  attend  the  services 
regularly  contributed  $25  in  cash,  and  sang 
a  hymn  in  their  native  tongue.  The  pastor. 
Dr.  Ambrose  M.  Bailey,  had  a  map  of  the 
world  covered  with  a  thousand  black  squares 
each  representing  one  dollar.  Pledge  cards 
were  distributed  and  the  squares  removed, 
thus  uncovering  the  map  as  the  amounts 
were  pledged.  There  were  two  pledges  of 
$100  each.  Eleven  organizations  in  the 
church  pledged  $269,  S169  of  which  came 
from  the  Sunday  school.  The  first  square 
removed  was  for  the  pastor's  two-year-old 
boy,  Raymond  Lull  Bailey,  a  direct  de- 
scendant through  Mrs.  Bailey  of  Raymond 
Lull,  the  first  English  missionary  to  the 
Mohammedans  in  131 5. 


MISSIONS 


The  Siege  of  Shawneetown 

By  Walter  J.  Sparks 

THt  OLDEST  TOWN  IN  ILLINOIS,  WHERE  JOHN  M.  PECK 
WAS  STORM  bound:  TOWN  OF  McCLELLAN  AND  LOGAN: 
GRAPHIC      8T0RV      BY      A      CHAPEL     CAR      EVANGELIST 


IS  was  a  right  smart  town 
meet,"     said     "Old     Man 
A'inters"ashcsat  smoking 
in  his  porch.      "But  it's   a 
lood  town  now  and  many  of 
he  folks  is  done  gone.  When 
, he  levee  broke  through  last 
in  1898  and  drowned  twenty-eight  of  em 
they  moved  away,  and  ain't  come  back 
yit,  but  it  was  a  right  smart  town  oncet." 
Shawneetown   is  the  oldest  town    in 
Ilhnois,  and  the  few  old  residents  who 
can  remember  its  better  days  sit  dream- 
ing of  the  past.    They  show  with  pride 
the   place  where   McClellan   found    in- 
spiration for  his  future  greatness,  the 
office  where  "Bob"  Ingersoll  began  to 
study  law,  and  the  little  house  behind 


the  levee  where  John  A.  Logan  council 
pretty  Molly  Cunningham.  But  the 
greatest  relic  of  its  faded  glory  Is  the 
place  where  La  Fayette  landed  and  was 
escorted  "on  a  white  sheet"  stretched 
from  the  boat  to  the  little  brick  hotel. 
They  do  not  know  that  at  this  self- 
same spot  another  hero  landed;  but  it 
was  here  that  John  M.  Peck  marched 
over  the  muddy  levee  to  begin  his  great 
work  for  God  in  the  Middle  West.  As 
"Old  Man  Winters"  says,  "All  them 
times  are  done  gone," 

The  Upper  Town  is  usually  above 
high  water,  and  still  contains  some  of  the 
older  residents,  living  in  beautiful  modem 
houses  or  in  the  well-built  homes  of  the 
good  old  days,  but  the  Lower  Town  is 


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303 


the  district  of  the  poor.  How  all  these 
people  live  it  is  hard  to  tell.  The  Binaller 
the  house  the  better.  "It  is  easier  to 
tote  it  back  when  the  flood  goes  down." 
But  whence  comes  money  for  food  and 
clothes,  with  the  slight  demand  for 
labors 

"Well,"  says  our  aged  philosopher, 
"some  has  every-day  work  and  some 
woi^  oncet  a  week  and  some  works  not 
at  alL  There's  only  ten  cents  difference 
1  him  what  works  and  him  what 


don't,  and  usually  the  man  what  don't 
has  the  ten  cents." 

"How's  that?"  said  I. 

"Sboodn'  craps." 

Into  this  district  the  chapel  car 
comes,  settles  down  and  begins  the 
siege.  Yes,  that  is  what  it  is,  —  a  siege; 
a  planting  of  the  artillery  in  a  com- 
manding position,  and  a  pouring  in  of 
hot  shot  until  the  stronghold  of  the 
enemy  begins  to  yield. 

The  meetings  open  with  such  a  med- 
ley of  peojJe  as  only  the  chapel  car 
can  get  together,    lliere  are  river-men. 


fishermen,  pearl  hunters,  factory  hands, 
loafers,  "those  who  work  every  day, 
those  who  work  oncet  a  week  and  those 
who  never  work  at  all,"  There  are  the 
moral,  the  immoral  and  the  simply 
unmoral.  In  they  come  till  the  car  is 
packed  and  the  lights  burn  dim  in  the 
thick  air. 

"When  were  you  in  church  before  f" 
I  ask  them. 

One  man  says  he  went  to  church  "to 
a  funeral,  fourteen  years  ago."  Another 
that  he  was  at  church  "oncet"  when  he 
was  a  boy,  "over  to  Cave-in-Rock." 
Most  of  them  will  say  that  they  have 
not  gone  to  church  since  they  lived  in 
this  town,  but  used  to  go  sometimes 
"away  back."  They  are  a  motley 
crowd,  but  some  wilt  catch  their  vision 
through  the  cleft  in  the  rock,  and  faces 
so  lined  and  seamed  by  care  and  weari- 
ness and  sin  will  reflect  something  of 
the  peace  which  passes  understanding. 
Among  these  poor  souls  are  gems  which 
at  the  touch  of  God  are  destined  to 
become  more  beautiful  than  the  pearls 
grappled  from  the  depths  of  their  own 
muddy  river. 

An  invitation  is  given  and  many  rise 
for  prayer,  but  they  do  not  understand 
the  message  yet.  There  are  women 
here  who  are  like  the  Woman  of  Samaria, 
though  unlike  her  they  will  reject  their 
Lord.  The  giving  up  of  sin  means  the 
giving  up  of  a  sinful  home  and  facing  the 
world  with  helpless  little  children.  As 
the  awful  consequence  of  sin  they  are 
surrounded  by  prison  bars  they  fear  to 
break,  and  when  at  last  they  compre- 
hend what  is  involved,  they  marvel, 
weep  and  turn  away. 

Night  after  night  the  people  come. 
The  congregation  is  standing,  softly 
singing,  "I've  wandered  far  away  from 
God,  now  I'm  coming  home."  Some 
people  are  coming  to  the  front,  and  as 
one  of  them  draws  near,  the  volume  of 
the  song  dies  down.  Some  of  the 
women  are  weeping;  many  are  "chocked 
up"  and  cannot  sing.     No,  it  is  not 


MISSIONS 


sorrow,  it  is  joy.  The  Magdalene  is 
about  to  find  her  Lord. 

There  are  after-meetings  now.  Those 
already  in  the  Kingdom  want  to  sing 
the  songs  of  Zion  and  offer  prayer  for 
earnest  seekers  after  God.  What  is 
"Old  Man  Winters"  saying? 

"Can  we  sing  a  song  or  two  we  used 
to  sing  'way  back  in  old  Kentucky  f " 

Of  course  they  can.  The  swinging 
rhythm  and  peculiar  repetition  make 
these  strange,  weird  songs  to  the  mis- 
sionaries, but  by  all  means  let  them 
sing  the  songs  of  their  own  hills.  So 
with  many  queer  little  turns  and  quavers, 
the  swaying  of  bodies  and  nodding  of 
heads,  there  swells  forth, 

O  Fathers,  won't  you  meet  me, 
O  Fathers,  won't  you  meet  me, 
O  Fathers,  won't  you  meet  me, 
On  Canaan's  happy  shore? 

By  (he  grace  of  God  we'll  meet  you. 
By  the  grace  of  God  we'll  meet  you. 
By  the  grace  of  God  we'll  meet  you, 
On  Canaan's  happy  shore. 


Then  we'll  shout  and  sing  for  ^017, 
We'll  shoui  and  sing  for  glory, 
We'll  shout  and  sing  for  gloiy. 
There's  gloiy  in  my  soul! 

And  still  the  song  goes  on,  inviting 
the  mothers,  the  brothers  and  sisters, 
the  children.  The  missionary  is  stand- 
ing at  the  door.  There  must  be  a  hand- 
to-hand  conflict  tonight.  There  is  too 
much  at  stake  to  let  these  people  go 
away  without  a  personal  word.  His 
wife  will  keep  the  after-meeting  at  white 
heat. 

Here  comes  Johnnie  Gilford,  rough- 
ened and  hardened  by  years  of  river 
life.  "Yes,"  he  says,  "I  do  want  to  be 
a  Christian,  though  I  never  thought 
much  on't  till  tonight.  It  means  such 
a  change  in  the  habits  of  yer  life  that  a 
feller  kind  o'  hesitates.  Why,  I  ain't 
ever  been  to  church  since  my  brother 
was  shot," 

"Your  brother  shot  in  church  ?" 

"Yes,  but  he  waren't  in  the  shootin* 
gang.    It  was  this-away.   We  lived  back 


MISSIONS 


•Aram    WHEKI    lOHH    H.    FICK 

in  the  hills  acrost  the  river.  The 
preacherwas  new  and  he  got  sassy  about 
the  wrong-doin's.  The  boys  'lowed 
they'd  tar  an'  feather  him.  The  next 
night  they  went  to  church  and  kotched 
hold  o'  him  to  pull  him  off  the  platform, 
but  he  was  a  fighter  and  before  they 
knowed  it  five  of  'em  was  down  on  the 
floor.  Then  they-all  shot  out  the  lights, 
so  there  should  be  nary  witness,  and 
started  in  at  the  preacher.  We- a II 
crawled  under  the  seats,  but  my  brother 
got  hit  and  was  hurted  bad." 

"  Did  the  preacher  get  hit  ? " 

"WeU,  I  should  say!  They-all  piked 
seventeen  holes  inter  him." 

"No,  he  didn't  die,  but  I  heared  he 
didn't  preach  no  more.  He  just  got 
discouraged  and  done  quit. 

"Yes,  I  want  to  be  a  Christian.  I'm 
goin'  to  be,  but  a  fetler  has  to  get  used 
to  the  idee." 

Here  are  two  women  coming  out. 
They  are  notorious  characters,  but  they 
rose  for  prayer  tonight.    The  mission- 


ary stops  them  at  the  door,  but  they 
look  defiant  and  desperate. 

"We  rose  for  prayer  because  God 
knows  we  need  it,"  and  they  step  out 
on  the  platform. 

"O  Mothers,  won't  you  meet  me," 
rings  out  from  the  car.  The  women 
stop  as  though  touched  by  an  electric 
current;  their  eyes  dilate,  their  faces 
twitch,  and  out  there  in  the  dark  they 
join  with  the  people  inside  in  the  old 
mountain  song.  The  strong  voices  ring 
out  over  the  dark  waters  of  the  river, 
bringing  to  two  hearts  memories  of  a 
better  past;  and  then,  the  song  ended, 
they  look  at  each  other  and  walk  away, 
the  younger  woman  sobbing  and  wring- 
ing her  hands.  But  in  the  inquiry  room, 
at  the  back  of  the  car,  other  souls  are 
repenting,  and  these  come  forth,  their 
faces  shining  with  a  new  light,  for  they 
have  heard  the  Master  say,  "Neither  do 
I  condemn  thee;  go  and  sin  no  more." 

When  the  mistletoe  on  the  old  oak 
upon  the  levee  begins  to  hide  beneath 


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MISSIONS 


rlit  new-born  leaves  of  spring,  the  first 
liaptismal  service  is  held  at  the  old  Ferry 
where  John  M.  Pecit  landed  some 
seventy  years  ago.  Then  the  missionary 
(urns  to  the  work  of  providing  a  home 
f'lr  the  yuung  church  and  large  new 
Sunday  school.  When  |i,500  of  the 
Kiirn  needed  has  been  pledged,  it  is 
necessary  to  find  a  suitable  lot  upon 


chine  shop  here,  but  he  waren't  willin' 
to  pay  the  price.  He  located  in  Indiany 
an'  hired  a  thousand  men.  He'll  never 
know  how  much  he  missed  by  not 
locatin'  at  Shawneetown." 

After  much  trouble  a  lot  is  finally 
secured  at  a  reasonable  figure.  The 
Missionary  Committee  of  the  Fairfield 
Association   undertakes  to  assume  all 


which  to  build.  This  proves  a  some- 
what difficult  matter,  for  the  people  who 
hold  property  cannot  get  rid  of  the  old 
idea  that  poor,  water-soaked  Shawnee- 
town is  the  hub  of  the  universe,  and  ask 
Chicago  prices  for  every  desirable  spot. 
But  then,  as  "Old  Man  Winters" 
says,  "Shawneetown  is  older  than 
Chicago. 

Oncet  3  feller  wanted  to  locate  a  ma- 


responsibility  for  the  new  church, 
securing  the  balance  of  money  needed, 
building  the  house  and  providing  a 
pastor.  For  present  needs  the  Free- 
masons kindly  lend  their  spacious  hall, 
and  the  missionaries  go  away  from  the 
htile  flood  town,  leaving  the  people  sad 
at  their  departure,  but  glad  at  heart 
because  of  the  better  things  the  chapel 
car  has  brought. 


Be  a  Delegate  at  Philadelphia  if  vou  can. 
Be  a  VititoT  if  you  cannot  be  a  Delegate, 
Be  there,  in  an;  event,  as  one  or  other. 


MISSIONS 


'T^HE  modtrn  type  of  missionary  teackrr  is  well  rrfirrsenteJ  by  Rev.  J.  T. 
-*  Proctor,  Prtsident  of  Shanghai  Bafnist  Colltge,  EaHem  China, 
viho  has  jiut  rtached  this  country  on  furlough,  much  broken  in  health  by 
years  of  incessant  strain  and  ovtrtvork,  but  keen  as  ever  of  spirit.  The 
Editor  kntui  Mr.  Proctor  when  he  was  a  divinity  student,  and  predicted 
for  him  then  the  successful  career  that  is  now  matter  of  record.  He 
Mongs  to  the  statesman  missionary  class.  Chinese  history  and  problems 
potttit  fot  him  a  fascination.  He  believes  that  the  more  you  know  about  a 
P*9fU  tht  better  you  can  understand  and  approach  and  help  them.  But 
tt  it  my  purpose  now  to  interview  this  returned  missionary,  not  describe 
kim,  md  let  him  do  the  most  of  the  talking  for  the  benefit  of  all  of  us.  It 
VMU  good  to  look  again  into  his  face,  and  sitting  at  the  lunch  table  tve 
etutud  about  many  things. 

EprroR.   How  long  since  you  left  your  field  ? 

MiSMONAKY.  Nine  weeks.  We  spent  three  happy  weeks  in  London.  The 
cfaange  wat  reiy  restful,  and  the  city  never  seemed  so  wonderful.  Then  I  had 
AttjCtMt  privily  of  being  present  in  Parliament  when  the  matter  of  Canadian 
fdflyiBcity  WU  up;  and  a  little  later  when  Earl  Grey  set  Europe  agape  by  his 
•peadi  in  response  to  President  Taft's  peace  proposals.  Nothing  ever  came  in 
mon  fonaaMtiy.  The  feeling  aroused  by  the  Canadian  annexation  talk  which 
had  been  leponed,  and  by  the  new  trade  relations  proposed,  was  turned  into  a 
new  channel  by  the  peace  idea,  which  put  the  United  States  in  the  right  light 
and  won  the  instant  approval  of  the  English  people  of  all  parties. 

Editor.  To  go  back  to  China,  what  was  the  plague  and  famine  situation 
when  you  left  f 

MiSSIONAttY.  Of  course,  it  was  very  bad,  but  in  Shanghai  we  knew  little 
of  it  at  fit«  hand  —  as  little  as  the  people  in  Boston  realize  what  is  going  on  in 
San  Francisco.  As  none  of  our  missions  are  in  the  sections  touched,  the  direct 
news  that  I  got  was  slight.  There  is  no  doubt,  however,  that  the  heroic  work  of 
the  missionaries  during  the  troubles,  their  disregard  of  life  in  the  pursuit  of  relief 
service,  their  medical  assistance,  and  their  cheerfulness  in  the  face  of  most  perilous 
condidons,  have  won  them  a  new  place  in  the  Chinese  estimation  and  will  tell 
upon  the  future  of  missions  in  the  Orient.  Such  crises  bring  out  the  human  test, 
and  the  Chinese  admire  goodness  and  bravery  as  much  as  any  people. 

Editor.   How  about  the  Chinese  feeling  toward  Americans  at  present  i 

MlSSlOHARY.  So  far  as  my  knowledge  and  observarion  go,  it  is  unusually 
friendly  and  cordial.     The  misnonaries  are  respected  and  recognized  at  their 


308  MISSIONS 

worthy  and  whatever  occasional  outbursts  there  may  be  are  only  natural,  when 
racial  and  religious  prejudices  are  taken  into  account.  On  the  whole,  the  condi- 
tions are  decidedly  favorable  for  mission  work. 

Editor.  What  is  the  most  significant  movement  in  the  Empire  at  the  present  time  ? 

Missionary.  The  military  movement,  I  should  say.  This  is  little  less  than 
revolutionary  in  character.  The  Chinese  have  been  peculiarly  a  peaceable  people, 
without  sense  of  nationalism,  following  agriculture,  not  arms.  The  military  life 
has  been  looked  upon  with  contempt,  as  among  the  lowest  in  the  social  scale. 
"Better  have  no  son  than  one  who  is  a  soldier"  is  a  popular  saying.  The  literary 
class  was  the  ruling  caste,  and  the  soldier  was  regarded  as  a  necessary  evil.  Hence 
China  offered  no  inducements  to  young  men  to  seek  military  preferment,  and 
had  no  army  worthy  of  the  name.  The  Russian-Japanese  war  opened  the  eyes  of 
her  people,  but  little  was  done  until  after  the  death  of  the  Empress  Dowager  and 
the  introduction  of  a  new  regime  of  reform,  including  a  tentative  popular  assembly 
and  the  construction  of  a  constitutional  government  by  degrees.  The  Prince 
Regent,  a  brother. of  the  former  Emperor,  has  traveled  in  Europe,  and  so  have 
his  three  brothers,  who  caught  the  western  spirit  in  London  where  they  studied 
and  observed.  These  are  modern  men,  and  through  them  the  new  military  ideas 
have  become  diffused.  The  social  rank  of  army  and  navy  officers  has  been  raised 
toward  the  German  and  English  level,  and  the  new  military  spirit  is  manifest  on 
all  sides.  Many  schools  have  military  drills.  There  is  danger  of  going  too  far, 
but  it  means  that  China  has  decided  to  take  care  of  herself,  and  no  longer  be 
dependent  for  existence  as  a  nation  upon  the  plans  or  purposes  of  the  western 
world  Powers.  It  also  means  the  development  of  a  national  spirit,  a  patriotism 
similar  to  that  of  Japan. 

(This  statement  regarding  militarism  and  its  new  development  was  made 
several  days  before  the  news  came  of  the  edict  of  April  3,  which  confirms  Mr, 
Proctor's  views.) 

Editor.   How  about  the  progress  of  constitutional  ideas  in  China  ? 

Missionary.  The  growth  of  interest  in  the  reform  measures  has  been  won- 
derful. It  must  be  remembered  that  the  idea  was  novel.  The  people  for  centuries 
had  been  accustomed  to  the  rule  of  an  unknown  and  unseen  Emperor,  who  was 
a  representative  of  the  gods,  and  to  a  literary  class  which  filled  all  government 
positions.  Therefore,  the  masses  had  no  interest  in  the  general  government, 
having  no  chance  to  exercise  the  slightest  influence  upon  public  affairs.  This 
explains  the  absence  of  national  feeling,  of  love  of  country  as  we  know  it.  The 
provinces  and  local  village  governments  were  of  some  concern,  because  they  were 
the  tax  collectors  for  the  Empire.  Taxes  represented  government  to  the  masses, 
and  taxes  inspire  little  patriotism  where  there  is  no  representation.  The  idea  of 
suffrage,  of  a  constitution,  of  individual  political  rights  and  privileges,  of  a  repre- 
sentative parliament,  of  personal  liberty  —  all  this  was  new  and  strange.  But 
the  new  possibilities  fired  the  popular  imagination,  and  China  is  alive  with  interest 
now.  Of  course,  the  Chinese  National  Assembly  was  tentative  and  experimental 
and  smooth  sailing  was  not  to  be  expected.  It  accomplished  much  in  paving  the 
way  for  a  general  parliament  in  19 13.  Having  had  a  taste  of  power,  nothing  can 
prevent  China  from  having  a  constitutional  government  of  the  modern  type. 

Editor.   How  about  education  ? 

Missionary.  That  is  the  means  by  which  the  new  ideas  will  progress  most 
rapidly.    Everybody  knows  how  the  system  of  centuries  was  overthrown  in  a  day 


MISSIONS  309 

by  imperial  edict  (1905)  and  a  western  school  system  established.  The  Chinese 
have  seen  the  results  of  a  superior  education  in  Japan.  The  sending  of  young 
men  of  high  rank  and  superior  ability  to  England  and  America  is  evidence  of 
the  fact  that  China  does  not  wish  to  have  the  Japanese  educational  influence 
predominate.  English  is  taught  in  the  schools  of  all  grades,  and  there  are  those 
who  predict  that  the  English  alphabet  will  rapidly  supersede  the  complicated 
Chinese,  and  English  become  more  and  more  adopted.  This,  too,  shows  the 
strong  preference  for  Americans  and  English  as  against  the  Japanese.  China  is 
not  sure  how  far  Japan  would  like  to  go  as  the  dominant  power  in  the  Orient. 
She  has  confidence  in  the  purpose  of  the  United  States,  and  turns  to  us,  in  spite 
of  our  unjust  treatment  of  the  Chinese  who  come  here  to  make  a  living.  Nothing 
is  more  interesting  than  to  see  modem  school  buildings  constructed  of  the  bricks 
taken  from  the  demolished  halls  formerly  used  for  the  classical  examinations. 

Editor.  How  do  our  mission  schools  keep  pace  with  the  advance  in  the  gov- 
ernment schools  ? 

Missionary.  We  maintain  excellent  rank.  One  difficulty  we  have  to  meet 
in  the  college  just  now  is  that  of  fitting  students  so  that  they  will  stand  good  show 
to  pass  the  examinations  for  the  new  scholarships  which  mean  education  in  Eng- 
land or  America.  The  government  has  a  system  that  works  something  like  the 
Rhodes  scholarships,  the  idea  being  to  send  the  brightest  boys  to  the  West  for 
educadon  rather  than  to  Japan.  We  are  urged  to  adapt  our  curriculum  to  these 
scholarship  requirements.  As  our  aim  is  not  to  prepare  specially  for  such  a  purpose, 
I  do  not  know  whether  we  shall  do  so;  but  I  do  know  that  we  have  lost  some  of 
our  best  students  because  they  could  get  the  special  preparation  elsewhere  and 
were  eager  for  a  chance  at  the  foreign  educational  prizes. 

Editor.  What  do  you  consider  the  chief  problem  of  China  today  ? 

Missionary.  The  Manchus,  who  are  a  unique  ruling  class  and  constitute 
China's  race  issue,  unlike  any  we  know.  There  is  constant  irritation  because  of 
the  undue  filling  of  the  government  offices  by  the  Manchus  to  the  exclusion  of 
the  Chinese.  That  the  dynasty  should  have  been  able  to  maintain  this  compara- 
tively small  nupnber  of  aliens  so  long  in  pride  and  power  is  not  easily  explainable 
to  us.  But  the  new  spirit  of  liberty  makes  the  position  of  the  Manchus  as  a  govern- 
mental and  leisure  and  superior  class  untenable.  The  story  of  the  Manchus  is 
too  long  to  go  into  here,  but  it  is  full  of  interest  to  the  student,  and  the  solution 
of  the  problem  they  form  will  be  difficult.  Things  may  happen  rapidly,  however. 
As  I  look  back  to  the  beginning  of  my  work,  only  thirteen  years  ago,  I  can  hardly 
realize  the  vast  changes  in  sentiment  and  plan  and  outlook  —  nothing  less  than 
the  awakening  of  a  nation  from  the  sleep  of  centuries. 

Edftor.   And  is  all  this  change  making  for  good  ? 

Missionary.  Yes,  undoubtedly.  If  all  that  is  good  in  the  old  is  conserved,  — 
and  there  is  far  more  than  people  suppose  who  are  unacquainted  with  the  facts,  — 
and  if  Christianity  can  impress  its  true  character  upon  the  new  life  as  it  develops, 
we  shall  see  a  people  new  born.  Here  is  the  demand  of  the  crisis  hour  upon  the 
Christians  of  England  and  America.  This  is  the  question  which  profoundly 
interests  me:  What  are  the  Protestants  of  the  West  willing  to  sacrifice  for  China's 
redemption  ?  What  are  the  Baptists  of  the  United  States  willing  to  do  in  order 
that  China  may  have  a  Christian  church  as  the  most  powerful  influence  in  its 
new  civilization  ? 


310  MISSIONS 

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This  World  Alliance  assembly  will  emphasize 
anew  the  distinctiye  principles  of  our  faith. 
The  Baptist  who  does  not  reioice  in  the  share 
his  fathers  have  performed  in  establishing 
civil  and  religious  uberty,  must  have  igno- 
rance instead  of  knowledge  in  his  head,  and 
iced   water   instead   of   red    blood    in    his    veins. 

—  X.  S.  Ttae Arthur,  D.D. 

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THE  Baptist  Meetings  this  year  present  an  opportunity  such  as  will  not  come  again 
for  a  long  time.  All  conditions  are  favorable  for  a  gathering  of  Baptists  tiiat  shall 
be  memorable  in  our  annals  as  a  denomination.  Here  are  some  of  the  patent  reasons  why 
you  should  attend,  even  at  some  sacrifice  if  necessary. 

^  The  Scope  of  the  Meetings  is  Remarkable 

1.  The  Northern  Ba^st  Convention  (June  13  to  18).  This  includes  the  annual 
meetings  of  the  affiliated  missionary  societies^ the  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mis- 
sion Society,  the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  the  American  Baptist 
Publication  Society,  and  the  Woman's  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society. 
The  six  days  will  be  crowded  with  swiftly  moving  programs,  with  discussion  of 
matters  vital  to  the  denomination  in  the  North. 

2.  The  General  Convention  of  the  Baptists  of  North  America  (June  19).  This  organi- 
zation, which  was  effected  at  Jamestown,  meets  trienniaUy.  Its  object  is  the 
brining  together  into  fraternal  fellowship  of  representatives  of  the  Baptists  of 
the  united  States  and  Canada,  and  the  discussion  of  general  matters  of  broad 
denominational  interest.  If  the  Baptists  of  the  North  and  South  are  ever  to  get 
together,  it  will  be  through  such  a  medium. 

3.  The  Baptist  World  Alliance  (June  19  to  25).  This  is  the  crowning  organization, 
for  beyond  its  range  Baptists  as  such  cannot  go.  Its  purpose  is  to  l^ing  into  union 
the  Baptists  of  the  world,  and  to  promote  the  spirit  of  fellowship,  service  and 
co-operation  among  them.  It  is  expected  that  every  nation  where  Baptists  exist 
will  nave  representatives  in  Philadelphia.  The  Alliance  meets  once  in  five  years. 
Be  sure  to  read  Dr.  Clifford's  Letter,  on  another  page,  and  feel  the  solidarity  of 
denominational  life  and  interest  which  this  Alliance  sig^ufies.  It  will  be  a  umque 
gathering. 

^  The  Place  of  the  Meetings  is  Accessible 

Philadelphia  is  readily  reached  from  all  parts  of  the  country.  It  is  on  the  familiar 
routes  of  travel.  It  possesses  peculiar  interest  for  Baptists.  It  was  the  earliest  rally- 
ing center  of  the  denominational  life  in  America.  Here  was  organized  the  &:st 
Baptist  Missionary  Society,  commonly  called  the  Triennial  Convention,  so  that 
the  Oeneral  Convention  ot  1911  had  its  forerunner  in  1814,  when  the  Baptists 
of  the  whole  country  were  one  in  organization  for  missionary  work.  It  is  some- 
thing, too,  to  have  a  First  Church  that  dates  back  to  1689.  As  the  cradle  of  American 
liberty,  a&o,  Philadelphia  is  of  interest.  No  more  delightful  place  could  be  found 
for  the  great  meetings. 

^The  Subjects  are  Vital 

"The  Baptists  and  the  World's  Life"  is  the  general  topic.  The  Sufficiency  of  the 
(rospel  (a)  for  the  Salvation  of  the  Individual  (b)  for  the  Salvation  of  Society.  The 
Chrfstianizing  of  the  World.  The  Spirit  of  Brotherhood.  The  Church  and  Educa- 
tion. The  Church  and  Industrialism.  Baptists  and  the  Coming  of  the  Kingdom. 
The  Lordship  of  Tesus  will  be  the  theme  of  the  sermon  Sunday  morning,  June  25, 
by  Dr.  £.  In  MuUins,  of  Louisville  Seminary.  These  topics  will  be  discussed  by 
some  of  the  most  noted  men  in  Great  Britain,  Europe  and  America.  There  wiU 
also  be  a  great  Women's  Session  and  one  devoted  to  Sunday  school  and  young 
people's  work. 

Sectional  meetings,  when  every  race  and  nationality  will  meet  in  some  appointed 
place,  will  be  a  marked  feature.  "The  Roll  Call  of  the  Countries,"  when  each 
country  will  respond  in  its  own  tongue  and  when  the  same  hymn  will  be  sung 
together  in  many  languages,  will  be  a  memorable  occasion. 


MISS  IONS 


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qThe  Gathering  Will  be  Notable 

About  five  thousand  delegates  and  visitors  are  expected,  among  whom  will  be 
many  of  the  most  noted  men  in  Great  Britain  and  America.  From  England  will 
come  such  men  as  Dr.  John  Clifford,  pastor  of  the  Woodboume  Park  Baptist  Church 
of  London  for  nearly  fifj^  years,  and  one  of  the  foremost  preachers  and  citizens 
of  the  Empire ;  Rev.  J.  H.  Shakespeare,  M.A.,  member  of  tne  family  of  the  great 
poet.  Secretary  of  the  Baptist  Union  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland ;  J.  T.  Marshall, 
D.D.,  Principal  of  the  Manchester  Baptist  College,  of  international  reputation  as  a 
lecturer;  Rev.  F.  B.  Meyer.  D.D.,  one  of  the  most  popular  annual  visitors  to 
America ;  and  Rev.  Thomas  Phillips  of  London,  who  will  preach  the  Alliance  sermon. 
Nine  are  coming  from  New  Zealand.  About  one  hundred  are  coming  from  Russia, 
Roumania  and  other  coimtries  of  Eastern  Europe,  most  of  whom  have  been  in 
prison  and  suffered  persecution  because  they  have  dared  subscribe  to  the  Baptist  faith. 
Among  them  will  be  Rev.  W.  Fetler,  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  St.  Peters- 
burg, and  an  evangelist  of  great  power. 

t|The  Rates  Will  be  Reasonable 

1.  The  railroads  have  granted  rates  of  one  and  one-half  first  class  limited,  with  mini- 
mtmi  of  two  dollars  for  the  round  trip.  Tickets  on  sale  June  10,  12  and  13,  and 
17  and  19;  only  purchasable  and  usable  for  the  start  on  these  days;  good  until 
June  28,  with  extension  privilege  to  July  31  for  one  dollar  extra,  paid  on  depositing 
ticket  with  special  agent  in  Philadelpl^  before  June  28.  This  makes  side  trips 
possible,  or  a  month  at  the  seashore,  or  attendance  at  the  International  Christian 
Endeavor  Convention  at  Atlantic  City  (July  6-12).  The  tickets  will  be  sold  out- 
right for  the  round  trip,  avoiding  the  certificate  plan.  For  transportation  informa 
tion  write  to  Rev.  F.  S.  Dobbins,  1701  Chestnut  Street,  Philadeli>hia. 

2.  Hotel  accommodations  and  home  entertainment  will  be  provided  at  reasonable 
rates.  The  following  card  contains  the  needed  information.  Cut  it  out.  Fill  it 
out  to  suit  you,  and  send  as  directed. 


NORTHERN  BAPTIST  CONVENTION,  JUNE  13  to  18 
GENERAL  CONVENTION  OF  THE  BAPTISTS  OF  NORTH  AMERICA,  JUNE  19 

BAPTIST  WORLD  ALLIANCE,  JUNE  19  to  25 


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Churches  that  desire  to  get  the  best  out  of  their 
Pastors  wilL  if  they  are  wise,  see  that  one  way 
to  inspire  the  preachers  so  that  in  turn  they  may 
inspire  their  people,  is  to  send  them  with  their 
expenses  paid  to  the  great  Baptist  Meetings  in 
PMladelpma  in  June.  The  world  touch  cannot  fail 
to  get  into  their  sermons  and  make  them  powerful 


MISS  IONS 


Self-Support  in  the  Philippines 

By  Rev.  A.  E.  Bigelow 

MISSIONARY    AT   JARO,  PHILIPPINE    ISLANDS 


JUST  as  there  is  no  greater  burden 
to  the  heart  of  a  faithful  Christian 
worker  than  apostasy,  so  also  is  there 
no  greater  cause  of  profound  joy  than 
evidences  of  growth  in  the  Christian 
life.  If  this  is  true  in  the  home  land,  it 
is  much  more  true  in  this  land  of  re- 
markable contrasts.  Our  hearts  are 
often  wrung  with  sorrow  because  of  the 
first,  and  yet  we  are  not  left  without  the 
consolation  and  inspiration  of  the  sec- 
ond. Only  the  other  day  was  I  per- 
mitted to  rejoice  through  the  discovery 
of  one  of  these  evidences,  and  I  am 
sure  you  would  like  to  participate,  not 


only  as  a  Christian,  but  also  as  a  Bap- 
tist and  as  an  American. 

The  annual  association  of  churches  in 
Mr.  Briggs's  district,  which  has  fallen 
to  my  charge  during  his  furlough,  was 
opened  with  a  conference  for  pastors. 
In  this  conference  one  of  the  most 
important  matters  brought  to  my  at- 
tention was  a  complaint  on  the  part  of 
the  majority  of  the  preachers  of  a  lack 
of  financial  support  by  the  churches. 
Being  new  in  this  work,  I  went  over  the 
entire  situation  and  the  following  in- 
teresting facts  were  brought  out. 

In  the  beginning  of  his  work  rn  this 


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313 


district  Mr.  Briggs  had  a  man  on  whom 
he  depended  for  the  Visayan  preaching 
and  whom  he  paid  a  stated  salary. 
This  salary  proposition  became  the 
occasion  of  a  serious  problem,  both  as 
regards  amounts  to  be  paid  and  the 
spirit  of  the  worker.  The  problem 
grew  with  the  work  until  Mr.  Briggs 
decided  to  drop  him  altogether.  By 
this  time,  however,  the  membership  of 
the  churches  was  quite  large  and  God 
raised  up  volunteers  who  were  enlisted, 
taught  and  finally  ordained.  Seven  of 
these  men  are  now  in  active  service  on 
the  field  and  the  other  is  a  colporter. 
The  latter  is  paid  a  salary  by  the  British 
and  Foreign  Bible  Society,  but  the 
others  receive  no  money  from  the 
missionary,  except  their  annual  poll 
tax,  an  occasional  suit  of  clothes  and 
a  little  riccy  amounting  to  less  than 
twelve  dollars  annually.  They  have 
also  a  standing  agreement  that  they 
shall  be  helped  in  times  of  great  need, 
and  are  occasionally  loaned  money  by 
which  they  carry  on  whatever  business 
Aey  have  in  hand^  though  these 
amounts  are  quite  small.  They  are 
expected  to  earn  their  own  living  with 
thiJB  nominal  help.  On  the  other  hand 
the  churches  must  build  their  own 
chapdSy  maintain  their  own  services, 
and  besides  are  taught  to  contribute 
regularly  to  a  propaganda  fund.  They 
are  also  taught  that  the  ''laborer  is 
worthy  erf"  his  hire." 

The  outcome  of  this  has  been  that 
twenty-two  of  the  twenty-three  churches 
have  hutlt  and  kept  in  repair  good 
bamboo  chapels;  have  maintained  ser- 
vices rating  from  one  to  seven  times  a 
week;  have  contributed  regularly  to  the 
fund  for  a  local  religious  paper,  and 
also  have  given  quite  acceptably  to  this 
propaganda  fund.  But  they  have  not 
kept  the  same  pace  in  providing  for 
their  pastor. 

A  new  phase  of  this  problem  has 
grown  up  of  late  in  the  fact  that  the 
supply  of  acceptable  workers  has  not 


kept  up  with  the  growth  of  the  work. 
New  churches  have  been  organized 
and  new  openings  have  called  the 
workers  from  their  homes,  thus  lessen- 
ing their  earning  power.  In  some  cases 
their  wives  have  been  able  to  keep 
things  going  by  spinning  or  other  work, 
but  they  have  not  always  been  cared 
for  up  to  the  requirements  of  the  situa- 
tion. This  was  their  complaint,  and 
they  wanted  to  know  what  they  were 
going  to  do,  hinting  that  other  mis- 
sionaries paid  the  native  pastors  a 
salary.  As  it  was  twenty  minutes 
past  midnight  I  dismissed  the  meeting, 
promising  to  give  them  an  answer 
later. 

On  the  morrow  the  association  began, 
and  from  the  opening  hour  to  the  close 
it  was  full  of  interest,  well  attended  and 
most  thoroughly  enjoyed  by  all.  No 
part,  however,  was  more  satisfactory 
to  me  than  the  conference  of  deacons 
and  deaconesses.  Two  of  the  younger 
.preachers  led  it  by  short  addresses  on 
the  duties  and  the  qualifications  of 
deacons.  Then  followed  an  open  meet- 
ing which  was  participated  in  by  all 
the  preachers  and  quite  a  number  of 
deacons  and  deaconesses.  The  climax 
was  reached  when  the  financial  ques- 
tion was  under  discussion.  Difficulties 
were  stated  by  some;  how  they  are  being 
solved  by  others.  Several  churches 
have  their  deacons  and  deaconesses 
organized  into  a  regular  financial  com- 
mittee. They  take  entire  charge  of  all 
financial  questions,  both  as  a  legislative 
and  executive  body,  and  there  has  not 
been  any  trouble  in  meeting  all  obliga- 
tions. Especially  was  this  true  of  the 
church  where  the  association  met,  even 
though  they  held  a  meeting  every 
night  in  the  week.  Some  of  the  churches 
also  made  a  regular  oflFering  for  the  poor. 
All  this  seemed  to  arouse  enthusiasm  in 
the  weaker  and  less  organized  churches 
and  they  asked  many  questions.  Then 
to  seal  the  whole  matter  one  of  the 
preachers    made    quite    a    sensational 


3H 


MISSIONS 


speech,  proposing  not  only  the  organiza- 
tion of  such  committees  in  every  church 
but  the  organization  of  all  the  deacons 
and  deaconesses  into  an  association  a  I 
society.  This  man  then  brought  up  the 
problem  of  the  finances  of  the  pastors, 
laying  stress  on  their  being  away  from 
home  and  the  need  this  fact  raised,  for 
most  of  the  other  discussion  had  re- 
ferred to  the  running  expenses  of  the 
church.  The  spirit  of  the  Master  was 
certainly  present.  He  was  heard  in 
silence.  It  was  all  new  to  them.  It 
took  time  for  them  to  follow  him  and 
grasp  the  situation,  but  as  others  took 
it  up  our  hearts  were  filled  with  a  grati- 
tude and  joy  such  as  only  could  be  in- 
spired from  above.  To  us  it  was  a 
direct  answer  to  our  prayers  concerning 
the  conditions  of  the  pastors.  Every 
church  present  pledged  to  do  its  utmost 
to  establish  such  a  work,  and  it  was  de- 
termined, if  possible,  to  organize  the 
associational  society  at  the  next  annual 
meeting.  Neither  Miss  Johnson  nor  I 
felt  that  we  should  say  a  word,  so  com- 
pletely did  the  matter  seem  to  be  under 
the  guidance  of  the  Spirit;  though  it  is 
needless  to  say  that  we  said  "Amen" 
every  chance  we  had. 


To  you  who  are  so  far  away  this 
rejoicing  may  not  seem  well  founded 
because  of  the  small  amounts  that  are 
involved,  but  I  want  to  assure  you  that 
no  situation  at  home  is  more  real.  If 
the  amounts  of  money  that  can  be  raised 
must  necessarily  be  small  in  this  dis- 
trict where  all  are  laborers  on  a  small 
scale  and  quite  poor,  so  are  the  needs, 
both  for  the  running  expenses  of  the 
churches  and  of  their  pastors.  The 
simple  life  reigns  here,  and  there  are 
present  conditions  for  sacrifices  that 
would  put  to  shame  any  church  at 
home.  When  once  these  people  get 
the  idea  into  their  heads  that  it  can  be 
done,  right  then  there  will  be  self- 
support.  They  have  the  zeal.  The 
means  are  either  already  at  hand,  or 
to  be  had  for  a  minimum  of  struggle, 
and  all  that  is  needed  are  a  few  object 
lessons.  This  move  we  believe  is  only 
one  step,  but  it  is  a  big  one  in  the  right 
direction.  If  we  can  only  keep  it 
going  and  we  are  sure  to  have  loyal 
support,  this  most  vexatious  and  mo- 
mentous question  in  the  life  of  any 
church,  or  association,  is  going  to  be 
solved.  It  has  in  it  the  germs  of 
strength,  liberty  and  independence. 


MISSIONS 


Devotional 


^n^  fur  Aiaauina 

|A  LORD,  who  diJst  come  to  leek  and  to 
f  save  the  lost,  and  to  vikom  all  power  is 
[ivtn  in  heaven  and  earth,  Hear  the  prayers 
of  Thy  people  for  those  who  at  Thy  c 
go  forth  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  c 
Preserve  them  from  all  dangers;  from  penis 
by  land  and  by  tuater:  from  the  deadly  pesti- 
lence; from  the  violence  of  the  persecutor; 
from  doubt  and  impatience;  from  discourage- 
ment and  discord;  and  from  all  the  devices  of 
the  poolers  of  darkness.  While  they  plant 
and  vialer,  0  Lord,  send  Thou  the  increase; 
gather  in  the  multitude  of  the  heathen;  and 
convert  in  Christian  lands  suck  as  neglect  Thy 
great  salvation;  that  Thy  Name  may  be 
glorified,  and  Thy  kingdom  eome,  0  Saviour 
of  tht  world;  to  whom,  with  the  Father  and 
the  Holy  Spirit,  he  honor  and  glory,  world 
without  etiJ,    Amen, 

« 

PRAY  — 

That  the  family  altar  may  be  established 
in  a  multitude  of  homei  where  now  there  is 
no  morning  or  evening  prayer,  to  the  end 
that  the  children  may  be  trained  ir 
for  God  and  to  habits  of  worship. 

That  in  the  family  worship  the 


;  may  be 


ry  may  fall 
ilistic   and 


iding  P 
s  heeding  ? 
needing  ? 


pure,  whatsoever  things  are  lovely,  whatso- 
ever things  are  of  good  report;  if  there  be  any 
virtue,  and  if  there  be  any  praise,  think  on 
these  things.  —  Phil.  iv.  8. 

"We  need  to  have  sufficient  faith  in  God 
to  believe  that  He  can  bring  us  to  something 
higher  and  more  Christlilce  than  anything 
to  which  at  present  we  see  a  way."  —  Report 
of  Commission  on  Co-operation  and  Unity, 

"Prayer  is  the  method  which  relates  the 
irresistible  might  of  God  to  the  missionary 
enterprise  ....  Every  other  consideration 
and  plan  and  emphasis  is  secondary  to  that 
of  wielding  the  forces  of  prayer,"  —  Report 
of  the  Commission  on  Carrying  the  Gospel. 

Be  one  of  those  benignant,  lovely  souls 
that,  without  astonishing  the  public  and 
posterity,  make  a  happy  difference  in  the 
lives  of  those  around  them  and  in  this  way, 
lift  the  average  of  human  joy.  —  George  Eliot. 

Without  the  silences  of  life  there  can  be  no 
true  greatness,  and  no  man  can  be  great  in 
the  hours  of  expression  and  daily  activity 
unless  he  has  first  been  great  in  the  silent 
places    of   his    individual    life.  —  Theodore 

And  today  any  man  who  would  have 
Jesus  Christ  put  into  his  life  the  fire  of  His 
divine  power  must  be  willing  to  have  Him 
do  it  at  the  price  of  a  whole  burnt  offering 
of  his  life.  For  strength  wilt  always  stand 
for  each  one  of  us  in  direct  proportion  to 
the  degree  of  sacrifice  required  to  purchase 
that  strength.  —  Robert  E.  Speer. 

God  has  not  given  us  vast  learning  to 
solve  all  the  problems,  or  unfailing  wisdom 
to  direct  all  the  wanderings  of  our  brothers' 
lives,  but  He  has  given  to  every  one  of  us 
the  power  to  be  spiritual,  and  by  our  spiritu- 
ality to  lift  and  enlarge  and  enlighten  the 


liv 


hillip 


Brooki. 


e  have  done. 


We  all  might  do  moi 
thitigs  are         And  not  be  a  whit  the  worse; 
ible,  what-      It  never  was  laving  that  emptied  the  heart, 
things  are         Nor  giving  that  emptied  the  purse. 


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MISSIONS 


The  Baptist  Belt  in  Porto  Rico 

By  George  Sale,  D.  D. 

SUPERINTENDENT   OF    EDUCATION,    HOME    MISSION    SOCIETY 


HATEVER  may  be  said 
of  the  rule  of  the  Span- 
iards in  Porto  Rico,  no 
fault  can  he  found  with 
their  road-building,  ex- 
cept that  they  did  not 
build  more  roads. 

The  military  road  ex- 
tending diagonally  across 
the  island  from  San  Juan 
to    Ponce   is   eighty-five 
miles    long,  though     the 
distance    between    those 
cities  is  only  sixty  miles 
as  the  crow  flies.     Some 
say  that  this  is  owing  to 
the  mere  business  fact    that    the    road 
was  built  by  contract  at  so  much  per 
mile.     It  is  not  necessary  to  accept  this 
unlovely   suggestion,    however,    as    the 
road  climbs  over  the  mountains  of  the 
interior  and  reaches  a  height  of  3,000 
feet  at  Aibonito,  its  highest  point,  and 
^many   detours    are    necessary   to    find 


easy  grades  among  the  mountains.  The 
motor  enthusiast  will  find  here  a  superb 
roadbed,  easy  grades,  and  a  spice  of 
danger  in  the  many  sharp  curves  close 
to  the  edge  of  yawning  ravines.  Everj- 
where  the  roadside  foliage  has  the 
appearance  of  that  of  a  well-kept  park, 
and  everywhere  are  to  be  had  views  of 
surpassing  beauty.  One  wonders  how 
the  town  at  the  highest  point,  Aibonito 
(O  how  beautiful),  retained  its  name, 
for  that  exclamation  breaks  from  the 
lips  at  every  turn  of  the  road. 

A    WISE   ARRANGEMENT 

Our  Baptist  Mission  territory  extends 
along  either  side  of  this  road  and  makes 
a  Baptist  belt  across  the  island  from 
northeast  to  southwest.  A  wise  agree- 
ment among  the  Christian  bodies  operat- 
ing in  the  island  provides  that  in  places 
of  less  than  7,000  inhabitants  the  body 
first  establishing  a  church  shall  have  the 
town  as  its  exclusive  territory.  As  a 
result  of  this  arrangement  in  ail  the 


MISSIONS 


3'7 


small  towns  Protestantism  is  repre- 
sented by  one  denomination  only.  At 
San  Juan  and  Ponce,  the  large  cities 
at  cither  end  ofthe  road,  all  the  principal 
denomtnationshavechurches.  Aibonito 
is  a  "Methodist  town,"  but  all  the  other 
towns  on  the  main  road  and  on  branch- 
ing roads  are  occupied  by  our  missions. 

SAN   JUAN    AND   PONCE 

San  Juan  and  Ponce  are  very  different 
cities  in  appearance  and  spirit.  San 
Juan  is  a  walled  city  with  an  ancient 
Ravor  about  its  streets.  It  is  the  center 
of  political  agitation  and  the  stronghold 
of  Porto  Rican  traditions.  Ponce  has  a 
freer,  more  modem  atmosphere,  as  its 
streets  are  wider  and  its  area  greater. 
It  is  the  ^eat  Protestant  stronghold. 
One  of  the  speakers  at  the  Evangelical 
Conference  in  November  last  apostro- 
phized the  city  thus:  "Ponce,  thou  art 
the  evangelical  capital  of  Porto  Ricol" 
Our  strongest  and  most  progressive 
Baptist  church  is  here,  and  for  many 
years  the  Ponce  district  enjoyed  the 
personal  supervision  of  our  General 
Missionary,  Dr.  A.  B.  Rudd. 

ATTRACTIVE    CHURCHES   AND    HOMES 

In  a  brief  stay  of  thirteen  days  on  the 


island  we  were  unable  to  see  very  much 
of  the  actual  woric  of  our  missionary 
force.  Thanks,  however,  to  the  excellent 
roads  and  a  good  car  we  were  able  to  visit 
some  twelve  important  stations  and  in- 
spect our  church  property.  It  is  a 
pleasure  to  bear  witness  to  the  general 
neatness  and  attractiveness  of  our 
churches  and  the  air  of  prosperity  about  ■ 
them.  There  is  not  here  the  disadvan- 
tageous contrast  of  our  chapels  with  the 
Catholic  churches  that  one  finds  in 
Mexico.  Often  the  Baptist  church, 
though  smaller,  is  a  far  more  imposing 
structure  than  the  great  barn-Uke 
wooden  buildings  of  the  Catholic 
churches.  Catholicism  here  is  largely 
devoid  of  that  artistic  charm  so  omni- 
present in  Mexico.  This  attractiveness 
of  our  churches  and  the  spotless  sweet- 
ness of  our  missionary  homes  I  find  to  be 
one  of  the  impressions  of  Porto  Rico  to 
which  my  mind  frequently  returns. 
Not  least  in  their  influence  on  Porto 
Rican  life  are  the  superb  housekeepers 
we  have  sent  thither  as  our  missionary 
wives  and  the  lady  missionary  workers. 
They  know  how  to  make  of  Porto  Rican 
products  dainty  dishes  tempting  to 
appetites  more  fastidious  than  ours. 


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MISSIONS 


THE    CENTER   OF  THE    ISLAND 

The  population  of  Porto  Rico  is 
largely  rural  and  the  country  missionary 
work  is  of  great  importance.  Our  one 
visit  to  a  country  field  will  not  soon  be 
foi^tten.  If  you  will  place  the  point 
of  a  pencil  as  nearly  as  possible  in  the 
middle  of  the  map  of  Porto  Rico  you 
will  find  that  it  is  not  far  from  the  town 
of  Barros.  It  is  said  that  if  one  could 
drive  a  staple  in  the  middle  of  this  town 
and  by  some  mighty  force  lift  the  island 
out  of  the  sea,  its  equilibrium  would  not 
be  disturbed.  Barros  is  now  reached 
by  an  excellent  road  from  Barranquitas, 
but  one  must  return  by  the  same  route, 
as  it  is  the  only  road  for  wheeled 
vehicles  into  the  town.  Up  to  four 
years  ago  or  thereabouts  it  was  reached 
only  by  a  five-hours'  ride  on  horseback 
over  the  mountain  trails.  Dr.  Mote- 
house  thus  visited  the  town  eight  years 
ago. 

DON    SANTIAGO  JIMINEZ 

Into  this  secluded  town  shortly  after 
the  opening  of  our  work  on  the  island 
came  riding  one  day  Gabriel  de  San- 
tiago, one  of  our  Porto  Rican  preachers. 
He  laid  there  the  foundations  of  the 
excellent  church  that  now  worships  in 
^an  attractive  chapel  on  the  most  con- 


spicuous comer  in  the  town.  Farther 
over  the  mountains  he  went  and  found 
about  ten  kilometers  from  Barros  a  well- 
populated  valley  generally  knovm  by 
the  name  of  Culebra.  Here  lived  Don 
Santiago  Jiminez,  a  Porto  Rican  of 
wealth  and  influence,  a  sort  of  halfway 
feudal  lord  of  the  valley.  Realizing 
that  this  man's  influence  was  supreme 
in  the  district,  Gabriel  de  Santiago  set 
about  to  win  him  over  and  succeeded. 
He  himself  is  not  a  member  of  the 
church,  but  his  wife  and  children  are, 
and  one  of  his  sons,  Francisco  Jiminez, 
is  pastor  of  the  church  at  Cbamo.  Out 
of  the  church  founded  in  this  valley 
have  come  two  other  young  men  for 
the  native  ministry;  and  the  great 
rambling  house,  and  all  that  Don 
Santiago  has,  is,  as  he  says  in  the 
hospitable  Porto  Rican  phrase,  "at  the 
orders "  of  Don  Bartolo,  as  our  General 
Missionary  is  alFecrionately  called,  and 
his  Protestant  friends;  and  Don  Santiago 
himself,  so  Don  Banolo  says,  is  not  far 
from  the  Kingdom. 

FOLLOWING  THE    MISSIONARY  TRAIL 

Arriving  at  Barros  after  a  long  auto 
ride  from  Ponce  we  took  hones  and 
started  for  this  valley.  Up,  up,  the 
trail  went  to  the  mountain's  top  and 


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then  down,  down,  by  a  zigzag  trail  to 
where  the  white  chapel  stood  out  from 
the  green  hills.  It  was  dark  when  the 
chapd  was  reached.  The  bell  was  rung 
and  we  watched  the  lanterns  of  the  wor- 
shipers as  like  wandering  stars  they 
came  moving  down  the  mountain  slopes 
MiaDndet  to  the  chapel.  Then  followed 
the-  fervice,  and  after  that  a  wedding 
quiefcljr  improvised  when  it  was  known 
Amt  dw  missionary  had  come.  The 
mnipk  ceremony  was  solemnly  per* 
forned  by  Dr.  Rudd,  and  then  our 
futy  rode  away  in  the  dark  to  the 
spaKitHis  home  of  Don  Santiago  and  to 
rat  —  to  be  awakened  in  the  early 
hours  by  such  a  barnyard  chorus  as  I 
never  before  heard;  dogs  and  cattle  and 
horses  and  pigs,  geese,  chickens  and 
guiifta  fowl,  and  I  know  not  what  else, 
with  the  shrill  piccolo  effect  of  myriads 
of  crickets  and  ka^dida  or  similar 
dwellers  in  the  orange  and  banana  trees 
that  surrounded  the  house. 
I  shall   not   attempt  the  impossible 


task  of  describing  the  beauty  of  this 
valley.    As  Dr.  Rudd  and  I  halted  our 
horses  at  the  head  of  the  trail  and  took 
a  last  long  look  at  the  sweeping  slopes 
of  the  mountain  sides  we  burst  invol* 
untarily  into  the  stanza, 
"Could  we  but  climb  where  Moses  stood 
And  view  the  landscape  o'er, 
Not  Jordan's  streams  nor  death's  cold  flood 
Could  fright  us  from  the  shore." 
And  I  confessed  that  not  even  the  perils 
of  that  mountain  trail  down  which  with 
outward  show  of  bravery,  but  inward 
trepidation,  I  had  ridden  my  horse  the 
night    before,    could    deter    me    from 
another  visit  to  that  lovely  valley;  and 
Don  Bartolo  says  that  it  is  the  steepest 
trail  he  knows  in  Porto  Rico. 

THE    RIVER  OF  THE   DEAD 

And  indeed  to  reach  that  valley  we  did 
cross  the  river  of  the  dead.  A  Uttle 
babbling  brook  it  was,  but  the  story 
goes  that  once  when  it  was  swollen  by 
rains,  a  burial  party  was  attempting  to 


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cross  with  a  dead  body.  Their  feet  gave 
way  and  they  let  the  dead  man  down 
into  the  water.  Whether  the  deceased 
thought  that  it  was  the  River  of  Jordan 
and  that  being  almost  over  it  was  time 
to  wake  up,  the  story  does  not  say,  but 
it  does  say  that  as  soon  as  the  water 
touched  him  he  came  to  life;  and  the 
stream  was  ever  after  called  El  no  Je 
los  muerios,  — The  River  of  the  Dead. 

THE    STRATEGIC   POINT 

The  main  purpose  of  this  visit  to 
Porto  Rico  was  to  study  the  educational 
situation  and  to  report  what  educational 
features  should  be  added  to  our  mission- 
ary work.  The  future  success  of  the 
work  in  Porto  Rico  and  in  similar  fields 
depends  on  a  supply  of  native  workers 
as  pastors  and  teachers.  For  this  the 
Christian  Academy  or  College  is  neces- 
sary. Our  swift  survey  of  the  principal 
stations,  the  visit  to  a  typical  rural 
field,  and  the  opportunity  of  studying 
the  missionary  forces  of  all  Protestant 
bodies  afforded  by  the  Conference  of 
workers  described  in  a  previous  article 
gave  the  background  of  conditions  neces- 
sary for  our  problem. 

A  consideration  of  the  forces  that  are 
at  work  to  make  a  new  Porto  Rico,  as 
set  fofth  in  a  previous  article,  shows 
clearly  the  educational  need  that  our 
Protestant  Christianity  must  supply, 
and  every  consideration  points  to  Rio 
Piedras,  the  seat  of  the  Normal  School 
and   of  the   future   university,   as   the 


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strategic  point  in  the  island  for  educa- 
tional missbnary  work.  This  year  there 
are  more  than  two  hundred  students  in 
the  Normal  School,  the  greater  number 
of  whom  are  from  distant  points.  We 
have  in  Rio  Piedras  one  of  the  most 
attractive  chapels  on  the  island.  Ours 
is  the  only  evangelical  church  in  the 
town,  and  therefore  the  only  direct 
Protestant  influence  on  that  large  body 
of  students. 

A   BIT  OF   BIOGRAPHY 

The  pastor  of  the  Rio  Piedras  church 
is  Juan  R.  Cepero,  a  Porto  Rican  of 
education  and  character  and  an  excel- 
lent speaker.  The  story  of  this  man  is 
full  of  hunun  interest.  He  was  the  son 
of  a  Porto  Rican  teacher,  who  did  his 
best  to  give  the  boy  such  educational 
advantages  as  the  island  afforded.  When 
Cepero  was  twenty-one  years  old  his 
father  died,  leaving  four  young  sisters 
in  his  care.  By  dint  of  steady  per- 
severance he  continued  his  studies, 
availing  himself  of  the  highest  training 
to  be  had  on  the  island.  He  was  one 
of  the  group  of  Porto  Rican  teachers 
who  came  to  this  country  in  1904,  when 
he  took  summer  courses  at  Harvard  in 
pedagi^  and  English  literature.     Re- 


turning to  Porto  Rico,  he  devoted  him- 
self to  teaching,  and  soon  rose  to  the 
highest  rank  among  the  teachers  on 
the  island. 

He  was  a  man  of  religious  feeling, 
and  though  he  found  no  satisfaction  in 
the  Catholic  Church  he  believed  in  God, 
and  was  wont  to  pray  for  the  enlighten- 
ing of  his  understanding  and  for  guid- 
ance. The  visit  of  a  Bible  colporter 
led  him  to  secure  a  copy  of  the  New 
Testament.  The  reading  of  the  gospel 
of  Matthew  brought  at  first  self-revela- 
tion and  a  new  mental  anguish,  followed 
as  he  read  on  by  peace,  gladness,  and 
as  he  says,  the  unfolding  of  a  new  life 
with  a  new  horizon.  "In  reality  I  was 
a  new  man  and  the  world  was  for  me 
a  new  world." 

Subsequent  reading  led  him  to  seek 
the  company  of  Christians,  and  to  make 
a  public  profession  of  his  faith,  giving 
the  reasons  which  led  him  to  his  new 
determination.  From  that  day  he 
declares  his  chief  pleasure  was  found 
in  the  company  of  Christians  and  in 
the  preaching  of  the  gospel,  and  at  the 
first  opportunity  he  gave  up  the  pro- 
fession of  teaching  and  became  a 
preacher.     The  Baptist  Association  of 


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Porto  Rico  has  chosen  Cepero  as  its 
representative  at  the  Bapcist  World's 
Alliance  in  Philadelphia.  This  brief 
sketch  of  the  man  is  sufficient  to  indicate 
how  well  he  is  adapted  to  the  work  in 
Rio  Piedras. 
wanted:  a  local  habitation  and  a 

NAME 

Our  training  school  for  Porto  Rican 


has  been  moved  to  Rio  Piedras 
and  is  in  affiliation  with  the  Normal 
School,  its  students  being  freely  admitted 
to  courses  there  offered.  The  school 
has  now  twelve  promising  students,  and 
Pastor  Cepero  is  trying  the  dangerous 
experiment  of  adding  the  work  of  in- 
structor to  that  of  pastor  of  the  church. 
When  we  left  Porto  Rico  he  was  sick 
in  bed. 

Indeed,  an  unpleasant  reflection  upon 
the  work  in  Porto  Rico  is  that  of  the 
heavy  burdens  laid  upon  the  workers 
there  through  the  removal  from  the 
island  of  two  of  our  American  mission- 
aries by  sickness.  Everybody  is  over- 
burdened and  Dr.  Rudd  is  trying  to  do 
the  work  of  two  men,  in  addition  to  the 
general  supervision  of  the  field.  This 
must  not  be  allowed  to  continue.  There 
is  a  strong  and  immediate  call  for  two 
men,  one  as  director  of  the  school  and 
one  as  superintendent  of  a  missionary 
district. 

our  school.  It  is  now 
ibitation  and  a  name, 
held  in  the  church 
building  and  its  students  board  in  a 
private  house  in  town.  Some  one  should 
seize  the  opportunity  of  ^ving  to  the 
school  both  a  local  habitation  and  a 
name,  and  thus  render  a  great  public 
and  denominational  service.  One  of 
the  greatest  needs  of  Rio  Piedras  ii  that 
of  dormitories  for  the  students.     By  a 


without  a  local  i 
Its    sessions    are 


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t  expenditure  of  money  we  could 
erect  a  building  for  our  school  and  at  the 
lame  time  provide  a  Christian  home  for 
itudentB  anending  the  Normal  School. 
Thui  we  should  bring  under  the  in- 
fluence of  our  Christian  teachers  and 
ttudenti  young  men  whose  influence  is 
lure  to  be  great  among  the  Porto  Rican 
people. 

We  need  not  provide  for  instruction 
of  our  students  in  academic  branches. 
By  planting  our  school  in  Rio  Piedras 
ve  can  avail  ourselves  of  all  that  the 
government  is  doing.  This  plan  of 
affiliation  has  the  cordial  approval  of 
die  Commissioner  of  Educarion  and  the 
Dean  of  the  Normal  School.  It  is  quite 
certain    that    if   our    dormitory    were 


erected  it  would  at  once  be  filled  to  its 
capacity. 

MANIFEST   DESTINY 

I  am  familiar  with  the  work  in  Mexico, 
Cuba  and  Porto  Rico,  and  I  do  not 
hesitate  to  say  that  in  all  our  Spanish 
field  the  one  special  thing  that  appears 
to  me  of  greatest  immediate  importance 
is  the  erection  of  this  school  building  in 
Rio  Piedras. 

Those  who  believe  in  manifest  destiny 
will  be  impressed  by  the  converging 
lines  that  point  to  this  as  the  first  task  to 
be  undertaken  in  Porto  Rico.  Here  are 
gathered  choice  young  men  and  women 
from  all  parts  of  the  island,  most  of 
whom  will  soon  be  teachers  in  the 
public  schools  and  so  fill  a  most  im- 


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portant  place  in  the  making  of  the  new 
Porto  Rico;  here  is  located  our  training 
school  for  men,  already  in  affiliation 
with  the  Normal  School  and  needing  a 
permanent  building;  here  we  have  an 
attractive  church  building  and  a  Porto 
Rican  pastor  specially  fitted  to  work 
among  students  and  teachers;  we  are 
already  owners  of  a  choice  building  lot 
directly  opposite  the  Normal  School 
grounds;  and  in  the  division  of  work 


2^68  and  iz  school  buildings.  There 
are  6  orphan  asylums,  3  hospitals, 
6  church  papers  with  a  circulation  «=>f 
7,700.  There  are  2+0  Sunday  school^ 
with  1 5,287  scholars,  and  the  tot .^\ 
value  of  missionary  property  ■  ^ 
»68s,56i.55. 

The  evangelical   bodies  at  work  ■  ■-« 
Porto  Rico  given  in  the  order  of  them  ■:- 

membership  are  the  following:   Presb^i- 

terian,    2,800;     Methodist     Episcop^  I  ^ 


among  the  denomii 


this  town  falls 


STATISTICS 

The  latest  obtainable  statistics  as  to 
the  work  of  evangelical  denominations 
in  the  island  of  Porto  Rico  shows  a  total 
missionary  force  of  116  Americans, 
men  and  women,  25  ordained  and  185 
unordained  native  workers.  There  are 
222  organized  churches  with  10,767 
members  and  109  church  buildings. 
There  are  35  day  schools,  two  boarding 
schools,    a    total   school    attendance   of 


2,510;  Baptist,  1,950;  United  Brethren, 
903;  Reformed  Episcopal,  571;  Con- 
gregational, 477;  Protestant  Episcopal, 
470;  Christian  Alliance,  377;  Church 
of  Christ,  300;  Lutheran,  262;  Chris- 
tian, 179;  and  Seventh  Day  Advent- 
ists.  8. 

These  are  the  latest  statistics  obtain- 
able and  are  brought  up  to  about  July  i, 

1910.  Statistics  are  now  being  tabu- 
lated bringing  the  facts  up  Co  January  i, 

1911.  The  one  unchanging  /act  is 
steady  progress. 


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Missionary  Program  Topics  for  1911 


Fibruary- 
April. 

«... 


Stflemhtr. 
Oaoier. 

Dttrtnirr, 


Our  Work  among  Foreign  Populations. 
Our  Work  for  Mexicans  and  Indians. 
The  Western  States:  Status  and  Outlook. 
The  World's  King  and  How  He  Conquers. 
Col  PORTER  Work. 
Our  Denominational  Power  and  Obligations. 

(Meetings  in  Philadelphia.) 
Our  Obligations  to  Porto  Rico  and  Philippine; 
State  Convention  Work. 
Reports  from  China. 
Reports  from  India. 
Thials  and  Triumphs  in  Europe. 
African  Missions. 


June  Subject:    Our  Denominational  Power 
and  Obligations 


The  Baptist  World  Alliance 


A    NOTABLE    LETTER    I 


[    DR.  CLIFFORD 


O  the  Baptiil  Churches  through- 
out the  WorU,  Greeting: 

Dear  Brethren  and 
Friends:  —  Permit  me,  as  the 
pKsident  of  the  Baptist  World 
Alliance,  to  invite  your  atten- 
tion to  our  second  Congress, 
which  takes  place  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia, 
from  June  tS  to  June  15  inclusive. 

The  fint  Baptist  World  Congress  was 
opened  in  London  on  Tuesday,  July  4, 1905. 
Over  it  Dr.  Maclaren,  beloved,  honored, 
and  wodd-famous,  presided;  and  one  of  its 
chief  results  was  the  formation  of  the  Baptist 
World  Alliance.  Soon  afterwards  the 
Alliance  created  a  European  section  and 
sent  a  commissioner.  Dr.  Newton  Marshall, 
to  inquire  into  the  condition  of  our  churches 
in  Europe.    This  was  followed  by  the  visit 


of  a  deputation  lo  the  churches  in  Hungary, 
in  the  interests  of  freedom,  unity  and  progress. 
In  August,  190S,  the  first  European  Bap- 
tist Congress  was  held  in  Berlin.  Brethren 
from  every  part  of  the  Continent  were  wel- 
comed by  the  Baptists  of  the  city  with  ovet- 
ttowing  affection,  and  entertained  with  un- 
gcnerosity.     They  '' 


"  and  "we 

re  all  tilled  ^ 

ivith  the  Holy 

Spin, 

mem!, 
love  t 

.  and  began 
gave  them 
■table  time. 
0  the  Lord, 

to  speak,  ac 

Our  heart! 
who  made i 

cording  as  the 

!  glowed  with 
IS  one  in  him- 

selfai 

id  one  with  each  other. 

The  sense  of 

isolati 
spirit. 

on  was  desi 
in  ideals  a 

troyed  .     Uni 
nd  etFott,  wai 

ty  in  aim  and 
s  felt  to  be  an 

inspiring    reality.      An    impn 
to  the  Baptist  faith  was  given 

in  one  of  the 

world's  great  capitals.     The  living  Christ 


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was  preached,  the  wisdom  of  God  and  the 
power  of  God,  the  Centre  of  our  Confession, 
and  the  one  and  only  Head  of  the  Church. 
Continental  Baptists  thanked  God  and  took 
courage  in  the  midst  of  their  persecutions. 
It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  a  new  era 
dawned  for  the  kingdom  of  our  God  and 
his  Christ  on  the  Continent  of  Europe. 

Since  then  our  commissioners,  Revs. 
C.  T.  Byford  and  A.  J.  Vining,  have  visited 
the  churches  of  Russia  and  of  the  various 
States  of  Southern  Europe,  to  cheer  and 
guide  the  brethren,  and  to  prepare  the  way 
for  the  Alliance  to  carry  forward  the  mar- 
velous developments  of  the  spiritual  life 
amongst  the  Magyars,  Czechs,  Slavs,  and 
other  races  now  so  graciously  visited  by 
"the  da)rspring  from  on  high,  shining  upon 
them  that  sit  in  darkness  and  the  shadow  of 
death,  and  guiding  their  feet  into  the  way 
of  peace." 

And  now  the  Congress  is  at  the  doors. 
Within  a  few  weeks  we  shall  meet  together 
in  the  Baptist  Temple,  Philadelphia.  Surely 
we  shall  not  only  mark  histoiy,  but  mah  it. 
May  I  therefore  be  permitted  first  and 
chiefly  to  plead  with  you,  dear  brethren,  for 
earnest  and  special  frayer^  We  shall  meet 
in  the  spirit  of  complete  dependence  on  God. 
Let  all  the  churches  pray  that  his  Spirit  may 
inspire,  lead  and  rule  all  our  proceedings.  . 
Great  questions  will  come  before  us;  only 
his  grace  can  guide  us  to  right  answers. 
Grave  problems  will  be  discussed,  and  their 
solution  will  shape  the  future  of  our  work. 
Let  us  therefore  pray  that  God  will  "daily 
increase  in  us  the  manifold  gifts  of  his  grace, 
the  spirit  of  wisdom  and  understanding,  the 
spirit  of  counsel  and  spiritual  strength,  the 
spirit  of  knowledge  and  true  godliness,  and 
the  spirit  of  holy  fear."  We  need  to  breathe 
the  bracing  air  of  the  hills  of  God,  to  know 
prayer  not  only  as  petition,  but  as  com- 
munion with  God  the  Father,  and  with  his 
Son  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  The  Pentecost 
of  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles  was  baptized  in 
prayer.  We  can  only  repeat  its  marvels  in 
the  degree  in  which  we  share  that  baptism  of 
the  Holy  Ghost. 

The  Congress  Sundays  should  be  set 
apart  everywhere  for  commemoration,  wit- 
nessing, service,  and  believing  prayer.  For 
Sunday  schools  the  Alliance  has  issued  an 
"Order  of  Service"  to  be  used  on  June  25 
throughout  the  world.  But  in  addition,  these 


Sabbaths  may  be  used  for  grateful  recollec- 
tion of  the  immense  service  rendered  by  our 
predecessors  in  the  Baptist  faith  to  the  king- 
dom of  God,  in  the  salvation  of  the  lost,  the 
evangelization  of  the  nations,  the  advance  of . 
freedom  of  conscience,  and  the  regeneration 
of  society.    This  is  our  tercentenary  year. 
What   more   fitting  than  that  we  should 
restate  our  principles,  tell  the  stoiy  of  our 
brave  pioneers,  martyrs  and  confessors,  and 
show  a  forgetful  woiid  the  enonnous  debt  it 
owes  to  their  fidelity  and  courage.    We  have 
developed  within  recent  years  "a  Baptist 
world  consciousness."   This  is  the  time,  and 
here  is  the  opportunity  to  strengthen  it. 
Baptist  ideas  and  principles  are  intrinsically 
Catholic.     They  are  universal,  not  local; 
they  are  cosmopolitan,  not  racial;  eternal 
not  temporary;  expressed  not  in  the  theo- 
logical formulae  of  this  or  that  school  or  age, 
but  in  the  fresh  and  fruitful  Word  of  God 
which  has  "nourished  the  spiritual  life  of 
successive  generations,  and  has  seen  the 
death  of  creeds  and  sects,  the  crumbling 
away  of  systems  of  theology,  and  has  the 
capacity    of    eternal    self-adjustment,    of 
uninterrupted  correspondence  with  an  ever- 
shifting  and   ever-widening  environment." 
It  lives  and  abides  for  ever.   The  world  needs 
to  hear  our  interpretation  of  it,  and  it  is 
opening  to  us  as  never  before.     May  God 
give  us  grace  to  respond  to  the  many  calls  of 
the  far-off  Macedonian  shores! 

Surely  the  driving-power  of  such  a  repre- 
sentative gathering  of  Baptists  must  be 
immense.  It  should  "get  things  done." 
Real  advance  ought  to  be  made  in  many 
directions.  The  evangelization  of  Europe 
must  receive  an  impetus,  an  acceleration  of 
speed  that  shall  stretch  over  many  yean. 
"A  great  door  and  an  effectual  h  opened 
unto  us,  and  there  are  many  adversaries." 
The  many  opponents  are  not  reasons  for 
fear  or  justifications  of  neglect;  they  offer 
additional  urgency  to  the  demand  for  great 
efforts.  Already  we  have  set  aflame  the 
lamps  of  hope  in  these  churches;  we  have 
now  to  feed  them  with  the  oil  of  wide  sym- 
pathy and  generous  gifts. 

More  difficult  still  is  it  to  make  a  really 
effective  contribution  to  the  churches  of  all 
lands  in  the  task  of  realizing  their  high 
destiny.  This  is  our  primary  business.  We 
cannot  be  content  merely  to  state  the  "prin- 
ciples" of  our  faith;  we  must  also  seek,  as 


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the  subjects  set  out  in  the  program  of  our 
proceedings  show,  "the  Christianizing  of  the 
world";  the  perfection  of  the  "Christian 
Brotherhood";  the  complete  equipment  of 
our  "educational"  machinery  for  the  young; 
the  Christianizarion  of  industry,  and  the 
bringing  in  of  the  kingdom  of  God.  In  these 
issues  every  Baprist  is  vitally  concerned,  and 
to  their  realization  every  Baptist  church  is 
committed. 

Again,  the  churches  are  the  instruments 
of  the  kingdom  of  God.  Our  co-operation  in 
this  Congress,  speaking  for  so  many  nations, 
empires  and  republics,  will  advance  peace 
on  earth  and  good  will  to  men,  aid  in  checking 
everything  likely  to  generate  strife  amongst 


princes  and  rulers,  further  the  spirit  of 
brotherhood,  and  hasten  the  arrival  of  a 
universal  league  of  peace  for  the  "holy 
church  throughout  the  world."  Gathered 
in  the  city  of  brotherly  love,  and  in  the 
country  of  Roger  Williams,  and  under*  the 
stars  and  stripes  of  the  United  States,  it  is 
certain  that  the  movement  for  civil  and 
religious  liberty  will  go  forward  with  a 
quickened  pace  and  a  brighter  hope.  Thus 
the  kingdom  which  is  righteousness,  peace 
and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost  will  come,  and  the 
will  of  God  be  more  widely  done  on  earth  as 
it  is  in  heaven.  Praying  that  the  blessing  of 
God  may  rest  upon  you,  I  am,  dear  brethren, 
yours  in  the  full  gospel  of  Christ  Jesus. 


^D  OD  DDDD  CD  ^B  QD  ^B  DD  DD  ^B  DD  ^D  DD  ^D  BD  QD  BD  BD  QD  ^D  OD  QD  DD  DDIID  ^D  DD  ^B  ^B  ^B  B3  DD  QD 
i^Q  ^B  ^BOD  09  DD  ^B  DD  ^B  ^B  DD  ^B  *^^  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  ^B  DD  ^BBB  ^B  ^B  ^B 

The  Alliance  ought  to  aid  us  in  curing  the  abuses  of 
individualism  and  teach  us  a  deeper  fellowship. 
Individualism  is  a  half-truth  only.  Co-operation, 
servicey  brotherhood,  fellowship,  love,  these  are 
words  which  are  of  equal  importance  in  our  Baptist 
vocabulary.  The  best  exercise  of  Baptist  inde- 
pendence is  the  recognition  of  our  interdependence. 

— £.  y.  /tuUou,  LL.D. 


Who  Are  Delegates? 

IF  you  are  going  to  the  Philadelphia 
meetings,  go  right,  as  a  delegate  if 
possible.  Read  what  follows,  and  you  will 
see  what  is  required  and  what  is  possible. 

THE  NORTHERN   BAPTIST  CONVENTION 

Any  Baptist  church  in  the  United  States 
may  appoint  one  delegate,  and  one  additional 
delegate  for  eveiy  one  hundred  members. 
Any  Baptist  State  Convention  may  appoint 
ten  delegates  and  one  additional  delegate 
for  every  ten  District  Associations  included 
in  it  above  tHe  first  ten.  The  Co-operating 
Societies  meeting  at  the  same  time  are  the 
American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society, 
the  American  Baptist  Home  Society,  the 
American  Baptist  Publication  Society,  and 
the  Woman's  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society.  Their  officers  and  mem- 
bers of  their  Boards  of  Managers  are  Con- 
veimon  delegates  ex^officio,  as  are  those  of 
the  Woman's  Foreign  Societies. 

Credentials  of  delegates  of  all  classes  must 
be  signed  by  the  proper  oflficer  of  the  organi- 
zation appointing  the  delegate.  An  oral 
statement  to  the  Committee  on  Enrollment 
will  not  be  accepted.  Membership  in  a 
Missionar)r  Society  does  not  make  one  a 
delegate  rfthe  Northern  Baptist  Convention. 


THE   GENERAL  CONVENTION   OF  THE 
BAPTISTS   OF   NORTH   AMERICA 

Not  a  delegated  body.  Any  representative 
of  a  Baptist  church  may  be  enrolled. 

BAPTIST  WORLD  ALLIANCE 

Any  General  Union,  Convention  or 
Association  of  Baptist  churches  may  have 
membership  in  the  Alliance.  The  basis  of 
representation  for  the  United  States  is  one 
delegate  to  every  one  thousand  members, 
the  credentials  being  furnished  by  the 
Secretary  of  each  State  Convention. 

Delegates  will  be  admitted  by  badge, 
and  credentials  will  be  absolutely  necessary 
to  secure  a  badge.  There  are  no  registra- 
tion fees  in  connection  with  any  of  the 
Conventions  except  the  Baptist  World 
Alliance.  This  fee  is  $2,  to  be  paid  at  the 
Registration  Office  in  Convention*  Building 
when  credentials  are  presented  and  badge 
delivered. 

Visitors  will  not  be  admitted  to  the  floor 
of  the  Convention  Church.  Visitors  will  be 
just  as  welcome,  and  will  be  seated  as  early 
and  as  comfortably  as  possible,  but  dele- 
gates must  have  the  first  privilege.  The 
Philadelphia  Committee  will  do  its  best  to 
look  after  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
all  who  attend. 


MISSIONS 


Paying  a  Church  Debt  Fifty-five  Years  Ago 

By  D.  D.  Proper,  D.  D. 


HE  place  was  Strawberry  Point, 

Iowa,  and  the  year  it  began 

was   1856.     At  that  time  this 

part  of  Iowa  was  very  sparsely 

settled.     A   few   Baptists   had 

come  from  Busti,  New  York, 

the  previous  year,  to  establish 

homes.     It  was  very  natural 

then   {as  it  is  now)  that  they  should  want 

church  privileges,  so  a  little  Baptist  church 

of  sixteen  membera  was  organized.     They 

were  all  poor  except  Brother  Albert  Bush, 

who  had  some  means.    They  soon  set  about 

building  a  meeting-house.    The  lumber  and 

shingles  had  to  be  hauled  from  Dubuque, 

tifty-tive  miles  away.     Most  of  the  lumber 

cost  f6o   per  thousand   feet.     A   debt  of 

$t,Boo  was   incurred,   which   was   a   large 

amount  for  this  poor  little  church.     The 

rate  of  interest  was  from  twelve  to  eighteen 

per  cent.     Finally  Mr.  Bush,  by  placing  a 

loan  on  his  homestead,  secured  the  amount 

from  a  man  in  New  York  at  ten  per  cent. 

All  the  security  the  members  could  give  was 

the  trustees'  note  with  a  mortgage  on  the 

church  property. 

Then  the  members  set  about  trying  to 
make  some  money  to  pay  the  debt.  They 
made  an  agreement  that  each  member 
should  raise  one  calf  until  it  was  three  years 
old.  Some  members  had  no  land,  but  the 
plan  was  so  new  and  novel  that  the  outside 
people,  wanting  to  see  a  church  built  in  the 
town,  offered  to  help  by  raising  two  calves 
on  the  halves.  Then  those  having  no  land 
provided  two  calves,  the  farmer  agreeing  to 
give  one  back  when  it  was  three  years  old. 
These  thoughtful  Baptists  had  a  mark 
recorded  as  "  Baptist  Calves,"  and  the  mark 
was  placed  on  one  ear.  This  ear-mark  saved 
some  of  them  from  being  taken  to  pay 
personal  debts  incurred  by  some  of  these 
men.  The  Baptist  ear-mark  saved  the 
animal  to  the  church. 

In  the  final  "round-up"  there  were  thirty- 
two  cattle,  and  they  were  sold  for  a  good 
price.     One    calf  died    and    another   was 


stolen.  By  this  effort  they  made  enough  10 
pay  most  of  the  debt.  The  next  year  each 
raised  a  pig,  and  the  debt  was  paid.  In 
what  way  can  calves  and  pigs  be  put  to  better 
use  than  helping  to  extend  the  Kingdom  ? 

DOES  THIS   WORK  PAYP 

Doubtless    the   thought    often    comes    to 

these    hard-toiling    members    in    the    little 


churches,  "Does  this  work  pay?"  This 
church  has  been  "toiling  on"  for  over  fifty- 
five  years  and  a  large  number  of  members 
has  been  added  during  this  time,  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-nine  by  baptism,  although 


veiy  large  r 


-  y"r- 


eeded  fifty-three  members, 
and  about  thirty  has  been  the  average  work- 
ing force.  It  is  still  doing  business  at  the 
old  stand  with   Rev,  T.  A.  Searcy  in  the 


MISSIONS 


parsonage,  preaching  there  and  at  La  Mont. 
Out  of  this  church  came  Rev.  James 
Sunderland,  whose  long  and  successful  life 
has  been  given  mostly  to  denominational 
mission  work  in  Iowa,  Michigan,  Minne- 
sota and  the  Pacific  Coast  States.  From 
this  church  came  Dr.  Alva  Bush,  so  long 
President  of  Cedar  Valley  Seminary  at 
Osage,  Iowa;  also  Rev. G. C.  Peck,  Rev. O.  P. 
Sonner  and  Rev.  A,  A.  Oestreich  were 
ordained  in  this  church.  Rev.  John  E. 
Clough,  D.D.,  whose  patents  lived  at  this 
place,  went  from  this  church  to  India.     It 


ha*  been  »id  of  him  that  he  touched  more 
live*  dian  any  other  man  of  his  generation. 
I  once  heard  Dr.  Murdocic,  Correspond- 
ing Secretary  of  the  Missionary  Union, — to 
use  the  name  of  the  Foreign  Mission  Society 
in  hiiday.^sayihatwhen  Mr.  Clough  offered 
himself  for  the  foreign  field,  after  the  exami- 
nation the  Board  was  of  the  opinion  that  he 
did  not  meet  the  retjuirement.  Dr.  Murdock 
was  delegated  to  apprise  him  of  the  fact. 
Thw  he  did  by  asking  the  question,  "  Brother 
Clough,  what  would  you  think  if  the  Board 
thould  decline  to  appoint  you?"  Without 
hesitation  he  replied,  "I  feet  that  God  has 


1  the  Baptist 


called  me  to  India,  and  if  the  Board  declines 
to  appoint  me,  1  shall  have  to  find  some 
other  way  to  go."    That  settled  the  matter, 

and  he  was  appointed. 

THE  CONVERSION  OF  JOHN   E.   CLOUGH 

As  many  things  have  been  recently  written 
of  the  "Apostle  to  the  Telegus,"  I  will  give 
an  account  of  his  conversion  as  given  by 
Brother  McMichael  at  Spangle,  Washington, 
when  he  was  colporter  of  the  Publication 

He  said  he  was  a  student 
Institute  at  Burlington,  Iowa, 
man  from  northern  Iowa  came  to  this  school. 
He  had  been  working  with  a  surveying  party 
and  was  known  as  a  skeptic.  He  was  placed 
in  Brother  McMichael's  room.  The  first 
evening  he  said  to  the  newcomer,  "I  have 
been  accustomed  to  read  the  Bible  and 
pray  before  retiring  to  rest,  and  if  you  have 
no  objection  I  will  continue  to  do  so."  Mr. 
Clough  readily  gave  his  consent.  Brother 
McMichaels  said  Mr.  Clough  would  go 
right  on  with  his  studies,  using  state  and 
pencil  when  he  was  praying.  Brother 
McMichaels  said,  "ThU  soon  became  a 
heavy  burden,  and  I  sometimes  wished  1 
had  never  begun  this  service,  but  I  decided 
I  would  not  back  out  of  it."  After  a  time 
he  noted  a  more  serious  attitude  of  mind 
on  the  part  of  Mr.  Clough,  and  he  reported 
it  to  Dr.  G.  J.  Johnson,  the  pastor.  One 
day  Dr.  Johnson,  passing  through  the  build- 
ing, saw  the  door  to  this  room  slightly  ajar. 
Pushing  it  open  he  found  the  young  man 
reading  the  Bible.  It  was  not  long  until  he 
was  in  the  Kingdom.  He  was  baptized  and 
united  with  the  church  at  Burlington. 

After  finishing  his  education  he  took  his 
letter  and  united  at  Strawberry  Point,  and 
from  there  went  to  India.  It  may  be  that 
the  building  of  this  meeting-house,  which  is 
stitt  doing  duty,  redeemed  from  debt  by  the 
"Baptist  calves,"  had  something  to  do  with 
conserving  the  spiritual  life  of  these  people, 
through  which  John  E.  Clough  was  given  to 
India.  "Despise  not  the  day  of  small 
things."  These  facts  have  been  furnished 
me  by  Mr.  L.  F.  Carrier,  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  this  church.  He  is  now  over 
eighty-four  years  old,  and  is  doing  good 
service  for  the  Master.  He  is  one  of  God's 
honored  and  faithful  s< 
Omaha,  Nthmiia. 


MISSIONS 


The  Modern  Macedonian  Cry 

By  Henry  Alford  Porter,  D.D. 


N  the  first  century  a  great 
apostle  sleeping  by  the 
Adriatic  saw  a  vision  and 
heard  a  voice  From  Europe, 
"Come  over  and  help  us." 
Tlie  twentieth  ceniutyclisps 
hands  with  the  first  century. 
To  the  attentive  ear  the  air 
is  ailed  with  cries  from 
hungering  myriads  over  the 
ine  listens  there  comes  a  vision 
t  of  polyglot  peoples,  restless 
and  discontented,  looking  with  dislike  upon 
lituals  and  ceremonies  that  keep  God  far 
off,  and  waiting  for  some  one  who  will  take 
the  blindness  from  their  eyes,  and  the 
barriers  away  from  "the  world's  great  altar 
stairs  that  lead  through  darkness  up  to 
God." 

Whoever  .else  is  concerned,  these  voices 
and  this  vision  are  unmistakably  addressed 
lo  American  Baptists.  There  are  peculiar 
relations  between  the  Baptists  of  America 
and  those  people  of  Europe  who  are  grop- 
ing their  way  toward  light,  who  are  throw- 
ing oFihe  dead  hand  of  ecclesiasticism  and 
leaping  the  rotten  rails  of  formalism.  There 
are  vital  cords  between  this  opening  Baptist 
life  and  our  full-fledged  existence. 

LINGUISTICALLY 

There  is  a  linguistic  relation,  which  of 
course  we  share  with  England  and  with 
Canada.  English  is  becoming  the  tongue 
of  the  world.  A  member  of  the  Swedish 
parliament  said  to  me,  "I  hear  they  are 
inventing  a  universal  language  called 
'Esperanto.'    They  need  not  trouble  them- 


selves; we  have  one  ready  made  and  it  is 
English."  Men  expressed  surprise  at  my 
entering  Russia  without  knowing  one  letter 
of  the  terrible  alphabet,  but  every  shop- 
keeper and  hotel  clerk  was  an  interpreter. 
In  the  German  Baptist  Seminary  in  Ham- 
burg English  is  on  the  prescribed  coune. 
Every  prominent  editor,  pastor  or  mittion- 
ary  whom  I  met  from  Hungary  to  FinUnd, 
id  from  Holland  to  Moscow  had  enough 


of  our  language  to 
each  other.  English 
as  the  "other  tongu 
told    me   in   Chri:  ' 


reltigible 
dispossessing  French 
'  of  Russia.  It  was 
nearly  every 
grown  person  on  the  streets  knows  a  little 
English.  English  is  the  language  of  com- 
merce, and  goes  wherever  trade  goes.  It  is 
the  language  of  Protestantism,  and  Roman- 
ism finds  blunt  Anglo-Saxon  speech  a 
difficult  medium  for  its  subtleties.  It  is  the 
language  of  freedom,  and  the  breath  of 
liberty  sounds  in  its  very  accents.  It  is  the 
language  of  six  million  Baptists.  Practi- 
cally all  the  European  delegates  who  will 
attend  the  meeting  of  the  Baptist  World 
Alliance  know  some  English.  This,  then,  is 
the  language  through  which  the  Baptist 
leaders  of  Europe  can  be  addressed,  by 
whom  awakening  empires  and  kingdoms 
may  be  fully  aroused. 

HISTORICALLY 

There  is  an  historic  relation  which  should 
quicken  our  zeal.  Modem  Baptist  life  on 
the  continent  is  traceable  largely  to  the 
influence  of  American  Baptists.  As  early 
as  1832  the  religious  condition  of  Europe  so 
appealed  to  the  Baptists  of  America  that  the 


MISS  IONS 


Triennial  Convention  established  a  mission 
In  France.  It  was  Rev.  Bamsu  Sears,  a 
professor  at  Hamilton,  N.Y.,  who  in  1834 
baptized  Johann  Geriiardt  Oncken  and  six 
other  believers  in  the  beauuful  Elbe  at 
midnight.  O  April  night  of  wondrous 
meaningi 

With  that  midnight  baptism  began  a  new 
epoch  in  European  religious  history.  The 
next  day  Dr.  Oncken  organized  at  Hamburg 
the  first  Baptist  church  on  German  soil  in 
modem  times.  The  German  Baptists,  rap- 
idly growing,  sent  out  to  Denmark,  Finland, 
Pdand,      Holland,     Switzerland,     Russia, 


Elbe,  which  was  thus  again  consecrated  to 
this  sacred  ordinance.  Returning  to  his  own 
countiy,  Nilson  baptized  six  converts  under 
cover  of  darkness  and  organized  the  drtt 
Baptist  church  of  Sweden.  With  this  move- 
ment a  pebble  was  cast  into  the  ocean  of 
human  life  which  started  in  motion  waves  of 
influence  which  have  broken  on  the  farthest 
shores  of  Sweden,  and  so  turned  things 
upside  down  that  the  most  rigidly  Lutheran 
country  in  Europe  soon  contained  the 
largest  Baptist  constituency  on  the  continent. 
Such  are  some  of  the  historic  links  which 
lash  the  Baptists  of  the  old  world  to  the  new. 


Hungaiy  and  Bulgaria  missionaries,  who 
packed  with  the  dynamite  of  the  gospel  the 
religious  situation  which  is  now  exploding 
to  the  wonder  of  the  world. 

In  all  these  missionary  enterprises  the 
American  Baptist  Missionary  Union  has 
been  and  continues  to  be,  under  the  name 
of  the  Foreign  Mission  Society,  an  essential 
faaor. 

The  Baptists  of  Sweden  owe  their  origin 
in  a  deep  sense  to  American  Baptists.  A 
young  Swedish  sailor,  converted  in  New 
Oricans,  baptized  in  New  York,  revisited 
his  native  land.  There  he  met  F.  O.  Nilson, 
who  had  already  been  converted  in  this 
countiy,  and  turned  his  thoughts  to  the 
subject  of  baptism,  with  the  result  that  in 
1847  Nilsoa  wu  baptized  by  Oncken  in  the 


RECIPROCALLY 

There  is  a  reciprocal  relation  between 
Baptist  life  in  Europe  and  America.  From 
the  shores  of  Europe  the  tide  of  emigration 
sets  to  ours.  Henry  Clay  stood  on  the 
Alleghenies  listening  to  the  oncoming  tramp 
of  the  future  generations  of  America.  And 
still  the  tread  of  the  coming  millions  which 
resounded  in  that  prophetic  soul  does  not 
cease.  Many  Baptist  churches  in  Europe 
are  emptied  again  and  again  in  ten  years  as 
their  members  seek  our  open  gates,  and 
when  these  come  we  receive  not  a  hetero- 
geneous mass  flung  on  "the  world's  dumping 
ground,"  but  a  homogeneous  share  of  our 
own  belief  and  life. 

Then  in  times  of  dearth  and  depression 
the  ddc  sets  the  other  way,  and  hundreds  of 


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MISSIONS 


dioiuandf  go  back  to  wait  until  the  yeais 
of  plenty  return.  Going,  they  carry  our 
language,  our  democratic  ideas  and  our 
Baptist  faith,  if  they  have  gained  it  here, 
wherewith  to  quicken  and  reinforce  their 
hard-pressed  brethren  at  home.  1  en- 
countered a  number  of  men  in  Sicily  who 
had  been  converted  and  won  to  our  cause 
while  in  America,  and  who  were  for  the 
lime  of  their  sojourn  at  home  centers  of 
light  in  their  native  communities.  Thus  we 
see  the  unity  of  missions,  and  understand 
why  the  good  deacon  named  one  side  of  his 
horse  "  Home  Missions,"  and  the  other  side 
"Foreign  Missions";  "because,"  he  said, 
"if  one  side  goes  the  other  side  will  have 
to  go." 

DOCTRINALLV 

Then  there  is  a  doctrinal  relation  between 
the  Baptists  of  Continental  Europe  and  of 
America.  The  Baptists  of  Europe  for  the 
most  part  seem  to  take  naturally  to  our 
American  Baptist  positions  and  spirit.  They 
are  of  the  stricter  sort.  They  are  practically 
all  close  communionists.  A  Swedish  Baptist 
editor  said  to  me,  "The  chief  reason  why 
the  Baptists  of  your  country  have  grown  so 
rapidly  is  their  strong  stand  on  doctrinal 
matters.  We  are  with  you  in  that."  Espe- 
cially is  this  the  attitude  of  the  myriads  of 
Slavs  who  are  leaping  into  our  ranks. 

NUMERICALLY  AND   FINANCIALLY 

Finally  there  is  the  relation  which  the 
strong  bear  to  the  weak.  The  weak  need 
the  strong,  and  the  strong  need  the  weak. 
The  babe  needs  the  parents.  Do  not  the 
parents  need  the  weakness  of  the  babe  i 
Bounty-laden  America  needs  famished  China. 


Cities  weighted  with  worldly  gain  needed 
fire-swept  San  Francisco.  "The  poor  ye 
have  always  with  you."  Shall  we  r^ard  the 
poor  as  a  curse  i  Dives  needed  Lazarus. 
Not  till  it  was  too  late  did  he  realize  how 
much  he  needed  him.  The  poor  are 
God's   voice  calling  us  to    liberality    and 

American  Baptists,  strong  in  numbers  and 
wealth,  need  our  poorer  brethren  over  the 
sea  to  teach  us  brotherly  love,  to  kill  our 
selfishness,  to  lift  us  above  ourselves,  to 
lead  us  into  the  life  of  Christ,  the  life  of 
appreciation  and  sacrifice,  the  life  that  is 
life  indeed. 

Do  not  all  these  vital  bonds  lay  upon  the 
Baptists  of  America  a  commanding  obliga- 

The  Frenchman  who  gave  to  America  the 
statue  of  "  Liberty  Enlightening  the  World  " 
had  a  clear  vision  of  the  far-reaching  and 
irresistible  influence ofthedemocraricdemon- 
stration  in  America,  which  American  Baptists 
need  to  put  in  spiritual  terms. 

The  gospel  call,  as  interpreted  by  the 
Baptists,  is  being  responded  to  by  a  mighty 
host  in  Russia  and  Hungary  and  the  Balkan 
states.  These  "narions  bom  in  a  day"  are 
asking  for  shepherds,  instructors,  pastors. 
They  are  in  sore  need  of  trained  leaders. 
A  European  university  for  the  training  of 
evangelists  and  pastors  is  an  absolute 
necessity.  Tlie  needs  of  this  innumerable 
multitude  of  rising  Baptists  must  be  met. 
The  Baptists  of  England,  Germany,  Austra- 
lia and  Canada  will  lend  a  hand.  But  the 
burden  will  and  should  fall  upon  the  Baptists 
of  America.  We  cannot  evade  our  re- 
sponsibility. 
Walnut  SlTirt  Church,  Louisville,  Ky. 


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The  Budget-Apportionment  Plan 

HOW  TO  WORK  IT  IN  THE  LOCAL  CHURCH 


features  of  the  Budget- 
poniontnent  Plan  demand 
nediate  attention  by  eveiy 
irch  in  the  constituency  of 
Nonhem  Baptist  Con- 
ition. 

[.  Before  this  number  of 
ceived  the  apportionments 
will  have  been  sent  to  the  churches  in  most 
of  the  States.  Just  as  soon  as  they  are 
received  they  should  be  presented  to  the 
church.  Action  should  then  be  taken  at  the 
earlieM  possible  date,  approving  the  appor- 
tionments as  suggested  by  the  State  Com- 
minee,  and  astuming  additional  amounts. 
Every  church  should  endeavor  to  make  some 
addidtm,  even  thou^  it  be  a  small  one. 
This  action  of  the  churdi  should  then  be 
reported  immediately  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  State  Committee. 

2.  The  bane  of  our  past  experience  has 
been  the  delay  in  activity  until  the  closing 
months  of  the  year.  It  is  hoped  that  this 
year  the  «4iole  Budget  will  be  cared  for. 
during  the  first  two  months  of  the  year.  It 
must  be  remembered  of  course  that  olfenngs 
for  State  Convention  work  must  be  in  hand 
before  the  dose  of  the  Slate  Convention 
year  in  the  early  autumn.  This  part  of  the 
Budget  should,  therefore,  receive  immediate 
attenticm.  It  will  be  quite  possible,  however, 
without  in  any  way  interfering  with  the 
State  work,  to  secure  subscriptions  for  the 
whole  Budget,  to  be  paid  preferably  weekly 
throughout  the  year  ending  March  31.  To 
this  end  an  "eveiy  member  canvass  "  should 
be  made. 


1.  Have  a  supper. 

2.  With  tickets  purchased  in  advance. 

3.  With  figures  displayed  showing  the 

number  of  givers  and  what  the 
church  has  given:  (a) To  current 
cxpeiuo;  (i)  To  Missions. 

4.  After  full  discussion,  set  a  definite 

financial  goal  for  missions  for  the 


ensuing  year.  The  goal  that  is 
suggested  by  the  Baptist  Laymen's 
Missionaiy  Movement  is  a  mini- 
mum average  of  ten  cents  per 
member  for  missions. 

5.  Resolve  by  rising  vote  to  raise  the 

amount. 

6.  Ask    for    no    subscriptions    at    the 

supper. 

7.  Appoint  an  "every  member  canvass" 

committee. 

8.  Divide  the  committee  into  teams  of 

two  each. 

9.  Assign  the  entire  church  membership 

in  groups  to  these  teams  for  canvass. 

10.  For  an  offering  on  the  weekly  basis. 

11.  Permeate    the    entire    canvass  with 

prayer  as  a  spiritual  service  ren- 
dered to  the  Master. 


WHY   A    WEEKLY   OFFERING   FOB 


1.  It  is  scriptural,     i  Cor.  xvi,  2.     This 

injunction  from  Paul  was  not  con- 
cerning the  local  church   expenses 

but    was    concerning    : 

2.  It   is   educational.      It   keeps  n 

and   benevolences   habitually  before 
the  people. 

3.  Ii  enlists  a  large  number  of  givers. 

4.  It  enables  persons  of  moderate  ability 

to  give  more  largely. 

5.  It  replenishes  the  treasury  regularly, 

preventing  indebtedness  and  finan- 
cial loss  through  interest  payments. 

6.  It  does  not  decrease  but  actually  in- 

creases the  offering  to  current  ex- 
penses and  all  benevolences. 

7.  It    promotes    prayer.      Each    weekly 

offering  becomes  both  a  service  and 

The  General  Apportionment  Committee 
has  discontinued  its  offer  of  free  double 
envelopes,  but  will  give  them  at  half  the 
regular  prices  to  churches  introducing 
weekly  giving  to  missions  for  the  first  time 
and  agreeing  to  make  the  "eveiy  member 
missionary  canvass." 


MISSIONS 


The  Judson  Centennial 

By  Rev.  G.  B.  HUIITIHGTOn,  AnisUnt  Secretu j 


HE  auditorium  of  the  Second 
Baptist  Church  in  Rochester, 
N.Y.,    presented    a    scene    of 
unusual    interest    and    signifi- 
cance on  the  evening  of  Thurs- 
day,    March     i6.      A    large 
company      of      missionaries, 
paston  and  members  of  the  local  churches 
had  gathered  in  the  opening  public  meeting 
of  a  movement  to  observe  in  some  fitting 
and  adequate  manner  the  one  hundredth 
anniversaiy  of  the  beginning  of  American 
Baptist  missionary  effbn  through  the  labors  of 
Adoniram  Judson  in  Burma.    Most  appro- 
piiaiely  the  first  address  of  the  evening  was 
made  by  the  son  of  the  great  missionary, 
Dr.   Edward  Judson  of  New  York,  who 
gave  some   exceedingly   interesting   remini- 
scences of  his  father's  life  and  spirit.     Dr. 
B.    L.  Whitman,  of  Seattle,    spoke    upon 
"The  Achievement  of  a  Century,"  dwelling 
upon  the  great  movements  that  have  been 
stirring  the  churches  in  recent  years;  and 
Rev.  Harry  Emerson  Fosdick  of  Montclair, 
N.J.,   followed   with   an   inspiring  address 
upon    "The    Challenge  of  the  Unfinished 
Task." 

In  the  afternoon  preceding  this  public 
meeting  the  organization  meeting  of  the 
Judson  Centennial  Commission  was  held 
HI  Alvah  Strong  Hall  of  the  Rochester 
Theological  Seminary.  This  Commission, 
which  has  charge  of  the  centennial  observ- 
ance in  all  its  forms,  consists  of  one  hundred 
members,  including  the  Centennial  Com- 
mittee of  missionaries  and  native  Christian 
brethren  in  Burma,  representatives  of  all 
other  mission  fields  of  the  Society,  the 
general  officers  and  members  of  the  Board 
of  Managers  of  the  Society,  representatives 
of  the  Woman's  Baptist  Foreign  Missionaiy 
Societies,  and  of  other  home  and  foreign 
mission  organizations,  and  a  large  number  of 
pastois  and  laymen  from  all  parts  of  the 
country.  After  a  prolonged  season  of 
prayer,  under  the  leadership  of  Missionary 
W.  H.  S.  Hascall  of  Burma,  the  members 
of  the  Commission,  eighteen  of  whom  were 
present,  took  up  for  consideration  the 
various  plans  that  had  been  suggested  for 
k  the  observance. 


Permanent  organization  of  the  Com- 
mission was  effected  by  the  election  of 
President  A.  H.  Strong  of  Rochester  Semi- 
nary as  chairman,  J.  S.  Diclcerson  of  Chicago, 
editor  of  the  SianJarJ,  vice-chairman;  Rev. 
S.  R.  Warburton  of  Boston,  recording 
secretary,  and  an  executive  committee  con- 
sisting of  Rev.  Walter  Galley,  D.D.,  Rev. 
Herbert  J.  White,  D.D.,  Rev.  C.  H.  Moss, 
Rev.  Fred  P.  Haggard.  D.D.,  Rev.  Thomas 
S.  Barbour,  D.D.,  Rev.  A.  C.  Baldwin,  Mrs. 
M.  G.  Edmands,  Rev.  E.  A.  Hanley.  Col. 
E.  H.  Haskell,  President  Geo.  E.  Horr,  D.D. 

Plans  for  the  centennial  observance  which 
will  begin  in  Burma  in  the  autumn  of  1913, 
and  culminate  in  the  anniversaries  in  May, 
1914,  call  for  a  preliminaiy  campaign  of 
education  regarding  the  history,  results  and 
needs  of  the  work,  centering  about  Judson 
and  Burma,  but  including  all  fields  in  which 
the  missions  of  the  Society  are  conducted. 
It  is  expected  that  a  large  number  will  go 
from  America  to  witness  and  participate  in 
the  celebrarion  in  Burma,  and  vriU  bring 
back  the  inspiration  created  by  pergonal 
contact  with  the  mission  field  and  its  work 
to  the  meetings  that  will  be  held  throughout 
this  country  during  the  winter  and  spring. 
The  anniversaries,  it  is  hoped,  may  be  held 
in  Boston,  opportunity  being  thus  afforded 
for  pilgrimages  to  Andover,  Salem,  Ply- 
mouth and  Maiden,  all  places  alive  with 
associations  connected  with  Judson,  and 
the  beginnings  of  Baptist  foreign  missions. 
Effort  will  be  made  to  enlist  every  Baptist 
church,  Sunday  school  and  young  people's 
society  in  ihe  North  in  this  celebration, 
through  commemorative  meetings,  study  of 
Judson's  Ufe  and  work  and  of  present  con- 
dirions  and  needs  in  Burma,  and  special  or 
increased  offerings  for  missionary  wort. 
These  and  other  plans  were  discussed  by 
the  Commission,  and  were  referred  with 
general  approval  to  the  executive  committee 
for  elaboration  and  execution.  The  feeling 
was  strongly  expressed  that  the  commemora- 
tion should  be  in  every  way  worthy  of  the 
far-reaching  significance  of  the  event,  the 
strength  and  resources  of  the  denomination, 
and  the  unmisiakable  tokens  of  the  blessing 
of  God  upon  the  labors  of  one  hundred  years. 


MISSIONS 


Mrs.  Ingalls'  "Burma  in  Boston" 

By  Rev.  W.  H.  S.  Hascall 


HiaStONARY    IN    BABSEIN,    BURMA, 


'   ON    FURLOUGH 


THE  Worid  in  Boston"  reminds  me  of 
"Bunna  in  Boston "  (though  it  was 
not  called  by  that  name),  arranged  and 
given  by  that  wcmdeiful  mtuionaiy,  Mrs. 
Manila  B.  Ingalli,  late  of  Thonze,  Buima. 
I  think  it  waa  in  the  early  part  of  the  winter 
of  1889.  Mn,  IngalU  wai  in  America  on 
her  kut  visit  home,  after  an  absence  of 
many  yean.  She  had  brought'with  her  3 
veiy  complete  collection  representing  articles 
used  in  the  everyday  Ufe  of  the  people  of 
Burma,  a*  well  a«  rare  and  valuable  curios 
from  the  palace  and  from  the  huts  of  that 
land  of  her  adoption.  She  was  greatly 
interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  Judson 
Memorial  Church  in  New  York  City,  and 
conceived  the  idea  of  having  a  public  exhibi- 
tion of  her  curios,  the  receipts  to  go  to  that 
church,  while  at  the  same  time  she  would 
arouse  more  missionary  enthusiasm  among 
the  pec^le  generally. 

She  o^aged  Horticultural  Hall  on  Tre- 
mont  Street  for  her  exhibition,  and  on  tables 
along  the  sides  of  the  hall  and  on  the  walls 
she  displayed  irfiat  was,  up  to  that  time  at 
least,  die  best  collection  ever  shown  in 
Anterica,  representative  of  the  habits  and 
customs  of  the  many  millions  of  Burma. 
The  Evclcths  and  Hascalls  being  also  in 
this  country  and  living  near  Boston,  she 
engaged  their  assistance.  The  exhibition 
was  open  day  and  evening  for  three  consecu- 
tive days,  and  an  entrance  fee  of  twenty-five 
cents  was  charged. 

People  from  all  over  Boston  and  its  sub- 
urbs came  in  large  numbcis.    The  best  part 


of  the  show  was  Mis.  Ingalls  herself,  who 
was  always  on  hand  directing  and  explaining 
in  her  inimitable  way,  laughing  and  joking 
with  every  one,  the  cheeriest  of  the  cheery, 
shaking  her  little  side  curls  and  proving 
herself  the  very  princess  of  entertainers. 
There  were  idols,  native  paintings  and  em- 
broidered hangings,  young  people  dressed 
in  the  costumes  of  the  country,  musical 
instruments,  palm-leaf  manuscripts,  royal 
orders,  coins,  cooking  utensils,  etc. 

If  some  person  of  local  or  church  im- 
portance came  in  Mrs.  Ingalls  would  cry 
out,  "Here  comes  the  noble  so  and  so,  a 
real  prince  (or  princess),  bring  out  the 
royal  golden  umbrella  and  do  him  (or  her) 
honor."  The  glittering  emblem  of  royalty 
would  be  brought  out  and  carried  by  an 
attendant  over  the  head  of  the  often  reluctant 
honored  one,  as  Mrs.  Ingalls  marched  him 
(or  her)  up  and  down  the  hall  crying  out, 
"Shi-ko-like,"  and  we  would  drop  on  our 
knees  and  with  hands  clasped  before  us  bow 
our  heads  to  the  floor  three  rimes  in  a  true 
Burman  "Shi-ko"  or  obeisance. 

Impromptu  pantomimes  and  dialogues 
were  given,  illustrating  the  daily  life  of  the 
people,  weddings,  worship,  school,  a  mis- 
sionary preaching  to  the  heathen,  a  Buddhist 
priest  making  a  call  on  Mrs,  Ingalls,  etc. 
A  young  man  of  dark  complexion  was 
dressed  as  a  Burman  man,  and  played  the 
"Burman  piano"  so  well  that  many  thought 
him  a  native  brought  over  by  Mrs.  Ingalls. 
Every  one  was  pleased,  and  felt  that  the 
twenty-five  cents  had  been  well  invested. 


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but  no  one  enjoyed  it 
galls  herself. 


MISSIONS 


If  a 


mptly  "froze  them  out,"  but  where 
there  was  genuine  interest  shown  in  the 
curios,  her  work,  or  the  people  among 
whom  she  labored,  none  could  be  more 
pleased  and  more  ready  to  give  of  her  lime 
and  strength  than  she.  After  the  three  days 
in  Boston  we  went  to  New  York,  where 
Hard  man  Hall  was  engaged,  and  where  the 
exhibition  was  repeated,  to  the  great  enjoy- 
ment of  New-Yorkers.  The  third  and  last 
exhibition  was  in  a  hall  in  Philadelphia  where 
many  came  to  enjoy  the  rare  opportunity 
of  seeing  Burma  without  crossing  the  sea. 
It  was  on  the  trip  from  New  York  to 
Philadelphia  that  we  caught  a  glimpse  of 
Mrs.  Ingalls'  fun-loving  nature  which  gave 
us  a  hint  of  the  secret  of  her  abiding  youth- 
fulness.  A  friend  had  insisted  that  Mrs. 
Ingalls  and  her  companions  in  travel.  Dr. 
Eveleth  and  Mr.  Hascall,  have  the  comfort 
of  seats  in  the  parlor  car,  that  they  might 
not  be  over-fatigued  in  the  opening  of  the 
Philadelphia  "Exposition."  As  we  were 
sitting  together  and  conversing  in  Burmese 
the  conductor  came  within  ear-shot,  and  at 
once  showed  by  his  manner  that  he  was 
"impressed."       Mrs.     Ingalls    said     to    us 


quietly,  "Remember,  I  do  not  know  any 
English,  1  am  a  foreign  lady  traveling. 
You,  Dr.  Eveleth,  are  my  interpreter,  and 
Mr.  Hascall  is  my  friend  traveling  with  me." 
So  when  the  conductor  reached  her  seat 
and  asked  for  her  ticket,  she  turned  to  Dr. 
Eveteih  and  in  her  best  Burmese  asked 
what  was  wanted.  Dr.  Eveleth  explained 
to  her  in  the  same  language.  When  she 
understood(?)  she  gave  up  her  ticket  and 
making  some  remark,  which  was  translated 
by  Dr.  Eveleth,  so  interested  the  conductor 
that  he  remained  for  some  time  chatting 
through  the  interpreter  with  the  foreign 
lady  and  her  companion.  When  he  finally 
left  he  no  doubt  had  the  thought  that  he 
had  been  talking  with  some  person  of  very 
high  quality.  It  was  true,  to  be  sure,  but 
not  in  the  way  he  supposed. 

Mrs.  Ingalls  enjoyed  the  joke  immensely 
and  afterward  often  referred  to  the  puzzled 
face  of  the  conductor  as  he  listened  to  the 
foreign  words  that  were  so  unlike  French, 
German,  Italian,  or  any  other  he  had  ever 
heard.  If  "The  World  in  Boston,"  with  all 
its  immensity  of  preparation  and  extent,  gives 
a  proportional  amount  of  pleasure  and  of 
genuine  help  as  compared  with  "Burma  in 
Boston,"  it  will  repay  all  the  time  and 
energy  evoked  on  its  behalf. 


MISSIONS 


WOMEN'S  WORK  IN  MISSIONS 


The  Jubilee  Meetings 

BY  MISS  HARRIET  F.  ELLIS 


this  is  what  foreign 
leans;    I     never    knew    that 
■efore,  I  always  thought  for- 
ign     missions     was     sending 
lissioiiaries    to    the    heathen 
ountries  to  hold  revival  sei- 
iccs  among  the  natives.    You 
Jubilee  people  have  opened  my  eyes.     I 
never  believed  in  missimis  before,  but  I  do 
now."    That  is  what  the  Jubilee  has  been 
doing  (or  women  all  over  our  great  country, 
opemng  eyes,  collecting  false  vision,  rectify- 
ing wrong  ideas  and  impressions,  and  show- 
ing women  that  missions  means  building 
schools  and  colleges,  opening  hospitals  and 
dispensaties,    homing    the    neglected    and 


deBdcnt,  giving  t 
of  wraumhood;  i 


shoit,  doing  ju 

"The  blind  receive 
lepeis  are  cleansed, 
preached  to  them." 
ith  everything  that 
lanhood  and  child- 
so  great  that  every 

«G  the  help  of  every 
and  urgent  are  its 


ibilees  were  charac- 

ge  audiences,  tense 

ce,  time  and  money 

>rable   the   Jubilees 

led  off  with   a  two 

ixf^  meeting;  full  of  evidence  of  careful, 

pr^erfnl  preparation,  unity  of  purpose  and 

oncncM    of    mind.      The    young    people's 

mecdog  wu  Urge  and  enthusiastic.    Dele- 

gatioM  ftooi  Snndi  College  and  Mt.  Holy- 

oke  attended  and  gave  inspiration  to  the 

cpcaken.  Prettdent  Woolley  of  Mt.  Holyolce 

presided  u  the  luncheon  served  in  the  vesity 


of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  inspired  all  hy 

her  strong,  consecrated  personality. 

New  Haven  hardly  realized  what  she  had 
planned  for  in  arranging  for  a  Jubilee. 
The  first  meetiiig  mote  than  strained  the 
capacity  of  the  audience  room,  and  many 
were  obliged  to  leave  without  reaching  the 
door.  Several  delightful  drawing-room  meet- 
ing and  receptions  were  held,  one  especially 
for  young  college  women,  which  was 
addressed  by  Mrs.  Btownell  Gage  of  the 
Yale  Mission,  China,  and  Mrs.  Momgomeiy. 
It  was  a  remarkable  gathering,  and  how  the 
Board  Secretaries  coveted  the  young  women 
for  just  such  work  as  Mrs,  Gage  so  graphic- 
ally described.  The  luncheon  was  a  great 
success,  many  coming  in  from  the  cities  like 
Hartford,  Bridgeport  and  New  London. 
The  children's  hour  was  fascinating.  The 
chapel  was  filled  with  earnest,  rosy-faced 
boys  and  girls,  who  responded  to  all  that 
was  said  and  done.  Many,  no  doubt,  will 
attend  the  next  Jubilee,  and  be  able  to  tell 
what  happened  at  this  one. 

Providence  lived  up  to  its  name,  and  from 
first  to  last  the  kind,  loving  Providence  was 
recognized  and  relied  upon.  Large  crowds, 
jubilant  faces,  deep,  purposeful  interest 
bespoke  the  splendid  work  of  committees. 
The  Rallies  were  most  successful.  The 
Baptist  Rally  was  held  in  the  historic  old 
First  Church,  with  its  unsurpassed  steeple 
and  the  bullet  holes,  proclaiming  its  ancient 
and  honorable  origin.  "Dedicated  to  the 
service  of  God  and  the  holding  of  Com- 
mencements," reads  the  chatter,  and  how 
splendidly  its  purposes  were  manifested  that 
Jubilee  morning,  which  saw  the  beginning 
of  a  new  dispensation,  as  it  were— that  of 
Christian  unity  and  oneness  in  Him  who  is 


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MISSIONS 


head  over  all.  Pledges  to  the  amount  of 
fSoo  were  received,  and  about  eighty  women 
rose  to  reconsecrate  themselves  to  more 
obedient  service,  and  to  the  effort  to  double 
the  membership  of  their  societies. 

THR  BOSTON   HECT'INGS 

"The  Jubilee  has  passed  over  Boston  and 
is  gone,  but  the  place  thereof  shall  know  it 
forever  more.  The  Boston  that  patticipated 
in  the  Jubilee  can  never  be  the  same  again, 
for  through  the  inspiration  of  the  meetings 
and  the  fellowship  developed  by  their 
preparation,  we  have  had  a  new  vision  of 
our  oneness  in  the  Master's  service,"  The 
same  weeks  of  prayerful  preparation  pre- 
ceded this  as  other  Jubilees.  Four  drawing- 
room  meetings  were  held,  with  an  attendance 
of  four  hundred.  A  large  reception  given 
by  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  nurses  and 
physicians  of  greater  Boston  to  Dr.  Noble 
and  Dr.  Carieton  was  one  of  the  chief 
features  of  the  Jubilee,  because  of  the 
splendid  interest  on  the  part  of  this  pro- 
fession in  the  work  of  the  two  guests  of  the 
afternoon.  As  a  result  of  this  gathering 
an  auxiliary  to  the  North  India  school 
of  medicine  in  Ludhiana  was  organized, 
which  fact  must  delight  all  who  are  inter- 
ested in  medical  missions.     Four  luncheons 


were  served  in  Ford  Building,  P>ric  Street, 
and  Tremont  Temple,  at  which  the  Jubilee 
speakers  made  short  addresses,  thus  giving 
to  many  not  sufficiently  interested  to  go  to 
a  church  meeting  the  opportunity  of  hearing 
the  message  from  these  earnest  representa- 
tives. A  great  mass  meeting  in  Tremont 
Temple  closed  the  program  of  the  Jubilee, 
but  let  us  pray  that  it  may  prove  but  the 
beginning  of  the  conquest. 

AT  OTHER   POINTS 

The  Jubilee  in  Portland,  Me.,  joined 
hands  with  the  Jubilee  of  Portland,  Ore., 
and  completed  the  series  that  stretches  over 
our  land  from  coast  to  coast,  binding  East 
and  West  in  the  closest  relationship  that 
can  exist  between  hearts  and  lives,  and  so 
helping  to  answer  the  prayer  of  the  Master, 
"That  they  may  be  one  even  as  we  are 

Worcester,  Pittslield,  Fitch  burg,  Athol, 
Framingham,  Fall  River,  Newport  and 
Brockton  have  all  had  Jubilees,  and  fine 
ones,  too,  and  the  end  is  not  yet,  for  as  soon 
as  ihe  season  allows  others  will  be  held 
throughout  New  England,  and  others,  and 
still  others,  until  the  last  woman  shall  know 
of  the  movement. 

It  is  safe  to  say  that  approximately  f  50,000 


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wai  pledged  in  the  varioiu  New  England 
Jubihe*  tomrd  the  f  1,000,000  Jubilee  Fund. 

TBI  CUUnHATION  IN  NEW  YORC 

WluK  to  write  of  the  New  York  Jubilee 
is  a  qiiesticMi.  It  took  upon  itielf  the  size 
and  divcnity  of  the  city  in  which  it  wai 
held,  and  we  wmider  about  its  influence 
upon  the  vaM  dry.  There  certainly  wai  a 
profound  impretsion  upon  the  committee 
of  four  hundred  women  who  had  toiled  for 
neek<  xnd  mmthi  that  they  might  bring 
about  a  lucceuful  Jubilee.  One  of  the  most 
important  meecingi,  espedally  to  those  who 
had  part  in  other  Jubilees,  was  that  held 
in  the  parior  of  the  Murray  Hill  Hotel  on 


Monday  morning,  at  which  the  chairmen 
of  a  number  of  Jubilee  Committees  from 
California  to  Maine  were  present.  Most 
intereating  reports  were  given  of  the  results 
and  efPecti  of  the  Jubilee  so  far  on  their 
home  cities.  The  unanimous  desire  seemed 
to  be  to  oiganize  the  Jubilee  Committees  Into 
Continuadon  Committees,  which  should  be 
aids  to  the  Boards  in  furthering  the  great 
missionary  task.  A  policy  was  presented 
(or  cffluideration  with  this  veiy  object  in 
view,  and  was  heartily  approved  by  all 
present.  The  policy  was  referred  to  the 
Central  Coamittee  m  United  Mission  Study, 


who  will  later  confer  with  the  Boards.  All 
present  felt  that  this  meeting  would  prove  a 
historical  one  and  all  names  were  carefully 
taken,  to  be  incorporated  in  the  records  of 
the  Jubilee. 

Tlie  pageant,  one  of  the  distinctive 
features  of  the  New  York  Jubilee,  helped 
our  understanding  of  the  great  work  by 
visualizing  for  us  some  of  the  mission  fields, 
and  making  us,  for  the  time  being,  a  member 
of  the  missionary  family.  India  with  its 
bazaar  life,  Buddhist  shrines  with  the 
saifron-robed  priests,  women  prostrated  in 
worship,  outcast  women  and  the  child 
widows,  gave  us  a  sad  though  brilliant 
picture.  A  Japanese  kindergarten  of  about 
thirty  real  kindergarten  children,  dressed  in 
bright-colored  kimonos  and  topped  with 
black  wigs  that  persisted  in  getting  awry, 
fluttered  through  the  motion  songs  looking 
more  like  bees  and  butterflies  than  really 
and  truly  children.  China  lived  for  us  in  a 
medical  scene,  with  tent,  table,  doctors  and 
nurses  all  present.  Patients  of  all  ailments 
appeared— ladies  in  sedan  chairs,  coolies  with 
their  burdens,  children  leading  the  blind, 
stretcher  patients,  and  in  the  midst  of  the 
clinic  a  Bible  woman  rode  in  on  a  real 
Bronx  donkey  and  began  at  once  to  teach 
the  women  waiting  their  turn.  By  the  way, 
the  Bible  woman  was  Phsbe  Stone,  sister 
of  the  famous  Dr.  Mary  Stone,  the  great 
Chinese  surgeon,  and  a  pupil  at  Goucher 
College,  Baltimore.  Turkey  was  presented 
6rsr  by  a  harem  scene,  then  by  a  class  of 
young  women  graduatingfrom  the  American 
Collie  for  Girls,  with  "Christ  my  Light" 
as  their  college  pennant.  A  most  graphic 
scene  from  Africa  followed,  taking  us  at 
once  into  the  heart  of  the  jungle,  and  reveal- 
ing a  life  decidedly  next  to  nature's  hean. 
The  chief  and  his  retainers,  and  the  women 
folks  and  children  were  suddenly  terrified 
by  the  coming  of  the  white-faced  mission- 
aries. The  next  scene  told  that  old  things 
had  become  new;  a  class  of  boys  at  a  car- 
penter's bench,  girls  seated  at  sewing 
machines,  others  washing  and  ironing,  a 
la^e  class  of  little  tots  with  their  books  and 
slates  in  school,  and  all  under  the  super- 
vision  of  our  own  Miss  Margaret  Suman. 
The  hearty  singing,  the  neatness  and  orderli- 
ness everywhere  shown  taught  the  great 
lesson  of  possibility  and  accomplishment. 
Some  of  ixir  splendid  church  hymns  were 


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sung  during  the  moments  between  the 
scenes,  led  by  a  fine  orchestra,  and  the 
lessons  of  the  gospel  in  song  were  added  to 
those  of  the  stage,  making  any  chance  of 
escape  from  the  message  of  the  afternoon 
all  but  impossible. 

One  of  the  most  impressive  meetings  of 
the  series  was  the  Pioneer  meeting  held 
Tuesday  afternoon,  when  several  of  the 
eariy  missionaries  and  those  active  in  the 
founding  of  the  first  Societies  gave  reminis- 
cences of  those  far-away  days.  Mrs. 
Adoniram  Judson  Barrett,  mother  of  Mrs. 
Helen  Barrett  Montgomery,  Mrs.  Butler  of 
the  Methodist  Board,  missionary  in  India 
during  the  Sepoy  Rebellion,  were  among 
those  who  spoke.  After  they  finished  greet- 
ings were  brought  by  three  young  Chinese 
girls,  a  Japanese,  a  Karen  and  a  graduate 
of  the  American  College  for  Girls,  Turkey, 
who  most  gracefully  presented  to  the  Pioneers 
a  cluster  of  their  national  flowers  with  their 
greetings,  and  expressed  their  appreciation 
of  what  Christianity  meant  to  them  in  words 
full  of  gratitude  and  love. 

Carnegie  Hall  was  filled  Tuesday  evening 
with  a  large  audience,  gathered  to  hear  the 
authors  of  the  eleven  study  books.  Eight 
were  present  and  spoke:  Dr.  Arthur  Smith, 
Dr.  Elliot  Griffis,  Miss  Ellen  C.  Parsons, 
Mrs.  Anna  B.  Lindsey,  Dr.  Arthur  J. 
Brown,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  E.  Clark, 
Mrs.  Montgomery,  Mr.  Robert  E.  Speer; 
Mrs.  Peabody,  Chairman  of  the  United 
Study  Committee,  presiding. 

THE   MISSIONARY   LUNCHEON 

Think  of  6,500  women  sitting  at  luncheon 
in  three  of  the  largest  and  finest  hotels  of 
New  York,  and  this  a  missionary  luncheon! 
Surely  this  was  big  enough  even  for  New 
York!  In  the  ballroom  of  the  Hotel  Astor 
nearly  2,000  were  served,  and  equally  large 
numbers  at  the  Plaza  and  Waldorf.  Society 
women  found  themselves  drawn  to  a  strange 


interest  in  something  wotA  wfafle,  as  the 
speakers  pictured  vividly  the  deeds  and 
needs  of  mission  fields.  As  one  corre- 
spondent says,  the  old-dme  patronizing 
attitude  toward  the  "heathen"  gave  place 
to  a  burning  passion  of  sisterhood.  Mrs. 
Montgomery's  pleas  stirred  the  hearers,  as 
she  urged  the  privileged,  educated  women 
of  leisure  to  form  a  great  sisterhood  of  service 
and  league  of  love. 

One  of  the  papers  called  Mrs.  Mont- 
gomery "the  dynamo  of  the  Jubilee,"  and 
the  Tribune  reported  her  flight  from  ban- 
quet to  banquet  in  this  wise:  "She  started 
in  at  the  Italian  Garden  of  the  Hotel  Plaza 
with  a  six-minute  speech.  Then  she  went 
to  the  main  dining-room,  where  she  came 
second  on  the  program.  Thence  she  flew 
down  Fifth  Avenue  to  the  Waldorf  Astoria, 
where  1,600  women  had  already  listened  to 
three  other  speakers.  From  there  she 
jumped  to  the  Hotel  Astor,  where  she 
arrived  breathless  after  the  gathering  had 
sung  only  one  verse  of  the  hymn  they  had 
started  to  kill  time  while  waiting  for  her." 
And  every  speech  was  aflame  with  desire  to 
impart  the  vision  of  a  nobler  life  of  service 
to  the  women  before  her. 

The  Jubilee  closed  Thursday  evening 
with  a  large  meeting  in  Carnegie  Hall. 
A  half-hour  of  praise  and  song  by  a  splendidly 
trained  chorus  prepared  the  hearts  of  all 
present  for  the  addresses  that  soon  followed. 
Pres.  Caroline  Woolley  of  Mt.  Holyoke 
presided  and  introduced  as  the  first  speaker 
Dr.  Arthur  H.  Smith,  the  great  expert  in 
Missions  in  China.  Mr.  Momay  Williams 
spoke  for  the  Laymen's  Movement;  Mrs. 
Montgomery  very  fittingly  made  the  last 
address,  which  was,  by  actual  count,  her 
two  hundred  and  ninth  delivered  in 
the  interests  of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Mis- 
sionary Jubilee.  The  Committee  feels 
confident  that  the  million  goal  has  been 
reached. 


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ny?  f*^  3C  QD  uD  sWf  uBu  ^E  7^  IS  "^  ^C  CE  lE!  »Hj  ^E  s***  IS  iS  ^E  2u  ^^  CS  QC  ^^  SB3  ^T  OS]  uE3  tro  IS  IS  IS  sM?  IS  QD  IS  tS  IS  3E  CE  "»"  IE  B}  uD  CB  DD  CB  CE  B3  QD  IB 


The  darkest  place  in  the  world  is  in  the  hearts  of  some  American  women  who 
don't  know  and  don't  care  and  are  still  thinking  eighteenth  century  thoughts  in 
this  twentieth  century,  blind  to  the  great  truths  of  a  tmified  world,  a  common 
himianity,  and  one  (xreat  Father.    Only  Christianity  has  a  gospel  for  women. 

Think  what  would  come  to  pass  if  the  privileged,  educated  women  of  the 
leisure  class  were  to  form  a  great  sisterhood  of  service  and  league  of  love. 

—  /trs.  /fomtgffmgry. 


MISSIONS 


OUR  OBJECTIVE:  TEH  CERTS  PEK  WEEK  PER 
MEMBER    AS   THE    HIHIMUM    FOR    MISSIONS 


West  Virgiiua  Meetings 

BY  DISTKICT  SECRETARY  STUMP 

Baptist  Laymen's  Banquets  were  held 
March  13-17,  at  Clarksburg,  Parkersburg, 
Huntington  and  Morgantown,  West  Virginia, 
and  at  Uniontown,  Pa.  Dr.  Stackhouse  and 
Mr.  Momay  Williams  of  New  York  were 
the  speakers.  There  were  present  at  Clarks- 
burg 270  men,  representing  at  least  i3 
churches;  at  Parkersburg  rjo  men,  repre- 
senting II  churches;  at  Huntington  280  men, 
representing  9  churches;  at  Moi^antown  80 
men,  representing  4  churches;  and  at  Union- 
town  167  men,  representing  several  churches. 

It  is  needless  to  say  that  the  speeches  were 
of  a  high  order,  and  were  enthusiastically 
received.  The  men  at  each  place  passed 
strong  resolutions  linking  themselves  up  to 
1  bold  forward  movement  in  missionary 
giving.  It  it  believed  that  they  see  the 
need  of  missionaiy  work  in  a  new  light,  and 
that  they  feel  their  responsibility  in  a  way 
that  will  call  out  their  united  strength  to  a 
d^ree  hitherto  unknown  among  us.  One 
pastor  told  the  writer  that  several  days  after 
the  meeting  his  men  were  saying,  "It  is  the 
greatest  thing  I  ever  saw";  "My  wife  made 
RK  go,  but  I  would  not  have  missed  it  for 
ten  dollars";  and  such  declarations  were  quite 
common  among  fifty-eight  men  who  chartered 
a  car  and  traveled  twenty-live  miles  and 
back  to  be  at  the  banquet. 

The  suppers  were  veritable  feasts  at  every 
place,  and  the  men  did  full  justice  10  that 
feature  of  die  occasion.  T}ie  supper  is, 
after  all,  a  secondary  consideration,  and  if 
the  writer  were  consulted  he  believes  that  he 
would  venture  the  suggestion  that  the  supper 
should  be  veiy  simple  and  all  put  on  the 
table  at  mice,  so  that  not  more  than  thirty 
minutei    ihould    be    consumed    in    eating. 


Much    time    needed    for 

allofthes 
[Thirty 

digestion. 


mportant 
arily  consumed   at  nearly 
;  great  meetings. 

minutes  would  be  too  near  the 
me  for  meals  and  perilous  to 
Then,  Secretary  Stump  does 
not  seem  to  realize  fully  the  value  of  the 
sociability  feature  of  the  feast.  There  is  a 
happy  medium  in  time  and  quantity,  but 
make  it  at  least  fifty  minutes,  Mr.  Secretaiy, 
and  then  chew  well  and  talk  cheerily.  — 
Ed.] 

* 
Missionary  Conferences 

BY  DISTRICT  SECRETARY  MAXWELL 

In  line  with  the  Laymen's  Missionary 
Movement  the  Secretaries  of  the  Southeast 
District  have  held  a  number  of  Missionary 
Conferences,  and  in  connection  with  many 
of  them  a  laymen's  banquet.  Though  Dr. 
Stackhouse  could  attend  but  two  of  these, 
yet  his  spirit  and  method  have  been  followed 
in  them  all.  Three  were  held  in  New 
Jersey,  at  Cape  May  Court  House,  Bridge- 
ton  and  Salem.  Secretaries  Dewolf,  Dobbins, 
Musselman  and  Maxwell  conducted  these. 
Seventeen  have  been  held  in  Pennsylvania — 
at  Lewisburg,  Sunbury,  Williamsport,  Lans- 
ford,  Berwick,  Picture  Rocks,  Punxsu- 
tawney,  Warren,  Titusville,  New  Bethlehem, 
New  Brighton,  Waynesburg,  Washington, 
Le  wist  own,  Harris  burg,  Uniontown  and 
Wilkesbarre.  At  the  last  two  Dr.  Stack- 
house  was  present,  and  of  course  the  meet- 
ings were  on  a  larger  scale.  At  Uniontown 
one  hundred  and  seventy  men  sat  down  to 
the  banquet;  Dr.  Stackhouse  and  Dr. 
Lerrigo  were  the  speakers.  At  the  others 
Secretaries  Stephens,  Soars  and  Maxwell, 
together  with  W.  H.  Leslie,  M.D.,  of  the 
Congo,  filled   the  program.     Rev.    D.    E. 


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Lewis,  State  Chairman  of  the  Stewardship 
Committee,  attended  several  and  gave 
tplendid  service.  Hon.  Joshua  Levering  of 
Baltimore  was  the  principal  speaker  at 
Harrisbuig.  At  most  of  these  meetings  an 
afternoon  service  was  held,  and  generally 
well  attended.  At  all  places  the  interest  of 
Missions  was  presented,  and  several  hun- 
dred subscriptions  were  taken.  Pastors  have 
given  heaity  co-operation.  "  Budget  Hours  " 
marked  the  programs  in  which,  in  order  to 
better  understanding,  questions  were  asked 
and  answered.  The  room  where  every  meet- 
ing was  held  was  hung  with  a  full  set  of 
Laymen's  Movement  charts.  This  work 
goes  on,  and  other  such  meetings  are  already 
arranged  for  May,  and  beyond. 
* 
Dr.  Stackhotue's  Itineruy 
The  April  Laymen's  Meetings  included 
banquets  at  Duluth,  St.  Paul  and  Minne- 
apolis; Oshkosh,  Fond  du  Lac,  Milwaukee 
and  Madison,  Wisconsin;  Jackson,  Saginaw 
and  Lansing,  Michigan,  and  South  Bend, 
Indiana. 


The  time  from  May  i  to  ii  is  to  be  spent 
in  Chicago.  May  II  there  will  be  a  banquet 
at  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  and  the  week  following 
will  be  given  to  Indiana,  at  points  to  be 
determined  upon.  From  May  19  to  29  there 
will  be  meetings  in  Kansas,  Oklahoma  and 
ColoradA.  June  I  the  Secretary  will  be  at 
the  Camden  Association  at  Haddoniield,  N.J. 
* 
An  Efficient  Forermuur 

Secretary  Padelford  of  the  Massachusetts 
Missionary  Society,  has  been  rendering  most 
efficient  service  as  advance  agent  in  setring 
up  the  meetings  and  conferences.  The 
willingness  of  his  Society  to  give  him  leave 
of  absence  is  greatly  appreciated  by  the 
Laymen's  Movement.  Not  only  is  he  ad- 
mirable as  an  executive,  but  we  have  few 
men  who  can  so  effectively  present  the  cause. 
Secretary  Stackhouse  has  been  foitunate, 
indeed,  in  the  character  and  efficiency  of  all 
his  helpers,  comprising  missionaries  and 
district  and  state  secretaries.  In  the  follow- 
up  work  they  have  secured  permanent  re- 
sults that  will  tell  for  years  to  come. 


MISSIONS 


Tbe  Kennedy  Fund 
Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
ha*  recently  received  ^2,300,000  the 
t  of  the  late  John  S.  Kennedy  of 
fork,  which  is  the  largest  single  gift 
:  kind  on  record.  Anticipating  the 
he  officers  of  the  board  have  planned 
ibilitatc  a  laige  number  of  misaion 

I  with  much-needed  appliances  and 
I,  and  lome  time  ago  called  for 
xa  to  diis  end.  The  specifications 
involve  an  outlay  of  over  {3,000,000, 
pan  of  i^ich  will  be  expended.    A 

soidon  will  be  used  for  educational 
rai^elinic  work  and  a  conservative 

II  be  placed  in  a  reserve  fund.  Nearly 
lotuand  schools,  hospitals  and  dis- 
iet  win  get  appropriations. 

A  Significant  Step 

conference  of  Sunday-school  workers 

ilJMippi,    attended     exclusively    by 

t  representing  Methodists,  Bap- 

,  Presbyterians,  and  a  few 

I,  >  sum  of  money  was  raised 

E'^  engage  for  a  year  a  secretaiy  to 

!Cd  Sunday  schools  of  the  State,  of 

•  bodies,  to  improve  their  courses 

otherwise    advance    their 

"Ai   a    means    of  helping   the 

b  a  State  wherein  they  need  help 

i  almost  any  other,"  says  Bishop 

"it  ii  important,  but  it  is  significant 

•  should  have  dope  it.    The  South 

I  would  not  have  deemed  the  thing 

I  one  year  ago." 

A  Peace  Congress 

Tliird  National  Peace  Congress  will 
I  May  3-5  in  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
Balamore.     Two  leading  lines  of 


peace  work  will  be  discussed:  First,  the 
awakening  of  the  public  conscience  against 
the  folly  and  injustice  of  war,  together  with 
the  economic  waste  of  universal  armaments; 
second,  the  practical  means  of  making  war 
difficult  by  establishing  institutions  to  take 
away  the  excuse  for  war.  The  first  congress 
was  held  in  New  York  in  1907,  the  second 
in  Chicago  in  1909.  In  addition  to  the  regu- 
lar session  at  Baltimore,  special  addresses 
will  be  directed  to  school  teachers  assembled. 
President  Taft  is  to  open  the  sessions  on 
Wednesday  afternoon.  May  3. 

The  Influence  of  Example 

The  Catholic  Extension  Society  has 
issued  a  call  for  a  Catholic  Women's  Mis- 
sionary Movement.  The  Society  mentions 
the  Movements  of  Protestant  women,  and 
describes  the  Protestant  women's  mission- 
ary societies.  It  believes  Catholic  women 
can  do  as  much,  perhaps  more,  and  it  calls 
for  the  formation  of  branches.  It  also 
expresses  the  hope  that  enough  branches  may 
be  formed  to  make  possible  the  inauguration 
of  a  National  Movement  at  the  Missionary 
Congress  which  is  to  be  held  next  year. 
Especially  does  the  Society  urge  Catholic 
women  to  organize  to  care  for  children  of 
Catholic  parents,  those  bom  here  and  those 
coming  here  the  sons  and  daughters  of  im- 
migrants. Two  rules  are  suggested,  a 
prayer,  "O  Philip  of  Neri,  pray  for  us,"  and 
a  one-day-a-year  sacrifice  amounting  in 
value  to  fifty  cents  at  least. 

A  Suggestive  Definition 

The  country  church  (and  its  allies)  is 
to  maintain  and  enlarge  both  individual  and 
community  ideals,  under  the  inspiradon  and 
guidance  of  the  religious  morive,  and  to  help 


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rural  people  to  incarnate  these  ideals  in 
personal  and  family  life,  in  industrial  effort 
and  political  development,  and  in  all  social 
relationships.  Definition  given  in  Kenyon 
L.  Butterfield's  "The  Task  of  the  Country 
Church." 

A  Home  Field 

A  Southern  Baptist  authority  says  it  is 
estimated  that  there  are  in  the  Southern 
Baptist  Convention  4,000  churches  without 
houses  of  worship.  In  a  total  number  of 
22,438  this  is  a  pretty  large  proportion.  One 
in  six  unable  to  build  a  church  home  speaks 
of  conditions  to  be  changed.  The  Home 
Mission  Board  gives  about  ;$75,ooo  a  year 
to  this  purpose,  mostly  out  of  the  general 
missionary  fund.  The  statement  is  also 
made  that  10,000  of  the  churches  of  the 
Southern  Baptist  Convention  give  nothing 
to  missions.  That  would  seem  to  be  good 
home  field  to  work. 

A  Civilizing  Agent 

The  railroad  is  going  to  open  up  Asia 
Minor  to  commerce  and  change.  Germany 
has  signed  contracts  to  complete  the  Bagdad 
railway,  extending  across  Asia  Minor  and 
Mesopotamia,  with  branches  connecting 
with  the  Russian  system  in  Northern  Persia 
and  to  the  Persian  Gulf.  France  is  to  build 
railroads  in  European  Turkey,  through 
agreements  with  Russia  and  Great  Britain. 
The  engine  of  civilization  is  the  locomotive. 
The  unknown  Persian  and  the  unspeakable 
Turk  will  soon  be  revolutionized  by  publicity. 

A  Good  Work 

The  General  Education  Board  has  given 
if6o,ooo  for  the  endowment  of  Fisk  Univer- 
sity, the  oldest  college  of  the  Congregational 
American  Missionary  Association,  founded 
in  1866.  Fisk  has  450  students,  and  a  half 
million  endowment  is  sought.  We  trust  that 
the  Board  has  decided  to  enter  more  largely 
into  the  educational  work  for  the  colored 
people. 

Missions  in  China 

From  the  China  Mission  T^ear  Book 
(first  issue  1910)  these  statistics  are  taken 
as  to  the  work  of  Protestant  Missions  in 
China  for  1908-09:  Missionary  Societies,  91 ; 
foreign  missionaries,  including  medical, 
4.,299;     Chinese     workers,     including     487 


ordained  pastors,  1 1 9661;  statkMit,  3,485 
(670  of  them  with  resident  missionaiy); 
primary  schools,  2,029;  scholin^  45f730> 
intermediate,  high  schools  and  colleges, 
1,116;  students,  34,064;  number  of  congre- 
gations, 2,341;  baptized  Christian  com- 
munity, 195,905;  total  Christian  community, 
278,628;  hospitals,  170;  dispensaries,  133; 
in-patients,  45,188;  out-patients,  897,011. 
Chinese  contributions  to  church,  1(298,687 
(Mex.).  This  shows  a  quite  remarkable 
progress  since  the  Martyr  Year  (1900). 
The  number  of  communicants  increased  in 
the  decade  from  80,682  to  195,905.  The 
higher  institutions  of  learning  increased  from 
105  with  4,285  students  to  1,116  with  34,064. 
The  foreign  mission  force  was  doubled,  and 
the  native  mission  workers  more  than 
doubled.  The  figures  of  the  last  year  would 
give  still  further  increase. 

The  Bible  a  Peace  Maker 

The  celebration  of  the  Bible  tercentenary 
is  being  made  the  occasion  for  earnest 
demonstrations  in  behalf  of  international 
arbitration.  We  take  it  that  this  is  more 
than  our  human  fondness  for  tying  up  to 
subjects  that  happen  to  be  to  the  fore  in 
the  day's  news.  That  Mr.  Taft's  proposals 
for  a  comprehensive  British-American  arbi- 
tration treaty  should  have  come  just  in  the 
three  hundredth  year  of  the  English  Bible, 
as  we  know  it  today,  is  a  coincidence;  but 
it  is  one  of  the  dramatic  coincidences  that 
impose  themselves  upon  the  popular  imag- 
ination because  of  their  extraordinary  apt- 
ness. In  a  very  real  sense  the  Bible  has 
been,  to  use  Mr.  Taft's  words,  the  precious 
tie  that  has  bound  together  the  Old  and 
New  Worlds.  The  book  has  been  not  merely 
a  common  heritage  for  the  two  peoples;  it 
has  played  a  most  important  role  in  the 
actual  peopling  of  the  new  continent  from 
the  old.  It  was  because  men  in  the  seven- 
teenth century  read  their  Bibles  differentl) 
that  New  England  was  founded.  Today  th 
tendency  is  to  pick  out  in  the  Bible  wh? 
all  men  can  agree  on.  Its  actual  histo' 
has  been  that  of  a  beneficently  disrupri 
and  a  beneficently  unifying  force. 

—  New  IT  ark  Evening  Post 

DGziG  DCGnDanGaDDaDDDnDnnaac 

PLAN  FOR  PHILADELPHU 
June  13  to  25 


MI  SS I ONS 


Baptist  Daj  in  PhUadeiphia 
An  Examiner  correspondent  in  Phila- 
delphia says:  "For  once  we  are  to  have  a 
great  Baptist  day,  observed  all  over  the  woild. 
it  is  to  be  Sunday,  June  25,  the  one  Lord's 
Day  when  the  Baptist  World  Alliance  will  be 
in  session  in  this  city.  A  common  program 
is  in  preparation  for  use  in  eveiy  Baptist 
church  or  Sunday  school,  if  so  desired. 
Think  of  a  Baptist  service  on  the  same  day 
belting  the  entire  worldl  Surely  our  God  is 
marching  on,  and  the  Baptists  are  not  at  the 
tear  of  die  procession.  As  here  in  this  city 
there  rang  out,  July  4, 1776,3  message  which 
has  been  'heard  round  the  world,'  so  on 
June  25,  i9ii,shal]  go  forth  from  our  borders 
another  message  that  shall  tell  how  the  king- 
doms of  this  world  are  becoming  the  one 
kingdom  ofour  Lord  and  of  his  Christ.  This 
message,  too,  shall  be  heralded  to  earth's 
remotest  bound.  Baptist  day  will  be  one  of 
the  great  days  in  the  world's  history." 

« 
L«t  the  People  b«  Heard 
Congregationaliit;  The  psychological 
moment  may  have  arrived  for  the  adoption 
of  a  treaty  between  the  United  Slates  and 
Great  Britain  for  the  submission  to  arbitra- 
tion of  all  matters  of  difference  of  whatever 
nature  which  may  arise  between  them.  It 
has  been  suggested  by  President  Taft, 
heattily  and  formally  commended  to  the 
British  Pariiament  by  Sir  Edward  Grey,  and 
is  indorsed  also  by  the  leader  of  the  Tory 
patty,  Mr.  Balfour.  It  is  being  enthusiastic- 
ally urged  by  the  spokesmen  of  the  churches 
of  all  denominations  in  both  countries.  It 
is  favored  by  political  leaders  of  all  parties. 
Unofficial  voices  of  approval  come  from  other 
nations  —  France,  Germany,  Italy.  We  be- 
lieve public  aentiment  will  support  it  over- 
whelmingly.   So  great  a  step  toward  inter- 


national peace  established  on  a  firm  basis, 
however,  cannot  be  quickly  or  easily  taken. 
A  treaty  of  similar  chara«er  was  sent  to  the 
Senate  by  President  Cleveland  as  long  ago 
as  1S9;.  The  Senate  refused  to  enact  this 
treaty.  Only  the  insistence  of  public  opinion 
through  press,  pulpit  and  platform,  can  secure 
the  acceptance  by  our  government  of  the 
policy  of  perpetual  international  peace.  Over 
nine  hundred  meetings  were  held  in  England 
on  a  Saturday  and  Sunday  in  support  of  the 
proposed  treaty  of  arbitration.  Resolutions 
were  passed  in  its  favor  by  representatives  of 
ten  thousand  Free  Churches. 


Baptists  the  Host  numerous 
Commonwealth:  "Statements  now  come 
from  Dr.  H.  K.  Carroll  of  the  Methodist 
Missionary  Society,  that  the  Baptists  ate 
the  largest  Protestant  body  of  Christians  in 
the  United  States,  numbering  5,454,873- 
The  Methodists  number  5,^53,529-  The 
two  stay  close  together." 

Ho  Sectionalism  Wanted 

Journal  and  Messenger:  "We  deprecate 
the  raising  of  the  question  about  the  claims 
of  ditfereni  sections  of  the  country.  True, 
we  have  two  great  missionary  organizations. 
Northern  and  Southern,  but  the  Baptists  of 
America  are  one  people.  They  intermingle 
unreservedly.  They  stand  for  the  same 
great  truths.  Ministers  and  laymen  go  un- 
questioned from  one  section  of  the  countiy 
to  another,  and  find  themselves  honored  and 
beloved.  It  is  not,  and  ought  not  to  be,  a 
question  between  North  and  South,  and  that 
argument  ought  not  to  be  raised,  ought  to  go 
for  nothing.  If  there  is  in  the  southern 
section  a  pastor  who  has  held  his  place  and 
done  as  good  work  for  so  many  years  as 


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has  Dr.  Robert  Stuart  MacArthur,  of  New 
York,  let  him  be  named,  and  let  us  decide 
between  the  two;  but  let  us  say  nothing 
about  North  or  South.  Let  us  all  be  one, 
when  we  reach  Philadelphia  in  June. 

The  Church's  Function 

The  Standard:  "If  the  church  does  not 
believe  in  herself  she  cannot  expect  others 
to  believe  in  her.  Unfortunately  for  many 
local  churches  they  spend  their  entire  energies 
in  preserving  their  own  lives.  Instead  of  a 
group  of  Christian  people  banded  together 
to  minister  to  the  community  life  and  to 
extend  the  kingdom  of  God,  they  appear  to 
be  intent  upon  maintaining  an  existence. 
They  are  few  in  numbers  and  weak  finan- 
cially. To  keep  going  means  constant 
struggle.  We  may  not  blame  them,  but 
to  the  looker-on  it  appears  as  if  the  end 
which  they  have  in  view  is  an  organization 
and  its  perpetuation  rather  than  service. 
And  does  it  not  sometimes  happen  that 
a  church  loses  sight  of  the  great  reason  for 
its  existence?  Whenever  the  institution 
and  its  perpetuation  takes  the  place  of  the 
redemption  of  the  world  as  the  end  in  view, 
then  the  church  ceases  to  perform  its  true 
function  and  its  testimony  fails  to  convince 
bystanders  that  it  holds  a  place  of  importance 
in  the  kingdom  of  God." 

«  Dangerous  Immigrants" 

Christian  Work  and  Evangelist;  "Some- 
thing of  the  tremendous  importance  of  our 
immigration  problem  is  reflected  in  the 
annual  report  just  made  to  the  New  York 
State  Legislature  by  Cornelius  V.  Collins, 
Superintendent  of  the  State  Prisons.  He 
says:  'The  trend  of  foreign  criminals  to  the 
United  States  during  the  last  few  years  is, 
in  a  large  measure,  responsible  for  the  un- 
paralleled increase  of  the  prison  population 
of  the  State.  More  than  fifty-four  per  cent 
of  the  increase  is  directly  chargeable  to  this 
cause,'  he  continues,  'and  it  is  undoubtedly 
true  that  the  influence  and  example  of  this 
class  of  criminals  are  responsible  for  some, 
at  least,  of  the  crimes  for  which  men  of  the 
other  classes  mentioned  were  imprisoned. 
In  the  prisons  those  aliens  are  a  great 
expense  to  the  State  and  a  hindrance  to  the 
^flFective  application  of  reformatory  and  dis- 


ciplinary methods.'  No  American  desires  to 
close  our  country's  gates  against  any  desirable 
foreigner.  But  the  protection  of  our  nation's 
best  interests  demands  eternal  vigilance  to 
prevent  the  admission  of  men  and  women 
to  whom  liberty  only  means  criminal  ticense. 
Keep  out  all  enemies  of  law  and  order!" 

How  Far  Does  This  Go? 

Watchman:  "The  statements  of  Professor 
Betteridge  of  the  Rochester  Theological 
Seminary  that  he  found  Roman  Catholic 
priests  in  Rome,  in  the  libraries  of  the 
Catholic  educational  insdtudons  ignoring 
the  syllabus  of  the  Pope  against  Modernism, 
was  fairly  startling.  He  said  that  the  writ- 
ings of  Modernists  are  in  common  use  by 
the  students  of  the  Catholic  college.  It  has 
been  assumed  that  the  decree  and  syllabus 
of  the  Pope  were  obeyed  by  all  Roman 
Catholic  priests  and  students  as  a  matter  of 
course.  If  they  are  ignored  and  disobeyed 
in  Rome,  it  would  be  interesung  to  know 
how  far  they  are  being  obeyed  throughout 
the  Roman  Catholic  world. 

Progressive  or  ^  ? 

Advance:  "There  is  no  greater  mistake 
in  religion  than  to  think  that  a  religious 
journal,  a  church  or  a  minister  must  give 
up  the  faith  to  be  progressive.  Doubt  and 
denial  do  not  make  progress.  In  nature 
winter  is  negation;  in  religion  negation  is 
winter.  Winter  puts  the  land  into  cold 
storage;  negation  puts  the  church  into  cold 
storage.  A  pulpit  devoted  to  doubting  and 
denying  is  like  Medicine  Hat  on  the  weather 
map.  Its  message  is  a  northwest  wind,  a 
cold  wave  which  sends  the  mercury  of  the 
church  down  toward  zero.  A  Winnipeg 
pastor  says  that  he  sometimes  has  to  wear 
an  overcoat  in  his  pulpit.  There  are  churches 
where  the  men  in  the  pews  need  fur  over- 
coats to  keep  the  sermon  from  chilling  them 
to  the  heart.  A  progressive  religious  journal 
cannot  stand  for  this  kind  of  religion.  To 
do  so  would  only  hinder  religious  progress." 


MISSIONS 


CORDUCTCD  B7  SECRETARY  JOHlf  H.  HOORE 


Taking  Stock 

Liabilities 
month  in  this  depaitment 
planted,    with    what    we 
I  was  pardonable  pride,  to 
fine  aueu  of  the  Baptist 
irard  Movement  for  Mis- 
ary    Education.     We    are 
id    to    acknowledge    also 
The  money  that  is  being 
invested,  and  the  good  will  of  paston  and 
other  church  workers  which  has  been  en- 
joyed, puts  us  under  heavy  obligation  to  the 
churches. 

1.  FiDBLrrr  to  modbkn  education 
IDEALS.  Nowhere  has  more  remarkable 
progress  been  made  during  recent  years  than 
in  the  realm  of  education.  Here  a  quiet 
revolution  has  been  wrought.  Old  things 
have  passed  away.  Religious  education, 
alas,  has  not  always  kept  pace  with  the 
progress  of  general  education.  But  the 
formation  of  the  Religious  Education  Asso- 
ciation a  few  years  ago  has  brought  together 
on  one  platform  the  men  and  women  who 
are  interested  in  religious  education,  that 
they  may  make  common  cause  of  this  funda- 
mental task. 

Periiaps  the  most  distinctive  difference 
between  the  new  point  of  view  and  the  old 
in  religious  education  is  the  method  of 
approach.  The  old  education  taught  tub- 
jtett.  The  new  education  teaches  people. 
The  old  education  started  with  a  body  of 
truth,  which  must  somehow  be  incorporated 
in  the  life  of  the  pupil.  The  new  edi 
starts  with  a  devdt^ing  pei 


seeks  to  find  from  the  great  wealth  of  truth 
at  its  disposition  that  particular  truth  that  is 
specially  called  for  at  each  st^  of  the  un- 


folding life.  In  missionaiy  education  this 
contrast  is  striking.  Missionaiy  education 
in  the  Sunday  school,  for  example,  a  few 
years  ago,  was  primarily  a  method  of  exploit- 
ing the  Sunday  school  in  the  interests  of  the 
missionary  cause.  Tlie  prime  thing  was  a 
good  missionaiy  collection.  Now  it  is  recog- 
nized that  great  as  is  the  contribution  which 
the  Sunday  school  can  make  to  missions, 
the  contribution  that  missions  can  make  to 
the  Sunday  school  is  still  greater.  Mis- 
sionary material  is,  therefore,  introduced 
primarily  because  of  its  value  in  the  develop- 
ment of  large  statured  Christian  manhood 
and  womanhood.  The  Forward  Movement 
will  seek  to  bring  its  material  and  methods 
more  and  more  into  harmony  with  the  best 
ideals  of  modem  education. 

,1.  The  UNiPiCATioN  of  missionary  edu- 
cation IN  THE  LOCAL  CHURCH.  There  have 
been  in  the  past,  and  there  still  are,  many 
agencies  and  many  methods.  Our  denomi- 
nation has  gone  a  step  farther  than  most  of 
our  sister  churches  in  that  the  Baptist  For- 
ward Movement  for  Missionary  Education 
is  the  common  clearing  house  of  all  our 
national,  general  and  woman's  missionary 
societies.  What  is  needed  now,  however,  is 
a  piece  of  construaive  work  for  the  unifica- 
tion of  the  many  methods  and  the  mass  of 
material  available  for  the  program  of  the 
local  church.  It  must  frankly  be  admitted 
that  the  average  pastor  or  church  worker 
finds  himself  confused  by  the  very  wealth  and 
variety  of  suggestions  made.  What  is 
needed,  and  what  the  Forward  Movement 
promises  to  provide  soon,  is  a  flexible,  com- 
prehensive plan  for  missionary  education 
in  the  local  church,  constructed  upon  broad 
lines,  providing  for  every  department  of  the 
church's  activity,  and  adaptable  to  condi- 


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tions  obtaining  both  in  the  backward  church 
with  poor  equipment,  and  in  that  which  is 
highly  organized.  Obviously  this  is  no  easy 
task. 

3.  Increasing  financial  returns. 
From  the  very  first  the  Forward  Movement 
has  stedfastly  adhered  to  an  educational 
rather  than  a  financial  policy.  When  the 
Movement  was  formed,  it  was  clearly  under- 
stood that  it  should  be  in  no  sense  a  collecting 
agency.  Of  course,  emphasis  has  been 
placed  upon  missionary  giving  as  a  part  of 
the  expressional  activity  essential  to  a  com- 
plete educational  program.  It  would  there- 
fore be  as  unfair  as  it  is  impossible  to  judge 
the  work  of  such  a  movement  by  immediate 
financial  returns.  The  completion  of  four 
years  since  the  formation  of  the  Movement 
does,  however,  show  some  tangible  returns. 
One  single  piece  of  work  has  brought  into 
the  treasuries  of  the  societies  more  than  the 
entire  annual  expense  of  the  Movement,  so 
that  it  can  fairly  be  said  that  the  Forward 
Movement  is  now  more  than  paying  its  own 
way,  thus  making  clear  gain  the  results  to 
be  gathered  in  the  years  to  come  when  the 
boys  and  girls  now  being  trained  become 
the  men  and  women  of  the  churches. 

The  present  Proportionate  Givers  Census 
Campaign  will  moreover  bring  immediate 
tangible  results.  These,  of  course,  can  only 
be  estimated,  but  judging  by  well  known 
precedents,  the  fact  that  upwards  of  one 
thousand  pastors  will  distribute  four  leaflets 
on  proportionate  giving,  following  them  by 
a  defihite  appeal  to  their  people  to  commit 
themselves  to  this  practice,  many  pastors 
supplementing  this  work  with  special  ser- 
mons and  prayer  meetings  devoted  to  the 
subject,  cannot  fail  to  mean  an  increase  of 
many  thousands  of  dollars  in  the  giving  of 
the  churches.  Such  work  as  the  Forward 
Movement  is  doing  continually  is  cumulative 
in  its  eflPects.  Again,  it  pledges  to  the 
denomination  a,  Campaign  that  shall  not 
be  merely  theoretical,  but  thoroughly  prat- 
cical,  bringing  back  again  into  the  treasu- 
ries that  support  it  a  stream  of  money 
that  shall  increase  in  volume  as  the  years 
pass. 


John  Rangiah's  **Why  Hot?*' 

LETTER  FROM  A  HINDU  MISSIONARY  IN  SOUTH 

AFRICA 

Dear  Editor:  In.  the  columns  of  the 
Missions  of  October  last,  we  read  about  the 
rapid  increase  of  Hindu  populadon  in  San 
Francisco.  I  take  it  to  be  one  of  the  signs  of 
the  day.  The  Far  East  and  the  Far  West  arc 
joining  together.  And  not  only  the  religion 
of  Christ  is  being  carried  into  the  midst  of 
the  heathen  nations,  but  the  heathen  nations 
themselves  gradually  and  unnoticingly  are 
approaching  and  getting  mingled  with  the 
Christian  nations. 

Now  is  the  time,  I  am  sure,  for  the  gospel 
and  its  high  and  pure  doctrines  to  be  placed 
before  those  Hindu  people  at  San  Francisco 
and  elsewhere.  At  this  very  early  day,  when 
the  roots  of  heathenism  not  yet  have  taken 
deep  hold,  when  the  heathen  beliefs  and 
practices  have  not  yet  branched  out  and 
spread  wide,  and  when  the  worship  and 
services  of  the  heathen  god  have  not  yet 
raised  its  towers  high  up  in  the  sky,  the  mild 
and  gentle  gospel  of  Christ,  with  all  its  con- 
quering and  quickening  powers,  is  well  to 
make  a  start  to  Christianize  those  Hindus. 
Here  in  Natal,  South  Africa,  where  hundreds 
of  Hindus  flow  in  every  year,  the  gospel  was 
late  in  start  and  slow  in  its  progress,  so 
much  so  that  we  repent  for  lost  opportunity, 
when  we  see  the  influence  of  the  devil 
amongst  these  people  to  be  as  sad  and 
grievous  as  in  India. 

The  means  of  carrying  the  gospel  to  those 
Indians  in  America  seems  very  feasible. 
Any  missionary  who  previously  worked  in 
India,  and  who  is  just  now  a  stay  at  home, 
can  kindly  take  pity  on  them.  Perhaps  the 
missionary  might  not  speak  the  same  dialect 
which  those  Indians  do,  but  he  can  pick  it  up 
very  soon,  as  the  Indian  dialects  are  more  or 
less  similar  to  one  another. 

Why  not  one  of  our  Baptist  missionaries 
take  up  the  opportunity  and  pity  those 
souls  ? 

Yours  obediently, 

John  Rangiah. 

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MISSIONS 


B  Baptist  World  AlUaace  and 
HisBiona 

E  meeting  of  the  Alliance  ought 
)  ^ve  us  a  fresh  grasp  and 
tation  of  our  missionary  task, 
nissionary  crisis  of  the  time  in 
we  live  has  become  a  common- 
n  our  thinking,  so  completely  so, 
t,  that  it  has  lost  its  power  of 

in  lar^  measure.  Nevertheless, 
:d  constantly  to  be  brought  to  a 
ealization  of  it.  The  missionary 
rise  is  the  best  anridote  to  our 
alism,  and  is  the  sovereign  cor- 

agency  for  a  thousand-ills  in  the 
al  life.  Baptists  share  with  all 
bodies  the  gr^at  missionary  obli- 
,  But  in  Europe  today,  especially 
sia,  there  are  opportunities  which 
supreme  significance  to  the  Bap- 
Our  principles  are  the  antitheses 
ope  an  despotism  in  all  its  forms, 
e  rise  of  a  powerful  Baptist  move- 
is  most  logical,  as  being  a  new 
Ic    of  the   law    that    action    and 


reaction  are  equal.  Shall  we  seize  the 
opportunity  and  hear  the  call  of  this 
new  man  of  Macedonia  ?  Shall  a  school 
be  provided  for  the  education  of 
European  preachers  ?  The  Alliance 
meering  ought  to  answer  this  and  other 
related  questions.  In  fact,  the  meeting 
of  the  Alliance  must  surely  bring  home 
to  us  as  never  before  the  vital  and 
fundamental  place  held  by  education  in 
our  whole  conception  of  Christianity. 
There  is  not  a  principle  held  by  us  which 
does  not  carry  at  its  heart  the  educational 
ideal,  and  most  of  all  the  principle  of  a 
regenerated  church  membership.  Our 
witness  to  truth  cannot  survive  in 
power  if  the  lamp  of  learning  grows  dim 
among  us. 

The  Alliance  will  give  us  fresh  spirit- 
ual vision  and  sense  of  mission,  will 
draw  us  close  to  Jesus  Christ  and  to  one 
another,  and  to  a  world  that  needs  us 
and  which  waits  for  us  athirst  for  the 
water  of  life  which  it  is  our  privilege 
to  bear  to  its  parched  lips.  — E.  Y. 
MuLLiNs,  LL.D. 


FROM     THE     FAR     LANDS 


DE   INFORMATION  FOR  TRAVELERS 

ists  contemplating  travel  in  the  Orient 
ipreciate  the  welcome  extended  to 
y  Mr.  R.  D.  StaflTord  of  Shanghai, 
ifford,  who  went  to  China  in  1909, 
he  auspices  of  the  Foreign  Mission 


en  spending  his 
Ningpo,    has 


Society,  and  who  has  since  b 

time   in    language    study    : 

recently  been  appointed  n 

and    business    agent    for   the    East    China 

Mission.    His  headquarters  are  in  Shanghai, 

at  No.  26  Range  Road,  located  in  an  easily 


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accessible  part  of  the  city.  Mr.  Stafford 
extends  a  cordial  invitation  to  all  Baptists 
stopping  at  Shanghai  to  call  and  see  him. 
He  will  gladly  give  them  any  assistance  possi- 
ble and  upon  request  mli  undertake  to  make 
arrangements  for  them  to  visit  the  nearer 
inland  mission  stations  where  they  will  get 
a  glimpse  of  the  actual  life  of  the  Chinese 
people  and  can  see  at  first  hand  the  progress 
of  the  various  kinds  of  mission  work. 

A  GOOD  REPORT  FROM  HSIPAW 

All  the  work  is  in  a  prosperous  and 
promising  condition;  115  children  are  in 
school;  65  children  were  in  the  Sunday 
school  last  Sunday,  and  74  were  present  at 
the  morning  preaching  service.  —  W.  W. 
Cochrane,  Hsipaw,  Burma. 

MISSIONARY  POSSIBILITIES   IN   RUSSIA 

Rev.  C.  £.  Petrick,  missionary  at  Sibsagor, 
Assam,  while  on  furlough,  is  spending  much 
of  his  time  in  touring  among  the  churches  of 
Eastern  Europe.  He  sends  this  interesting 
news  regarding  changing  conditions  in 
Russia : 

"There  is  liberty  now  to  do  evangelistic 
work  in  Russia,  and  the  government  permits 
public  meetings  and  conferences.  A  law  is 
before  the  Duma  (the  Russian  parliament) 
to  give  entire  liberty  to  Protestant  mission 
work  in  Russia,  so  that  Protestant  Mission 
Societies  may  be  permitted  to  work  in  the 
Russian  Empire  among  the  Mohammedans, 
heathen  (for  there  are  still  such  within  the 
Russian  empire),  nominal  Christians  and 
Jews.  If  the  law  is  passed,  the  whole  em- 
pire will  be  open  to  mission  work." 

OVER  THE  TEACUPS 

The  Seniors  in  our  Training  School  have 
preached  several  Sunday  mornings  during 
this  quarter,  and  we  have  been  much  pleased 
with  the  improvement  they  show.  We  cer- 
tainly hope  that  they  will  be  able  to  preach 
to  their  own  people  better  than  any  foreigner 
can.  The  work  of  street  and  street-chapel 
preaching,  the  teaching  of  the  Bible  class 
and  superintending  the  Sunday  school  have 
been  shared  by  both  classes.  For  a  time  the 
students  made  an  effort  at  personal  work  in 
the  tea-shops.  They  scattered  among  the 
different  shops,  and  over  their  cups  of  tea 
entered  in  to  conversation  with  the  others 
at  their  tables,  leading  the  conversation  to 
religious  subjects  whenever  possible.  — 
.  C.  A.  Salquist,  Yachow,  West  China. 


j^eug] 


A   UNIQUE   PLAN 

In  the  campaign  among  the  laymen 
varioiis  ways  of  presenting  the  cause  are 
made  use  of  by  the  different  missionaries 
taking  part.  Rev.  A.  C.  Bowers  of  Goal- 
para,  Assam,  chooses  five  or  six  young 
people  from  the  church  where  the  meeting 
is  to  be  held,  and  on  these  native  costumes 
are  draped,  showing  the  evolution  of  the 
heathen  from  the  savage  attire  of  the  Garos 
to  the  full  dress  of  the  Bengali.  By  this 
expository  method  those  present  not  only 
hear,  but  see  what  the  evolution  of  the 
Christian  from  the  heathen  accomplishes 
in  the  outward  man. 

WHEN  LOSS  OF  FACE  DOES  NOT  MATTER 

A  year  ago  an  old  lady  refused  baptism 
in  one  of  the  out-stations  because  of  the 
publicity  of  it  and  because  of  fearing  to 
"lose  her  face"  by  being  laughed  at.  It  is 
not  an  easy  thing  for  these  women  who 
have  lived  largely  in  the  homes,  unseen  and 
unsung,  to  come  out  to  some  canal  for 
baptism  by  the  foreigner  in  full  sight  of  an 
unsympathetic  and  jeering  crowd.  Yet  last 
autumn  this  woman  asked  for  baptism. 
She  had  not  ceased  coming  to  church,  and 
seemed  to  be  growing  in  grace.  "Venerable 
old  lady,  why  is  it  you  ask  for  baptism  after 
refusing  it  last  year?"  I  questioned.  She 
replied,  "Teacher,  I  am  now  past  sixty  and 
heaven  is  near.  To  hearken  to  the  Lord's 
commandment  is  of  greater  importance  than 
saving  one's  face."  —  James  V.  Latimer, 
Huchow,  East  China. 

BRIGHT   PROSPECTS    FOR   KIMPESI 

In  October,  at  the  set  time,  all  the  old 
students  with  the  exception  of  four  came 
back  with  a  splendid  new  class  of  eleven 
men,  their  wives  and  children.  We  now 
have  students  in  each  of  the  three  years  of 
our  course  of  study.  The  enthusiasm  for 
the  school  grows  and  the  prospect  for  in- 
creased attendance  is  brighter  than  ever, 
The  desire  to  learn,  the  moral  quality  of  the 
men  and  the  women,  and  their  enthusiasm 
for  the  work  of  preaching  the  gospel  and 
teaching  their  own  people  to  read  and  write 
and  study  the  Bible  are  more  hopeful  signs, 
and  in  some  cases  more  than  would  be 
expected  of  men  so  recently  heathen  in  every 
line  of  thought  and  action.  Many  children 
come  with  the  students,  and  are  willing  to 
become  baby  tenders  in  order  that  they  may 


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be  accepted  in  the  elementary  school  which 
we  maintain  as  a  model  school  in  the  practise 
of  teaching,  and  which  is  taught  by  the 
students  in  the  Training  School.  The 
children  of  the  student  families,  together 
with  these  baby  tenders,  make  up  a  school 
of  over  forty  boys  and  girls.  This  school 
is  a  source  of  little  expense  to  the  institution. 
The  desire  to  learn  is  what  brings  the 
students  here.  —  S.  £.  Moon,  Kimpesi, 
Africa. 

MISSIONARY  ADDRESSES 

Rev.  G.  L.  Mason,  formerly  an  efficient 
missionary  of  the  Foreign  Society,  has  pre- 
pared five  addresses  on  missionary  topics, 
the  outgrowth  of  his  eighteen  years  of  work 
in  Eastern  China,  and  would  be  glad  to  give 
them  on  terms  within  the  reach  of  churches 
or  young  people's  sociedes.  In  this  way  he 
hopes  still  to  serve  the  cause  of  missions.  He 
can  be  communicated  with  at  73  Church 
Street,  Wateitown,  Mass.  The  address  on 
"Missionaiy  Pioneering  in  Unfriendly  Re- 
gions'' is  illustrated  with  costumes.  That 
on  "China's  Heroic  Struggle  against  Opium  " 
is  especially  rimely.  Those  who  have  heard 
the  addresses  warmly  commend  them. 

TURA  HOSPITAL  DEDICATED 

Just  before  we  left  Tura  there  was  an 
occasion  of  great  joy  to  us,  for  at  last,  after 
innumerable  delays  in  construction  and 
compledon,  the  Euclid  Hospital  was  dedi- 
cated free  of  debt.  Over  100  patients  had 
been  treated  there  even  in  its  incompleteness, 
but  we  rejoice  that  now  the  patients  who 
come  may  be  better  cared  for  in  pleasanter 
surroundings.  Miss  Robb  worked  hard 
superintending  the  cleaning  and  arranging, 
and  we  look  forward  to  a  future  of  blessed 
ministration  to  the  needy  ones.  —  Mabel 
BoswoiiTH  Crouer  (Mrs.  G.  G.),  Tura, 
Assam. 

BELGIAN  MISSIONARIES   FOR  CONGO 

Rev.  Henri  Anet,  Director  of  the  Belgian 
Society  of  Protestant  Missions  in  the  Congo, 
sails  from  Aiftwerp  for  Africa  on  April  29. 
Mr.  Anet  is  sent  by  the  Society  to  study  at 
first  hand  the  work  of  Protestant  missionary 
socieries  already  established  in  the  Congo; 
to  come  into  touch  with  natives  in  the 
principal  mission  stations;  to  consider  the 
posstbiUtieSy  and  a  desirable  location   for 


work  to  be  started  by  the  Belgian  Society; 
and  to  increase  the  interest  and  sympathy 
of  the  Protestant  churches  in  Belgium 
toward  missions  in  the  Congo. 

A  China  Triennial 

The  frondspiece  shows  the  first  Triennial 
Meedng  of  the  Evangelisdc  Association  for 
China,  held  in  Hankow,  December  7-12, 
1 910.  The  Association  has  a  membership 
of  301,  of  whom  83  are  Chinese,  and  218 
foreign.  At  the  Hankow  meeting  there  were 
upwards  of  a  thousand  in  attendance. 
Twelve  provinces  were  represented  in  the 
meeting  and  also  Japan  and  Formosa. 

The  day  sessions  were  filled  with  papers 
and  discussions,  while  the  evenings  we 
given  over  to  evangelistic  services  in  various 
parts  of  the  three  cities  —  Hankow,  Han- 
yang and  Wuchang.  At  the  Baprist  church 
in  Hanyang,  the  seat  of  our  Central  China 
Mission,  there  were  between  six  and  seven 
hundred  men  present  every  night.  These 
audiences  gave  most  excellent  attention  to 
preaching  by  various  members  of  the  Asso- 
ciation who  had  been  appointed  by  the 
central  committee  for  this  work. 

The  meeting  in  Hanyang  was  duplicated 
in  many  places  throughout  the  three  cities. 
Four  Chinese  preachers  from  Huchow,  two 
from  Hangchow,  two  from  Ningpo,  and  one 
each  from  Shanghai  and  Shaohsing  were  in 
attendance,  as  well  as  six  members  of  the 
East  China  Conference  and  Dr.  Dearing.  — 
A.  F.  Ufford,  Shaohsing,  China. 

The  Shanghai  College 

Mr.  Proctor  is  President  of  Shanghai 
College,  the  first  distinctive  institution  of 
college  rank  which  we  have  established  in 
China,  and  representing  the  Northern  and 
Southern  Baptists.  It  is  closely  connected 
with  the  Theological  Seminary  of  which 
Dr.  R.  T.  Bryan  of  the  Southern  Baptist 
Board  is  President.  The  College  was  opened 
in  1909,  with  forty-five  students.  Yates 
Hall  is  shown  in  the  picture.  Located  on 
"The  Point,"  the  college  campus  is  one  of  the 
sights  pointed  out  to  the  traveler  as  he  comes 
from  his  big  ocean  liner  up  the  river  to  the 
Shanghai  Bund.  Money  has  been  given 
for  a  water  system,  and  an  electric  lighting 
plant  is  also  projected,  the  Chinese  friends 


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expecting  to  raise  jfj^cxx),  or  one-half  of  the 
expense. 

Of  the  present  student  body  the  latest 
report  says  that  a  finer  lot  of  Chinese  boys 
would  be  hard  to  find.  More  than  half  are 
Christians,  while  none  are  opposed  to  Chris- 
tianity. The  Y.M.C.A.  work  has  flourished, 
and  many  of  the  boys  have  aided  in  evan- 
gelistic work  in  the  country. 

In  connection  with  the  Seminary  work, 
with  its  eleven  graduates  last  year,  it  is 
interesting.to  note  that  the  wives  and  children 
of  the  theological  students  have  been  diligent 
students,  the  wives  fitting  themselves  to  be 
companions  and  helpers  in  the  work  of 
evangelization.  All  the  students  have  con- 
stant practice  in  preaching,  in  addition  to 
the  theoretical  training.  Professor  Tong  of 
the  Seminary  was  one  of  the  delegates  at 
Edinburgh,  and  his  Chinese  costume  made 
him  one  of  the  most  observed.  We  give  his 
picture,  taken  by  the  Editor  between  Con- 
ference sessions.  He  is  an  able  teacher  and 
fine  character. 

Special  Committee  for  Central  China 
Appointed 

At  the  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  held  in  Rochester  on  March  15 
and  16,  it  was  voted,  in  view  of  the  im- 
portant and  complicated  questions  now 
pending  as  respects  the  work  of  the  Central 
China  Mission,  especially  along  educational 
lines,  and  in  view  of  the  fact  that  Prof. 
A.  W.  Anthony,  D.D.,  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Managers,  now  with  the  Foreign 
Secretary  in  India,  is  expecting  to  return 
home  by  way  of  the  Pacific,  to  appoint  a 
special  committee  of  three,  of  whom  Dr. 
Anthony  shall  be  one,  to  visit  Hankow,  and 
to  make  careful  investigation  of  the  situation 
in  that  field,  reporting  their  findings  to  the 
Board  with  a  view  to  promoting  intelligent, 
wise  and  final  action  with  regard  to  the 
future  conduct  of  the  work.  It  was  also 
voted  to  request  Rev.  J.  L.  Dearing,  D.D., 
who  is  at  present  on  special  service  in  West 
China,  and  Rev.  A.  F.  Groesbeck  of  Chao- 
yang.  South  China,  to  serve  with  Dr.  Anthony 
upon  the  special  committee.  The  advisa- 
bility of  expansion  or  contraction  in  regard 
to  the  Central  China  field  will  be  thoroughly 
considered,  as  will  also  the  possibility  and 
desirability  of  union  educational  work  with 


the  London  Missionary  Society,  a  repre- 
sentative of  which  body  will  probably  meet 
with  the  special  committee  for  conference 
during  the  month  of  April.  The  whole 
situation  in  the  Central  China  Mission  will 
be  comprehensively  and  carefully  consid- 
ered. ^ 

Thirty  Happy  Chins 

A  year  ago  in  a  certain  village  in  the 
Chin  Hills  near  Haka,  Burma,  thirty  people 
became  Christians  at  the  same  time  and 
spent  one  afternoon  destroying  the  emblems 
of  heathenism.    They  have  since  been  under 
instruction,  and  recently  I  went  with  the 
native  preachers  to  receive  them  into  the 
church.    As  they  were  the  first  of  the  village 
to  become  converts,  we  had  to  explain  every- 
thing to  them.    Only  eighteen  came  at  this 
time,  the  others  following  later.    One  after- 
noon was  spent  examining  them.     At  first 
they  looked  upon  the  proceedings  as  a  little 
funny.    It  must  have  been  peculiar  to  them 
to  be  asked  so  many  questions  about  what 
they  believed,  and  how  they  felt.    As  each 
got  through  he  turned  to  his  friends  with, 
"Well,    I    am    finished."      The    following 
morning   the   candidates    made   their   own 
baptistry  at  the  stream  below  the  village, 
and  at  noon  we  all  went  thither.     A  delay 
was  caused  by  some  of  them  urging  a  friend 
to  follow,  which  he  finally  did.    The  baptism 
was  solemn  and  beautiful.    We  have  a  great 
aid    to   the    ceremony    in    the    magnificent 
scenery    which     generally    surrounds    the 
baptistry.      Four  native    preachers    helped 
and    there    was    no    confusion.      All    were 
happy  in  the  new  experience.    Immediately 
at  the  close  we  returned  to  the  village  and 
observed  the  Lord's  Supper.     Here  again,    * 
although  a  new  experience,  the  Christians 
were   quiet   and   thoughtful.      It  will   take 
time  for  them  to  appreciate  the  real  signifi- 
cance of  the  communion,  but  in  the  mean- 
time they  are  willing  to  learn.  —  J.  Herbert 
Cope,  Haka,  Burma. 

Touring  in  Africa 

Rev.  P.  Frederickson  and  Mrs.  Frederick- 
son  of  Sona  Bata,  Africa,  spent  six  weeks 
of  the  recent  dry  season  in  touring.  They 
visited  several  villages,  holding  prayer  meet- 
ings, distributing  medicine,  and  teaching  the 
ignorant  ones  of  Jesus  Christ.  The  final 
stop  on  the  outward  journey  was  at  the 


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of  Ngungu,  and  Mr.  Frederickson's 
don  gives  interesting  sidelights  on 
ise  of  missionary  life  designated  by 

e  teacher  had  heard  of  our  coming 
St  us  ten  miles  out.  After  crossing 
nging  bridge  over  the  Nsele  River, 
1  came  in  sight  of  the  village.  Three 
lut  the  Christians  came  to  meet  us, 
^Iped  our  carriers.  The  work  was 
>n  well;  some  wished  to  be  baptized, 
few  backsliders  came  back.  Ngungu 
or  sixty  miles  from  Sona  Bata  and 

0  a  high  plateau,  called  Bisi.  This 
rge  prairie  where  leopards,  antelopes, 
es  and  lions,  it  is  said,  roam  about. 
hole  plateau  is  a  mass  of  limestone 

1  with   sand.      Here   it   is   that   the 
go  to  dig  up  the  roots  of  the  grass 

.  They  take  their  food  with  them 
ay  away  for  two  or  three  days.    We 

two  days  at  Ngungu.  In  the  after- 
re  visited  a  Portuguese  trader  living  in 
mble  grass  house  and  buying  rubber 
he  people.    His  companion  was  killed 

Bayaka  some  time  ago.  On  Monday 
^n  our  home  journey,  visiting  villages 
went  along.  At  Kingombi  and  Kit- 
we  have  churches,  and  we  spent  some 
with  the  Christians  and  baptized 
I  believers." 

Foreign  Missionary  Personals 

'.  S.  R.  McCurdy  of  Sagaing,  Burma 
:en  transferred  to  Mandalay  to  fill  the 
zy  caused  by  the  election  of  Rev.  E.  W. 
Ph.D.,  to  the  principalship  of  Ran- 
Baptist  College.  Mr.  McCurdy  will 
ue  to  care  for  the  interests  of  the 
o  work  at  Sagaing  for  the  present. 

t  Foreign  Mission  Society  has  recently 
ed  from  Rev.  A.  C.  Darrow,  Moul- 
Burma,  copies  of  two  Alexander 
I,  "God  Will  Take  Care  of  You," 
'Go  Home  and  Tell,"  translated  into 
urmese  language. 

January  31,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  D. 
ley  of  Rangoon  moved  into  their  new 
.  Mr.  Phinney  reports  it  satisfactory 
every  point  of  view,  whether  consider- 
from  the  outside  or  the  inside.  Miss 
ey  and  Miss  Peter,  Assistants  at  the 
,  occupy  the  house  with  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
ley. 


A  Ftiend  and  Helper  to  Many 

Word  that  Mrs.  W.  E.  Witter,  wife  of  the 
New  England  District  Secretary  of  the 
American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society, 
died  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  on  April  6,  will 
bring  sorrow  to  many  hearts  both  at  home 
and  on  the  foreign  mission  field.  For  many 
years  she  has  been  a  great  sufferer  from  ills 
contracted  when  a  missionary  in  Assam, 
where  she  and  her  husband  did  pioneer  work 
among  the  Nagas,  in  the  middle  eighties. 
She  was  a  woman  of  bright  intellect  and 
gracious  personality.  Her  gifts  were  of  a 
high  order.  She  was  deeply  interested  in  the 
large  things  of  life,  the  higher  ranges  which 
mark  disccPvery,  advance,  conquest  of  new 
fields.  She  was  an  unfailing  friend  of  the 
good,  and  with  her  sympathies  she  followed 
to  the  ends  of  the  earth  those  who  went  forth 
to  sow  precious  seed,  many  of  whom  she 
herself  had  inspired  and  helped.  She  was  a 
succorer  of  the  poor,  the  distressed  and  un- 
fortunate. In  quiet  ways  she  sought  them 
out  and  ministered  to  their  need.  By  such, 
as  well  as  by  the  larger  circle  of  her  friends, 
she  will  be  greatly  missed.  Her  resting 
place  is  in  the  cemetery  at  her  old  home,  in 
La  Grange,  N.Y.  Her  husband,  a  son  and 
a  daughter  survive  her.  They  have  the 
sympathy   of  a    wide   circle   of  friends.  — 

w.  L.  F. 


Foreign  Missionary  Record 

ARRIVED 

Rev.  C.  B.  Tenny  and  daughter  from  Tokyo,  Japan, 

at  San  Francisco,  in  February. 
Rev.  J.  T.  Proctor,  Mrs.  Proctor  and  children,  from 

Shanghai,  East  China,  at  Boston,  March  18. 
Miss  Clara  £.  Righter,  January   13,  from  Kinhwa, 

China.    Her  present  address  is  1416  Van  Buren 

Street,  Wilmington,  Del. 

SAILED 

Robert  Harper,  M.D.,  February  24,  from  Marseillety 

for  Burma. 
Rev.  John  McGuire,  March  21,  from  San  Francisco, 

for  Burma. 
Mr.  H.  J.  Openshaw  and  Mrs.  Openshaw,  March  21 , 

from  San  Francisco,  for  West  China. 
Mrs.  S.  R.  McCurdy,  March  25,  from    Boston,  for 

Burma. 

BORN 

To  W.  A.  Loops,  M.D.,  and  Mrs.  Loops,  at  Austin, 
Colo.,  on  February  19,  a  son. 


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FROM     THE     HOME     LANDS 


A.  NOTABLE   CONVERT 

Rev.  L.  L.  Zboray,  general  missionary  to 
the  Slavs  and  Hungarians  in  Northeastern 
Pennsylvania,  is  rejoicing  over  the  conver- 
sion of  a  Lithuanian,  John  Yesselszki,  who, 
having  been  injured  in  the  mines,  has  for 
the  past  two  years  been  engaged  as  a  house- 
to-house  visitor  of  the  Romish  church  with 
"holy  water,"  etc.  This  man,  till  recently, 
has  been  so  abusive  of  Protestants  "that 
we  began  to  fear  him  as  much  as  the  very 
Satan  himself,  and  have  included  him 
especially  into  our  prayers  for  deliverance." 
Now,  however,  he  has  read  the  Bible  for 
himself,  has  become  a  real  Christian,  and 
is  proving  an  earnest  worker  in  the  Lord's 
vineyard. 

TWO  WYOMING   FIELDS 

Rev.  Mark  Noble,  now  past  seventy-four, 
has  wrought  faithfully  and  successfully  at 
Camas,  where  he  has  been  four  years 
pastor.  A  lot  was  purchased,  a  church 
edifice  built,  all  debts  have  been  paid  and 
now  a  parsonage  is  in  process  of  erection 
next  to  the  church.  The  pastor  travels  on 
foot  among  the  hills,  making  one  to  seven 
calls  a  day  according  to  location ;  his  health 
is  good  and  he  feels  as  if  he  might  live 
forever.  He  has  recently  baptized  seven. 
Thus  he  "renews  his  youth"  "brings  forth 
fruit  in  old  age,"  and,  whether  "fat  or  not," 
is  surely  "flourishing." 

Lynden  has  been  aided  three  years  by  the 
Home  Mission  Society  and  hopes  next  year 
to  walk  alone.  It  has  grown  from  twelve 
members  to  fifty-one  since  May,  1907,  and 
has  a  Sunday  school  of  sixty  and  also  a 
flourishing  out-station.  The  pastor  is  Rev. 
R.  I.  Case. 

CONFERENCE   AT   BACONE 

The  Christian  Workers*  Conference  at 
Bacone  College,  Okla.,  was  an  occasion  of 
much  importance.  The  students  were 
greatly  stirred  and  "religious  fervor  swept 
in  like  a  flood."     There  are  few  schools 


where  the  students  are  so  deeply  interested 
in  each  other  and  seek  so  earnestly  the  con- 
version of  the  unsaved.  A  number  had 
professed  conversion  just  before  the  con- 
ference; others  yielded  to  Christ  during  the 
meetings,  and  many  more  were  awakened 
to  careful,  systematic  Bible  study.  Some 
were  filled  with  visions  of  wider  usefulness 
in  the  harvest  field.  Among  the  speakers  at 
the  conference  were  Revs.  Bruce  Kinney, 
I.  N.  Clark,  A.  N.  Hall,  V  W.  Marks, 
A.  C.  Blackman,  Robert  J.  Church,  W.  S. 
Wiley,  E.  E.  Ford  and  President  P.  M. 
Crannell  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Kansas  City. 

A  RETURNED  MISSIONARY'S  WORK 

Rev.  Earle  D.  Sims,  formerly  missionary 
in  China,  now  missionary  evangelist  of  the 
California  Baptist  Convention,  has  recently 
conducted  evangelistic  meetings  of  eleven 
days  with  the  Chinese  Baptist  Church  of 
San  Francisco,  and  during  the  meeting 
baptized  fifteen  Chinese,  and  five  others 
were  received  by  letter.  During  the  meet- 
ing the  Chinese  contributed  1^40  for  Cali- 
fornia State  Missions.  The  church  now  has 
ninety  members. 

POLES    IN   NEWARK 

The  only  Polish  Protestant  Church  in 
New  Jersey  is  in  Newark,  where  there  are 
30,000  Poles  and  Russians  among  whom  it 
directly  works;  but  it  strives  as  best  it  can  to 
reach  the  entire  Polish  population  of  the 
State,  more  than  180,000.  It  has  a  reading- 
room  for  foreigners  and  a  medical  dispen- 
sary. The  demand  for  evangelical  literature 
is  continually  increasing.  Much  good  is 
done  by  open-air  meetings  at  the  foreign 
center  of  the  city,  and  a  good  property, 
three-story  double  house.  No.  30  Richmond 
Street,  was  bought  in  September,  1910, 
when  the  church  was  organized.  Two 
years  is  the  limit  of  the  mortgage  of 
17,000,  and  the  church  needs  all  the  help 
it  can  get  in  order  to  meet  this  obligation 


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and  cany  on  its  present  valuable  worlc. 
Tlte  pastor,  Rev.  Gottfried  Patmont,  may 
ht  »dai««aed  at  the  above  number  and  will 
be  l^d  to  accept  gifts  and  also  to  furnish 
|pq>d  literature  in  the  Polish  language  to 
my  one  iHio  can  use  it. 

THE  MISSION  IN   BAKRE 

In  Barre,  Vt.,  there  are  about  4,000 
Italians,  all  from  the  north  of  Italy.  They 
are  skilled  workmen,  independent  in  means 
and  character,  earning  from  {3.20  per  day 
upward.  They  are  more  reserved  in  dis- 
position than  that  fellow  countrymen  from 
the  southern  pan.  Anarchy  and  socialism 
of  an  atheistic  type  here  have  their  chief 
center  among  Italian-speaking  people;  and 
here  the  chief  Italian  anarchistic  paper  is 
published.  No  God,  no  future  life,  no 
supernatural  religion  of  any  sort,  are  their 
docliinet.  Rev.  G.  B.  Castellani  has  labored 
here  about  a  year  with  good  success.  His 
policy  is  ccxiciliatory,  benevolent,  construc- 
tive, and  he  is  well  received.  Children  are 
permitted  to  attend  his  Sunday  school, which 
has  an  average  attendance  of  sixty,  and  he 
reports  four  baptisms.  The  work  is  simple, 
straightforward  and  substantial.  We  give  a 
picture  of  the  church  building  as  now  com- 
pleted, die  work  aa  the  marble  and  stone 
la(ade  having  been  done  by  Italian  workmen 


ITAUANB  IN   PITTSBURC 

The  Pittsburg  Evangelistic  Committee 
provided  a  tent  for  work  among  the  Italians 
b  the  campaign  of  1910;  and  a  large  number 
profosaed  ctmversicMi.  In  one  place  where 
the  tent  was  stationed  much  opposition 
was  encountered.  Two  preachers  were 
assaulted  and  the  tent  was  cut  down.  Yet 
in  those  services  forty  Italians  boldly  con- 
fessed Jesus  Christ.  At  the  noon  meetings, 
Bf^  hundred  and  e^ty-eight  Bibles  or 
poitions  thereof  were  given  out,  the  lan- 
guages being  English,  Italian,  German, 
French,  Greek  and  Bc^emian. 

A  GOOD  SCHOOL  YEAR 

Thompson  Institute  at  Lumberton,  N.C., 
W.  H.  Knuckles,  principal,  reports  a  pros- 
perous year.  Two  new  teachers  have  been 
added  to  die  &cul^  and  160  students  are 
cnrt^ed.  The  new  building  will  probably 
be  ready  for  die  next  session,    llie  com- 


urs  in  May,  and  they  are 
anxious  for  the  presence  at  that  time  of 
Dr.  a  L.  White,  whose  interest  in  their 
race  they  deeply  appreciate. 

SELF-SACRIFICING  SERVICE 

Rev.  H.  H.  Berry,  at  Horace,  Neb.,  has 
personally  labored  in  building  a  church 
edifice,  which  la  now  furnished  and  dedicated 
free  of  debt  without  State  or  Home  Mission 
aid.  Not  being  willing  to  burden  his  people 
with  the  erection  of  a  parsonage,  he  has 
borrowed  money,  and  is  putting  up  a  house 
to  shelter  the  numerous  young  Benys,  for 
no  tenement  could  be  even  temporarily 
secured.  He  preaches  alternate  Sundays  at 
a  schoolhouse  seven  miles  away. 


At  Arnold,  Neb.,  Pastor  W.  H.  Hoge  is 
doing  excellent  work.  Eleven  conversions 
are  reported  and  the  general  outlook  is 
encouraging.  He  has  an  outstation  in  a 
community  composed  largely  of  Methodists. 
They  have  voted  to  make  it  a  "Baptist 
Mission,"  although  they  decline  to  become 
members  of  a  Baptist  church.  Brother 
Hoge  has  been  given  a  forty-foot  tent  which 


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he  proposes  to  use  for  evangelistic  work 
among  the  Kinopaid  homesteaders  as  soon 
as  the  season  will  permit. 

HOSTILITY  OVERCOME 

Rev.  F.  A.  Perron  reports  conversions  at 
Fitchburg  in  the  French  Mission;  one  of 
them,  a  young  man  of  good  habits,  the 
support  of  his  mother  and  a  younger  brother. 
This  young  man  had  been  bitterly  hostile, 
threatening  to  throw  the  missionary  out- 
doors when  he  called  to  talk  religiously  with 
the  mother.  Now  the  missionaiy  hopes 
soon  to  baptize  him, 

A  MUCH  NEEDED  WORK 

The  German  Department  of  Rochester 
Seminary  has  for  some  time  received  Hun- 
garian and  Slavic  students  who  possessed 
sufficient  German  to  do  the  required  work, 
and  the  German  churches  have  supported 
them.  Now  the  number  has  so  greatly 
increased  that  the  German  Conference  has 
appealed  for  outside  help.  The  New  York 
Baptist  Union  of  Rochester  is  taking  this 
matter  in  hand  and  will  expend  1(1,500  for 
this  purpose  the  present  year,  provided  they 
can  secure  it  from  interested  friends.  They 
have  helped  in  this  work  for  the  past  three 
years,  but  have  no  funds  applicable.  Hun- 
garian and  Slavic  churches  need  leaders, 
and  already  the  young  men  who  have  been 
at  Rochester  are  doing  good  work  among 
them. 

A  NEW  CHURCH   HOME 

Rev.  H.  S.  Wold  reports  the  completion 
of  a  church  building  at  Wakonda,  S.  D., 
and  a  steady  progress  in  church  work.  A 
part  of  the  building  fund  was  secured  by 
the  pastor,  who  traveled  extensively  for  this 
purpose. 

UTAH   NOTES 

Rev.  Berton  F.  Bronson  has  been  super- 
intendent of  Baptist  City  Missions  in  Salt 
Lake  City  since  September,  19 10,  and  is 
getting  things  well  in  hand. 

At  Burlington  Mission  a  branch  church 
of  the  Immanuel  has  been  organized,  and  a 
gymnasium  built  which  is  open  nearly  every 
evening. 

At  Rio  Grande,  35  persons  have  pledged 
to  come  into  a  church  if  organized.  The 
Home  Mission  Society  has  given  ^3,500 
toward  the  erection  of  a  chapel  on  the  south- 


9> 


east  side  of  the  city.  This  will  soon  be  built. 
The  Calvary  Church  in  Salt  Lake  City  is 
rejoicing  in  the  completion  of  a  beautiful 
new  church  home.  The  Home  Mission 
Society  has  aided  them  in  this.  The  pastor, 
Rev.  W.  Allen  Magett,  is  leading  in  a 
steady  spiritual  advance. 

A    VETERAN    IN   SERVICE 

Rev.  Mark  Noble,  now  past  seventy-four,, 
has  wrought  faithfully  and  successfully  at 
Camas,  where  he  has  been  four  years, 
pastor.  A  lot  was  purchased y  a  church 
edifice  built,  all  debts  have  been  paid  and 
now  a  parsonage  is  in  process  of  erectiork 
next  to  the  church.  The  pastor  travels  oik 
foot  among  the  hills,  making  one  to  seveik 
calls  a  day  according  to  location;  his  health 
is  good  and  he  feels  as  if  he  mi^t  live 
forever.  He  has  recently  baptized  seven. 
Thus  he  "renews  his  youth,"  "brings  forth 
fruit  in  old  age,"  and,  whether  "fat  or  not, 
is  surely  "flourishing." 

THE   CHINESE    IN    BUTTB 

Miss  Mabel  £.  Swenson,  the  devoted 
missionary  in  Butte,  Mont.,  writes:  '*My^ 
work  at  present  is  with  the  Chinese  of  Butte, 
Mont.  Here  we  have  a  comfortable  Mission 
building  where  all  meetings  and  the  night 
school  are  held.  The  object  of  this  school 
is  to  teach  the  English  language,  and  through/ 
this  teaching  try  to  present  the  gospel  light. 
The  children  who  attend  are  bright,  obedient 
and  interesting  to  work  with.  It  is  often, 
difficult  for  the  men  to  learn  the  language, 
but  most  of  them  work  hard  and  patiently,, 
and  the  teacher  feels  the  effort  worth  while, 
when  she  sees  the  expression  of  joy  when 
they  have  mastered  a  few  words.  A  number 
of  these  boys  and  men  know  no  other  home 
but  the  laundry.  In  those  small  rooms,  often 
stifling  with  opium  smoke,  they  eat,  sleep 
and  work.  Surely  such  need  the  Mission  as 
one  bright  spot  in  their  lives.  They  appre- 
ciate help  given  them  and  in  their  own  way 
often  express  a  desire  to  learn  about  the  true 
God.  There  are  some  earnest  Christian, 
workers  among  these  people,  and  others 
who  seem  almost  ready  to  accept  the  truth 
of  salvation,  but  are  saying,  "I  want  to  know 
more."  The  chains  of  supersrition  are 
strong.  As  their  teacher  I  ask  for  your 
prayers  that  I  may  be  given  wisdom  to- 
understand,  and  a  Christlike  love  to  meer 
their  needs." 


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MISS  IONS 


CHAPEL    CAR    AND    COLPORTER 


CHANGE   OF  WORKERS 

Rev.  K-  Takahashi,  the  Publication 
Socie^'s  worker  among  the  Japanese,  has 
resigned  after  seven  years'  service  and 
returned  lo  Japan.  Rev.  Kameji  Nutahara, 
a  young  man  of  vigor,  has  taken  his  place 
in  the  Japanese  mission  in  Tacoma,  Wash. 


day  school  organized  with  forty  in  attend- 
ance, and  the  offering  Sunday  was  fl.30; 
then  an  audience  of  fifty  at  preaching  service 
immediately  after  and  at  night  there  were 
nearly  100  at  service.  The  people  from 
Kirby,  five  miles  north,  came  up  with  an 
engine  and  car  with  thirty  people,  and  at 
the  close  of  the  service  three  raised  hands. 
FBRSONAL   WORK 


Missionary    Lodsin,    Public ati( 
national! 


CLAD  TIDINGS 


anything, 
him  there  i 
seemed"  ve 


"Glad 


This  latest  note  from  chapel  ca 
Tiding*,"  in  Luceme,  Wyoming, 
Sangston,  missionary,  is  cheering: 

"The  work  goes  on  nicely  here,  the 
Lincob)  Land  Company  has  given  us  a 
good  tot  in  the  heart  of  the  town  and  we 
are  now  hauling  stone  and  sand  to  put  in  a 
foundation  for  a  building  24  by  40.  The 
lot  is  50  by  140,  the  labor  will  be  all 
donated,  and  the  material  will  cost  26oo.  1 
think  the  State  Board  will  help  some,  and 
I  wiU  do  my  utmost  to  raise  the  difference 
OD  the  field.  We  doeed  the  meetings  here 
Sunday  ni^t  with  twelve  baptisms,  a  Sun- 


sJand  and  among  various 
he  city,  tells  of  spending 
day  in  a  store  owned  by  a 
Jew,  and  how  one  Jew  after  another,  includ* 
ing  a  teacher,  came  in.  The  questions  put  by 
the  latter  were  promptly  answered  with 
Bible  verses,  after  the  manner  of  the  Master 
Teacher,  "and  when  he  saw  1  had  gotten 
the  best  of  him,"  says  Mr.  Lodsin,  "he 
quickly  left  the  store.  One  young  Jew 
present  said  he  often  went  to  the  Jewish 
Mission  in  New  York,  hut  he  did  not  believe 
I  asked  him  what  was  drawing 
f  not  the  power  of  God.  They  all 
;ry  much  interested,  even  their 
Wives  who  had  come  in  listened  most  atten- 
tively while  1  had  the  privilege  and  joy  of 
telling  them  of  their  Father's  lovefromwhom 
they  had  wandered  away,  and  how  after 
them  he  was  sending  me  as  a  messenger  to 
bring  them  back  to  Him." 
* 
Variety  in  a.  Colporter's  Experience 
A  Wisconsin  colporter  is  N.  L.  Sweet,  and 

and  find 

happiness  in  the  hardest  phases  of  his  work. 
It  is  refreshing  to  run  through  the  monthly 
reports  of  these  sparse- field  cultivators. 

"Thank  the  good  Lord  for  many  blessings 
through  another  month.  Health  and  strength 
to  work  every  day,  and  sold  some  books  at 
home.  Walked  seven  or  eight  miles  one  day 
till  after  dark,  and  could  hear  the  rabbits 
run  on  dry  leaves  in  dark.  Got  to  house  of 
lone  man,  and  no  bread  for  supper.    Milk 


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porridge,  but  good  visit  with  stranger,  bless- 
ing at  supper  and  breakfast,  and  prayer 
evening  and  morning,  and  good  invitation 
to  come  again."  "Walked  two  or  three 
miles  to  Baptist  family.  Caught  in  snow 
storm,  good  visit,  and  subscriber  for  Mis- 
sions. (That  is  a  good  bit  of  news  to  come 
on.)  They  live  off  alone  and  have  Bible 
class,  to  do  the  best  they  can  where  there  are 
no  Chrisrians,  He  took  me  six  or  seven 
miles  to  station."  "Got  a  ride  after  walking 
a  half  mile  on  Sunday  afternoon,  and  held  a 
meedng  at  a  farmhouse  six  or  seven  miles 
from  home.  The  Lord  was  with  us.  Testi- 
mony meeting  after  sermon.  The  wife  and 
mother  told  me  that  something  I  said  when 
there  at  meeting  six  or  eight  months  before 
decided  her  to  be  baptized  some  weeks  after- 
ward, at  Blair  church,  about  three  miles 
distant.  There  are  now  six  members  of  the 
church  in  her  home.  Had  prayer  for  the 
father,  a  nice  man,  very  kind  to  me,  but  un- 
converted. In  the  morning  walked  two 
miles  to  school  with  the  children;  had  a  good 
time  with  them,  and  got  ride  home  with  a 
Norwegian  farmer.  Good  visit  with  him. 
We  are  surrounded  by  Germans,  Norwegians 
and  Poles.  Rev.  Strelick  has  sent  me  parcels 
of  Polish  papers,  and  I  have  given  them  out. 
I  had  a  talk  with  an  'Independent  Catholic' 
priest.  They  do  not  hold  to  an  infallible 
pope.  It  is  hard  to  get  meetings  out  in 
country  schoolhouses  among  these*  foreign 
people,  but  they  are  rather  good  to  me  in 
some  ways." 

"Went  into  jail  this  morning  to  give  Polish 
and  Norwegian  tracts,  and  a  Norwegian 
prisoner  asked  me  to  lend  him  a  Norsk  book, 
which  I  did;  also  gave  them  a  few  words, 
and  hope  they  will  never  get  drunk  again. 
What  can  we  do  to  put  this  awful  vice  from 
our  free  Christian  country?  We  have 
Mried'  our  town  twice,  and  gone  back  to 
five  saloons  doing  worse  than  ever,  at  eight 
hundred  dollars  license,  in  village  of  less  than 
a  thousand."  "We  have  had  our  new  pastor 
to  Thanksgiving  dinner." 

"Another  work  that  I  have  done  was 
packing  and  shipping  five  boxes  of  clothing 
for  men,  women  and  children  up  north,  who 
were  burned  out  of  house  and  home  by  the 
forest  fires.  We  have  had  some  good  letters 
of  thanks  and  appreciation.  The  people  have 
brought  in  quite  freely,  and  we  hope  some 
good  has  cometosome  needy  and  worthy  ones." 


Much  of  the  service  rendered  by  this  faith- 
ful man  is  to  those  who  have  practically  no 
gospel  opportunities.  One  has  to  go  into 
such  sections  to  appreciate  the  helpfulness 
of  this  touch  from  without. 

On  the  Rounds 

A  Sunday-school  missionary  in  the  north- 
west has  a  life  full  of  interesting  experiences, 
with  plenty  of  travel  and  meetings.  He  has 
no  time  to  think  of  hardships,  if  they  come, 
as  in  winter  cold  and  storms  they  are  pretty 
sure  to  do.  Rev.  M.  Berglund  of  Minne- 
sota is  one  of  the  Publication  Society's 
workers  who  covers  a  wide  territory  and  is 
welcome  wherever  he  goes.  Speaking  of 
some  phases  of  his  work  he  says: 

"I  arrived  at  Litchfield  Saturday  at  mid- 
night. Sunday  morning  I  was  taken  the 
ten  miles  to  Grove  City  by  auto,  and  was 
given  the  Sunday-school  hour  and  the 
morning  sermon.  After  a  dinner  in  church 
I  spoke  again  in  the  afternoon  on  the  topic 
under  discussion  all  day.  It  was  Sunday- 
school  rally  day.  After  supper  a  brother 
took  me  the  twenty-five  miles  to  Willmar  in 
his  auto,  coming  home  in  time  to  have  part 
in  the  young  people's  meeting,  and  preach- 
ing afterward  in  English.  Also  had  part  in 
communion  service  at  Grove  City,  making 
it  a  very  full  day." 

A  fairly  full  day,  one  would  say,  and 
impossible  save  for  the  auto,  which  was 
thus  turned  to  good  missionary  service. 
What  a  commentary  it  is  upon  the  prosperity 
of  the  Baptists  out  there  that  they  should  be 
able  to  provide  automobiles  for  such  pur- 
poses. The  West  is  equipped  with  whatever 
is  going,  and  it  is  probable  that  the  speed 
limits  were  not  thought  of  when  that  twenty- 
five  mile  run  was  made  in  time  to  get  back 
for  the  young  people's  meeting. 

"Monday  found  me  at  Minneapolis  at 
the  ministers'  meeting  in  the  morning,"  the 
missionary  continues,  "where  I  had  part  in 
the  discussion."  Then  came  a  board  meet- 
ing, correspondence,  preparation  for  an 
address  at  the  State  Convention,  and  another 
at  a  mother's  meeting.  The  next  Sunday 
was  spent  at  St.  Paul,  where  it  was  rally 
day  in  the  Swedish  Baptist  Church.  The 
report  goes  on:  "This  is  our  largest  Baptist 
school  in  Minnesota,  numbering  neariy  900. 
It  has  a  home  department  of  160,  cradle  roll. 


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359 


85,  and  Baraca  class,  85.  Rev.  G.  A. 
Hagstrom  is  the  pastor.  We  closed  the  day 
with  one  young  man  converted.  Next  was 
the  State  Convention,  where  among  other 
things  I  gave  a  report  on  Swedish  Sunday 
school  work.  A  Sunday  at  Cambridge  and  at 
Isanti,  a  ministers'  meeting  in  our  own 
home,  more  board  meetings,  a  Sunday 
between  the  smallest  Swedish  congregation 
in  the  State  at  Albert  Lea  and  the  largest  at 
Elim,  Minn,  a  wedding,  a  mothers'  meeting, 
a  Thursday  evening  sermon,  a  twentieth 
anniversary  talk  at  a  children's  missionary 
circle,  brought  the  busy  month  to  a  close, 
only  to  have  a  program  for  even  more  if 
possible  the  coming  month  to  do.  Mr. 
Risinger  and  I  have  had  several  conferences 
up  to  four  days  long  at  several  places.  In 
fact  this  has  been  mostly  our  winter  work 
with  a  swing  now  and  then  into  new  and 
needy  missionaiy  fields."  It  is  not  strange 
to  learn  that  during  a  short  period  of  this 
strenuous  life  the  missionary  was  "not  so 
well,"  but  immediately  he  adds,  "I  am 
vigorous  again." 

Hand  Picked  Ftuit 

The  missionaiy  wagon  is  an  institution, 
and  the  colporter  missionary  who  drives  it 
must  be  made  for  the  work,  just  as  a  chapel 
car  evangelist  must  be  for  that  task.  Rev. 
J.  W.  Taylor  is  the  man  on  Wagon  No.  60 
in  New  Mexico,  and  he  goes  at  people  in 
something  of  the  Uncle  John  Vassar  direct 
and  personal  fashion.  Read  these  incidents 
and  see  how  the  personal  touch  is  rewarded : 

"I  had  an  interview  with  a  school  teacher 
who  resides  a  mile  and  a  half  north  of  my 
home,  and  he  promised  that  if  I  could  prove 
all  that  I  claimed  for  the  Bapdsts  he  himself 
would  become  one.  I  presented  him  with 
the  little  book,  'The  Baptists,  who  are  they 
and  ^at  do  they  believe?'  together  with 
some  tracts  on  baptism.  I  also  interviewed 
another  man  on  the  same  subject.  Not 
long  afterward,  one  Sunday  night  at  our 
meeting  these  two  splendid  men  presented 
themselves  as  candidates  for  baptism  and 
membership  in  our  church  at  Central  City. 
They  were  baptized  and  received. 

"I  also  had  opportunity  to  converse  with 
a  girl  of  sixteen  whose  father  and  step- 
mother are  Roman  Catholics,  the  step- 
mother a  sister  of  a  priest.    Of  course  the 


young  woman  was  prejudiced  against  all 
Protestantism.  She  promised  to  read  the 
New  Testament  and  pray  for  spiritual  light. 
She  has  since  been  coming  to  our  Sunday 
school,  and  after  a  little  she  requested  us 
to  pray  for  her.  She  made  a  beautiful  pro- 
fession of  her  faith  that  God  for  Christ's 
sake  had  forgiven  her  sins,  and  was  baptized. 

"I  conversed  with  three  brothers,  leaving 
them  deeply  interested.  I  presented  each  of 
them  with  a  copy  of  the  Testament  and 
Psalms,  upon  their  promise  to  read  some 
portion  of  the  same  and  pray  in  secret  at 
least  once  a  day.  The  three  boys  were 
baptized  on  the  same  day  not  long  ago. 

"I  found  two  young  men  plowing  in  a 
large  field.  I  left  my  team  by  the  roadside 
and  went  out  to  them  about  a  quarter  mile, 
then  followed  them  around  the  field,  talking 
first  to  the  one  and  then  to  the  other,  one 
at  a  time.  I  left  them  some  tracts.  They 
seemed  impressed  deeply.  I  recognized  one 
of  them  in  the  congregation  a  little  while 
ago,  spoke  to  him,  and  before  I  had  time 
to  engage  in  conversation  he  broke  down 
and  wept,  and  immediately  came  forward 
for  prayer.  He  was  converted,  and  on  the 
day  appointed  for  the  baptism  walked  about 
fourteen  miles  to  be  baptized. 

"I  rejoice  in  the  opportunities  so  fruitful 
of  good,  in  holding  meetings  at  the  little 
shacks  and  dugouts  in  remote  places.  I  go 
about,  visiting  all  within  reach  of  some 
central  place,  inviting  them  in  to  meeting. 
I  find  people  from  different  parts  of  the 
East  living  near  each  other  but  strangers. 
All  are  busy  with  their  own  affairs  in  this 
new  country.  At  Cone  I  found  twenty- 
three  Baptist  people,  none  of  whom  knew 
that  there  were  any  other  Baptists  near 
them.  Here  is  a  church  at  hand,  if  once 
these  people  can  be  gotten  together." 

These  are  personal  proofs  of  the  saving 
power  of  the  gospel,  on  a  different  plane,  but 
not  less  convincing  than  Harold  Begbie's 
remarkable  instances  in  Twice-born  Men,' 


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The  Polyglot  Page 


W£  wish  to  stimulate  a  missionary  interest  in  foreign  languages.  To  have  an  elementaiy 
knowledge  of  Italian,  Spanish,  German,  Swedish,  Norwegian  and  Russian,  also 
modem  Greek,  will  be  of  practical  value  to  ministers  and  laymen  in  reaching  helpfully  the 
foreigners  who  are  coming  here  to  learn  of  us  lessons  that  will  either  alienate  and  antagonize, 
or  Americanize  and  evangelize  them.  This  page  will  occasionally  give  simple  statements  in 
a  foreign  language,  with  the  English  translation;  or  verses  from  the  New  Testament;  now 
and  then  a  sentence.  The  young  people  especially  should  cultivate  acquaintance  with  some 
modem  language. 

We  have  asked  Missionaiy  Pastor  Larson  to  tell  us  something  of  the  Norwegian  work  in 
Boston,  and  here  give  his  statement  in  his  own  and  the  English  languages: 


Norske  Baptister  i  Boston 
Vi  som  norske  baptister  burde  ha  varet 
mere  vankne  for  vore  anledninger  i  New 
England  for  lange  siden.  Cm  saa  hadde 
varet  tilfoldet,  skulde  vi  ha  hat  flere  meni- 
gheter  her  i  Osten.  Dog  vi  haaper  indhente 
det  forsomte.  Pastor  Stiansen  hadde  endel 
moter  i  Boston  medens  han  var  i  Brooklyn. 
Siden  blev  der  louet  underst6t  telse  for  en 
fast  mond.  Mr.  Ellingsgard,  en  student, 
virket  i  Boston  sommeren  1909.  Siden  blev 
jeg  opfordret  fra  mange  hold  at  opta  arbeidet 
i  Boston.  Jeg  begyndte  her  i  November, 
1910,  at  arbeide  som  en  mission  efter  min 
trip  til  Norge.  Gud  har  nelsignet  os  tiltrode 
av  motstand  fra  bame  sopemer  leir,  og  vi 
haaper  at  snort  organesere  en  regular 
menighet,  hvor  vi  kon  fra  utfore  alt  som  er 
befallet  ov  vor  dyre  Master  Jesus  Kristus. 
—  Jakob  Rovik  Larson. 

Note  that  the  Norwegian    is  slightly  briefer   than 
English  in  expression,  —  Editor. 

Good  Morning  to  an  Italian 

Do  you  wish  to  get  a  smile  and  do  a  bit 
of  good  that  costs  only  a  kindly  impulse  and 
a  thought  ?  Next  time  you  meet  an  Italian 
or  a  group  of  Italians  at  work^  say  in  a 
hearty,  cheery  voice,  **Bone  jawino!"  with 
the  accent  on  the  "jawr."  You  will  be 
understood,  although  the  Italian  will  know 
you  are  not  a  native  of  Florence  or  Rome. 
You  have  tried  to  say  "  Buon'  giomo,"  which 
means  "Good  moming,"  and  at  this  evidence 
of  civility  and  human  interest  the  Italian 
will  smile  and  perhaps  respond  with  "Good 
day."  The  simple  act  will  make  you  feel 
more  brotherly  throughout  the  day,  and  will 
do  him  good,  though  you  may  never  know 
it.     Try  it  I 


Norwegian  Baptists  in  Boston 

We  Norwegian  Baptists  ought  to  have 
been  wide  awake  for  our  opportunities  in 
New  England  a  long  time  ago.  If  such 
had  been  the  case  we  should  have  had 
several  churches  in  the  East.  But  we  hope 
to  regain  what  has  been  lost  in  the  past. 
Rev.  Mr.  Stiansen  had  some  meetings  in 
Boston  while  he  was  pastor  in  Brooklyn. 
Later  the  missionary  societies  decided  to 
support  a  man  permanently.  Mr.  Ellings- 
gard, a  student,  labored  in  Boston  in  the 
summer,  1909.  Afterwards  I  was  urged 
from  many  quarters  to  take  up  the  work  in 
Boston.  I  began  my  work  here  in  Novem- 
ber, 1 910,  after  my  trip  to  Norway.  God 
has  blessed  us  in  spite  of  the  resistance  we 
have  had  to  meet  from  those  believing  in 
sprinkling  infants,  and  we  hope  soon  to 
organize  a  church  where  we  can  practice 
everything  commanded  by  our  dear  Master, 
Jesus  Christ.  —  Jakob  Rovik  Larson. 

To  a  Greek  or  Syrian 

You  meet  him  at  the  fmit-stand  or  in  the 
boot-blacking  stall.  If  he  says  he  is  Greek, 
make  him  smile  with  " Kahlee-c-mecr-ah I" 
A  long  slide  on  the  **ee's,"  and  a  veiy  slight 
"a"  sound  in  with  the  "e."  You  will  be 
saying  "Good  day"  (literally  fine  or 
beautiful  day)  in  modem  Greek,  and  be 
giving  the  common  moming  salutation. 
The  accent  is  on  the  "ee's"  and  the  "mee," 
about  equal. 

To  do  these  simple  things  will  be  first  steps 
in  personal  missionary  work,  upon  the  doing 
of  which  by  multitudes  of  Christians  the 
future  welfare  of  our  country  in  no  small 
degree  depends.  Men  and  women  are  hun- 
gry for  human  interest. 


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361 


"  With  Chriflt  in  Ruui&" 
A  desciiption  by  Robert  Sloan  Lattimer, 
from  personal  investigation,  of  evangelical 
^rork  now  going  on  in  Russia;  setting  forth 
especially  the  work  of  Rev.  William  Fetler, 
pastor  of  the  Lettish  Baptist  Church  in  St. 
Petersburg,  who  is  familjar  with  seven  Ian- 
^agei,  and  often  preaches  in  four  different 
vonguet  on  the  same  day.  A  volume  of 
intense  interest,  which  we  shall  soon  review 
anore  at  lei^ith.  (Hodder  &  Stoughton. 
339  pp.  with  index,  $1.) 


This  is  a  subject  receiving  a  great  deal  of 
attention  at  present.  It  is  a  shock  to  many 
xo  learn  that  the  countiy  has  its  problems  as 
'Well  as  the  city,  and  not  less  serious.  Presi- 
<leat  Kenyon  L.  Butterfield,  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Agricultural  College,  is  familiar 
with  his  subject,  and  this  volume,  compris- 
ing the  Carew  Lectures  at  Hartford  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  is  practical  and  suggestive. 
In  his  opinion  the  countiy  church  faces  a 
crisis.  It  has  done  a  great  work,  "saved 
rural  life  for  moral  and  spiritual  ends," 
but  now  is  not  responding  to  the  demands 
which  the  new  type  of  agriculture  and  coun- 
tiy life  is  making  upon  spiritual  forces. 
The  rural  problem  cannot  be  solved  without 
the  churd).  How  the  church  can  do  its 
needed  work  is  pcnnted  out.  Full  of  in- 
formatjoaand  suggestion,  the  book  ought  to 
be  widely  read.  The  call  of  the  country 
parish  for  original,  a^ressive,  practical, 
trained,  eadiusiastic,  persistent,  construcdve 
and  heroic  men  is  insistently  voiced.  Every 
theological  student  will  find  this  a  tonic. 
(Univetai^  of  Chicago  Press.    $t  net.) 


John  G.  PatoD 

This  volume,  by  A.  K.  Langridge,  friend, 
and  Frank  H.  L.  Paton,  son  of  the  mission- 
ary hero  whose  life  has  been  an  inspiration 
to  the  Christian  world,  is  a  welcome  sequel 
to  his  autobiography.  His  later  years  and 
farewell  are  here  described  by  those  who 
knew  and  loved  him.  The  reader  will  not 
fail  to  realize  something  of  the  desire  of  the 
joint  authors  that  "this  little  book  may  help 
to  quicken  the  pulses  of  missionary  zeal  and 
arouse  a  truer  devotion  to  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."  It  is  illustrative  of  the  missionary's 
character,  and  of  some  other  things  less 
pleasant  to  recall,  that  his  first  visit  to  this 
country,  in  iSgi,  undertaken  when  he  was 
over  sixty,  was  to  plead  with  our  govern- 
ment to  join  Great  Britain  in  prohibiting 
traders  from  selling  fiream 
and  whisky  to  the  Islander 
he    had    wrought    such    woi  _ 

through  the  gospel.  Ten  years  later  this 
object  was  accomplished.  The  influences 
of  that  visit,  with  its  crowded  meetings,  will 
not  soon  pass  away.  A  new  impulse  was 
given  to  the  cause  of  missions.  This  is  a 
book  to  place  in  the  library  beside  the  auto- 
biography, which  is  a  missionary  classic. 
(Hodder  &  Stoughton,  New  York  and 
London,  28  pp.,  illustrated.) 
* 
"Baptist  Confessions  of  Faith" 

For  a  denomination  which  has  no  creed, 
the  Baptists  make  a  pretty  good  showing 
with  their  confessions  of  faith  or  statements 
of  belief,  which  fill  three  hundred  and  sixty- 
eight  pages  when  collected  in  a  volume. 
Prof.  W.  J.  McGlothlin,  of  the  Louisville 
Seminary,  has  done  an  interesting  piece  of 
work  in  getting  the  statements  together, 
beginning  with  the  Anabaptist  forerunners 


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history  of  the  Bridsh  rule  up  to  the  present 
day,  depicdng  the  India  of  the  twentieth 
century  with  her  vital  problems  and  per- 
plexideSy  and  the  methods  by  which  the 
England  of  the  twentieth  century  seeks  to 
cope  with  them.  "Trailing  the  Man-Killer," 
in  Everybody's  for  March,  is  an  account  of 
tiger  hunting  in  India — vivid,  adventurous 
and  exciting.  Blackwood's  contains  a  good 
story  entitled  "The  Stain  in  the  Comer." 
This  is  a  story  of  English  life  in  India  in 
retrospect,  a  few  skillful  touches  calling  before 
the  reader  the  sad  and  happy,  pure  and 
sinful  phantoms  of  sahibs  and  mem-sahibs 
who  once  dwelt  in  the  old  bungalow  with 
the  fragrant  garden,  the  old  bungalow  where 
a  dark  stain  in  the  comer  of  a  room  gives 
silent  testimony  to  a  fearful  deed  of  violence 
perpetrated  by  fanatical  natives  against  a 
weak  and  helpless  foreigner. 

"The  Bogey  of  Japanese  Trade,"  appears 
in  World's  Work  for  April.  The  writer,  who 
has  made  a  careful  personal  investigadon  of 
the  subject  in  hand,  and  has  discussed  it 
with  Japanese  cabinet  ministers,  manu- 
facturers and  English  and  American  com- 
mercial attaches,  triumphantly  relegates  the 
bogey  to  the  land  of  nonsense  and  empty 
fears.  Cheap  but  inefficient  labor  is  handi- 
capping Japanese  industry  today  as  well  as 
high  taxes,  and  an  increased  cost  of  living. 
"We  have  almost  no  factory  laborers  who 
look  on  the  work  as  a  life  business,"  is  an 
expression  heard  on  every  side,  and  fraught 
with  deep  significance,  since  only  skilled 
labor  can  achieve  permanent  success  for  a 
nadon's  industrial  life.  Japan  is  sdll  in  the 
primitive  stage  of  industrial  efficiency,  the 
writer  concludes. 

"The  Lean  Sudan,"  in  the  Saturday 
Evening  Post  for  April  I,  is  well  worth 
reading.  This  is  a  story  of  cotton  pioneers 
in  the  delta  of  the  Mississippi,  and  in  the 
desert  of  the  Sudan — a  skilful  ifiixture  of 
contrasts  and  similarities  with  all-pervasive, 
efFecdve  bits  of  description.  The  picture  of 
the  Sudan  is  enthralling:  "Limidess  spaces 
shimmer  in  the  sun;  desert  spaces  which, 
like  eternity,  have  no  beginning  and  no  end. 
There  is  no  flower,  no  fruit,  no  living  thing 
that  walks  the  earth  on  foot  or  hoof,  no  bird 
to  drowse  in  lazy  circles  through  those 
infinite  heavens  —  a  vacant  land,  an  empty 
sky."  The  contrast  between  the  sunny 
negro  laborers  of  the  south  and  "the  sons 


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desert,  a  grim  and  meditative  people 
rim  and  silent  land,"  is  dearly  cut.  A 
IcBcriptive  aitide  on  Egypt  is  "A  Ride 
:  Wady  Salamuni,"  appearing  in  the 
I  Blackwood's. 

:  Nineteenth  Century  for  March  con- 
"Young  Turkey  after  Two  Years," 
D  by  one  who  has  a  sympathetic  and 
[fup  of  the  peq>lexed  situation  in  the 
ittL  "The  difficulties  which  hamper 
al  reformers  from  governing  as  they 
]  to  do  are  four — want  of  men,  want  of 
',    fanaticism    and    ignorance."     An 

on  the  Bagdad  Railway  piinted  in 
artnighlly  Rnitev}  for  March  is  worth 
1^  as  is  also  Elizabeth  Robins'  appre- 
I  and  impression  of  Gertrude  Lowtiiian 

two  books,  "The  Desert  and  the 
"  and  " Amutath  to  Amurath."   These 

deal  with  the  writer's  experiences  as 
Kimeys  through  the  Turkish  empire, 
ences  not  to  be  recorded  by  the  meek 
fho  follow  the  broken  roads  of  travel, 
it  vigorous  lady  goes  wherever  she 
ercited  and  indignant  officials  to  the 

tical  South  America,  especially  as 
a  the  dummy  presidents,  the  influence 
^sm  in  the  republics,  foreign  immi- 
1  and  Brirish  capital  in  Argentina,  is 
ered  in  March  BlacktvooJ't. 
WorltTi  Work  Booker  T.  Washington 
des  "Chapters  from  my  Experience," 
baervations  on  nc^ro  colleges.  Accord- 
Dr.  Washington,  "The  negro  most 
education,  but  not  so  much  more 
I  or  difierent  kinds  of  schools  as  an 
ional  policy  and  a  school  system." 
ime  magazine  continues  its  sketch  of 
life  in  the  slums,  exemplifying  con- 
ously  and  painfully  what  is  constituted 
grewsome  word  "slum-sickness." 
March  number  of  Out  West  contains 
I  story  enutled  "The  Squaw  Girl,"  an 
I  maiden,  who  by  a  unique  test  sifts 
le  from  the  false,  and  "A  Bit  of  Blue 
."  a  Btoiy  of  Chinese  immigrants  in 
ancisco  at  the  time  of  the  great  earth- 
The  story  centers  around  the  little 
prl  Sooy  Dong,  and  her  love  for  the 
len  opium.  Harper's  also  contains  a 
and  touching  story,  that  of  a  German 
ind  his  wife.  The  Century  contributes 
t  Kentucky  Mountain  sketch,  "The 
lat  Fit  the  Marshal."     Death  feuds, 


363 

moonshiners  and  honest,  hearty  mountain 
boys  figure  in  this  fasdnating  stoiy,  well 
told  and  sympathetic. 

The  Atlantic  Monthly  for  April  offers 
"The  New  Missionary  Outlook,'  by  Her- 
bert W.  Horwill.  This  is  an  able  article, 
salient  and  forceful,  a  review  in  brief  of  the 
nine  volumes  of  the  Reports  of  the  World 
Missionary  Conference  held  in  1910  at 
Edinburgh. 

The  Ckinesi  Students'  Monthly  is  an 
exceedingly  interesting  periodica]  published 
by  the  Chinese  Students'  Alliances  in 
America  of  the  Eastern  States.  The  editor- 
in-chief  is  Lui-Ngau  Chang  of  New  Haven. 
The  articles  are  frequently  quaint  in  the  use 
of  English,  but  instructive  and  enlightening. 
As  for  appearance  and  editing  it  will  rank 
well  up  among  college  periodicals. 
• 
Hew  Mexico 

The  magazine  number  of  the  Outlook  for 
Marc^  has  an  entertaining  arricle  by  Charles 
Fiands  Saunders  on  the  Zuni  Indians  who 
form  a  little  world  by  themselves  on  the 
plateau  of  New  Mexico.  They  number 
about  1600  people  and  constitute  a  practi- 
cally self-governing  republic.  He  says, 
"The  most  vital  element  in  the  Zuni's  life 
is  his  native  religion,  which  is  not  a  matter 
of  one  day  in  seven,  but  constant,  and 
never  loses  sight  of  humanity's  dependence 
upon  the  spiritual  power  that  upholds  the 
universe.  ...  On  its  pracucal  side  it  makes 
for  truth-telling,  fair-dealing,  industry,  faith- 
fulness to  promises,  hospitality  to  strangers, 
respect  for  the  aged,  obedience  to  parents, 
tenderness  to  children,  softness  of  speech, 
and  a  cheerful  heart,"  This  catalogue  of 
virtues  reminds  one  of  Paul's  statement  in 
Romans  ii.  14,  15,  and  suggests  how  ready 
these  people  may  be  for  the  true  gospel,  and  ' 
how  true  must  be  the  gospel  that  shall  under- 
take to  better  their  condition. 


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MISSIONS 


From  Mission's  Point  of  View 


Pertinent  Paragraphs 

ENERGY,    DIPLOMACY,    DUTY 

^  The  banner  thus  far  goes  to  that  energetic 
District  Secretary  who  has,  within  the  past 
year,  sent  us  in  nine  hundred  subscriptions 
personally  secured  for  Missions.  The 
method  has  been  simply  to  speak  of  the 
magazine  everywhere,  have  sample  copies 
of  it  on  hand,  talk  about  it  off  the  platform 
as  well  as  on,  and  offer  to  take  the  subscrip- 
tion on  the  spot,  or  get  some  agent  in  the 
church  to  begin  service  at  once.  If  all  our 
District  Secretaries  rendered  such  service  as 
this.  Missions  would  soon  see  the  coveted 
hundred  thousand  subscribers  within  sight. 
^  When  the  war  talk  about  the  United  States 
and  Japan  and  Mexico  had  gone  far  enough 
to  require  some  official  check.  President 
Taft  invited  the  Japanese  Ambassador, 
Baron  Uchida,  to  call  upon  him,  and  assured 
him  that  this  country  felt  no  uncertainty  as 
to  the  real  friendliness  of  Japan,  and  that 
Japan  need  have  no  fears  as  to  the  real 
friendliness  of  the  United  States.  He  said 
the  press  sensationalism  was  greatly  regretted 
by  thinking  men,  and  asked  the  Ambassador 
to  convey  directly  to  the  Japanese  Emperor 
the  sentiments  he  had  expressed  and  to 
assure  him  of  the  continued  and  substantial 
friendship  of  the  United  States  for  Japan. 
This  was  an  unusual  method,  distinct  from 
ordinary  diplomacy,  but  it  was  characteristic 
and  will  meet  with  the  cordial  approval  of 
the  people  at  large. 

^  The  trial  of  the  Camorrists  in  Italy,  with 
the  attendant  terrorization  of  men  called 
into  the  jury  box,  and  of  witnesses  and 
people  generally,  not  only  proves  the  under- 
lying uncertainty  created  by  this  order  of 
assassins,  but  sounds  a  warning  in  our  ears. 
There  have  been  enough  blackhand  outrages 
here  to  show  that  the  Camorrists  either  have 
their  secret  agents  here,  or  have  by  example 
inspired  others  to  follow  their  methods.  The 
sooner  we  stamp  out  this  newly-imported 
and  unendurable  class  of  crime  the  easier  it 
will  be  to  do  it  and  the  better  for  us.  Our 
government  should  make  the  United  States 
an  impossible  place  of  residence  for  organized 
murder  and  blackmail. 


Sermon  Suggestions 

AN   ORDINATION    SERMON 

Text:  Habakkuk  2:20.  Jehovah  is  in 
His  holy  temple. 

Outline:  i.  The  earth  is  the  temple  of 
God,  and  He  is  immanent  therein;  2.  Hu- 
manity is  the  temple  of  God,  and  He  is 
incarnate  therein;  3.  The  church  is  the 
temple  of  God,  and  He  is  indwelling  therein. 

Points:  The  immanent  God  is  the  Eternal 
Father,  Ruler,  Law  Giver.  The  incarnate 
God  is  the  Man  Christ  Jesus,  Saviour  and 
Redeemer.  The  indwelling  God  is  the  Holy 
Spirit,  source  of  holy  life  and  tranformation. 
God  is  One,  revealed  to  us  as  Father,  Son 
and  Holy  Spirit.  God  is  Law,  God  is  Love, 
God  is  Life.  This  revealed  truth  of  the 
Trinity  eternally  existing  in  the  nature  of 
the  Godhead  suggests  how  wonderful  and 
rich  and  varied  is  the  life  which  God  makes 
possible  for  those  who  by  faith  enter  into 
fellowship  with  Him. 

Conclusion:  The  Triune  God  is  a 
mystery.  He  is  in  His  world  as  the  Sphinx 
in  the  desert  of  Egypt,  eluding  our  presump- 
tuous efforts  to  seize  Him  in  the  proud  grip 
of  a  syllogism,  and  baffling  the  carnal 
wisdom  which  would  apply  to  His  spiritual 
and  eternal  Being  the  little  systems  of  logic 
and  science  which  "have  their  day  and 
cease  to  be."  Yet  unlike  the  stony-faced 
colossus  in  the  desert,  whose  lips  never  open 
and  whose  hand  never  blesses,  the  Eternal 
God  reveals  Himself,  incarnates  Himself, 
enters  into  personal  communion  with  His 
creatures  and  transforms  them  into  likeness 
with  Himself.  The  mystery  is  revealed  as 
mercy;  the  fathomless  ocean  shimmers  with 
heavenly  glory;  the  desert  becomes  charged 
with  the  gracious  presence  of  God;  and  as 
we  bow  in  faith  and  sweet  surrender  before 
Him,  confessing  that  we  have  broken  the 
Father's  Law,  trusting  ourselves*to  the  Son's 
redeeming  Love,  and  receiving  the  Spirit's 
Life,  our  hearts  are  moved  to  cry  out  in 
rapturous  and  adoring  praise  to  Him  who 
is  in  His  holy  temple: 

** Glory  be  to  the  Father,  and  to  the  Son, 
and  to  the  Holy  Ghost." 

—  Geo.   E.   Burlingame,  D.D. 


The  Old  Liberty  Bell 


Proposed  Standard  of  Efficiency 

SUGGESTED   BY   THE   COMMITTEE   ON    A    DENOMINATIONAL   01<J£C[]VE 


BLEBVniG  thftt  the  time  has  come  when  we  should  earnestlj  endeavor 
to  lift  the  meaniDK  of  church  membership  from  the  mechanical  to  the 
TitKl  realm  aod  make  regnant  in  bU  Christian  hearts  that  high  concep- 
tbm  of  discipleship  and  service  set  forth  by  our  Lord  and  exemplified 
la  hla  most  faithful  followers;  and  believing  that  the  multiplied  activities 
and  relatioiu  of  churches  in  our  day  are  too  great  for  any  one  pastor 
or  corps  of  salaried  helpers,  and  that  they  can  be  made  to  fulfil  a  spiritual 
nUnlitry  to  the  world  only  as  every  member  shall  give  a  reasonable 
pertloa  of  time  and  strength  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  kingdom  of  God 
tfarougb  the  church;  also  that  we,  as  a  denomination,  should  set  before 
onnems  and  persistently  undertake  to  realize  higher  ideals  of  life  and 
■orric*  tiias  those  that  now  appear  in  our  church  life ;  we  therefore  most 
I  that  the  churches  of  the  northern  Baptist  Convention  shall  bold 

diM  the  following  standard  of  efficiency  r 

mber  should  render  some  form  of  personal  service  in  the  varied  ministry  of 

^  IIiKy  mamber  dumld  give  proportionately  —  according  to  ability  and  need  ~-  to  the 
local  aajenm  of  the  church  and  to  the  spread  of  the  gospel  throughout  the  world. 
Y  Bnn  aiambsr  at  a  learner  in  the  school  of  Christ  should  teach  or  be  taught  in  the 
-*"—**"■'  'Work  of  the  church. 


jfdr  h 

1  Wbvarsr  poMible  the  local  church  should  co-operate  with  other  local  bodies,  both 
"mipHrt  aad  aon-BaptiBt,  for  increased  fellowship  and  efficiency. 
f  111  HI  naliliinl  mombarshlp  should  be  reduced  to  the  minimum. 

i  TUa  rixfold  aenie  of  obligation,  if  keenly  realized  by  our  constituency,  would  not  only 
■obv  Am  gFaateit  problems  our  churches  are  facing,  financial,  educational  and  missionary, 
bat  woid^  m  are  powiaded,  bring  such  an  increment  of  power  as  would  vastly  inc 
the  coBtriiotiaa  which  Baptists  are  making  to  the  great  task  of  world  redemption. 
fmflior  racommend,  as  a  denominational  objective,  that  we  shall  strive  to  have  by 


We 
J  191S 

.0  churches  of  the  northern  Baptist  Convention  which  have  attained  to 

to  itaadard  at  efBdency. 

L.  A.  Crandall,  E.  A.  Hanley,  R.  V.  Lynch, 
Henry  Bond,  Wm.  E.  Lincoln,  Cammiitee. 


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To  the  Baptists  of  the  World 

ISSIONS  presents  its 
',-  "X^/'  compliments  and  con- 
V\  ITT  gratulatiuns  to  ail  Bap- 
i  in  this  its  Anni- 
versary Number,  It 
congratulates  the  Bap- 
■  s  of  Philadelphia 
for  the  thorough  man- 
in  which  the  vast 
''  detail  work  prelim- 
inary to  the  World  Meetings  has  been 
done.  The  various  committees  have  per- 
rormed  their  arduous  tasks  faithfully  and 
adniirahly.  All  needful  information  has 
lu'cii  given,  and  all  possible  provision 
made  for  the  comfort  and  convenience 
i)f  delegates  and  visitors.  Hospitality 
iK  assured  and  no  crowd  will  prove  too 
gicat  for  entertainment.  The  publicity 
I'limmittee  has  been  in  constant  evi- 
<leni'e,  and  articles  calculated  to  stimu- 
late interest  and  attendance  have  ap- 
jtearcd  in  the  secular  and  religious 
press.  Baptists  who  read  our  denomi- 
national papers  and  magazines  —  would 
I  hat  the  number  were  ten  thousandfold 
increased — certainly  have  not  been  able 
III  escape  the  fact  that  something  is 
ffnng  to  happen  in  Philadelphia. 

Missions  congratulates  the  Baptists 
of  this  country  on  the  growth  of  the 
denomination  in  numbers  and  influence, 
and  upon  the  general  spirit  of  progress, 
of  evangelistic  fervor,  of  obedience  to 
the  divine  revelation,  of  devotion  to 
minions.  Much  is  to  be  desired  and 
Ikomplished  in  the  way  of  education 


and  consecration;  but  there  is  a  per- 
ceptible forward  movement.  The  de- 
nomination was  never  stronger,  never 
truer  to  the  principles  of  the  gospel, 
never  more  loyal  to  Jesus  Christ  as 
Saviour,  Master  and  Lord,  never  readier 
to  follow  His  commands.  Pessimism 
has  no  place  in  our  ranks.  The  past  has 
its  glories — its  men  of  faith  and  power, 
its  notable  achievements.  We  rejoice 
in  the  record.  But  the  present  has  its 
glories  too — its  leaders  of  equal  vision 
and  consecration,  its  victories  and  ever- 
enlarging  plans.  And  the  future  is 
bright  to  him  who  can  see  the  light  of 
providential  leading.  The  one  thing 
the  Baptists  need  is  the  development  of 
church  membership  consistent  in  charac- 
ter with  the  denominational  profes- 
sions and  principles.  That  is  the  task 
which  every  church  has  set  immediately 
before  it.  A  truly  regenerate  member- 
ship would  make  us  an  irresistible  force 
for  righteousness  in  the  earth. 

Missions  congratulates  also  the  Bap- 
tists of  other  lands,  and  speaks  to  them 
elsewhere  a  special  word  of  greeting. 
It  congratulates  all  Baptists  upon  our 
fundamental  position,  which  it  is  our 
joy  to  maintain.  So  long  as  we  hold  to 
the  basal  principle  of  direct  individual 
relationship  with  God  we  shall  be  safe, 
let  what  winds  may  blow,  what  storms 
soever  beat  around  us.  The  Baptist 
believes  in  the  voluntary  response  ol 
life  —  the  spiritual  nature  — 
:velation  of  God  in  Christ;  a 
ates  fellowship  with 
ction  of  His  authority. 


the  inr 
to  the 


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369 


AH     else     follows  —  regeneration,     ex- 
perience of  the  new  life,  basis  of  asso- 
ciarion   in   the  church   with   others   of 
like  experience,  faith  and  aims,  believers' 
baprism,  liberty  of  conscience,  freedom 
of    Church    from    State.      When    the 
Christian  world   advances  to  this   po- 
sition, when  the  errors  that  have  come 
in  through  sacerdotalism  and  unscrip- 
tural     ecclesiasticism     shall     be    aban- 
doned,  then   there   may   no   longer   be 
need   of  a    Baptist   denomination.     At 
present  we  have  much  work  yet  to  do; 
but  we  are  to  do  it  in  a  brotherly  and 
sympathetic  and  co-operative  spirit,  fra- 
ternal rather  than  controversial,  granting 
to  others  the  right  of  individual  liberty 
of  conscience  which  we  claim,  and  seeing 
to   it   that  we   possess   and   exemplify 
the  spirit  of  our  Master  in  all  our  service. 
Finally,  Missions  congratulates  the 
Baptists  upon  the  earnestness,  wisdom 
and  zeal  with  which  they  are  carrying 
t:he   gospel   through   their   missionaries 
t:o  the  ends  of  the  earth.     Missionary 
in  spirit  from  the  first,  never  was  the 
interest    in    world    evangelization     so 
<leep   and   widespread   as   now.     That 
^he  World  Meeting  and  the  Anniver- 
saries may  further  increase  this  interest 
and  advance  the  mission  work  at  home 
and  abroad  will  be  the  hope  and  prayer 
of  all. 

(0) 

A  Plea  for  Time 

NOT  infrequently  we  get  from  a 
faithful  agent  who  is  seeking  to 
put  Missions  into  as  many  homes  as 
possible  this  note  of  disappointment: 
*'My  club  is  a  little  smaller  than  last 
year  because  a  number  of  the  subscribers 
say  that  while  the  magazine  is  fine, 
they  have  not  time  to  read  it,  and  so 
will  not  renew  this  year." 

We  wish  to  say.  a  word  about  this 
matter  of  time.  It  may  be  treated  as 
a  polite  excuse,  or  another  way  of  saying 
that  the  person  is  not  suflBciently  in- 
terested  to  include  this   reading  with 


other  reading  matter.  Probably  that 
would  hit  the  case  in  most  instances. 
We  all  know  that  while  life  is  hurried  in 
our  day,  people  somehow  find  time  to 
do  the  things  they  particularly  desire 
to  do,  and  to  read  the  literature  they 
particularly  like  to  read.  It  is  really 
lack  of  interest  and  not  lack  of  time, 
although  the  excuse-maker  is  not  con- 
scious of  misstatement. 

But  there  is  another  way  to  treat  the 
**no  time"  reason  when  it  is  given 
either  with  regard  to  a  subscription  for 
Missions  or  a  request  for  some  service 
in  the  church  or  Sunday  school.  That 
is  to  ask  for  a  brief  and  candid  considera- 
tion of  the  matter.  Is  the  reason  a 
valid  one  ?  Should  it  be  accepted 
without  demur  or  attempt  to  show  its 
dangerous  fallacy  ? 

For  example,  if  a  Christian  says  he 
has  no  time  to  read  a  missionary  maga- 
zine, something  is  wrong.  If  he  only 
thinks  he  has  no  time,  because  he  does 
not  wish  to  occupy  it  in  this  way,  then 
the  defect  lies  in  want  of  concern  in 
the  great  movements  of  the  kingdom 
of  God,  in  low  spirituality,  in  over- 
interest  in  the  trivial  and  under-interest 
in  the  vital  things  of  the  Christian  life. 
If  he  really  has  no  time,  then  the 
defect  lies  in  his  time  adjustments.  If 
his  reading  is  confined  chiefly  to  the 
daily  newspaper,  including  the  Sunday 
edition,  and  to  a  magazine  or  two,  he 
might  well  consider  whether  that  is 
sufficient  mental  pabulum  for  a  real 
man  —  fair  to  himself  or  his  family  or 
his  fellow  man  or  his  Maker. 

Is  it  not  true  that  the  reading  of  a 
majority  of  men  in  the  churches  utterly 
lacks  proportion  or  definite  aim,  and 
that  more  of  it  is  mentally  and  morally 
deleterious  than  helpful  or  stimulating 
to  the  best  development  ?  We  w^ish  the 
men  gathered  at  one  of  the  Laymen's 
Banquets  could  be  brought  to  make  an 
honest  confession  as  to  their  reading. 
It  would  at  least  be  enlightening. 
Reading  has  an  immeasurable  influence 


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upon  character  and  conduct.  Some- 
times a  sentence  read  in  the  morning 
will  create  the  atmosphere  of  the  day. 
When  we  recall  recorded  instances  in 
which  the  reading  of  an  hour  or  a  mo- 
ment has  radically  altered  the  currents 
of  lives,  and  from  personal  experience 
realize  how  profoundly  a  noble  thought 
has  affected  the  life  impulses,  we  are 
moved  to  plead  with  men  to  revise  their 
programs  and  make  time  for  reading 
that  means  growth  of  interest  in  the 
great  and  high  things,  growth  of  soul, 
growth  in  desire  and  capacity  to  serve 
humanity,  growth  in  manhood  worthy 
of  a  Christian  in  this  enlightened  age. 
We  want  the  members  of  our  churches 
to  make  time  to  read  the  Bible,  because 
otherwise  they  will  never  be  strong, 
spiritually  minded,  discerning  and  de- 
vout disciples  of  Jesus.  The  Bible 
still  holds  its  place  as  unique  and  noth-  ' 
ing  can  dethrone  it.  To  neglect  it  is 
to  rob  oneself  of  priceless  soul  culture 
and  power.  We  want  the  members 
to  make  time  to  read  Missions,  because 
this  brings  them  into  contact  with  the 
living  acts  of  the  apostles  of  our  own 
day,  and  the  visible  triumphs  of  the 
gospel  in  which  they  are  to  have  a  share. 
It  is  not  necessary  to  read  every  page, 
but  tp  select  that  which  most  appeals 
to  the  interest.  Surely  it  is  not  asking 
too  much  time  of  the  busiest  Christian 
to  ask  that  he  spend  a  few  moments 
every  day  in  meditation  upon  some 
portion  or  verse  of  Scripture,  thus  leav- 
ening the  day's  lump  of  worldly  thought 
and  care;  or  that  once  a  month  he  spend 
an  hour  or  two  in  touch  with  great 
modern  movements  in  home  and  foreign 
lands,  and  become  familiar  with  what 
his  denomination  and  others  are  doing, 
and  what  the  needs  are  which  he  may 
help  to  meet.  Nor  would  it  be  unrea- 
sonable to  go  a  step  further  and  say 
that  the  weekly  denominational  paper, 
glanced  throuj^h  as  the  daily  paper  is, 
would  be  a  good  corrective,  and  that  a 
life  is  stunted  that  is  deprived  of  the 


reading  of  the  best  religious  books. 
Of  one  thing  we  are  sure,  that  if 
Christians  are  actually  too  busy  to 
include  in  their  reading  these  things  that 
are  worth  while  and  that  make  for  the 
eternal  interests,  then  they  are  ignor- 
ing the  realities  of  religion  .and  the  true 
values  of  life,  and  living  at  a  poor 
dying  rate  indeed.  We  trust  that  our 
agents  will  show  this  editorial  to  all  who 
offer  the  shallow  and  unworthy  reason 
for  not  subscribing  that  they  have  no 
time  to  read. 


(g) 


Welcome  to  Our  Guests  from  Abroad 

TO  our  Baptist  brethren  who  come 
from   continents   beyond   the   sea 
Missions    extends    heartfelt    Christian 
welcome,  in  behalf  of  the  Baptists  of 
America.     We  who  live  in  a   land  of 
religious    liberty,    where    the     Baptist 
principle    of    absolute    separation     of 
Church  and  State  obtains,  give  especially 
sympathetic   greeting  to  those   of  you 
who  have  never  known  the  enjoyment 
and  peace  of  equal  religious  rights  and 
privileges    for    all.     We   know   enough 
at    second    hand    of    your  courageous    -= 
stand   for   freedom   of  conscience    and 
worship,  and   of  the    persecutions   and 
difficulties    which    you    have    endured  — - 
with  hardness  as  good  soldiers  of  Jesus-=^ 
Christ,  to  feel  for  you  both  admiration  — 
and  affection.     The  more  distressing  the  — 
conditions   under  which  you   live   and 
labor,    the    more    eager   our   desire   to-^ 
make  you  conscious  of  the  real  brother- 
hood of  the  Baptist  family. 

"We    be    brethren."      That    is    the 
keynote    of   the    world    assemblage    at 
Philadelphia.     We  shall  foregather  from 
many  lands  and  climes;  we  shall  S|>eak 
in  divers  tongues  in  private  while  usin|^ 
the  English  speech  publicly  as  a  com- 
mon   tie;   we   shall   see   from   different 
angles  according  to  birth  and  traditioim 
and  training;  but  we  shall  worship  at  2 
common    altar    and    with    a    common 


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371 


our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  as 
and  Elder  Brother;  we  shall 
in  each  other's  experiences  of 
ifold  grace  of  God ;  and  under- 
I  of  our  association  and  fellow- 
I  He  this  satisfying  and  inspir- 
that  **we  be  brethren." 
•me,  then,  to  America,  the  refuge 
gners  from  every  nation,  the 
'melting  pot"  of  the  world,  the 
r  political,  social  and  religious 
s,  the  frontier  post  of  democracy, 
ible  of  tomorrow's  civilization. 
e  to  Philadelphia,  stately  dame 
ked  the  cradle  of  liberty,  and 
e  Declaration  of  Independence; 
ier  actualized  the  aphorism  that 
m  is  mightier  than  the  sword," 
T  flung  out  for  the  first  time 
:s  and  stripes.  Welcome  to 
Philadelphia,  birthplace  of  our 
ry  enterprises  and  of  a  Baptist 
id  grown  to  nearly  a  hundred 
;  from  that  first  mother  church 
g  in  the  Barbadoes  warehouse; 
>f  our  Publication  Society, 
as  sent   broadcast  its   polyglot 

m 

me,  most  of  all,  to  the  heart 
>f  a  great  host  of  Baptists,  who 
;reet  you  individually  if  they 
^ho  hope  you  may  gain  good 
r  good  from  your  stay  with  us, 
Ige  you  prayers  and  sympathy  in 
rk,  and  will  bid  you  godspeed 
u  are  obliged  to  leave  us. 
5,  friends,  brothers,  yokefel- 
the  gospel  service,  we  Baptists 
ica  salute  you! 

otes,  vos  amis,  vos  freres,  vos 
i  dans  le  service  de  I'Evangile, 
IS,  Baptistes  Americains,  nous 
jons!  (French.) 
,  Freunde,  Briider,  Mitarbeiter 
ste  des  Evangeliums,  wir  Bap- 
n  Amerika  griissen  euch !   (Ger- 

ti,  amici,  fratelli,  collaboratori 
zio  del  Evangelo,  noi  Battisti 
ica,  vi  salutiamo.     (Italian.) 


Visitos,  amigos,  hermanos,  y  contra- 
bajadores  en  el  Evangelio,  nosotros,  los 
Bautistas  en  America,  salutamos! 
(Spanish.) 

Gosti,  droozya,  bratya,  tavarischi, 
sloozhya  Svyatomy  Yevangeliyoo,  newee 
Amerikanskiye  Baptisti  privetstvooyem 
Vas!     (Russian.) 

Hurer,  paregamnar,  yeghpairner  ash- 
khadagitzner  hokevor  ashkhadootrian 
mech,  menk  Ameriga'i  mgerdyalnerr 
goghchoonenk  tzez!     (Armenian.) 

Hoste,  pratele,  bratri,  spolupracov- 
nici  ve  sluzbe  evangelia,  my  Baptiste 
AmeiTcti  zdravime  vas!     (Bohemian.) 

(8) 

Ctirrent  Events 

Our  Missions  in  Mexico 

Superintendent  George  H.  Brewer 
reports  that  none  of  our  missions  have 
suffered,  but  that  two  or  three  of  the 
stations  connected  with  the  Foreign 
Mission  Society  of  the  Southern  Board 
have  been  injured.  In  one  of  them  the 
mission  church  was  used  by  the  revo- 
lutionists as  a  place  of  defence,  and  the 
missionary  and  his  wife  barely  escaped 
with  their  lives,  —  indeed  at  the  time 
of  writing,  on  May  2,  their  whereabouts 
were  not  known.  A  later  cablegram 
announced  the  departure  of  the  women 
and  children  of  our  American  missionary 
families  for  New  Orleans.  This  was  a 
wise  precaution.  Our  superintendent 
says  of  the  situation:  **We  do  not  fear 
the  revolutionists  or  the  federals,  but 
we  do  fear  the  rabble.  In  several  in- 
stances where  cities  were  attacked,  all 
semblance  of  law  and  order  was  lost 
sight  of  and  people  have  been  robbed 
and  slaughtered  without  regard  to  sex 
or  nationality.  It  is  very  dangerous  to 
travel.  Trains  are  halted  on  almost 
every  road  out  of  Mexico  City,  and  the 
passengers  are  robbed,  searched  for 
arms  and  ammunition,  and  in  some  in- 
stances cruel  abuses  have  been  com- 
mitted.    We  are  in  constant  dread  of 


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what  may  happen  next."  A  note  on 
another  page  shows  that  in  spite  of  the 
sad  and  uncertain  conditions,  our  mis- 
sionaries are  continuing  their  work  with 
unusual  success. 

The  Bible  and  Peace 

It  is  at  least  an  interesting  coincidence 
that  the  peace  proposals  should  come 
at  the  time  when  the  tercentenary  of 
the  King  James  version  of  the  Bible  is 
drawing  the  attention  of  the  world  anew 
to  the  Book.  Significant,  also,  that 
statesmen  Hke  President  Taft,  Premier 
Asquith  and  Ambassador  Reid  should 
in  their  messages  at  the  celebration  in 
London  name  the  Bible  as  one  of  the 
foremost  influences  in  cementing  the 
ties  between  the  people  of  Great  Britain 
and  America.  These  great  nations 
owe  what  they  are  primarily  to  the 
Bible.  Their  future  will  be  deter- 
mined by  the  measure  in  which  they 
shall  not  only  reverence  this  Book,  but 
put  its  principles  into  practice  and 
control. 

A  Mormon  Defence 

While  the  English  and  other  peoples 
are  seeking  ways  to  drive  out  the  Mor- 
mon missionaries.  President  Smith  of 
the  Mormon  hierarchy  has  been  moved 
by  the  recent  exposures  of  conditions  in 
Utah  to  declare  that  Mormons  found 
living  in  polygamy  will  be  ** dealt  with" 
if  found  guilty,  and  that  "no  man  in 
the  Church  has  authority  to  solemnize 
plural  marriages,"  also  that  these  mar- 
riages, in  his  opinion,  have  ceased. 
The  Salt  Lake  Tribuney  which  has  been 
pressing  the  matter,  and  has  printed 
the  names  of  more  than  230  new 
polygamist  offenders,  says  in  reply  that 
President  Smith's  disclaimer  is  not 
enough  to  offset  the  fact  that  plural 
marriages  are  performed  with  apparent 
immunity  and  without  discipline  or 
punishment.  What  is  wanted,  it  says, 
is  not  more  disclaimers,  but  ** fruits 
meet  for  repentance."     It  will  not  do 


for  a  hierarchy  that  is  as  despotic  and 
absolute  as  any  organization  yet  known 
to  man,  to  imply  that  it  cannot  stop 
polygamy  absolutely  if  it  wants  to. 


City  Government 

While  our  cities  have  been  growing 
disproportionately    to    the    growth    of 
population,  and  their  increasing  domi- 
nance in  the  country  has  been  recog- 
nized, our  city  governments  have  been 
the    weakest    point    in    our    nationaV 
structure.     If  the  city  forms  our  chieC 
problem  in  the  development  of  a  Chris- 
tian civilization,  city  government  fomrm 
the  chief  problem  of  the  city.     Ever — 
attempt,  therefore,  to  realize  improv^= 
government  in  cities  is  to  be  watch^^ 
with    interest.      That    the    subject 
attracting  such  wide  interest  is  in  its^^ 
hopeful.     The  better  methods  may  I^B 
expected  to  come  from  the  smaller,rath 
than  the  largest  cities  since  the  forces 
graft   and   evil    are   most   securely  eizr 
trenched   in  the  great  centers.     Even^ 
Christian  should  study  civic  conditions: 
and  thus  be  preparing  for  action  wh^^ 
the  hour  for  action  strikes. 

D 

Mexico's  Present  Stage 

The  Mexican  Congress  has  be^^ 
fairly  rioting  in  the  new  freedom  m^ 
debate,  and  deputies  for  the  first  tin^ 
in  their  lives  have  ventured  to  expre^ 
their  real  opinions.  One  of  the^* 
recently  declared  that  no  such  thing  ^^ 
Latin-American  democracy  exists;  th^ 
all  including  Mexico  are  shams,  pr^ 
tenses,  whited  sepulchres.  He  sai^ 
there  are  four  phases  in  the  evolutic^^ 
of  nations.  In  the  first  stage  natio 
suffer  in  silence;  in  the  second,  su 
but  shout;  in  the  third,  suflFer 
revolt;  and  in  the  fourth  attain  sta 
government.  Mexico  is  now  in  t 
third  stage.  This  is  a  suggestive  w 
of  putting  it.  May  the  fourth  st 
speedily  be  reached. 


MISSIONS 


a 


Note  and  Comment 


>rM   ; 


V  rhis  annivcn 
of  Missions  di 
all  rhe  poinrs  v 

probably  agre 


jched.      Of  c 


ary  number  the  Holy  Land,  but  would  remain  in  Jei 
les  not  cover  saiem,  was  doubtless  misled  by  what  he  si 
e  had  hoped       in  the  Jerusalem  of  today. 


here      1  "Our  present  miss 

onary  debt  is 

a  rebuk 

d  of      to  our  reliance  upon 

nachinery,"  i 

the  wa) 

way       Field  Secretary  Bame 

s  of  the  Horn 

Mission 

I  claims  large  space,  and  is  deservmg 
nd  the  mailer  will  be  as  readable  to 
vho  of  necessity  make  up  the  great 
f  stay-ai-h<»nes  as  to  those  who  are 

0  go.  The  Missionary  Exposition 
ill  be  seen  in  a  measure  through 
ition  and  illustration,  by  thousands 
luld  not  see  it  in  person,  and  we  have 
a  make  it  a  living  object  lesson.  If 
ader  would  like  to  have  a  sample 
>f  this  number  sent  to  friends  and 
e    subscribers,    we   shall    be    glad    to 

1  copies  for  this  purpose  while  the 
lasts.  Simply  send  the  names  on  a 
card,  and  Missions  will  gladly  do 

it.  We  call  special  attention  to  the 
i  of  the  annual  meetings  of  the 
n's  Societies  in  this  issue.  The  de- 
;nt  of  Woman's  Work  in  Missions  is 


or  Dieker^on  of  the  SimiJarJ,  who 
d  the  rest  and  enjoyment  of  a  Medi- 
;an  cruise,  is  going  to  tell  the  readers 
paper  his  impressions.  In  the  first 
of  the  series  he  reports  some  passing 
ms  asked  by  members  of  his  party, 
is  a  sample:  "As  the  steamer  was 
I  St.  Paul's  Bay,  in  the  Island  of 
a  man  asked,  'Was  Paul  drowned 
ued  there  V  To  which  his  companion 
,  '1  think  he  was  drowned,  as  there 
onument  to  his  memory  on  that  little 
over  yonder.'"  That  answerer  belongs 
ifessor    Phelps'   student    list   at    Vale. 


aid  he 


>uld    1 


^arts  of  Society  puts  it.  We  suspect  there  are  other 
■  Phila-  reasons  also  in  the  good  secretary's  mind. 
For  example,  if  we  could  only  get  the  non- 
contributing  churches  to  realize  that  it  was 
a  rebuke  to  them  ?  And  if  the  unmissionary 
pastors  could  be  made  to  feel  how  sore  a 
rebuke  it  is  to  them  ?  The  reason  we  have 
to  rely  upon  machineiy  is  because  we  can- 
not rely  upon  so  many  men  who  are  church 
members.  "O  Lord,  make  us  all  reliable!" 
would  be  an  appropriate  prayer. 

H  To  Miss  Helping  Hand,  naturally  shy  at  a 
sudden  proposal.  Missions  would  only  say 
that  "faint  heart  never  won  fair  lady,"  and 
that  a  first  refusal  merely  suggests  a  second 
proposal.  The  suggestion  does  seem  sur- 
prising that  Missions  should  have  spoken  to 
mama  first.  Is  that  the  American  way? 
Meanwhile,  a  host  of  relations  and  friends 
are  urging  on  the  union. 

1  We  are  glad  to  report  that  Dr.  L.  A. 
Crandall,  as  the  result  of  persistent  appeal 
in  which  the  denominational  papers  aided 
loyally,  was  able  to  send  to  London  the 
56,000  which  the  Nonhem  Baptist  Con- 
vention voted  to  raise,  in  order  to  enable 
Baptist  pastors  in  Lurope  to  attend  the 
Baptist  World  Alliance  meeting  in  Phila- 
delphia. The  Southern  Convention'  raised 
P4,0oo,  so  that  altf^cther  this  country  con- 
tributed <io,ooo  for  this  purpose.  This  will 
insure  a  woHd  representation,  and  will  do 
our  people  quite  as  much  good  as  it  will  the 
brethren  who  come  to  see  our  land  and  Bap- 
tist hosts.  That  it  will  strengthen  and 
:  go  to     encourage   those   who   are   laboring   under 


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great  difiiculties  is  certain,  while  to  know 
and  hear  from  such  noble  and  remarkable 
evangelist-missionaries  as  Pastor  Fetler  of 
Russia  will  assuredly  inspire  new  interest 
in  the  work  abroad. 

^  Rev.  I).  W.  Hulbert,  State  Secretary  in 
Wisconsin,  says  that  the  relation  between 
the  Baptists  and  Free  Baptists  in  that  State 
is  very  gratifying.  "We  need  each  other, 
and  the  utmost  harmony  prevails,  and  the 
good  work  goes  forward."  That  seems  to 
be  the  natural  and  commendable  way.  The 
secretary  visits  the  Free  Baptist  churches 
just  as  he  does  the  other  churches,  and  is 
as  cordially  welcomed.  Through  mutual  in- 
terests and  needs  the  union  of  feeling  grows. 

^  Dr.T.  Edwin  Brown,  of  New  Britain,Conn., 
formerly  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Prov- 
idence and  one  of  our  most  brilliant  preachers 
and  clear-headed  men,  after  seeing  the  Pageant 
at  the  World  in  Boston,  sent  us  this  word: 
"I  found  myself  lifted,  stirred,  penitent, 
triumphant,  prayerful.  And  when  my  imagi- 
nation got  to  work  and  pictured  all  that 
these  scenes  stood  for,  all  that  the  preliminary 
study  of  the  singers  and  actors  stands  for,  all 
that  the  whole  great  mission  movement 
means,  —  with  the  last  palm-waving  scene 
filling  my  eyes  and  the  last  ascription  of 
praise  sounding  in  my  ears,  1  went  out 
*in  a  holy  exaltation 
With  a  sound  of  jubilation' 
in  my  soul,  and  1  hope  a  purpose  of  deeper 
loyalty  to  missions  and  their  Author  and 
Consummator  in  my  heart." 

■1  President  Schurman  of  Cornell  has  in- 
formed the  protesting  young  women  students 
who  did  not  wish  to  have  rooms  in  the 
dormitories  rented  to  negro  women  students 
that  there  is  to  he  no  race  discrimination  in 
the  University  and  that  no  bar  on  account 
of  color  or  religion  will  be  tolerated.  That 
was  the  broad  position  which  the  institution 
and  its  head  would  be  expected  to  take.  In 
this  connection  conies  the  announcement  that 
the  honor  pri/e  in  the  competition  in  French 
essay  writing  and  translation  luis  been 
awarded  to  [anies  B.  Clarke,  the  West  In- 
dies negro  student  at  Cornell,  whose  article  on 
race  discrimination  aroused  much  discussion. 
Proved  ability  is  one  of  the  best  solvents  of 
prejudice. 


^  In  P2ngland  the  Congregational,  Methodist 
and  Baptist  Missionary  Societies  have  been 
trying  the  experiment  of  holding  United 
Exhibitions  in  smaller  cities  and  towns, 
where  an  exhibition  by  one  Society  alone 
would  probably  fail  of  success.  The 
Chronicle  says  the  success  of  the  exhibitions 
has  been  such  that  the  United  Exhibitions 
Committee  will  shortly  be  considering  sug- 
gestions for  organizing  United  Exhibitions 
in  other  towns.  The  missionary  exposition 
has  taken  firm  hold  in  England,  and  we 
believe  it  will  do  so  in  this  country. 

^  In  the  last  number  of  Missions  President 
Proctor,  in  his  interview,  spoke  of  the  race 
issue  in  China  presented  by  the  Manchus, 
and  the  critical  state  of  aflPairs  resulting  from 
the  anti-Manchu  feeling.  Before  the  number 
was  off  the  press,  news  came  of  an  uprising 
in  Canton,  beginning  with  the  assassination 
of  the  Taotai  of  Canton,  followed  by  rioting 
and  fighting,  in  which  General  Chung  was 
killed  together  with  large  numbers  of  the 
rebels  who  attacked  the  viceroy's  palace. 
The  revolt  has  been  quelled,  at  latest  reports, 
but  the  bitterness  remains,  and  new  out- 
breaks are  liable  at  any  time.  The  uprising 
is  said  to  have  been  instigated  by  anti- 
Manchus,  who  went  from  Honkong  to 
Canton  and  spread  the  revolutionary  ideas 
among  the  troops  there.  The  situation 
renders  missionary  work  much  more  diffi- 
cult, and  in  places  both  uncertain  and 
perilous. 

^  Leaders  in  Baptist  young  people's  work 
should  be  in  attendance  in  large  numbers 
at  the  whole  series  of  meetings  in  Phila- 
delphia. Among  these  meetings  arrange- 
ments have  been  made  for  a  mass  meeting 
of  those  interested  in  our  young  people's 
work.  The  meeting  will  be  independent 
of  all  organizations  and  all  inclusive.  It 
will  be  held  in  Grace  Baptist  Temple  on 
Tuesday  afternoon,  June  20.  Addresses 
will  be  made  by  Dr.  W.  J.  Williamson  of 
the  United  States,  Rev.  John  MacNeill  of 
Canada,  and  Rev.  F.  B.  Meyer  of  Eng- 
land, three  exceptionally  able  men.  There 
ought  to  be  an  overflow  crowd.  Young 
people's  societies  might  well  send  a 
representative  to  the  Philadelphia  meet- 
ings, as  to  a  great  intemarional  con- 
vention. 


MISSIONS 


Commissioning  on  the  Congo 

By  Rev.  J.  H.  Franklin 

A  VUIT  TO  TSHUMBIRI,  WITH    PHOTOGRAPHS    BY   THE   AUTHOR 


""Y^OU  might  as 
■l  well  try  to 
convert  cattle."  The 
words  would  not 
leave  us.  A  few 
hours  in  native  vil- 
lages on  the  south 
bank  of  the  Congo 
River  had  called  to 
tnind  Darwin's 
famous  deliverance: 
"You  might  as  well 
try  to  convert  cat- 
tle." If  we  had  had 
no  further  grounds 
on  which  to  form  a 
judgment  than  the 
_  —  observations  of  one 

ooMra  NATtvt  afternoon,  we  might 
very  possibly  have  accepted  the  first 
opinion  .of  the  distinguished  naturalist. 
Indeed,  as  it  was,  we  could  not  forget 
his  words.  Even  as  we  fell  asleep,  the 
words  kept  ringing:  "You  might  as 
well  try  to  conyen  cattle." 


The  afternoon  had  been  spent  in 
quarters  adjacent  to  our  own  mission 
compound  at  Tshumbiri,  five  hundred 
miles  up  the  Congo  River.  Natives 
almost  devoid  of  clothing  slipped  into 
their  grass  huts  or  disappeared  into  the 
palm  gfoves.  A  few  of  the  more  bold 
women  continued  kneading  the  cassava 
dough.  The  idle  men  leaned  on  their 
spears  gazing  at  the  new  white  faces. 
Naked  children,  some  sufl^ering  with 
ulcers  in  every  spot  as  large  as  one's 
hand,  wallowed  on  the  ground  iri  front 
of  the  grass  huts.  There  were  old  men, 
"full  of  witches,"  their  bodies  be- 
smeared with  palm  oil  mixed  with  the 
deep  red  camwood  powder,  and  their 
hair,  matted  and  shocked,  colored  with 
the  same  preparation.  Women  were 
beautified  in  like  mannner,  with  the 
added  adornment  of  heavy  brass  collars, 
armlets  and  anklets.  Frequently  the 
collar  alone  weighs  twenty-five  or 
twenty-eight  pounds  and  is  forged  about 
the  neck  in  such  fashion  it  cannot  be 


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removed  without  the  use  of  a  file. 
Frequently  the  natives,  apparently 
resenting  the  intrusion  of  strange  white 
men,  slipped  through  the  small  openings 
which  serve  as  doors  for  their  grass 
houses,  moving  as  silently  as  cats,  and 
sometimes  scowling  like  wild  animals 
in  their  cages.  ■ 

Ac  sunset  we  stood  on  a  high  hill 
overlooking  the  Tshumhiri  station  and 
the  jungle  that  in  many  cases  presses 
its  way  10  the  banks  of  the  Congo. 

Smoke  of  numerous  villages  could  be 
seen  in  every  direction.  We  thought  of 
Moffat's  story  of  "The  Smoke  of  a 
Thousand  Villages,"  which  moved  Liv- 
ingstone to  give  his  life  to  Darkest 
Africa.  But  the  darkness  is  deepening. 
With  morning,  however,  will  come  a 
new  vision,  even  as  a  later  day  brought 
reversal  of  opinion  to  Darwin. 

Beautiful  was  the  Sabbath  morning 
at  Tshumbiri.  No  rumble  of  trolley 
cars.      No    crying    of    newsboys.       No 


cathedral  bells.  No  steam  cars.  No 
murmur  of  the  city.  Nothing  to  disturb 
the  quiet  atmosphere  of  the  Congo 
Basin,  except  the  chirping  of  the  birds. 
Sunlight  was  on  palm  frond,  banana 
leaf  and  flower.  It  was  God's  own  day. 
Every  prospect  pleased  and  only  man 
was  vile.  Early  in  the  morning  we  were 
called  from  sleep  by  the  songs  of  the 
native  Christians  gathered  in  their  sun- 
rise service  of  prayer  and  praise.  They 
have  been  trained  to  sing,  too.  Yester- 
day a  girl  was  crossing  the  compound 
from  one  village  to  another.  As  she 
tripped  along  she  sang  strange  words, 
whose  music,  however,  we  had  heard 
in  America  in  the  days  of  childhood.  It 
was  that  old  gospel  melody,  "We  Have 
Heard  the  Joyful  Sound,  Jesus  Saves! 
Jesus  Saves!"  She  had  been  rescued 
from  the  fetishism  of  her  heathen 
people  and  there  was  a  new  song  in  her 
mouth. 
At  the  sound  of  the  chapel  bell  the 


MISSIONS 


377 


gathered  from  the  villages. 
Numerous  black  people,  with  good 
faces  and  neat  clothing,  moved  into  the 
place  of  worship.  Others  whose  poor 
appearance  and  scant  clothing  gave 
evidence  of  their  fondness  for  the  old 
ways  soon  joined  the  company  of  wor- 
shippers. They  listened  again  to  that 
story  which,  perhaps,  they  have  heard 
from  their  missionaries,  but  they  would 
hear  tt  again. 

The  Commission  had  arrived  at 
Tshumbiri  Saturday  afternoon,  to  the 
surprise  of  the  missionaries.  There  had 
been  no  opportunity  to  send  out  and 
bring  in  the  Christians  from  the  out- 
posts. Still  there  was  a  congregation 
of  not  far  from  two  hundred  people, 
who  were  as  reverent  as  any  congrega- 
tion that  worshipped  in  America  that 
morning.  No  whisper  in  any  part  of 
the  building.  The  singing  was  hearty, 
the  words  being  set  to  the  tunes  used  in 
America    and    England.      One    hymn 


which  was  used  was  to  the  old  melody, 
"Gwine  to  Write  a  Letter  to  Massa 
Jesus."  Frequently  the  worshippers 
joined  in  a  hearty  ejaculation,  which 
corresponds  to  our  own  good  Methodist 
"Amen." 

The  church  numbers  about  200.  For 
a  good  many  years  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Billing- 
ton,  the  pioneer  missionaries  at  Tshum- 
biri, worked  on  in  patience  and  in  hope. 
Our  own  Society  was  wondering  whether 
it  should  continue  the  support  of  the 
station.  We  happen  to  know  that  in 
that  critical  hour  these  two  heroic  souls 
covenanted  with  each  other  and  with 
God  that  the  work  should  not  be  given 
up,  even  if  they  should  be  compelled 
to  go  at  their  own  charges.  They  are 
now  seeing  the  fruits  of  their  labors. 
Fifty  natives  had  been  baptized  within 
a  year  immediately  preceding  the  visit 
of  the  Commission.  Two  were  baptized 
that  morning  in  the  waters  of  the  great 
Congo  River. 


378 


MISSIONS 


The  church   at  Tshumbiri  supports 

xuen  native  teachers  and  evangehsts 

as  many  outposts  in  the  adjacent 

ilages — a  missionary  for  every  twelve 

thirteen  members.    "The  evangeliza- 

ion  of  the  world  in  this  generation" 

would    be   easily   possible   should   the 

Christiansfof  America,    England   and 


Europe  do  as  well  in  proportion  to  their 
ability. 

In  the  afternoon  the  monthly  com- 
munion service  was  held,  with  almost  as 
large  an  attendance  as  we  had  seen  in 
the  morning.  The  juice  of  the  lime  is 
used  instead  of  wine.  But  is  not  the  lime 
"the  fruit  of  the  vine"  at  Tshumbiri? 


MISSIONS 


379 


Let  no  one  think  that  a  missionary's 
work  consists  solely  in  conducting  Sun- 
day services.  The  work  of  preaching  is 
considered  the  great  work  by  the 
misnonaries,  but  all  of  them  find  it 
necessary  to  devote  the  greater  pan  of 
their  time  to  the  duties  that  have  to  do 
with  the  everyday  life  of  the  natives. 
Almost  every  missionary  knows  some- 
thing about  medicine,  and  how  to  treat 


bin  work.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Metzger  give 
much  attention  to  the  school,  which  has 
an  enrollment  of  perhaps  two  hundred. 
Both  Mr.  Met7,ger  and  Mr.  Billington 
do  evangelistic  work  in  the  outlying 
districts,  as  far  as  lime  will  permit. 
As  our  little  steamer  was  working  its 
way  against  the  swift  current  of  the 
Congo,  nearly  two  days  above  Stanley 
Pool,  a  boat  paddled  by  eight  or  ten 


the  more  commcm  diseases,  and  some 
kind  of  dispensary  is  found  oh  almost 
eveiy  compound.  A  certain  measure  of 
industrial  training  is  given,  in  spite  of 
the  limited  facilities  for  such  work.  In 
the  banning  the  language  must  be 
learned  and  be  reduced  to  writing. 
Natives  must  be  taught.  Evangelists 
and  teachers  must  be  trained,  and  more 
and  more  it  is  becoming  true  that  the 
missimmy  must  be  an  administrator 
and  executive,  who  will  as  far  as  possible 
place  the  work  upon  the  shoulders  of 
the  trained  natives. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Metzger  are  the 
congenial  associates  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Billington  in  the  conduct  of  the  Tshum- 


black  fellows  slipped  out  from  the 
dense  growth  on  the  north  bank.  A 
helmet  in  the  boat  indicated  the  presence 
of  a  white  man.  It  was  the  boat  of 
Mr.  Billington,  who  had  dropped 
down  the  river  fifty  or  sixty  miles 
to  do  evangelistic  work  in  the  villages. 
We,  are  fortunate  indeed  in  having 
such  missionaries  at  Tshumbiri.  They 
deserve  far  better  equipment  than  we 
have  given  them.  When  a  workman 
dedicates  his  life  to  a  task  he  is  worthy 
of  tools  to  work  with.  Tshumbiri 
deserves  a  larger  force  of  workers.  Yes, 
this  is  the  need  in  all  Congo.  We  have 
barely  touched  the  fringe  of  the  great 
problem. 


38o 


MISSIONS 


Philadelphia  and  the  World  Meeting 
of  the  Baptists 


By  Howard  B.  Grose 


•■-- ...--, 

-     -    ■■  ■■- 

Historic  Philadelphia 

]]2\:^ 

nd  had  a  place  of  worship  of  thfir 
m  that  time.      Ihe  spot  where  Penn 

T)lllLAni:i.l'flIA 
X       is  one  .,f  tlif  olil- 

made  hi 

is  celehrated    Ireaty  with  the  Indians 

is  k.pt 

as  a  park,  and  the  locatiun  of  the 

i-st  and  most  iiiterfstiiig 

der    wliose    shade    the    Treaiy    was 

liistorically    ol'  Aiiicti- 

sij;ned 

is    marked    by    a    monument.     In 

can     L-itics,     :tnd     hiis 

L-ar,,..n, 

■its'  Hall  the  titst  Continental  Con- 

pn-siT\'til  many  of  its 

press  m 

unm-nt    landmarks. 

the   Dec 

:laration  of  Independence  was  read. 

IW  cixy  was  founded 

and  her 

L  may  he  seen  the  bell  which  accord- 

in     l6H{     Ly    William 

ins;  '"  1 

:r:idition  was  rung  on  that  occasion 

'*'■"""•    *''""■    ""*='"^' 

and  is 

known  i-veiywhere  as   the  "Libeny 

lUKviNn^N  BAni-i       rtsidintt   is    still    pn- 

Hell." 

It  was  tarried   to  Chicago  for  the 

stTvtd,  altliiJURli  it  lias  liri'ii  rL-movcd  fr<)ni 

World's 

1  air.  and  thus  was  seen  by  people 

the  orininal  silc  on  I.i-titia  Strt-Lt  lo  tlu>  Wi-st 

Iro,.,  all 

over  ihe  world.     The  Hall  has  been 

tJlrard  Avenue  tncrance  to  Kairm.nmt  I'ark. 

ieMore.1 

1  to  its  original  condition  as  neatly 

■I'hc  "Old  Swcdfs"  is  n^gardid  as  tlic-  hrsr 

as  possi 

distintrivf  church   i-diticc  huill   in    IVnnsvl- 

V  and  colonial  relics,  with  a  collec- 

vania,  and  datis  hack  to  1700.     '1  !„■  Quak- 

tion of 

Nire- value  and  interest.     The  Betsy 

ers,   howi-vcr,    had    mcL^tinj;    houMs   i  arlitr. 

Ross   II 

oiise.  where  the  first  United  States 

ThL-  Baptists  cam,,  int..  possession  of  oni-  of 

fla^  ^.a 

s   made,  siill  stands,  as  do  the  old 

thL-sL'  — the    Kcithian  Quakers'  house  -  in 

Mim   a 

nd    Cus-om    House.     No   other   city 

MISSIONS 


8l 


«ton  has  so  niany  reminders  of  our 
s,  and  those  who  have  a  historic 
find  points  of  interest  at  every  li 

being  the  earliest  seal  of  govi 
he  United  States  and  the  cenie 
uring  the  colonial  and  rcvolut: 
Is,  Philadelphia  was  conspicuous!; 

patriotic  during  the  Civil  Wai 
founded  and  carried  on  the  wondei 
Ml"  and  "Cooper  Shop"  refresh- 
ions  which  were  located  n< 

the  wharves  of  the  Inten 
n  Company,  at  iht  foot  of  Washing- 
lie.  It  is  said  that  over  a  million 
f  other  states,  besides  the  sons  of 
mia,  were  fed  gratuitously  at  those 
I.  In  this  city,  too,  was  organized 
lerful  charity,"The  Christian  Sani- 

rat  Things  in  Philadelphia 
tphia  has  been  the  birthplace  of- 
:able  events  in  the  history  of  the 
ates,  some  of  which  are  as  follows; 
!t  Pleasure  Grounds  for  the  people 
in  North  America  were  dedicated 
pon  the  laying  out  of  Philadelphia. 


ihe  hrst  Paper  Mill  built  in  North 
America  was  erected  upon  the  Wissahickon 
Creek,  in  i6go. 

The  Mariners'  Quadrant  was  invented 
by  Thomas  Godfrey  in  Germantown.  Phila- 
delphia, in  1730. 

The  first  Public  Library  in  the  United 
States  was  the  Philadelphia,  founded  by 
Benjamin  Franklin  in  1731. 

The  first  American  Volunteer  Fire  Com- 
pany was  organized  here  in  1736. 

The  American   Philosophical   Institution, 

North  America,  was  founded  in  this  city  by 
Benjamin  Franklin  in  1743. 

The  first  Medical  School  in  the  United 
States  was  inaugurated  here  in  1751. 

The  Pennsylvania  Hospital,  the  first 
establishment  in  America  devoted  to  the 
relief  of  the  sick,  was  chattered  by  the 
Assembly  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  solicita- 
tion of  Benjamin  Franklin  and  others, 
in  1751. 

The  theory  that  lightning  and  elec- 
tricity were  the  same  was  demonstrated 
here  by  Benjamin  Franklin,  June  15,  175Z. 

The    first    Lightning    Rod    used    in    the 


MISSIONS 


The  Mint  of  the  United  States  was  es- 
tablished here  in  1791,  by  act  of  Congress. 
The  tint  coins  made  in  the  United  States 
were  struck  at  No.  19  North  Seventh  Street. 

The  Philadelphia  Water-works,  the  firet 
of  the  Lind  in  the  countiy,  were  commenced 
May  2,  1799. 

PhlUdelphik  of  the  Prewat 

The  Philadelphia  of  today  is  one  of  ihe 
great  cities  of  the  world.  With  1,600,00c 
population  in  iqio,  it  ranks  third  in  the 
United  States.  Its  location  on  the  Delaware 
and  Schuylkill  rivers  is  of  unusual  com- 
mercial advantage  and  scenic  beauty.  I* 
has  its  full  share  of  6nc  modeni  business 
buildings,  and  a  remarkable  number  ol 
homes  of  every  description,  from  the  one- 
story  cottage  to  the  palatial  mansion  of  the 
multi-millionaire.  It  has  an  atmosphere 
all  its  own,  with  enough  of  the  quaint  and 
old-iime  left  to  keep  the  lover  of  the  historic 
on  the  qui  vive.  It  is  the  city  of  churches 
as  well  as  of  homes,  of  tnultiform  philan- 


world  > 

y^s  sc 

I  up  by  Benjamin  Fran 

klin  at  his 

use  on  the  southeast 

corner  of 

Second 

land 

Race  Streets,  September,  1752. 

The 

first 

Expedition  fitted  out 

in  Nonh 

A  merit 

ra  for  Arctic  Exploration  sa 

iled  from 

I'hilad. 

L-lphia 

,  March  4,.  1753. 

The 

first 

School  of  Anaiomy 

in   North 

Amcrii 

ra  wa: 

i  opened  by  Dr.  Willi 

jam  Ship- 

pen,  in 

1  Phih 

tdclphia,  November  26,  1762, 

The  first 

Pianoforte  manufactured  in  the 

United 

Stat 

cs    was    made    here 

by    John 

Ut:hrer 

il  in  I 

775- 

'[■he 

first 

American    Flag   was 

made  at 

No.  239  Arc 

h  Street. 

I-hc 

first 

Hospital    in    connection    with 

a  univi 

.rsitv 

in  the  United  States  w 

as  opened 

in  Philadcip 

bia. 

The 

Ban! 

;  of  Nonh  America  v 

,as  esiab- 

lishtJ 

May   26, 

i7Ki,= 

mdo, 

lent-d  for  business  in  i; 

r»i,  being 

the  first  coi| 

lorate  hanking  institur 

ion  estah- 

lished 

in  thi- 

United  States. 

Th<- 

first 

Vessel    moved    by    st 

earii    was 

iiavigaii-d  ot 

1  the  Delawar..  River 

at  Pbila- 

di-lphi; 

.,  bv 

John  Eitch.  July  20,  1 

786. 

The 

first 

Law  School  in  Amerii 

:a  opened 

here  in 

I  1790 

MISSIONS 


383 


highest  until  the  Singer  and  Metropolitan 
of  New  York  put  it  out  of  sight,  is  the  most 
prominent  building.  You  must  pass  through 
its  inner  court  if  you  follow  Market  Street 
straight,  or  if  you  would  proceed  from  Norlh 
to  South  Broad,  and  in  passing  through  you 
will  see  the  colossal  statue  of  Benjamin 
Franklin,  about  five  stories  in  height,  but 
none  too  big  to  fit  the  part  he  played  in  the 
city's  early  life.  Broad  Street,  the  great 
north  and  south  thoroughfare,  is  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  feet  wide  and  the  grand 
avenue  of  the  city.  Between  City  Hall  and 
Grace  Baptist  Temple  —  Baptist  meeting 
place  —  are  many  of  the  finest  public 
buildings,  including  the  Masonic  Temple, 
Academy  of  Fine  Arts,  Odd  Fellows'  Tem- 
ple, Hahnemann  Medical  College,  Industrial 
Hall,  Catholic  High  School,  First  Regiment 
Armory,  Jewish  Tabernacle,  and  a  group  of 
fine  church  edifices,  some  especially  notable 
duh  houses,  the  Grand  Opera  House,  and 
many  fine  residences.  Grace  Temple  is 
opposite  Monument  Cemetery,  one  of  the 
many  small  burial  places  in  the  city. 

The  stately  new  building  of  the  United 
States  Mint  is  not  fat  from  the  Temple, 
at  Seventeenth  and  Spring  Ciarden  Streets. 
The  points  of  historic  note  are  chiefly  in  the 
old  down-town  section.  Independence  Hall 
is  at  Fifth  and  Sixth  and  Chestnut  Streets, 
and  to  many  will  be  the  most  attractive  spot 
in  the  city.  Built  in  1 729-3  $  by  the  I'tovince 
the  Colonial  State  House, 
I  and  venerated  as  Inde- 
cc  the  foundation  of  the 


,  of  libraries  and 
I  of  educational  institutions,  froni  the 
Univcnity  of  Pennsylvania  down.  The 
>ky-tcrapcr  is  by  no  means  uncommon,  bul 
the  city  has  not  yet  been  deformed  by  iheni 
to  the  extent  in  New  York  and  Chicago. 
The  City  Hall,  a  marble  and  granite  Goihic 
pile  ipreatl  over  four  and  a  half  acres  and 
coning  ■omething  like  twenty-five  millions, 
with  a  tower  that  was  claimed  to  be  the 


of  Pen 

it  has  been  kn 
pendence  Hall 
Kepublic.      It  is  free  to  the  public,  and  its 

collection  of  historical  relics  is  alrtady  re- 
markable. It  is  worth  visiting  Philadelphia 
to  see  this  Hall  alone,  and  feel  the  thrill  of 
patriotism  which  its  sacred  precincts  inspire. 
Not  far  away,  at  the  bead  of  a  coun  running 
south  from  Chestnut,  between  Third  and 
Fourth  Streets,  is  Carpenter's  Hall,  erected  in 
1724  by  a  society  of  carpenters  and  archi- 
tects who  little  suspected  to  what  use  it 
would  be  put  a  half  century  lattr.  The 
house  where  ii  is  claimed  JtfFerson  draftid 
the  Declaration  of  Independence  i.s  .m 
Seventh  Street,  next  t..  the  corner  of  Market, 


[■ifth  : 


rch   Stre 


■  Free  Quaker  Meeting 
House,  now  given  over  to  leather  dealers. 
Christ  Church  Cemetery,  in  which  Franklin 
and  bis  wife  are  buried,  is  opposite.     The 


MISSIONS 


Betsy  Ross  House  is  on  Arch  Street,  near 
Third.  When  bright-eyed  Betsy  made  the 
sample  flag  of  thineen  stars  and  thirteen 
stripes  later  adopted  as  the  national  ensign, 
she  had  to  bear  the  taunts  of  her  neighbors, 
who  called  her  a  "little  rebel."  In  this 
section  the  leisure  time  of  the  delegates  and 
visitors   may   be  spent  to  good   advantage; 


although  the  beauties  of  Fairmouni  Park  and 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  campus  and 
trolley  rides  lo  Geimantown  and  other 
suburbs  will  also  lure  the  sightseer.  Short 
trips  on  the  Schuylkill  and  Delaware 
ve  delightful.  Indeed,  the  only  way 
hat  ought  to  be  seen  is  to  remain  for 
hree  days  after  the  meetings  are  over. 


The  Churches  of  Philadelphia 


PHILADELPHIA  has  a  lomposite  pop- 
ulation with  its  large  proponion  of  for- 
eign elements,  but  it  has  not  yet  wholly 
outgrown  the  spirit  and  influence  of  its 
Quaker  founders,  and  the  Christian  and 
patriot  may  well  pray  that  it  never  shall. 
It  has  a  weil-deservcj  pr.eminence  for  its 
philanrhropics.  No  form  of  organization  for 
humanity 


e  aged,  i 

s  orphan  asy! 

ums,  i 

s  hospitals 

d  free  in 

stitutes,  are   n 

otable 

n  number 

d  charac 

er.     The  spiri 

of  th 

city  from 

foundat 

on  has  been  c 

onsiste 

nt  with  its 

More  than  seven  hundred  churches  speak 
of  the  religious  character  of  the  people. 
All  the  leading  denominations  are  strong. 
According  to  a  recent  writer,  the  Presby- 
terians lead  in  financial  and  membership 
ability,  with  the  Episcopalians  a  close  sec- 
ond.    Methodists  and  Lutherans  and  Bap- 

of  our  great  cities.  The  Roman  Catholics 
have  put  themselves  into  prominent  places 
with  their  usual  strategy  and  hold  large 
properties.  1  he  Society  of  Friends  still 
maintains  much  of  its  fine  quality  and 
strength.    Church  spires  and  towere  grecc 


MISSIONS 


385 


tor  on  every  hand.  The  Presby- 
>f  all  branches  have  more  than  one 
.  churches  and  fine  local  headquar- 
he  Witherspoon  Building,  where  the 
;rian  Board  of  Publication  is  located, 
ethodist    Episcopal    churches    also 

more  than  a  hundred;  the  Arch 
Church,  a  Gothic  white  marble 
s,  being  the  most  notable  architec- 

The  Episcopalians  have  about  the 
jmber,   including  the  Old   Swedes 

at  Front  and  Christian  Streets. 
!hurch  has  great  historical  interest, 
n  of  the  present  edifice  having  been 
in  1727,  while  among  the  worship- 
their  time  were  Washington,  Presi- 
ams  and  Benjamin  Franklin.     Some 

of  the  communion  service  still  in 
!  presented  by  Queen  Aime  in  1 708. 
nd  Street,  near  Market,  way  down 
is  church  is  among  the  most  impos- 
I  attractive.  There  are  seventy- 
Mnan  Catholic  churches,  including 
edral,  with  its  huge  dome,  one  of  the 
lous  objects  in  its  section.  The  Jews 
jrteen  temples,  the  oldest  congre- 
ating  back  to  1747.  The  Lutherans 
ng  the  oldest  denominations,  going 

1638.  There  are  eight  Congrega- 
urches,  four  Moravian,  a  number  of 
d  Episcopal,  three  Unitarian  and 
versalists.    Of  other  sects  there  is 

for  the  religious  liberty  that  was 
ablished,  in  no  small  degree  through 
aid,  drew  every  kind  of  sectary  to 
'ania  as  it  did  to  Rhode  Island 
loger  Williams  had  made  his  com- 
th     famous     for    its     freedom    of 


dress  and  costume;  next  the  Presbyterians, 
the  gentlemen  of  whom  freely  indulged  in 
powdered  and  frizzled  hair;  the  Baptists 
showed  a  graver  and  humbler  style,  with 
scarcely  any  powdered  head  among  them. 
The  Methodists  desired  to  be  "a  peculiar 
people,"  and  for  a  time  effected  their  pur- 
pose. No  powdered  heads  of  men  and  no 
gay  bonnets  or  ribands  were  to  be  seen 
among  them.  Persons  gaily  dressed  shunned 
to  go  there  lest  they  might  be  "preached 
at."  The  women  all  wore  plain  black 
satin  bonnets  —  straw  bonnets  were  never 
seen  among  them. —  no  white  dresses  —  no 
jewelry  —  no  rings.  No  male  persons  were 
to  be  seen  with  tied  or  queued  hair,  but  lank, 
long  locks  straightly  combed  down  in  thick 
and  natural  profusion.  The  females  wore 
no  curls,  no  side  locks,  or  lace  or  ornaments. 
It  was  long  before  all  these  distinctive 
marks  of  a  people  could  be  broken  down. 
The  first  ministers  that  wore  pantaloons 
and  frock  coats  were  scarcely  tolerated;  and 
the  members  who  first  began  to  wear  lapels 
and  frock  coats,  and  the  women  to  wear 
straw  bonnets,  were  subjects  of  concern. 
But  in  time,  as  if  wearied  with  watching  at 
invading  breaches  —  one  and  another  of 
the  barriers  which  marked  them  from  the 
world  gave  way  —  and  now,  if  the  heart 
be  right,  they  leave  their  own  consciences  to 
regulate  their  sumptuary  obligations.  We 
find  that  a  minister  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  who  was  given  a  university  degree, 
asked  the  church  whether  it  would  object 
to  his  wearing  the  doctor's  robe  in  the  pulpit, 
adding  that  in  other  places  he  should  do  as 
he  pleased  about  it. 


>enominational  Distinctions 

n,  in  his  "Annals  of  Philadelphia," 
nost  entertaining  sketch  concerning 
ches  in  the  early  days.  We  quote 
ire  of  a  period  when  denominational 
»ns  extended  to  minute  details, 
s  as  well  as  doctrine  was  a  matter 
nee  and  discipline: 
present  day  there  is  no  very  marked 
;  in  the  general  appearance  of  the 
tions  who  worship  in  the  different 
in  the  city.  But  there  was  a 
listinctive  difference  formerly.  The 
lians    showcd^most    grandeur    of 


A  Wise  Preliminary 

Of  course  after  reaching  the  city,  the 
thing  to  do  if  a  stranger  is  to  buy  a  guide- 
book with  map,  or  a  ten-cent  map  without 
guidebook,  and  study  the  lay  of  the  land. 
That  is  always  worth  while.  Then  you  will 
know  how  to  get  to  your  hotel  or  stopping 
place,  how  to  reach  Independence  Hall 
and  the  other  places  of  special  interest,  and 
will  get  a  home  feeling.  A  trolley-line 
booklet  is  good  to  carry  in  the  pocket. 
Still,  the  Philadelphians  are  exceedingly 
courteous  in  answering  questions,  if  one 
gets  puzzled,  and  the  policemen  have  time 
to  attend  to  any  real  need. 


MISSIONS 


The   Baptists  in   Philadelphia 


BAPTIST  history  in 
Philadelphia  teaches 
back  to  the  founding  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church  in 
1698,  and  centers  about 
that  organization  and  its 
branches.  Consider  these 
significant  events  conneaed 
with  its  history :  1698, 
Church  founded;  1707, 
Philadelphia  Baptist  Asso- 
ciation f  o  r  m  e  d ;  1 746, 
Church  formally  con- 
,  ^  rZ-Zi:."    stituted;     1764,     Brown 

■ University  originated  in  the 

First  Church;  1781,  sunrise  meeting  on  the 
surrenderof  Cornwallis;  1814,  Triennial  Con- 
vention formed;  1815,  Sunday  school  or- 
ganized; 1829,  Church  incorporated;  1832, 
Central  Union  Association  formed;  1837, 
American  and  Foreign  Bible  Society  formed; 
1839,  Pennsylvania  Baptist  Ministerial  Edu- 
cation Society  formed;  1S58,  North  Philadel- 
phia Baptist  Association  formed;  1874, 
Baptist  Orphanage  founded;  1879,  Women's 
National  Indian  Association  originated  in 
this  church.  Eight  churches  went  out  from 
the  mother  church  between  1789  and  1818, 
and  several  missions  were  established  that 
developed  into  churches.  The  longest  con- 
tinuous pastorate  was  that  of  George  Dana 


Boardman  (1864-1894),  whtwe  influence 
was  second  to  that  of  no  minister  in  the  city. 
This  church  is  the  eleventh  Baptist  church 
in  rank  of  age  in  the  United  btates.  Dr. 
Keen,  its  historian,  gives  this  list  of  the  ten 
antedating  1 798 : 

First  Baptist  Church  of  Providence,  1639. 

First  Baptist  Church  of  NcwpoiT,  1644. 

Second  Baptist  Church  of  Newpon,  1636. 

First  Baptist  Church  of  Swarisea,  Mass., 
1663. 

First  Baptist  Church  of  Boston,  1665. 

First  Baptist  Church  of  Charleston,  S.C., 
1683. 

Fennepek  Baptist  Church,  1688. 

Middletown  (N.J.)  Baptist  Church,  1688. 

Piscataway  (N.J.)  Baptist  Church,  1689. 

Cohansey  Baptist  Church,  1690. 

The  first  permanent  Baptist  church  in 
Pennsylvania  is  that  now  called  Lower 
Dublin,  long  known  as  the  Peruiepek  Church. 
This  was  the  mother  church  ntx  only  of  the 
First  Baptist,  but  of  all  the  Baptist  churches 
of  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey,  Delaware  and 
Maryland,  and  of  many  in  New  York.  Now 
within  the  city  limits.  Lower  Dublin,  about 
eleven  miles  from  Independence  Hall,  was 
then  a  suburb.  The  Pennepek  pastor  held 
some  meetings  in  Philadelphia,  and  from 
1695  the  Baptists  and  Presbyterians  wor- 
shiped together  in  the  Barbadoes  Warehouse, 


MISSIONS 


ihe  Baptist  minister  preaching  on«  Sunday 
and  a  Presbyteriati  minister  tKe  next,  pro- 
vided one  was  on  hand.  This  arraii|einent 
was  continued  until  1698  when  the  Presby- 
terians decided  that  they  wanted  the  place 
lo  themselves,  having  obtained  a  settled 
pastor.     A  spicy  correspondence  followed. 


387 

and  the  Baptists  went  into  Anthony  Morris's 
Brew-house,  and  worshiped  there  until 
1707,  through  Quaker  liberality.  Then  the 
church  found  a  place  of  its  own  in  the  meet- 
ing house  of  (he  Keithian  Quakers,  or  Quaker 
Baptists,  on  Lagrange  Place,  second  street 
above  Market,  just  north  of  Christ  Church; 
where  the  church  remained  for  one  hundred 
and  forty-nine  years,  until  its  removal  to 
Broad  and  Arch  Streets  in  1856.  The 
first  Keithian  building  was  a  small  wooden 
structure  erected  in  1692;  this  was  replaced 
in  1731  by  a  neat  brick  building  42  x  jo. 

In  November,  1733,  occurred  the  earliest 
known  stand  by  the  Philadelphia  Baptists 
in  favor  of  religious  freedom.  A  few  families 
of  Roman  Catholic  faith  had  arrived  and 
erected  a  small  chapel  in  (he  city.  Govetnor 
Gordon  informed  the  Council  that  mass  was 
openly  celebrated'  in  a  house  on  Walnut 
Street  by  a  Catholic  priest  contrary  to  the 
laws  of  England.  The  Baptist  citizens 
and  others,  including  the  Presbyterians, 
claimed  that  Catholics  and  all  other  sects 
were  protected  by  the  laws  established  by 
William  Penn,  and  all  were  equally  entitled 
to  religious  liberty.  "The  Council  therefore 
wisely  refrained  from  any  interference,"  as 
the  Baptist  historian  tells  us. 

The  most  notable  event  in  the  first  period 
of  the  church's  life  was  the  organization  of 
the  Philadelphia  Association  in  1707.  Pot 
forty-five  years,  until  the  second  Ass 


388  MISSIONS 


was  formed  at  Charleston,  S.C.,  it  stood  as 
the  sole  Association  of  Baptist  Churches  in 
America,  and  included  the  churches  as  far  as 
Dutchess  County,  N.Y.,  on  the  north,  Green- 
wich, Conn.,  on  the  east,  and  Virginia  on  the 
south.  In  1742  this  hody  issued  the  Phila- 
delphia Confession  of  Faith,  first  printed 
by  Benjamin  Franklin  in  1743  for  the 
Association,  and  widely  adopted  from  that 
day  on  by  our  churches. 

The  membership  of  the  First  Church 
grew  from  the  nine  constituent  members 
in  1698  to  fifty-six  in  1746,  which  shows 
something  of  the  struggle  for  existence. 
The  church  took  on  new  life,  as  did  all 
Baptist  affairs,  when  Welsh  Morgan  Ed- 
wards came  from  England  to  be  pastor  in 
1 760.  He  was  a  Greek  and  Hebrew  scholar. 
one  among  only  about  seven  or  eight 
liberally  educated  Baptist  ministers  supply- 
ing the  sixty  churches  then  existing.  He 
soon  began  to  plan  for  a  Baptist  college  10 
educate  students  for  the  ministry^  a  bold 
thing,  with  less  than  five  thousand  Baptists 
in  the  country.  Brown  University  came  out 
of  that  planning.  In  1764  the  charter  of 
Rhode  Island  College  was  secured,  and  the 
churches  were  urged  to  be  liberal,  each 
member  being  asked  by  the  Associaticm  to 
give  sixpence  sterling  toward  sustaining  the 
institution.  The  entire  faculty  at  first  con- 
sisted of  James  Manning,  and  the  entire 
college  for  over  nine  months  consisted  of  one 
student,  William.- Refers,  a  boy  of  fourteen, 
who  later  became  Edwards's  successor  as 
pastor  of  the  Philadelphia  church.     Gradu- 


MISSIONS 


ated  al  eighteen  in  [769,  in  1771  he  was 
called  "for  three  years  certain  from  this 
time,  and  as  long  afterwards  as  he  and  the 
congregation  may  in  future  agree."  He 
was  unwilling  to  bind  himself  for  three 
years,  and  the  church  made  it  "one  year 
certain,"  etc.  On  December  5,  1774,  he 
gave  notice  that  he  had  determined  10  leave 
when  his  year  was  up,  in  order  to  become 
chaplain  in  the  Continental  army,  continu- 


389 

served  formerly.  Uncarpeted  floors  sanded 
twice  each  month  gave  way  to  carpets 
before  i8zg.  Deacons  were  ceremoniously 
ordained,  and  in  the  early  days  were  "chosen 
on  trial,"  a  method  with  some  possible  ad- 
vantages. New  members  were  for  'a  time 
received  with  the  "laying  on  of  hands," 
which  caused  considerable  controversy. 
The  practice  gradually  gave  place  to  the 
handoffellowship. 


^*^  in  that  service  until  1781.  He  was 
:^=»rdial  and  intimate  relations  with  Washin 
"^^W  and  highly  esteemed. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  it  requiri 
**Ve  years  of  time  to  convinc) 
^^Ve  members  thai  lamps  we 
^ble  than  candles.  Lamps 
^nd  lighted  the  saints  until  1S39  when,  alter 
%  year  and  a  half  of  committee  work,  gas 
itpiaccd  oil.  Now  eleariciiy  has  super- 
■eded  gas.  Lighting  caused  more  dis- 
cussion than  heresy.  Coal  heating  came  in 
1824,  large  tin-plate  wood   stoves   having 


1824, 


Baptism  took  place  for  a  long  period  at 
a  point  on  the  bank  of  the  Schuylkill  known 
as  the  "  Baptislerion."  This  was  used  not 
only  by  the  First  Church,  but  Edwards 
especially  states  "that  a  late  clergyman  of 
the  Church  of  England  was  wont  to  make 
this  river  his  'baptisterion.'"  It  was  used 
also  by  other  Baptist  churches,  including, 
by  a  special  vore  (September  9,  1816),  the 
Colored  Church.  The  hours  of  baptism 
varied,  and  seem  to  have  been  Rxed  for  each 
special  occasion.  It  was  sometimes  as 
early  as  6  and  7  a.m.,  in  summer,  very  com- 


390 


MISSIONS 


monly  at  g  and  1 1  A.M  and  3  or  4  P.M.,  and 
alrnosi  always  on  week-days.  About  1830 
this  "baptisterion"  seems  to  have  been 
given  up,  and  the  ordinance  was  adminis- 
tered at  Cooper's  Point,  Camden,  and  on 
Sunday.  The  minister,  (he  candidates, 
and  the  congregation  marched  from  the 
old  church  on    Lagrange    I'la< 


a  Arch  Sti 
a  ferry-boat.  As 
some  candidates 
Schuylkill,  and  il 
baptistcy    had    bi 


wharf,  where  they  took 
te,  however,  as  1841 
ere     baptized     in     the 

built    in   the    church 


itself. 

This  venetable  First  Church,  which  has 
been  a  potent  factor  in  the  history  and  de- 
velopment of  the  Baptists  of  America,  b 
now  equipped  with  a  splendid  plant  for 
service,  one  of  the  finest  churches  in  the 
city,  and  endowed  so  that  its  future  is  se- 
cured. We  should  like  to  speak  of  other 
churches,  but  even  mention  by  name  of  the 
hundred  would  be  impracticable,  and  se- 
lection invidious.  Delegates  and  visitors 
assigned  lu  occupy  their  pulpits  will  receive 
not  only  cordial  welcome,  but  impressions 
as  to  the  a^ressive  work  they  are  doing. 
There  are  no  more  loyal,  progressive,  evan- 
gelistic and  devoted  churches  than  those  of 
the  goodly  city  wherein  the  Baptists  of  the 
world  will  meet. 

[t  is  filling,  however,  that  a  word  be  said 


of  Grace  Temple,  where  the  meetings  are 
to  be  held.  Dr.  Philip  L.  Jones  says: 
"(irace  Temple  is  a  unique  memorial  to 
Russell  H.  Conwcll,  for  he,  under  God,  has 
made  it.  Here  the  meetings  of  the  three 
great  Conventions  are  to  be  held.  The 
visitors  will  find  it  a  noble  structure,  capable 
of  seating  thiity-tivc  hundred  people  and 
complete  in  all  its  appointments.  Just  by 
it  is  Temple  College  with  its  five  thou»nd 
students  and  useful  ministry,  even  more 
Conwell's  work  than  the  church  itself,  while 
not  far  away  is  the  Samaritan  Hospital, 
also  due  to  the  Temple  pastOT,  who  when 
the  denomination  denied  his  plea  to  provide 
a  hospital  essayed  and  achieved  the  task 
himself." 

There  are  other  Baptist  instiludont 
which  the  visitors  will  want  to  sec.  There 
is  the  Baptist  Home  at  Seventeenth  and 
Nortis,  where  are  one  hundred  tAd  Isdia; 
and  the  George  Nugent  Home  at  Geimalt- 
lown  for  ministers  and  their  wives,  whetc, 
after  the  day's  work  is  done,  they  wail  the 
payment  of  their  wages  at  the  Master't 
call.  At  Angora  is  the  Orphanage  ndiere  the 
waifs  of  fortune  are  prepared  for  life's 
struggle.  Then  there  is  the  Baptist  Chli>- 
tian  Workers'  Institute,  on  South  Tenth 
Street,  a  training  school  which  is  growing 
rapidly  and  doing  an  excellent  work,  while 
waiting  for  the  new  building  which  is  pro- 


MISSIONS 


Croxer  Seminary  is  at  Chester,  a 
mile  ride  donn  the  Delaware,  and 
1  well  worth  visiting.     Here 


Dr.  Weston  wrought  nobly  his  life  work,  per- 
petuated in  the  Crozer  men  in  the  ministry 
in  all  parts  of  the  world. 


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Our    Missionary   Societies 

Bi^st  Publication  Society 


in  Washing- 
id  its  headquarters  have  been  there 
nee.  At  first  they  were  in  a  small 
■toty  room  on  South  Front  Street, 
nnual  rental  of  tioo)  then  at  ii8 
Front,  and  in  iSio  in  a  store  at  Fifth      This  buildii 


and  North  Streets.     Those  were  itinerating 

days,  and  it  was  not  until  1853  that  the 

Society  found  itself  beneath  a  roof  of  its 

It  historic  530  Arch  Street.     Outgrow- 

nis    building,    which    seemed    palatial 

entered,    the    widely    known    "14ZO 

nut  Street"  came  next,  with  a  structure 

fine  indeed  in  its  day.    Fire  destroyed  this  on 

February  2, 1896,  together  with  the  Historical 

Society's  records,  and  the  proud  pile  known 

as  the  new  "1410   Chestnut"   was   erected 

on  the  same   site   by   1898.     This   did   not 

prove   wholly   satisfactory    for   the    Society 

uses,  and  in  1905  it  was  sold  at  a  quarter 

million  ddlars  advance  over  its  cost,  and 

the  present  Roger  Williams  Building  was 

completed    and    occupied    in    July, 


icluding  the 


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MISSIONS 


ginning  record,  but  place  it  beside  a  year's 
totals  now,  which  amount  to  more  than  fifty- 
three  million  copies,  when  all  the  Sunday- 
school  publications  are  included.  The  revt- 
nuts  of  the  first  year  were  I373,  twice  as 
much  the  second   year,  but  last   year   they 


nted   t 


■  that 


I  million  dolb 


In  1840  (he  name  was  changed  and  the  scopt- 
inlarged  to  include  Sunday-school  promo- 
tion, and  denominational  book  as  well  as 
tract  publishing.  In  1844  the  present  name 
was  adopted.  Paid  colpotters  were  now 
first  employed.  The  first  book  to  bear  the 
Society's  imprint  was  Booth's  "  Reign  of 
Grace,"  still  in  print.  Dr.  Benjamin 
(iriflith  became  secretary  in  1857,  a  panic 
year,  and  remained  at  the  head,  leading  the 
Society  steadily  forward,  until  death  in 
1 896  closed  his  thiny-six  years  of  remarkable 
service.  During  the  Civil  War  the  field 
work  was  extended  to  the  armies,  to  hos- 
pitals and  convalescent  camps.  Impover- 
ished churches  and  Sunday  schools  of  the 
South  wetc  aided  hygrants,  and  thefreedmen 
were  given  books  and  helps  for  Sunday 
ichools.  Peace  found  the  Society  more 
firmly  established  than  ever.  At  the  semi- 
centennial in  1874,  the  reports  showed 
revenues  of  over  ^39,000,  more  than  eleven 


ttoo,ooo,  and  is  fir 

lely  located  in  an  advanc- 

ing   business   cent. 

:^r.     It   V 

vill    probably   be 

the  headquarters   1 

for  many  years  to  come. 

Here  are  the  active 

the  editorial  departments. 

A  general  bonk- 

store,  regarded  by 

many  a 

s  the  best  in  the 

city,   occupies   the 

first  floor.     Iherc  is  a 

hall  for  ministers'  meetings 

and  other  gather- 

ings   on   the   scco, 

id    floor. 

Delegates   and 

visitors  will  find   < 

;ordial  w 

jclcomc,  and  the 

Society  will  keep  ' 

'open  h< 

3use"  during  the 

meetings. 

The  story  of  th 

is   familiar  — the 

falling  of  some  trac 

:ts  from  1 

he  old-fashioned, 

bell-crowned  hat. 

and  the 

idea  which  that 

gave  to  Rev.  Noah  I,ewis,  the  founder  of  the 
Baptist  General  Tract  Society.  The  hat 
has  become  the  symbol  of  the  Society's 
first  home.  Initial  organization  came  in 
Washington,  February  15,  1814,  at  the  house 
of  Mr,  George  Wood,  who  was  made  agent. 
Nineteen  tracts  in  the  first  ten  months  and 
85,000  copies  distributed  was  a  good  be- 


MISSIONS 


530    AI.cH 
THREE    ( 


'8531 


I9OS 


red  separate  publications  bearing  the 
y's  imprint,'  contributions  of  nearly 
300  to  the  benevolent  depattment, 
publications  annually  reaching  one- 
of  a  billion  pages.  In  1883  the  Bible 
of  the  denomination  was  committed  to 
iciety,  which  now  carries  it  on.  Branch 
s  were  established  at  various  centers. 
'esent  there  are  branches  in  Boston, 
go  and  St.  Louis.     The  Chapel  Cars 

one  of  the  most  successful  features, 
ting  wide  interest  becauseoftheunique- 
if  the  enterprise  and  its  possibilities. 
■bniary,  1895,  Dr.  A.  J.  Rowland  be- 
Secretary,  and  still  conrinues  in  that 
isible  position.  In  1^9  the  office  of 
eas  manager  was  consolidated  with 
of  the  secretary,  and  Kcv.  Howard 
e  Smith  was  elected  assistant  secretary. 
tobeit  G,  Seymour  was  elected  Miii- 
y  and  Bible  Secretary  in  1896,  and  has 
magnified  his  office.  The  colponage 
1  was  introduced  in  his  first  year  of 
e,  and  now  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
sffective  agencies.  He  has  had  general 
ght  of  the  chapel  car  work  since  the 
ted  death  of  Boston  W.  Smith,  one  of 
Oct  gifted  Sunday-school  workers  our 
ry  has  known.  The  Society  now  has 
iitrict  and  Bible  secretaries,  a  superin- 
it  of  work  among  the  colored  people, 
■four  Sunday-schcx)!  missionaries,  wort- 
1  thirty-three  States  and  Territories, 
-one  colporters,  with  over  sixty  col- 
^  wagons,  and  six  chapel  cars  steadily 


engaged.  The  permanent  invested  funds 
of  the  missionary  department  amount  to 
^7  73,270,  including  conditional  and  an- 
nuity funds.  Dr.  Philip  L.  Jones  has  been 
book  editor  for  many  years,  and  Dr.  C.  K. 
Blackall  has  for  a  generation  done  the  work 
of  half  a  dozen  men  as  editor  in  chief  of  the 
Sunday-school  periodicals.  He  is  known  to 
Sunday-school  workers  the  world  over,  and 
is  the  veteran  editor  in  his  specialty.  The 
Society  is  strongly  manned  in  its  working 
force,  and  has  a  plant  of  such  magnitude  as 
would  have  seemed  miraculous  to  the  origi- 
nators of  Baptist  publication  work.  It 
is  now  prosecuting  work  among  the  foreign- 
bom  popularion  by  its  tracts  in  Italian, 
Dutch,  Clerman,  French,  Spanish,  Swedish 
and  Norwegian.  Sunday-school  institutes 
are  among  the  newer  features  and  promise 
much  for  development.  The  Society's  work 
has  never  been  so  full  of  promise  as  now. 
*  » 
Foreign  Mission  Society 


thrust  upon 
of  the  Jud- 
,  thirty-three  delegates 
es  and  the  District  of  Co- 
sponse  to  the  plainly  provi- 
hc  First  Church  in  Phila- 
May  21,  1814,  formed  the 
"Uenerai  Missionary  Convention  of  the 
Baptist  Denomination  of  the  United  Stales 
for  Foreign  Missions,"  known  for  shoit  as 
the  Triennial  Convention.  The  long  name 
was  officially  retained  until  1845,  when  the 


When  foreign 
the  Baptists  by  thi 
sons  and  Luther  R 


kiphia 


394 


MISSIONS 


Southern  Baptists  withdrew  and  the  name 
American  Baptist  Missionary  Union  was 
adopted  by  the  Notrhem  Society  —  this 
name  changing  to  the  Foreign  Mission  So- 
ciety  in  [910,  after  affiliation  with  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention. 

The  headquarters  were  established  in 
Boston  in  1826.  The  unusual  call  to  take 
up  this  foreign  woik  seemed  to  be  the  one 
thing  needed  to  draw  the  scattered  Baptists 
tc^eiher,  and  knit  thetn  into  unity  and  or- 
ganization. The  work  of  the  Society  has 
been  prosecuted  from  the  first  with  signal 


years  to  about  a  million  dollars  annually, 
including' the  receipts  of  the  two  auxiliary 
Woman's  Societies  of  the  East  and  West, 
whose  fortieth  anniversaries  are  repotted  on 
another  page  in  this  issue. 

The  number  of  missionaries  in  1910  was 
640,  including  wives  of  missionaries.  There 
were  4,971  native  workers,  1,384  organized 
churches  and  153,000  church  members. 
The  total  number  of  converts  baptized 
during  the  year  was  15,869.  What  a  record 
that  is!  The  mission  fields  include  Assam, 
Burma,  South  India,  Siam.  China  (South, 


given  it  high  place  among  the  great  mis- 
sionary organizations  of  the  world.  Only 
two  American  societies  exceed  it  in  revenue 
—  the  Methodists  and  Presbyterians.  With 
comparatively  scanty  resources,  always  far 
behind  the  needs  of  the  work,  there  has 
nevertheless  been  wonderful  expansion  and 
growth,  as  the  fields  have  yielded  returns. 
The  first  work,  that  in  Burma,  is  Judson's 
monument.  No  foreign  mission  work  ha.s 
a  more  glorious  record  through  the  years, 
and  the  centennial  of  the  Burma  Mission 
in  1913  will  be  memorable. 
have  grown  from  the  small  totals  of  the 


East,  West  and  Central),  Japan,  Africa 
and  the  Philippines,  besides  missions  in 
European  countries.  The  medical  and  in- 
dustrial missions  are  developing  finely, 
along  with  the  evangelistic  and  educational 
work.  The  native  preachers,  teachers  and 
churches  are  growing  in  the  spirit  of  self- 
support  and  independence,  and  the  Society 
rejoices  in  undertaking  its  share  of  the  great 
work  of  evangelizing  the  world.  The 
Foreign  Secretary  is  Dr.  Thomas  S.  Barbour; 
the  Home  Secretary,  Dr.  Fred  P.  Haggard, 
aided  by  an  efficient  staff. 

The    Woman's     Foreign    Societies    are 
auxiliary  to  the  general  society. 


MISSIONS 


rhe  Home  Hisdon  Society 

missions  are  closely  linked   with 

phia  also,  for  they  had  earliest  place 

thought  of  members  of  the   First 

The  records  show  that  in  October, 

ms  were  laid  for  a  Home  Missionary 

and  in  1810  Dr.  Staughton,  the 
announced  that  there  were  seven 
iiies  in  the  field.  Sixteen  women 
mbcr,  1810,  fonned  a  missionary 
in  the  church  and  began  active 
In  1818  the  Baptist  Society  for  City 
I  was  established.  So  that  Phila- 
through  this  church  has  been  at  the 
rf  forefront. 

American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
hai  New  York  for  its  birthplace, 
founders  were  the  men  who  were 
In  the  foreign  society.  There  was 
igicement  in  the  view  thai  two 
tioiw  were  needed  for  a  work  so 
\t  meeting  of  the  Triennial  Con- 

wu  adjourned  in  order  that  the 
I  mif^t  form  the   Home  Mission 

snd  the  treasurer  of  the  foreign 
ted  president  of  the  new  home  or- 
n.  Surely  that  was  fellowship 
>pention  at  the  start.  Founded  in 
ilgelj  through  the  eForts  of  two 
Ue  men.  Rev.  John  M.  Peck  and 
uthan  Going,  the  Society  has  been 
forward  by  the  swift  development 
juntiy  and  the  unexpected  opening 

fields.  The  planting  of  churches 
ng  gospel  privileges  to  new  settling 
itica  has  been  a  feature  of  work 
e  b^inning.  The  mission  needs 
Jie  Indians  attracted  Peck  at  the 
Ihav 


'  to  sixteen  tribes. 
Iding  of  churches,  or  aiding  weak 
>  to  get  a  home,  was  a  necessity. 
II  War  threw  the  uplifting  and  educa- 
i  host  of  freedmen.  Baptist  largely 
ssion,  upon  our  denomination.  A 
listof  schools,  from  the  highest  grade 
liow  how  the  Society  has  met  this 
luty.  Later  came  the  war  which 
I^uba  and  Pono  Rico  within  our 
ry  sphere  of  operations!  and  as 
lad  appealed  before,  so  these  Span- 
ning peoples  appealed  now,  and 
eal  was  heard,  and  we  have  a 
record  of  achievement  in  these 
cighbors.    More  than  fifteen  hun- 


dred missionaries  and  teachers,  am 
receipts  of  about  f6oo,ooo,  and  a  field  c 
prising  pretty  nearly  all  nationalities 


aODDDaDDDDaDaDOnODOODDDODDD 


DODDDaDDUGODOaODODDODOOaGOD 


peoples  in  its  cosmopolitan  population,  in- 
dicate the  heavy  responsibilities  of  this  great 
home  organization.  At  its  head  is  a  Bap- 
tist whom  all  delight  to  honor.  Dr.  Henry  L. 
Morehouse,  who  has  been  Corresponding 
Secretary  now  for  thirty-five  of  the  most 
eventful  years  of  our  national  history. 
With  him  in  direction  are  Dr.  Charles  L. 
White,  Associate  Corresponding  Secretary, 
and  Dr.  L.  C.  Barnes,  Field  Secretary. 

The  Woman's  Home  Mission  Society, 
which  works  in  co-operation,  has  its  head- 
quarters in  Chicago,  and  in  addition  to 
providing  teachers  has  its  special  work  in 
the  homes  and  for  the  foreign  peoples,  and 
exerts  a  far-reaching  influence.  This  So- 
ciety also  has  its  anniversaiy  meetings  at 
Philadelphia,  and  will  be  able  to  report 
the  best  year  in  some  respects  in  its  history, 
with  no  deficit  and  the  largest  receipts  re- 
corded. 

Taking  it  altogether,  we  hope  that  even 
this  imperfea  sketch  may  impress  the  fact 
that  Philadelphia  is  a  city  worth  seeing,  and 
that  there  will  be  in  Philadelphia  meetings 
of  a  character  well  worth  going  to.  Of  the 
World  Alliance  we  have  not  spoken,  for 
Dr.  OilTord  has  set  forth  its  significance  in 
a  preceding  number. 


396 


:  KMOBBBaeCMB 


MISSIONS 

aatWKXtCMCKMBOtMtMaCMMtMMKXWMMeBCMeBC 


:e 
ket 


A  Miwci  wou  [orA  M 
Bw.  . .  And  •ome  Ml 

oa  inmj  greiMHl 

Aad  went  feU  1^  du 
wapide  . . .  And  mmdc 
fell  oo  good  grouDd. 
uid  braught  foiA,  kxbc 
diiity,  utd  tome  •ill]'. 
*iid  •ome  an  himdrtd 


IITE,  D.D, 


tsBPaocacxacsBecMtxwBOOta 


Mother:  1  am  going 
e  meetings  regularly,  and 
will  br  glad  10  know  that 
1  working  in  a  very  rc- 
is  family.     Indeed,  1 


ihe 


He  i 


-r.oyed    I 


Tr! 


home  of 
,  and  his 
to  family 

ays  think 


wife  is  very  kind  to  m< 

prayers  every  morning,  and  whei 

for  our  loved  ones  far  away,  \  al' 

of  you  and  father  and  my  brothers  and  sisters 

on  the  New  Brunswick  farm. 

The  work  is  not  hard,  and  1  find  much 
time  for  reading.  Your  parting  advice  is 
not  forgotten,  and  1  am  reading  the  Bible 
every  day.  One  very  strange  thing,  however, 
has  happened  to  me,  for  I  am  getting  deeply 
interested  in  the  work  of  Home  and  Foreign 
Missions, 

It  came  about  by  the  merest  accident.  A 
part  of  my  work  is  to  tidy  up  the  minister's 
study,  and  empty  his  waste  basket.  Fre- 
([iicntly  since  1  have  been  here  I  have  found 
some  of  the  most  interesting  missionary 
tracts,  booklets  and  appeals  for  money  in 
the  waste  basket  under  his  desk.  Some  of 
them  were  very  pretty  and  in  two  eolors,  and 


seemed 

o  m 

e  too  good  to 

throw  av 

ay.      I 

have  sav 

eda 

d  reai 

cvei^'  0 

nc. 

Oneo 

the 

e  lead. 

ts  told  a 

)OUt  the 

lis^ion 

study  bo 

oLs, 

and  I 

sent  th 

money 

br  hve 

books  o 

Ho 

me  Ml 

sions  a 

nd  five  n- 

ore  on 

Foreign 

.M 

sions. 

■ihey 

contain 

many 

I  am 

so  much   interested  in 

[hem  th 

t  se 

vera!  i 

neslh 

ave  sat 

p  and 

read  till  midnight.  These  books  will  keep 
me  busy  during  my  evenings  until  next  sum- 
mer, u^en  1  h<^e  to  meet  you  all  again. 

I  hope  the  minister  won't  get  a  call  to 
any  other  church,  for  I  would  not  like  to 
leave  this  town  where  I  have  so  many 
friends,  and  am  afraid  that  the  waste  basket 
in  the  next  place  where  I  mi^t  work  would 
not  have  any  missionary  reading  in  it- 
It  is  now  about  ten  o'clock,  and  before  I 
go  to  bed  1  am  going  to  read  the  eight-page 
tract  which  1  found  in  the  basket  this  morn- 
ing. With  love  to  all,  affectionately  your 
daughter. 


DEAR  Motheb:  A  few  days  after 
writing  my  last  letter,  1  found  a  tract 
in  the  basket  that  made  me  feel  that  I  had 
been  very  wrong  in  not  uniting  with  the 
church.  1  have  been,  you  know,  a  regular 
attendant,  and  I  somehow  felt  that  it  was 
not  necessary  to  join  the  church,  but  some- 
thing in  this  tract  made  me  see  that  I  must 
obey  Christ,  and  do  it  at  once,  if  I  am  to 
have  peace  in  my  heart. 

I  expect  to  be  baptized  a  week  from  next 
Sunday.  How  1  wish  you  and  father  and 
the  children  could  all  be  here.  If  we  were 
rich  we  would  have  it  so,  and  yet  if  we  were 
rich  I  suppose  I  would  not  be  here  working 
for  the  minister,  and  might  not  have  found 
the  tract. 

1  can  only  write  these  few  words  tonight, 
for  I  ought  to  have  gone  to  bed  an  hour  ago. 


MISSIONS 


397 


Tlie  earlier  pan  of  the  evening  was  spent 
in  reading  in  one  of  the  missionaiy  books 
about  the  mistion  work  at  Lodge  Grass, 
among  the  Crow  Indian)  of  Montana. 
How  1  would  like  to  go  out  there  if  1  were 
fitted  to  do  so,  and  be  a  teacher.  With 
love  to  all,  I  am,  affectionately  your  daughter, 
Mary. 

LETTER  111 

DEAR  Mother:  I  have  just  returned 
from  the  church  where  I  have  been 
baptized.  This  has  been  the  happiest  day 
of  my  life,  and  I  am  glad  to  realize  that  I 
mm  now  a  real  member  of  the  church.  My 
only  sorrow  is  that  I  have  not  obeyed  Christ 

Last  Wednesday  a  wonderful  thing  hap- 
pened in  our  church,  for  on  that  evening 
there  was  what  they  call  a  Laymen's  Mis- 
sionary banquet  in  the  vestiy.  They  came 
from  seven  other  churches.  I  was  one  of 
the  twenty  giiii  who  waited  on  the  tables. 
Well,  mother  dear,  I  have  been  talking 
nothing  but  minions  ever  since  that  night. 

Mr.  Stackhouse  and  two  other  secretaries 
spoke.  One  was  a  man  from  New  York, 
who  told  about  Home  Miscions.  The  other 
came  from  Bonon,  and  spoke  on  Foreign 
Mission  work.  Then  Mr.  Stackhouse  talked, 
but  I  cannot  deaciibe  him  or  what  he  said. 
All  I  can  say  is,  it  was  great  and  wonderful. 
He  lold  some  things  which  I  had  read  in 
the  tracts  that  I  found  in  the  waste  basket, 
but  moat  of  it  was  what  churches  had  done 
in  Canada,  where  he  has  been  living  and 
holding  just  such  meetings  as  the  one  we 
had. 


My  heait  trembled  when  he  spoke  of  New 
Brunswick,  and  told  of  young  men  and 
women  who  had  resolved  to  go  to  school 
again  and  study  to  be  missionaries. 

It  never  before  seemed  to  me  thai  I  could 
do  ihis,  but  Mr.  Stackhouse  has  been  staying 
with  the  minister's  family  where  1  work,  and 
1  have  talked  with  him  about  beginning 
school  again  next  fall.  They  have  a  night 
school  here  in  the  city,  and  after  I  have  been 
a  year  at  this  school,  it  is  believed  that  I 
can  enter  the  Training  School  and  get  ready 
to  be  a  missionary  to  the  Indians. 

Everything  seems  different  in  the  church 
and  Sunday  school  and  even  in  the  minis- 
ter's home  since  Mr.  Stackhouse  has  been 
here.  Yesterday  morning  at  breakfast  I 
heard  the  minister  say  to  Mr.  Stackhouse 
that  he  had  never  been  so  interested  in 
missions  in  all  his  life  as  lately,  and  that  he 
was  going  to  buy  a  full  set  of  missionary 
books,  and  read  carefully  everything  that 
came  to  him  in  the  mail  on  that  subject,  and 
thai  he  would  never  hereafter,  to  the  day  of 
his  death,  throw  away  any  more  missionary 


Mr.  Stackhouse  told  him  about  a 
who  always  saved  the  tracts  and  appeals  that 
were  sent  to  him,  and  after  reading  placed 
them  on  a  Missionary  Bulletin  Board  in  the 
vestibule  of  his  church,  with  copies  of  Mis- 
sions and  attractive  booklets.  Our  pastor 
replied,  "Why,  that  is  a  fine  idea,  and  just 
what  I  will  do." 

I  hope,  dear  mother,  that  you  approve  of 
my  being  a  missionary  if  I  can  get  a  suitable 
education.  With  love  to  all,  I  am,  affec- 
tionately your  daughter, 

Mary. 


398 


MISSIONS 


P.|giBiiiBiiiiiiigfBiiigiMgiiM§i§i§i§i§iBiEffliaia 

Devotional 


H  Pragrr  fnr  tl)e  :tteetinga 

njtLMIGHTr  GOD,  our  Heavenly  Fa- 
/CV  ther,  who  hast  made  of  one  hlood  all 
peoples  and  established  their  common  brother- 
hood  through  Jesus  Christ  Thy  Son,  our 
common  Lord  and  Saviour,  we  praise  Thee 
for  Thy  favor  shown  unto  our  fathers  and 
Thy  faithfulness  continued  unto  their  children, 
for  Thy  mercies  without  number.  We  be- 
seech  Thee  for  especial  blessing  upon  the 
assemblies  of  Thy  people  in  Philadelphia, 
Guard  all  who  travel  by  land  or  sea,  and 
graciously  preserve  them  from  accident  or 
illness.  Be  present  in  the  fullness  of  Thy 
Spirit  in  the  meetings,  and  so  illumine  the 
minds  and  enkindle  the  hearts  of  Thy  servants 
with  holy  desires  and  consuming  zeal  for  the 
salvation  of  men  that  great  good  may  result 
to  all  the  varied  interests  represented,  and 
Thy  Kingdom  be  promoted  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Knit  all  hearts  together,  we  be- 
seech Thee,  in  the  bonds  of  Christian  love, 
and  may  all  that  is  said  and  done  be  to  the 
glory  of  Thy  Great  Name,  And  to  Thee, 
Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit,  shall  be  all 
the  praise,  world  without  end,     Amen, 

PRAY 

That  the  one  end  sought  in  the  World 
Meetings  of  Baptists  in  Philadelphia  may 
be  nothing  less  or  lower  than  the  extension 
of  the  kingdom  of  God,  so  that  there  shall 
be  no  room  for  vain  boasting  or  self-glori- 
fication, or  for  factional  division,  but  a 
spirit  of  true  humility,  a  recognition  of  duty 
unfulfilled  in  the  light  of  marvelous  oppor- 
tunity, and  a  purpose  of  deeper  consecration 
to  the  work  committed  unto  us. 

That  the  brethren  who  come  from  foreign 
lands  may  be  cheered  by  their  contact  with 
the  Baptists  of  this  country,  and  strength- 
ened for  future  service  in  their  respective 
fields  of  labor. 

That  the  Baptists  of  the  world  may  realize 
their  unity  as  brethren,  and  reach  a  new  basis 
of  oneness  in  spirit,  in  sympathy,  in  plans, 
in  work  at  home  and  abroad. 


Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart:   for  they 
shall  see  God. — Matt,  v.  8. 

Let  the  mind  of  the  Master  be  the  master 
of  your  mind. 

A  PRAYER 

Br  John  DuNrwATBR 

Lord,  not  for  light  in  darkness  do  we  [vaj, 
Not  that  the  veil  be  lifted  from  our  cjet. 
Nor  that  the  slow  ascension  of  our  day 
Be  otherwise. 

Not  for  a  clearer  Tidon  of  the  things 
Whereof  the  fashioning  shall  make  us  great, 
Nor  for  remission  of  the  peril  and  stings 
Of  time  and  fate. 

Not  for  a  fuller  knowledge  <^  the  end 
Whereto  we  travel,  bruised  yet  unafraid. 
Nor  that  the  little  healing  that  we  lend 
Shall  be  repaid. 


Not  these,  O  Lord.    We  would  not  break  the  b 
Thy  wisdom  sets  about  us:  we  shall  climb 
Unfettered  to  the  secrets  of  the  stars 
In  thy  good  time. 

We  do  not  crave  the  high  perception  swift 
When  to  refrain  were  well,  and  when  fulfil, 
Nor  yet  the  understanding  strong  to  sift 
The  good  from  ill. 


Not  these,  O  Lord.    For  these  thou  hast  revealed,  « 
We  know  the  golden  season  ^dien  to  reap 
The  heavy-fruited  treasure  of  the  fidd. 
The  hour  to  sleep. 

Not  these.    We  know  the  hemlock  from  the  rose, 
The  pure  from  stained,  the  noble  from  the  base, 
The  tranquil  holy  light  of  truth  that  glows 
On  Pity's  face. 

We  know  the  paths  wherein  our  feet  should  press. 
Across  our  hearts  are  written  thy  decrees. 
Yet  now,  O  Lord,  be  merciful  to  bless 
With  more  than  these. 

Grant  us  the  will  to  fashion  as  we  feel, 
Grant  us  the  strength  to  labor  as  we  laiow, 
Grant  us  the  purpose,  ribbed  and  edged  with  sted» 
To  strike  the  blow. 

Knowledge  we  ask  not  —  knowledge  thou  hast  lent. 
But  Lord,  the  will  —  there  lies  our  bitter  need. 
Give  us  to  build  above  the  deep  intent 
The  deed,  the  deed. 

—  Tk9  Specuttr, 


MISSIONS 


"The  World  in  Boston" 


^W^  H  E  "World  in  Boston"  is  the  greatest  missionary  object  lesson  which 
I  the  world  in  Boston  or  outside  of  it  has  yet  seen.  This  Missionary 
Exposition  is  big  enough  to  command  attention.  It  has  caught 
the  public.  It  has  dominated  conversation,  been  given  columns  of 
space  in  the  newspapers,  drawn  its  thousands  and  tens  of  thousands 
of  visitors.  Thirty  thousand  on  a  single  Saturday,  and  eight 
thousand  of  them  boys  and  girls  of  an  impressionable  aget  But 
all  ages  are  impressionable  in  presence  of  this  truly  prodigious 
display  of  mission  fields  and  enterprises.  A  few  go  to  find  some- 
thing to  criticise  and  find  it,  carrying  away  the  same  superficial 
spirit  they  bring,  and  hugging  the  mint,  anise  and  cummin  while 
they  let  go  all  the  gracious  influences.  But  the  multitudes  are  not 
without  imagination  and  faith,  and  the  vast  majority  receive  impres- 
sions not  to  be  forgotten.  Everything  centers  in  Missions.  That 
is  where  the  emphasis  rests,  and  forms  much  of  the  value  of  such 
an  Exposirion.  None  can  escape  the  central  thought.  Mechanics 
Building  has  been  transformed  into  a  reproduction  of  many  lands, 
but  every  land  is  a  mission  field.  The  scenes  are  mission  scenes; 
the  stewards  are  for  the  time  preachers  and  teachers  of  the  gospel; 
e  constant  appeal  is  the  missionary  appeal;  the  inevitable  lesson  is  the  spirit  of 
crifice,  the  Christian  self-^ving  for  others.  There  is  the  element  of  the  spec- 
:ular,  but  the  spectacle  is  always  instinct  with  the  missionary  motive.     The 


400  MISSIONS 

Lepers'  Court  and  Medical  Mission  raises  the  Why  ?  The  same  inquisitive  Why 
rises  at  every  turn,  before  mission  compound  and  school  and  sod  meeting  house 
and  Indian  encampment.  And  the  answer  is  always,  "For  Christ's  sake  and 
cause  —  Missions." 

It  is  a  great  thing  to  have  people  of  all  sorts  and  creeds  and  conditions  and 
colors  talking  about  Missions.  It  is  a  great  thing  to  have  thousands  of  peo|de 
get  a  vivid  impression  of  what  the  word  means  in  actual  life.  It  is  a  great  thing 
to  have  lifieen  thousand  men  and  women  devote  themselves  without  pay  for 
months  to  a  study  of  missions  or  to  choir  or  pageant  rehearsal  in  order  that  for 
a  month  they  might  instruct  and  entertain  and  in  some  degree  make  real  to  a 
great  host  the  transforming  power  of  the  gospel  as  seen  in  world-wide  Mifilioni. 

The  influence  of  this  Exposition,  by  far  the  greatest  yet  given,  cannot  fail  to 
be  widespread.  The  indirect  results  will,  probably,  be  as  helpful  to  the  cause 
as  the  direct  results.  Missions  will  have  a  new  meaning,  a  new  dignity,  a  new- 
hold  upon  the  people.  Missionary  appeals  will  fall  upon  more  attentive  ears 
and  reach  hearts  more  readily  responsive  because  of  the  month  of  the  Exposition. 

We  make  no  apology  for  the  amount  of  space  given  in  this  issue  to  the  "World 
in  Boston,"  because  this  is  not  a  local  affair  merely.  In  days  to  come  the  great 
cities  and  many  of  the  smaller  cities  of  the  country  will  have  a  similar  Exposition, 
or  the  same  transported.  Those  who  read  our  report  will  be  the  more  eager  to 
see  for  themselves  when  the  opportunity  comes.  In  what  follows  we  are  able 
only  to  glance  at  an  Exposition  which  might  be  attended  every  day  of  its  con- 
tinuance without  mastering  ail  its  details.  The  cumulative  effect  is  powerful. 
The  missionary  spirit  is  the  crown  of  the  Christian  church  today. 


MISSIONS 


A  Sight-Seer  at  the  Exposition 

By  Rev.  Ilsley  Boone,  S.T.M. 


J'  '*  °"'y  ^'l*"  o'clock 
^  p  in  the  morning,  but 
^  "  already  Huntington 
Avenue,  in  the  vicinity 
of  Mechanics  Building, 
Boston,  has  begun  to 
row  black  with  gath- 
I  ering  throngs.  As  yet 
r  only  the  children  and 
I  their  guides  have  come, 
for  the  morning  hours 
!d  for  children.  Ttoop  after  troop 
r  ifter  car  deposits  its  burden  of 
>efore  the  huge  structure.  Each 
le  crowd  becomes  more  dense. 
1  five  thousand  children  are  ready 
m^  the  great  entrance  when  at 
son  swing  wide.  Another  day  of 
idon  has  opened  auspiciously,  and 
tniwe  hours  the  courts  and  scenes 
and  buzz  with  ceaseless  activity. 
t  crowds  of  little  folk  are  fairly 
:  buildings  their  elders  clamor  for 
.  We  will  join  the  throngs  and 
lem  into  this  fairy  land  of  strange 
lar-away  places,  picked  up  from 
y  comers  of  the  earth  and  all 
igechcr  within  the  limits  of  Boston's 
liibidon  hall. 


The  pressure  of  the  crowd  struggling  ti 


1   the 


hall    I 


aim 


possible  to  note  the  exhibits  in  the  entry. 
Yet  as  one  is  borne  along  he  catches  glimpses 
of  some  photc^raphic  enlargements,  well 
colored  and  elot|uemly  telling  of  some 
mission  rasks  conceived  in  faith  and  accom- 
plished through  heroism.  The  eye  rests  a 
moment  on  the  beautiful  church  at  Ahmed- 
nagar,  India,  and  hasty  note  is  made  that 
here  the  Sunday  school  numbers  one  thou- 
sand pupils,  and  the  Christian  Endeavor 
Society  has  a  thousand  members.  The 
visitor  is  tempted  to  compare  notes  with  the 
home  field,  but  refrains  from  doing  so  and 
hurries  on.  Another  picture  arrests  his 
attention  —  this  time  only  a  mission  high 
school,  but  it  has  over  five  thousand  pupils! 
And  beside  this  hangs  the  picture  of  Cxsarea 
Hospital,  Turkey,  while  over  here  is  Eu- 
phrates College  of  Harpoot  with  its  eight 
hundred  pupils,  and  the  Doshisha  College 
of  Tokio,   a   magnificent   memorial   to  the 


gChrii 


of  Joseph  Hardy  Neesima. 

A  growing  respect  for  the  missionary 
enterprise  is  beginning  to  assert  itself,  but 
meditation  on  the  dimensions  of  the  work  is 
abruptly  cut  off.    What  is  it  that  has  caught 


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MISSIONS 


the  attt^ntion  of  the  good-natured  bustling 
crowd  P  A  group  of  yellow-robed  Buddhist 
priesis  with  aCCendatils  is  standing  in  the 
street  of  a  plague-ridden  village.  One  of 
the  attendants  strikes  his  gong  and  the 
villagers  gather  with  reverent  awe  to  witness 
the  ceremony  of  driving  the  plague  demons 
out  of  the  town.  With  weird  incantations 
and  mysric  formulas  the  priest  calls  to  the 
evil  spirits  to  leave  the  village.  These  in- 
cant  arions  are  repeated  throughout  the 
village  streets,  in  the  market  places  and  at 
the  village  green.  Then  follows  the  deep- 
toned   command:  "If  by   nightfall  the  evil 


spin 


t  left  t 


t  of  your  hoL 


you  t 


loud  r 


md   bun 


ing   ■ 


Chinese  and  Indian  villages  thi; 
method  of  coping  with  the  horrors  of  the 
plague.  Sanitation  and  medical  agencies 
ate  unknown  or  even  bitterly  opposed. 

Directly  at  the  right  of  the  main  entrance 
is  the  American  Indian  section,  where 
painted  scenes,  combined  with  tepee,  lodge, 
and  hogan,  faithfully  represent  the  native 
environment  of  the  North  American  Red- 
man.   The  lodge  of  the  Sioux  Indians,  and 


•   persuade   the 
In    thousands    of      blanket 


long  before  the  arrival  of  Columbus,  unfail- 
ingly arouse  the  interest.  Significant  among 
the  exhibitions  are  the  church  of  the  Papagos, 
one-fifth  full  size,  erected  at  Tucson,  Ariz., 
as  a  memorial  to  John  Elliot,  "the  apostle 
to  the  Indians,"  and  a  model  of  the  suh- 
stanrial  stone  church  of  the  Oneidas,  seating 
eight  hundred,  and  built  on  the  Oneida 
reservation  in  Wisconsin  after  the  Oneidas 
were  removed  from  New  York  State  in  1832. 
A  fully  accoutred  Indian  passes  through 
the  scene  and  announces  that  a  Navajo 
wedding  is  about  to  take  place.  The  sevetal 
stages  ofcourting,  announcement  of  betrothal, 
and  wedding  ceremony  are  enacted  with 
fidelity  to  the  nadve  customs.  The  Indian 
brave  approaches  the  hogan  of  hii  beloved 
and  sings  the  courting  song  of  the  Navajo: 
"'^'  with  me  and  together  'neath  one 

ilk."  This  is  repeated  on  three 
days,  perhaps  more,  before  the 
Indian  maiden  consents  to  walk  with  her 
lover,  and  thereby  announce  her  betrothal 
to  the  tribe.  The  wedding  takct  place 
before  the  tribe,  when  the  brave  simply 
accepts  the  maiden  as  his  wife  and  she 
pledges  her  life  to  his  support. 

A  few  steps  from  these  scenes  of  native 
Indian    life  is  the  section  devoted   to  the 


MISSIONS 


403 


I  progress  of  the  American  Negro 
ays  of  his  bondage  to  the  presfnt 
industrial  education.  The  black 
'  old  slave  trader  is  here  with  the 
1  handcuffs  and  iron  collars  that 
so  necessary  a  part  of  the  ship's 
The  Negro  quarters  border  on 
:hing  cotton  field,  and  as  if  to 
>r  our  first  martyr  president's 
toward  the  Negro,  the  Lincoln 
is  given  a  place  in  this  section. 


:ural  experiment  station,  a  black- 
I,  printing  press,  carpenter  shop, 
lay  of  girls'  handiwork  illustrate 
s  by  which  is  being  wrought  the 
Her  and  truer  emancipation.  The 
employing  these  agencies  under 
s  of  mission  boards  are  variously 
I  by  photographs  and  by  speci- 

natural  to  proceed  from  the  sphere 
behalf  of  Negroes  in  America  to 
alf  of  Negroes  in  Africa.  Large 
ren  to  the  educational  and  socio- 
ic  of  missions.  A  typical  mission 
1  African  village  is  in  session  and 
■  influence  among  the  Zulus  is 
in  the  native  hut  placed  side  by 
die  Christian  African's  modest 
pical  Africa  is  represented  in 
f  fetishes,  an  African  village, 
Hue,  a  granary,  a  devil's  hut,  a 
I,  a  stockade  and  an  abundant 
f  curios.  Ahhough  this  is  purely 
on    and    the   dire   needs    of  the 


an  village  cannot   be  portrayed, 
iry's  home  is  a  welcome  feature 
in  the  midst  of  the  African  environment. 

Our  island  possessions  of  Hawaii  and 
Pono  Hieo  come  next.  While  the  work  and 
progress  of  an  evangelical  gospel  are  not 
overlooked  in  these  seciions,  the  exhibits  of 
handicraft,  particulariy  of  needlework,  are 
especially  attractive.  The  unique  piece  is  a 
map  of  the  United  States  done  in  drawn  work 
by  two  Porto  Rican  girls  fourteen  years  of 
of  age.  Each  state  is  worked  in  a  different 
stitch  and  the  excellence  of  the  workman- 
ship wins  hearty  adm 

The  next  feature 
grant  station,  in  which  the  arrangement  of 
passageways,  examining  oflicials,  detention 
pens,  etc.,  is  essentially  like  that  at  Ellis 
Island.  Here  a  lecture  is  in  progress  con- 
cerning the  character  of  our  vast  incoming 
tide  of  population.  It  is  pointed  out  that 
whereas  ten  or  fifteen  years  ago  our  immi- 
grarion  came  largely  from  the  well-to-do 
people  of  Northwestern  Europe  and  the 
British  Isles  and  furnished  an  element 
easily  assimilated  into  our  narional  life, 
today  the  bulk  of  our  immigration  comes 
from  the  poorer  classes  of  Austria-Hungary, 
Italy  and  Russia,  furnishing  an  element 
difficult  of  assimilation,  ignorant  and  some- 
standards  and  institutions.  Profound  eco- 
nomic and  sociological  problems  are  created 
by  this  change  in  the  source  of  our  immi- 
gration. To  a  large  extent  these  people  are 
not  received  by  the  American  public  with  a 
welcome  of  fraternity  and  brotherhood;  they 
are  frequently  seeking  a  country  not  of 
hberty  but  of  unrestrained  license;  and  the 
breach  all  too  frequently  created  between 
them  and  the  church  in  the  old  country  be- 
comes widened  in  America  by  reason  of 
their  inability  to  find  a  church  with  services 
in  their  own  tongue,  the  disregard  of  most 
of  their  fellows  for  any  religious  service  what- 
ever, and  by  the  natural  diffidence  they  feel 
as  to  attending  a  service  where  the  language 
is  strange  and  the  welcome  doubtful.  The 
only  institution  capable  of  effectually  re- 
moving the  great  barriers  lying  between 
these  people  and  their  assimilarion  into  the 
best  of  American  life  is  the  Christian  church, 
and  if  the  church,  in  this  day  of  its  oppor- 
tunity, fails  to  render  this  great  service  to 
the  nation  and  repudiates  the  brotherhood 


40+ 


MISSIONS 


teachings  of  the  gospel,  the  sincerity  of  its 
ptofi'ssion  will  be  justly  questioned. 

When  the  brief  lecture  is  over,  a  typic;il 
examination  of  immigrants  takes  place  and 
the  visitors  witness  what  it  means  for  the 
incoming  millions  to  pass  through  the  gate- 
ways of  oui  nation.  As  many  of  the  inimi- 
giams  hnd  their  way  to  the  far  west,  rhe 
next  scene  is  the  home  mission  cnteipriso 
nil  the  frontier  —  the  chapel,  colpoitagc 
wagon,  folding  organ,  and  log  home  of  the 
missionary.  Here  the  frontier  preacher, 
jiiayed  in  his  leather  riding  habit  of  the 
pliiins,  cowboy  bat,  and  bandanna  Lerchief 
jliiiut  his  neck,  is  the  striking  figure.  His 
will  tanned,  smiling  face  and  breezy  western 
inunner  betoken  a  heart  big  enough  to  wel- 
iimif  the  entire  Exposition.  A  group  of 
»iii)ii-rs  from  the  pageant  chorus  chance  to 
hi'  anitmg  the  visitors.  The  quick  eye  of 
the  mimiionary  catches  them  and  he  plays 
(III  the  folding  organ  a  bar  or  two  of  some 
jdiiiiliar  hymn.  The  effect  is  magical.  Only 
,1  iiiiiiuie  and  the  gospel  service  of  the  plains 
II  in  full  swing  —  as  nearly  as  possible 
within  the  limitations  of  the  Exposition. 
I  hr  preacher,  however,  instead  of  deliver- 


ing a  sermon  to  "the  boys"  tells  stirring 
anecdotes  of  his  experiences  in  the  hand  to 
hand  conflict  with  evil. 

But  how  shall  words  be  found  in  which 
to  describe  the  scenes  of  India,  China  and 
Japan,  all  designed  with  fidelity  to  native 
architecture,  scenes,  warship  and  customs. 
In  India  one  witnesses  the  worship  of  Kali, 
goddi'ss  of  blood,  whose  image  is  adorned 
with  a  garland  of  skulls,  and  dead  bodies 
for  earrings,  before  whom  more  than  two 
hundred  million  devotees  ofler  sacrifice  and 
bend  the  knee.  Here  also  is  the  Pars!  towet 
of  silence  where  the  remnant  of  the  ancient 
Zoroastrians  expose  their  dead  to  be  con- 
sumed by  the  carrion-eating  birds.  Hen- 
is  a  typical  Zenana  of  eight  roams,  rooms 
pitiably  bare  and  uninteresting,  and  the 
occupants  of  these  rooms,  who  know  nothing 
of  the  liberties  of  their  Western  sisiets 
sketch  the  weary  and  monotonous  existence 
of  thousands  of  India's  Moslem  women. 

In  the  China  section  a  five-storied  pagoda 
— pagodas  always  have  an  odd  number  of 
stories — occupies  a  central  position,  while  lo 
one  side  are  a  tea  shop,  preaching  hall,  and 
a  chair  hong  ^ere  sedan  chairs  may  be 


MISSIONS 


405 


hort  trip  through  the  exhibition. 
>  and  reception  hall  are  utilized 

the  daily  life  of  the  Chinese 
rd  by  is  a  road  scene  with  the 
inci  inviting  the  passers-by  10 
titship,  while  next  to  the  shrines 
>dest  Chinese  temple  with  idols 
lit  priests.  The  odor  of  burning 
xats  the  air.  In  the  opium  den 
atplains  the  use  of  opium,  its 
bit-forming  properties,  and  the 
lures  the  Chinese  govemmeni  is 

(he  Empire  of  the  fearful  curse, 
illage  tree  a  knot  of  old  women 
ig  in  idle  gossip  over  the  affairs 
m  Tillages.  Here  is  China  as 
raw  material  out  of  which  ihe 
e>  are  seeking  to  fashion  a  new, 
1  Christian  China. 
U  rumbles  by,  drawn  by  a  lithe 
tanese  coolie  costume  and  broad 
It.  The  occupants  are  three 
fang  girls,  all  in  gay-colored 
■nonos.  Through  the  gateway 
panete  court  they  go,  and  the 
ct  in  after  them.  If  this  is 
7  it  it  a  land  of  rare  delights 
que  beauty.  The  tea  house  and 
p  at  the  entrance,  the  wistaria 
Jie  snow-capped  peak  of  Fuji 
!,  die  garden  and  the  lotus  pond 
le.  Surpassing  these,  however, 
int  of  interest    and    in    native 

the  Buddhist  temple  with  the 
featured  image  of  Buddha  en- 
lin  and  the  unique  Torii  and 


stone  lanterns  lending  enchantment  to  the 
approach  without. 

In  the  section  devoted  to  Mohammedan 
lands  one  sees  the  spread  tent,  full  sized,  of 
the  Bedouin  Arab,  the  same  today  as  when 
the  Hebrew  refugees  from  Egypt  used  this 
shelter  during  the  years  of  the  wander- 
ing. The  hand  mill  is  here  also  and  two 
women  are  busily  engaged  grinding  grain 
into  the  coarse  6our  of  the  desert.  Persia, 
Arabia  and  Turkey  are  here;  we  wander 
through  a  typical  Jerusalem  street,  visit  a 
Turkish  khan,  and  attend  service  at  the 
village  mosque. 

Three  special  forms  of  missionary  work 
are  illustrated  in  the  industrial,,  leper,  and 
medical  sections.  In  the  firn  is  one  of  the 
cotton  gins  invented  by  Rev.  B.  G.  Momin, 
and  first  used  in  the  Baptist  Mission  School 
at  Tura,  Assam.  Here  also  in  full  operation 
is  the  Churchill  foot-power  loom  which  has 
increased  Bve  fold  the  daily  earning  power 
of  the  weavers  of  India.  Both  these  inven- 
tions  have  meant  much  to  the  economic 
development  of  thousands  of  Indian  boyi 
and  have  been  given  gratuitously,  without 
"patent  rights"  and  "license"  limitations,  to 
the  people  of  India. 

A  model  hospital  tells  the  story  of  medical 
missions,  and  a  chart  graphically  announces 
that  while  in  the  United  States  we  have 
twelve  thousand  physicians  for  every  ei^t 
millions  of  population,  in  Arabia  there  are 
for  a  like  number  of  people  only  ten  physi- 

In  the  hall  of  religions,  fittingly  adjoining 


4o6 


MISSIONS 


the  scene  of  India,  that  land  of  many  beliefs, 
are  set  forth  the  customs  and  worship  of  the 
leading  non-Christian  faiths.  Taoism,  Con- 
fucianism, and  Buddhism,  the  three  great 
religions  of  China,  are  intelligently  demon- 
strated. The  water-barrel  Buddhist  prayer 
wheel,  one  actually  taken  from  a  stream  in 
China,  is  on  hand  and  its  use  explained. 
In  the  section  devoted  to  fetishism  is  a 
collection  of  totem  poles  and  African  fetishes, 
while  the  Hindu  scene  represents  Benares 
on  the  banks  of  the  sacred  Ganges,  with 
burning  ghats  and  idols  —  the  monkey  god, 
Nundi,  Shiva's  sacred  bull,  Shiva,  and  the 
wayside  cobra  images  on  either  hand.  It 
is  a  scene  which  must  send  away  thousands 
of  people  to  wonder  on  the  ways  in  which 
the  human  heart  seeks  to  understand  the 
everlasting  God. 

A  visit  to  the  galleries,  the  children's 
section,  the  moving  picture  and  tableaux 
halls   suggests   that  the   attractions   of  the 


Exposition  are  practically  endless,  and  the 
hall  of  methods  in  missionary  instruction 
abounds  in  happy  and  practical  suggestions 
for  the  Sunday-school  teacher,  the  mission 
class  leader,  the  pastor,  and  for  the  parents 
who  would  develop  a  just  appreciation  of 
missions  in  the  home. 

The  long  day  is  done  —  a  day  of  infinite 
variety,  the  source  of  a  new  interest  in  what 
the  gospel  means  to  the  world.  One  of  the 
most  impressive  features  of  the  entire  exposi- 
tion is  the  vast  amount  of  detailed  informa- 
tion in  the  possession  of  the  ten  thousand 
stewards  who  man  the  various  courts  and 
scenes.  Adequately  to  -estimate  the  value 
of  the  Exposition  as  an  instructive  agency 
is  impossible,  but  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  if  it  does  nothing  more  than  release  to 
the  churches  of  greater  Boston  a  trained 
army  of  workers  ten  thousand  strong,  it 
will  justify  the  entire  outlay  and  expend- 
iture involved. 


The  Missionary   Pageant 


By  the  Editor 


THE  Pageant  forms  a  special  and  signifi- 
cant feature  of  the  Exposition.  Without 
it  it  would  be  shorn  of  one  of  its  chief  attrac- 
tions and  most  impressive  features.  I  first  saw 
these  unique  presentations  in  company  with 
two  ministers  of  Boston.  For  two  hours 
we  sat,  little  heeding  the  time  or  surround- 
ings, while  there  was  unfolded  before  us  a 
succession  of  scenes  that  portrayed  in  un- 
forgetably  vivid  manner  the  transformations 
which  the  gospel  works  among  pagan  peoples. 
The  setting  was  superb.  It  is  doubtful 
whether  finer  scenic  effects  have  been  pro- 
duced anywhere.  The  coloring  in  costumes 
and  the  whole  artistic  settings  leave  nothing 
to  be  desired.  The  music  is  characteristic 
of  the  countries  represented,  and  of  a  high 
order.  The  words  are  worthy  of  the  themes, 
and  these  could  not  be  nobler,  for  they  tell 
of  the  victories  of  the  cross.  The  singing, 
especially  the  choral  work,  was  excellent. 


Nothing  was  lacking  in  perspective  or  color. 
The  mechanism  was  complete. 

But  what  held  us  from  first  to  last  was 
life.  First  we  saw  an  Indian  encampment 
in  the  far  North,  with  tents  and  camp  fire 
and  a  band  of  warriors,  a  glittering  mass  of 
brilliancy.  The  chiePs  daughter  had  disap- 
peared, and  the  mother  was  in  hysterics.  A 
band  of  Eskimo  traders  comes  in  and  trad- 
ing goes  on;  then  the  visitors  are  granted 
sleeping  place  without.  Night  falls,  ¥7hile 
chief  and  braves  sleep  about  the  (ire.  Sud- 
denly a  wail,  and  the  bereaved  mother  comes 
to  stir  up  her  husband  and  the  medidne  man, 
who  has  been  called  in  to  explain  the  child's 
fate.  He  accuses  the  Eskimos  of  mur- 
dering her,  and  vengeance  is  about  to  fall 
upon  the  innocent  visitors,  who  are  brought 
in  to  be  slaughtered,  when  a  shout  arrests 
attention,  and  a  missionary  leaps  into  the 
foreground,   while    sledge    and    attendants 


MISSIONS 


407 


follow.  The  slau^ter  is  stayed,  the  mis- 
sionaiy  uncovers  a  carefully  wrapped  bundle 
oRtheslcilge,  and  the  daughter,  whom  he  has 
found  wandering  in  the  forest,  springs  to 
her  mother's  embrace.  The  medicine  man 
is  put  out  of  business,  smashes  his  long  pipe, 
and  with  imprecations  departs,  while  the 
misstonaiy  tells  the  story  of  the  redeeming 
Christ,  and  begins  his  work  with  the  tribe, 
the  chief  gladly  welcoming  him  and  his 
message.  Realistic,  tragic,  swiftly  moving, 
you  see  the  gospel  at  work.  The  hush  of 
the  great  audience  proved  that  the  story 
carried  its  missionary  motive  home. 

Then  swiftly  we  were  transported  to 
Africa  —  from  North  to  South  —  and  the 
tcene  was  typically  African.  A  company 
of  converts  pushes  forward  the  building  of 
a  simple  chapel.  A  queenly  wife  of  a  slave 
trader  enters,  followed  by  a  litter  on  which 
her  hutband  lie*  *ick.  Livingstone  appears, 
and  she  beseeches  him  to  cure  her  husband. 


He  debates  whether  this  life  should  be  pro- 
longed to  continue  its  terrible  work,  but 
as  a  call  of  duty  does  what  he  can,  and  is 
presented  with  four  slaves  as  a  reward.  At 
once  their  manacles  are  struck  off  and  they 
are  given  liberty  as  their  first  gospel  gift. 
Then  a  great  wave  of  homesickness  sweeps 
over  the  heroic  soul,  as  he  thinks  of  the 
homeland  and  the  loved  ones  lost  to  him. 
"Home,  home,  home!"  comes  with  a  hean- 
break  in  voice  that  thrills  even  the  callous. 
Now  carriers  enter,  followed  by  British 
soldiers  and,  last,  Stanley,  who  asks  Living- 
stone to  go  home  with  him.  It  is  a  test 
indeed.  To  the  aged,  worn,  long-exiled 
iry  the  vision  of  home  and  England 
strong.  But  the  natives, 
gather  around  him,  and  on 
their  knees  beseech  him  not  to  leave  them. 
Decision  is  prompt.  "I  cannot  go  until 
my  work  is  done,"  Stanley  departs  alone, 
as  Livingstone  nails  the  cross  to  the  dome 


408 


MISSIONS 


of  the  chapel.  Missionary  satrifice  was  never 
made  mote  real.  The  figure  of  the  veteran 
haunts  you.     The  ideal  of  duty  abides. 

Then  to  the  Fast.  Manelous  the  irans- 
formaiion  in  scene.  The  temples  of  Benares, 
the  hurtling  ghats,  the  soft  rohcs  of  the  re- 
ligious procession  that  with  flowers  and 
saired  rites  is  to  celebrate  the  most  terrible 
sacrifice  of  Hinduism  — -suttee"  —  make 
a  sight  surpassingly  beautiful.  The  widow 
who  is  to  he  burned  is  clad  in  crimson. 
She  strews  the  pyre  with  flowers  and  refuses 
the  otfcred  aid  of  the  English  missionary's 
wife,  who  cannot  endure  the  awful  sight. 
The  victim  has  placed  herself  upon  the  pyre, 
and  the  spark  is  about  tu  be  applied  when 
an  Knglish  troop  rushes  in,  rescues  the 
willow,  and  overpowers  the  angry  mob, 
while  the  oflicer  in  command  announces 
that  by  order  of  the  British  (loremment 
"suttee"  shall  never  more  be  performed. 
Christianity  will  not  permit  human  sacrifice, 
even  in  the  name  of  religion.  The  widow 
finds  protection  with  the  missionaries,  and 
with  a  burst  of  victory  for  the  gospel  that 


protects  and  enthrones  i 
falls. 


in,  the  curtain 


Finally,  to  the  West.  Hawaii,  abloom 
with  its  tropical  luxuriance,  blue  sea  and  skies 
entrances  the  view.  A  wedding  procession 
is  in  progress,  with  a  wealth  of  coloring  that 
is  bewildering.  But  the  eanhquake  rumb- 
lings break  in  upon  the  general  joy.  This 
means  that  the  goddess  Pele  is  angry  and 
must  be  appeased.  The  priest  of  this 
rapacious  monster  goddess  declares  that 
nothing  but  human  victims  can  stay  de- 
struction. He  selects  the  happy  bridegroom 
as  one;  the  distiacted  bnde  appeals  for  his 
life,  but  all  in  vain;  other  victims  fall  pros- 
trate; the  wedding  joy  is  turned  to  deepest 
lamentation.  There  seems  no  hope,  until 
suddenly  the  queen  KapioUni  enters,  with 
her  train  of  courtiers.  She  has  become 
a  Christian,  and  has  resolved  that  no  longer 
shall  the  supetsrition  of  Pele  prevail  and 
these  sacrifices  be  made.  She  announces 
that  the  rites  must  not  go  on,  that  the  wor- 
ship of  Pele  is  superstition.  The  priest 
threatens  her  with  death,  she  accepts  the  chal- 
lenge,and  defies  Pele.  Thethrongascends 


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409 


people  rescued  from  superstition  fill  the  air 
with  praise  to  God. 

These  are  the  four  scenes,  each  with  its 
own  lesson,  but  the  same  in  that  it  is  the 
gospel  that  works  the  change  in  every  case, 
and  the  gospel  carried  by  the  missionary. 
But  there  is  still  a  culmination,  when  all 
the  four  groups,  comprising  several  hundred 
people,  together  with  the  great  chorus, 
gather  on  the  stage,  —  with  a  huge  rock 
cross  in  the  background  showing  the 
crimson-clad  figure  of  the  rescued  "suttee" 
victim  finding  refuge  there,  —  and  sing  a 
hymn  of  Christian  triumph,  closing  with  the 
Doxology,  in  which  the  entire  audience  is 
asked  to  rise  and  join,  and  does  join  in  a 
mighty  wave  of  melody. 

We  sat  down  quietly  when  it  was  over. 
After  a  little  we  compared  notes,  and  while 
we  were  temperamentally  unlike,  we  found 
that  the  scenes  had  made  a  like  impression 
upon  us  all.  That  impression  was  solem- 
nizing and  profound.  Missions  seemed  a 
more  living  reality.    The  gospel  power  stood 


out  in  bold  relief.  We  were  more  mission- 
ary in  spirit  than  before.  We  had  no  in- 
clination for  criticism.  We  wanted  rather 
to  go  away  quietly.  We  did  not  care  at 
once  to  go  back  to  the  exhibit  hall.  We 
had  been  in  a  far-away  world  of  unselfish 
and  self-sacrificing  activities,  and  did  not 
wish  to  leave  it  abruptly. 

I  cannot  understand  how  any  one  can 
see  this  wonderful  spectacle  and  not  carry 
away  a  new  thought  of  missions.  Even  a 
worldly  man  must  feel  the  underlying  motive. 
I  wish  a  million  unconverted  men  and  women 
might  be  drawn  to  the  Pageant.  They 
could  not  wholly  escape  its  significance. 
How  one  can  compare  it  with  ordinary 
theatrical  or  operatic  performances,  or  find 
in  it  any  tendency  save  the  uplifting  and 
inspiring,  I  cannot  imagine.  Theme,  place, 
surroundings,  occasion,  all  lift  it  out  of  the 
ordinary  realm  of  amusements.  But  then, 
we  find  in  anything  pretty  much  what  we  go 
to  find,  and  sometimes  miss  the  whole  genius 
of  a  movement. 


The   Baptists  in   the   Exposition 


A  LADY  who  was  going  the  rounds, 
after  she  had  seen  the  Chinese  and 
Burroan  compounds^  the  Garo  cotton  gin, 
the  cowboy  lanchy  and  a  dozen  other  in- 
teresting features^  and  had  learned  that  all 
these  were  Baptist  exhibits,  asked  naively, 
"Are  die  Baptists  the  only  people  who  are 
doing  missiofiaiy  work  ?" 

It  it  oeitain  that  in  connection  with  this 
Expootion  the  Baptists  have  done  a  great 
deal  of  work,  and  most  creditable  work,  and 
are  avficicsithr  conspicuous  to  make  the 
qoeMMD  not  altogether  unnatural.  Not  only 
hiYe  fine  displays  come  from  our  foreign 
ficUsti  but  our  Home  Mission  Society  was 
awjgpiH  the  frontier,  and  by  placing  in 
duugeXer.  J.'Onin  Gould,  a  real  frontier 
efaogrfiity  —  who  knows  how  to  get  the 
ctfSrbojrs  to  cfauith  and  has  more  than  once 
had  h^ren  who  were  marched  into  meeting 
and  told  to  sing  at  die  point  of  a  "gun,"  — 


made  this  one  of  the  most  realistic  exhibits. 
To  tell  what  the  Baptists  have  to  show  in 
the  Exposition  requires  a  twelve-page  leaflet 
"Guide  Book,"  which  our  Forward  Move- 
ment has  issued  and  will  gladly  send  to 
any  one  applying  for  it.  Of  course  we  can- 
not give  details  at  such  length  here.  We 
can  only  say  that  our  home  and  foreign 
mission  work  is  most  attractively  represented. 
Among  the  exhibits,  for  example,  is  a  model 
of  the  Fukuin  Maruy  our  Japanese  Inland 
Sea  Gospel  Ship,  Captain  Bickel  himself 
having  superintended  the  model's  construc- 
tion. Elaborate  models  are  to  be  seen  of 
the  compound  at  Swatow,  founded  by  Dr. 
Ashmore;  the  Nellore  (Telugu)  compound; 
the  Bassein  compound,  constructed  under 
direction  of  Missionary  Hascall,  who  is  one 
of  the  stewards  daily  giving  informatign; 
the  fine  hospital  at  Hanyang,  China;  a 
Yangtse  River  houseboat  such  as  the  mis- 


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MISSIONS 


in  their  work;  a  Kachir 
of  northern  Burma;  an  Assamese  hi 
Porto  Rican  house  and  court;  and  a  ( 
doctor'soutfitjwith  medical  box,i( 
manikin,  etc.,  sent  by  Dr.  Huntley.  Then 
there  is  the  Garo  cotton  gin,  such  as  is  used 
by  Garo  boys  in  the  school  at  Tura,  Assam, 
in  actual  operation  under  the  direction  of 
Bosin  G.  Momin,  a  Garo  student  taking  a 
course  at  Denison  University.  The  boys 
help  pay  their  school  expenses  by  ginning 


graphs  —  many  of  which  will  make  half- 
tones for  Missions  later  on  —  and  many 
other  things  worth  seeing. 

The  home  work  has  a  taking  reproduction 
of  a  typical  frontier.  The  scenery  is  striking. 
Snow-capped  Mt.  Ranier  rises  in  the  back- 
ground, with  miles  of  forest  in  front  to  be 
cleared.  A  pack  of  mules  is  seen  returning 
from  the  mines  whete  the  missionary  has 
gone  to  preach,  to  organize  baseball  clubs 
and    be   sky   pilot   and   friend.     A    rolling 


cotton,  which  the  missionary  r 

All  of  the  curios  in  the  Bum 

Educational    Mis: 

nished   by  i 

Press  of  Rangoon  ha! 

ing  pages  of  Scripture  m  burmese  or  Karen. 

The  sceneiy  shows  the  splendid   memorial 

buildings  of  Rangoon  Baptist  College,  and 


ade  possible. 
1  Court  and 


The  Mission 
It  work  print- 


Mi 


Hat 


1.    Marshall,   of  c 


in  charge  of  this 
Assam  Court  is  Baptist.  Arti 
Filipino  boys  in  our  Industr 
Jaro  are  interesting,  and  ther 
of  Chinese  coins,  some  dating  back  to  20< 
B.C.,  Chinese  butterflies,  African  fetish 
from  the  Congo,  large  numbers  of  phot 


ion.     The 
School   in 


prairie  shows  flock  of  five  thousand  sheep. 
A  prairie  lire  makes  a  brilliant  scene.  Next 
is  a  frontier  church  with  congregation  ap- 
proaching on  foot  and  horseback.  The 
sudden  growth  of  a  western  town  is  portrayed 
in  three  views  of  a  main  street  in  Oklahoma. 
August  6  represents  the  praine  with  its 
cornfields.  August  i6  shows  a  street  lined 
with  the  first  temporary  buildings,  and 
November  6  of  the  same  year  gives  a  view 
of  a  town  well  under  way. 

On  the  floor  there  stands  a  real  log  cabin 
like  those  in  which  hundreds  of  frontier 
Christians  live,  and  nearby  is  a  sod-house 
church,  an  example  of  those  in  which  mis- 
i;  laid  foundations  of  a  Christian 


MISSIONS 


4" 


community.  Visitors  are  surprised  and 
deeply  interesttd  to  hear  at  this  point  charao 
tcnstic  conversations  which  the  cowboy 
missionaiy  holds  with  a  mining  prospector, 
a  saloon-keeper,  a  father,  mother  and 
cevenil  children,  a  politician,  an  intemperate 
man,  a  baseball  captain,  and  the  leaders  of 
the  church,  about  the  erection  of  a  meeting 
house,  and  the  enlargement  of  the  work. 
These  conversations  were  most  of  them 
prepared    by    Rev.    F.   A.   Agar,    General 


organization  and  condua  of  the  Exposition 
we  are  represented  by  Dr.  Haggard,  Chair- 
man, and  four  other  members  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  three  vice-presidents,  seven 
members  of  the  Bnance  committee,  eleven 
lieutenants  of  stewards,  fifteen  missionaries, 
and  a  score  of  others  in  responsible  po- 
sitions, besides  several  hundred  stewards. 
The  Exposition  owes  not  a  little  of  its  charac- 
ter and  success  to  the  hard  work  put  into  it 
by  the  Baptists. 


Missionaiy  for  East  Washington  and  North 
Idaho,  and  reproduce  his  experiences. 

Close  at  hand  is  a  colpoitage  wagon  of  the 
Publicarion  Society,  with  its  colporter.  Rev. 
'William  F.  Newton,  who  explains  that 
Connccucut  hai  a  frontier  or  pioneer  mission 
"Work  also.  The  visitor  thus  sees  the  real 
thing,  as  he  does  when  he  goes  to  the  siding 
just  outside  the  Building,  where  a  Chapel 
Car  is  on  exhibirion,  in  charge  of  Rev. 
Thomas  R.  Gale  and  wife,  its  regular  mis- 
sionary workers. 

The  Baptists  have  head<]uarters  on  the 
second  floor,  in  charge  of  the  Forward 
Movement,  and  here  all  our  societies  have 
fine   diiplayi   of  their  h'teraiurc.    In   the 


Baptist  Day  drew  a  large  number,  but 
perhaps  not  more  than  other  days.  The  day 
was  marked  by  a  most  graceful  and  generous 
recognition  of  the  important  part  our  denomi- 
nation has  played  in  our  country's  develop- 
ment, by  Bishop  Lawrence  of  Massachusetts, 
who  extended  welcome  for  the  Exposition 
managers.  Our  missionaries  who  are  serv- 
ing in  the  Kxposirion  were  introduced  by 
Dr.  Haggard,  and  it  was  a  good  time  all 
around.  1'hat  the  influence  of  the  Ex- 
position will  be  felt  in  our  churches  in 
increased  missionary  interest  is  certain. 
Nor  is  the  circle  of  influence  limited.  Bap- 
tist visitors  have  come  from  Iowa,  Illinois 
and   Ohio,  and    indeed  from  all  sections. 


MISSIONS 


An  Interview  Concerning  Apportionment 

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The  Editor  and  the  Secretary  of  the  General  Apportionment 
Conunittee  have  a  frank  talk  about  the  problems  and  policies 
of  the  Apportionment  Plan;  the  manner  in  which  crlticiEms 
are  met;  and  the  fairest  method  yet  devised  of  placing  before 
ow  chiirches  a  suggestion  based  on  fact  indicati^  their 
reasonable  share  in  the  work  of  world  evangelization 
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EDITOR.     Do  the  deficits  reported  by 
the  Missionary  Societies  indicate  the 
failure  of  the  Apportionment  Plan  ? 

Mr.  Moore.  By  no  means.  The  inter- 
esting fact  is  that  each  of  the  four  societies 
which  have  debts  received  more  money  from  . 
the  churches  than  was  received  during  the 
preceding  year.  Debts  do  not  mean  in  this 
case  a  decline  of  interest  or  a  falling  off  of 
receipts  from  churches.  They  do  mean 
that  the  societies  based  their  budgets  on 
apportionments  that  exceeded  a  reasonable 
expectancy  of  receipts  from  the  churches. 

Editor.     What  in  yout  judgment  is  ihe 
chief  problem  ih;  '         ' 

with  the  Appoi 

Mr.  Moore. 
difficulty  has  been  in  connection 
making  of  apportionments.  " 
alone  could  di 
absolutely  fait  : 
that  apportioni 
estly  sought  to  make  a  fair  distribution  of 
the  total  amounts,  but  in  spite  of  the  greatest 
Tors  of  judgment  arc  inevitable.  The 
is  irritation  and  sometimes  the  eom- 
repudiation     of    the    Apportionment 


Plan? 
1    think    that    the    chief 


ind  equitable  way.    1  beh 


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Plan. 


Is 


;  that  the 


the 


ments  have  as  a  rule  been  too  large  ! 

Mr.  Moore.  That  depends  upon 
point  of  view.  As  measured  by  (he  needi 
of  the  work  they  have  been  very  much  tot 
small,  but  as  measured  by  the  giving  of  thi 
churches  it  is  true  that  they  have  been  fai 
in   excess   of  reasonable   expectation.     Thi 


apportionments  for  the  two  largest 
last  year,  for  example,  aggregated  ^944,730, 
while  the  receipts  from  sources  to  which 
apportionments  may  be  made  were  ^24,840. 
That  is  to  say,  for  these  two  societies  alone 
the  churches  fell  ^319,890,  or  a  full  one- 
third,  short  of  raising  the  apportionment. 

Editor.  Do  you  find  that  Baptist  inde- 
pendence leads  many  churches  to  resent  the 
Apportionment  Plan  f 

Mr.  Moore.  Perhaps  many  is  too  strong 
a  word.  Of  course  there  has  been  some 
feeling,  and  considerable  criticism  of  one 
feature  or  another.  This  was  (o  be  expected. 
I'here  has  also  been  a  misunderstanding  of 
the  apponionmcnt  idea,  in  spite  of  repeated 
explanations.  Occasionally  an  expression 
has  been  made  like  the  following:  "Many 
fed  that  for  a  committee  to  sit  down  and 
tell  the  church  what  it  should  do,  without 
ever  submitting  the  matter  to  the  church,  is 
denominational  impertinence."  But  on  the 
other  hand,  there  has  been  an  unmistakable 
volume  of  approval  and  gratitude  for  a  better 
way  than  the  old. 

Editor.  What  has  the  General  Appor- 
tionment   Committee    to    say    in    reply    to 


Mr.  Mooke.  The  Committee  has  readily 
recognized  the  justice  of  much  of  it  and 
sought  to  remove  the  causes  of  dissatis- 
faction. The  Committee  believes  that  our 
Apponionment  Plan  was  defective  iii  that 
the  apportionments  were  made  without 
conference  of  any  sort  with  the  churches, 
and  no  way  was  provided  for  the  revision 


1  - — -^-T ■■  .  .■  ■ 


MISSIONS 


413 


of  an  unsatisfactory  apportionment.  The 
new  policy  of  the  Committee,  which  was 
announced  in  March,  provides  for  this. 

Editor.  How  has  the  Apportionment 
Plan  affected  the  giving  of  the  churches  ? 

Mr.  Moore.  Favorably,  beyond  ques- 
tion. In  some  cases,  however,  the  Appor- 
tionment Plan  has  actually  stood  in  the  way 
of  a  church's  possibilities.  Not  a  few 
churches  have  made  the  Budget  instead  of 
the  Kingdom  their  goal.  While  it  is  true 
that  the  apportionment  has  always  been 
spoken  of  as  a  minimum  amount,  the 
fact  is  that  it  has  been  generally  regarded 
as  a  goal.  Some  churches  have  even 
withheld  amounts  raised  in  excess  of  the 
appoitionment,  applying  them  to  other 
objects. 

Editor.  You  speak  of  a  new  policy.  In 
what  way  does  this  provide  for  the  solution 
of  present  problems  ? 

Mr.  Moore.     It  meets  the  problem  of 

excessive  appoitionment  and  unreasonable 

expectation  in  two  ways.     To  begin  with, 

rhe  national  apportionment  to  the  churches 

^^Mras  detennined  not  by  the  requirements  of 

fdie  Budget,  but  by  the  record  of  the  past 

^ree  years.    The  total  amount  apportioned 

^vras  that  actually  received  from  the  churches 

during  the  year  1909-10,  plus  the  increase 

seasonably  to  be  expected  in  the  light  of  the 

^ain  made  during  the  two  preceding  years. 

The  apportionments  were  thus  made  to  the 

^rhuFches  essentially  on  the  basis  of  their 

Iprevious  giving. 

In  the  second  place  our  policy  this  year 
provides  that  the  churches  themselves  shall 
liave  chance  to  act  upon  the  apportionments 
submitted  by  the  State  Apportionment  Com- 
mittee, increasing  them,  if  possible,  since  the 
apportionments  are  really  on  a  minimum 
l>asis;  or  decreasing  them   in  those   cases 
"^here  the  apportionment  even  on  the  basis 
^f  reasonable  expectation  seems  too  large. 
"This  not  only  prevents  the  irritation  that 
grew  out  of  apportionments  that   seemed 
too  large,  but  it  also  recognizes  the  right  of 
the  church  to  a  voice  in  the  making  of  its 
apporttonment. 

Editor.  In  your  judgment  will  many 
churches  assume  amounts  in  addition  to 
those  suggested  by  the  Committee  ? 

Mr.  Moorb.  Probably  not  the  first  year. 
To  tidiat  extent  they  will  later  depends  en- 
tirely ttpon  die  character  of  our  educational 


campaign.  If  we  can  succeed  in  showing 
the  churches  that  the  goal  of  effort  is  not  a 
Budget  but  the  Christianization  of  our 
national  life  and  the  evangelization  of  the 
non-Christian  world,  then  we  may  expect 
churches  to  undertake  larger  things.  Three 
years  of  experience  of  the  Apportionment 
Plan,  I  think,  proves  conclusively  that  the 
question  of  increasing  our  giving  is  at 
bottom  an  educational  rather  than  an 
apportionment  problem. 

Editor.  .  Does  not  the  method  of  basing 
apportionments  upon  previous  giving  burden 
the  generous  churches  and  relieve  the  in- 
different ? 

Mr.  Moore.  Your  question  goes  to  the 
very  heart  of  the  matter.  The  real  issue  is 
this.  Shall  the  apportionment  be  made  on 
the  basis  of  what  churches  ought  to  do,  or 
on  the  basis  of  what  they  may  reasonably 
be  expected  to  do  ?  Hitherto  we  have  tried 
to  follow  the  first  of  these  two  methods. 
We  have,  however,  found  it  both  impossible 
in  practice  and  wrong  in  theory.  It  is  no 
more  possible  to  divide  up  responsibility  in 
this  way  in  a  denomination  than  in  a  local 
church,  and  everybody  knows  that  in  most 
churches  one-tenth  of  the  people  bear  nine- 
tenths  of  the  burdens.  The  utmost  must  be 
done  to  lead  the  indifferent  churches  to  do 
more,  but  no  suggestion  should  be  made  to 
the  churches  that  are  giving  generously  that 
they  are  justified  in  waiting  until  their 
slower  and  more  backward  brethren  catch 
up.  Every  church  should  be  encouraged  to 
increase  its  offerings  year  by  year  until  one 
of  two  things  has  happened  —  either  the 
limit  of  its  resources  has  been  reached  or  the 
world's  need  has  been  met. 

Editor.  Do  you  think  that  any  rule  of 
apportionment  can  be  found  that  will  be 
generally  applicable  ? 

Mr.  Moore.  Probably  not;  all  rules  have 
exceptions,  as  you  know.  It  is  desirable 
though  that  committees  shall  proceed  upon 
some  rule,  and  the  fewer  the  exceptions  the 
better.  If  the  churches  feel  that  some  wise 
general  rule  of  procedure  is  being  employed 
and  that  all  are  being  treated  alike  it  will 
reduce  criticism  to  a  minimum. 

Editor.  What  in  your  judgment  would 
be  a  wise  rule  of  apportionment  that  would 
require  the  fewest  possible  exceptions  ? 

Mr.  Moore.  As  I  have  said,  I  believe 
that  apportionments  may  best  be  made  on 


414 


M I SSIONS 


the  basis  of  receipts.  It  is  not  the  number 
of  members,  the  wealth  of  the  church,  the 
value  of  its  propeity,  nor  all  of  these  put 
together,  hut  ili  inter  e  it  in  mis  lion  t  that 
determines  the  size  of  its  missionary  oifer- 
ings.  Now  if  the  records  for  four  or  five 
years  were  available  and  it  could  be  shown 
for  example  that  during  this  term  of  years 
a  given  church  raised  one  one-hundredih  of 
the  total  amount  given  to  missions  in  a 
State,  it  would  surely  not  be  far  out  of  the 
way  to  assign  to  that  church  one  one-hun- 
dredth of  the  total  amount  to  be  apportioned 
to  the  State.  I  believe  that  the  application 
of  this  rule  would  give  results  so  satisfactory 
that  they  could  be  sent  to  the  churches 
without  the  making  of  any  exceptions  what- 
ever. 7~he  few  cases  in  which  results  would 
not  be  satisfactory  could  be  easily  adjusted 


by  the  Committee  upon  request  of  the 
churches  concerned. 

EorrOR.  Have  the  State  Committees 
taken  kindly  to  the  new  policy  recommended 
by  the  General  Committee  ? 

Mr.  Moore.  Almost  without  exception. 
Of  course  the  General  Committee  has  been 
willing  to  defer  to  the  wisdom  of  the  State 
Committees  in  the  matter  of  details.  It  is 
only  just  to  the  General  Committee  to  say 
further  that  nobody  can  reahze  so  fully  as 
its  members  that  we  are  working  out  an 
experiment,  step  by  step.  The  Committee 
welcomes  suggestion  from  every  source  in 
the  effort  to  secure  in  the  end  a  plan  and 
method  that  shall  meet  the  approval  of  the 
entire  denomination  and  most  successfully 
advance  the  great  causes  which  all  true 
Baptists  have  at  heart. 


The   Cuban    Convention 

By  Rev.  Fred  J.  Peters 


HF  seventh  ann 
of  the    Baptist    churches    of 
eastern  Cuba  has  just  passed 
into    history,   and    it   certainly 
was  one  of  the  most  successful 
and    important   ever   held    by 
our  churches  in   Cuba.      The 
number  of  delegates  from  the 
churches   reached   high-water   mark.      The 
previous  record  attendance  was  sixty-one — 
it  is  now  ninety,  an  increase  this  year  of  fifty 
per  cent.     It  js  evident  that  the  churches  are 
taking  a  deeper  interest  in  each  other  and 
in  their  work  for  the  Master.    Thfy  begin 
to  realize  their  power  and  opportunity,  and 
are  rising  to  the  occasion.      May  the  inter- 
est long  continue. 
The  convention  began  on  the  evening  of 


March  2%,  and  lasted  till  the  night  of  the 
30th.  It  was  held  in  histoiic  Bayamo, 
famous  for  its  stubborn  resistance  of  Span- 
ish rule,  as  is  very  evident  today,  it  being 
almost  a  city  in  ruins.  It  is  also  the  birth- 
place of  many  Cuban  patriots. 

Here  we  saw  the  house  in  which  Cespedes 
was  bom.  A  stone  insetted  over  the  door 
of  his  house  reveals  the  fact.  He  took 
Bayamo  from  the  Spaniards  in  October, 
1B68,  and  held  it  till  January,  1869.  He 
then  burnt  the  city  rather  than  let  it  fall 
into  Spanish  hands.  At  that  time  the 
population  was  30,000;  it  is  now  only  6,000. 
Kvcry  street  tells  the  tale  with  silent  elo- 
quence. Ruins,  ruins,  ruins.  But  a  new 
Bayamo  is  rising  phenixlike  out  of  the 
fuins  of  the  old.     The  recently-completed 


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railway  through  the  town  it  lending  a  great 
impetiu  to  the  resurrection.  Bayamo  is 
destined  to  be  aa  great  a  center  in  the  future 
as  in  the  past.  Our  superintendent  has 
done  well  to  locate  a  strong  church  here. 
Here  we  saw  also  the  ruins  of  the  birthplace 
of  Estrada  Palnta,  the  first  president  of 
"Cuba  libre."  It  will  be  seen  that  the  little 
town  of  Bayamo  is  truly  sacred  to  the 
hean  of  the  Cuban.  A  place  to  be  held  by 
Baptists.  So  evidently  Cuban  Baptists  felt 
on  the  afternoon  of  March  28,  as  the  con- 
vention train  drew  out  of  Santiago  de  Cuba 


at  two  o'clock,  with  our  first  contingent  on 
board  from  our  church  there.  The  next 
contingent  was  from  EI  Crista,  the  Baptist 
Mecca  of  Cuba,  where  our  Colleges  are. 
Here  Dr.  MomIc^  boarded  the  train  with  the 
rcat  of  (It,  an  animated,  expectant  company. 
Then  on,  and  nearly  every  station  we 
stopped  at  during  a  journey  of  five  hours 
had  one  or  more  delegates  awaiting  to  swell 
the  ranks  of  the  conquering  army  inside. 
A  ■houtofrccognititm,  a  hearty  handshaking, 
an  incnate  in  the  dde  of  animation  and  con- 
▼emtioa,  was  the  oft-repeated  experience 
St   dKK   mytide  nations.     So  the  ther- 


:  as  the  train  rolled  on.  It  was 
exhilarating  to  see  the  gathering  of  the  clans, 
I  could  hardly  believe  I  was  on  the  mission 
field.  I  could  not  refrain  from  making  a 
comparison  between  this  and  my  former 
field  of  labor  in  Peru,  where,  after  seventeen 
years  of  hard  toil  and  suffering  only  three 
small  churches  exist  as  a  result.  Here  a 
veritable  army  gathers  in  response  to  the 
trumpet  call.  This,  too,  as  a  result  of  only 
eleven  years  of  gospel  work. 

At  length  we  reached  Bayamo,  where  we 
were  warmly  greeted  by  the  local  pastor 
and  brethren,  as  well  as  by  a  goodly  com- 
pany of  delegates  from  other  quarters  who 
had  arrived  before  us.  We  arrived  at 
seven  p.m.,  and  as  there  was  a  meeting 
arranged  for  7.30  we  had  to  do  some  quick 
maneuvering  to  be  there  in  time.  When  we 
did  reach  the  Baptist  church  we  found  a 
lai^e,  expectant  audience  waiting.  We  were 
soon  in  full  sail  in  the  convention. 

During  the  following  days  the  Baptist 
Church  was  the  center  of  gravity  for  the 
whole  town.  Crowds  packed  it  every  night, 
while  in  the  day  it  was  a  hive  of  industry. 
Eager,  intense  delegates,  composed  of  the 
prime  of  Cuba's  young  men  and  women, 
as  well  as  older  folk,  followed  the  course  of 
the  proceedings  with  the  utmost  enthusiasm. 
It  may  be  that  the  newness  of  it  to  these 
people  made  it  interesting.  But  whatever 
it  was  it  was  a  joy  to  see  it. 

An  immense  amount  of  work  was  dis- 
posed of,  but  much  more  remained  un- 
touched. It  was,  therefore,  resolved  to 
extend  the  time  of  future  conventions  to 
three  days  instead  of  two.  The  presence  of 
the  delegates  was  very  noticeable  in  the 
little  town,  and  created  quite  an  impression 
as  to  the  growth  of  evangelical  sentiment  in 
Cuba.  It  was  an  eye-opener  to  many.  The 
influx  of  ninety  delegates  with  a  good  number 
of  others  interested  In  the  work  was  a  moral 
and  spiritual  earthquake  to  the  little  town 
of  Bayamo.  We  left  them  rubbing  their 
eyes  and  holding  their  breath. 


Ther 


ral 


delivered  by  selected  brethren.  Space  for- 
bids mentioning  them.  The  evenings  were 
given  up  to  some  popular  topic  designed  to 
interest  outsiders.  And  they  were  interested, 
and  no  mistake.  The  sessions  of  the  con- 
vention proper  were  at  times  exciting,  when 
some  of  the  Latin  brethren  saw  things  from 


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difTerent  view-points.  There  was  a  foamy 
sea  now  and  then,  but  the  superintendent 
was  always  on  hand  with  the  oil  for  the 
troubled  waters,  and  all  ended  well. 

The  last  evening  was  specially  interest- 
ing, inasmuch  as  Brother  Enrique  Molina, 
the  promising  young  pastor  of  the  Bayamo 
church,  was  then  ordained.  An  extra  large 
crowd  of  local  spectators  was  present.  For 
most  of  them  the  sight  of  a  Baptist  and 
Protestant  ordination  was  a  novelty.  Pastor 
Molina  wrote  a  special  convention  hymn, 
which  was  sung  to  the  tune  of  (he  National 
Anlhem. 

A  feature  of  the  convention  was  the 
prayer  meetings  at  sunrise  and  the  conse- 
cration meetings  at  night.  The  deepening 
of  the  spiritual  life  of  the  pastors  and  dele- 
gates wa.s  given  first  place.  This  is  as  it 
should  be,  and  the  importance  of  this  phase 
ited. 
lulating  to  see  the  clans 
way  to  take  Bayamo  by 


If  it 
gather  i  .  ,  , 

storm,  it  was  still  more  so  to  sit  in  the 
sessions  and  listen  to  the  tale  of  the  doings 
of  the  churches  through  the  past  year.  See 
what  God  hath  wrought  in  Eastern  Cuba 
during  1910,  and  praise  the  Lord  with  us. 

We  learned  that  the  membership  of  the 
Baptist  churches  had  grown  from  a, 218  to 
1,595,  3"  increase  of  close  upon  400.  The 
Sunday  schools  show  a  still  larger  increase, 
from  1631  scholars  to  2633,  a  solid  thousand 
and  considerably  over  fifty  per  cent  gained 
in  the  year.  This  is  in  (he  right  direction, 
.and  is  a  reason  for  deep  thankfulness. 


Last  year's  report  revealed  the  fact  that 
44  churches  had  been  established.  That 
number  has  now  grovm  to  51.  The  41 
Sunday  schools  of  last  report  are  54-  In 
addition  to  the  above'there  are  now  73  out- 
stations,  making  a  total  of  churches  and 
stations  of  124.  There  have  also  been 
eleven  new  chapels  built  during  the  year, 
and  still  the  good  work  goes  on  apace,  and 
there  is  much  land  to  be  possessed. 

In  the  line  of  finances  also  the  note  of 
advance  has  been  observed,  for  while  last 
year  the  churches  subscribed  ^1,089  for  self- 
support,  they  passed  that  figure  by  ^241, 
making  a  total  of  ^1,330.  This  is  more  than 
a  20  per  cent  increase.  The  donations  of 
the  churches  for  other  objects  is  only  par- 
tially reported,  but  the  figures  to  hand  show 
an  increase  over  last  year  of  ^127,  thus 
making  a  total  of  f  2,547.  Secretary  Howell 
assures  me  that  when  the  returns  are  all  in, 
there  will  be  a  clear  increase  of  25  per  cent. 

There  has  not  only  been  increasing  num- 
bers, but  the  giving  reveals  steadily  deepening 
spirituality.  This  liberality  ha*  not  ca:ne  by 
chance,  it  is  the  result  of  careful  ot^nization 
and  hard  work.  There  is  no  doubt  about 
the  progress,  it  is  too  apparent  to  be  ignored 
or  overlooked.  May  the  progress  go  on 
inwardly  as  well  as  outwardly,  until  the 
Lord  opens  the  windows  of  heaven  and 
pours  out  such  a  blessing  that  we  shall 
really  have  what  many  of  us  are  praying 
for  here,  and  for  which  we  expressed  our 
hope  in  last  year's  notice,  a  Cuban  Revival. 
Are  you  praying  for  it  ?    Will  you  t 


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The  First  Italian  Baptist  Church  of  Brooklyn 

By  E.  P.  Famham,  D.D. 


THE  long-promised  buildings  Tor  the 
First  Italian  Baptist  Church  in  Brook- 
lyn, at  Nos.  16  and  18  Jackson  Street, 
were  opened  for  public  •etrices  early  in 
March.    Tlie  dedicatory  exercises  continued 


years.  Miss  Maiy  E.  Godden  has  given 
herself  as  a  freewill  offering  to  the  work  for 
almost  seven  years.  Other  workers  have 
assisted  from  time  to  time.  No  i 
can  be  given  of  the  amount  of  toil  ; 


through  Kveral  days  and  were  of  a  high 
order.  On  Easter  morning  twenty-six 
candidate*,  who  had  been  received  on  con- 
(etuoa  of  their  faith  by  baptism,  were  wel- 
comed—  aiter  the  usual  custom  in  our 
Americaii  cburdie*,  but  with  unusual  joy  — 
by  the  band  of  Qiristian  fellowship.  Ten 
link  duUren  were  pieaented  for  public  con- 
Mcndoa  to  God  by  Christian  parents. 
Quite  X  number  of  the  candidates  received 
into  die  fiellowihip  of  the  church  had  been 
the  willing  tabjecti  of  good  teaching  and 
training  (ot  (cvetal  years.  It  is  now  seven 
yean  nnce  PnfcMor  Mangano  came  fresh 
from  hi*  coU^e  and  seminary  courses  to 
take  chaige  of  this  Italian  Mission.  Pro- 
fessor AUegri  ha*  been  with  us  three  full 


thought  and  priceless  love  put  into  the 
building  of  this  work.  The  Memorial 
Church  and  Mission  Building  open  into 
each  other  on  the  main  floor,  thus  accom- 
modating an  audience  on  occasion  of  about 
four  hundred  persons.  The  social  hall  and 
gymnasium,  the  dispensary,  the  penny  bank, 
the  shower  baths,  lavatories,  heating  equip- 
ment and  janitor's  rooms  are  partly  below 
the  surface  of  the  street,  but  well  provided 
with  light  and  air.  The  reception  room  has 
been  appropriately  provided  with  mission 
furniture  of  first  quality.  These  furnish- 
ings are  the  gift  of  friends  of  Mr.  Man- 
gano. The  Girls'  Guild  room  has  been 
the  special  care  of  the  Marcy  Avenue  Bible 
School. 


+i8 

The  Kindergarten  has  been  furnished  hy 
Miss  Godden  and  by  friends  at  Hempstead, 
L.I,  The  room  is  complete  and  the  little 
children  throng  the  streets  in  the  vicinity, 
and  might  easily  be  gathered  and  put  under 
the  best  of  wholesome  influences  and  train- 
ing, but  the  resources  have  not  as  yet  been 
secured  for  the  maintenance  of  this  feature 
of  the  work. 

The  same  must  be  said  of  the  gymnasium 


MISSIONS 


and  dispcnsar)',  yet  hope  dieth  not  in  our 
beans,  and  we  verily  believe  that  means  will 
be  provided  for  the  full  utilization  of  the 
splendid  possibilities  of  all  the  rooms  in  the 
entire  equipment.  Miss  Force,  whose  salary 
is  entirely  met  by  our  Woman's  Home 
Mission  Society,  is  adapting  herself  in  capital 
fashion  to  the  needs  of  the  field.  On  Satur- 
day mornings  you  will  find  her  with  volunteer 
assistants,  teaching  from  fifty  to  seventy-five 
bright  girls  in  a  sewing  class;  on  Tuesday 
evening  she  is  leading  a  class  of  young 
women  in  the  aits  of  dressmaking  and  milli- 
nery.    Other  hours  ate  set  apart   for  the 


religious  instruction  of  the  boys  and  girls, 
also  for  wholesome  recreation  under  good 
guidance.  Two  singing  classes  —  one  for 
boys  and  girls  and  one  for  young  men — ate 
attaining  excellent  results.  Only  recently  a 
class  for  instruction  on  the  violin  and  other 
stringed  instruments  has  been  fortned.  If 
the  money  can  be  secured  we  shall  have  a 
Vacation  Bible  School  for  seven  weeks  in 
the  new  social  hall,  a  capital  place  for  it. 
The  roof  garden  also  awaits  a  slight  expendi- 
ture before  it  can  be  utilized  for  classes, 
social  gatherings  and  religious  meetings,  dur- 
ing the  summer  days  and  evenings.  Think 
of  the  influence  on  the  thickly-settled  Italian 
neighborhood  all  about,  by  the  conduct  of 
a  devout  religious  service,  accompanied  by 
Stringed  instruments  and  comet — of  a  lummer 
evening— from  the  roof  of  the  Mitcion  House. 
"Come  thou  with  us  and  we  will  do  diee 
good"i5  the  motto  of  the  new  Italian  Church 
and  Mission  House  on  Jackson  Street, 
Brooklyn. 

It  is  now  widely  known  that  a  donation 
of  ^20,000  from  Mr.  Frederick  Dietx,  a 
personal  friend  of  Mr.  Mangano,  has  been 
given  for  the  construction  and  furnishing  of 
the  church  building  proper,  as  a  loving 
memorial  to  his  wife,  Marie  Louise  Dietz. 
A  beautiful  bronze  tablet  on  the  chapel  wall 
will  petpetuaie  the  story  of  this  twofold 
devotion,  to  his  friend  Mr.  Mangaiio,  and 
to  the  memory  of  his  cherished  companion. 
A  beautiful  memorial  window,  "The  Good 
Shepherd,"  placed  over  the  pulpit,  preaches 
eloquently  to  the  people  at  every  public 
service.  It  is  illuminated  in  the  evening 
and  so  utters  its  message  both  by  day  and 
by  night. 

The  two  upper  floors  of  the  Mission  House 
have  been  set  apart  for  the  conduct  of  The 
Italian  Department  of  Colgate  TheDl<^cal 
Seminary.  Here,  with  recitation,  libraiy, 
dormitory  and  housekeeping  conveniences 
Professor  Mangano  and  his  coadjutors  carry 
on  the  systematic  teaching  and  training  of 
Italian  students,  who  are  preparing  them- 
selves for  efficient  ministry  to  their  own 
people.  During  the  year  eleven  young  men 
have  been  connected  with  the  school.  On 
May  2,  before  a  company  of  130  women  of 
our  Woman's  Home  Mission  Society,  Dea- 
coness Gardner,  for  fifteen  years  the  aggres- 
sive and  effective  leader  of  Italian  work 
at    Grace  Episcopal  Church,  Manhattan, 


MISS  IONS 


:d  unbounded  appreciation  and  ; 
sight  and  missionary  spirit  o 
folk,  in  the  equipment  and  coi 
1  school.    To  have  listened  t< 


419 


this  worlf  would  have  heartened  eveiy 
worker  engaged  in  the  uplifting  and  redemp- 
tion of  two  million  Italians  already  in  these 
United  States.     Here  is  missionaiy  oppor- 


nt  and  enthusiastic  appreciation  of     tunity  of  prime  quality. 


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A   Look  Ahead   in   Arizona 

By  Rot.  T.  F.  McGourtn«y 

State  Superintendent  ol  Minioiu 


1   for  the 
night  has 


ERE  is  light  in  the  West.  The 
oming  of  a  new  day  is  hailed  with 
s.  It  may  be  the  midday  sun  or  the 
sun  for  the  Orient,  but  it  is  the 
;un,  the  early  morning  si 
It.  Even  in  Arizona  the 
ing  and   dark,   so  that  s 

that  God  had  forgotten.  But  in 
ming  light  of  the  twentieth  century 
lint  have  disappeared  and  the  world 
le  to  know  that  Arizona  has  a  future, 
days  when  the  weary  traveler  was 
the  desert,  following  the  deceptive 
to  destruction  or  being  waylaid  by 


e  gon. 


forev 


itinental  railroads,  with  others  build- 
1  many  shorter  tines  penetrating  eveiy 


busy  section,  are  but  open  doors  to  an  in- 
exhaustible storehouse  where  may  be  found 
mineral  products  of  the  widest  range;  agri- 
cultural resources  yet  unknown  to  the  world; 
a  climate  world-renowned  which  must  draw 
settlers;  schools  and  churches  shaping  and 
molding  a  population  which  has  just  begun 
to  grow,  and  a  constitution  framed  which  is 
unique  in  the  history  of  democracy. 

Only  a  few  years  since  the  cowboy  on 
the  plains  grew  lonesome  and  longed  for  the 
annual  roundup  to  break  the  monotony. 
But  now  the  air  is  vibrant  with  life  all  over 
the  land.  The  whistle  of  the  stationary 
engine,  the  rumble  of  the  locomotive  and 
the  horn  of  the  automobile  are  but  the 
music  of  civilization  come  to  dwell  in  the 


420 


MISSIONS 


land.  From  the  mountain  tops  where  the 
Indian  built  his  signal  tires,  modern  reduc- 
tion plants  send  forth  the  light  of  their 
slag-dumps  reflected  on  the  sLy  far  out 
over  once  lonely  trails;  while  over  the  blaz- 
ing desert  where  6rc-gods  have  long  de- 
lighted to  dance,  life-giving  streams  are 
pouring  down  from  the  mountains  and 
gushing  up  from  the  bowels  of  the  earth 
filling  the  land  with  plenty  and  sending 
forth  an  invitation  for  others  to  come,  such 
as  will   be  heeded   by  many  in  the  near 

Something  of  the  mineral  wealth  of 
Ariiona  has  long  been  known.  Many, 
many  years  ago  rich  mines  were  worked 
and  the  ore  carried  on  burros  and  wagons 
across  the  country  to  be  reduced,  but  it 
has  only  been  about  thirty  years  since  our 
modern  era  of  mining  was  begun,  and 
even  now,  the  heaviest  trains  in  the  world 
carry  the  output  of  the  Bisbee  mines  thirty 
miles  to  Douglas  for  reduction,  where 
twelve  million  pounds  of  copper  bullion  are 
produced  each  month,  and  still  the  smelters 


;  being  enlarged.     It 
that  one  hundred  years  wil 
supply  of  ore  that  has  bee 


been  estimated 


Clifton,  Globi 
from  two  to  s 


blocked  I 
mining  centers,  such  as 
ind  Jerome,  are  producing 
million  pounds  per  month, 
while  new  mines  are  constantly  being  added 
to  the  list  of  producers.  Mills  and  smelters 
of  large  capacity  are  being  installed  at 
Miami,  Hayden  and  other  places.  The 
Ray  Consolidated  Mining  Company  has  an 
ore  reserve  of  ^75,000,000  tons,  and  they 
have  completed  the  first  section  of  an  800- 
ton  concentrator,  and  have  the  foundation 
laid  for  a  500-ton  smelter  to  be  completed 
this  year.  There  ate  plenty  of  smaller 
mines  shipping  ore,  and  hundreds  of  pros- 
pects being  worked,  many  of  which  will 
uncover  pay  ore.  It  is  early  morning  with 
the  mining  industry  in  Arizona,  and  many 
of  the  better  mines  are  yet  (o  be  discovered 
and  developed,  but  evi;n  now  Arizona  leads 
in  the  production  of  copper  and  some  other 

Yes,  Arizona  is  desert,  but  the  desert  has 
begun  to  blossom  as  the  rose.  The  valleys 
of  the  Colorado  River,  the  Gila,  the  Salt 
and  other  rivers  are  unsurpassed  in  fenility, 
as  given  by  government  tests.  Most  of  our 
valleys  are  surrounded  by  mountains  that 


facilitate  the  building  of  irrigation  works, 
and  this  enterprise,  though  new,  has  proven 
successful,  so  that  we  may  hope  to  see  a 
very  large  part  of  the  State  reclaimed.  In 
March  of  the  present  year,  ex-President 
Roosevelt  with  other  prominent  men  was 
present  at  the  dedication  of  the  Roosevelt 
Dam,  one  of  the  most  wonderful  pieces  of 
irrigation  work  that  has  ever  been  com- 


pleted. Second  only  to  this  is  the  similar 
work  under  the  direction  t>f  the  Government 
at  Yuma  on  the  Colorado.  Hi^er  up  on 
the  Colorado  work  is  being  done  looking 
toward  the  irrigation  of  200,000  acres  near 
Parker,  Ariz.  Thus  in  rime  will  all  water 
available  from  the  surface  and  from  beneath 
the  surface  be  used,  and  the  rich  lands  of 
Arizona  will  then  pour  forth  their  wealth 
to  help  feed  the  millions  of  earth. 

The  climate  in  the  valleyi  i(  ideal  for  nine 
months  in  the  year,  and  in  the  higher  alri- 
tudcs    it    is    pleasant    durii^  the    lummer 


MISSIONS 


4JI 


OMHiihs  as  wdl.  The  Arizona  climate  is  a 
real  boon  to  lucli  as  suffer  with  throat  and 
pulmonary  troubles.  It  must  always  be  so, 
for  irrigation  will  never  materially  affect  the 
climate  since  the  large  proponion  of  moun- 
tainotu  area  will  always  be  sufficient  to 
furnish  the  life-giving  ozone  in  abundance. 
The  mild  winters  make  it  possible  for  one 
to  live  in  the  open  air  eveiy  day  in  the  year. 


,.  lo,  187s 

There  are  plcntjr  of  people  in  Arizona  who 
crame  as  invalids  and  are  now  enjoying 
good  heahh.  The  building  and  operating 
of  laigc  sanitaiiumt,  many  in  number,  should 
become  a  reality,  for  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  there  are  diotuands  of  people  who  are 
nearing  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death 
^o  nu^t  Mcuxe  a  new  hold  on  life  .under 
the  magic  toudi  of  the  Arizona  climate. 
Why  dioald  we  be  slow  to  use  freely,  what 
God  has  placed  for  the  relief  of  man  ? 

Schools  ate  being  projected  on  modem 
liiw*,  and  even  now  few  countries  so  new 


is  no  regular 
the  eo-opeta 
nations  we  s 
lying  sectior 
vnll  be  a  lor 


have  so  many  advantages  to  offer.  All  of 
our  better  towns  have  good  high-school 
buildings  with  splendid  equipment,  and  are 
supplied  with  most  able  teachers  who  stay 
from  year  to  year.  Industnal  as  well  as 
literary  work  is  required  in  both  grammar 
and  high  schools.  Our  University  and  State 
Normal  schools  are  keeping  abreast  with  the 
advancement  of  higher  education. 

Christianity  has  been  slow  to  get  a  start 
because  of  the  uncertain  conditions  of  the 
past,  but  most  people  are  now  coming  to 
Arizona  to  live  as  in  other  lands,  and  our 
communities  are  becoming  more  stable  each 
year.  True,  there  are  hundreds  of  corn- 
school  districts  where  there 
caching  of  the  gospel,  but  by 
n  of  our  evangelical  denomi- 
uld  reach  most  of  these  out- 
in  a  few  years,  although  it 
time  before  they  will  be  able 
reaching  without  some  help. 
Out  Arizona  Federation  of  Christian 
Churches,  which  was  organized  some 
months  ago,  should  contribute  toward  the 
proper  solution  of  this  problem. 

Out  of  thirty  Baptist  churches  in  Arizona, 
only  four  are  self-sustaining,  but  four  years 
ago  only  one  was  self-sustaining.  Six  years 
ago  gambling  was  unrestrained,  and  saloons 
were  holding  high  carnival  in  every  town 
and  village.  Murder  was  then  of  frequent 
occurrence  in  many  of  our  growing  towns, 
but  with  the  coming  of  churches  these 
influences  have  begun  to  wane,  and  we  now 
have  no  legal  gambling  in  Arizona,  and 
some  towns  and  communities  and  one 
whole  county  have  outlawed  the  saloon. 
Even  Phoenix,  the  metropolis,  gave  a 
majority  for  prohibition  a  little  more  than 
a  year  ago.  The  senriment  is  here  now  that 
will  soon  banish  the  saloon  and  hasten  on 
the  fullness  of  the  brighter  day. 

A  growing  Christian  sentiment  has  been 
behind  every  reform  that  has  come.  The 
constitution  which  has  been  framed  for  the 
new  State  embodies  the  simple  wish  of  the 
people  for  direa  legislation  which  will 
insure  a  strong  and  popular  government 
where  vice  and  crime  may  not  sit  in  the  scat 
of  authority  and  wield  the  scepter  against 
the  wish  of  the  majority. 

Thirty-five  years  ago  our  Baptist  work 
in  Arizona  was  begun  in  the  Verde  Valley 
near  Jerome.     Rev.  J.  C.  Bristow,  of  Mis- 


422  MISSIONS 

souri,  drove  his  family  across  the  plains  in  Brother  Bnstow  had  a  family  often  children 

an  ox  wagon  and  staned  a  Sunday  school  and    nine    of   them    still    live.      There   ate 

under  a  biush  arbor  where  he  sawed  cotton-  thirty-five   grandchildren   and   twenty-seven 

wood  blocks  for  seats,  setting  ihem  on  end.  great-grandchildren.       Seven    of  hie    nine 

That  same  year,  1875,  he  preached  the  first  children  live  near  the  "Old  Tree."    Etetnity 

Baptist  sermon  in  Arizona  under  a  cotton-  alone  will  reveal  the  good  accomplished  by 

wood   tree   at  what   is  now  Middle  Verde;  a   man  who  thus  plants  his  life  in  a  com- 

and  last  October  it  was  my  pleasure  to  hear  munity  and  builds  a  home  for  the  glory  of 

this   good    brother,   now  sixty-seven  years  God.     The  future  Aiizona  will  be  a  land 

old,  preach  a  good   strong  sermon  under  of  homes  where  the  light  from  the  Son  of 

this  same  cottonwood  tree.    For  a  number  Righteousness  will   shine   more   and   more 

of  years,    the    Middle    Verde   church    has  unto  the  perfect  day. 

observed  the  anniversary  of  that  first  sermon.  Pketnix,  Arixona. 


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The  General  Secretary's  Review 

are  in  the  midM  of  a  splendid 
eriea  of  Laymen's  Missionary 
needngs,  covering  Minnesota, 
Visconsin,  Michigan  and  Indi- 
ina.  Later  on  we  will  work 
roints  in  Illinois,  Kansas  and 
>»lorado.  Some  of  our  meet- 
ings have  been  large,  and  all 
of  them  have  been  enthusiastic.  At  Mil- 
waukee we  had  28a  men;  St.  Paul,  350; 
Minneapolis,  550.  The  attendance  at  the 
other  eleven  places  in  the  above-named 
States  where  we  held  conferences  was  even 
larger  considering  the  percentage  of  men 
that  could  be  reached  and  gathered  at  any 
one  meeting.  The  men  attending  these 
meetings  have  been  representative.  And  it 
has  given  the  workers  in  the  field  as  well  as 
the  pastois  and  missionary  committees  great 
encouragement  to  see  men  of  wealth  and 
influence  u  well  as  those  of  moderate  means 
put  themselvea  behind  this  great  movement. 
It  has  also  been  a  joy  to  see  young  people 
volunteer  for  service  on  the  mission  field. 
Moreover,  the  Movement  has  brought  in- 
spiration to  the  members  of  many  congrega- 
tions for  the  meeting  of  the  local  problems 
in  church  worlc.  All  things  considered  the 
influence  of  this  campaign  should  be  very 
&r  reaching.  TTie  important  thing,  how- 
ever, before  many  of  the  churches  touched 
by  these  meetings  is  the  follow-up  work. 
Since  our  denominational  campaign  opened 
last  December,  we  have  held  over  sixty 
Men's  Conferences  in  important  centers. 
These  have  been  attended  by  nearly  14,000 
Baptist  men  iHio  represent  hundreds  of 
Baptist  churches. 


At  all  these  meetings  clearly-defined  reso- 
lutions were  passed,  setting  fonh  the  policy 
to  be  adopted  and  followed  by  the  churches. 
We  all  know  that  resolutions  are  of  value 
when  carried  out,  and  we  all  know  that  these 


resolutions  have  proved  to  be  of  mighty 
value  to  the  churches  where  they  have  been 
carried  out.  These  resolutions  recommended 
the  appointment  of  a  missionary  committee, 
the  adoption  where  possible  of  a  weekly- 
offering  system  of  giving  to  missions,  and  a 
personal  every-member  canvass  for  all  our 
missionary  objects.  And  in  nearly  all  these 
meetings  a  financial  objeaive  of  ten  cents 
per  member  per  week  on  an  average  was 


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MISSIONS 


recommended  as  a  reasonable  minimum 
goal  toward  which  our  people  should  aim. 

I  have  never  seen  greater  enthusiasm  in 
the  Laymen's  meetings  anywhere  than  I 
have  seen  in  our  meetings  during  the  past 
winter.  I  am  convinced  that  our  men  are 
ready  for  a  mighty  advance  along  all  lines 
of  missionary  activity.  And  1  am  persuaded 
that  if  our  pastors  and  missionary  com- 
mittees will  make  a  vigorous  effort  to  put 
these  resolutions  into  exercise,  great  returns 
will  not  only  come  to  the  various  missionary 
treasuries,  but  to  the  local  churches  as  well. 

The  finest  methods  will  prove  a  failure 
when  not  operated,  and  the  poorest  methods 
may  prove  a  victory  when  faithfully  worked. 
But  think  of  the  mighty  triumphs  that 
would  come  to  our  denomination,  if  we  all 
adopted  the  best  methods  and  worked  them 
to  the  best  of  our  ability. 

We  are  glad  in  this  connection  to  state 
that  we  are  now  getting  reports  from  churches 
where  the  new  methods  have  been  adopted, 
and  the  progress  being  made  is  glorious. 
We  shall  publish  some  of  these  reports  later. 
Reports  of  the  Chicago  meetings  will  be 
given  in  July  issue. 

The  Campaign  in  Minnesota 

BY    REV.    E.    R.    POPE 

THIS  campaign  was  given  a  fine  send-ofF 
in  Minnesota  by  the  meetings  held  in 
the  Twin  Ports  (Duluth  and  Superior),  and 
in  the  Twin  Cities  (St.  Paul  and  Minne- 
apolis). Rev.  F.  W.  Padelford  of  Massa- 
chusetts aroused  interest  by  his  hurried 
visit  in  March.  Rev.  A.  C.  Bowers  of  Assam 
came  as  executive  secretary  and  spent  some 
two  weeks  in  the  cities  stimulating  the 
preparations  and  quickening  the  thought  of 
many.  Vigorous  committees,  under  the 
chairmanship  of  Rev.  R.  E.  Sayles  of 
Duluth,  C.  H.  Richter  of  St.  Paul,  and  F.  E. 
Tallant  of  Minneapolis,  worked  hard  and 
well.  As  result  of  this  endeavor,  the 
larp;est,  best  and  most  inspiring  gatherings 
of  Baptist  mtn  ever  held  in  Minnesota  met 
in  Duluth,  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis. 

The  meetings  began  in  Duluth  on  Sun- 
day, April  2.  Eight  of  the  Baptist  pulpits 
of  Duluth  and  Superior  were  occupied  by 
Drs.  W.  T.  Stackhouse  and  L.  C.  Barnes  of 
New  York;  Rev.  W.  E.  Risinger  of  St.  Paul, 
State    Sunday    School    Missionary    of    the 


Publication  Society;  Dr.  F.  Peterson,  Joint 
District  Secretary  of  the  Foreign  and  Home 
Mission  Societies;  and  Rev.  £.  R.  Pope, 
Superintendent  of  State  Missions  of  Minne- 
apolis. On  Monday  evening  150  men  met 
in  the  parlors  of  the  First  Church,  Duluth, 
and  partook  of  many  good  things. 

The  all-inclusive  character  of  the  work 
was  emphasized  in  short  addresses  by 
Missionary  Bowers  of  Assam  and  Superin- 
tendent Pope  of  Minnesota;  then  followed 
a  masterly  sketch  of  open  doors  of  oppor- 
tunity and  critical  hours  all  around  the 
world,  which  rightly  used  "led  on  to  for- 
tune," by  Field  Secretary  L.  C.  Barnes,  to 
whose  early  ministry  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  St.  Paul  owes  much.  The  closing 
address  by  the  man  who  towers  high  physi- 
cally, intellectually,  spiritually.  Secretary 
Stackhouse,  aroused  interest  to  the  highest 
point,  and  so  presented  the  need  and  im- 
portance of  better  methods  that  all  were  filled 
with  desire  to  do  their  utmost  for  missions. 

On  the  following  evening  a  similar  meet- 
ing was  held  in  the  First  Church  of  St. 
Paul,  when  Drs.  Barnes  and  Stackhouse 
spoke  to  375  men  from  every  church  in 
St.  Paul.  When  the  audience  was  asked  to 
rise  by  nationalities,  Scandinavians  far  out- 
numbered all  the  rest,  though  the  colored 
church  was  well  represented  by  thirty-six 
men,  and  far-away  China  was  present  in 
the  person  of  three  members  of  the  Chinese 
Sunday  school  of  the  First  Church. 

On  Wednesday  evening,  April  5,  the 
Baptist  laymen  of  Minneapolis  met  in  the 
Assembly  Hall  of  the  County  Court  House 
to  the  number  of  543.  The  addresses  were 
given  by  Mr.  Bowers,  Drs.  Barnes  and 
Stackhouse,  and  great  enthusiasm  was 
shown,  as  with  vivid  words  and  apt  illus- 
trations the  speakers  led  all  to  a  fuller 
realization  of  their  responsibilities  in  the 
forwarding  of  Christ's  cause  in  city,  state, 
nation,  and  the  whole  world. 

Resolutions  recommending  to  the  churches 
the  every  member  canvass,  the  appointment 
of  a  Men's  Missionary  Committee  in  each 
church,  and  the  largest  possible  advancein 
regular  giving  for  all  missions,  were  adopted 
in  the  three  cities.  In  St.  Paul  and  Minneap- 
olis general  committees  for  the  city  have  been 
appointed,  and  steps  taken  in  many  churches 
to  go  forward  at  once.  Mr.  Bowers  remains 
for  a  while  to  assist  and  press  the  work. 


MISSIONS 


If  a  DiBcontented  Baptist,  go  to 
PhOadelphU 
Central  Baplit:  "H.  E.  Sllliman  of  Wln- 
lield,  Kans.,  is  one  of  the  vigorous  laymen 
among  the  Baptists  of  the  Sunflower  State. 
He  has  been  interviewed.  He  says  that  any 
discontented  Kaiuas  Baptist  who  feels  that 
he  hat  a  real  giievancc  in  that  he  is  deprived 
of  an^  of  hit  inherent  rights  by  Trust, 
Comlune,  Ring  or  otherwise,  should  attend 
the  Bapptt  World  Alliance  and  get  a  glimpse 
df  what  he  might  have  to  do  if  he  lived  in 
some  rf  the  countries  that  will  be  repre- 
sented there.  The  study  of  the  Russian 
brethren  iriio  have  often  been  shut  in  prison 
for  the  offence  of  reading  the  Bible  to  thetr 
neighbors,  or  of  die  recital  of  how  the 
English  Baptists  are  taxed  and  imprisoned 
if  taxes  are  not  paid  to  support  the  public 
schools,  the  text-books  of  which  teach  their 
children  that  their  fathers  and  mothers  are 
heretic*  and  worse  than  infidels,  would  be 
helpful  to  the  discontented  Kansas  Baptist. 
He  says:  'Baptists  having  always  stood  for 
equal  rights  for  others  can  well  make  plans 
for  themselves,  and  against  such  unfair 
laws.  Go  to  the  Alliance  and  see  how 
great  a  heritage  we  have  and  you  will  come 
home  fi^lii^  how  great  a  responsibility 
Baptists  have  had  and  still  need  to  have  in 
world  affaire.*  Mr.  Silliman  has  spoken 
wdl." 


leges   amounting  t 


churches  and  missionary  boards  have 
exceeded  in  amount  seven  million  dollars; 
and,  after  having  properly  provided  for  all 
who  have  legitimate  claims  upon  him,  he 
has  so  arranged  matters  that  he  will  die 
poor.  Thirty  or  forty  colleges  and  other 
institutions  in  different  States  which  have 
been  recipients  of  his  bounty  were  repre- 
sented at  the  dinner.  At  its  close  Dr. 
Pearsons  distributed  checks  among  several 
I  ^200,000,  and  then 
f  100,000  to  the  order 
of  the  American  Board  of  Foreign  Missions, 
and  made  his  valedictory  in  a  few  words, 
which  deserve  permanent  record  as  the 
expression  of  a  great  donor  inspired  and 
guided  in  his  career  by  a  woman  who  has 
kept  steadily  out  of  the  way  of  publicity: 
'As  I  look  back  over  the  last  twenty- 
two  years,  1  realize  that  none  of  my 
gifts  would  have  been  possible  without 
my  wife.  It  was  she  who  taught  me 
ike  the  money  and  imbue 


ith  the  spirit  of  phil: 
rything, 


)uldbel 


I  every  young  tr 


ithropy.    To 


start  on  the  road 
wealth,  to  marry.' 
Among  the  benefactors  of  Ai 
jbably    no    man    has    st 


fonur 


effor 


t   through    his 


illeges 
s  stimulated  more 
awaken  individual 
fts  of  money  than 


A  HotaUe  Giver's  Advice 
Outlook:  "A  few  gentlemen  gathered  at 
a  remarkable  dumer  when  Dr.  Daniel  K. 
Pearsons,  irfion)  Mr.  Cam^ie  has  called 
'the  prince  of  given,'  celebrated  his  ninety- 
first  birdid^  and  retired  from  his  active 
career.      Hb   gifts    to   colleges,    hospitals. 


Called  to  New  Service 
Rev.  Martin  S.  Bryant,  who  has  rendered 

efficient  service  as  secretary  of  student  work 
in  the  Forward  Movement,  has  accepted  a 
hearty  call  to  the  First  Baptist  Church  of 
Belvidere,   Illinois. 


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i  WOMEN'S  WORK  IN  MISSIONS  | 

lMlflf^'MMlMMMIlIMlIlllIlIlIlIlIlJlMf@I@n^^ 
Annual  Meetings  of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Societies 


The  Society  of  the  East 

fortieth  anniversary  of  the 
)man's  Baptist  Foreign  Mis- 
nary  Society  was  celebrated 
ril    19-21    in     Boston,    the 
ce  of  its  organization,  with 
^  attendance  and  deep  in- 
esi.      Ford    Hall    furnished 
excellent  facilities  for  the  day  sessions  and 
committees,  and  the  Mission  Rooms  in  the 
building  kept  open  house,  as  did  the  office 
of  MisaiONS.    The  forty  years'  record  since 
that   initial   gathering   in   Clarendon   Street 
Church,   April   3,    1871,    forms   a   notable 
chapter  of  missionary  history. 

First  came  a  workeni'  conference  on  Wed- 
nesday afternoon,  followed  by  a  general 
reception  in  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  the 
evening,  with  many  returned  missionaries 
participating. 

At  Thursday  morning  session,  the  presi- 
dent, Mrs.  M.  Grant  Edmands,  in  her  open- 
ing address  revived  memories  of  the  begin- 
nings in  1871  — the  day  of  small  things  but 
of  earnest  purposes  and  large  hopes.  She 
had  the  pleasure  of  presenting  three  of  the 
charter  members — Mrs.  Alvah  Hovey,  Miss 
Adelaide  Pierce,  and  Mrs.  Mary  O.  Loud. 
The  latter,  ninety-two  years  of  age,  ted  in  a 
prayer  of  thanksgiving  and  praise.  The 
presence  of  these  noble  women  was  like  a 

The  treasurer's  report  showed  a  small 
deficit,  16,700,  but  ^3,500  of  this  was  brought 
over  from  the  preceding  year,  and  the  total 
received  was  the  sum  of  8179,787,  the 
largest  ever  received,  so  that  instead  of  being 
discouraging  the  facts  were  found  to  have 
much  in  them  to  cause  rejoicing.  The  debt 
comes  from  the  larger  work  rather  than  the 
smaller  giving.    The  reports  which  followed 


from  Mrs.  C.  A.  Robinson  and  Miss  Harriet 
S.  Ellis  of  the  home  depanment,  and  Mrs. 
H.  G.  SafFord  of  the  foreign  department, 
made  clear  the  advance  work  in  the  foreign 
fields  and  the  persistent  efToits  to  cultivate 
the  home  base.  Mrs.  Salford  completed 
during  the  year  her  twentieth  year  of  service 
in  her  responsible  position,  suitable  recogni- 
tion of  which  was  made  at  the  time  by  a 


special  reception  and  gift  of  apprcciation- 
Her  report  inspired  the  hearers  with  desire 
for  still  greater  things.  A  session  of  strong 
influence  was  closed  with  addresses  by  two 
medical  missionaries,  Drs.  Emilie  Brett- 
hauer  of  Hanyang,  China,  and  L.  Benjamin 
of  Nellore,  India,  whose  stories  of  hospital 
experiences  revealed  the  ready  access  gained 


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IS  planned  for 


to  the   hearts   and   homes   of  the   people         Thursday  evening  si 
dirough  the  medical  help.  a  mass  meeting,  with  especial  a 

In  the  afternoon  a  historical  sketch  of  the  young  women.  The  program  was  a  rich 
much  interest  and  value  was  read  by  Miss  one,  under  the  direction  of  Miss  EIli(, 
Mary  A.  Greene  of  Providence.  This  sketch  home  secretary.  She  presented  to  the  large 
will  be  printed,  and  should  be  widely  d  is-  audience  seven  young  women  under  appoint- 
ment as  missionaries,  who  expect  to  sail  in 
the  autumn:  Misses  Frieda  Appel,  Lucy 
Austm,  Leslie  Dumon,  M.D.,  Margaret 
Hilhard,  Lena  Tillman,  Daisy  Woods  and 
Grace  Pennington, 

The  address  of  the  evening  was  by  Mrs. 
Henry  W.  Peabody,  who  aslted  "After  the 
Jubilee  —  What?"  and  made  it  apparent 
that  the  remarkable  campaign  which  she 
had  so  largely  planned  and  helped  carry 
on  was  only  the  beginning  of  a  greater  work 
which  the  women  were  called  to  do  for  mis- 
sions Miss  Suman,  of  the  campaign  group 
of  speakers,  also  gave  an  inspiring  message 
concerning  the  work  in  the  Philippines.  The 
closing  Zenana  scene*,  giving  reahstic  pic- 


tributed.  The  pleasant  incident  followed 
of  having  a  poem  written  for  the  occasion 
by  Dr.  Henry  F.  Colby  of  Dayton,  son  of 
Mis.  Gardner  Colby,  die  first  president  of 
the  Socie^,  read  by  her  granddaughter.  Miss 
FIorcDce  Walwot^.  Pleasantly  suggestive 
alio  of  the  miidonaty  line  of  continuity  was 
the  iinging  of  two  soloc  by  Miss  Rose 
Edmancb,  daughter  of  the  president,  who 
henelf  was  daughter  of  Mrs.  Austin  Benton 
another  of  the  chaner  members. 

Two  addresses  followed  by  pioneer  mis- 
sionaries, Misses  M.  M.  Day  and  Z.  A.  Bunn, 
who  had  learned  how  to  count  the  hard 
experiences  as  joy  for  the  sake  of  the  cause. 
A  memorial  service  closed  the  session.  Mrs. 
Herbert  C.  Clapp  spoke  in  loving  tribute 
and  it  was  felt  anew  how  serious  had  been 
the  losses  sustained  in  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Robeit  Harris  and  Mrs.  Lewis  Gurley, 
vice-presidents;  Mrs.  C.  W.  Train,  honor- 
ary member  of  the  board;  Miss  Myra  Weld 
of  Swatow,  China;  and  Miss  Emily  Hanna 
of  Moulmdn,  Burma,  a  granddaughter  of 
Dr.  Judson. 


tures  from  India,  were  presented  by  Mrs. 
George  H.  Brock  and  Mn.  W.  L.  Ferguson, 
with  the  procession  of  young  girls  represent- 
ing ICemendine  School.  It  was  a  fine  session. 
Friday  morning  and  afternoon  gave  op- 
portunity for  the  annua]  reports  from  the 
Stales,  which  were  made  to  assume  decidedly 
novel  form  under  the  skillful  manipulation  of 
Mrs.  H.  N.  Jones  of  Philadelphia.  She 
chose  the  striking  title  of  "An  Aviation 
Meet,"  and  kept  the  audience  guessing  with 
such  sub-titles  as  Missionary  Aeronautics, 


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MISSIONS 


Aerial  Education,  Mauacbutetti  Bi-PUne, 
Jubilee  Breeze,  Deficit  Cbill,  and  Cold 
Budget  Blast.  Before  she  was  done,  all 
were  ready  for  the  "dropping  overboard  of 
the  old-time  ballast  of  two  cents  a  week 
expenditure  for  gasoline."  And  it  turned 
out  that  the  proposals  made  were  not  at  all 
up  in  the  air,  but  practical,  everyday  sense. 


to  meet  responsibiiity  and  opportunity.  The 
present  officere  were  all  leelected,  Mrs. 
SafTord  for  the  twenty-first  time.  The  plans 
for  mission  study  classes  were  presented  by 
Mrs,  Edgar  O.  Silver.  Mrs,  M,  J.  Twomey 
outlined  the  Junior  work.  Mrs.  Ferguson 
of  India  and  Miss  Agnes  Whitehead  of 
Moulmein  showed  how  the  principles  of 
training  and  education  arc  applied  in  the 
foreign  fields.  Missionary  addresses  were 
made  also  by  Mrs.  Brock,  Miss  Julia  G. 
Kraft  of  Kemendine,  and  Miss  Mary  K. 
Kunz.  The  program  was  very  happy  in 
thus  giving  time  at  each  session  for  the 
missionaries  to  tell  of  their  e>:periences  and 
work.  The  climax  came  when  Mrs.  SafFord 
presented  the  seven  new  missionary  recruits, 
and  each  told  simply  why  she  had  conse- 
crated her  life  to  the  foreign  work.  None 
enjoyed  this  part  of  rhe  session  more  than 
the  twenty  or  more  returned  missionaries, 
,  as  they  saw  recruits  coming.  Mrs.  Edmands 
spoke  words  of  encouragement  that  will  not 
be  forgotten,  and  the  consecration  prayer  by 


Mr>.  Wilber  prepared  all  for  these  closing 
words  of  the  President,  which  finely  set 
forth  the  spirit  that  should  animate  the 
society: 

"Let  us  go  out  and  carry  with  us  the 
intpiiation  of  what  we  have  heard.  After 
four  tuccessfiil  decades  there  are  some  real 
dangers  confronting  ut.  There  is  the  danger 
that  we  feel  that  in  thia  organization  and 
in  the  strength  of  these  methods  ties  the 
success  of  our  work.  Let  us  beware  lest  we 
forget  the  Lord  of  the  Harvest.  Our 
mothers  prayed  to  God  and  He  led  diem 
out  into  large  service.  Let  us  not  forget 
that  only  by  prayer  and  close  communion 
with  Him  can  real  success  come. 

"Then  there  is  the  danger  that  we  in  our 
zeal  for  our  work  may  forget  that  we  are  a 
part  of  the  great  Baptist  denominadoo  and 
feel  that  we  have  discharged  our  dmj  when 
we  have  contributed  to  the  Woman's 
Society.  When  we  hear  how  inseparable 
our  work  on  the  field  is  from  that  of  the 
American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 
we  should  fwl  just  as  strong  a  sense  <^ 
duty  and  loyalty  to  the  larger  work. 

"When  we  sometimes  feel  that  in  joining 
with  the  great  denominational  interests  there 
is  grave  danger  of  real  loss  to  our  own  work 
and  are  inclined  to  cry,  'Why  not  let  us 
alone  and  leave  us  to  carry  on  our  own 
work  ?'  let  us  remember  that  we  are  Baptists 
and  not  shrink  from  our  share  of  the  burden 
and  responsibility.  Let  us  pray  and  labor 
more  abundantly  that  there  shall  be  no 
permanent  loss,  and  remember  that  patience 
and  perseverance  and  prayer  will  tend  to 
build  up  the  best  interests  of  the  kingdom 
of  God  and  of  His  Christ." 


The  Society  of  the  West 

Forty  years  ago,  in  Chicago,  the  Woman's 
Foreign  Mission  Society  of  the  West  was 
organized,  with  Mrs.  Robert  Harris  as  its 
first  president.  The  fortieth  anniversary 
was  celebrated  in  Indianapolis  April  II-13, 
in  the  Fit^  Church,  which  has  one  of  the 
finest  houses  of  worship  in  the  country. 
Indianapolis  entertained  the  Society  thirty- 
three  years  ago,  the  first  time  it  left  Chicago 
for  its  annual  meeting.  The  attendance 
was  excellent,  the  program  varied  and  inter- 
esting throughout.    T1)e  one  cloud  was  the 


MISSIONS 


report  of  a  £20,000  deticit,  but  as  in  the  case 
of  the  Easterti  Society  this  was  in  spite  of 
the  fact  that  the  receipts  were  the  largest  in 
the  Society's  histoiy.  In  both  cases  the 
demands  of  the  work  had  led  to  a  budget 
larger  than  the  women  were  able  10  meet. 
■"  "rs.   Kempster  B.   Miller, 


thirty  years,    was  read  by  Mrs.  J.  A.  John- 
n  of  the  Executive  Bond.    The 


reported  that  eagerness  to  enler  on  new 
lines  of  work,  and  an  unusually  extensive 
and  expensive  cultivation  of  the  home  field 
would  explain  the  deficit,  while  the  cultiva- 
tion would  be  sure  to  bring  in  returns.  The 
debt  was  also  offset  in  part  by  property 
vvhich  the  Society  has  for  sale  in  Osaka, 
Japan,  from  which  ^8,000  to  f  10,000  should 
be  realized.  It  was  noticeable  that  the 
spirit  of  the  meeting  was  optimistic  and 
buoyant,  and  that  there  was  no  thought  of 
discouragement,  A  little  harder  work  and 
more  of  it  to  raise  the  income  needed  seemed 
to  be  the  feeling. 

The  fortieth  turning  point  was  marked 
by  a  special  session  on  Wednesday  evening, 
at  which  there  was  a  realistic  feature  repre- 
senting a  parlor  scene  in  Chicago  just  before 
the  Society  was  organized.  The  historical 
sketch,  "The  Trials  and  Triumphs  of 
Forty  Years,"  written  by  Mrs.  A.  M. 
Bacon,    the    corresponding    secretary    for 


:sident,   Mrs.   Andre 


:Leish,  made 
Daughters  of  To- 
was  worthy  of  the 


The  prc^ram  included  reports  from  the 


foreign,  hor 


mfer 


and  Reld  secretaries,  ; 

afternoon,    ; 
Is 


e  for 


.  reports  from  the  State  secre- 
ise  by  Indianapolis 
children,  the  introduction  of  three  mission- 
aries under  appointment.  Misses  Helen 
Topping,  Alice  Standard,  and  Louise  Camp- 
bell, and  addresses  by  relumed  missionaries 
and  others.  Mrs.  Bacon  was  present  and 
gave  a  helpful  and  encouraging  charge  to 
the  young  women  who  are  to  sail  for  Japan 
and  China  this  fall.  Miss  Margaret  Burton 
of  Chicago  spoke  on  "The  Call  of  the  Far 
£asi,"  which  she  visited  in  company  with 
her  father.  Professor  Burton. 

Missionaries  who  spoke  of  their  work 
and  the  needs  of  the  fields  yet  untouched 
were  Mrs.  John  McGuire  of  Burma,  Dr. 
Margaret  Grant  of  South  China,  Miss  Pearl 
Page  of  West  China,  Miss  Inga  Patterson  of 
Japan,  and  Miss  Annie  Buzzell  of  Japan. 
As  a  whole  these  addresses  made  a  strong 
and  impressive  plea  for  the  foreign  work. 
The  field  secretary  reported  an  unprece- 
dented arousing  of  missionary  interest 
throughout  the  country,  and  the  Women's 
Jubilee  campaign  was  cited  as  an  illustration. 
One  of  the  most  effective  addresses  was  that 
of  Miss  Buzzell  of  the  Ella  O.  Patrick  home 
in  Sendai,  who  described  vividly  this  girls' 
school  "where  wealthy  and  poor,  high  and 
low,  work  side  by  side,  where  every  gradu- 
ate has  come  to  know  and  serve  Jesus 
Christ,  and  where  even  the  cook  works  with 
Bible  and  hymn-book  open." 

The  following  officers  were  elected:  Presi- 
dent, Mrs.  Andrew  MacLeish;  vice-presi- 
dents, Mrs.  H.  Thane  Milter,  Mrs.  1.  W. 
Carpenter,  Mrs.  J.  Q.  A.  Henry,  Mrs. 
Milton  S.  Lamoreaux;  secretaries:  foreign. 
Miss  Mary  E.  Adkins;  field.  Miss  Ella  D. 
MacLaurin;  recording,  Mrs.  H.  T.  Crane, 
Ohio;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Kempster  B.  Miller, 
Chicago. 

The  keynote  of  the  reports  and  addresses, 
so  far  as  the  home  base  is  concerned,  was 


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MISSIONS 


the  growth  In  nuMioaaiy  jnureit  snd  en- 
thutiatm,  die  increue  in  the  number  of 
nuMion  txady  clanei  and  diclet,  and  the 
forward  trend.  Nine  States  exceeded  dieir 
appordonment,  and  the  watchword  ii  itill 
"Forward." 


Wonuu's  American  Baptist  Horns 

Mission  Society 

■  The  New  En^and  Branch  of  the  Society 
held  itt  aecond  annual  meeting  on  Wednes- 
day, May  3,  in  the  Warren  Avenue  Church, 
'  Bocton,  with  morning  and  afternoon  gessioni, 
the  evening  tenion  being  omitted  in  order 
that  delegates  and  friends  might  have  op- 
portunity to  see  The  World  in  Boston,  the 
missionary  effect  of  which  would  supple- 
ment that  received  by  the  day  sessions. 
These  were  planned  with  the  idea  of  in- 
spiration. The  presence  of  Mrs.  A.  G. 
Lester,  president,  and  Mrs.  Kathetine  S. 
Wesrfall,  secretaiy,  from  Chicago,  added 
much  interest  and  pleasure,  and  after  the 
second  session  a  recepdon  to  these  officers 
was  given  in  the  vestry. 

The  addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  J.  O. 
Gould,  who  knows  the  frontier  by  experi- 
ence and  is  illustrating  the  frontier  mission- 
ary's experiences  at  the  Exposition;  by  Mrs. 
Lester,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Barnes,  and  the  Editor 
of  Missions,  the  two  speakers  last  named 
having  immigrauon  as  their  subjen.  There 
was  a  workers'  meeting  for  discussion,  and 
a  Report  of  die  Year's  Work  by  Mrs.  N.  N. 
Bishop,  who  redres  from  the  position  of 
district  secretary,  which  she  has  filled  most 
acceptably. 

Mrs.  Bishop  reported  an  increase  in  con- 
tdbutions  in  each  of  the  New  England 
States,  Maine  leading  with  }i,ooo  more  than 
last  year,  Rhode  Island  giving  f6oo  more, 
and  Massachusetts  f6oo  more.  These 
figures  did  not  include  legacies  but  the  giving 
of  circles.  The  total  amount  received  from 
the  New  England  district  was  {42,138. 
The  apportionment  was  ^9,700.  For  the 
year  opening  a  revision  of  the  appordon- 
ment  plan  has  been  made,  and  the  amount 
suggested  for  1911-12  is  137,900. 

There  has  been  such  a  marked  increase 
in  interest  and  efficiency  that  with  the 
apportionments  put  upon  a  much  better 
working  basis  there  is  eveiy  reason  to  expect 


that  each  State  can  not  only  make  a  gain, 
but  reach  its  appoidMiment  and  even  in  cases 
exceed  it.  "Let  us  see  in  the  appornon- 
ment  a  responsibility  and  an  opportunity, 
not  a  burdui,"  A  joint  campaign  for  home 
missicHis  conducted  by  the  district  setre- 
tanes  of  the  Home  Mission  and  the  Woman't 
Home  Mission  sociedes  last  autumn  gave 
a  decided  impetus  to  the  work  of  the  winter. 


Over  a  hundred  cities  and  towns  were 
visited  and  more  than  two  hundred  ad- 
dresses were  made.  Speaking  of  the  need 
of  work  among  the  foreign  populadon,  she 
said  one  new  worker  had  been  added  to  the 
three  already  at  work.  Miss  Olga  Stone 
is  stationed  at  Milford,  Mass.  There  is 
urgent  demand  for  a  missionary  among  the 
Poles  in  Massachusetts.  The  Society  main- 
tains a  work  for  the  newly  ardving  immi- 
grant women,  and  is  doing  at  the  port  of 
Boston  an  excellent  work. 

The  resolutions  expressed  regret  at  Mis. 
Bishop's  retirement  and  high  appreciadon 
of  her  service.    The  meedng  was  preside4 


MISSIONS 


431 


over  with  her  accustomed  grace  by  Mrs.  of  the  question.    The  impottance  of  women's 

George  W.  Coleman,  chairman  of  the  New  work  cannot  be  overestimated.    The  destiny 

England  Branch.    To  the  splendid  work  of  of  the  country  is  largely  in  their  hands." 

the  women  of  New  England  is  due  in  no  Of  course   these    are   generalizations,    but 

small   degree  the   fact  that  the  Woman's  ,there  is  no  doubt  as  to  the  large  extent  of 

Home  Society  has  closed  the  year  with  a  work  that  only  Christian  women  can  do, 
balance  in  the  treasury.  j, 


Mrs 

.  Montgomery's 

lUaesB 

Mrs.  Hele 

n  Barrett 

Montgomery,  immedi- 

ately    after 

the    extraordin 

ary    missionary 

campaign  iti 

1   which   ; 

she  wai 

i  a  leader,  was 

obliged  to  ui 

idergo  a 

surgical 

1  operation,  and 

compelled,  therefore, 

to  cancel  all  engage- 

mems   made 

for  the 

;r.     Her  illness 

was   not   cai 

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the   stri 

;s5  of  the  long 

campaign,  a 

nd  her  f 

nends  < 

everywhere  will 

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1  she  is 

on  the  way  to 

Woman's  Work  needed  in  Chinft 
The  influence  of  the  wife  and  mother  in 
our  own  country  is  well  understood.  It 
appears  to  be  no  less  powerful  in  China,  in 
religious  matters  at  least,  according  to  an 
English  Congregational  missionary.  Rev. 
J.  Sadler  of  Amoy,  who  writes:  "I  have 
been  getting  facts  about  the  women  of 
China.    You  would  be  profoundly 


>uld   1 


'  the  i 


I  pressed 
,g,h    of 


heathenism  is  in 
years  they  teach  their  children 
demons  to  be  feared,  worshiped  and  served. 
Through  their  lack  of  training  they  are 
totally  dependent  upon  fathers,  husbands 
and  children  for  subsistence,  and  thus  lead 
a  slavish  life,  and  do  nothing  to  lessen  the 
appalling  poverty.  Also,  through  their  lack 
of  training  they  are  given  to  gambling. 
They  teach  their  children  to  be  early  eager 
as  to  inheritance,  and  thus  inspire  selfish 
and  quarrelsome  ideas  leading  to  division 
and  lifelong  conflict.      Public  spirit   is   out 


A  Good  Work 
The  Women's  Board  of  Domestic  Missions 
(Reformed  Church)  has  opened  a  Christian 
Home  for  Japanese  women  in  New  ^ork 
City.  Wives  of  Japanese  men  doing  business 
in  the  city  have  given  money  to  furnish  the 
Home.  The  inmates  pay  for  their  room 
and  board  themselves,  having  free  use  of 
kitchen  and  dining-room. 


MISSIONS 


COHDDCTED  BY  SECRETARY  JOHN  M.  MOORE 


A  Unified  Plan  of  Missionary  Education  and  Giving 
in  the  Local  Church 


Forward    Movement   plat- 
in  for  the  coming  year  was 
dined  in  last  month's  Mis- 
iHa.     The  first  plank  was  a 
:laration    in     favor    of    an 
in  to  unify  missionary  edu- 
ion   in   the    local    church. 
1  ne  demand  for  such  unification 
is  well  expressed  in  a  letter  that  has  just 
come  from  the  pastor  of  an  important  church 
in  Ohio,  from  which  wequote: 

"Wc  arc  trying  to  work  out  i  thorough  ijriieiii  in 
Dor  church  tot  mitttoniry  giTiog  thit  will  co-ardinilr 
ill  our  Sodetici,  and  then  to  derelop  i  ifstfm  af 
Diiwknurj  imtnioioa  Ilul  will  bring  the  fullcii  knowl- 
edgr  of  niiuioiui7  fadi  to  the  whole  church  and  Bible 
•chool." 

We  are  able  this  month  to  report  progress 
and  to  make  some  very  definite  suggestions. 

In  the  first  place  this  demand  for  unifica- 
tion in  missionary  education  is  one  that  is 
being  widely  felt  in  other  denominations. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Managets  of  the  Young  People's  Missionary 
Movement,  January,  1910,  a  resolution  was 
adopted  inviting  other  bodies  to  join  them 
in  the  formation  of  a  commission  to  formu- 
late a  plan  by  which  the  local  church  may 
unify  its  missionary  education  and  giving. 
The  organizations  named  were  the  Annual 
Conference  of  Foreign  Mission  Boards  of 
the  United  States  and  Canada,  the  Home 
Missions  Council,  the  Laymen's  Missionary 
Movement,  and  the  Young  People's  Mis- 
■ionary  Movement,  each  to  appoint  three 
members  of  the  commission.     All  four  or- 


ganizations responded  favorably,  and  this 
commission  has  issued  the  following  prelimi- 
nary report; 

Important  Fe«turea  of  a  Unified  PUn  of 

Hlasionary  Education  and  Giving 

in  the  Locsl  Church 

With  a  view  to  securing  unity,  co-oper- 
ation, and  the  fuUest  efficiency  of  each 
church  in  fulfilling  its  mission  to  the  world, 
there  should  be  appointed  annually,  by  the 
appropriate  official  body,  a  Church  Mission- 
ary Committee,  preferably  representative  of 
the  several  departments  of  the  church,  with 
an  adequate  representation  of  men,  the  pastoi 
being  ex  officio  a  member. 

This  committee  should  be  charged  with 
developing  the  multiform  missionary  interest 
of  the  church  as  a  whole,  educationally 
and  financially.  By  the  use  of  literature, 
correspondence,  the  staled  missionary  meet- 
ings of  the  congregation,  mission  study, 
systematic  instruction  in  the  Sunday  school 
and  in  other  organizations,  it  should  seek  to 
produce  impression,  such  as  shall  find  ade- 
quate expression,  in  giving  of  personal  serv- 
ice, prayer  and  money. 

The  Missionary  Committee  should  arrange 
for  the  effective  incorporation  of  the  subject 
of  missions  in  the  working  plan  of  the  con- 
gregation as  a  whole  and  also  in  the  young 
people's  society,  Sunday  school,  women's 
societies,  men's  organizations,  and  other 
regular  departments  of  church  work. 

The  fields  and  phases  of  work  as  con- 
ceived by  this  committee  are  shown  in  the 
following  diagrams: 


V   PLAN    FOR   THE  ORCANI 


ND  WORK    OF  THE  CHURCH  MISSIONARY  COMMITTEE 


these  ha' 
all  depai 
of  these 


Ai  a  recent  meeting  of  the  general  com- 
miitee  of  the  Baptist  Forward  Movement 
for  Missions ly  Education  this  plan  was 
heartily  approved  atid  the  secretary  was 
authorized  to  seek  to  carry  it  out  in  Baptist 
churches. 

Many    Baptist    churches    already    have 
church  missionary  committees,  though  it  is 
i   true   that   a   large   proportion   of 
k'e  not  been  organized  to  represent 
s  of  the  church.    Very  many 

ejiclusively    collecting    committees,    having 
little  to  do  with  missionary  instruction. 

Tile      following      recommendations      are 
offered: 

1.  That  all  existing  church  mission- 
ary committees  shall  be  reorganized  or 
enlarged  so  as  to  include  representatives 
from  every  department  of  the  church. 
For  example,  the  Sunday  school  should 
have  its  own  missionary  committee,  as 
should  also  the  young  people's  society, 
the  Brotherhood,  etc.  The  chairmen  of 
these  committees,  together  with  the 
presidents  or  some  other  representatives 
of  the  Woman's  Society  and  other 
organizations  of  the  church,  should  be 
members     of    the    church 


made  to  include  instructional  as  well  as 
financial  activity,  so  that  this  central 
agency,  representing  all  departments  of 
the  church  shall  plan  broadly  for  all 
phases  of  missionary  study,  giving, 
prayer  and  service. 

3.  That  all  churches  not  now  having 
such  committees  shall  create  them  at 


all  church 

be  reported  immed 

of  the  Forward  Mi 


telytothe! 


4.  That  the  names  of  chairmen  of 
shall 

d  Build- 
ing, Boston.  Their  names  will  then 
be  placed  on  file  to  receive  printed 
matter,  programs,  and  such  other  help 
as  the  Missionary  Societies  are  able  to 
provide. 

A  Manual  of  suggestions  for  the  mission- 
ary committee  is  soon  to  be  published  under 
the  direction,  and  with  the  unanimous 
approval  of,  the  four  great  missionary 
agencies  named  above,  and  an  edition  of 
this  will  be  published  by  the  Forward 
Movement  with  such  modifications  as  are 
necessary  to  bring  it  into  fullest  harmony 
with  our  denominational  policy  and  plans. 
We  believe  that  a  long  step  has  been  taken 
in  this  action,  and  that  as  a  result  we  shall 
he  able  to  reduce  to  a  minimum  the  present 
confusion  growing  out  of  a  multiplicity  of 
unrelated  methods  and  material. 


MISSIONS 


A  Heart  Touch  that  Makes  us  all  Akin 

THE  SrilllT  THAT  KEEPS  THE  WORLD*!  UFE  SWEBT 


THIS  is  a  page  that  should  touch  the 
hean  of  evtty  reader  to  finer  issues. 
With  a  special  appeal  to  Christian  mothers, 
it  has  in  it  the  "one  touch  of  nature"  thai 
"makes  the  whole  world  kin"  —  that  is 
the  heart  touch.  The  letter  with  its  dis- 
closure  of  struggle  in  preparation  for  service 


My  time  is  so  fiiU  that  I  do  not  get  time  to 
read  Missions,  but  Mrs.  Gtmn  tcUs  me 
much  of  its  contents  during  meals  and 
such  times. 

Sincerely  youn, 

Ross  £.  GuNN. 
Am  enclosing  Baby's  picture.  If  you 
can  use  the  poem,  you  may  like  the  picture 
to  go  with  it.  If  you  care  for  neither  it's 
all  right.  Mr.  G.  thought  it  might  help 
some  other  mother,  or  I  would  not  send 
it.  —  Mrs.  Gunn. 


on  the  mission  field,  thi 
and  Baby  Helen' 


all  go  together. 


many  a  day  has  there  come  t 
editor's  sanctum  a  more  effective  missionary 
message  than  that  which  follows: 

Editoii  Missions:  A  few  nights  ago  1 
found  on  the  study  table  a  little  poem 
written  by  Mrs.  Gunn  for  the  baby.  She 
has  consented  to  let  me  have  a  copy  to 
tend  to  you,  and  1  enclose  the  same  here- 
with.    Use  it  if  you  can  (i  advantage. 

We  are  student  volunteers  struggling 
through  school,  hence  the  type  of  lines 
you  find  as  you  read.  We  are  both  through 
college,   and    I    finish    medicine    in    June. 


A  Christian  Mother's  Prayer 

Deir  Lord  Jmu,  thii  wee  msid 

li  Ter7  dear  to  me; 
I  fold  her  doael;  in  mj  ■imi 

And  pnj  4  piijer  (o  Thm. 

Deit  Lwd  Jcnii,  aaj  thji  [ace 

Be  ilwiji  bright  ind  true; 
Maf  HeiTeiHecDt  purpoK  tier  •hine 

Ttont  mjr  b«bj"<  ejei  o(  blue. 

Deu  Lord  Jenu,  miy  theie  Upi 

With  power  Kftik  Thj  lore:  — 
Help  lome  to  look  beyond  Ihii  euth 

To  better  thingi  aboTc. 

Sinnir  deu,  tbeie  dimpled  bud> 
HiTC  ill  life'i  work  to  doi — 

Mar  tti^r  be  filled  with  loriag  deedt 
And  MTTice  large  lod  true. 

Dear  Lord  Jenii,  life't  path  liei 

Unttod  before  theie  feet; 
Shall  it  be  imooth  or  rough  or  long. 

Giant  peace  and  courage  meet. 

O  Saviour  dear.  I  faio  would  keep 

Mr  little  maid  with  me; 
But  Thou  didlt  give  thine  all  for  ui, 

Shall  vc  do  naught  for  Thcef 


D(« 

■Lord 

Jt,u.,  u« 

mybab. 

Ti 

,  teach 

Thy  love  i 

to  ihem. 

Th.l 

:they] 

nay  know 

and  lem 

c  her  Lord  - 

The  Bab 

e  of  Btlhle 

hem. 

Mm. 

Roil  E.  Gv! 

MISSIONS 


The  Year's  Financial  Showing 

THE  General  Apportionment  Committee 
has  issued  »  bulletin  giving  the  fi- 
nancial showing  of  the  societies.  It  says: 
The  close  of  the  fiscal  year,  Match  31, 
reveals  an  unexpected  shrinkage  of  receipts, 
creating  deficits  in  the  following  amounts: 
American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission 

Society ^i.453 

American  Baptist  Home  Mission 

Society 25.271 

Woman's    Baptist    Foreign   Mis- 

sionaiy  Socie^ 6,772 

Woman's  Baptist  Foreign  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  the  West . . .  19,517 
The  American  Baptist  Publication  Society 
and  the  Woman's  American  Baptist  Home 
Nlission  Society  closed  the  year  each  with  a 
balance  in  the  treasuiy. 

It  has  been  discovered,  however,  that 
these  deficits  do  not  mean  a  falling  off  in 
T^fTerings  from  the  churches,  since  it  is  true 
of  each  of  these  four  societies  that  their  re- 


5,  Sunday  schools,  young 
d  woman's  circles— that 
1  which  apportionments 
arger  than  for  the  pre- 


ceipts  from  churc 

ceding  year. 

The  question  of  appealing  for  prompt 
voluntary  offerings  to  make  up  the  deficiency 
was  carefully  and  prayerfully  considered  by 
the  Apportionment  Committee,  which  repre- 
sents all  the  Societies  and  the  General  Con- 
vention, The  peculiar  need  of  a  clean  report 
to  the  great  Convention  soon  to  meet  in 
Philadelphia  was  apparent;  nevertheless  the 
judgment  was  in  favor  of  stating  briefly  the 
situation  through  the  denominational  press 
and  resting  the  case.  It  seems  best  to  trust 
spontaneous  effort  to  make  temporary  pro- 
vision for  these  deficits,  until  larger  ex- 
perience, improved  methods  and  earlier 
announcement  of  apponionments,  together 
with  an  appeal  for  supplementary  offerings 
from  other  sources,  which  may  reasonably 
be  expected,  shall  enable  all  societies  to 
close  the  fiscal  year  without  a  deficit. 


FROM     THE     FAR     LANDS 


A   SUCCESSFUL  CAMPAIGN 

The  spring  campaign  has  been  very 
successful  in  Tokyo.  In  all  the  churches  we 
have  had  crowded  meetings,  and  quite  a 
number  of  inquirers  have  become  regular 
anendants.  —  W,  Wynd,  Tokyo,  Japan. 

AT  THE  CHAFEL  IN   HANYANG 

The  blind  organist  has  daily  drawn  con- 
gregations to  the  street  chapel,  enabling  the 
preachers,  students  and  voluntary  helpers 


to  preach  the  gospel  to  numberless  people. 
This  chapel  has  been  well  used.  Every 
morning  at  the  call  of  the  chapel  bell  the 
servants  from  our  four  households,  the 
members  of  the  girls'  school  (boarding  and 
day),  and  the  boys'  day  school,  the  teachers 
and  a  few  neighbors  form  3  good  congrega- 
tion to  worship  God.  The  services  at  the 
large  chapel  have  been  well  attended, 
I  being  made  of  a  large  increase  of 
,  who  fill  the  seats  allotted  to  them 


+3^ 


MISSIONS 


^ 


and  overflow  into  the  men's  side.  This 
increased  attendance  is  the  result  of  work 
done  by  the  Christian  women,  both  native 
and  foreign.  —  S.  G.  Adams,  Hanyang, 
Central  China. 

TOURING    BY   MISSION    BOAT 

Our  boat  has  been  a  success  in  every  way. 
Where  three  years  ago  there  was  a  little 
village  on  the  bank  without  a  Christian  in 
it,  there  is  one  now  with  twenty-three 
Christians.  We  have  visited  it  almost  every 
week  during  this  rainy  season,  and  the  one 
previous.  As  to  the  cost  of  operation,  it  is 
less  than  a  pice  (a  sixth  of  a  cent)  a  mile  per 
passenger  for  fuel.  The  chief  advantage  is 
that  it  doubles  our  touring  season,  and 
makes  touring  in  the  rains  comfortable, 
pleasant  and  inexpensive.  —  J.  T.  Latta, 
Thonze,  Burma. 

A    FAIR    EXCHANGE 

The  church  book  had  not  been  revised 
for  years.  We  are  preparing  what  we  hope 
will  be  a  true  and  accurate  membership  roll. 
At  the  rally  recently  held  at  Banza  Manteke 
the  church  members,  as  their  names  were 
called,  returned  in  person  the  tickets  which 
had  previously  been  given  them.  They 
were  happily  surprised  to  receive  in  return 
a  calendar  which  we  had  had  prepared, 
giving  a  cut  of  the  church  and  the  following 
words  in  native  language,  "Good  tidings  of 
great  joy  to  all  people."  These  were  prized, 
although  many  could  not  know  for  them- 
selves the  real  use  and  message.  —  John  E. 
Geil,  Banza  Manteke. 

NEWS    FROM    LOIKAW 

The  results  of  the  year's  work  are  en- 
couraging. One  new  church  has  been 
formed.  There  have  been  thirty-four 
baptisms.  There  are  calls  for  teachers  in 
new  villages  that  cannot  be  met  owing  to 
lack  of  funds.  We  plan  extended  evangelistic 
work  this  year.  One  of  our  own  Padaung 
boys  has  just  completed  his  course  at  the 
Seminar}',  standing  second  in  a  class  of 
thirty-two.  I  shall  keep  him  in  the  field  a 
large  part  of  the  time  as  an  evangelist.  — 
Truman  Johnson,  Loikaw,  Burma. 

PRESENT   OPPORTUNITY   IN   JAPAN 

There  is  apparent  an  unusual  interest  on 
the  part  of  those  in  the  country  places  not 


yet  evangelized.  Wherever  we  go  the  people 
seem  already  prepared  to  give  us  a  favorable 
hearing.  It  is  a  good  time  to  press  forward 
in  country  evangelistic  work.  —  Henry 
Topping,  Morioka,  Japan. 

New  Assistant  Secretary 

At  a  recent  meeting  the  Board  of  Managers 
of  the  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission 
Society  appointed  Rev.  Stacy  R.  Warburton 
an  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Society. 
Formerly  a  missionary  at  Kaying  in  South 
China,  Mr.  Warburton  was  compelled  to 
return  home  on  account  of  ill  health  in  his 
family,  and  after  a  brief  service  in  the 
pastorate  came  to  the  Mission  Rooms  as 
assistant  to  Secretary  Haggard  in  the  Home 
Department.  Through  his  service  as 
Assistant  Editor  and  later  as  Editor  of  The 
Baptist  Missionary  Magazine^  Mr.  Warbur- 
ton has  become  well  and  favorably  known 
both  to  the  missionaries  and  to  the  friends 
of  the  work  at  home.  Since  the  merging  of 
the  Missionary  Magazine  in  Missions  Mr. 
Warburton 's  work  at  the  Rooms  has  been 
chiefly  in  connection  with  the  preparadon 
of  the  general  literature  of  the  Society  and 
correspondence  with  candidates  for  mission- 
ary service. 

Death  of  Rev.  C.  A.  Salquist 

On  April  26  the  West  China  Mission 
sustained  another  severe  loss  in  the  death  of 
Rev.  Carl  Axel  Salquist,  after  a  brief  attack 
of  typhoid  fever.  Mr.  Salquist  early  became 
a  professed  Christian  and  dedicated  his  life 
to  the  preaching  of  the  gospel.  In  1893  he 
was  graduated  from  the  Divinity  School  of 
the  University  of  Chicago,  and  the  same  year 
sailed  for  Suifu,  West  China,  under  the  au- 
spices of  the  Foreign  Mission  Society.  Since 
that  time  he  has  labored  untiringly  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  gospel  among  the  Chinese. 
Owing  to  the  lack  of  workers,  resulting 
from  ill  health  and  death,  Mr.  Salquist  has 
had  to  bear  an  over-heavy  burden  of  re- 
sponsibility and  work.  In  1909  the  Theologi- 
cal School  at  Yachow  was  opened  under  his 
direction.  In  addition  to  caring  for  this 
school,  Mr.  Salquist  has  been  for  the  past 
year  in  charge  of  the  evangelistic  and 
educational  work  of  the  Yachow  station, 
doing  practically  everything  save  the  medical 


MISSIONS 


437 


He  was  also  the  treasurer  of  the 
China  Mission.  Throughout  his 
of  missionary  service  he  has  been 
\f  consecrated  and  conscientious  to  a 
egree.  His  death  creates  a  painful 
I  the  West  China  mission  circle. 
laries  and  friends  unite  in  sympathy 
rs.  Salquist,  who  has  steadfastly  co- 
id  with  her  husband  in  his  arduous 
Where  among  the  strong  young 
the  one  who  will  go  to  fill  this  vacant 


« 


Missionary  Personals 

W.  L.  Wynd  of  Tokyo,  writes  of  the 
*  missionaries  and  native  Christians 
the  cablegram  announcing  the  appro- 
n  of  Yen  2100  for  the  new  chapel 
g  for  the  Shiba  church.  A  day  or 
ter  receiving  the  message,  work  on 
ilding  was  started  and  is  now  com- 
On  Saturday,  March  18,  it  was  to 
ned  and  an  evangelistic  campaign  at 
laugu  rated. 

ain  Luke  W.  Bickel,  Mrs.  Bickel  and 
aughter  Evelyn,  left  Kobe  in  April, 
I  at  the  Pacific  coast  early'  in  May. 
;  Captain  Bickel's  absence  from  his 
n  the  Inland  Sea,  Rev.  F.  H.  Bnggs 
rs.  Briggs  will  have  oversight,  taking 
r  residence  at  the  mission  station  of 
Captain  Bickel  will  have  but  a 
jrlough,  as  he  expects  to  return  to 
in  the  fall  on  account  of  the  govern- 
iirvey  of  his  ship,  the  Fukuin  Maru, 
ionaries  and  friends  will  be  glad  to 
K>d  news  from  Rev.  H.  W.  B.  Joor- 
f  Thayetmyo,  Burma,  who  has  been 
ig  some  months  in  Germany  seeking 
rem  a  serious  disease.  He  writes 
I  operation  was  successful  and  while 
re  new  complicauons  he  is  still  hope- 
4r.  Joorman  and  his  family  will 
\y   sail    for   America   within    a    few 

Ig  to  an  operation  made  necessary 
of  the  children,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Money 
r  two  children  sailed  on  March  18 
angoon  for  Glasgow.  Mrs.  Money 
to  return  to  Burma  in  the  fall  with 
nonary  party. 

Paul  Vincent,  who  is  associated  with 
er,  ReT.  Ph.  Vincent,  in  the  pastorate 
\venue  du  Maine  Church  in  Paris, 


and  also  in  teaching  in  the  Theological 
Training  School  recently  started,  arrived  in 
Boston,  April  27.  He  will  attend  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Baptist  World  Alliance. 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

ADJOURNED   ANNUAL   MEETING,    I9II 

The  ninety-seventh  annual  meeting  of  the 
American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 
will  be  held  by  adjournment  at  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  June  13,  191 1,  at  9.30  a.m.,  in  the  Grace 
Baptist  Temple,  comer  of  Broad  and  Berks 
Streets.  To  hear  and  act  upon  the  report 
of  the  Board  of  Managers,  of  the  Treasurer 
and  of  any  other  officers  and  committees, 
and  to  transact  any  and  all  business  that 
may  properly  come  before  the  annual  meet- 
ing. To  appoint  such  committees  as  may 
be  required  and  to  fix  the  time  and  place  for 
the  annual  election  of  officers,  to  he  held  at 
some  succeeding  day  during  the  meetings  of 
the  Northern  Baptist  Convention.  The 
Board  of  Managers  recommend  that  the 
annual  meeting  be  adjourned  from  time  to 
time  during  the  days  of  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention,  for  the 
purpose  of  transacting  any  items  of  business 
that  may  properly  come  before  the  Society. 
This  annual  meeting  is  called  by  the  Board 
of  Managers  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
.  visions  of  Article  VI  of  the  By-laws. 

C.  A.  Walker, 

Recording  Secretary. 

Foreign  Missionary  Record 

ARRlVrD 

Miss  Emilie  Bretthauer,  M.D.,  from  Hanyang,  Central 
China,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  18. 

Rev.  A.  J.  Weeks,  Mrs.  Weeks  and  family  from  Tavoy, 
Burma,  at  Ferndale,  Washington,  March  31. 

Mrs.  Harriet  C.  Stevens,  from  Prome,  Burma,  at  New 
York,  April  9. 

SAILED 

Miss  L.  A.  Benjamin,  M.D.,  from  New  York,  April  22, 

for  South  India. 
Rev.  W.  T.  Elmore,  Mrs.  Elmore  and  child,  April  22, 

from  New  York,  for  South  India. 

BORN 

To  Dr.  C.  H.  Barlow  and  Mrs.  Barlow  of  Shaohsing, 

East  China,  on  January  5,  a  daughter,  Harriet 

Hawlcy. 
To  Rev.  J.  V.  Latimer  and  Mrs.  Latimer  of  Huchow, 

East  China,  on  February  13,  a  daughter,  Frances 

Marion. 
To  Rev.  M.  C.  Parish  and  Mrs.  Parish  of  Pegu,  Burma, 

on  March  6,  a  son,  Oliver  Steven. 


MISSIONS 


FROM  THE  HOME  LANDS 


Work  Progreiainc  in  Mexico 
A  letter  received  from  Rev.  Alejandro 
Trevino  of  Monteiey,  dated  May  5,  says: 
"Under  the  circunutancu  it  leenis  to  me 
h  IB  my  ivty  to  itay  with  my  family  and 
help  look  after  the  churches,  instead  of 
leaving  the  countiy,  not  knowing  what  might 
happen  to  them  in  my  absence.  For  these 
reasons,  I  fear  it  will  not  be  possible  for  me 
to  go  to  Philadelphia,  notwithstanding  my 
fervent  desire  to  be  there.  I  have  jiict 
returned  from  an  interesting  preaching  tour. 
I  was  in  Tampico  a  week,  and  preached 
every  night.  The  interest  increased  until 
the  house  and  the  street  in  front  were  full 
of  people  anxious  to  hear  the  gospel.  There 
were  thirty-five  professions  of  faith.  I 
was  only  three  days  in  San  Luis  Potosi.  We 
had  good  services,  and  twelve  persons  pre- 
sented themselves  for  baptism.  I  was  a 
week  in  the  City  of  Mexico.  The  services 
were  well  attended,  and  the  inte^'est  increased 
every  night.  There  were  twenty-two  pro- 
fessions of  faith.  During  my  stay,  I  preached 
also  in  the  missions  of  Guadaloupe  and  Mix- 
coac.  In  the  last  place  six  new  believers 
piesented  themselves  for 
none  of  our  churches  ha' 
affected  by  the  revolution, 
they  have  had  and  still  ha 


Moieley  writes  of  these  gathering!  id  the 
highest  terms,  saying  the  coovctidon  was 
the  best  ever  held  and  expicssing  the  hope 
that  a  special  secretary  for  young  peak's 
and  Sunday-school  work  may  be  secured 
for  field  service  in  Cuba.  A  knowledge  of 
Spanish  is,  of  course,  desirable,  but  a  capable 
man  could  b^n  without  it.  A  good  salaiy, 
in  addition  to  expenses,  would  be  paid;  and 
the  opportunity  to  serve  the  Master  ii 
attractive.  Such  a  worker  would  aa  also 
as  agent  of  the  Bible  Socie^  in  the  Island. 


A  Hungarian  Recniit 

Our  work  among  the   Hungarians  and 

other  foreign  peoples  will  be  strengthened 

by  the  addition  to  the  ranks  of  missiona^ 


aptism.     So  far 

;  been  seriously 

In  all  of  them 

the  ordinary 


A  Capable  Han  Wanted 
One  of  the  most  valuable  aids  to  our  work 
in  Cuba  h  the  Pastors  Annual  Conference, 
a  school  or  institute  for  Christian  workers 
lasting  about  three  weeks.  Classes  are  held 
every  day  in  church  government,  practical 
theology,  church  history,  special  treatment 
of  Baptist  doctrines,  English,  sight  singing, 
and  methods  of  Christian  work  as  adapted 
to  the  needs  and  conditions  in  Cuba.  De- 
votional and  consecration  meetings  are  also 
held  for  the  workers,  and  ihe  spiritual 
uplift  is  very  great.  The  conference  was 
followed  by  the  convention  of  Sunday 
schools  and  young  people's  societies.     Dr. 


workers  of  Stephen  Grosza,  who  was  recenllv 
ordained  by  a  council  which  met  at  Home- 
stead, Pa.  Mr.  Grosza,  whose  picture  we 
give  herewith,  was  born  in  Hungary,  and 
speaks  German  and  Hungarian.  He  was 
converted  when  sixteen  years  of  age.  He 
is  a  graduate  of  the  German  Department  of 
the  Rochester  Theological  Seminary,  and  is 
settled  as  pastor  of  the  Hungarian  church 
at  Homestead. 


MISSIONS 


A  Porto  Kicftii  DMUcation 


WE  have  dedicateda  new  meeting-house 
in  Pono  Rico,  the  6rst  for  a  twelve- 
rnonth  or  more.  This  time  it  was  in  Gutabo. 
Ourabo  it  a  imall,  attractive  town  in  the 
Cayey-Caguai  district,  only  an  hour's  drive 
From  Caguai,  where  the  gospel  has  long  been 
preached  in  tented  quanen.  We  have  in 
Ciurabo  >  church  organization  of  eight 
years'  ttanding,  with  a  present  membership 
of  forr^«ne.  A  Bourishing  Sunday  school 
and  a  good  attendance  at  the  regular  church 
Service  augnr  well  for  the  future  of  the  work 
in  this  town. 

March  19  was  an  interesting  date  for  both 
t:he  saints  and  sinners  of  Gurabo.  In  the 
afremoon  an  interesting  temperance  pto- 
grani  was  carried  out  by  the  Sunday  school 
in  connection  with  a  brief  study  of  the  tem- 
perance lesson  for  the  day,  directed  by  the 
missionary  in  charge.  Rev.  E.  L.  Hum- 
phrey. Rev,  Abelardo  E}iaz,  one  of  our 
most  capable  native  preachers,  delivered  a 
telling  temperance  address  which  greatly 
impressed  the  whole  school. 

The  dedication  services  were  held  in  the 
evening,  when  a  carefully  prepared  pro- 
gram was  carried  out,  under  the  direaion  of 
Mr,  Humphrey.     Rev.  John  R.  Cepero,  the 


newly  ordained  pastor  of  the  Rio  Piedras 
church,  preached  an  interesting  sermon, 
setting  forth  the  analogies  between  the  ma- 
terial and  the  spiritual  house,  after  whid) 
the  writer  spoke  briefly  on  "The  Claims  of 
Christianity."  These  two  addresses  were 
received  with  close  attention  by  a  large  con- 
gregation, which  overrun  the  capacity  of 
the  house.  All  of  the  extra  seats  placed 
in  the  aisles  were  occupied  and  numbers  stood 
during  the  entire  service.  Not  only  on  this 
occasion,  but  also  through  the  series  of  ser- 
vices running  through  the  week  following  the 
dedication,  members  of  the  best  families 
of  the  town  attended,  some  of  whom  ex- 
pressed their  purpose  of  identifying  them- 
selves with  the  Baptists, 

The  Gurabo  chapel  is  a  very  attractive 
concrete  building,  with  a  seating  capacity  of 
some  two  hundred,  with  a  commodious 
class-room  in  the  rear,  and  built  on  the  plan 
of  the  Adjunias  chapel,  which  unfortunately 
has  remained  for  five  years  without  the  rear 
class-room  (a  contribution  of  $8oo  from 
some  reader  of  these  lines  would  build  this 
much  needed  room  for  Adjuntas).  Mis- 
sionary Humphrey,  who  built  the  house. 
Rev.  Galo  Monies,  the  native  pastor,  and 
the  town  of  Gurabo  are  to  be  congratulated 
on  this  most  valuable  asset  to  the  Lord's 


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o 


A  Baptist  Traveling  Canvention 

BY    ARTHUR    LEONARD   WADSWORTH 

,WING  to  distance,  expense  and  busi- 
interests,  it  is  not  possible   for 


every  o 
vention  c 
this  has 


o  a  convention,  but 
I  be  brought  to  every  one,  and 
•■  been  done  in  Wyoming  in  large 
measure.  The  originator  of  the  idea  of  a 
"  Baptist  Traveling  Convention,"  is  Rev. 
Wilbert  K.  Howell  of  Basin,  Wyo.,  pastor- 
at-lai^e  for  the  "Large  Plains"  State.  He 
suggested  the  idea  to  me  and  several  others 
last  September  at  the  Wyoming  Baptist 
Convention  at  Thermopolis,  and  it  was 
heartily  approved. 

"The  Baptist  Traveling  Convention" 
became  ah  actuality  on  February  15,  1911, 
at  Evanston,  where  the  first  Convention 
_  was  held.  The  itinerary  was  Evanston, 
Rock  Springs,  Laramie,  Cheyenne,  Wheat- 
land, Casper,  Rivmon,  Lander,  Ther- 
mopolis, Lucerne,  Worland,  Manderson, 
Basin,    Greybull,    Powell,    SheHdan    and 


to  Gilleiic  necessitated  a  travel  by  rail  and 
stage  of  1,350  miles.  F.xactly  twenty-three 
days  were  consumed,  from  February  15  to 
March  9,  inclusive.  The  plan  included  a 
two  days'  convention  in  each  place.  At 
10  A.M.  a  missionary  prayer  meeting;  at 
2.30  P.M.,  conferences;  7.30  P.M.,  a  platform 
meeting,  also  addresses  before  high  schools. 
The  participants  in  the  "Traveling  Con- 


vention" were  Rev.  Wilbert  R.  Howell,  the 
originator,  who  represented  state  missions; 
Rev.  Charfcs  A.  Cook,  D.D.,  of  Spokane, 
Wash.,  joint  secretary  for  the  Yellowstone 
District,  who  represented  home  and  foreign 
missions  and  Christian  stewardship;  Rev. 
F.  J.  Bradshaw  of  Kiating,  West  China,  for 
seventeen  years  a  missionary;  Rev.  L.  A. 
Garrison,  D.D.,  of  Grand  Island,  Neb., 
President-elect  of  Grand  Island  College, 
who  represented  Christian  education;  Rev, 
Arthur  Leonard  Wadsworth,  A.M.,  of  South 
Pasadena,  Cal.,  Field  Editor  of  the  Padfi 
BaplisI,  who  represented  religious  journal- 
ism. Each  participant  was  an  expeit  in 
his  department.  It  proved  to  be  an  excelleni 
combination. 

During  the  time  of  the  conventions, 
separate  meetings  were  held  and  no  less: 
than  120  addresses  were  delivered.  Aside- 
from  the  high  schools,  more  than  z,ooa  per-- 
sons  attended  the  various  meerings.  Proba- ' 
biy  2,500  persons  were  reached  altogether.  - 

"The  Baptist  Traveling  Convention"' 
was  a  splendid  success  from  every  point  of^ 
view.  Some  of  its  charaaeristics  may  be  ■ 
mentioned:     thorough    and    wise    planning. 


ously  withoi. 


of    . 


Ir.   Howell's  part;   effective 
working  tt^ether  harmoni- 


i  conspicuous  example 
of  the  leading  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  every- 
thing; unity  of  purpose,  the  advancement 


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earth; 
es,  every  one  of 
some  d^ree  of 

on  ihe  part  of 
:on  vent  ions  and 
n  a,  remarkable 
the  pan  of  the 
nted  hospitality 

distribution  of 
lary  literature; 
denominational 
IS.  These  are 
features.  Each 
^iduality. 

the  Convention 
irch  with  about 
sterling  worth 
and  staunch  Christian  character.  Rev. 
F.  J.  Bradshaw  gave  the  charge  to  the 
church.  At  Manderson,  the  new  Baptist 
meeting  house,  just  completed  under  the 
inspiring  leadership  of  Pastor  Evart  P. 
Borden,  formerly  of  Oxford,  Pa.,  was 
dedicated.  Th*  writer  preached  the  dedi- 
catoiy  sermon;  Rev.  J.  M,  Jones  of  Neiber, 
Wyo.,  who  organized  the  church,  offered 
the  prayer  of  dedication.  Dr.  C.  A.  Cook 
and  Mt.  Howell  had  parts  in  the  interesting 
service.  The  meeting  house  is  a  gem,  in 
the  California  bungalow  style,  ample  for  all 
present  needs. 

At  Lander,  under  the  leadership  of  Dr. 
Cook,  the  church  raised  ^36.70  of  its  budget 
of  I59.  It  was  a  fine  response  to  an  imme- 
diate appeal,  and  a  delightful  surprise  to  all. 
The  new  church  at  Lucerne,  in  the  Big 
Horn  Basin,  with  thiity  members,  organized 
January  15,  igii,  in  the  Chapel  Car  "Glad 
Tidings,"  by  Rev.  Arthur  Sangston,  assisted 
by  Mr.  Howell,  has  already  two  young  men 
who  have  decided  to  study  for  the  ministry, 
and  two  young  women  who  are  plannitig  to 
attend  the  Chicago  Training  School  to  fit 
themselves  for  missionary  work. 

At  Powell,  situated  in  the  Shoshone 
irrigation  project,  the  convention  was  held 
in  the  new  Baptist  meeting  house,  which, 
though  not  fully  finished,  was  made  ready 
for  use  in  just  twenty-eight  days.  Ground 
was  broken  on  February  4,  and  on  March  4 
the  first  service  was  held.  Pastor  Charles 
R.  HcDch  was  the  leader  in  this  undertaking. 
The  building  is  84  x  14  feet.  Here  the  con- 
vention had  its  largest  attendance. 


At  Caspar,  Rev.  R.  R.  Hopton,  pastor, 
the  convention  was  held  in  the  new  meeting 
house,  dedicated  December  18,  1910.  This 
building  was  erected  mainly  by  Baptist 
money.      Only    ^49    was    contributed    by 

Space  fails  me  to  give  other  interesting 
incidents  of  the  "Baptist  Traveling  Conven- 
tion," which  was  so  great  a  success  that 
plans  are  already  on  foot  to  repeat  it  at 


A  a  Appreciation 

The  shadow  of  sorrow  covers  the  hearts 
of  all  our  Indian  missionaries  because  of 
the  home  going  of  Anna  M.  Deyo,  wife  of 
Rev.  E.  C.  Deyo,  our  faithful  missionary 
among  the  Comanches.  The  call  to  a  higher 
and  better  life  came  quickly  Sunday  evening, 
April  30.  Mrs.  Deyo  was  a  woman  of  cul- 
ture and  refinement,  a  genial  companion, 
held  in  great  respect  by  all  who  knew  her. 
The  best  missionary  qualifications  were  em< 
bodied  in  her  and  actualized  in  her  life. 
Like  her  Lord  she  loved  the  lost  and  earnestly 
desired  their  salvation.  In  memory  I  can 
hear  her  voice,  as  in  other  days,  when  the 
invitation  was  given,  saying,  "Why  will 
they  not  come?"  I  can  see  her  face  light 
with  joy  as  some  came  seeking  the  Lord. 

Her  love  like  her  Master's  went  forth  in 
sacrifice.  For  eighteen  years,  amid  hope 
and  discouragements,  in  strength  and  weak- 
defeats,  she  gave  her  life  to  the  Lord  and 
her  Comanche  people.  The  King  can  truly 
say  to  her,  "  Inasmuch."  She  fed  the  hungry 
clothed  the  naked,  ministered  to  the  sick 
and  dying,  and  aided  in  laying  away  the 
dead.      And   many   of  these   died   of  most 


,athsc 


She 


life  dear  unto  herself.  "He  that  findeth 
his  life  shall  lose  it,  and  he  that  loseth  his 
life  for  my  sake  shall  find  it."  She  was 
true  to  the  trust  her  Lord  gave  her  and 
faithful  to  walk  in  the  way  He  led  her. 
When  the  King  looks  at  the  results  of  her  Hfe, 
He  will  say,  "Well  done,  good  and  faithful 
servant,  enter  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 
On  whom  shall  her  mantle  fall,  and  who 
shall  carry  on  the  noble  cause  for  which  she 
gave  her  last  expression  of  devotion?  —  H, 
H.  Clouse,  Missionary  to  the  Kiowa 
Indians. 


MISSIONS 


COHDUCTED  BT  SECRETARY  JOHN  H.  MOORE 


A  Unified  Plan  of  Missionary  Education  and  Giving 
in  the  Local  Church 


Fotward    Movement    plat- 
in  for  the  coining  year  was 
Jined  in  last  mondi't  Mis- 
HB.    The  first  plank  was  a 
:larati<m    in     favor    of    an 
m  to  unify  mitnonaiy  edu- 
ion   in   the    local    church. 
1  he  demand  for  such  unification 
is  well  expressed  in  a  letter  that  has  just 
come  from  the  pastor  of  an  imponant  church 
in  Ohio,  from  which  we  quote: 

"We  ue  ujiag  to  work  out  a  thorough  tjitem  ia 
nil  church  for  iniHionaiy  giviog  that  will  co-ordinitF 
all  oui  Socidiei,  and  thea  to  develop  a  [jrilem  ol 
miuiooarj  iadiuctioB  that  will  briag  the  fulleit  knowl- 
edge of  miisionatj  fact*  to  the  whole  church  and  Bible 

KhDol." 

We  are  able  this  month  to  report  progress 
and  to  make  some  very  definite  suggestions. 

In  the  first  place  this  demand  for  unifica- 
tion in  missionaiy  education  is  one  that  is 
being  widely  felt  in  other  denominations. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  of  the  Young  People's  Missionary 
Movement,  January,  1910,  a  resolution  was 
adopted  inviting  other  bodies  to  join  them 
in  the  formation  of  a  commission  to  formu- 
late a  plan  by  which  the  local  church  may 
unify  its  missionary  education  and  giving. 
The  organizations  named  were  the  Annual 
Conference  of  Foreign  Mission  Boards  of 
the  United  States  and  Canada,  the  Home 
Missions  Council,  the  Laymen's  Missionaiy 
,  and  the  Young  People's  Mis- 
Movement,  each  to  appoint  three 
!  of  the  commission.     All  four  or- 


ganizations responded  favorably,  and  this 
commission  has  issued  the  following  prelimi- 
nary report: 

Importcat  Features  of  a  Unified  Plan  of 

Miaslonuy  Education  and  Giving 

in  the  Local  Church 

With  a  view  to  securing  unity,  co-oper- 
ation, and  the  fullest  efficiency  of  each 
church  in  fulfilling  its  mission  to  the  world, 
there  should  be  appointed  annually,  by  the 
appropriate  official  body,  a  Church  Mission- 
ary Committee,  preferably  representative  of 
the  several  departments  of  the  church,  with 
an  adequate  representation  of  men,  the  pastor 
being  ex  officio  a  member. 

This  committee  should  be  charged  with 
developing  the  multiform  missionary  interest 
of  the  church  as  a  whole,  educationally 
and  financially.  By  the  use  of  literature, 
correspondence,  the  stated  missionary  meet- 
ings of  the  congregation,  mission  study, 
systematic  instruction  in  the  Sunday  school 
and  in  other  organizations,  it  should  seek  to 
produce  impresiion,  such  as  shall  find  ade- 
quate expression,  in  giving  of  personal  serv- 
ice, prayer  and  money. 

The  Missionary  Committee  should  arrange 
for  the  etFective  incorporation  of  the  subject 
of  missions  in  the  working  plan  of  the  con- 
gregation as  a  whole  and  also  in  the  young 
people's  society,  Sunday  school,  women's 
societies,  men's  organizations,  and  other 
regular  departments  of  church  work. 

The  fields  and  phases  of  work  as  con- 
ceived by  this  committee  are  shown  in  the 
following  diagrams: 


MISSIONS 


E  ORGANIZATION   AND  WORK   OF  THE  CHURCH  MISSIONARY  C 


A(  a  recent  meeting  of  the  general  com- 
mittee of  the  Baptist  Forward  Movement 
for  Missionary  Education  this  plan  was 
heartily  approved  and  the  secretaiy  was 
authorized  to  seek  to  carry  it  out  in  Baptist 

Many  Baptist  churches  already  have 
church  missionary  committees,  though  it  is 
doubtless  true  that  a  large  proportion  of 
these  have  not  been  organized  to  represent 
all  departments  of  the  church.  Very  many 
of  these  committees  too  aie  primarily  or 
exclusively  collecting  committees,  having 
little  to  do  wii 

The      follow 


offered: 

I.  That  all  existing  church  mission- 
ary committees  shall  be  reorganized  or 
enlarged  so  as  to  include  representatives 
from  every  department  of  the  church. 
For  example,  the  Sunday  school  should 


should  also  the  young  people's  society, 
the  Brotherhood,  etc.  The  chairmen  of 
these  committees,  together  with  the 
presidents  or  some  other  representatives 
of  the  Woman's  Society  and  other 
organizations  of  the  church,  should  be 
members    of    the    church     missionary 


the    work    of 


made  to  include  instructional  as  well  as 
financial  activity,  so  that  this  central 
agency,  representing  all  departments  of 
the  church  shall  plan  broadly  for  all 
phases  of  missionaiy  study,  giving, 
prayer  and  service. 

3.  That  all  churches  not  now  having 
such  committees  shall  create  them  at 


4.  That  the  names  of  chairmen  of 
all  church  missionary  committees  shall 
be  reported  immediately  to  the  secretary 
of  the  Forward  Movement,  Ford  Build- 
ing. Boston,  Their  names  will  then 
he  placed  on  tile  to  receive  printed 
matter,  programs,  and  such  other  help 
as  the  Missionary  Societies  are  able  to 


A  Manual  of  suggestions  for  the  mis 
ary  committee  is  soon  to  be  published  u 
the  direction,  and  with  the 
approval  of,  the  four  great 
agencies  named  above,  and  an  edition  of 
this  will  be  published  by  the  Forward 
Movement  with  such  modifications  as  are 
necessary  to  bring  it  into  fullest  harmony 
with  our  denominational  policy  and  plans. 
We  believe  that  a  long  step  has  been  taken 
in  this  action,  and  that  as  a  resuh  we  shall 
be  able  to  reduce  to  a  minimum  the  present 
confusion  growing  out  of  a  multiplicity  of 
unrelated  methods  and  material. 


MISSIONS 


The  Year's  Financial  Showing 

THE  General  Apponionment  Comminee 
has  issued  a  bulletin  giving  the  fi- 
nancial showing  of  the  societies.  It  says; 
The  close  of  ihe  fiscal  year,  March  31, 
reveals  an  unexpected  shrinkage  of  receipts, 
creating  deficits  in  the  following  amounts: 
American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission 

Society ftii>453 

American  Baptist  Home  Mission 

Society 25,271 

Woman's    Baptist    Foreign    Mis- 
sionary Society 6,772 

Woman's  Baptist  Foreign  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  the  West . . .  19,517 
The  American  Baptist  Publication  Society 
and  the  Woman's  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  closed  the  year  each  with  a 
balance  in  the  treasury. 

It  has  been  discovered,  however,  that 
these  deficits  do  not  mean  a  falling  off  in 
offerings  from  the  churches,  since  it  is  true 
of  each  of  these  four  societies  that  their  re- 


ceipts from  churches,  Sunday  schools,  young 
people's  societies  and  woman's  circles  —  that 
is,  from  sources  on  which  apportionments 
are  based  —  were  larger  than  for  the  pre- 
ceding year. 

TTie  question  of  appealing  for  prompt 
voluntary  offerings  to  make  up  the  deficiency 
was  carefully  and  prayerfully  considered  by 
the  Apportionment  Committee,  which  reprc- 
sents  all  the  Societies  and  the  General  Con- 
vention. The  peculiar  need  of  a  clean  report 
to  the  great  Convention  soon  to  meet  in 
Philadelphia  was  apparent!  nevertheless  the 
judgment  was  in  favor  of  stating  briefly  the 
situation  through  the  denominational  press 
and  resting  the  case.  It  seems  best  to  trust 
spontaneous  effort  to  make  temporary  pro- 
vision for  these  deficits,  until  larger  ex- 
perience, improved  methods  and  earlier 
announcement  of  apportionments,  together 
with  an  appeal  for  supplementary  offerings 
from  other  sources,  which  may  reasonably 
be  expected,  shall  enable  all  societies  to 
close  the  fiscal  year  without  a  deficit. 


FROM     THE     FAR     LANDS 


A   SUCCESSFUL  CAMPAIGN 

The  spring  campaign  has  been  very 
successful  in  Tokyo.  In  all  the  churches  we 
have  had  crowded  meetings,  and  quite  a 
number  of  inquirers  have  become  regular 
attendants.  — W.  Wynd,  Tokyo,  Japan. 


AT  THE  CHAPEL  1 

The  blind  organist  has  daily  drawn  con- 
gregations to  the  street  chapel,  enabling  the 
preachers,  students  and  voluntaiy  helpers 


to  preach  the  gospel  to  numberless  people. 
This  chapel  has  been  well  used.  Every 
morning  at  the  call  of  the  chapel  bell  the 
servants  from  our  four  households,  the 
members  of  the  girls'  school  {boarding  and 
day),  and  the  boys'  day  school,  the  teachers 
and  a  few  neighhors  form  a  good  congrega- 
tion to  worship  God.  The  services  at  the 
large  chapel  have  been  well  attended, 
ig  made  of  a  large  increase  of 
,  who  fill  the  seats  allotted  to  them 


43^ 


MISSIONS 


and  overflow  into  the  men's  side.  This 
increased  attendance  is  the  result  of  work 
done  by  the  Christian  women,  both  native 
and  foreign.  —  S.  G.  Adams,  Hanyang, 
Central  China. 

TOURING   BY   MISSION    BOAT 

Our  boat  has  been  a  success  in  every  way. 
Where  three  years  ago  there  was  a  little 
village  on  the  bank  without  a  Christian  in 
it,  there  is  one  now  with  twenty-three 
Christians.  We  have  visited  it  almost  every 
week  during  this  rainy  season,  and  the  one 
previous.  As  to  the  cost  of  operation,  it  is 
lets  than  a  pice  (a  sixth  of  a  cent)  a  mile  per 
passenger  for  fuel.  The  chief  advantage  is 
that  it  doubles  our  touring  season,  and 
makes  touring  in  the  rains  comfortable, 
pleasant  and  inexpensive.  —  J.  T.  Latta, 
Thonze,  Burma. 

A   FAIR   EXCHANGE 

The  church  book  had  not  been  revised 
for  years.  We  are  preparing  what  we  hope 
will  be  a  true  and  accurate  membership  roll. 
At  the  rally  recently  held  at  Banza  Manteke 
the  church  members,  as  their  names  were 
called,  returned  in  person  the  tickets  which 
had  previously  been  given  them.  They 
were  happily  surprised  to  receive  in  return 
a  calendar  which  we  had  had  prepared, 
giving  a  cut  of  the  church  and  the  following 
words  in  native  language,  "Good  tidings  of 
great  joy  to  all  people."  These  were  prized, 
although  many  could  not  know  for  them- 
selves the  real  use  and  message.  —  John  E. 
Geil,  Banza  Manteke. 

NEWS   FROM    LOIKAW 

The  results  of  the  year's  work  are  en- 
couraging. One  new  church  has  been 
formed.  There  have  been  thirtv-four 
baptisms.  There  are  calls  for  teachers  in 
new  villages  that  cannot  be  met  owing  to 
lack  of  funds.  We  plan  extended  evangelistic 
work  this  \*ear.  One  of  our  own  Padaung 
boys  has  just  completed  his  course  at  the 
Seminar)*,  standing  second  in  a  class  of 
lhin}*-two.  I  shall  keep  him  in  the  field  a 
large  part  of  the  time  as  an  evangelist.  — 
Truman  Johnson,  Loikaw,  Burma. 

rRESENT  opportunity   IN   JAPAN 

There  is  appRimt  an  unusual  interest  on 
die  patt  of  those  in  the  countn*  places  not 


yet  evangelized.  Wherever  we  go  the  people 
seem  already  prepared  to  give  us  a  favorable 
hearing.  It  is  a  good  time  to  press  forward 
in  country  evangelistic  work.  —  Henry 
Topping,  Morioka,  Japan. 

New  Assistant  Secretary 

At  a  recent  meeting  the  Board  of  Managers 
of  the  American  Bapdst  Foreign  Mission 
Society  appointed  Rev.  Stacy  R.  Warburton 
an  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Society. 
Formerly  a  missionary  at  Kaying  in  South 
China,  Mr.  Warburton  was  compelled  to 
return  home  on  account  of  ill  health  in  his 
family,  and  after  a  brief  service  in  the 
pastorate  came  to  the  Mission  Rooms  as 
assistant  to  Secretary  Haggard  in  the  Home 
Department.  Through  his  service  as 
Assistant  Editor  and  later  as  Editor  of  The 
Baptist  Missionary  Magazine,  Mr.  Warbur- 
ton has  become  well  and  favorably  known 
both  to  the  missionaries  and  to  the  friends 
of  the  work  at  home.  Since  the  merging  of 
the  Missionary  Magaxine  in  Missions  Mr. 
Warburton's  work  at  the  Rooms  has  been 
chiefly  in  connecdon  with  the  preparation 
of  the  general  literature  of  the  Society  and 
correspondence  with  candidates  for  mission- 
ary service. 


Death  of  Rev.  C.  A.  Salquist 

On  April  26  the  West  China  Mission 
sustained  another  severe  loss  in  the  death  of 
Rev.  CaH  Axel  Salquist,  after  a  brief  attack 
of  typhoid  fever.  Mr.  Salquist  early  became 
a  professed  Christian  and  dedicated  his  life 
to  the  preaching  of  the  gospel.  In  1893  he 
was  graduated  from  the  Divinity  School  of 
the  University  of  Chicago,  and  the  same  year 
sailed  for  Suifu,  West  China,  under  the  au- 
spices of  the  Foreign  Mission  Society.  Since 
that  time  he  has  labored  unriringly  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  gospel  among  the  Chinese. 
Owing  to  the  lack  of  workers,  resulting 
from  ill  health  and  death,  Mr.  Salquist  has 
had  to  bear  an  over-heavy  burden  of  re- 
sponsibility and  work.  In  1 909  the  Theologi- 
cal School  at  Yachow  was  opened  under  his 
direction.  In  addirion  to  caring  for  this 
sdiool,  Mr.  Salquist  has  been  for  the  past 
year  in  charge  of  the  evangelisric  and 
educational  work  of  the  Yachow  starion, 
doing  practically  evenrthing  save  the  medical 


MISSIONS 


437 


work.  He  was  also  the  treasurer  of  the 
West  China  Mission.  Throughout  his 
years  of  missionary  service  he  has  been 
faithful,  consecrated  and  conscientious  to  a 
rare  degree.  His  death  creates  a  painful 
gap  in  the  West  China  mission  circle. 
Missionaries  and  friends  unite  in  sympathy 
for  Mrs.  Salquist,  who  has  steadfastly  co- 
operated with  her  husband  in  his  arduous 
duties.  Where  among  the  strong  young 
men  is  the  one  who  will  go  to  fill  this  vacant 
place  ? 

Missionary  Personals 

Rev.  W.  L.  Wynd  of  Tokyo,  writes  of  the 
joy  the  missionaries  and  native  Christians 
felt  in  the  cablegram  announcing  the  appro- 
priation of  Yen  2100  for  the  new  chapel 
building  for  the  Shiba  church.  A  day  or 
rwo  after  receiving  the  message,  work  on 
rhe  building  was  started  and  is  now  com- 
pleted. On  Saturday,  March  i8,  it  was  to 
be  opened  and  an  evangelistic  campaign  at 
once  inaugurated. 

Captain  Luke  W.  Bickel,  Mrs.  Bickel  and 
^eir  daughter  Evelyn,  left  Kobe  in  April, 
arriving  at  the  Pacific  coast  early'  in  May. 
During  Captain  Bickel's  absence  from  his 
^^ork  on  the  Inland  Sea,  Rev.  F.  H.  Briggs 
and  Mrs.  Briggs  will  have  oversight,  taking 
up  their  residence  at  the  mission  station  of 
Himeji.  Captain  Bickel  will  have  but  a 
brief  furlough,  as  he  expects  to  return  to 
Japan  in  the  fall  on  account  of  the  govern- 
ment survey  of  his  ship,  the  Fukuin  Maru. 

Missionaries  and  friends  will  be  glad  to 
bear  good  news  from  Rev.  H.  W.  B.  Joor- 
nan,  of  Thayetmyo,  Burma,  who  has  been 
spending  some  months  in  Germany  seeking 
relief  from  a  serious  disease.  He  writes 
^hat  his  operation  was  successful  and  while 
there  are  new  complications  he  is  still  hope- 
ful. Mr.  Joorman  and  his  family  will 
probably  sail  for  America  within  a  few 
weeks. 

Ovring  to  an  operation  made  necessary 
for  one  of  the  children,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Money 
and  her  two  children  sailed  on  March  i8 
from  Rangoon  for  Glasgow.  Mrs.  Money 
expects  to  return  to  Burma  in  the  fall  with 
the  missionary  party. 

Mr.  Paul  Vincent,  who  is  associated  with 
his  father,  Rev.  Ph.  Vincent,  in  the  pastorate 
of  the  Avenue  du  Maine  Church  in  Paris, 


and  also  in  teaching  in  the  Theological 
Training  School  recently  started,  arrived  in 
Boston,  April  27.  He  will  attend  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Baptist  World  Alh'ance. 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

ADJOURNED   ANNUAL   MEETING,    I9II 

The  ninety-seventh  annual  meeting  of  the 
American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 
will  be  held  by  adjournment  at  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  June  13,  191 1,  at  9.30  a.m.,  in  the  Grace 
Baptist  Temple,  comer  of  Broad  and  Berks 
Streets.  To  hear  and  act  upon  the  report 
of  the  Board  of  Managers,  of  the  Treasurer 
and  of  any  other  officers  and  committees, 
and  to  transact  any  and  all  business  that 
may  properly  come  before  the  annual  meet- 
ing. To  appoint  such  committees  as  may 
be  required  and  to  fix  the  time  and  place  for 
the  annual  election  of  officers,  to  he  held  at 
some  succeeding  day  during  the  meetings  of 
the  Northern  Baptist  Convention.  The 
Board  of  Managers  recommend  that  the 
annual  meeting  be  adjourned  from  time  to 
time  during  the  days  of  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention,  for  the 
purpose  of  transacting  any  items  of  business 
that  may  properly  come  before  the  Society. 
This  annual  meeting  is  called  by  the  Board 
of  Managers  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  Article  VI  of  the  By-laws. 

C.  A.  Walker, 

Recording  Secretary. 

Foreign  Missionary  Record 

ARRIVED 

Miss  Emilie  Bretthauer,  M.D.,  from  Hanyang,  Central 
China,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  18. 

Rev.  A.  J.  Weeks,  Mrs.  Weeks  and  family  from  Tavoy, 
Burma,  at  Ferndale,  Washington,  March  31. 

Mrs.  Harriet  C.  Stevens,  from  Prome,  Burma,  at  New 
York,  April  9. 

SAILED 

Miss  L.  A.  Benjamin,  M.D.,  from  New  York,  .April  22, 

for  South  India. 
Rev.  W.  T.  Elmore,  Mrs.  Elmore  and  child,  April  22, 

from  New  York,  for  South  India. 

BORN 

To  Dr.  C.  H.  Barlow  and  Mrs.  Barlow  of  Shaohsing, 

East  China,  on  January  5,  a  daughter,  Harriet 

Hawlcy. 
To  Rev.  J.  V.  Latimer  and  Mrs.  Latimer  of  Huchow, 

East  China,  on  February  13,  a  daughter,  Frances 

Marion. 
To  Rev.  M.  C.  Parish  and  Mrs.  Parish  of  Pegu,  Burma, 

on  March  6,  a  ton,  Oliver  Steven. 


FROM  THE  HOME  LANDS 


Work  ProETesBinE  in  Mexico 
A  letter  received  from  Rev,  Alejandro 
Treviflo  of  Monterey,  dated  May  5,  says: 
"Under  the  circumstances  it  seems  to  me 
it  is  my  duty  to  stay  with  my  family  and 
help  look  after  the  churches,  instead  of 
leaving  the  country,  not  knowing  what  might 
happen  to  them  in  my  absence.  For  these 
reasons,  I  fear  it  will  not  be  possible  for  me 
to  go  to  Philadelphia,  notwithstanding  my 
fervent  desire  to  be  there.  I  have  just 
returned  from  an  interesting  preaching  tour. 
I  was  in  Tampico  a  week,  and  preached 
every  night.  The  interest  increased  until 
the  house  and  the  street  in  front  were  full 
of  people  anxious  to  hear  the  gospel.  There 
were  thirty-five  professions  of  faith.  1 
was  only  three  days  in  San  Luis  Potosi.  We 
had  good  services,  and  twelve  persons  pre- 
sented themselves  for  baptism.  I  was  a 
week  in  the  City  of  Mexico.  The  services 
were  well  attended,  and  the  interest  increased 
every  night.  There  were  twenty-two  pro- 
fessions of  faith.  During  my  stay,  I  preached 
also  in  the  missions  of  Guadaloupe  and  Mix- 
coac.  In  the  last  place  six  new  believers 
presented  themselves  for  baptism.  So  far 
none  of  out  churches  have  been  seriously 
affected  by  the  revolution.  In  all  of  them 
they  have  had  and  still  have  the  ordinary 


Moseley  writes  of  these  gatherings  in  the 
highest  terms,  saying  the  convention  was 
the  best  ever  held  and  expressing  the  hope 
that  a  special  secretary  for  young  people's 
and  Sunday-school  work  may  be  secured 
for  field  service  in  Cuba.  A  knowledge  of 
Spanish  is,  of  course,  desirable,  but  a  capable 
man  could  begin  without  it.  A  good  salary, 
in  addition  to  expenses,  would  be  paid;  and 
the  opportunity  to  serve  the  Master  is 
attractive.  Such  a  worker  would  act  also 
as  agent  of  the  Bible  Society  in  the  Island. 


k  Hungarian  Recruit 
Our  work    among  the   Hungarians   and 
other  foreign  peoples  will  be  strengthened 
by  the  addition  to  the  ranks 


A  Capable  Man  Wanted 

One  of  the  most  valuable  aids  to  our  work 
in  Cuba  is  the  Pastors  Annua!  Conference, 
a  school  or  insritute  for  Christian  workers 
lasring  about  three  weeks.  Classes  are  held 
every  day  in  church  government,  pracrical 
theology,  church  history,  special  treatment 
of  Baptist  doctrines,  English,  sight  singing, 
and  methods  of  Christian  work  as  adapted 
to  the  needs  and  conditions  in  Cuba.     Dc- 


held  for  the  workers,  ai 
upUft  is  very  great.  The 
followed  by  the  conven 
schools  and  young  people 


leetmgs  are 
d    the    spin 


workers  of  Stephen  Grosza,  who  was  tt-ctr 
ordained  by  a  council  which  met  at  Hor 
stead,  Pa.  Mr.  Grosza,  whose  picture 
give  herewith,  was  born  in  Hungary,  0 
speaks  German  and  Hungarian.  He  v 
converted  when  sixteen  years  of  age. 
is  a  graduate  of  the  German  Department 
the  Rochester  Theological  Seminar^',  anc 
settled  as  pastor  of  the  Hungarian  chui 
at  Homestead. 


MISSIONS 


A  Porto  Ricui  Oedicatian 


WE  have  dedicated  a  new  meeting-house 
in  Potto  Rico,  the  first  foT  a  twelve- 
month or  more.  This  time  it  was  in  Gurabo. 
Gurabo  i>  a  small,  attractive  town  in  the 
Cayey-Cagua*  district,  only  an  hour's  drive 
from  Caguaa,  where  the  gospel  has  long  been 
preached  in  rented  quarters.  We  have  in 
Gurabo  a  church  organization  of  eight 
years'  standing,  with  a  present  membership 
of  foRy^<me.  A  flourishing  Sunday  school 
and  a  good  attendance  at  the  regular  church 
service  augur  well  for  the  future  of  the  work 
in  this  tCFwn. 

March  19  was  an  interesting  date  for  both 
the  saints  and  sinners  of  Gurabo.  In  the 
afternoon  an  interesting  temperance  pro- 
gram was  carried  out  by  the  Sunday  school 
in  connection  with  a  brief  study  of  the  tem- 
perance lesson  for  the  day,  directed  by  the 
missionary  in  charge,  Rev.  E.  L.  Hum- 
phrey. Rev.  Abelardo  Diaz,  one  of  our 
most  capable  native  preachers,  delivered  a 
telling  temperance  address  which  greatly 
impressed  the  whole  school. 

The  dedication  services  were  held  in  the 
evening,  i^en  a  carefully  prepared  pro- 
gram was  carried  out,  under  the  direction  of 
Mr.  Humphrey.     Rev.  John  R.  Cepero,  the 


newly  ordained  pastor  of  the  Rio  Piedras 
church,  preached  an  interesting  sermon, 
setting  forth  the  analogies  between  the  ma- 
terial and  the  spiritual  house,  after  which 


"The  Claii 


I  large  con- 
-apacity  of 
;ats  placed 
■nbers  stood 
.nly  on  this 


the  writer  spoke  briefly  o 
Christianity."  Thes 
received  with  close 
gregation,  which  • 
the  house.  All  of  the  extra 
in  the  aisles  were  occupied  and  n 
during  the  enrire  service.  Not 
occasion,  but  also  through  the 
vices  running  through  the  week  following  the 
dedication,  members  of  the  best  families 
of  the  town  attended,  some  of  whom  ex- 
pressed their  purpose  of  idenrifying  them- 
selves with  the  Baptists. 

The  Gurabo  chapel  is  a  very  attraaive 
concrete  building,  with  a  seating  capacity  of 
some  two  hundred,  with  a  commodious 
class-room  in  the  rear,  and  buih  on  the  plan 
of  the  Adjuntas  chapel,  which  unfortunately 
has  remained  for  five  years  without  the  rear 
{a  contribution  of  ^800  from 
T  of  these  lines  would  build  this 
led  room  for  Adjuntas).  Mis- 
sionary Humphrey,  who  built  the  house. 
Rev.  Galo  Monies,  the  native  pastor,  and 
the  town  of  Gurabo  are  to  be  congratulated 
on  this  most  valuable  asset  to  the  Lord's 
cause  in  this  town. 


■MISSIONS 


A  Baptist  TraTeling  Convention 

BY    ARTHUR    LEONARD    WADSWORTH 


y^WING  to  distance, 
V^  ness    interests,  it    i 

.  expense  and  busi- 

is   not   possible   for 

every  one  to  go  to  a  convention,  but  a  con- 
vention can   be  brought  to  every  one,  and 
this   has   been   done  in  Wyoming  in   large 
measure.      The  originator  of  the  idea  of  a 

■  TraveUng  Convc 
Wilbert  R.  Howell  of  Basin,  Wyo.,  pastor- 
at-large  for  the  "Large  Plains"  State.  He 
suggested  the  idea  to  me  and  several  others 
last  September  at  rhe  Wyoming  Baprist 
Convention  at  Thermopolis,  and  it  was 
heartily  approved. 

"The  Baptist  Travehng  Convention" 
became  an  actuality  on  February  15,  1911, 
at  Kvanston,  where  the  first  Convention 
was  held.  The  itinerary  was  Evanston, 
'  Rock  Springs,  Laramie,  Cheyenne.  Wheat- 
land, Casper,  Riverion,  Lander.  Ther- 
mopolis.  Lucerne,  Worland,  Manderson, 
Basin,  Greybull.  Powell,  Sheridan  and 
Gillette,  seventeen  towns.  From  Evanston 
to  fiillette  necessitated  a  travel  by  rail  and 
stage  of  1,350  miles.  Exactly  twenty-three 
days  were  consumed,  from  February  15  to 
March  9,  inclusive.  The  plan  included  a 
two  days'  convention  in  each  place.  At 
10  A.M.  a  missionary  prayer  meeting;  at 
7.30  P.M.,  conferences;  7.30  p.m.,  a  platform 
meeting,  also  addresses  before  high  schools. 
The  participants  in  the  "Traveling  Con- 


vention" were  Rev.  Wilbert  R.  Howell,  the 
originator,  who  represented  state  missions: 
Rev.  Charles  A.  Cook,  D.D.,  of  Spokane, 
Wash.,  joint  secretary  for  the  Yellowstone 
District,  who  represented  home  and  foreign 
missions  and  Christian  stewardship;  Rev. 
F.  J.  Bradshaw  of  Kiating,  West  China,  for 
seventeen  years  a  missionary;  Rev.  L.  A. 
Garrison,  D.D.,  of  Grand  Island,  Neb., 
President-elect  of  Grand  Island  College, 
who  represented  Chnstian  education;  Rev, 
Arthur  Leonard  Wadsworth,  A.M.,  of  South 
Pasadena,  Cal.,  Field  Editor  of  the  Pacifc 
Baplisi,  who  represented  religious  journal- 
ism. Each  participant  was  an  expert  in 
his  department.  It  proved  to  be  an  excellent 
combination. 


Dui 

ing  the  time  of  t 

separa 
than 

120  addresses  wcr 

held    and    no    le.-s 
e  delivered.      Aside 

from  the  high  schools,  n 

sons  attended  the  variou 

bly  2,500  persons  were 

"The     Baptist     Trav 

lore  than  2,000  pcr- 
s  meetings.      Proba- 
reached  altogether, 
el  ing     Convention  " 

view. 

splendid  success  1 
Some  of  its  cha 

From  every  point  of 
racteristics    may  bt 

in  vol  v: 

)ned :     thorough    a 

volume    of    corrc- 

spondi 
ouTy 

l^nce  on   Mr""  Ho« 
work,  all  working 
without  a  hitch,  a 

•ell's  part;  effective 
together  harmoni- 
iar,  a  mar,  or  un- 

of'the 
thing ; 

nt  experience,  a  conspicuous  example 
leading  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  everj- 
unity  of  purpose,  the    advancement 

MISSIONS 


441 


of  the  kingdom  of  God  on  earth;  oneness 
of  denominational  enterprises,  every  one  of 
whidi  was  presented  with  some  degree  of 
fulness;  hearty  co-operation  on  the  part  of 
pastors,  all  advertising  the  conventions  and 
helping  in  every  possible  way;  a  remarkable 
spirit  of  responsiveness  on  the  part  of  the 
pec^le;  generous. and  unstinted  hospitality 
to  die  visidng  brethren;  the  distribution  of 
a  vast  amount  of  missionary  literature; 
many  subscriptions  to  the  denominational 
newspaper  and  to  Missions.  These  are 
some  of  the  outstanding  features.  Each 
convendon  had  its  own  individuality. 

Some  interesting  incidents  may  be  men- 
doned.  At  Rock  Springs  the  Convention 
organized  a  new  Bapdst  church  with  about 
thirty  charter  members  of  sterling  worth 
and  staunch  Christian  character.  Rev. 
F.  J.  Bradshaw  gave  the  charge  to  the 
church.  At  Manderson,  the  new  Baptist 
meedng  house,  just  completed  under  the 
inspiring  leadership  of  Pastor  Evart  P. 
Borden,  formerly  of  Oxford,  Pa.,  was 
dedicated.  The^  writer  preached  the  dedi- 
catory sermon;  Rev.  J.  M.  Jones  of  Neiber, 
Wyo.,  who  organized  the  church,  offered 
the  prayer  of  dedication.  Dr.  C.  A.  Cook 
and  Mr.  Howell  had  parts  in  the  interesting 
service.  The  meeting  house  is  a  gem,  in 
the  California  bungalow  style,  ample  for  all 
present  needs. 

At  Lander,  under  the  leadership  of  Dr. 
Cook,  the  church  raised  ^36.70  of  its  budget 
of  {59.  It  was  a  fine  response  to  an  imme- 
diate appeal,  and  a  delightful  surprise  to  all. 

The  new  church  at  Lucerne,  in  the  Big 
Horn  Basin,  with  thirty  members,  organized 
January  15,  1911,  in  the  Chapel  Car  "Glad 
Tidings,"  by  Rev.  Arthur  Sangston,  assisted 
by  Mr.  Howell,  has  already  two  young  men 
who  have  decided  to  study  for  the  ministry, 
and  two  young  women  who  are  planning  to 
attend  the  Chicago  Training  School  to  fit 
themselves  for  missionary  work. 

At  Powell,  situated  in  the  Shoshone 
irrigadon  project,  the  convention  was  held 
in  the  new  Baptist  meeting  house,  which, 
though  not  fully  finished,  was  made  ready 
for  use  in  just  twenty-eight  days.  Ground 
was  broken  on  February  4,  and  on  March  4 
the  first  service  was  held.  Pastor  Charles 
R.  Hench  was  the  leader  in  this  undertaking. 
The  building  is  84  x  24  feet.  Here  the  con- 
vention had  its  largest  artendance. 


At  Caspar,  Rev.  R.  R.  Hopton,  pastor, 
the  convention  was  held  in  the  new  meeting 
house,  dedicated  December  18,  1910.  This 
building  was  erected  mainly  by  Baptist 
money.  Only  J49  was  contributed  by 
others. 

Space  fails  me  to  give  other  interesting 
incidents  of  the  **  Baptist  Traveling  Conven- 
tion," which  was  so  great  a  success  that 
plans  are  already  on  foot  to  repeat  it  at 
some  future  time. 


An  Appreciation 

The  shadow  of  sorrow  covers  the  hearts 
of  all  our  Indian  missionaries  because  of 
the  home  going  of  Anna  M.  Deyo,  wife  of 
Rev.  E.  C.  Deyo,  our  faithful  missionary 
among  the  Comanches.  The  call  to  a  higher 
and  better  life  came  quickly  Sunday  evening, 
April  30.  Mrs.  Deyo  was  a  woman  of  cul- 
ture and  refinement,  a  genial  companion, 
held  in  great  respect  by  all  who  knew  her. 
The  best  missionary  qualifications  were  em- 
bodied in  her  and  actualized  in  her  life. 
Like  her  Lord  she  loved  the  lost  and  earnestly 
desired  their  salvation.  In  memory  I  can 
hear  her  voice,  as  in  other  days,  when  the 
invitation  was  given,  saying,  "Why  will 
they  not  come?"  I  can  see  her  face  light 
with  joy  as  some  came  seeking  the  Lord. 

Her  love  like  her  Master's  went  forth  in 
sacrifice.  For  eighteen  years,  amid  hope 
and  discouragements,  in  strength  and  weak- 
ness, in  storm  and  shine,  in  victories  and 
defeats,  she  gave  her  life  to  the  Lord  and 
her  Comanche  people.  The  King  can  truly 
say  to  her,  "  Inasmuch."  She  fed  the  hungry 
clothed  the  naked,  ministered  to  the  sick 
and  dying,  and  aided  in  laying  away  the 
dead.  And  many  of  these  died  of  most 
loathsome  diseases.  She  counted  not  her 
life  dear  unto  herself.  "He  that  findeth 
his  life  shall  lose  it,  and  he  that  loseth  his 
life  for  my  sake  shall  find  it."  She  was 
true  to  the  trust  her  Lord  gave  her  and 
faithful  to  walk  in  the  way  He  led  her. 
When  the  King  looks  at  the  results  of  her  life, 
He  will  say,  **  Well  done,  good  and  faithful 
servant,  enter  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 
On  whom  shall  her  mantle  fall,  and  who 
shall  carry  on  the  noble  cause  for  which  she 
gave  her  last  expression  of  devotion? — H. 
H.  Clouse,  Missionary  to  the  Kiowa 
Indians. 


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CHAPEL    CAR    AND    COLPORTER 


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A  COMMUNITY  AWAKENED 
At  Osage,  Minn.,  there  has  been  a  great 
awakening.  Rev.  C.  L.  Kingsbury  of  the 
Publication  Society  and  Rev.  T.  M.  Gilpin, 
County  Missionary  of  the  Slate  Convention, 
held  a  most  interesting  meeting.  Thirty- 
two  persons  confessed  Christ,  twenty  of 
whom  were  received  for  baptism,  which 
means  an  increase  of  tifcy  pet  cent  in  the 
church  membership.  The  whole  community 
has  been  stirred. 

GETTING    TO   THE    PEOPLE 

A  missionary  worker  in  North  Dakota 
who  has  been  trying  to  reach  the  destitute 
places  says;  "1  am  beginning  to  feel  that 
the  only  way  to  prosecute  the  work  in  these 
country  districts  is  to  prosecute  it  —  as  a 


work  and  not  as  a  breal^  in  the  we 
other  work.  Perhaps  some  time  such  i 
tions  may  come  about  and  the  way 
open  up  for  such  an  effort.  I  tell  yt 
must  not  only  get  to  the  people  .wit 
preaching  service,  but  we  must  g- 
the  people  in  the  homes  to  get  them  r 
preaching  service.  It  means  praaical' 
work  of  the  colporter  wagon,  such  a 
Publication  Society  is  doing  so  effecti' 

WHAT  THE   BIBLE   DOES 

The  changes  wrought  by  the  Bible, 
duced  by  a  colporter  into  a  home,  ai 
scribed  by  E.  J,  Cross,  whose  field 
Michigan.  He  says:  "A  second  visit 
reveals  the  change  made  by  the  first 
In  February  our  call  was  coolly  reci 
The  fire  was  out,  the  parents  were  indifT 
if  not  hostile  to  spiritual  things,  an< 
children  neglected.  The  home  was  wi 
even  a  Testament.  I  gave  them  a  1 
enrolled  them  in  the  home  departme 
the  Sunday  school,  spoke  a  few  words  ; 
our  Lord  and  His  claims  upon  them 
took  my  leave.  In  a  linle  over  a  n 
things  have  changed.  They  are  now 
ested  in  the  school,  the  Bible,  and  theii 
condition.  Where  the  father  once  i 
about  the  Bible  and  the  Sunday  tcho 
is  now  studying  the  one  and  anxioi 
send  the  children  to  the  other.  Si 
changes  take  place  in  numbers  of  horn 

PROGRESS    IN    MICHIGAN 

The  work  at  Crump  is  prospering  m 
fine  opportunity  to  build  a  flourishing  k 
especially  when  the  new  church  buildi 
completed.  A  week  was  spent  at  Ii 
helping  the  pastor  in  special  meeting 
mission  school  has  been  started  in  a  K 
house  a  few  miles  distant.  The  scha 
Chippewa  is  growing.  The  home  dc 
ment  has  been  enlarged  and  a  cradl 
added.  Now  they  are  working  for 
organized  adult  classes.  This  scho 
doing  a  fine  work,  although  the  chur 
without  a  pastor.  —  E,  J,  Cross,  Colp 


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SOWING    AND    REAPING 

From  Prosser,  Wash.,  Rev,  E.  R.  Hermis- 
ton,  reports:  "We  stopped  here  for  a  few 
days  and  ran  right  into  a  revival,  and  you 
can't  blame  us  for  gilhering  the  harvest. 
We  are  fortunate  that  way,  and  after  the 
other  denominations  give  up  we  just  come 
in  and  reap.  It  is  said  one  soweth  and 
another  reapeth;  we  seem  to  sow  with  one 
hand  and  reap  with  the  other.  I  don't 
believe  our  own  denomination  realizes  what 
a  fine  evangelistic  agency  the  Chapel  Car  is. 
It  gives  one  a  chance  to  go  into  any  field, 
and  it  gives  prestige.  I  can  get  into  the 
schools  and  shops  for  meetings,  and  in  faa 
they  want  us.  The  church  at  Prosser 
received  twenty-five  members,  and  they  will 
receive  at  least  fifteen  more,  and  it  will 
almost  double  the  membership.  They  gave 
us  fi5  for  our  work,  and  1  helped  them  to 
raise  their  budget. 

AMONG  THE   NEGROES 

The  Publication  Society  from  the  close  of 
the  Civil  War  until  now  has  been  anively 


engaged  in  helping  the  Negroes.  So  much 
so  that  the  Society  has  been  called  by  them 
their  university.  It  has  furnished  literature 
to  hundreds  of  their  schools,  and  their 
ministers  with  libraries  and  material  for 
developing  their  worlt.  It  has  its  represen- 
tatives throughout  the  South  who  are  helping 
to  mold  their  religious  life.  Quite  a  number 
of  the  leading  negro  ministers  have  been 
trained  in  the  service  of  the  Society.  Dr. 
S.  N.  Vass  is  the  superintendent  of  this  work. 
He  travels  widely,  and  is  in  demand  for 
institutes,  leaures  and  teacher  training  work. 
He  has  recently  held  a  successful  institute 
in  Kansas  City,  Mo.  His  course  of  lectures 
is  of  a  high  order,  covering  the  Bible  com- 
prehensively. 

A  year's  giving 
The  Minnesota  Baptists  gave  last  year  to 
the  Foreign  Mission  Society  Ji  1,854,  to  the 
Home  Mission  Society  ^,960,  and  to  the 
Publication  Society  ^2,070.  This  was  an 
increase  for  the  first  1 
year  preceding. 


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Points  to  Bear  in  Mind 

1.  Reserve  your  accommodations  in 
advance.  If  not,  do  not  complain  if  the 
committee  cannot  give  you  what  you  desire. 

2.  Get  your  credentials,  but  bring  them 
¥nth  you  and  present  them  at  the  registra- 
tion desk  as  soon  as  you  reach  the  conven- 
tion church  (Grace  Baptist  Temple).  Do 
not  send  credentials  on  in  advance. 

3.  Credentials  to  the  World  Alliance  can 
only  be  secured  from  a  State  Convention 
Secretary. 

4.  The  only  registration  fee  is  that  of 
%%  for  the  World  Alliance.  This  is  to  be 
paid  at  registration  office  in  convention 
building  upon  arrival.  There  will  be  no 
admission  to  the  Alliance  meetings  except 
by  payment  of  this  fee,  not  even  for  officers 
and  the  press  representatives.  Visitors  pay- 
ing the  fee  will  be  as  comfortably  cared  for 
as  delegates,  as  far  as  accommodations  will 
allow. 

5.  Railroad  tickets  at  rate  of  fare  and 
one-half  will  be  on  sale  only  June  10,  12 
and  13,  again  on  the  17th  and  i8th,  and 
the  start  must  be  made  on  the  day  the 
ticket  is  bought.  You  buy  a  round  trip 
ticket.  See  to  it  in  advance  that  the  ticket 
agent  in  your  place  has  the  tickets. 

6.  There  will  be  a  Baptist  World  Alliance 
mass  meeting  for  women  on  Wednesday, 
the  21  St,  at  3  o'clock,  with  addresses  by 
Mrs.  Russell  James  and  Mrs.  Kerry  of 
England,  and  Madame  Beklimicheff. 

7.  Great  Laymen's  Session  Monday 
morning,  June  19.  Dr.  A.  H.  Strong  will 
preside.  Addresses  on  "The  Awakening  of 
Baptist  Laymen  to  the  Interests  of  the 
Kingdom"  by  three  representative  men  — 
S.  J.  Moore,  Toronto,  J.  T.  Henderson, 
Virginia,  and  Secretary  Stackhouse. 

8.  Dinner  and  supper  will  be  served  at 
convention  church.  There  are  also  a  number 
of  moderate-priced  restaurants  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  church.  Those  writing  to  reserve 
rooms  will  please  state  whether  they  insist 
on  having  a  single  room  or  are  willing  to  go 
two  in  a  room.  The  committee  will  make 
every  effort  possible  to  provide  the  kind  of 
accommodations  every  person  desires,  but 
to  do  so  the  applications  must  be  specific. 


To  Our  Baptist  Ministers 

Philadelphia  Baptists  desire  to  make  the 
great  conventions  which  will  convene  in  our 
city,  June  13  to  25,  a  mighty  contribution 
to  our  cause.  We  shall  offer  to  furnish 
supplies  for  the  churches  of  all  denominations 
the  two  Sundays  our  conventions  will  be  in 
session. 

On  Sunday,  June  18,  we  wish  to  have 
our  strongest  men  preach  morning  and 
evening.  On  Sunday,  June  25,  the  plan  is 
to  have  notable  English  preachers  in  our 
pulpits  at  the  morning  service  and  dis- 
tinguished American  preachers  at  night. 

Brethren,  bring  a  couple  of  your  best 
sermons  with  you,  and  when  you  register, 
signify  your  willingness  to  occupy  pulpits 
to  which  we  may  assign  you. 

George  T.  Webb, 
W.  Quay  Rosselle, 

Committet. 

Louisville  Boys 
An  organization  of  the  alumni  and 
students  of  the  Southern  Baptist  Theologi- 
cal Seminary  was  formed  at  Chicago  last 
year.  During  the  meeting  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention,  Rev.  C.  M.  Phillips 
of  Lansdowne,  Pa.,  Rev.  J.  Milnor  Wilbur 
of  1 701  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
and  Rev.  P.  O.  Duncan  of  LaFayette,  Ind., 
were  elected  president,  vice-president  and 
secretary,  respectively.  A  complete  list  of 
the  Louisville  men  within  bounds  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  is  greatly 
desired.  Let  all  Louisville  men  thus  located 
send  their  names  and  addresses  at  once  to 
the  secretary  for  permanent  enrollment. 
Any  of  the  men  who  expect  to  attend  the 
Northern  Convention  in  Philadelphia  in 
June  should  send  name  and  address  to  the 
president.  If  on  seeing  this  notice  you  will 
answer  at  once  we  shall  have  the  informa- 
tion desired. 

C.  M.  Phillips,  President^ 

J.  Milnor  Wilbur,  Vice-PrfsUent^ 

P.  O.  Duncan,  Secretary. 


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Baptist  WorM  Alliance  Program 

June  19  to  25,  1911 

General  Topic :  BaptUts  and  the  World's  Life 

Monday 

}  F.M.,  CiUed  In  oidu  by  President  Jobn  Clifford, 
Eagland.     DeratiODll      lervicc  —  Edward  JudsOn, 


TuMday 

9.30,  DcvDtiocul  Snrice.  9.4;^ 
—  Jotui  Clifford,  II,  Suffidencj  of  the  Goipcl: 
I.  For  ihe  SilTitioD  o(  ibe  IndiTidui] —  ClauS 
Peters.  Gamtm.    1.    For  Ibe  Salnlioa  of  Society 

-Sbailer  ]lUtnewB,IUuiait. 

745,  Denitioiiil  wrncc  8  r.ii.,  Villi  Eipeiieoce 
oi  Godi  I.  No  Aulhoiiutin  Creed  —  J.  Hoffatt 
L^an,  Engladd.  1.  Spirituat  Interpretilion  of  the 
OrdinancH  —  A.  T.  RoWtSOn,  Krulucky. 

Wednesdaj 

a.to,  Dentional  lerTice.  9.45,  The  Cbristiiniiing  of 
In    NoD^hHitian    Lands.    (1)  The 


Open  Door  — W.  Y.  FuUertoii,  EoEUnd,  (b) 
Co-operation  id  ForeigD  MitiioD  Field)— K.  J.Wil- 
lingiuun,  Virginia. 


Co-operation  in  ForeigD  Mitnon  Field) — K.  J. 
igiuun,  Virginia. 
II.jo,  Alliance  termoD  —  Thomas  PbUUpS,  Eng- 

T.45,  Devotional  lenice  —  S.  HoreLn,  Swer 
8,  The  Cbriiriiniiing  of  the  World:  i.  In  the  Hi 
Landi.  (a)  Infuence  of  Foreign  Missions  on 
Elome  Field  — J.  H.  Farmer,  Caniidi.  (b)' 
E»Dgelization  of  Ihe  Ciiy— J.E.  Roberta,  EngU 
(e)  The  EwDgeliiation  of  the  Rural  Diiiricls  —J.  B. 

Gambrell.  T«ai.  (d)  Ecangeli  '  '    -~ 

tier  —  Bruce  Kinney,  Kaout. 

Thursday 

9.30,  DenHioDal  terrice  —  W.  Fetler,  Ruisia. 
9^;,  The  Chriuianizing  of  (he  World:  i.  On  the 
ContiKol  of  Europe. 

Introductory  addreo- H.  Hewton  Marshall, 
England.  Hungary —A.  Ddvaraoki,  Budapeit.  Bal- 
kan Prorincei  —  IT.  CapCtC,  Brunn,  MoraTia.  Russia 
—  V.  Pavloff,  Madame  BekUmicheS,  Odessa; 
A.  J.  Vining,  Canada. 

luroductioD  of  Ruuian  Exiles  —  J.  H.  Shake- 
speare, EogUnd. 

The  Kopoaed  European  OoUcge  —  F.  B.  Heyer, 


7.45,  The  Chiistianiiitig  of  the  World:  3,  On  Ihe 
Continent  of  Europe:  Germany  —  J.  G.  Letunann, 
Siaie!;  Ilaly—Dometlico  Scalers,  Naples;  Sweden 

—  C.  E.  Benander,  Stockholm;  France— Reuben 

Saillens,  Paris. 

9.30,  Devotional  service.  9.45,  The  Christianizing 
of  the  World,  Four  Special  Phases  of  the  Work:   (1) 

Woman's  Work-Mrs.  Andrew  HacLeish,  Illinois. 

(h)  Medical  Missions  -  C.  E.  Wilson,  England, 
(c)  The  Negro  Work  for  the  Negro  —  E.  C,  HoTTis, 
Arkansas,  (d)  Laymen  and  Missions  —  A.  P.  Mc- 
Diannid,  Canada.  (0  Training  the  Young  in  Mis- 
sionaiy  Endeavor  —  George  B.  Cutten,  Canada. 

7.45,  Devotioml  service.  8,  The  Spirit  of  Brother- 
hood. 1.  In  the  Church;  (a)  Individualism  a  Basil 
of  Church  Organization  ~  J.  H.  Riuhbrooke, 
Enebnd.     fb)  Limits  of  lodiiiduilism  in  Ihe  Church 

—  R.H.Pltt,Virginia.  1.  In  the  State:  (a)  Baptist 
Poliiy  and  Good  Citiienthip— Booker  T.Washing- 


Saturday 

9.J0,  Devotional  service.  9,4;,  Tlie  Church  and 
Education:  1.  Through  the  Sunday  School —H.  T. 
Musselman.  1.  Through  the  Family— F.  Gold- 
smith French,  England.  3.  Through  Schools, 
Colleges,  Seminaries-E.  M.  Poteat,  South  Carolina. 

7.4;,  Devotional  service.  8,  The  Church  and  In- 
duBirialismi  1.  The  Church  and  the  Working  Man  — 
R,  S.  Gray,  New  Zealand,  i.  The  Church  and  the 
Working  Woman  —  Frank  M.  Goodchild,  New 
York.    jj.    The  Church  and  Social  Crises  -  Walter 

Rauschenbusch,  New  York, 
Sunday 

1 1  A.M.,  Alliance  Sunday:  The  Lordship  of  Jesus  — 
E.  Y.  MuUins.  (Pulpits  of  the  city  will  be  Riled  by 
members  of  the  Alliance.  It  is  proposed  that  the  Bap- 
tists of  the  world  shall  celebrate  this  as  Alliance  Sunday, 
and  discuss  the  morning  theme,  "The  Lordship  of 
Jesus.") 

J. 30,  Devotional  service— W.  J.  McKay,  Canada. 
3.4s,  Conseciational  service:  Speakers— P.T. Thomp- 
son, England;  H.  P.  FikeS,  Michigan;  Len  G. 
Broughton,  Geoteia. 

7.45,  Prrsiding  -John  Clifford.  Devotional  set- 
vice  —  Henry  Alford  Porter,  Kentucky.  8.15, 
Baptist!  and  the  CominE  o!  the  Kingdom:  i.  In 
Non-Christian  Lands  —  John  Humpstone,  New 
York.  I.  In  Europe-J.  W.  Ewing,  Engljnd. 
3.     In  America  —  George  W.  Truett,  Tens. 

Monday 

Eicursion  to  Washington  City. 


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The   Polyglot   Page 


WE  wish  to  stimulate  a  missionary  interest  in  foreign  languages.  To  have  an  elementaiy 
knowledge  of  Italian,  Spanish,  German,  Swedish,  Norwegian  and  Russian,  also 
modem  Greek,  will  be  of  practical  value  to  ministers  and  laymen  in  reaching  helpfully  the 
foreigners  who  are  coming  here  to  learn  of  us  lessons  that  will  either  alienate  and  antagonize, 
or  Americanize  aiid  evangelize  them.  This  page  will  occasionally  give  simple  statements  in 
a  foreign  language,  with  the  English  translation ;  or  verses  from  the  New  Testament ;  now 
and  then  a  sentence.  The  young  people  especially  should  cultivate  acquaintance  with  some 
modem  language. 

ONE  OF  REV.  G.  AUBIN's  TRACTS  IN  FRENCH-ENGLISH.  THESE  HAVE  BEEN  TRANS- 
LATED INTO  MANY  TONGUES  AND  BEEN  THE  MEANS' OF  CONVERTING  THOUSANDS. 
MR.  AUBIN  IS  MISSIONARY  PASTOR  OF  THE  FRENCH  BAPTIST  MISSION  IN 
PROVIDENCE,   R.I.,   CITY   AND    COMMONWEALTH    FOUNDED    BY    ROGER    WILLIAMS. 


Prenez  Le  Bon  Train 

SI  vous  voulez  aller  a  Montreal,  prenez 
le  bon  train,  car  si  vous  prenez  le 
train  qui  va  a  New  York,  vous  n'arriverez 
pas  a  Montreal.  Si  vous  voulez  etre  sauve, 
prenez  le  bon  train.  La  chose  est  bien 
simple.  Ne  cherchez  pas  le  salut  la  oil  il  ne 
se  trouve  pas.  Apprenez  que  les  penitences, 
le  careme,  le  jetine,  Teau  benite,  Textreme- 
onction,  les  sacrements,  la  confession  a 
Toreille  des  hommes,  les  benedictions  de 
TEglise,  etc.,  ne  peuvent  pas  sauver  une 
seule  ame.  Ces  trains  ne  vont  pas  au  ciel. 
En  observant  ces  choses  vous  perdez  votre 
temps  et  vos  efforts.  Toutes  ces  choses  ne 
font  aucun  bien  ni  a  vous  ni  a  Dieu.  Mais 
il  y  a  un  train  qui  va  droit  au  ciel,  il  y  a  une 
chose  qui  sauve,  et  cette  chose  est  a  la  portee 
de  tous.  Ecoutez,  Tapotre  St.  Paul  dit  dans 
le  Nouveau  Testament: 

"Car  quiconque  invoquera  le  nom  du 
Seigneur  sera  sauve."    Remains  10:13. 

Voila  une  chose  certaine,  voila  le  bon 
train  qui  vous  menera  siirement  au  ciel. 
Ne  manquez  pas  de  prendre  ce  train. 

—  G.  Auhin, 


Take  the  Right  Train 

IF  you  want  to  go  to  Montreal,  take 
the  right  train,  for  if  you  take  the 
New  York  train  you  will  not  reach  Montreal. 
If  you  want  to  be  saved,  take  the  right  train. 
The  directions  are  very  simple.  Do  not 
seek  salvation  where  it  is  not  to  be  found. 
Learn  that  penances,  lent,  fasting,  holy 
water,  extreme  unction,  sacraments,  con- 
fessions in  the  ears  of  men,  the  blessings  of 
the  Church,  etc.,  cannot  save  a  single  soul. 
These  trains  do  not  go  to  heaven.  In  observ- 
ing these  things  you  lose  your  time  and  your 
efforts.  All  these  things  are  of  no  use  to 
you  or  to  God.  But  there  is  a  train  that 
goes  straight  to  heaven,  there  is  a  thing  that 
saves,  and  this  thing  is  within  the  reach  of 
all.  Listen,  the  apostle  St.  Paul  says  in  the 
New  Testament: 

"Whosoever  shall  call  upon  the  name  of 
the  Lord  shall  be  saved."    Romans  10:13. 

This  teaching  is  certain,  this  is  the  right 
train  that  will  take  you  safely  to  heaven. 
Do  not  fail  to  take  this  train. 

—  G.  Auhin, 


Philadelphia^  Temple  Baptist  Church,  June  13-25 
Northern  Baptist  Convention,  General  Convention 
of  Baptists  of  North  America  and  Baptist  World 
Alliance.    The  Baptist  Event  of  a  Generation.    Go  I 


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Notei  for  Readers 
lomance  of  the  Englhh  BihU,  by 
Fans,  is  a  neat  booklet  of  sixty- 
ges  which  should  be  in  the  hands 
Sunday'School  teacher  and  every 
It  is  full  of  pith;  just  the  book  to 
oung  man  or  woman  not  interested 
Bible;  and  the  book  for  church 
i  in  general,  who  need  a  Bible 
t  and  a  deeper  appreciation  of  the 
;  of  our  English  Bible  upon  the 
life.  A  better  twenty-five  cent  in- 
:  cannot  be  made.  {Pilgrim  Press.) 

Jdison  Moore,  teacher  of  the  Rocke- 
>Ie  Class  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Church 
Vork,  has  a  happy  faculty  of  saying 
1  an  effective  way,  and  the  things 
ience  and  help  men  to  live  and  love 
Two  little  volumes  of  his  class 
s.  The  Htir  of  the  Ages  and  Hin- 

0  Happiness,  have  been  published, 
inding  a  deservedly  wide  circulation 
md  as  well  as  this  country.  Note 
lings  of  these   addresses   on    Htn- 

Ignorance,  Impatience,  Improvi- 
)ebt,  Poverty,  Pessimism,  Lying, 
and  Selfishness.  The  treatment  is 
i  invigotating,  and  leaders  of  men's 
would  do  well  to  reproduce  the 
s,  or  see  to  it  that  the  members  get 
;  books,  which  are  packed  with 
■eness,  and  charmingly  printed  and 
(Hodder  St  Stoughton.  George  H, 
■o..  New  York.   50  cents.) 

'asloT  s  HanJbook  ttiilh  Communion 
irepared  by  Rev.  O.  E.  Mallory  of 
IT,  differs  from  others  chiefly  in 
,  or  sermon  briefs  and  outlines  which 
ivcn  with  view  to  making  the  com- 

1  special  service  rather  than  a  supple- 


ment to  the  regular  Sunday  morning  service. 
Much  is  to  be  said  in  favor  of  a  distinctive 
communion  service.  The  book  will  be  ser- 
viceable to  pastors  generally.  (Publication 
Society.    75  cts.) 


Hiaslons  in  the  Hagazines 


Good  material  c 
magazines 


India  i! 
In    S, 


found  in  the 

ibner's     Price 

In  "  His  High- 

iers  the  British 

nd  the  natives' 

'  Progress 


Collier  c 

ness  the  Maharaja" 
attitude  toward  the 
attitude  toward  the  British, 
might  be  faster  if  the  British  \ 
sympathetic,  more  trusting,"  is  the  beginning 
and  end  of  the  many  conversations  he  has 
had  with  educated  Indians.  He  takes  us  to 
visit  two  Maharajas,  the  one  of  the  new 
type,  the  other  of  the  old,  both  widely 
different  in  sympathies  and  outlook.  Mr, 
Collier  appreciates  the  Indian  standpoint 
and  scores  more  than  a  little  in  a  side  trip 
to  America,  where  we  get  an  American  view- 
point too  common,  alas,  for  the  good  of 
missions.  In  the  Fonnightly  Review  for 
April  appears  a  long  and  helpful  article 
upon     "British     Democracy    and     Indiai 


and 


the    Im 


Asiatic  Quarterly  Review  is  printed  a  stirring 
plea  for  justice,  entitled  "Race  and  Color 
Prejudice,"  dealing  principally  with  India. 
In  the  Atlantic  Monthly  a  fascinating  poem 
by  Ameen  Rihani,  entitled  "The  Song  of 
Siva,"  voices  the  haunting  call  of  the  East. 
In  "The  Industrial  Future  of  China," 
Professor  Edward  A.  Ross  continues  his 
Trade  of  the  World  Papers  appearing  in  the 
Century.  "Jealousy  of  the  foreigner, 
dearth  of  capital,  ignorant  labor,  official 
'squeeze,'  graft,  nepotism,  lack  of  experts 
and  inefficient  management"  delay  its 
realization.     Professor  Ross  prophesies  that 


448 


MISSIONS 


''it  will  be  along  in  the  latter  half  of  this 
century  that  the  yellow  man's  economic 
competition  will  begin  to  mold  with  giant 
hand  the  politics  of  the  planet."  "Painting 
the  Map,"  in  the  Imperial  and  Asiatic 
Quarterly  Review  is  a  well  written  discussion 
of  the  Japanese  and  Chinese  and  the  English, 
comparing  through  them  the  East  and  the 
West.  "Already  when  we  look  closely  and 
comparatively  at  the  national  development 
of  both  East  and  West  we  see  strange  things. 
Japan  under  the  influence  of  the  most  auto- 
cratic government  in  the  world  has  begun 
to  think  collectively  —  we  westerners  under 
the  influence  of  socialist  liberalism  are  be- 
ginning to  think  more  and  more  individu- 
ally." The  same  magazine  contains  a 
Japanese  monograph  on  the  Ainu,  past 
and  present,  in  which  the  peculiar  traits 
and  customs,  religion  and  environment  of 
these  mild  aborigines  are  thoughtfully 
considered. 

The  eruption  of  Mount  Taal,  still  fresh 
in  our  memories,  has  place  in  The  World 
Today,  and  the  Overland  Monthly  for 
April.  The  latter  contains  a  brief  descrip- 
tion of  the  churches  in  Manila,  mentioning 
among  others  those  of  the  Protestant 
missions  at  work  in  that  city.  The  same 
magazine  has  an  interesting  article  entitled 
"The  Indians  of  California  Today,"  which 
deals  especially  with  the  work  of  the  field 
matrons  sent  out  by  the  government  to 
teach  the  Indian  settlements  to  care  for  the 
sick,  to  instruct  the  women  in  the  various 
housewifely  arts,  and  to  lead  the  people  to 
a  higher  conception  of  the  meaning  and 
purpose  of  life. 

Both  Harper's  and  Century  contain  de- 
scriptions of  the  Moors  by  the  artist,  Sydney 
Adamson.  In  the  first  he  sketches  with  real 
charm  "Rabat  the  Inaccessible,"  a  Moorish 
city  seldom  reached  by  the  traveler.  In  the 
second,  "An  Artist's  Vignettes  of  Tangier," 
he  catches  the  elusive  oriental  fascination  of 
the  place,  its  beauty  and  its  danger,  and 
makes  the  reader  long  to  realize  the  wonder 
of  the  city  for  himself. 

"An  Incident  in  the  French  Invasion  of 
Egypt  in  1798,"  in  Blackwood* Sy  is  a  story 
which  would  have  made  glad  the  heart  of 
Washington  Irving.  It  is  a  mixture  of 
bravery,  oriental  romance  and  stern  tragedy, 
the  fateful  history  of  an  unfortunate  Berber 
family  told  by  the  single  sad  survivor. 


The  same  magazine  contains  "Damas- 
cus," by  Gertrude  Lowthian  Bell,  a  pleasant 
and  enjoyable  description  of  that  ancient 
city.  "  He  who  speaks  of  Damascus  touches 
a  many-sided  theme.  The  life  of  the  desen 
and  the  life  of  the  city  are  combined  in  her 
heritage;  she  has  played  her  part  bravely 
through  all  the  ages  of  recorded  history,  and 
her  voice  is  not  yet  silenced." 

The  Fortnightly  Review  oflPers  a  compre- 
hensive and  forceful  discussion  of  the 
Russian  Douma  and  the  Emancipation  of 
the  Jews,  written  by  Angelo  S.  Rappopon. 

Harper's  contains  an  interesting  travel 
sketch  entitled  "Among  the  Titans  of  the 
Patagonian  Pampas,"  and  Blackwood's  in 
"Palabra  Inglesa  "  also  contributes  to  South 
American  material,  giving  a  picture  of  the 
English  in  a  South  American  setting  with 
the  various  races  dwelling  in  South  America 
forming  a  picturesque  but  treacherous  back- 
ground. 

"Foreign  Missions  and  the  Man  in  the 
Street"  in  the  National  Review  for  April  is 
a  good,  stirring  presentation  of  the  mission 
cause.  According  to  the  writer,  England's 
two  chief  handicaps  are  ignorance  and  lack 
of  religious  ideals,  by  which  he  means  the 
absence  of  the  apprehension  of  Christianity 
as  a  missionary  religion. 

In  the  Atlantic  Monthly  is  a  characteristic 
Irish  settlement  story,  "The  Quality  of 
Mercy."  The  Century  continues  its  Ken- 
tucky Mountain  Sketches  in  "The  Tender 
Passion,"  which  depicts  convincingly  the 
power  of  that  wonderful  emotion  to  incul- 
cate generosity,  cleanliness  and  other  rare 
and  resplendent  qualities  in  the  heart  of  a 
small  and  faithless  namesake  of  the  great 
Sir  Philip  Sydney.  McClure's  contains 
another  of  its  Syrian  immigrant  stories.  In 
this  one  the  little  Nazilah  discovers  to  her 
immense  satisfaction  a  magic  horse. 

In  The  World's  Work  appears  the  final 
installment  of  the  series  of  articles  on  the 
slum.  In  this  number  the  writer  propounds 
the  cure  for  slum  sickness  and  tells  what 
the  application  of  this  cure  has  already 
wrought  for  the  suffering  and  the  wretched. 
The  magazine  also  contains  a  thoughtful 
and  comprehensive  discussion  of  "The 
Urgent  Immigration  Problem,"  by  Jeremiah 
W.  Jenks,  Professor  in  Cornell  University 
and  a  member  of  the  United  States  Immigra- 
tion Commission. 


MISSIONS 


449 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  twdve  months,  ending  March  31,  1911 


Source  of  Income 
Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schoob  (apportioned  to  Churches)   .... 

Individtials  (estimated) 

Legacies,    Income   of   Funds,    Anniiity    Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc.  (estimated) 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 
Convention 

Actual  Appropriations 


Senoing 
udget  for 
1910-1911 

$563,455.00 
175.000.00 

194.527.00 


$932,982.00 
$887,938.47 


Receipts  for 
TwdveMonths 

$396,354.64 
232.104.79 

196,904.46 


$825,363.89 

^Deficit  $62,574.58 
Surplus  1909-1910  1,121.13 


Deficit  for  1910-1911     $61,453.42 
Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Year 


Source  of  Income 
Churches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Stmday 

Schools 

Individuals 

Legacies,    Income    of   Funds.    Annuity    Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 


1910 

♦$621,014.34 

206,742.65 


1911 

$396,354.64 
232.104.79 

196.904.46 

$825,363.89 


Increase 
$7,445.09 

$7,445.09 


Decrease 


$9,838.19 
$9,838.19 


young 


$827,756.99 

♦Previous  to  1910  the  receipts  from  individuals  were  not  reported  separately  from  those  from  churches, 
ig  people's  societies  and  Sunday  schools.    A  small  amotmt  of  specific  gifts  is  included  in  this  figure. 

Financial  Statement  for  one  month  ending  April  30,  1911 


Source  of  Income 
Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Simday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  Churches)   .... 

Individuals  (estimated) 

Legacies.    Income   of  Funds.    Annuity   Bonds. 

Specific  Gifts,  etc.  (estimated) 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 
Convention 


Budget  for 
1911-1912 

Receipts  for 
One  Month 

Balance 

Required  by 

Mar3  31.  1912 

$515,384.92 
230.000.00 

$7,946.29 
785.95 

$507,438.63 
229.214.05 

178.332.00 

1,438.83 

176.893.17 

$923,716.92 

$10,171.07 

$913,545.85 

Source  of  Income 
Churches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Scho<^ 

Individuals 

Legacies.    Income   of   Funds.    Annuity    Bonds. 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 


Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Year 

1910  1911 


Increase 


$9,293.71 
1.580.50 

$7,946.29 
785.95 

3.453.54 

1.438.83 

$14,327.75 

$10,171.07 

Decrease 

$1,347.42 
794.55 

2.014.71 

$4,156.68 


The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  year  ending  March  31, 1911 


Source  of  Income 

Churches,  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 
Societies  (apportioned  to  churches)   .    .    . 

Individuals 

Legacies.  Income,  etc 


Budget 
1910-1911 

$382,276.42 
125.000.00 
158.792.00 


Receipts 
1910-1911 

$251,022.61 
123.987.79 
205,127.06 


$666,068.42       $580,137.46 


Comparison  of  Receipts  of  year  ending  March  31,  1910 
with  those  of  year  ending  March  31,  1911 


Source  of  Income 
Churches,  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies 

Individuals 

Legacies.  Income,  etc 


1909-1910 

$239,370.57 
140.509.96 
208.092.52 


1910-1911 

$251,022.61 
123.987.79 
205,127.06 


$587,973.05        $580,137.46 
Financial  Statement  for  month  of  April,  1911 


Source  of  Income 
Churches.  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies 

Individuals 

L«egacies,  Income,  etc 


Receipts 


eipt 
.19 


Receipts 


April,  1911 

$4,052.21 

777.26 

3.195.16 

$8,024.63 


eipt 
.19 


April,  1910 

$4,788.34 

98.00 

5,082.03 

19.968.37 


More  than 
Budget 


$46,335.06 


Increase 
$11,652.04 


Increase 


$679.26 


Less  than 
Budget 

$131,253.81 
1.012.21 


$85,930.96 


Decrease 


$16,522.17 
2.965.46 

$7,835.59 


Decrease 

$736.13 

i. 886.87 

$1,943.74 


450  MISSIONS 

American  Baptist  Publication  Socie^ 

71iundi]  StBlBiMni  lot  twdva  moDtlii,  aixlldt  Uatdi  31, 1911 

Budnl  In  ItMaigti  for 

Soma  of  iDcoma                                             l^X-1911  TmlTtllaDlhi 

Churchet.  Young  Peopls's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  churchet)    ....                 »1(M.188.00  t86.843.S2 

Tndividiuli  (Batimsted] 10.000.00  28.S8T.30 

Legacis.    Income    of   Punda.    Annuity    Bondi 

(estimated) 51,404.00  42,294.01 

Total  Budget  m  Approved  by  Northeni  Baptist 

Convention tlW.S93.00                 tl5T.S24.S3 

Compaiiaon  of  Recaipta  with  thoaa  of  Lalt  Imx 

Source  of  lacoma  1909-191D          1910-1911         Inomw             Decieia* 

Churchea,    Young    People'i    Societies.    Sunday  M 

'        Schoob tS4.162.38  tSe,843.S         tT.SlS.M 

IndividuaU 13.005.07             28,667.30        tl5,6S2.23         .    . 

Legadaa,    Income  oE  Pundt,    Annuity   Bond*. 

Spedfic  Gifta.  etc 35.783.71  42.294.01  6.S10.30         

SI  42 ,951.  IS        1 157,824.83         t22,192.&3  tT,31S.g6 

nnandal  SUtemeol  lor  on*  moDlh,  aodliic  April  30,  1911  BeUn 

Budiel  foe                 Recdpit  for  Required  bv 

Source  of  Income                                         1911-1912                One  Moolb  Mar.  31,  1911 

ChuTchea,  Young  People'a  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schooll  (apportioned  to  churchesi   ....                 tllt.304.25                    t3,0gi.98  1108.31227 

Individual!  (estimated) 21,800.00                      2,659.33  ia.140.97 

Legaeie*.    Income   of  Punds,    Annuity   Bonds, 

(eitimatedl 51.373.88                   51.273.88 

Total  Budget  as  Approved  by  Nonhem  Baptist 

Convention 1184.378.13  t5.751.31  1178,626.82 

Comparison  of  Receipts  wilb  those  of  Last  Year 
Pint  month  of  Financial  Veer 
Sotuce  ol  Income  1910-1911  1911-1911  Increaaa  Dccreai* 

Churches.    Young    People'a    Societies.    Sunday 

Schools 13,291.17  t3,091,98  $800.81  

Individuals 1,107.73  2.659.33  1,551.60         

Specific  Gifts,  etc.    .    .    .' .'  1603.66  1603.66 

84.002  ,W  t5.751.31  t2. 352+1  SHOS  fi6 

The  Baptist  Mis- 
sionary Training 
School 

Conducted  undrr  The 
auipicei  o[  <he 

WOHAK'S  AIERICM 

BAPTIST  HOME  IIS- 

SIOH  SOCIETY 


The   ininnilion   is    at   once 

I  Home,  School   and  Firld. 

The  work  may  he  da«il5ed 

in     three     depanrorolit — - 

I,Domcilic;l.C1a»Rn..m; 

3.  Field  Work.     ThtgraJu. 

ate  and  student  boijj  rrpre- 

enii  thirty-one  different  nation  1  lilies,      RepreientaiiTei  of  the  uliool  may  be  Found  in  ill  pans  of  the  United 

StalCE.  among  native  Americans,  foreipi-f peaking  populations  (European  and  Asiatic),  amoog   Indians.  Ncf^roet, 

Mormons,  and  Meiitini,  while  Canada,  Central  and  South  Amenta,  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  Norwaj,  the  Philippines, 

Japan,  China.  Assam.  Burma,  India  and  Africa   rejoice  in  the  inti-lli|>cnt  help  brought   Co  them  hf  these  who 

have  learned  the  "Way"  mi>re  perfectly  in  the  Trainmj;  School.     All  Christian  young  women,  giving  salisiaet.^iy 

references,  ire  welcome.      A  special  course  of  one  jear  hat  been  outlined  for  college  graduates.       Pastors  of 

Chicago  Baptist  churches  and    eminent    professors  and  instructors  from   well  known    educational    ins^itutioni 

are  memhets  of  the  (acuity.     Address  Literature  Department,  1969  Vernon  .^vc,,  Chicago,  HI. 


The  Old  Independence  Hall 


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The  Foremost  nonconformist  Citizen  and 

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The  Baptist  Anniversaries 

:  denomination  was  manifested 
e  Convention.  A  registration 
id  1,157  visitors  by  Wednesday 
-indicates  the  interest  attached 
ing  full  and  free  opportunity 
denominational  concern.  Such 
gnificance. 

ly  be  named  here.  The  Con- 
l  credentials  from  Free  Baptist 
I  appoint  a  committee  to  join 
ler  denominations  in  arranging 
and  order;  to  appoint  a  com- 
iittee  ot  nine  «>  center  with  a  committee  from  the  Southern  Baptist 
invention  regarding  matters  of  mutual  concern  and  welfare;  to  pre- 
;rve  Christian  comity  by  removing  the  independent  Persian  mission 
:om  the  field  occupied  by  the  Presbyterian  Foreign  Board  to  an  unoc- 
upied  part  of  Persia,  to  be  selected  in  conference  with  the  Presbyterian 
toard ;  to  authorize  a  Convention  budget  not  exceeding  $30,000  for  neces- 
ity  expenses  of  the  Convention  commissions  and  committees.  Presi- 
ent  Hunt  was  re-elected,  as  was  Secretaty  Bitting. 
The  spirit  of  the  Convention  is  cheering  in  its  earnestness  and  optimism, 
lie  puqjose  is  that  of  advance.  There  is  no  mistaking  the  evidence  of 
enuine  interest  The  welcome  given  to  the  men  and  women  from 
Russia  was  not  formal,  but  spontaneous  from  deep  heart  interest, 
t  is  this  spirit  which  gives  assurance  that  the  march  is  to  be  forward, 
roblems  of  apportionment  have  to  be  worked  out  to  a  solution;  many 
exing  things  must  be  dealt  with;  but  the  great  fact  to  be  remembered 
that  while  the  Convention  is  not  a  perfectly  oiled  and  smooth  running 
iece  of  machinety,  it  has  the  merit  of  being  a  fair  representative  of 
emocracy,  and  the  crudest  democracy  is  preferable  to  the  most  finished 
Litocracy.  We  are  moving  along  the  lines  of  real  progress  and  organized 
ficiency,  and  to  quote  a  famihar  Hibernianism,  "our  future  lies  before 
i  and  not  behind  us." 


45+ 


MISSIONS 


PAssmc  EVEirrs 

Ctaiiw  Hu  ■  Cabinat 

China's  first  cabinet  has  been  ap- 
pointed, by  royal  edict,  and  nine  of  the 
ten  members  are  Manchus  and  con- 
servatives. This  indicates  an  unpopular 
cabinet,  but  the  step  is  progressive, 
involving  the  abolishing  of  the  Grand 
Council  which  has  hitherto  controlled 
affairs.  Prince  Ching  is  the  new 
premier.  Announcement  is  made  also 
of  the  completion  of  a  thirty  millions 
loan  for  the  construction  of  new  rail- 
ways in  Central  China.  All  this  means 
the  rapid  opening  of  the  country  to  new 
influences  and  the  development  of  a  life 
radically  diflerent  from  the  old.  We 
must  work  diligently  to  make  it  a 
Christian  civilization. 


A  Serious  Charge 

The  Oriental  labor  problem  has 
appeared  in  Hawaii,  and  the  serious 
charge  is  made  that  the  Hawaiian 
planters,  who  have  imported  annually 
large  numbers  of  laborers  from  Japan, 
the  Philippines,  India  and  Europe  at 
great  expense  and  at  times  under  sus- 
pension of  the  United  States  immigra- 
tion laws,  hold  these  laborers  in  a  state 
of  vassalage,  work  them  for  starvation 
wages,  and  take  their  pay  in  return  for 
the  necessities  of  life,  sold  by  the 
planters  at  exorbitant  prices.  Thus  it 
is  claimed  that  a  great  majority  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Hawaii  are  practically 
slaves;  that  the  country  is  not  being 


Americanized,  but  orientalized,  almost 
one-half  of  the  people  now  being 
Japanese,  or  to  ^ve  the  figures,  79,663 
Japanese  in  a  total  population  <^ 
191,909,  with  less  than  27,000  native 
Hawaiians,  21,000  Chinese  and  22/X)0 
Portuguese.  A  thorough  government 
investigation  should  be  made.  It  is 
also  charged  that  laborers  brought  to 
Hawaii  are  enticed  to  Alaska  and  the 
Coast  States  and  smuggled  in,  the  laws 
being  set  at  defiance.  The  salmon 
packers  of  Alaska  need  laborers  as 
much  as  do  the  sugar  planters  of 
Hawaii,  and  all  parries  seem  equally 
indifferent  to  the  welfare  of  the  workers 
or  the  means  by  which  they  are  secured. 
Christianity's  first  task  is  to  conquer 
that  spirit  of  commercialism  which 
recognizes  no  interests,  but  its  own,  and 
no  rights  that  interfere  with  its  gains. 
The  greatest  di£Sculty  the  American 
missionary  has  to  meet  in  foreign  lands 
is  the  American  trader. 


The  Hew  Order  in  Mexico 

The  revolurion  in  Mexico  has  ac- 
complished extraordinary  results. 
When  it  looked  as  though  prolonged 
strife  was  inevitable,  President  Diaz 
yielded  to  the  pressure  of  opinion  and 
resigned  the  presidency,  as  the  only  way 
to  stop  the  warfare  already  in  progress. 
It  was  a  pathetic  ending  to  a  remarkable 
career  and  rule,  the  benefits  of  which 
will  be  realized  more  fully  in  the  future. 
But  the  rigid  regime  of  suppression  had 


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455 


dignilied  retire- 

udon  that  could 

as  some  rioting, 

by  night  to  the 

ige  on  board  an 

little  later  con- 

lere  it  is  said  he 

His  surrender 

of  power  was  the  supreme  test  of  his 

patriotism.     History  will  give  him  full 

credit    for   his    constructive   work    and 

admirable   qualities,    as   well    as   great 

abilities. 


Hcdero'B  Heavy  Burden 

While  it  was  arranged  that  the  pro* 
visional  presidency  should  be  assumed 
by  Senor  de  la  Barra,  who  had  been 
minister  of  forei^  affairs,  the  real 
master  was  recognized  in  General 
Francis  Madero,  Jr.,  the  leader  of  the 
revolutionists  and  the  candidate  for 
the  presidency  at  the  next  general 
election,  which  will  be  held  within  a 
few  months.  On  his  arrival  in  Mexico 
City,  Madero  was  hailed  by  the  populace 
and  is  the  hero  of  the  hour.  Whether 
he  can  govern  the  varied  forces  that 
have  been  gathered  and  are  now  Bushed 
^th  sense  of  victory  remains  to  be  seen. 
The  prophets  are  wisely  redcent.  We  are 
hopd'ul  of  the  best,  and  so  far  the  out- 
come has  not  realized  the  fear  of  an  anti- 
American  uprising.  The  Diaz  adher- 
ents indeed  are  most  bitter  against  this 
country.  In  the  reconstruction  we  shall 
certainly  trust  that  the  best  elements  in 
Mexican  life  will  come  into'  play  and 
be  in  control. 


Religion  ia  Women's  Colleges 

A  reassuring  article  with  regard  to 
religion  in  women's  colleges  is  contri- 
buted to  Good  Housekeeping  by  a 
Northampton  pastor,  Rev.  Lyman  P. 
Powell,  whose  proximity  to  Smith,  the 
largest  woman's  college,  gives  him 
excellent  oppommities  for  observation. 


He  describes  the  provision  made  in  the 
leading  colleges  for  Biblical  studies, 
these  being  required  in  many  instances. 
He  says  the  religious  life  in  Bryn  Mawr, 
Vassar,  Wellesley  or  Smith  is  as  sane 
and  wholesome  as  athletics.  Each 
college  has  its  Christian  Association 
managed  by  the  girls  themselves.  "On 
the  organization  and  direction  of  each 


of  intelli 


igencc 


and  elfort  is  expended,  nowhere  sur- 
passed, and  in  few  Christian  churches 
equaled,"  The  membership  certainly 
shows  alert  direction.  These  figures 
are  suggestive:  Bryn  Mawr,  enroll- 
ment 421,  association  membership  325; 
Vassar,  1,058  students,  870  in  associa- 
tion; Wellesley,  1,387  students,  l,000 
in  associarion;  Smith,  1,617  Students, 
850  in  association  and  kindred  sociedes. 
The  writer  might  have  added  that  the 
subject  of  missions  is  brought  to  the 
attention  of  the  students,  and  mission 
study  classes  are  not  uncommon  among 
them.  Two  such  classes  in  the  study 
of  immigration,  with  Aliens  or  Ameri- 
cans? as  text-book,  were  conducted  by 
at  Vassar  this  year. 


Remaking  Our  Cities 

The  plans  under  way  for  beautifying, 
relaying  and  rebuilding  our  large  cities 
have  a  direct  bearing  upon  the  city 
problems.  It  is  plain  that  the  replac- 
ing of  the  present  ramshackle  and  un- 
sanitary tenement  houses  by  such  model 
tenements  as  are  already  to  be  seen  tn 
New  York  as  well  as  in  English  cities 
would  vastly  improve  the  chances  for 
clean  and  wholesome  and  moral  living, 
hence  for  Christian  civilization.  When 
the  feeling  of  civic  pride  is  born  the 
beginning  of  better  things  is  assured. 
When  to  that  is  added  the  new  con- 
science in  political  and  social  aff'airs, 
the  future  is  bright  with  hope.  Whole- 
some environment  is  essential  to  moral 
elevation. 


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MISSIONS 


The  Race  Issue 

Signs  multiply  that  the  race  issue  is 
growing  more  acute.  Baltimore  is  try- 
ing a  new  plan  to  segregate  negro 
property  holdings.  The  Ninth  Cavalry 
(colored)  has  been  the  source  of  some 
trouble  and  perplexity  to  the  authorities 
because  of  Texas  feeling,  although  the 
colonel  says  the  order  of  the  regiment 
has  been  most  exemplary.  Negro 
success  in  any  direction  and  any  section 
seems  to  increase  the  feeling  of  hostility. 

Recently  the  Association  for  the  Ad- 
vancement of  Colored  People  held  in 
Boston  its  second  annual  meeting.  It 
is  well  described  as  a  meeting  of  protest 
throughout.  Speakers,  platform,  resolu- 
tions, all  declared  that  the  colored 
people  are  denied  their  rights  of  citizen- 
ship, and  deprived  of  industrial  and 
educational  opportunity,  while  they  are 
not  safe  in  person  or  property  in  many 
sections.  A  public  opinion  must  be 
created  by  a  moral  crusade  that 
will  right  the  wrongs  of  the  negroes. 
The  facts  undoubtedly  indict  the  whites 
North  and  South  alike.  It  is  difficult 
for  a  negro  to  get  justice  in  the  courts, 
impossible  for  him  at  present  freely  to 
exercise  the  rights  of  suffrage,  im- 
probable that  prejudice  will  soon  die 
out.  Many  wonder  whether  such  move- 
ments as  the  Association  represents  help 
or  hurt  the  real  interests  of  the  colored 
people.  Doubtless  it  is  not  by  brooding 
over  their  wrongs,  but  by  continuing 
their  course  of  prosperity  and  progress — 
the  record  of  which  is  recognized  as 
wonderful  in  spite  of  all  hindrances  and 
injustices — that  the  colored  people  will 
win  their  place.  Still,  perhaps  it  is  a 
good  thing  to  let  the  people  know  how 
unjust  and  unlawful  and  unchristian 
the  treatment  of  the  negro  race  is,  and 
to  sound  prophetic  warnings.  Amid 
the  general  prejudice  one  line  of 
light  stretches  out  —  the  missionary 
and  educational  work  of  the  Home 
Mission  Boards  during  the  last  half 
itury. 


Comic  Supplements 

Public  protests  against  the  comic 
supplements  of  the  Sunday  papers  can- 
not be  too  numerous  or  emphatic.  That 
they  are  vitiating  the  taste  and  morals 
of  multitudes  of  children  is  beyond 
question.  They  have  no  merit  of  wit  or 
art  to  relieve  their  vulgarity,  inanity 
and  debasing  quality.  The  superin- 
tendent of  public  schools  in  New  York 
says  they  go  far  to  counteract  any  health- 
ful influence  which  the  schools  have. 
Success  to  the  League  which  seeks  its 
suppression. 

(8) 

An  Inspirer  of  Reverence 

The  cathedral  of  St.  John  the  Divine 
in  New  York,  the  choir  of  which  was 
recently  dedicated,  after  nineteen  years 
of  labor  since  the  corner  stone  was  laid, 
was  the  scene  of  a  great  mass  meeting 
in  favor  of  universal  arbitration  on  the 
day  following  the  dedication  ceremonies. 
Bishop  Greer  said  this  was  an  indication 
of  the  representative  place  in  patriotic 
as  well   as  spiritual   affairs  which   the 
cathedral  was  designed  to  hold,  point- 
ing the  thought  of  all  to  religion,  which 
alone  can  inspire  patriotism  and  insure 
peace  and  righteousness.    The  cathedral 
was  designed  by  Bishop  Potter  in  no 
narrow  spirit.     Its  aim  is  to  implant  in 
the   mind   of  the   general    public    that 
reverence  for  God  which  *s  one  of  the 
greatest  practical  needs  of  the  present 
practical  age. 

(8) 

A  Pertinent  Question 

THE  question  is,  "Have  we  too 
many  church  members?'*  and  it 
is  raised  by  the  Standard  in  a  recent 
issue.  As  the  editorial  shows,  it  is  not 
a  foolish  or  untimely  question,  but  one 
worthy  of  careful  consideration  by  a 
denomination  that  is  just  now  being 
told  that  it  is  the  largest  in  the  United 
States  in  numbers,  and  one  that  holds 


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457 


to  regenerate  membership  as  a  funda- 
mental. That  isy  we  hold  to  this  in 
theory,  while  in  practice  we  fail  to 
insist  upon  it.  For  who  shall  gainsay 
the  statement,  put  in  interrogative  form: 
''Is  it  not  true  that  Baptist  churches 
have  large  numbers  of  members  who 
give  no  evidence  of  possessing  the  spirit 
of  Jesus  Christ?"  Churches  revise 
their  rolls  now  and  then,  and  drop  a 
larger  or  smaller  number  of  names — 
a  method  open  to  serious  question. 
But  is  not  real  church  discipline  a  lost 
art  or  a  neglected  practice.  The 
character  criterion,  which  after  all  is 
the  scriptural  one,  is  often  applied  less 
critically  in  church  than  in  the  com- 
munity outside. 

Certainly  an  indiiFerent  membership, 
to  go  no  further,  is  a  source  of  weakness 
rather  than  strength.  The  most  injuri- 
ous influence  in  a  community  is  not 
that  of  a  non-professing  Christian  who 
is  a  non-church-goer,  but  that  of  a 
professing  Christian  who  is  a  non- 
Christian  doer.  Christianity  as  a  pro- 
fession where  it  is  not  also  a  possession 
works  incalculable  harm.  A  revival  of 
true  religion  should  begin  within  the 
"  household  of  faith."  Church  member- 
ship is  held  altogether  too  lightly  by  a 
great  number  of  members,  and  is 
granted  and  continued  too  easily  by 
many  churches.  This  explains  why  the 
home  base  of  missions  is  weak.  A 
regenerate  church  membership  will 
inevitably  be  missionary  and  evangel- 
istic in  spirit.  The  closing  paragraph 
of  the  editorial  in  question  should  have 
voidest  circulation  and  consideration: 

"We  are  not  pleading  for  harsh 
treatment  of  the  weak  ones  in  our 
churches.  Love  and  patience  and  effort 
wll  win  them  from  the  error  of  their 
-ways.  Much  less  do  we  seek  to  mini- 
mize the  importance  of  effort  to  bring 
men  to  Christ.  We  should  increase  our 
effort  to  win  our  fellowmen  to  God 
instead  of  remitting  effort.  But  we  do 
affirm  with  all  frankness  that  we  over- 


emphasize the  importance  of  getting 
people  into  the  church  when  compared 
with  the  stress  laid  upon  the  momentous 
task  of  securing  Christian  living  on  the 
part  of  those  who  are  already  within 
the  church.  We  need  to  realize  that 
the  policy  of  laissez  faire  which  we  so 
generally  follow  in  regard  to  those  who 
are  church  members  is  radically  wrong. 
We  need  to  address  ourselves  to  the 
great  work  of  bringing  the  life  of  our 
church  members  up  to  a  much  higher 
level.  We  need  to  recognize  clearly  the 
fact  that  we  do  not  so  much  need  more 
members  as  we  do  better  ones;  that  if 
the  church  is  to  have  ]>ower  over  the 
world  to  win  it  for  God,  it  must .  be 
through  the  high  qualities  of  Christian 
character  exemplified  rather  than  by 
mere  show  of  numbers." 

How  to  Stimulate  Subscriptions 

KEEP  the  fact  that  there  is  a  maga- 
zine called  Missions  —  and  the 
very  best  missionary  magazine  going  — 
before  the  church  people,  in  calendar 
or  church  paper  notices.  It  only  takes 
a  few  words.  For  example,  in  the  March 
Gospel  Lighty  the  little  paper  published 
monthly  by  the  Lafayette  Avenue 
Baptist  Church  of  Buffalo,  in  connec- 
tion with  a  report  of  the  Laymen's 
Banquet  in  Buffalo,  this  commendation 
is  given: 

Through  the  kindness  of  our  monthly 
magazine,  called  Missions,  we  are  per- 
mitted to  give  a  picture  in  this  issue  of  the 
men's  banquet,  held  in  the  Hengerer  cafe, 
on  December  15,  19 10. 

Missions  contains  an  excellent  account 
of  this  meeting  and  the  forty-eight  sub- 
scribers in  our  church  to  this  great  maga- 
zine will  read  the  account  with  interest. 
We  wish  every  family  in  the  church  received 
this  missionary  magazine,  and  that  every 
member  of  our  church  had  the  habit  of 
reading  its  most  interesting  pages. 

That  is  the  kind  of  comment  that 
stimulates  subscriptions. 


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Note  and  Comment 


BN  this  number  Missions 
makes  a  personally  con- 
ducted tour  of  the  mission 
fields  through  the  medium 
of  the  annual  reports  of  the 
secretaries  of  the  societies. 
It  is  helpful  to  look  at 
work  and  policies  through 
the  head  qua  nets'  spectacles  occasionally. 
Much  of  encouragement  will  be  found  in 
the  record  of  the  year.  There  is  other 
matter  of  interest  also.  You  will  not  miss 
the  stoiy,  or  the  illustration  from  a  Kansas 
mining  town  of  what  a  devoted  missionary 
pastor  and  his  wife  can  do  for  a  needy  com- 
munity. As  you  read,  tiy  to  get  the  mis- 
sionary worker's  point  of  view,  and  realize 
that  from  eveiy  field  comes  the  appeal  for 
means  wherewith  to  advance.  The  fields 
ate  ripe  —  will  we  furnish  reapers? 

We  had  hoped  to  give  the  reports  of  the 
Home  Mission  Schools  in  this  issue,  but 
inexorable  laws  of  space  crowd  the  excellent 
matter  out,  and  August  will  bring  you  the 
accounts  of  what  has  been  accomplished  in 
one  of  the  best  school  years  our  institutions 
without  exception  have  known. 

^  A  young  minister  once  said  in  an  address 
that  he  would  do  anything;  he  would  stand 
on  his  head  in  the  pulpit  if  by  so  doing  he 
could  win  a  soul.  An  elderly  brother  there- 
upon interposed:  "I  don't  know,  my  young 
brother,  but  I  have  thought  it  better  for  a 
minister  to  stand  on  his  feet  and  work  with 
his  head  than  to  stand  on  his  head  and 
work  with  his  feet  in  (he  air."  Better  and 
perhaps  more  difficult  for  some. 

^  One  pastor  said,  after  reading  the  experi- 
ences of  Josiah  Jones  in  the  April  Missions, 
"1  shall  read  that  at  the  prayer  meeting 
next  week.  It  goes  to  the  center."  Perhaps 
some  other  pastors  may  take  the  suggestion. 
If  so,  be  sure  to  mention  the  magazine  from 


T[  Is  there  need  of  home  tnission  work  f    A 
little  while  ago  the  investigation  of  weights 
and   measures   in   New  York   disclosed   tk 
fact  that   more  than   fifty   per   cent   of  the 
scales  gave  short  weight,  and  a  still  larger 
proportion    of   the    measures    were    scant. 
Now  the   experts   who   have   been   looking 
into  the  matter  of  weights  and  measures  in 
■  Boston  find  that  thiity-eight  per  cent  of  the 
scales  fail  to  give  the  buyer  his  due.    What 
can  be  said  of  such  conditions  f    We  have 
been  talking  aboi 
We  need  a  new 
well.     A  church  crusade  with  a  mission  tc» 
merchants  and  manufacturers  as  its  objec- — 
tive  would  not  be  out  of  place. 

^  The  missionary  story  in  this  nuiiiber,^ 
"Cross  or  Crescent  ?"  by  "Dorothy  King,'  '^ 
introduces  the  ideals  of  self-sacrifice  ant^M 
obedience  that  have  made  Christianity  th^^ 
creator  and  molder  of  noble  character,  an^H 
sustained  the  higher  puq^oses  and  interest^^ 
of  humanity.  True  bravery  is  alway^^ 
admired  and  is  a  winning  force.     While  thi^^ 

through  sheer  faith  and  dauntlessness  is  noK^ 
presented  as  fact,  there  are  numerous  case^ 
on  record  equally  remarkable.     Missionarj^^ 
annals   are   full   of  the  power  of  goodness - 
And  when  it  comes  to  severe  tests,  that  of 
leaving  the  loved  one  in  obedience  to  the 
divine   call   was   undoubtedly  the    hardest 
which  the  young  medical  missionary  had  to 
face.     We  welcome  the  author  (whose  real 
name  is  Mrs.  tleo.  H.  S.  Soule)  to  our  com- 
pany of  coninbutors.     The  story  will  make 
an  effective  reading  for  a  missionary  meeting. 


Tj  The  acceptance  by  Dr.  Austin  K.  deBlois 
of  the  unanimous  call  to  the  First  Church 
of  Boston  will  bring  to  New  England  one 
of  the  pastors  who  believes  in  missions  in- 
tensely and  creates  a  missionary  atmosphere 
in  his  church.  He  was  one  of  the  delegation 
that  visited  China,  and  has  kept  the  First 


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459 


Church  in  Chicago  in  close  touch  with  world 
missions.  The  First  Church  in  Boston 
ought  to  be  a  strong  educative  center  under 
his  leadership. 

^  At  the  great  Guildhall  arbitration  meet- 
ing in  London,  in  which  alt  panies  and 
creeds  were  represented  and  die  English 
and  American  flags  were  intertwined  in  the 
background.  Premier  Asquith  spoke  with 
great  power.  One  of  his  ringing  phrases 
was  that  in  which  he  satirized  "this  Chris- 
tian era's  lip  service  lo  the  gospel  of  peace 
compared  with  its  unparalleled  utilization 
of  all  the  resources  of  imagination  and  in- 
vention for  war  and  preparation  for  war." 
There  was  intense  enthusiasm  for  the  pro- 
posed treaty  of  peace.  The  Carnegie  Hall 
meeting  in  New  York  was  equally  signifi- 
cant and  enthusiastic.  No  movement  in 
twn  the  English  and 
Dse  together.  While 
us  against  expecting 

ot  be  concealed. 

T  Rev.  H.  E.  White  has  been  appointed 
■nissionaiy  of  the  Maine  Baptist  Missionary 
Convention.  He  is  a  Maine  man  and 
founded  the  Seacoast  Mission.  He  will 
«ngage  especially  in  the  seacoast  work. 

^  The  South  Carolina  Baptist  State  Con- 
-vention  has  voted  to  raise  Hio.ooo  for  the 
European  Baptist  College,  and  the  North 
Carolina  Convention  will  raise  {15,000  for 
the  same  object. 

^  Prussia  has  expelled  the  Mormon  mission- 
aries from  the  country.  Holland  and  Bel- 
gium are  taking  steps  in  the  same  direaion. 
If  England  does  not  treat  the  eleven  hundred 
.  Mormon  officiab  in  her  territory  in  like 
drastic  fashion,  her  people  are  apt  to  make 
the  land  uncomfortable  for  them. 


^  An  English  missionary  who  has  opened  an 
opium  refuge  counts  among  his  patients  a 
Buddhist  priest  and  two  idol  manufacturers. 
During  the  first  three  years  of  her  anti- 
opium  program,  which  ended  with  I910, 
China  reduced  her  opium  production  by 
about  seventy-five  per  cent.    "This  is  strik- 


ing evidence  as  to  the  sincerity  and  self- 
denial  of  the  government  and  people.  This 
means  a  money  loss  of  a  hundred  millions 
of  dollars.  Such  sacrifice  gives  China  a 
right  to  ask  for  the  moral  support  and 
practical  assistance  of  the  nations. 

^  At  the  New  England  Methodist  Episcopal 
Conference  recently  held,  the  agent  of  the 
Methodist  Book  Concern  announced  that  a 
dividend  had  just  been  declared,  out  of 
which  ^200,000  would  be  distributed  to  the 
various  annual  conferences.  That  surely  is 
a  going  Concern. 

Rev.  F,  A,  Agar,  Superintendent  of 
Missions  for  East  Washington  and  Northern 
Idaho,  is  a  busy  man.  "I  was  on  the  road, 
due  to  take  a  train  at  4  p.m.;  found  it  two 
hours  late;  at  6  it  was  marked  9.1a  p.m., 
and  I  went  and  examined  a  church  site 
with  the  committee;  then  to  a  special  meet- 
ing where  I  preached.  Seven  persons  made 
profession.  At  9  the  pastor  and  I  found 
the  train  marked  11  p.m.  He  stayed  at  the 
depot  till  10.30.  The  train  was  subse- 
quently marked  up  to  11.10,  1. 10,  2.10,  3.10, 
3.40,  4.50,  and  finally  arrived,  5.10.  I  spent 
the  night  sitting  in  a  chair  and  working  upon 
the  material  I  am  sending  you." 

^  The  death  of  Li  Lien-ying,  chief  eunuch 
of  the  imperial  household  at  Peking  and 
long-time  power  in  public  affairs  during  the 
dominance  of  the  Empress  Dowager,  caused 
no  regret  to  the  well-wishers  of  the  awakened 
China.  For  forty  years  the  making  and 
marring  of  China's  dignitaries  lay  in  his 
utterly  unscrupulous  hands.  Rising  from  a 
cobbler's  apprentice,  in  1869  he  attained  to 
the  coveted  post  of  chief  eunuch,  and  so  won 
the  favor  of  the  Empress  that  his  influence 
was  felt  everywhere.  He  has  the  credit  of 
inducing  the  Empress  Dowager  to  suppress 
S98,  and  encourage 
sing,  which  was  to  "drive  the 
the  sea."  In  the  failure  of 
t  enterprise  he  would  have  lost  his  life 


had 


ved    hin 


From  that  time 

his 

influence  waned.     He 

represented    the 

wo 

rst    of   the    influences 

which  the  missit 

ES  are  seeking  to  over- 

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The   Philadelphia  Meetings 

Editorial  GorrMpondence 

OPENING     DAYS    OF    THE     NORTHERN     BAPTIST     CONVENTION 
FOREGATHERING    OF  THE    BAPTISTS  FROM  ALL   LANDS 


HUESDAY,  June  14,  was 
the  opening  day  of  the 
Northern  Bapdn  Con- 
vention's meeting  for 
1911.  Monday  was  a 
day  of  preparation  and 
registration,  and  a  bust- 
ling day  it  was,  and  hot 
and  sticky  withal.  The  women  had 
arranged  a  preliminary  meeting  in  the 
evening,  and  held  it  in  spite  of  a  terrific 
thunder-storm.  The  strenuous  work  in 
the  basement  whipped  the  missionary 
exhibit  and  society  booths  into  trim, 
and  Tuesday  morning  found  the  Temple 
in  fair  readiness,  the  weather  moderated 
somewhat  by  a  slight  breeze,  and  the 
delegates  and  visitors  pouring  into  the 
Temple  in  a  steady  stream. 

Grace  Temple  auditorium  presented 
an  attracdve  meeting  place,  with  its  gay 
bunting  and  flags  of  the  nations  taste- 
fully arranged.  The  opening  session 
was  not  largely  attended  at  first,  for 
the  delegates  were  struggling  in  the 
registration  maelstrom  below  and  some 
western  trains  had  not  come  in.  By 
afternoon,  however,  the  names  registered 
numbered  more  than  1,200,  and  the  list 
was  constantly  growing. 


The  first  Convention  Bulletin,  edited 
by  Rev.  J.  Milnor  Wilbur,  made  its 
appearance  early  in  the  morning,  with 
its  provisional  pn^ntm  and  helpful 
announcements;  also  its  Word  of  Wel- 
come from  Howard  Wayne  Smith  of  the 
Publication  Society,  who  has  rendered 
large  service  as  Chairman  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Committee  of  Arrangements. 
Due  acknowledgment  to  him  and  his 
large  corps  of  colaborers  will  be  made 
in  a  later  report. 

The  Convention  was  called  to  order 
by  President  Emory  W.  Hunt  of  Ohio, 
shortly  after  ten  o'clock.  It  was  chiefly 
a  business  session,  with  two  addresses 
to  break  the  rourine.  The  first,  follow- 
ing the  devotional  service,  was  the 
formal  welcome  on  behalf  of  the  nearly 
fifty  thousand  Philadelphia  Baptists,  by 
Dr.  J.  H.  Haslam,  pastor  of  Geth- 
semane  Church.  His  address  was  one 
of  great  breadth,  covering  our  denomi- 
national achievement  since  the  origin 
of  the  Philadelphia  Association,  which 
was  instinct  with  missionary  spirit. 

Then  came  the  report  of  the  Law 
Committee  concerning  the  incorporation 
of  the  Convention  under  act  of  the  New 
York  legislature,  dated  June  6,   1910. 


MISSIONS 


aa  was  adopted  by  the  Conven- 
which  then  proceeded  to  organize 
»ly  under  its  provisions.  The 
m  officers,  committees  and  corn- 
cms  were  continued  for  the  original 
I.  The  existing  constitution  and 
ws  were  adopted  without  change. 
1  this  ratification  had  taken  place, 
e  Clinch  congratulated  the  Con- 
on  on  having  reached  the  goal 
rd  which  it  started  at  Oklahoma 
in  1907.  There  was  a  round  of 
luse  when  it  was  realized  that  the 
Kern  Baptist  Convention  was  duly 
zed  as  a  corporation  and  ready  to 
msiness  as  any  occasion  might 
re. 

:retaTy  Bitting  presented  the  report 
le  Executive  Committee,  calling 
a]  attention  to  a  new  section  re- 
ig  to  the  relations  with  Free 
ists.  After  reciting  the  acts  trans- 
ig  the  missionary  propeny  of  the 
Baptists  to  the  Home  and  Foreign 
ties,  the  recommendation  was  made 
the  whole  matter  be  referred  with 
r  to  the  Executive  Committee  for 
1.  In  view  of  this  transfer  the 
irive  Committee  instructed  the 
Credential  Committee  to  recognize 
ndals  from  local  Free  Baptist 
hes.  Approval  of  this  action 
s  the  relations  between  the  denomi- 
ns  in  exactly  the  natural  and  right 
on. 

ssident  Hunt  made  an  excellent 
:ss,  prefaced  by  a  statement  from 
tary  Bitting  that  the  presence  of 
resident  was  against  his  physician's 
e,  and  that  he  was  to  be  relieved 
-  as  possible  of  service  during  this 
ng.     The  President  said  in  sub- 


n.yb. 

:  well  to  6 

ix  our  attention 

upon 

questions:    Wha 

t  we  are,  and 

what 

ic  sho 

uld   claim 

our   aneniion 

here. 

■cChri 

istians,  no 

C  our  own    not 

seek- 

rown. 

We  are  saved  by  grace,  i 

■ejoic- 

hope. 

enlisted  it 

1  divine  service. 

.    We 

iptists. 

We  did 

not  choose  the  i 

name. 

We  do  not  prefer  to  be  peculi 
to  be  separate.    But  as  the  nai 
attached  to  us  we  accept  it  and  i 
represents.    As  we  regard 


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nor  seek 
has  been 


life  as  the  gift  of  God  to  each 

we  also  regard  our  responsibility  ; 

to  Him,     We  recognize  no  other 

but  His  will  as  it  is  made  known  1 

us  by  His  Word,  or  in  whatever  way  the 

Spirit  works.    That  will  linds  expression  for 

us  in  Jesus  Christ.    The  supreme  thing  for 


spiritual 

I  dividual, 

directly 

■  each  of- 


us  is  the  lordship  of  Christ  We  do  not 
create  divisions,  but  we  must  abide  with 
Him.  If  others  do  not  follow  Him,  and  we 
must  choose,  we  choose  Him,  Ritual  is 
not  the  chief  thing.  We  are  not  contending 
for  "a  mere  forming,"  but  we  cannot  escape 
the  conviction  that  those  who  are  willing  to 
substitute  personal  taste  and  preference  for 
obedience  to  Him  in  the  official  ordinance 
of  the  Christian  life  are  obscuring  the  lord- 
ship of  Christ.  They  must  answer  the  ques- 
tion, "Why  call  ye  me  Lord,  Lord,  and  do 
not  the  things  that  I  say  f " 

Our  people  need  to  be  reminded,  however, 
that  no  ordinance  exhausts  the  will  of  the 


♦fa 


MISSIONS 


Lord.  The  man  who 
moral  energy  in  shouting  some  denomi- 
national shibboleth  that  he  hasn't  enough 
left  to  lift  a  dollar  out  of  his  pocLet  for  the 
evangelization  of  the  world  has  something 
Still  to  learn  about  what  constitutes  a  New 
Testament  Church.     [Applause.]     No  out- 


oDODanaDaaDaaoaaaaaaaoaaoaaa 


cha 


mformity  can  serve  as  a  substitute 
irrendered  life,  a  sweetened  spirit,  a 
table  judgment,  a  liberal  and  loving 


)ul. 

We  are  here  with  our  eyes  upon  the  world. 
We  take  pride  in  the  honored  names  which 
adorn  our  missionary  history.  For  a  hundred 
years  the  missionary  conviction  of  the 
Baptists  has  been  expressed  in  voluntary 
organizations  of  those  who  were  willing  to 
engage  in  this  service.  With  the  organization 
of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  the 
representatives  of  the  Baptist  churches  of 
the  North  admit  their  equal  responsibility 
for  this  work  and  face  the  task  of  the  king- 
dom.    Our  eyes  are  wide  open  upon  the 


world.  We  arc  here  to  plan  work  for  all 
sides  of  this  planet.  Nor  are  we  content 
with  conditions  in  America.  Our  home, 
commercial,  social  and   industrial  life  are 


far  from   Christ. 

A   tremendous    task   is 

before   us.     We  i 

ire   not   here   to    exercisi 

authority  over  our 

brethren,  but  to  lead  ir 

service.      We    hav 

e    an    ambition    for   oui 

Baptist  churches. 

It  is  that  they  should  bt 

warm  in  evangelist 

:ic  service,  and  so  large  ir 

missionary  enterpi 

-ise  that  the  unsocial  an<i 

selhsh,  the  petty 

and  mean,  and  whoevci 

misrepresents  the   Spirit   of  Jes 

will  find  himself  out  of  harmony  with  them 

and  will  be  either  regenerated  or  eliminated. 

Hearty  applause  showed  the  apprecia- 
tion of  the  earnest  words. 

Place  was  then  given  to  the  Societies 
to  transact  necessary  business.  Mrs. 
Lester  presided  while  Mrs.  Westfall 
reported  for  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  Women's  Home  Mission  Society. 
An  abstract  will  be  found  in  the  depart- 
ment of  Women's  Work  on  another 
page.  Vice-President  Barry  took  the 
chair,  and  the  Home  Mission  Society 
submitted  its  report  to  the  Convention 
and  appointed  various  committees. 
Chairman  Briggs  of  the  Foreign  Society 
presided  while  the  same  forms  were 
gone  through  with,  and  Vice-President 
Doane  assumed  the  chair  for  the  Publi- 
cation Society.  This  paved  the  ^vay  for 
sessions  to  follow.  Abstracts  of  the 
reports  are  given  elsewhere  in  this 
issue. 

At  the  afternoon  session,  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  report  was  taken  up 
and  pan  of  its  sections  were  considered 
and  acted  upon.  The  matter  that 
caused  most  discussion  was  the  resolu- 
tion appointing  a  committee  to  act  with 
similar  appointees  from  other  Christian 
bodies  to  arrange  for  a  proposed  con- 
ference on  faith  and  order.  The  debate 
largely  turned  on  issues  not  involved  in 
the  proposal,  but  it  was  a  free  discussion 
and  gave  opportunity  for  understanding 
the  situation.  The  number  of  the  com- 
mittee was  made  fifteen  and  the  resolu- 
tion was  passed  by  a  large  majority. 


MISSIONS 


Another  matter  discussed  was  that  of 
denominational  objectives.  An  amend- 
ment was  offered  adding  a  distinctively 
missionaiy  plank,  and  this  was  referred. 
An  interesting  feature  of  the  report 
further  was  the  proposed  conference 
between  representatives  of  the  Northern 
and  Southern  Baptist  Conventions  to 
consider  all  questions  in  controversy. 
If  a  brotherly  and  happy  way  out  can 
be  found  it  will  be  a  great  blessing  to 
the  parties  concerned  and  the  cause  of 
religion  at  large.  The  receipts  of  the 
Convention  were  123,407,  and  the 
expenditures  ^17,216,  leaving  a  balance 
of  $6,191  in  the  treasury.  This  in- 
cluded the  accounts  of  the  General 
Apponionmenc  Committee,  amounting 
to  $9,000  of  the  total. 

The  second  half  of  the  afternoon 
session  was  given  to  the  Woman's  Home 
Mission  Society.  The  program  was 
full  of  interest,   and  was   nearing  its 


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close  when  an  exceedingly  sad  event 
brought  an  abrupt  termination.  Mrs. 
A.  H.  Barber,  for  many  years  one  of 
the  most  efficient  workers,  was  in  the 
midst  of  an  address  on  tield  work  when 
she  suddenly  fell  in  a  faint.  Heart 
trouble  developed,  and  the  physicians, 
hastily  summoned,  gave  little  hope  of 
her  recovery. 

At  the  evening  session  Mrs.  George 
W.  Coleman  of  Boston  spoke  on  "Two 
Dynamos,"  describing  eloquently  Spel- 
man  and  the  Chicago  Training  School. 
The  closing  address  was  by  Dr.  J,  A. 
Francis  on  "The  great  need  of  the 
evangelization  of  this  country,  and  how 
women  are  meeting  it." 

From  this  point  our  report  vrill  be 
continued  in  the  August  number,  which 
will  give  a  pen  picture  of  the  World 
Alliance  sessions.  Thus  far  the  hopes 
of  a  great  fortnight  for  the  Baptists  bid 
fair  to  be  realized. 


The   International   Missionary   Union 

By  H.  P.  Laflanune 


FOR  a  score  or  more  of  years  the  aifton 
Springs  Sanitarium  has  hospitably  en- 
tertained the  missionaries  of  the  International 
Missionary  Union  without  charge.  This 
year  a  hundred  missionaries  were  present, 
representing  seventeen  of  the  great  mission 
fields  of  the  world,  and  speaking  a  great 
variety  of  languages.  Twenty  of  these  were 
missionaries  of  the  Nonhem  Baptist  Con- 
vention, among  them  Rev.  George  H. 
Brock  of  India,  Prof.  £.  W.  Cement  of 
Japan,  Rev.  Milo  J.  Coldron  and  Mrs. 
Coldron  of  the  Free  Baptist  Mission  at 
Balasare,  India, 

The  membership  of  the  Union  numben 
1,400  in  all,  and  foity-two  new  members 
were  received  into  the  Union  at  this  session. 
At  the  veiy  impressive  memorial  service 
brief  accounts  were  given  of  eighteen  mem- 
bers who  had  died  during  the  past  year. 
The  most  distinguished  of  these  were  Rev. 
John  Hyde  Deforest  and  Miss  Dr.  Clara  A. 
Swaine.  Dr.  Deforest  went  to  Japan  in 
1874  and  died  at  Sendai,  Japan,  May  8, 
1911.  He  was  twice  decorated  by  the  Em- 
peror in  recognition  of  his  distinguished 
service  in  dispelling  anti-Japanese  feeling 
among  Americans.  One  of  his  best  known 
works  is  "Sunrise  in  the  Sunrise  Kingdom," 


largely  used  as  a  mission  study  text  book. 
Miss  Dr.  Swaine  was  the  first  woman 
physician  ever  sent  to  the  Orient.  She 
served  in  India  for  forty  years,  for  fifteen 
years  as  a  teacher  under  the  Methodist 
board,  when  she  received  the  call  from  a 
native  princess  to  be  her  private  physician, 
and  to  attend  the  women  of  the  palace. 
At  this  point  of  vantage  she  continued 
her  work  both  in  a  dispensary  and  in  a 
school  for  girls. 

Willis  R.  Hotchkiss  of  Africa,  Isaac  Tay- 
lor Headland  of  China,  Miss  Ellen  M.  Stone 
of   Bulgaria,    Rev.    R.    H.    Nassau    of  the 
Gabun,  Africa,   and   T.  J.  Scott,  D.  D.,  of 
Bareilly,  India,  were  among  the  best  known 
speakers.    The    theme    of  the    conference 
was  the  Decisive  Hour  in  Christian  Misii(.ns, 
and  all  bore  testimony  to  the  pregnant  im- 
portance of  the  present  moment.     One  veij' 
interesting  feature  was  the  presentation  to 
the  conference   of  six  veteran   missionary 
women,  whose  aggregate  of  service  totaled 
201  years.    The  senior  among  these  was 
Mrs.  Josephine  L,  Cofling  of   Turkey,  who    . 
served  from  1857  to  1905,  forty-«ight  years   i 
in  all,  while  forty-three  years  of  this  service  rr 
followed  the  murder  of  her  husband  by  the^ 
people  of  Turkey. 


MISS  IONS 


465 


The  Missionary  Progress  of  the  Year 

naaaoaaoooaDaaDaDDQDaDaDaDaaaaaDGDaDDD 
Quotable  Pacts  and  Figures  from  the  Annual  Reports 
Concerning  our  Mission  Work  at  Home  and  Abroad 

DnaDaaDaDaDDDDDDDaDaaDODDDaDDaDDODaDDD 

General  Contents  of  the  Reports  at  a  Glance 


The  Foreign  Hlsdon  Society 

THE  special  points  covered  by  the 
report  of  the  American  Baptist 
Fore^  Mission  Society  are:  The  new 
Board  of  Managers,  new  appointees, 
Missions,  the  World  in  Boston,  Sunday 
School  Co-operating  Committee,  confer- 
ence of  Foreign  Missions  Boards,  joint 
districts,  the  Nebraska  Plan,  the  Young 
People's  Missionary  Movement  (hence- 
forth to  be  named  the  Missionary  Edu- 
cation Movement),  the  Literature  De- 
partment, the  Judson  Centennial,  dis- 
trict secretaries  and  their  work.  Homes 
for  missionaries'  children,  the  Appor- 
tionment Plan,  Laymen's  Missionary 
Campaign,  the  Forward  Movement, 
the  Edinburgh  Conference,  Budget  prob- 
lems, financial  outcome.  Budget  for 
1911-12,  advance  work,  additions  for 
the  year,  developments  in  the  Far  East, 
conferences  in  India,  commission  reports 
and  cooperative  efforts.  The  number 
of  bapdsms  reported  was  16,114,  the 
total  for  Asia  and  Africa  being  8,557, 
and  7,557  for  Europe.  The  report  in 
closing  treats  of  the  question  whether 


the  work  of  the  immediate  future  shall 
be  one  of  expansion  or  intensive  de- 
velopment —  a  most  important  ques- 
tion, made  pressing  by  the  shortage  of 
income  on  the  one  hand  and  the  de- 
mands of  new  fields  on  the  other.  The 
report  is  brief  to  the  limit  of  presentation 
of  essential  facts,  and  for  popular  use 
will  doubtless  be  superseded  largely 
by  the  Handbook  issued  by  the  Society, 
which  is  to  be  enlarged  and  will  be  in 
every  way  aaractive  and  filled  with 
quotable  facts  and  pithy  paragraphs 
from  the  field. 

The  Home  Mission  Society 

The  seventy-ninth  annual  report  of 
the  Executive  Board  considers  the  com- 
plex relationships  that  have  grown  out 
of  the  new  co-operative  movements,  the 
Laymen's  Missionary  Movement,  the 
Forward  Movement,  the  Apportion- 
ment Plan,  the  Budget,  the  year's  re- 
ceipts and  disbursements,  the  district 
secretaries,  and  relations  with  Free 
Bapdsts.  The  missionary  summary 
shows  10,246  baptisms  on    ' 


466 


MISSIONS 


fields  and  60,097  members  of  mission 
churches.  Country  church  problems 
are  given  a  special  paragraph,  as  are 
city  missions,  our  foreign  populations, 
evangelism,  the  Indians,  Mexico,  El 
Salvador,  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  Jamaica, 
Haiti  and  the  Bahamas  and  New 
Mexico. 

The  Church  Edifice  Department 
reports  loi  churches  aided,  63  by  gifts 
only,  7  by  loans  only,  31  by  gift  and 
loan.  The  church  edifice  problems  in 
cities  are  treated,  with  other  matters. 
The  Educational  Department  speaks 
of  summer  schools  for  Negro  Baptist 
ministers,  new  school  buildings  and  im- 
provements, and  the  schools  in  Cuba 
and  Porto  Rico.  The  Field  Secre- 
tary's report  is  concerned  chiefly  with 
the  new  movement  in  the  southern 
republic  of  El  Salvador.  The  Superin- 
tendent of  Education  gives  the  results 
of  his  visits  to  Mexico  and  Porto  Rico, 
and  of  close  study  of  the  negro  schools 
in  the  South.  The  reports  of  the  general 
superintendents  —  Dr.  Wooddy  for  the 
Pacific  Division,  Rev.  Bruce  Kinney 
for  the  Southwestern,  Dr.  Proper  for  the 
Central,  Rev.  J.  M.  Bruce  for  the  For- 
eign Populations,  Rev.  G.  A.  Schulte 
for  the  German  work  —  are  full  of 
field  information,  as  are  the  reports 
more  in  detail  of  the  general  mission- 
aries. The  district  secretaries  furnish 
the  statistics  which  tell  how  the  different 


sections  are  responding  to  the  missionary 
appeal.  The  report  is  compact  and 
meaty. 

The  Publication  Society's  Report 

The  report  for  191 1  greets  the 
visitors  to  Philadelphia,  the  Society's 
home,  and  reviews  progress  since  1895. 
It  then  treats  of  present  conditions, 
co-operative  work,  the  Interdenomina* 
tional  Sunday  school  Council,  educa- 
tional work,  and  the  young  people's 
department.  The  statistical  summary 
and  reports  of  the  book  and  periodical 
departments  show  material  increase  and 
growth.  The  missionary  department 
covers  field  visitadon,  new  literature 
for  foreign-speaking  people,  col(>ortage 
and  chapel  car  work,  Sunday  school 
and  Bible  work,  and  grants  of  books. 
The  report  makes  sixty-one  pages, 
nearly  half  of  which  are  taken  by  the 
treasurer's  statements.  The  year  has 
been  one  of  the  Society's  best. 

Pastors  who  wish  to  know  the  details 
of  the  work  of  the  Societies,  should  send 
for  these  reports,  which  will  be  gladly 
furnished.  Or  else  they  should  secure 
the  Convention  Report,  which  will 
include  all  these  reports,  together  with 
the  account  of  the  anniversaries.  This 
volume  may  fairly  be  called  indispen- 
sable to  a  Baptist  minister  or  laymen, 
who  would  keep  abreast  of  our  denomi- 
national movements  and  progress. 


AN  ADVANCE   POST  OF   WESTERN   CIVILIZATION 


MI  SSIONS 


467 


The   Work  Abroad 


WHILE  the  total  number  of  baptisms 
doM  not  greatly  exceed  that  of  some 
former  years,  marked  advance  is  noted  at 
panicular  points,  as  in  nonhem  Negros, 
Philippine  Islands;  in  the  Liuchiu  Islands, 
Japan,  i^ere  has  occurred  the  largest  year's 
ingathering  ever  accorded  to  one  of  our 
stations  in  that  country;  in  South  India, 
where  nearly  ten  per  cent  of  the  baptisms 
were  from  the  caste  people;  in  Burma,  on 
the  Chinese  frontier,  where  a  break  has 
been  made  in  the  Yawyin  Tribe  and  where 
the  mass  movement  of  other  days  continues; 
in  Russia  and  the  Near  East,  where  Baptist 
doctrine  finds  startling  acceptance. 

ADDITIONS   FOR  THE  YEAR 

Accessions  for  the  various  countries  were, 
Buiina  3,893;  Assam  1,077;  South  India 
1,625;  China  449;  Japan  415;  Philippine 
Islands  335;  Congo  763,  —  a  total  for  Asia 
and  Africa  of  8,557,  ^°  "hich  must  be  added 
7,557  for  Europe,  making  a  grand  total  of 
16,114  f"'  ^^^  year.  The  total  working 
missionary  force  now  consists  of  673  mis- 
sionaries, with  whom  are  associated  5,001 
narive  workers  engaged  in  various  forms 
of  service.  During  the  past  year  16  men, 
16  wives,  and  19  single  women  were  ap- 


pointed and  sent  out.  Of  these  Burma 
received  11;  Assam  6;  South  India  7; 
China  16;  Japan  7,  and  the  Philippine 
Islands  3,  —  a  total  of  51.  Since  the  last 
report  6  of  our  missionaries  have  died  on 
the  field  and  one  in  America:  —  Rev.  E.  O. 
Stevens,  D.D.,  and  Miss  Emily  M.  Hanna 
of  Burma;  Rev.  J.  E.  Clough,  D.D.,  of 
South  India;  Rev.  C.  G.  Lewis  and  Rev. 
C.  A.  Salqulst  of  West  China;  Miss  Myra  F. 
Weld  of  South  China;  and  Mrs.  Grace 
Webb  Tenny,  of  Japan.  Five  of  these  were 
young  and  in  the  flower  of  their  usefulness 
when  cut  down.  In  view  of  the  scarcity  of 
workers  on  every  field  and  the  especially 
depleted  condition  of  the  mission  in  West 
China  these  losses  are  peculiarly  heavy. 


Events  in  the  Far  East  continue  to  hold 
a  large  share  of  public  attention.  Few  if 
any  of  the  most  important  happenings  are 
without  some  bearing  upon  the  missionary 
propaganda.  The  annexation  of  Korea  to 
Japan  has  called  forth  special  recognition  of 
Christianity  by  the  Japanese  Government,  a 
part  of  whose  policy  it  now  is  to  respect  and 
foster  the  Christian  sentiment  prevailing 
among  Koreans,  by  sending  so  far  as  possible 


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Christian  Japanese  officers  to  reside  in  the 
country  and  administer  its  afFairs.  Not 
only  the  government  but  different  Japanese 
Christian  bodies  are  taking  a  special  interest 
in  Korea.  A  recent  traveler  says:  "We 
spent  the  month  of  October  in  Chosen,  and 
one  of  the  many  things  that  surprised  us  was 
the  constant  meeting  with  Japanese  Chris- 
tians. Among  passengers  on  the  trains, 
among  railroad  officials  at  the  stations,  in 
steamship  offices,  in  the  higher  courts  of 
law,  in  public  schools,  in  the  army,  in  the 
department  of  communications,  among  mer- 
chants and  bankers,  police  and  gendarmes, 
—  pretty  much  anywhere,  without  any  effort 
to  search  them  out,  we  were  continually 
running  across  Japanese  Christians.  Some 
of  them,  to  be  sure,  were  looking  out  for 
us,  but  that  would  not  account  for  nearly  all 
the  cases."  Just  what  the  reflex  action 
will  be  upon  the  government's  relation  to 
missionaries  and  the  Christian  propaganda 
in  Japan  is  not  yet  clear,  but  it  can  scarcely 
fail  to  be  favorable.  There  appears  to  be 
a  steadily  increasing  open-mindedness  on 
the  part  of  the  people  at  large.  During  the 
past  winter  a  veiy  extensive  evangelistic 
campaign  has  been  conducted  in  the  leading 
cities  of  Japan.  It  is  a  source  of  gratifi- 
cation that  our  own  mission  has  been  able  to 
participate  more  effectively  than  in  any  pre- 
vious campaign  in  consequence  of  recent 
additions  made  to  church  equipment,  new 
buildings  having  been  completed  in  Tokyo 
and  Osaka  and  smaller  chapels  in  some  of 
the  other  centers. 

CHINA  AND   PROGRESS 

China  still  struggles  with  her  great  prob- 
lems, fully  realizing  her  many  needs,  but 
seeing  only  dimly  and  occasionally  the  true 
solution.  With  the  dissolution  of  the 
Chinese  national  assembly  early  in  January 
the  first  chapter  in  the  parliamentary  histoiy 
of  modem  China  closed.  The  formal 
adoption  of  a  national  constitution  is  prom- 
ised for  not  later  than  191 3.  That  the 
meeting  of  the  Assembly  was  not  without 
results  is  indicated  in  the  press  reports 
that  for  the  grand  council  of  the  old  regime 
has  been  substituted  a  modem  cabinet. 
The  change  is  full  of  significance.  The 
emperor  has  been  placed  at  the  head  of  the 
army,  thus  emphasizing  the  fact  that  China 
is  now  a   military  nation.     From  various 


quartets  come  reports  of  queue-cutting 
assemblies.  Minister  Wu,  late  ambassador 
to  Washington,  himself  headed  one  of  these 
gatherings  at  which  more  than  five  hundred 
heads  were  shorn.  Since  Match  20,  191 1, 
gambling  has  been  prohibited  in  Kwang- 
tung  Province.  Mr.  Baker  of  Chao-cbowfu 
says:  "It  is  a  big  undertaking  for  China 
to  attempt  to  prohibit  this  vice.  We  rejoice 
to  see  many  of  her  people  sanctioning  such 
steps  in  the  direction  of  what  is  right.  In 
the  large  village  on  this  side  the  river  a 
meeting  was  held  by  the  people  who  are  in 
S3rmpathy  with  the  measure,  and  though  it 
was  initiated  by  non-Christians,  the  preach- 
ers in  the  city  and  myself  were  invited  to 
attend.  The  meeting  was  held  in  an  old 
temple  now  used  for  the  village  school, 
and  was  marked  by  a  considerable  show  of 
enthusiasm.  It  is  a  favorable  sign  that  the 
leaders  of  the  meeting  were  among  the  best 
people  in  the  village  and  that  we,  the 
teachers  of  the  foreign  doctrine,  were  invited 
on  the  same  footing  as  the  other  guests.  A 
wholesome  sight  it  vras  to  see  the  Chi- 
nese teachers  in  their  new  schools  taking 
active  part  in  reform  movements  of  this 
kind." 

The  govemment  still  continues  its  policy 
of  educational  development,  sending  stu- 
dents to  America  and  aiming  within  the  next 
five  years  to  provide  on  an  average  one 
elementary  school  for  each  four  hundred 
families.  In  higher  education  govemment 
provincial  colleges  are  already  in  operation. 
Aside  from  the  matter  of  students  in  Chris- 
tian institutions,  the  question  now  is.  How 
shall  all  these  govemment  students  be 
reached  and  influenced  by  Christianity? 
Recent  dispatches  indicate  that  the  central 
govemment  is  taking  up  with  vigor  the 
matter  of  railroad  constmction  in  Central 
China.  A  uniform  coinage  system  for 
the  empire  is  projected,  which,  when  es- 
tablished,  cannot  fail  to  bring  unspeakable 
relief  to  all  those  who  have  suffered  the 
confusion,  annoyance  and  loss  occasioned 
by  the  old  provincial  systems  with  their 
fluctuating  values. 

AFFAIRS    IN    INDIA 

Educational  affairs  in  India  give  some 
solicitude.  Co-operation  with  the  govem- 
ment yearly  becomes  more  difficult.  The 
general  policy  in  Indian  education  seems 


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469 


now  to  be  encouragement  of  village  and 
primary  schools  and  the  discouragement  of 
secondary  and  higher  education;  but  even 
in  the  matter  of  elementary  instruction 
grants-in-aid  are  as  a  rule  pitifully  small. 
One  of  our  missionaries  in  South  India  has 
withdrawn  all  village  schools  on  his  field 
from  government  aid  and  the  college  depart- 
ment at  Ongole  has  been  discontinued. 
But  these  things  may  be  only  symptomatic 
of  the  general  unrest  which  is  characterizing 
all  India.  Reports  from  our  missionaries 
in  South  India  indicate  heavy  emigrations  to 
Burma,  the  Straits  Settlements,  Fiji  Islands 
and  South  Africa.  Laborers  in  large  num- 
bers are  streaming  into  the  hills  of  Assam 
and  adding  to  the  general  confusion  of 
tongues  existing  there.  The  Chinese  are 
coming  into  Burma  by  the  thousands,  and 
there  will  soon  be  a  million  of  them  in  that 
province.  The  multiform  work  for  foreign 
peoples  at  Rangoon,  Moulmein,  Mandalay 
and  Maymyo  bears  witness  to  the  influx 
of  various  peoples. 

THE   FINANCUL  OUTCOME 

The  financial  outcome  of  the  year  was 
disappointing.  It  was  doubly  so  because  of 
the  unprecedented  monthly  gains  made  dur- 
ing the  earlier  months  of  the  year.  The 
receipts  did  not  begin  to  fall  off  until  the 
last  month,  at  the  end  of  which  a  debt  of 
^1,453.45  was  recorded.  It  is  true  that 
for  the  year  under  review  gifts  from  churches, 
young\ 'people's  societies,  Sunday  schools 
and  individuals  increased  116,268.98,  but 
this  was  not  enough  to  cover  the  necessary 
increase  in  the  budget,  which  increase  did 
not  begin  to  represent  the  amount  re- 
quired for  the  normal  development  of  a 
prosperous  work.  As  a  matter  of  fact  we 
are  making  practically  no  advance  on  the 
field.  Unless  there  be  substantial  increase 
in  contributions  we  shall  scarcely  be  able  to 
hold  our  own.  Buildings  and  equipment 
deteriorate.  Any  work  that  is  worth  while 
will  grow,  and  unless  cared  for  will  ulti- 
mately mean  loss  rather  than  gain.  The 
Board  have  been  cutting  the  annual  budgets 
to  what  they  felt  was  the  lowest  safe  limit, 
but  it  is  evident  that  still  further  reduction 
must  be  made  unless  our  people  respond 
more  liberally  and  promptly.  The  Board 
have  no  option. 


ADVANCE   WORK 

The  budget  makes  no  provision  for  ad- 
vance work,  notwithstanding  most  inviting 
opportunities  offered  in  practically  every 
field.  The  establishment  of  several  new 
stations  is  strongly  urged,  not  simply  be- 
cause doors  are  open  but  because  mission- 
aries should  be  relieved  who  are  now  at- 
tempting to  care  for  fields  whose  extent  and 
responsibilities  constitute  an  overwhelming 
burden  upon  body  and  spirit.  The  amount 
contributed  by  the  churches  will  not  permit 
both  the  strengthening  of  the  present  work 
and  the  undertaking  of  new  enterprises. 
The  Board  have  deliberately  excluded  from 
the  budget  provision  for  new  work,  because 
of  their  conviction  that  established  work 
and  stations  already  occupied  must  be  ade- 
quately manned  and  equipped  before  new 
responsibilities  are  assumed.  Advance  will 
be  undertaken  as  soon  as  receipts  permit. 

Plans  for  the  consolidation  of  the  foreign 
work  of  the  Free  Baptists  with  our  own  will 
probably  be  consummated  by  August.  The 
Board  of  Managers  of  the  Society  have 
applied  to  the  Finance  Committee  of  the 
Convention  for  authority  to  incorporate 
the  budget  of  the  former  body  with  that  of 
the  Society.  The  amount  of  the  Free 
Baptist  budget  will  be  ^0,000. 


CONFERENCES    IN    INDIA 

Prominent  among  events  of  the  year  has 
been  the  journey  of  the  Foreign  Secretary, 
Dr.  Barbour,  with  Professor  A.  W.  Anthony, 
D.D.,  of  Bates  College,  a  member  of  the 
Board.  They  have  made  a  complete  tour 
and  visitation  of  all  our  missions  in  Burma, 
South  India  and  Assam.  The  visit  also  in- 
cluded the  Free  Baptist  Mission  in  Bengal 
and  Orissa,  and  fraternal  delegates  from  that 
mission  attended  the  Telugu  Conference  at 
Nellore.  All  issues  pertaining  to  adminis- 
trative problems  and  practically  every  phase 
of  the  work  and  its  peculiar  requirements  in 
each  mission  were  considered,  but  in  many 
cases  final  conclusions  were  postponed. 
The  matter  of  financial  support  for  mission- 
aries is  one  of  the  most  important  of  these 
undetermined  questions.  For  the  past  three 
years  the  matter  of  increase  in  salaries  has 
been  pending,  and  embarrassment  arising 
from  advance  cost  of  living  in  the  East  as 
well  as  in  the  West  has  been  keenly  felt. 


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MISSIONS 


NEW  APPOINTMENTS 


THE    BAPTIST  FORWARD  MOVEMENT 


An  unusually  small  number  of  new  re- 
cruits have  been  appointed  during  the  year, 
the  list  being  as  follows:  Antony  Parsons, 
M.D.,  Uri  M.  Fox,  E.  Carroll  Condit,  H. 
Ostrom,  M.  D.,  S.  Sonnichsen,  Harold  W. 
Smith,  L.  Foster  Wood,  D.  C.  Graham, 
Charles  L.  Bromley,  J.  C.  Jensen,  Miss 
Lucy  L.  Austin,  Miss  Louise  Campbell, 
Miss  L.  M.  Dounton,  M.D.,  Miss  Margaret 
F.  Milliard,  Miss  Mary  D.  Jesse,  Miss  Alice 
Stannard,  Miss  Lena  Tillman,  Miss  Martha 
Daisy  Woods. 

Besides  these,  others  have  applied,  but 
the  Board  have  held  to  the  high  standard 
of  previous  years,  and  we  are  confident  that 
those  who  are  to  be  sent  out  this  year  will 
do  excellent  work  in  the  fields  to  which 
they  go.  Educational  and  medical  work 
are  represented  by  the  new  appointees, 
as  well  as  by  the  more  general  evangelistic 
work. 

A   WORD   FOR  THE   MAGAZINE 

The  joint  magazine  Missions  continues 
to  meet  with  favor.  Its  high  standard  has 
brought  wide  recognition  and  commenda- 
tion, and  its  increasing  subscription  list  is 
evidence  of  the  success  of  the  plan  of  joint 
publication.  Notwithstanding  the  high 
quality  of  the  magazine,  the  expenses  have 
been  kept  low  and  there  has  been  a  con- 
siderable saving  over  the  expense  of  the 
publication  of  the  previous  separate  maga- 


zmes. 


THE    young    PEOPLE  S   MISSIONARY 
MOVEMENT 

This  organization,  representing  practically 
all  the  missionary  boards,  has  continued  to 
render  valuable  service  during  the  past 
twelve  months.  Plans  have  been  made  to 
enlarge  the  scope  of  the  activities  of  the 
Movement,  especially  in  the  direction  of 
holding  missionary  expositions,  with  the 
follow-up  work  involved,  and  as  the  pro- 
posed change  of  name  from  the  Young 
People's  Missionary  Movement  to  Mission- 
ary Education  Movement  shows  the  purpose 
is  to  put  fresh  emphasis  upon  the  main 
object  of  the  movement  —  development  of 
missionary  education.  Such  an  organization 
is  in  a  position  to  render  splendid  service  to 
each  of  the  denominational  boards. 


The  Baptist  Forward  Movement  for 
Missionary  Education  is  steadily  increasing 
in  power.  While  its  work  is  largely  that  of 
seed-sowing  for  future  harvests,  we  are  able 
even  now  to  trace  definite  financial  returns 
from  this  work  which  more  than  pay  the 
expenses.  The  method  of  dividing  the  year 
into  periods  for  the  special  consideration 
in  the  Sunday  schools  of  different  fields 
and  phases  of  work  has  been  extended 
to  include  the  other  departments  of  the 
church.  The  foreign  mission  period  comes 
in  the  autumn  and  India  is  the  subject 
for  study  during  the  coming  year.  For  this 
a  complete  line  of  suitable  material  will 
be  provided. 

laymen's   MISSIONARY  CAMPAIGN 

The  national  laymen's  missionary  cam- 
paign of  last  year  was  followed  this  year  by  a 
series  of  training  conferences.  These  were 
held  in  cities  where  conventions  were  held 
last  year,  and  have  offered  a  constructive 
program  for  those  who  are  responsible  for 
the  missionary  life  of  the  churches.  They 
have  been  a  practical  demonstration  of  how 
a  standard  missionary  church  may  be 
developed.  In  addition  there  has  been  an 
occasional  convention  in  some  important 
center  not  reached  during  the  campaign 
last  year.  Several  of  our  missionaries  have 
served  in  connection  with  these  conferences 
and  conventions. 

MEN    AND    RELIGION 

The  work  of  the  various  Laymen's 
Missionary  Movements  is  to  be  supple- 
mented and  re-enforced  hereafter  by  the 
"Men  and  Religion  Forward  Movement," 
which  has  recently  been  organized  and  is 
already  at  work.  The  purpose  of  this  new 
Movement  is  to  interest  men  and  boys  in 
and  out  of  the  church  in  a  sane  and  whole- 
some religious  experience,  to  give  them 
definite  plans  of  work  which  will  extend  far 
into  the  future,  and  to  win  their  allegiance 
to  every  great  Christian  enterprise  in  this 
and  other  lands. 

THE    woman's    societies 

The  record  of  the  work  of  our  missionaries 
would  be  far  from  complete  without  reference 
to  the  Woman's  Societies,  whose  representa- 


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tives  are  missionaries  also  of  our  own  Society. 
The  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society 
has  maintained  89  missionaries,  including  5 
physicians,  during  the  year,  with  whom  have 
been  associated  148  Bible  women.     In  the 
schools  maintained  by  the  Society  there  are 
23,215   students   enrolled.     The   Woman's 
Foreign    Missionary   Society   of  the   West 
reports  63  missionaries  (including  4  physi- 
cians), 116  Bible  women,  454  teachers,  277 
schools,  with  an  enrollment  of  10,087.    ^^th 
Societies    find    themselves    hampered    with 
debts    which  greatly  hinder   the   advance- 
ment of  the  work  which  they  have  under- 
taken.   Besides  the    regular    appointees  of 
the    Woman's  Societies,  the  wives   of  our 
own  missionaries  in  many  cases  assist  in  the 
work    maintained  by   these    Societies    and 
render  most  efficient  service.    The  mission- 
aries   of  the   Woman's   Societies    labor  in 
hearty  co-operation  with  our  own. 

SUNDAY   SCHOOL   CO-OPERATING    COMMITTEE 

The  report  of  this  committee  for  the  year 
ending    September    30,    1910,    showed    a 
decrease  in  receipts  from  the  Sunday  schools. 
We  are  very  confident,  however,  that  this 
does  not  represent  the  actual  facts,  for  it  is 
believed  that  in   a  great   many  cases  the 
Sunday  school  offerings  have  been  included 
in  the  offerings  sent  by  the  church  treasurer, 
without  attention  being  called  to  the  fact 
that  part  of  the  offering  was  from  the  Sun- 
day school.    This  has  doubtless  been  done 
in  the  desire  to  make  ceitain  that  the  Sunday 
school  offering  should  count  on  the  appor- 
tionment of  the  church.    This  would  be  the 
case,  however,  even  if  the  offering  were  sent 
by  the  Sunday  school  direct,  and  it  is  hoped 
that  if  Sunday  school  treasurers  send  their 
offerings  through  the  church  treasurers,  the 
latter  will  indicate  the  amount  of  the  Sunday 
school  contributions,  in  order  that  we  may 
know  more  nearly  how  much  the  schools 
are  giving  for  missions. 

Foreign  Mission  Day  was  observed  at 
Christmas  by  692  Sunday  schools  as  com- 
pared with  412  in  1909.  The  day  was  the 
culmination  of  the  foreign  mission  period 
set  apart  by  agreement  among  the  societies. 
Special  foreign  missionary  opening  exercises 
were  held  on  three  Sundays  of  the  quarter, 
and^a  special  offering  was  taken  for  foreign 


missions.  The  total  amount  of  the  offering 
is  not  known,  but  529  schools  reported 
<>6,096.68  as  compared  with  $2,830.18  from 
2^^  schools  in  1909.  Japan  was  the  field 
emphasized  in  1910;  South  India  will  be 
presented  in  191 1. 

CONFERENCE   OF   FOREIGN   MISSIONS    BOARDS 

The  eighteenth  meeting  of  the  Conference 
of  Foreign  Missions  Boards  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  held  in  New  York  City, 
January  11-12,  was  one  of  the  most  signifi- 
cant  since   the   organization    of  the   Con- 
ference.    A  constitution  prepared  and  pre- 
sented by  the  Committee  of  Reference  and 
Counsel    was    considered    at    length    and 
adopted   substantially   as   presented.     This 
will  give  to  the  body  a  much  more  definite 
organization  than  it  has  previously  possessed. 
The   name  was   changed   to  The   Foreign 
Missions    Conference    of   North    America. 
Many  of  the  pressing  problems  of  mission-: 
ary  administration  both  on  the  home  field 
and    abroad    were    discussed,    and    present 
conditions  on  some  of  the  mission  fields,  for 
example    the    Moslem    world    and    South 
America    were    strongly    presented.      The 
closing  session  was  devoted  to  the  work  of 
the  Continuation  Committee  of  the  Edin- 
burgh Conference.     The  Board  was  repre- 
sented at  the  meetings  by  Messrs.  White, 
Snell  and  Williams,  Secretary  Haggard,  Mr. 
Perkins,  Mr.  Huntington  and  Dr.  Ferguson. 
Mr.  Williams  has  been  chosen  chairman  of 
the  Conference  for  191 2. 

THE  JUDSON   CENTENNIAL 

Plans    for    our    Centennial    observance, 
which  is  to  include  both  the  Centennial  of 
the  beginning  of  Judson's  work  and  that  of 
the  organization  of  our  Society,  are  now  well 
under  way.    The  Centennial  Commission  of 
one  hundred  was  organized  in  Rochester  in 
March,  with  President  A.  H.  Strong,  LL.D., 
as  chairman,   and   an  executive  committee 
was    appointed   to   carry   out   the   detailed 
plans.     A  public  service  was  held  in  con- 
nection with  the  meeting  of  the  Commission, 
which  was  a  fit  inauguration  of  the  cam- 
paign and  furnished  the  occasion  for  wide 
publicity    in     regard     to    the    Centennial. 
Announcement  will  be  made  from  time  to 
time  as  to  the  plans  for  the  Centennial. 


MISSIONS 


The    Work  at   Home 


THE  seventy-ninth  annual  Repan  of  The 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  So- 
ciety presents  a  record  of  unusual  achieve- 
ment in  all  departments  of  its  worlc.  There 
is  no  slackening  of  demands  for  the  Society's 
initiative  and  co-operation  in  the  many- 
sided  and  gigantic  tasks  providentially  com- 
mitted to  us  in  this  unique  Home  Mission 
field  wherein  are  peoples  from  almost  every 
tongue  and  nation  of  the  world,  and  in  large 
portions  of  which  pioneer  master-builders 
are  required  to  lay  religious  foundations 
and  to  do  construaive  work  for  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Kingdom  of  God  among  men. 
To  the  Baptist  World  Alliance  the  Society 
extends  its  hearty  welcome,  calling  attenrion 
to  the  fact  that  in  our  Home  Mission  field 
there  are  many  flocks  of  different  tongues 
and  nationalities,  but  one  in  spirit  and  in 
faith,  and  that  there  are  few,  if  any,  coun- 
tries represented  in  the  Alliance,  which  have 
not  their  Baptist  representatives  here  to 
participate  in  the  greeting  extended  to  their 
visiting  kindred.  Indeed,  we  have  in 
America  constantly  a  microcosmic  Baptist 
World  Alliance. 

THE     APPORTIONMENT     PLAN 

The  general  principle  of  the  apportion- 
ment plan  is  undoubtedly  correct,  viz.: to 
indicate  to  each  church  as  neatly  as  practic- 
able what  is  regarded  as  its  share  in  the  great 
missionary  enterprises  of  the  denomination. 
Reports  of  the  Apportionment  Committee 
refer  to  the  difficulties  and  perplexities  at- 
tendant upon  the  working  of  the  plan  to  the 
satisfaction  of  all  concerned.  In  general, 
however,  the  plan  is  regarded  with  favor; 
many  churches  during  the  past  year  having 
shown  a  worthy  ambition  to  meet  the  full 
measure  of  their  apportionment.  Mani- 
festly, while  full  liberty  is  accorded  to  in- 
dividuals and  churches  in  giving  to  the 
represented  in  the  joint  budget, 
aid  be  something  like  proportionate 


and    equitable    apportionments  in   keeping 
with  the  amounts  of  their  respective  budgets. 


THE   BUDGETS 

The  preparation  of  the  annual  budget 
of  the  Society,  involving,  as  it  does,  careful 
consideration  of  several  hundred  items  re- 
laring  to  the  year's  operations,  is  a  most 
laborious  task,  if  anything  like  accuracy  is 
to  be  attained.  It  is  manifestly  impossible 
■0  make  an  altogether  satisfactory  budget 
for  the  year  to  come,  three  or  four  months 
before  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year,  with  an 
element  of  uncertainty  concerning  the  year's 
receipts.  For  instance,  in  the  year  just 
closed  there  was  an  increase  in  offerings 
from  the  churches  to  March  i  of  about 
twelve  per  cent,  and  calculations  were  based 
on  the  same  increase  for  March;  but  re- 
turns showed  about  {20,000  less  for  that 
month  than  was  reasonably  expected. 
Neither  can  we  forecast  new  and  imperative 
demands  that  arise  for  purposes  not  included 
in  the  budget.  A  contingent  fund  in  every 
department  is  necessary.  After  the  budget 
for  1911-12  had  been  prepared  and  approved 
by  the  Finance  Committee  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention,  it  became  evident,  in 
the  light  of  the  preceding  year's  receipts,  thai 
decided  reductions  in  expenditures  should 
be  made.  Accordingly  these  were  scaled 
down  about  {78,000.  The  missionary  ap- 
propriations were  not  seriously  affected. 
The  reduction  fell  chiefly  on  the  church 
edifice  and  educational  work.  There  is 
practical  suspension  of  church  edifice  work 
in  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and  Mexico,  and  much 
abridgment  in  other  quarters,  resulting  in 
distressing  disappointment  where  aid  had 
been  expected.  Among  the  items  cut  out 
of  the  educational  budget  was  one  of  {10,- 
000  towatd  the  erection  of  a  school  and 
dormitory  building  for  the  training  of  a  native 
ministry  in  Porto  Rico.  Several  items 
strongly  recommended  by  the  Deputation  to 


MISSIONS 


473 


Mexico  have  also  been  cut  out,  notably 
{ 1 0,000  for  the  medical  mission  and  hospital 
in  the  City  of  Mexico.  Hence,  instead  of 
making  the  demanded  advance,  a  halt  is 
called  and  we  are  "marking  time"  until 
reinforcements  are  provided. 

THE  year's  receipts  FROM  THE  DENOMI- 
NATION 

The  following  statement  is  intended  to 
show  the  Society's  receipts  of  the  year  from 
the  denomination,  and  is  not  an  exhibit  of 
all  transactions  presented  in  the  Treasurer's 
report,  which  aggregate  ^(879,931.  The 
large  amount  from  individuals  includes  not 
only  contributions  for  general  purposes,  but 
also,  as  shown  in  the  second  table,  for 
designated  objects  and  for  permanent  and 
annuity  funds.  In  th  ree  New  England  States 
the  legacies  were  more  than  the  contribu- 
tions from  the  living. 

From  Churcbn $139,511.69 

'^  Sunday  Schools  .  .  10,156.58 
^*  Young  People*tSocietiet  2,058.27 
**     Individuals    ....      218,988.30 

Total  Contributions    .    $470,714.84 
Legacies 74i65>-38 

Total $545,366.21 

Income  from  invested  funds  .  .   .        76,438.08 

Grand  total $611,804.30 

General  Fund $500,731.18 

Designated  Funds   ....  39»230*57 

California  Relief  Fund  .  .  9y589*83 

Permanent  Trust  Funds    .  23,463.03 

Annuity  Funds 38/>76.95 

Legacy  Reserve  Fund    .   .  4,832.13 

Church  Edifice  Loan  Fund  59879.51 

Total $621,804.30 

DISBURSEMENTS  FOR  THE  YEAR 

The  disbursements  of  the  general  operat- 
ing fund  under  the  budget  of  1910-11  were 
<6 1 6,345. 1 7,  including  ^132,91 7. 14  reserved 
for  outstanding  obligations  payable  on  de- 
mand. The  deficit  on  the  year's  operations 
was  ^32,917.14,  which,  however,  was  re- 
duced by  the  net  balance  from  the  reserve 
fund  of  the  previous  year  to  ^25,27 1.30. 

The  total  expense  allowance  of  the  budget 
was  ^72,  068.42.  It  became  evident,  how- 
ever, that  the  appropriation  of  the  amount 
would  not  be  warranted,  hence  the  actual 


appropriations    were   ;(8 1,641. 29    less   than 
the   budget   allowance. 

RELATIONS   WITH   FREE    BAPTISTS 

Progress  has  been  made  concerning  the 
unification  of  missionary  work  of  Baptists 
and  Free  Baptists,  both  in  home  and  foreign 
fields.  Much  care  has  to  be  exercised  in 
order  to  safeguard  all  interests  and  satisfy 
all  parties  concerned.  The  Legislature  of 
the  State  of  Maine  has  passed  an  enabling 
act  authorizing  the  Conference  Board  of 
Free  Baptists  to  transfer  the  r^al  and  per- 
sonal property  of  the  General  Conference, 
under  proper  conditions,  to  our  three 
general  Societies.  Although  the  act  becomes 
operative  the  last  of  June,  it  is  understood 
that  the  transactions  may  not  be  consum- 
mated before  October  i,  1911.  The  Home 
Mission  work  of  Free  Baptists  is  quite 
limited  and  almost  wholly  in  the  older  States, 
where  it  will  naturally  become  incorporated 
with  that  of  Baptist  State  Conventions,  the 
Society's  chief  responsibility  being  for  the 
maintenance  of  educational  work  as  repre- 
sented by  two  schools  for  the  Negroes.  To 
the  close  of  the  Society's  year,  March  31, 
therefore,  nothing  more  than  these  prelim- 
inary steps  are  reported.  Most  harmonious 
relations  have  existed  between  the  commit- 
tees in  conference  in  these  matters. 


MISSIONARY  DISTRIBUTION 

The  whole  number  of  missionaries  and 
teachers  supported  wholly  or  in  part  by  the 
Society  has  been  1,513,  distributed  as  fol- 
lows: In  New  England,  76;  in  the  Middle 
and  Central  States,  175;  in  the  Southern 
States,  182;  in  the  Western  States  and  Terri- 
tories, 962;  in  the  Canadian  Dominion,  9; 
in  Mexico,  32;  in  Cuba,  40;  in  Porto  Rico, 
37.  French  missionaries  have  wrought  in 
7  states;  Scandinavian  missionaries  in  22 
states;  German  missionaries  in  23  states 
and  Canada;  Negro  missionaries  in  15 
states.  Among  the  foreign  populations 
there  have  been  327  missionaries;  among 
the  Negroes,  51  missionaries  and  165 
teachers;  the  Indians,  25  and  9;  the  Mexi- 
cans, 24  and  11;  the  Cubans,  31  and  9;  the 
Porto  Ricans,  -^j  respectively;  and  among 
Americans,  824  missionaries. 


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MISSIONS 


The  Society  aids  in  the  maintenance  of 
9  schools  established  for  the  Negroes,  the 
Indians,  the  Mexicans,  the  Cubans  and  the 
Porto  Ricans. 

SUMMARY   OF   SERVICE 

Number  of  missionaries  and  teachers  ...  l»5'3 

Weeks  of  service 5S»9^7 

Churches  and  outstations  supplied  ....  2>535 

Sermons  preached 120,669 

Prayer-meetings  attended 60,439 

Religious  visits  made 346»955 

Bibles  and  Testaments  distributed  ....  9,866 

Pages  of  tracts  distributed 1,567,242 

Received  by  baptism 10,246 

Received  by  letter  and  experience    ....  9)1^5 

Total  membership  of  mission  churches  .    .  60^)97 

Churches  organized los 

Simday  Schools  under  care  of  missionaries.  1*748 

Attendance  at  Sunday  Schools 81,490 

RESULTS   OF   SEVENTH-EIGHT  YEARS 

Number  of  commissions  to  missionaries  and 

teachers 38,773 

Weeks  of  service  reported 1^.11,533 

Sermons  preached 3^.05,260 

Prayer  meetings  attended 1,737,680 

Religious  visits  to  families  and  individuals.  9,147,840 

Persons  baptized HM^ 

Churches  organized 6,491 

THE   WEST 

Appropriations  for  western  missions  are 
substantially  the  same  as  last  year.  There 
has  been  some  increase  in  regions  where  the 
construction  of  important  railway  lines  is 
attracting  settlers  in  large  numbers;  and  a 
slight  decrease  in  some  of  the  older  States. 
South  Dakota,  Wyoming,  Montana,  Idaho, 
Oregon  and  Nevada  are  developing  rapidly. 
It  has  been  deemed  advisable  to  organize  a 
Baptist  State  Convention  for  Nevada  and 
to  include  that  State  with  Utah  in  the  field  of 
one  general  missionary. 

Taken  altogether,  no  mission  field  in  the 
world  has  yielded  larger  returns  than  the 
West  for  the  amount  invested  therein. 
There  are  almost  the  same  number  of 
Baptists  in  the  eight  States  of  Superintend- 
ent Wooddy*s  Division  (62,533)  as  there 
were  in  1792  in  the  whole  country  (65,345). 
While  the  increase  of  population  therein  the 
last  decade  has  been  70  per  cent,  as  against 
an  average  of  21  per  cent  for  the  whole 
country,  the  Baptist  increase  in  church 
members  has  been  93  per  cent.  In  1900, 
there  were  341  church  edifices  and  properties 
valued  at  111,181,598;  in  1910,  there  were 
596,  valued  at  ^4,517,145. 


MEXICO 

Mexico  is  experiencing  a  political  convul- 
sion, the  like  of  which  has  not  been  known 
for  more  than  a  generation.  It  is  all  the 
more  surprising  and  serious,  coming,  as  it 
does,  so  soon  after  the  great  celeb  radon  in 
September,  1910,  of  the  centenary  of  the 
declaration  of  Mexican  independence.  What 
was  at  first  regarded  as  a  local  insurrection 
has  assumed  the  character  of  a  revolution. 
For  the  time  being  the  alarming  conditions 
have  seriously  affected  missionary  opera- 
tions and  have  created  apprehension  that  the 
lives  and  property  of  Americans  might  be 
endangered,  though  at  the  writing  of  this 
report  no  harm  has  come  to  our  workers  or 
to  our  mission  premises.  It  is  hoped  that 
out  of  this  turmoil  there  may  issue  better 
conditions  that  will  be  advantageous  to  all 
our  missionary  enterprises. 

EL  SALVADOR 

The  conspicuously  new  event  in  our  mis- 
sionary enterprise  the  past  year  is  the  occu- 
pation of  £1  Salvador.  In  June,  19 10,  the 
Board  authorized  Field  Secretary  Barnes, 
whose  attention  had  been  strongly  drawn  to 
that  field,  to  visit  the  Republic,  which  he  did 
in  company  with  Rev.  George  H.  Brewer, 
Superintendent  of  Missions  for  Mexico,  last 
December.  The  providential  preparation 
for  the  occupation  of  this  field  by  the  Society 
seemed  clearly  to  indicate  our  duty  in  this 
matter.  In  addition  to  the  facts  given  in  the 
Field  Secretary's  report  it  may  be  said  that 
its  location  and  its  relation  to  the  other 
republics  of  Central  America  make  it  the 
point  of  vantage  for  the  evangelization  of  the 
adjacent  countries. 

CUBA 

The  report  of  the  year's  work  in  Cuba, 
as  presented  by  Superintendent  Moseley,  is 
most  encouraging.  In  a  subsequent  com- 
munication, he  says:  "We  had  a  great  meet- 
ing of  our  convention  at  Bayamo,  over  ninety 
delegates  being  present.  We  raised  for  all 
purposes  this  year  over  {3,000  from  the 
churches.  We  expect  to  begin  foreign  mis- 
sion work  soon,  probably  in  San  Domingo. 
Permanent  committees  on  publications,  self- 
support  and  missions  were  appointed.  There 
was  really  more  constructive  work  in  this 
convention  than  in  any  other  we  have  ever 
held.    It  is  a  great  joy  to  me  to  see  the  way 


MISSIONS 


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the  native  workers  are  taking  hold  of  the 
general  work,  and  I  consider  the  accomplish- 
ment and  outlook  in  Cuba  as  manifested  in 
our  annual  meeting  to  be  the  brightest." 
We  have  51  Baptist  churches  with  2,595 
members,  36  church  edifices,  and  73  out- 
stations  in  Cuba. 

PORTO   RICO 

Steady,  substantial  progress  has  character- 
ized the  work  in  Porto  Rico.  The  loss  of 
the  two  valuable  workers  has  been  severely 
felt.  To  take  the  place  of  Rev.  A.  A.  Cober 
the  Board  has  appointed  Rev.  F.  P.  Freeman 
of  the  graduating  class  of  the  Theological 
School  of  Colgate  University,  who  expects 
to  go  to  the  field  in  the  fall.  The  constructive 
methods  of  our  leaders  in  Porto  Rico  are 
producing  excellent  results.  We  have  in 
the  island  42  churches,  with  2,039  members, 
24  church  edifices,  and  69  outstations. 

JAMAICA,   HAITI   AND  THE   BAHAMAS 

Very  urgent  appeals  have  been  made 
during  the  year  for  the  Society's  aid  and 
supervision  of  missionary  work  among  the 
large  Negro  populations  of  those  islands, 
where  there  is  a  goodly  number  of  Baptist 
churches,  but  in  a  very  backward  condition. 
These  have  had  sympathetic  consideration, 
but  the  financial  limitations  of  the  Society 
have  prohibited  appropriations  for  work  in 
any  of  these  neglected  islands.  An  initial 
outlay  of  about  {5,000  would  be  required 
and  a  maximum  annual  outlay  of  about 
1 1 0,000,  ultimately. 

CHURCH   EDIFICE   DEPARTMENT 

The  number  of  churches  aided  during  the 
year  is  loi;  by  gifts  only,  63;  by  Joans  only, 
7;  by  gift  and  loan,  31.  Total  number  of 
gifts  from  the  gift  fund,  95;  total  number  of 
loans  from  the  loan  fund,  39.  The  location 
and  number  of  churches  aided  in  various 
States,  Territories  and  Republics  are  as 
follows:  By  gift,  Arizona,  3;  California,  10; 
Colorado,  i;  Cuba,  15;  Idaho,  3;  Iowa,  i; 
Kansas,  i ;  Maine,  i ;  Mexico,  i ;  Michigan,  2; 
Minnesota,  5;  Montana,  2;  Nebraska,  2; 
Nevada,  i;  New  Mexico,  5;  Oklahoma,  12; 
Oregon,  2;  Porto  Rico,  3;  South  Dakota,  5; 
Utah,  2;  Vermont,  i;  Washington,  13;  West 
Virginia,  l ;  Wyoming,  2.  By  loans,  Arizona, 
3;  California,  4;  Colorada,  i;  Idaho,  2; 
Kansas,  i;  Massachusetts,  i;  Montana,  2; 


Nebraska,  i;  Nevada,  i;  New  Mexico,  5; 
North  Dakota,  2;  Oklahoma,  7;  Oregon,  i; 
South  Dakota,  3;  Utah,  i;  Washington,  4. 
Nationalities  aided  by  gift:  Americans,  60; 
Colored,  3;  Indian,  3;  Swedish,  2;  Russian, 
i;  Spanish,  19;  Norwegian,  i;  German,  3; 
Italian,  i ;  French,  2. 


EDUCATIONAL 

Arrangements  have  been  made  for  a 
Summer  Bible  School,  June  20  to  July  14, 
at  Atlanta  Baptist  College,  with  announced 
courses  of  study  and  lectures  that  must 
prove  of  much  benefit  to  those  who  attend. 

CHANGES 

Rev.  A.  C.  Osbom,  LL.D.,  after  seventeen 
years  of  successful  work  as  President  of  Bene- 
dict College,  Columbia,  S.C.,  retires  at  the 
close  of  this  year;  Rev.  L.  G.  Barrett  likewise 
retires  as  President  of  Jackson  College,  Mis- 
sissippi, after  a  successful  administration  of 
sixteen  years.  Both  have  put  a  large  part  of 
their  mature  lives  into  this  work,  and  will 
long  be  remembered  and  honored  as  vital 
factors  in  the  uplift  of  the  Negro  in  America. 

SCHOOLS    IN   CUBA  AND   PORTO   RICO 

The  International  school  for  boys  and  girls 
at  £1  Cristo,  Cuba,  are  doing  a  most  valuable 
work  in  the  training  of  native  preachers  and 
others  for  leadership  in  churches  and  Sunday 
schools.  The  schools  are  becoming  strongly 
rooted  in  the  esteem  of  the  people  and  are 
evangelizing  agencies  of  great  value. 

It  has  been  decided  to  establish  the  train- 
ing school  for  young  men,  in  Porto  Rico,  at 
Rio  Piedras,  in  proximity  to  the  Insular 
University,  The  budget  for  1 910-12  as  first 
prepared  contained  jj  10,000  to  apply  on  the 
erection  of  a  building  on  the  excellent  site 
owned  by  the  Society,  but  in  the  large  reduc- 
tion which  it  was  deemed  necessary  to  make 
subsequently  this  appropriation  was  stricken 
out.  It  is  a  great  pity  that  funds  are  not  at 
once  available  for  this  purpose,  and  that  our 
work  in  Porto  Rico  is  suffering  for  lack  of 
well-trained  native  missionaries. 

COUNTRY  CHURCH  PROBLEMS 

Religious  conditions  in  rural  communities 
are  becoming  a  matter  of  special  concern  to 
thoughtful  men.  It  is  suggested  by  some 
that  the  Society  create  a  special  Depart- 
ment on  Rural  Church  Work.     Your  Board 


476 


is  not  prepared  to  recommend  this,  partic- 
ularly if  it  is  to  impose  much  additional 
expense  and  responsibility  upon  the  Society 
with  an  accompanying  tendency  to  lessen  or 
relieve  others  of  responsibility  in  these  mat- 
ters.  Primarily,  Baptist  State  Conventions 
are  the  bodies  to  devise  ways  and  means  for 
the  betterment  of  religious  conditions  in  the 
rural  communities.  The  Society  is  pre- 
pared to  confer  on  the  subject  and  to  co- 
operate so  far  as  it  can  in  the  work  requited 
and  to  attend  to  the  wishes  of  the  denom- 
ination in  these  matters. 

OUR  FOREIGN  POPULATIONS 

The  scope  of  our  wotic  among  the  foreign 
populations  is  shown  in  the  appointment  of 
317  missionaries,  mostly  of  17  European 
nationalities  and  peoples.  The  immigrant 
flood  shows  little  or  no  signs  of  subsidence. 
Calls  for  more  laborers  than  are  available 
for  work  among  many  of  these  peoples  are 
continually  being  made.  There  have  been 
gratifying  instances  of  American  churches 
addressing  themselves  to  the  evangelization 
of  those  for  whom  no  missionary  could  be 
provided  by  the  Society. 


MISSIONS 


There  ha\ 


beer 


25  missionaries  among 


nine  tribes  of  Blanket  Indians  and  the  live 
civilized  tribes  in  Oklahoma.  The  mission 
at  Two  Gray  Hills,  New  Mexico,  was  trans- 
ferred to  another  organization,  to  which 
our  property  was  sold  for  82,500.  This 
sum  is  being  applied  to  the  erection  of  build- 
ings at  the  mission  for  the  Hopis  and  Nava- 
hoes,  at  and  near  Ream's  Canon,  Arizona. 
In  co-operation  with  the  Northern  Cali- 
fornia  Convention,   property   has   been   ac- 


quired and  ■  mistion  establiihed  ammig  the 
Indians  at  Au berry,  about  thiny  miles 
northeasterly  from  Fresno.  This  ii  called 
"Donnell  Indian  Mission,"  in  memoiy  of 
a  devoted  pioneer  minister  in  the  F^ion 
roundabout.  Property  has  alio  been  tecuied 
for  a  new  mission  to  the  Crow>  of  Montana, 
at  Wyola,  about  twelve  miles  from  I.odge 
Grass,  which  will  be  under  the  SI 
Rev.   Mr.   Petzoldt. 

Considerable  attention  has  been  given 
during  the  year,  in  conference  with  other 
organizations  represented  in  the  Home 
Missions  Council,  to  plant  for  the  evangeli- 
zation of  a  number  of  tribes  for  whom  noth- 
ing is  being  done.  Most  of  the  workers 
among  the  Blanket  Indians  have  been  in 
this  service  for  many  yeais  and  have  shown 
rare  devotion  and  tact  in  their  difficult  tasks. 

DISTRICT  SECRETARIES 
The  systematic  and  diligent  labors  of  the 
District  Sercetaries  cannot  be '  too  highly 
commended.  Ten  of  the  twelve  districts 
show  an  increase  in  offerings  from  the 
churches.  Five  of  the  Secretaries  are  joint 
appointees  of  this  and  of  the  Foreign  Mis- 
sion Society.  The  plan  of  a  single  collect- 
ing agency  has  been  worked  out  and  put 
into  effect  in  the  State  of  Nebraska.  During 
the  Rve  months  since  its  introduction,  it  ap- 
pears to  have  given  general  satisfaction. 
Some  other  States  in  conference  with  the 
Societies  are  considering  the  question  of 
similar  agencies.  It  is  gratifying  to  note  the 
generous  ofl^^rings  not  only  for  home  missions, 
but  fur  all  our  denominational  enterprises, 
in  recent  years,  in  the  Western  Stales  and 
Territories,  from  churches  that  were  nour- 
ished by  the  Home  Missions  Society. 


MISSIONS 


The  Publication  Society's  Year 


INASMUCH  a>  ihe  Society  holds  iu  an- 
nual meeting  this  year  in  Philadelphia, 
it  seenu  appropiiate  that  an  account  be 
given  of  the  work  done  and  the  results  se- 
cured, during  lecent  years.  A  comparison 
of  the  conditions  existing  in  1895  and  those 
of  the  present  year  will  be  interesting  and 
also  encouraging. 

A  STORY  OF  ADVANCE 
In  1895  the  total  net  assets,  or  excess  of 
assets  over  liabilities,  of  the  Society  in  all 
departments  were  {1,403,807.  This  year 
these  assets  amount  to  {1,808,862,  an  in- 
crease of  {405,054.  The  assets  of  the  Pub- 
lishing Department  show  an  increase  of 
{131,504,  and  the  permanent  funds  of  the 
Missionary  and  Bible  Department,  which 
are  sacredly  kept  separate  from  the  funds 
of  the  Publishing  Department,  an  increase  of 
{173,550.  The  increase  in  the  Publishing 
Department,  as  well  as  the  profits  made 
by  that  Department,  would  have  been  much 
greater  had  it  not  been  for  the  losses  sus- 
tained by  the  Are  of  1896,  which  amount  on 
a  conservative  estimate  to  at  least  {250,000. 
These  losses,  until  within  the  past  two  or 
three  yean,  have  been  a  heavy  handicap 
upon  the  Publishing  Department.    The  in- 


crease of  permanent  funds  in  the  Missionary 
and  Bible  Department  is  surely  gratifying. 
The  Bible  funds  now  amount  to  about 
{100,000,  thus  providing  an  income  which 
will  greatly  assist  us  in  meeting  the  present 
needs  of  the  denomination  in  Bible  work. 

There  has  also  been  a  notable  increase  in 
the  amount  of  business  done  by  the  Pub- 
lishing Department.  In  1895  the  sales 
amounted  to  {532,763.  This  year  the 
sales  total  {702,847.  The  entire  receipts 
in  all  Departments  in  1895  were  {670,615; 
for  the  present  year  they  are  {998,201. 

Great  advance  has  also  been  made  in 
other  directions.  In  1895  19  Sunday-school 
periodicals  were  issued,  with  a  total  output 
of  33,632,000,  This  year  we  issue  32  with  a 
total  output  of  54,281,510  copies.  In  1895 
we  had  on  the  Reld  82  missionaries,  and  the 
contributions  from  churches  and  Sunday 
schools  for  our  missionaiy  work  amounted  to 
f44>359'  "^h^s  year  there  are  126  mis- 
sionaries, and  the  amount  given  by  churches 
and  Sunday  schools  for  our  missionary  work 
totals  {85,104.01.  The  entire  amount  ex- 
pended in  our  missionary  work  in  1895  was 
{112,608;  this  year,  {175,865. 

In  1895  we  had  three  chapel  cars  in  ser- 
vice.    During  several  recent  years  we  have 


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had  six.  In  1895  none  of  our  colporter 
missionaries  were  provided  with  horses 
and  wagons.  This  year  almost  all  of  them 
arc  so  provided,  thus  greatly  increasing  their 
efficiency. 

From  1895  to  191 1  we  have  distributed  in 
grants  of  Bibles,  books,  and  literature  to 
churches,  Sunday  schools,  ministers,  and 
students  ^{220,494  or  f  13,780  per  year. 
During  the  same  period  the  Publishing  De- 
partment has  transferred  to  the  Missionary 
Department  from  its  profits  {110,654. 
This  year  the  amount  thus  transferred  is 
{16,951.  It  has  also  expended  {20,000  in 
the  purchase  of  the  assets  of  the  Baptist 
Young  People's  Union  of  America,  and  given 
{3,000  to  the  China  Publication  Society, 
making  a  total  in  16  years  of  {354,149  of 
gifts  to  the  denominational  life  and  work. 

Since  1895  we  have  issued  from  our 
presses  849  books,  pamphlets,  and  tracts; 
689  in  the  English  language  and  160  in 
nine  foreign  tongues.  Many  of  these  pub- 
lications have  run  into  large  editions  and  are 
of  great  and  permanent  value. 

A  considerable  enlargement  of  the  func- 
tions of  the  Society  has  also  been  made  dur- 
ing this  period.  An  educational  department 
has  been  added  with  special  reference  to  the 
Teacher  Training  and  Adult  Class  Move- 
ment. A  Young  People's  Department  has 
been  created,  which  carries  on  the  educa- 
tional and  organizing  work  of  the  Baptist 
Young  People's  Union.  These  depart- 
ments involve  the  employment  of  additional 
secretaries  and  considerably  increase  the 
Society's  expenses,  but  supply  a  pressing 
need. 

PRESENT    CONDITIONS 

Present  conditions  in  all  departments 
are  satisfactory  and  encouraging.  During 
the  past  year  we  have  paid  outstanding 
obligations  amounting  to  {39,500,  and  re- 
duced the  mortgage  on  the  printing  house 
from  {80,000  to  {60,000.  We  have  also 
the  funds  in  hand  to  reduce  the  mortgage  on 
the  Roger  Williams  Building  from  {110,000 
to  {100,000  early  in  the  new  year. 
Now  that  the  losses  occasioned  by  the  fire 
have  all  been  met,  the  time  is  not  far  dis- 
tant when  greatly  increased  profits  may  be 
transferred  from  the  Publishing  to  the  Mis- 
sionary Department.  If  we  could  secure 
as  general  a  support  from  Baptists  as  the 


Methodist  Book  Concern  apparently  se- 
cures from  Methodists,  we  would  be  able 
to  make  a  showing  which  would  be  occasion 
for  constant  congratulation. 

THE   YOUNG   PEOPLb's   DEPARTMENT 

The  field  work  of  the  secretary  of  the 
Department  has  extended  into  twelve  States 
and  Provinces,  in  all  of  which  the  work  has 
been  cordially  received,  and  shows  signs  of 
gratifying  vitality.  In  evidence  of  this  is  the 
fact  that  in  the  first  three  months  of  191 1 
the  output  of  literature  for  the  young  peo- 
ple's meeting  is  sixty-six  per  cent  above  the 
output  of  the  first  six  months  of  the  year 

1 910.  This  side  of  the  work  will  be  still 
more  strongly  pressed  in  the  future.  Prof. 
£.  B.  Pollard,  of  Pennsylvania,  has  been 
secured  as  editor  of  Service,  in  association 
with  the  secretary  of  the  Department.  The 
educational  work  among  our  young  people 
has  been  vigorously  prosecuted  during  the 
past  year.  Mission-study  courses,  teacher- 
training  courses,  and  such  like  have  found 
their  most  fruitful  field  in  the  ranks  of  the 
young  people's  society. 

A   SUMMARY 

The  receipts  from  sales  in  the  Publishing 
Department  for  the  year  ending  March  31, 

191 1,  are  {702,847;  merchandise,  {323,510; 
periodicals,  {379,337*  Last  year  the  sales 
were  {751,735;  merchandise,  {389,133; 
periodicals,  {362,602.  This  shows  a  de- 
crease for  the  year  of  {48,887.58.  As  will 
be  seen,  the  decrease  is  in  merchandise. 
The  increase  in  periodical  sales  is  most  en- 
couraging. 

In  the  Missionary  Department  the  re- 
ceipts from  churches,  Sunday  schools,  in- 
dividuals, income  from  invested  funds, 
bequests,  etc.,  were  {177,814.62.  Last  year 
they  were  {171,386.49.  The  amount  re- 
ceived this  year  from  churches  and  indi- 
viduals as  provided  for  under  the  Budget 
was  {113,791.31,  showing  an  increase  over 
last  year  of  {15,335.73. 

For  Bible  Work  we  received  from  all 
sources  {6,189.  Last  year  the  amount  re- 
ceived was  {7,438.  The  decrease  of  {1,248 
is  due  to  the  discontinuance  of  Bible  Day. 
Very  few  of  the  churches  and  Sunday 
schools,  we  regret  to  say,  have  made  special 
contributions  for  Bible  Work.  The  enure 
amount   coming   into   the   Missionary   and 


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479 


Bible  Department^  counting  the  donations 
made  by  the  Publishing  Department,  is 
|i  77,220.  In  addition  to  this  sum  we  re- 
ceived during  the  year  permanent  and 
annuity  funds  amounting  to  {6,784.  The 
total  amount  received  from  all  sources 
during  the  year  was  {998,201.40. 

MISSIONARY   DEPARTMENT 

The  year  has  been  a  very  strenuous  one 
all  along  the  line,  and  the  results  have 
been  equal  to  our  expectations.  The  spirit 
of  the  Society  must  remain  missionary,  and 
its  acts  must  correspond  with  its  spirit. 
We  are  constantly  strengthening  the  work 
which  is  in  our  hands,  striving  to  find  the 
most  excellent  way  of  doing  it,  and  the  pro- 
gress in  method  is  manifest.  The  Mis- 
sionary Secretary  records  another  year  of 
wide  visitation  in  different  parts  of  the 
country. 

For  a  long  time  it  has  been  on  our  minds 
and  hearts  to  add  to  the  literature  we  have 
already  published  for  foreign-speaking  peo- 
ple; and  from  year  to  year  we  have  made 
appeals  for  funds  for  this  purpose,  and  still 
make  the  appeal.  To  accomplish  what 
we  desire  we  should  have  a  fund  of  at  least 
{10,000.  The  generosity  of  a  Wisconsin 
brother  has  enabled  us  to  make  a  beginning 
in  a  fresh  way  in  this  matter.  A  Polish 
paper  was  published  in  Pound,  Wis.,  by  the 
pastor  of  the  Polish  Church,  Rev.  C.  V. 
Strelec;  but  the  work  had  come  close  to  its 
finish  for  lack  of  support.  The  Missionary 
Department  has  taken  up  this  work,  and  the 
Society  now  issues  Naszc  Zycie  —  **Our 
Life"  —  from  Philadelphia,  and  is  giving  it 
the  widest  possible  circulation. 

COLPORTAGE 

This  work,  which  the  Society  introduced 
into  this  country  and  has  carried  on  for 
seventy-one  years,  is  still  rich  in  its  results, 
and  has  been  pressed  this  year  with  fresh 
vigor.  The  only  way  to  give  the  gospel  to 
the  people  is  to  go  where  they  are,  and  our 
ideal  is  to  present  this  gospel  to  every  home 
in  the  land.  When  we  can  say  we  have 
reached  in  a  single  year  over  one  hundred 
thousand  homes  through  our  workers,  it  is 
readily  seen  that  we  have  done  a  fair  share 
of  the  work,  and  are  pushing  toward  the 


fulfilment  of  the  ideal.  It  is  a  matter  of 
genuine  rejoicing  that  we  can  report  a  de- 
cided advance  this  year  in  our  wagon  work 
—  these  living  wheels  carrying  the  messages 
of  light  into  the  hidden  places.  Four  wagons 
equipped  with  tent  for  living,  and  all  modem 
appliances,  have  been  sent  into  Wyoming 
and  dedicated  at  the  Convention  held  in 
Thermopolis.  Two  new  wagons  have  been 
sent  into  Montana,  and  were  dedicated  at 
the  State  Convention  held  at  Bozeman;  two 
more  are  in  preparation  for  that  State. 
Two  wagons  have  also  been  sent  into  Utah, 
one  of  which  is  in  co-operation  with  our 
Danish  brethren.  One  new  wagon  is  in 
preparation  for  Idaho,  making  the  second 
in  that  State,  and  one  in  East  Washington. 
Both  of  these  wagons  are  gifts  of  individuals. 
Our  Norwegian  brethren  are  pleading  with 
us  to  send  colporters  among  their  people,  and 
we  are  making  earnest  efforts  to  do  so.  We 
have  increased  our  force  among  the  workers 
in  our  cities,  especially  in  connection  with 
the  New  York  City  Mission  Society.  The 
work  among  the  Poles  is  a  marked  one, 
because  they  are  so  open-minded  and  ready 
to  receive  the  gospel.  The  Slavic  people 
should  have  special  attention  —  in  a  single 
year  there  came  into  our  ports  246,776  im- 
migrants from  Russia,  Austro-Hungary,  and 
the  Balkan  States  —  among  them,  eleven 
varying  tongues.  Each  man  should  hear 
in  his  own  tongue  from  his  brother  man  the 
story  of  Jesus. 

CHAPEL  CARS 

These  "Churches  on  Wheels"  are  mov- 
ing forward  on  their  divine  mission.  The 
work  by  the  missionaries  and  their  wives 
is  in  vigorous  prosecution.  The  interest  of 
the  people  in  this  unique  work  is  unabated, 
and  the  call  for  the  coming  of  the  cars  to 
fresh  fields  is  incessant.  Of  necessity, 
the  plans  as  to  where  they  shall  go  are  made 
many  months  ahead.  Each  one  is  working 
in  closest  relationship  with  State  work,  and 
all  of  them  have  proved  important  pioneers 
in  State  evangelization.  In  some  instances 
they  have  revived  churches  which  were 
thought  to  be  dead,  and  have  harmonized 
churches  where,  for  years,  there  has  been 
alienation.  The  spirit  of  revival  attends 
their  presence,  and  quickly  gathered  har- 
vests of  souls  follow  the  sowing,  so  that  the 
reaper  overtakes  the  sower. 


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MISSIONS 


Cross  or  Crescent? 

By  Dorothy  Klnft 


The  Test 

won't    go    with    me, 

ce  ?      You    won't    go  i 

ly,  Alice,  how  can  you 

it  r      Tell    me,  dear. 

rely   you're    going  with 

,"and  Mark  H»;ie's  voice 

mbled  with  emotion. 

No,Mark,"answeredthe 

girl,  almost  utterly  silenced  by  the  longing 

in  his  voice.     "1  can't  go  with  you.    We 

did  not  plan  anything  like  thit.    You  said 

we  would  have  a  cozy  little  home,"  and  her 

eyes  filled  with  tean,  "right  near  father's, 

and  you  would  begin  practice  there.     O 

Mark,  think  what  you're  doing.    You  are 

ruining  everything  for  both  of  us.     You 

cannot  mean  it.    Think  what  hardship.     I 

can't  do  it,  I  can't,  I  can't,"  and  Alice 

Ray  hid  her  face  in  her  hands  and  cried 

"  Listen,  Alice,"  and  the  young  doctor's 
face  grew  white,  and  lines  came  about  his 
mouth  that  had  never  shown  before.  "I 
know  it  is  Christ's  call  for  me.  I  know  it, 
dear,  and,  and  —  I  am  going  to  answer 
His  call.  O  sweetheart.  He  is  calling  you, 
too,  1  feel  ii.  Can't  you  hear  Him  f"  Thete 
was  no  answer  from  the  woman  he  loved. 

For  a  few  moments  they  stood  silent  side 
by  side  while  the  soft  light  from  the  windows 
of  her  father's  house  felt  full  upon  them. 
They  had  just  returned  from  the  evening 
service.  It  was  June,  and  the  breath  of  the 
ro$M  made  the  warm  air  doublv  sweet. 
Mark  Haile  drew  the  girl  gently  down 
beside  him  on  the  step. 

"Listen.   Alice."   he   said.      "Ever   since 

you    and    I    became    Christians    we    have 

praved  that  God  should  guide  us,  haven't 

we?"    A  low  "Yes."  came  in  reply.    '•Well, 

HBk  I   know   Jesus  wants  me  to  go  to 


North  Africa  to  take  Hii  i 
Moslems  there.  Medical  r 
believed  can  reach  them  more  quicklj  than 
anyone  else.  And  the  Moslem*  arc  trying 
so  hard  to  convert  the  pagan  tribea  diere 
to  Islam  that  the  reports  from  our  missions 
say  that  unless  help  comes  in  the  next  few 
years,  and  comes  abundantly,  all  the  native 
tribes  in  Africa  will  be  won  over  to  Mo- 
hammed. The  Moslems  are  the  oaly  people 
beside  ourselves,  Alice,  who  try  to  make 
converts.  Oh,  don't  jrou  see  that  I  mutt 
go  ?  I've  heard  the  call.  I  would  be  deny- 
ing the  Master;  I'd  be  like  a  traitor  to  Him 
if  I  did  not  go.  Don't  you  see }  Why,  you 
would  despise  me  yourself,  little  woman,  if 
I  refused.  Come,  give  me  your  hand  and 
trust  God.  I  believe  with  all  my  soul  it  is 
your  call  too." 

He  stopped  speaking,  and  leaning  for- 
ward, took  her  face  between  his  hands,  and 
with  the  love  she  knew  would  never  change, 
gazed  into  her  eyes.  Neither  spoke.  Pres- 
ently she  said,  "Mark,  1  do  not  wish  to  go. 
1  love  you  and  I  will  wait  until  you  come 
back.  I  believe  my  work  is  here.  There 
are  souls  to  save  here.  Give  me  time.  I 
cannot  Talk  any  more  now.  My  heart  is 
breaking."  And  without  another  word 
except,  "Go  now,  I  want  to  be  alone,"  she 
rose  and  left  him,  and  the  doors  closed 
behind  her. 

Slowly  with  bent  head  Mark  Haile 
walked  toward  his  home.  "O  Father,  who 
an  in  heaven,"  he  prayed,  as  he  stopped  in 
front  of  the  church  they  had  left  but  a  few 
moments  before,  "Father,  slay  me  if  Thou 
wilt,  break  my  heart  if  it  must  be,  but, 
O  God,  tell  me  if  1  am  doing  Thy  will  by 
giving  up  all  my  plans  that  were  so  dear  (o 
us  both.  Tell  me  if  I  shall  do  Thy  will  in 
leaving  the  woman  1  love  with  all  mv  heart. 
Help  me,  Father,  to  do  Thy  will  no  matter 
what  it  costs.  O  give  me  a  sign  that  1  may 
know.    I  am  blinded,  I  cannot  see  the  way. 


MISSIONS 


481 


For  CbriK'a  aakel"  and  with  eyes  lifted  to 
heaven  Mark  Haile  stood  as  one  stands 
iriiD  hai  tuddenly  lost  all  power  of  motion. 
A*  he  looked  he  saw  the  new  moon 
gleaming  silvery  white   above  the  church 


«».  0.  ■.  1.  MDLX    (DOROTHT    KmO) 

spire,  and  a  star  which  seemed  to  him 
unusually  brilliant  close  beside  her.  And 
then,  as  if  in  answer  to  his  prayer,  a  cloud 
covered  the  crescent  moon,  and  white  and 
pure  and  solitary  the  star  gleamed  in  the  still 
night.  At  the  same  moment  from  the  par- 
sonage across  the  way  he  heard  the  voices 
of  children  singing: 

to  go,  dear  Loid, 
to  bi." 

he  soft  grass  and 
hank  Thee  for 
be  done.  I  will 
message,  for  His 


Only  two  days  out  from  shore,  just  tw 
days'    journey    ncarer_  Islam,    and    yet    : 


seemed  to  Mark  Haile  as  he  paced  slowly 
up  and  down  the  polished  deck  of  the  great 
liner  that  he  had  been  watching  those 
swelling  waves  for  a  far  longer  time.  It  was 
almost  dusk.  The  shadows  which  come  so 
much  more  slowly  at  sea  than  on  the  land 
were  creeping  ovet  the  ship,  making  the 
deck  look  strangely  dreary  to  him. 

"It  is  so  hard,"  he  thought,  "but  I'm 
a  soldier  on  duty  now.  This  is  no  time  for 
backward  glancing.  A  soldier  of  the  Cross! 
Forward,  march!"  And  with  a  faint  smile 
on  his  face  he  started  toward  his  stateroom, 
an  outside  room  on  one  of  the  upper  decks. 
It  had  been  a  struggle  for  Mark  Haile,  but 
he  had  won,  and  with  a  hean  in  which  there 
lay  not  the  slightest  tinge  of  regret  he  faced 
the  future.  Going  into  his  stateroom  he 
knelt  down  by  the  berth,  and  in  the  fast 
dimming  light,  prayed  aloud: 

"Father  in  Heaven,  give  me  the  cour- 
age of  Raymond  Lull.  Give  me  the  strength 
to  teach  Christ  to  Islam,  even  if  they  kill 
me  as  they  killed  him.  Dear  Jesus,  teach 
me,  no  matter  what  they  do,  no  matter 
what  the  task  I  am  about  to  face,  leach  me 
to  do  all  through  love.  Give  me  Thy 
message,  speak  through  me  to  the  Moslems, 
and  grant.  Father,  that  Thy  children  may 
convert  all  Islam  to  the  faith  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Keep  Thou  my  heart  single,  and  purify 
me  so  that  Thine  own  message  to  the  Mos- 
lems may  be  brought  through  me.  Father, 
help  me  to  speak  Christ  wherever  I  am 
placed,  to  heal  the  souls  as  well  as  the 
bodies  of  those  to  whom  I  go.  Help  me. 
Father,  for  Jesus'  sake.    Amen." 

As  he  stepped  once  more  out  upon  the 
deck  those  standing  near  noticed  his  face. 
It  seemed  to  ihem  the  face  of  one  who  had 
heard  an  invisible  call,  and  was  hastening 
to  answer  it  with  much  joy. 

Presently,  when  the  dusk  had  deepened 
into  darkness,  a  man  came  out  of  Mark 
Haile's  stateroom.  Furtively  be  glanced 
about,  and  then,  as  there  was  no  one  on  the 
deck,   Abu   ShuR   walked   leisurely   to   his 

"Strange,"  he  muttered,  "how  I  could 
have  mistaken  the  stateroom.  But  it  was 
the  will  of  Allah.  1  am  sent  to  prevent  this 
white  missionary,"  and  his  face  giew  ugly 
with  the  inbred  sneer  of  centuries  of  hate, 
"this  white  fool,  from  ever  troubling  us, 
the  chosen  people  of  God.     '  La,  ilaha  — 


482 


MISSIONS 


ilia  —  'Uahu:    Muhammadu  —  Rusulu  — 
'allah.'" 

Abu  Shufi,  while  sleeping  in  the  upper 
berth  of  what  he  supposed  to  be  his  own 
stateroom,  had  been  wakened  by  Haile's 
voice  as  he  began  to  pray,  and  lying  there, 
had  listened  while  the  hate  grew  more 
intense  as  he  heard  the  fervent  words  of  the 
Christian's  plea  for  help,  help  to  convert 
his  people  and  his  very  self.  Abu  Shufi 
understood  English  perfectly  and  spoke  it 
well  beside.  He  had  been  attending  his 
father's  business  interests  in  New  York, 
and  was  but  now  returning.  He,  too,  was 
young,  and  like  Mark  Haile,  he  also  was 
heeding  what  he  considered  the  call  of  his 
master. 

"What  a  marvelous  stroke  of  Allah  that 
my  key  should  fit  his  lock,"  he  muttered, 
as  he  ran  his  finger  tenderly  along  the  blade 
of  a  shining  dirk.  "It  must  be  done,  God 
wills  it  I" 

About  ten  o'clock  that  night  Mark  Haile 
sat  reading  with  his  back  to  his  stateroom 
door  when  a  shadow  fell  across  the  page. 
Turning  quickly  he  saw  the  swarthy  face  of 
Abu  Shufi  looking  at  him  with  the  eyes  of  a 
fanatic;  he  saw  the  gleaming  dirk  clasped 
firmly  in  the  slender,  graceful  hand,  and 
words,  that  for  a  moment  he  could  not 
grasp,  sounded  strangely  in  his  ears.  The 
door  had  opened  and  shut  noiselessly  at 
Shufi's  entrance,  and  the  two  men  were 
alone  within  a  few  feet  of  each  other. 

"It's  of  no  use  to  cry  out,"  said  the 
Arab  steadily.  "You  will  never  leave  here 
alive.  I  am  the  instrument  of  Allah  to 
prevent  your  coming  with  your  false  message 
to  my  people.  You've  asked  your  God  to 
give  you  the  fate  of  Raymond  Lull.  You 
shall  have  a  far  less  glorious  one.  You 
shall  be  one  of  the  missing,  that  is  all.  No 
martyr's  crown  for  you!"  and  his  eyes  grew 
more  eager  with  the  look  one  sees  in  the 
eyes  of  a  tiger  about  to  spring. 

"So  soon  to  die  with  nothing  done  for 
Him,"  flashed  through  Haile's  brain,  but 
he  did  not  stir.  "God  help  me  now,"  were 
the  words  his  lips  framed.  "Wait,"  he 
said,  "wait!  One  moment  only.  May  I 
pray?" 

The  Arab  laughed.  "Pray?  Yes,  I'd 
like  to  hear  a  trifle  more  of  Christian  prayer. 
You  entertain  me.  Yes,  go  on,  but  stand 
over  there  against  the  wall  with  your  arms 


stretched  out.  I  like  you  best  that  way," 
and  the  Arab  stood  motionless  with  Mhtd 
hand  while  within  a  few  feet  of  him  the 
American  waited  with  arms  outstretched 
against  the  wall. 

The  low  voice  of  Mark  Haile  filled  the 
little  room.  "  Father,  forgive  him,  he  knows 
not  what  he  does.  Forgive  him  for  Jesus' 
sake  who  died  to  save  him.  O  God,  save 
him  in  spite  of  this  crime,  and  O  Father, 
receive  my  spirit." 

The  room  was  srill.  The  Arab  stood 
morionless  with  parted  lips.  Haile's  up- 
turned eyes  seemed  looking  into  eternity. 
The  silence  lengthened.  Presently  the  Arab 
said,  "Is  that  all?" 

"Yes,  all,"  Haile  answered.  "I  am 
ready.  But  Christ  will  save  you  even  if 
you  kill  me,  if  you  repent  and  turn  to  Him. 
Let  me  tell  you  about  Him  before  it  is  too 
late.    Listen,  friend." 

Abu  Shufi  did  not  take  his  eyes  from  Mark 
Haile's  face,  but  he  sat  down,  and  the  hand 
which  held  the  knife  lay  listless  upon  his 
knee,  and  he  listened  as  Haile's  gentle  voice 
went  on. 

"You  could  not  kill  my  soul,  my  friend, 
for  that  belongs  to  God.  That  was  bought 
by  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  God's  Son, 
whom  He  sent  down  to  die  that  all  men 
who  believe  on  Him  should  have  everlast- 
ing life.  You  wonder  that  I  do  not  hate 
you  or  loathe  you,  you  who  are  going  to 
murder  me  in  a  little  while.  No,  brother, 
I  love  you.  My  Master  taught  Move  your 
enemies,  bless  them  that  curse  you,'  and 
'render  good  for  evil.'  'Though  your  sins 
be  as  scarlet,  they  shall  be  white  as  snow.' 
Listen,  friend,  your  Mohammed  broke  his 
own  laws,  he  was  not  pure;  you  Moslems 
do  not  even  claim  he  was.  He  did  not  die 
for  you,  he  did  not  sacrifice  himself  for  you. 
God  did  not  send  him  to  die  in  place  of  all 
men.  He  was  not  resurrected.  Your  people 
do  not  claim  he  was.  Your  master  died 
without  completing  his  mission,  you  all 
acknowledge  that.  My  Master's  last  words 
were,  'It  is  finished.'  My  Master  was 
without  spot  or  blemish,  yours  even  in  his 
own  Koran  shows  himself  to  have  been 
impure.  My  Master  said,  'I  lay  down  my 
life  for  the  sheep.'  I  am  not  afraid,  brother, 
of  what  your  knife  can  do  to  me.  'To  me 
to  live  is  Christ,  to  die  is  gain.'  I  know 
that  I  shall  go  to  Him  for  I,  too,  have  kept 


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the  fa!th."  Haile  ceased  speaking.  Again 
the  silence  lengthened,  again  Haile  seemed 
to  be  gazing  into  eternity. 

And  then  Abu  Shufi  spoke.  This  time  it 
was  a  difFerent  voice,  a  difFerent  man  who 
answered  Haile.  "Christian,  jrou  have  won. 
You  are  a  btave  man.  You  ate  following 
your  Master,  I  can  see  that.  Your  Master 
is  worth  following,  I  can  tee  that  too.  I 
shall  not  harm  you.  Keep  the  knife,"  and 
as  he  spoke  he  laid  the  glittering  blade  upon 
the  linle  table.  "I  would  hear  more 
tomorrow.  I  will  talk  with  you  many 
times  before  we  pan.    Goodnight." 

The  door  opened  and  closed  and  once 
mote  Mark  Hiile  was  alone.  Slowly  he 
nepped  over  to  the  little  table  where  lay 
the  knife  and  his  open  Bible,  Sinking 
down  into  the  chair  he  murmured,  "O 
Father,  I  thank  Thee,  I  thank  Thee." 
Then  his  bead  bent  forward  unril  his  cheek 
retted  upon  the  open  pages  of  the  Book 
and  the  room  was  tdll. 

Ill 

The  Triumph 

Dr.  Haile  had  jutt  completed  his  morn- 
ing visit  at  the  Shufi  Mission  Hospital  at 
Tunis,  erected  only  a  short  distance  from 
the  spot  where  Raymond  Lull  had  died  for 
Jesus  Christ.     He  often  looked  up  at  the 


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white  card  above  the  entrance  door  to  read 
the  words  inscribed  there,  "Shufi  Mission 
Hospital,  founded  by  Abu  Shufi.  In  charge 
of  Dr.  Mark  Haile." 

It  was  Faster  Sunday,  just  two  years 
since  the  day  he  and  Abu  Shufi  had  arrived 
at  Tunis.  Abu  Shufi's  money  had  been 
gladly  given  to  rear  this  Christian  Hospital 
for  Moslems,  and  the  native  nurses, 
flitting  softly  about  the  quiet  wards  minister- 
ing to  the  sick  with  gentle  hands  and 
whispering  words  of  the  healing  love  of 
Jesus  Christ  to  the  sufferers,  spoke  elo- 
quently of  the  combined  work  of  Abu 
Shufi  and  Mark  Haile. 

It  had  been  a  wonderful  two  years  to 
Haile.  He  felt  this  morning  as  he  walked 
slowly  down  the  broad  steps  that  God  had 
used  him  far  more  even  than  he  deserved, 
and  his  heart  was  overflowing  with  a  great 
joy.  Re-entering  the  house  where  he  lived 
he  paused  to  pick  up  the  cablegram  which 
awaited  him.  Hurrying  to  his  room  he  tore 
it  open  and  read,  "I  have  heard  the  call  at 
last.    I  am  coming.    Alice." 

Once  more  there  came  from  his  lips  the 
words  he  had  murmured  the  night  of  his 
first  meeting  with  Abu  Shufi,  "O  Father, 
I  thank  Thee,  I  thank  Thee!"  and  kneeling 
by  the  open  window  he  raised  his  eyes  to 
heaven,  and  once  more  Mark  Haile's  face 
was  as  the  face  of  one  who  gazes  into 
eternity. 


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aLMGIHTT  and  most  Merciful  Father, 
we  give  Thee  humble  thanks  for  the 
light  of  Thy  gospel.  Make  us  more  grateful 
for  this  Thy  mercy,  and  more  zealous  for 
the  salvation  of  all  mankind.  Visit  in  grace 
the  church  of  Christ,  and  bless  its  endeavors 
to  make  known  Thy  truth.  Unite  in  one 
spirit  all  who  are  laboring  for  Thee,  O  Thou 
I^ord  of  the  harvest,  send  forth  laborers  into 
Thy  harvest.  Fill  with  Thy  spirit  those 
whom  Thou  hast  sent  forth,  and  enable  them 
faithfully  and  boldly  to  preach,  among  all 
peoples,  the  unsearchable  riches  of  Christ, 
Bless  especially  at  this  time  the  people  of 
Mexico,  and  out  of  revolution  bring  peace 
that  shall  mean  greater  liberty  and  happiness 
and  wider  opportunity  for  the  gospel  of  light. 
Hear  us  in  the  name  of  Christ  our  Lord, 
Amen, 

PRAY— 

That  out  of  the  meetings  at  Philadelphia 
there  may  come  a  deeper  consecration  to 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  that  the  delegates 
and  visitors  in  attendance  may  carry  back 
to  the  churches  a  spirit  of  service  that  shall 
inspire  them  for  a  great  missionary  advance 
and  a  mighty  spiritual  revival  in  the  year 
to  come. 

Live  Your  Life 

Mr.  Alfred  E.  Marling,  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  and  chairman  of  the 
great  Missionary  Congress  that  met  in 
Chicago,  has  recently  said: 

''I  have  just  been  reading  of  a  road  in 
Iowa,  one  hundred  and  eighty  miles  long, 
which  was  built  in  one  hour.    By  a  concerted 

[>lan  bodies  of  men  turned  out  all  along  the 
ine,  set  to  work  at  the  same  moment,  and  at 
the  end  of  the  hour  the  road  was  finished. 
Can't  we  get  together  and  build  a  highway 
for  the  King  ?  Money  is  stored-up  person- 
•ItCr*  If  not  linked  with  personality  it  is 
MMMCif  •    A  pile  of  gold  dollars  has  no  power 


until  some  one  takes  hold  of  them.  The 
question  is  not  what  I  make  of  my  money, 
but  what  I  let  it  make  of  me.  Making  money 
is  a  good  game,  but  using  the  money  you 
have  made,  that  it  may  be  turned  into  power, 
is  a  better  one.  Link  it  with  the  Kingdom. 
A  man  without  a  vision  is  only  a  drudge,  and 
the  best  vision  is  that  which  our  Master 
shows  us.  His  Kingdom  can't  advance 
without  us.  We  have  Him  whom  we  call 
life  eternal;  shall  we  not  share  Him  ?  I  say 
to  you  men,  and  especially  to  the  younger 
ones  among  you  (for  I'm  sorry  that  the 
vision  came  to  me  so  late):  You've  got  only 
one  life  to  live  for  your  Master.    Live  it!" 


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"And  Ye  Would  Not" 

Learning  when  too  late.  The  fire  breaks 
out  in  a  loft  building  in  New  York,  and  a 
hundred  and  forty  women  and  girls,  em- 
ployed at  waist-making,  are  caught  on  the 
eighth,  ninth  and  tenth  floors  and  killed  by 
flame  or  fall.  Now  the  inspectors  are  set 
to  work,  investigations  are  begun,  new  laws 
are  proposed  to  make  life  safer.  But  the 
facts  were  previously  known  as  to  the  peril- 
ous conditions.  That  building  represents 
fifty  thousand  others  as  bad  or  worse. 
Warnings  seem  in  vain  in  advance  of 
catastrophe. 

It  is  exactly  so  in  the  work  of  the 
church.  The  saddest  line  Tennyson  ever 
wrote  is  that  refrain,  "Too  late,  too 
late,  ye  cannot  enter  now."  Reports  tell  of 
locked  doors  in  the  fire  horror.  The  Scrip- 
ture record  of  a  soul  tragedy  is,  "And  the 
door  was  shut." 


Treasures  of  Thought 

Character  is  caught,  not  taught,  and 
happiness  and  influence  have  their  highest 
source  in  friendship.  —  This,  some  one  has 
nobly  said,  "is  the  highest  and  richest  educa- 
tion of  a  human  nature  —  not  an  instruction, 
not  a  commandment,  but  a  friend." 

—  Henry  Churchill  Kitj^- 


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A  Church   that   Serves   Its   Community 

The  Reason:   A  Home  Missionary  Pastor  who  is  a  Live  Wire 


GALENA  is  the  chief  town  of  the  south- 
east Kansas  lead  and  zinc  mining 
district.  It  is  located  in  the  comer  of  the 
State  and  has  a  population  which,  including 
its  suburbs,  runs  at  times  as  high  as  iz.ooo, 
but  at  the  present  is  about  two-thirds  of 
that  figure. 

Our  Home  Mission  Society  in  connection 
with  the  State  Convention  has  been  doing 
work  here  for  several  years.  Twelve  years 
ago  a  suitable  house  of  worship  was  begun 
but,  as  is  common  to  mining  districts,  a  lull 
came  in  industrial  interests  and  the  build- 
ing was  left  unfinished.  An  incomplete 
meeting  house,  a  transient  membership, 
and  short  pastorates  crippled  the  work. 

Four  years  ago  Rev.  J.  S.  Umberger  came 
to  the  field  as  missionary.  He  has  been  an 
earnest,  faithful  preacher  and  a  tireless 
worker.  Mrs.  Umberger  has  been  a  great 
helper  in  all  his  labors.  Leader  of  the 
I   Circle,   teacher  of  the   "Amomas" 


(the  largest  Sunday-school  das 
church    organist  —  she    has    been 
truest  sense  an  assistant  pastor. 

The  panic  of  1907,  resulting  ir 
downs  and  failures  and  the  withdrai 
capital,  caused  much  suffering  to  1 


habitants  of  the  town  and  to  our  cause. 
The  pastor  and  wife  had  the  true  mission- 
ary spirit  and  with  great  sacrifice  stayed  on 
the  field.  The  eff'ects  of  the  panic  were 
soon  seen  in  the  church.  There  were 
removals  of  those  who  had  money  to  go, 
and  a  marked  retrenchment  in  the  expendi- 


,wn). 
the 


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tures  of  those  who  remained  and  were  able  heart  of  the  pastor  to  help  the  needy.  The 
to  pay.  The  pastor  was  advised  to  leave  sympathy  of  a  noble  Chiistian  woman  who 
the  field,  but  the  true  Christian  worLing  has  since  gone  to  hei  reward  led  her  to 
men  and  women  rallied  to  his  support,  and  join  in  the  work.  She  gave  her  time  and 
though  the  monthly  receipts  dropped  from  money,  and  offered  the  use  of  her  hone  and 
eighty-five  to  twenty-two  dollars,  he  and  his  buggy  for  collecting  and  distributing  cloth- 
family  managed  in  some  way  to  pull  through,  ing,  food  and  fuel.  The  church  was  asked 
As  the  cold  weather  came  on,  want,  to  help  in  the  work  of  mercy,  and  at  Christ- 
exposure,  the  lack  of  employment,  miners'  mas  time  food,  clothing  and  money  were 
consumption  and  other  casualties  brought  brought  to  be  distributed  among  the  desenr- 
untold   suffering.     This   misery   moved   the  ing  poor. 


MISSIONS  487 

From  this  beginning  has  gronn  (he  only 
organized  charity  of  the  town,  and  for  three 
years  past  the  Baptist  church  has  been  the 
recognized  channel  for  reaching  the  needy. 
The  mayor,  city  oflicials  and  physicians, 
upon  learning  of  cases  of  suffering  or  want. 


appealed  to  the  Baptist  church  to  extend 
the  hand  of  mercy.  This  it  has  done  with 
unusual  efficiency.  The  necessities  and 
even  some  comforts  of  life  have  been  wisely 
dispensed.  It  is  not  uncommon  to  see  a 
half-clad  boy  or  girl  going  with  the  pastor 
to  the  storage  room  to  be  fitted  out.  If  a 
family  loses  its  few  earthly  possessions  by 
fire  or  other  disaster,  here  is  the  man  who 
can  make  a  public  call  for  gifts  of  furniture, 
bedding  and  so  on,  to  equip  the  home  anew 
and  cheer  the  destitute  brother.  Even 
windows,  doors,  floors,  and  roofs  have  been 
added  to  the  houses  that  sheltered  the  sick 

These  labors  of  help  have  been  exceedingly 
taxing,  but  they  have  opened  great  doors 
for  spiritual  service.  Pastor  Umbcrger  is 
called  upon  to  visit  more  sick  and  dying, 
and  to  preach  more  funerals  than  all  other 
preachers  in  the  town  combined.  He  has 
officiated  at  as  many  as  three,  and  one 
time  four,  funerals  in  one  day.  Such 
ministrations  to  the  grief-stricken  are  not 
without  result.  They  are  often  the  means 
of  bringing  families,  long  without  leligioui 


M  I  SSIONS 


e  of  any  kind,  undei  the  influence 
of  the  gospel.  Many  a  striking  and  touch- 
ing incident  could  be  related  of  the  hardened 
ones  reached  or  wanderers  reclaimed. 

The  church  with  its  services  has  always 
been  the  center  of  these  activities.  Tender, 
earnest  evangelism  has  been  the  keynote. 
For  twenty  Sundays  in  succession  last  year 
there  were  baptisms.  More  than  three 
hundred  persons  have  been  received  into 
the  membership  during  this  pastorate.  The 
Sunday  school  has  been  greatly  enlarged, 
and  i(  an  imponant  factor  in  the  work.  A 
special  meeting  m  an  outlying  community 
was  recently  held' which  resulted  in  more 
than  thirty  conversions.  Nineteen  united 
with  the  church  and  a  mission  was  estab- 
lished that  will  maintain  regular  work  at 
the  new  point.  Among  those  received  into 
the  fellowship  of  the  church  was  a  family, 
represented  by  five  generations,  a  mother 


ninety-three  years  old,  a  son  seventy-three,  a 
grandson  forty-seven,  and  a  great-grand- 
daughter twenty-three.  A  great-great-grand- 
son, three  yeare  old  was  present. 

All  this  work  has  been  carried  forward 
in  a  shifting  population.  The  linat»dal 
problem  has  often  been  serious.  With 
courage  and  severe  economy  the  heroic 
band  at  the  heart  of  the  enterprise  has  gone 
on  building  up  a  better  property.  Their 
meeting  house  and  parsonage  are  worth 
f8,ooo,  againn  which  are  obligations 
amounting  to  nearly  $  i  ,500.  They  a  re 
now  in  a  strenuous,  sacrificing  effort  to 
reduce  these  obligations.  Recognizing  the 
importance  of  their  lield  and  the  fact  thar 
it  must  continue  to  demand  missionary 
labors,  they  seek  equipment  for  even 
greater  efficiency.  An  earnest  people  at  a 
noble  task,  worthy  of  our  sympathy  and 
prayerful  help. 


A  Taungthu  "Happy  Family" 


ALL  new  sensations  are  interesting  if  not 
pleasant,  and  yet  many  a  person  would 
hesitate  before  seeking  to  pass  a  night  in  a 
Taungthu  village,  as  did  one  of  our  mis- 
sionaries in  Burma  recently.  The  host 
made  him  welcome,  and  offered  him  rice 
and  string  beans  well  cooked  but  so  peppery 
that  the  partaker  had  the  heroic  feeling  of 
earing  liquid  fire.  The  first  night  the 
missionary  slept  in  his  cart,  for  the  house 
had  no  window  and  was  crowded,  but  the 
second  night  rain  obhged  him  to  seek  shelter 
inside.  As  darkness  approached,  about 
twenty  cows  filed  in,  taking  up  half  the 
house  space.  Thankfully  the  missionary 
■aw  that  his  spot  was  separated  from  the 
herd  by  the  rice  bin.  A  horse  and  a  colt 
were  also  driven  in,  housed  and  fed  in  an- 


other comer  near  the  spot  which  served  as 
the  kitchen.  After  this  the  canman  brought 
in  his  two  bullocks  and  found  them  a  place. 
Next  came  evening  service,  after  which  the 
members  of  the  household,  together  with 
several  dogs,  settled  down  for  the  nighi. 
During  the  day  a  snake  had  crawled  up 
into  the  roof  out  of  the  weeds  outside,  bm 
luckily  it  had  been  expelled  before  nighi. 
Numerous  rats,  however,  ran  riot  all  over 
the  house  and  thoughtfully  ate  a  piece  from 
the  sleeve  of  the  missionary's  waterproof 
during  the  night.  He  thought  that  he  had 
seen  all  the  inmates  of  the  house,  but  on 
drawing  hack  his  curtain  the  next  morning 
he  found  that,  the  only  remaining  clear  space 
had  been  taken  by  a  big  buffalo  which  was 
lying  near  the  foot  of  his  cot. 


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OUR  OBJECTIVE:  TEH  CERTS  PER  WEEK  PER 
MEHBER    AS   THE    UmMUH    FOR    USSIOHS 


The  Baptist  Laymen's  Campaign  in  Chicago 

By  In^am  E.  Bill 


WITH  an  eye  like  an  eagle's,  a  soul 
possessed  with  an  idea,  the  man  whom 
God  has  i^ven  to  lud  the  Baptist  Laymen's 
Missionary  Movement  of  the  Noith  bears 
the  unmistakable  mark  of  the  prophet.  The 
campaign  conducted  by  Dr.  W.  T,  Stack- 
house  in  Chicago  marks  an  epoch  in  the 
denominational  life  of  this  city. 

Chicago  has  already  become  conspicuous 
as  one  of  the  big  strategic  centers  of  the 
Laymen's  Movement.  The  splendid  con- 
ference which  has  just  come  to  a  close  marks 
ihe  logical  outflowing  of  the  positions 
taken  and  the  plans  agreed  upon 
culminating  meetings  in  ' ' 
afforded  a  fitting  climax  to  the  i 
wide  campaign  of  a  year  ago. 

The  preparatory  work  w 
executed.  Several  weeks  p 
Frank  Padelford  of  Massach 
advance  representative,  met  t 
rional  leaders  of  this  city,  and  the  general 
program  of  the  campaign  was  outlined. 
li  was  decided  to  concentrate  the  entire 
period  of  eleven  days  assigned  to  Illinois 
in  this  city  upon  the  principle  that  an 
achievement  accomplished  here  in  the  great 
metiopoli*  of  the  Middle  West  would  im- 
measurably affect  the  entire  country,  with 
which  Chicago  is  so  intimately  related  by 
the  ties  of  social  life. 

Back  of  the  movement  was  the  united 
denominational  machineiy  of  the  city,  in- 
cluding the  local  organizations  and  the 
missionary  societies  as  represented  here. 
The  campaign  was  in  charge  of  an  execu- 
including    some    of   our 


strongest  laymen,  as  follows:  F.  A.  Wells, 
W.  G,  Brimson,  W.  A.  McKinney,  John 
Nuveen,  E,  S,  Osgood,  E.  E.  Vaughn, 
M.D.,  J.  H.  Byrne,  M.D.,  George  Riddiford, 
H.  R.  Clissold  and  T.  A.  Trowbridge. 
Office  was  opened  at  the  headquarters  of 
the  Baptist  Executive  Council,  and  Rev, 
L.  W.  B.  Jackman  and  Rev.  C.  W.  Briggs 
were  retained  as  executive  secretaries. 
With  such  careful  organization  the  success 
of  the  campaign  was  assured.  The  plan 
determined  upon  was  to  hold  a  series  of 
conferences  in  dilTerent  sections  of  the 
city,  which  afforded  an  opportunity  of  com- 
ing in  close  touch  with  the  churches  repre- 

But  the  soul  of  the  movement  has  been  the 
masterful  personality  of  the  distinguished 
leader.  Fresh  from  his  triumphs  in  Canada, 
where  the  impetus  of  the  Laymen's  Move- 
ment has  astonished  the  Christian  world, 
fresh  from  the  more  recent  victories  which 
have  attended  his  administration  since  he 
has  identified  himself  with  the  denomina- 
tional work  of  this  country,  Dr.  Stackhouse 
immediately  won  his  way  to  the  hearts  of 
those  who  came  within  the  circle  of  his 
magnetic  influence.  Towering  like  Saul  of 
old,  head  and  shoulders  above  his  brethren, 
every  inch  of  his  splendid  manhood  is  aflame 


mth   s 


His 


n  dealin 


ind  he 
knock-out    blows.     He 
some  hero  upon  a  sun-bathed  pathway,  and 
the  virile  strength  of  the  man   insures  an 
unquestioned  leadership. 
In  all,  eight  conferences  were  held  in  as 


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many  sections  of  the  city,  at  which  about 
twelve  hundred  picked  men  from  the 
churches  were  present.  Besides  this  there 
was  a  final  conference  of  the  committeemen 
from  the  various  churches,  at  which  the 
follow-up  work  was  outlined.  At  this 
meeting  it  was  decided  that  Dr.  Stackhouse 
should  return  on  June  9,  and  a  report  meet- 
ing be  held  presenting  the  results  of  the 
campaign. 

In  all  this  Dr.  Stackhouse  was  admirably 
supported  by  Dr.  Barnes  of  New  York, 
whose  thrilling  addresses  and  passionate 
devotion  to  a  cause  served  in  no  small 
measure  to  make  this  campaign  a  success. 
Rev.  L.  W.  B.  Jackman  and  Rev.  C.  W. 
Bnggs  remained  in  the  city  to  direct  the 
follow-up  work,  with  the  active  co-operation 
of  the  denominational  secretaries,  Drs. 
J.  Y.  Aitcheson,  E.  W.  Lounsbury,  T.  L. 
Ketman  and  Frank  L.  Anderson. 

The  campaign  has  made  its  impress  upon 
the  denominational  life  of  the  city,  and  in 
turn  its  ultimate  implications  will  be  realized 
in  the  denomination  at  large  in  coming  years. 

A  Booker  Washington  Roosevelt  Story 

Booker  T.  Washington,  whose  "Up 
from  Slavery"  appeared  some  years  ago 
in  the  Outlook^  is  now  contributing  "Chap- 
ters from  my  Experience"  to  the  World* s 
Work,  Each  installment  is  marked  by  the 
same  practical  good  sense  and  frankly 
personal  desire  to  do  good  that  characterize 
Mr.  Washington  in  all  his  undertakings. 
Many  white  "poliucians"  will  find  them- 
selves described  in  the  brusquely  scornful 
language  he  applies  to  certain  persons  of 
his  own  race  in  his  fifth  chapter.  In  speak- 
ing of  Mr.  Roosevelt  he  says:  "Practically 
everything  that  he  tried  to  do  for  the  South 
while  he  was  President  was  outlined  in 
conversations  to  me,  many  years  before  it 
became  known  to  most  peoples  that  he  had 
the  slightest  chance  of  becoming  President. 
What  he  did  was  not  a  matter  of  impulse, 
but  was  the  result  of  carefully  matured 
plans." 

Anent  the  matter  of  race  prejudice  he  tells 
a  story  of  a  farmer  in  Florida  who  said  to 
him,  "I'm  mighty  glad  to  see  you.  I 
regard  you  as  the  greatest  man  in  the  coun- 
try/* Whereupon  he  suggested  to  the 
fanner    that    President    Roosevelt    was    a 


great  man.  "Huh,  Roosevelt  1"  said  the 
farmer;  "I  used  to  think  Roosevelt  was  a 
great  man  until  he  ate  dinner  with  you. 
That  settled  him  for  me."  This  curious 
story  deserves  to  be  commended  to  those 
northerners  who  think  they  know  just  how 
the  race  problem  in  the  South  ought  to  be 
handled. 

•ii 
A  Good  Thing  to  Try 

The  Standard:  "One  of  the  churches 
which  followed  the  excellent  suggestion  of 
the  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement  and 
made  an  'every-member  canvass,'  found 
that  one  of  the  by-products  of  its  efforts 
was  a  renewed  sense  of  fellowship  among 
its  members  and  a  knowledge  of  the  spiritual 
and  social  needs  of  its  parish  of  which  even 
the  pastor  had  been  previously  in  ignorance. 
Why  would  it  not  be  worth  while  in  the 
larger  churches  to  organize  such  a  system 
of  thorough  visitation  ?  Under  the  direcdon 
of  the  pastor  and  deacons,  or  of  a  specially 
appointed  committee,  groups  of  members 
could  call  upon  every  family  in  the  church. 
If  thoroughly  organized  and  carefully  con- 
tinued and  followed  up,  this  plan  could  not 
but  be  helpful  to  church  life  and  srimu- 
lating  to  church  efficiency.  These  committees 
would  be  sure  to  get  valuable  informadon 
about  the  homes  of  the  people.  One  Lay- 
men's Movement  Committee,  for  instance, 
discovered  a  family  which  professed  to  be 
surprised  that  they  were  sdll  members  of 
the  church  upon  whose  membership  roll 
their  names  were  accurately  printed.  Every 
church,  too,  has  its  'submerged  tenth'  or 
more  —  those  who,  for  one  reason  or  other, 
cannot,  or  do  not,  attend  the  public  services. 
What  a  blessing  a  cheery  smile  and  hearty 
handgrasp  might  prove  to  them!  The 
'shut-ins'  would  be  delighted  to  meet  their 
fellow-members.  The  benefits  that  would 
come  to  those  who  did  the  visiting  would 
not  be  the  least  part  of  the  good  resulting." 


State  Superintendent  E.  R.  Pope  of 
Minnesota  predicts  that  "Duluth  will  give 
a  mighty  welcome  to  Dr.  Stackhouse  at  the 
State  Convention  next  October."  He  says 
the  visit  of  Dr.  Barnes  and  Secretary  Stack- 
house  to  Minnesota  was  greatly  enjoyed 
and  of  large  value  to  the  woric. 


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OMENS  WORK  IN  MISSIONS 


e  Woman's  Home  Mission  Society  Report 


HE  report  for  the  year  ending 
March  31,  191 1,  is  counted  as 
the  second  annual  report,  the 
Society  dating  its  records  anew 
since  the  consolidation  of  the 
eastern  and  western  societies. 
The  report  fills  eighty  pages, 
and  covers  in  detail  the  work  of 
mccessful  year.  The  following 
ill  give  an  idea  of  the  varied  ac- 
he Society: 

ERATION  AND  ORGANIZATION 

:iety  is  now  in  full  co-operation 
Northern  Baptist  Convention,  and 
ed  with  a  Board  of  Managers 
;  twenty-seven  and  a  General  Com- 
;eventy-five.  There  has  been  co- 
also  with  the  Council  of  Women 
Missions,  the  Forward  Movement, 
Hiome  Mission  Society.  Confer- 
i  the  Woman's  Foreign  Societies 
ted  in  the  adoption  of  union  con- 
fer Woman's  Home  and  Foreign 
n  States  and  Associations,  and 
ficial  changes. 

;  is  being  made  in  the  work 
ung   women.     Mexico   has    been 

as  the  "specific"  for  young 
ocieties  the  coming  year.  There 
81  annual  members  of  the  Light 
and  these  juniors  contributed 
ring  the  year.     The  Baby  Band 

was  3,478.  The  total  number 
iries  reported  is  4,736;  of  this 
;,750  are  women's,  335  young 
150  children's  organizations. 

FINANCIAL 

:iety  is  gratified  to  close  the  year 

lance  in  the  treasury  of  $987.93. 

receipts    were    jJi 90,998.     Ihe 

n    the    treasury    April     i,    1910, 


was  13,002.  The  total  disbursements 
were  $193,013.  The  Society  has  made  a 
marked  advance  in  the  receipts  from 
churches,  which  shows  a  steady  growth  in 
interest.  The  receipts  from  churches  1909- 
1910  were  $135,262,  and  for  1910-1911, 
$149,728,  an  increase  of  $14,466. 

The  budget  of  1911-1912  has  been  made 
the  same  as  last  year,  inasmuch  as  receipts 
have  been  $20,000  less  than  the  total 
budget.  The  apportionments  have  been  re- 
duced, leaving  a  larger  balance  to  be  raised 
by  special  gifts,  by  churches  exceeding  the 
apportionment,  by  gifts  from  hitherto  non- 
contributing  churches,  and  from  individuals. 
The  Society  should  raise  the  total  budget 
this  year  in  order  adequately  to  meet  the 
urgent  needs  on  the  several  fields. 

The  estimated  value  of  goods,  consisting 
of  boxes  and  barrels  of  clothing  and  other 
supplies  sent  to  the  missionaries  for  use  in 
industrial  schools  and  for  distribution  among 
the  poor  amounts  to  $4,533.15.  This  does 
not  apply  on  the  apportionment. 

FACTS   AND    FIGURES 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Reynolds  has  been  acting 
principal  of  the  Missionary  Training  School 
and  will  continue  another  year.  There 
were  104  students,  a  devoted  earnest  body. 

In  the  Indian  mission  fields  reports  of 
advance  come  from  the  blanket  Indian 
missions,  the  Hopi  churches,  and  the  newer 
fields  in  California  and  Nevada.  The 
Alaska  Orphanage  continues  its  distinctive 
work  among  the  neglected. 

Among  the  foreign  populations,  the  work 
needs  to  be  greatly  augmented.  The  call 
for  missionaries  among  the  Italians  is  very 
insistent,  especially  from  the  larger  cities 
in  the  East,  and  the  Society  ie  increasing 
its  force  of  workers  among  them  as  rapidly 
as  possible.     The  same  urgent  appeal  comes 


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MISSIONS 


for  workers  among  the  Slavic  races,  and 
advance  is  being  made,  but  not  commensu- 
rate with  the  wonderful  opportunities.  The 
Society  has  teachers  and  missionary  workers 
among  the  negroes,  in  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and 
Mexico,  among  the  Chinese,  Japanese  and 
Syrians  in  mill  and  mining  towns,  and 
among  American  populations  in  the  West, 
especially  in  Utah. 

FAKTIAI  SUMMARY  OF   WORK 

Religious  Tisits 103,623 

Religious  conTersidons  not  included  in  Tisits,  S7»540 

Fireside  Schod,  families  enrolled i<H573 

Bible  Bands  and  teachers*  meetings    ....  3,958 

Industrial  Schools  and  children's  meetings    .  6,197 

Sundaj  School  srssions  labored  in 7»6i8 

Young  People^s  meetings  attended  and  con- 
ducted     ly^io 

Women*s  meetings  and  parents*  conferences 

attended  and  conducted M35 

Missionary  meetings  attended  and  conducted,  1,598 

Temperance  meetings  attended  and  conducted,  329 

Sunday  schools  organized 34 

Temperance  societies  organized 26 

Other  meetings  attended 26,606 

THE  WORKERS 

The  number  of  missionaries  at  work  was 
173.  Of  these  16  were  general  workers; 
of  the  others  20  worked  among  Germans, 
14  among  Italians,  16  among  Swedes,  36 
among  negroes,  2  among  Finns,  5  among 
Danes,  10  among  Indians,  3  among  Chinese 
and  Japanese,  9  among  Slavic  races,  3  at 
ports  of  entry,  4  among  mill  and  mining 
populations,  23  among  Spanish-speaking 
people. 

There  were  130  teachers  employed: 
Among  Indians,  12;  negroes,  77;  Chinese,  12; 
in  Cuba,  4;  Porto  Rico,  3;  Mexico,  16; 
Alaska,  6.  This  made  a  total  missionary 
force  of  300  during  the  year.  At  its  close 
226  were  on  the  field. 

Self-Denial  Week 

The  Chronicle  (L.  M.  S.):  "Every  year 
there  come  to  the  Mission  House  striking 
and  touching  stories  of  means  of  self-denial 
practised  by  our  missionary  enthusiasts. 
There  is  a  touch  of  reality,  for  instance,  in 
the  method  adopted  by  the  girls  at  Waltham- 
stow  Hall,  the  school  for  the  daughters  of 
missionaries  at  Sevenoaks.  They  went 
without  sugar  during  the  whole  of  Self-Denial 
Week,  which  was  estimated  to  save  los. 
in  the  housekeeping  bill,  and  this  has  been 


handed  over  to  the  Self-Denial  Week  Fund. 
A  mysterious  secret  society  of  the  same 
school  gave  an  evening  enterminment  to 
the  staff  and  other  pupils,  when  the  proceeds 
from  refreshments  and  paymoit  far  special 
seats  amounted  to  5/.,  which  was  also 
handed  over  to  the  Self-Denial  Fund." 


Openings  in  Porto  Sico 

Woman  s  Home  Missions  (Northern 
M.  £.):  "For  the  older  people  we  can  do 
little  if  anything,  except  teach  them  a  new 
conception  of  home,  and  the  home  life.  In- 
dustrial schools  and  the  like  are  a  prime 
necessity,  and  in  this  direction  should  the 
Christian  societies  use  their  best  endeavors 
for  an  uplift  to  the  children.  The  spiritual 
work  that  is  being  done  is  full  of  encourage- 
ment. Methodism  has  forty  church  and 
chapel  buildings  on  the  island,  and  over 
ten  thousand  communicants  and  adherents. 
Even  so,  we  have  been  unable  to  extend  the 
work  as  opportunity  offered,  for  there  are 
at  least  250,000  people  pleading  for  the 
truth,  who  could  be  brought  into  church 
relationship.  The  door  of  opponunity  is 
wide  open  for  the  work  of  the  Woman's 
Home  Missionary  Sodety.  If  we  enter  and 
accept  with  grateful  hearts  the  work  that  is 
so  apparently  needful,  Porto  Rico  will  just 
so  much  more  speedily  occupy  her  place 
among  the  civilized  and  intelligent  peoples 
of  the  earth." 


What  a  ChUd  Can  Do 

It  is  alwa3rs  interesting  to  see  what  a 
child  can  do  when  there  is  an  issue  at  stake. 
One  bright  boy  of  ten  who  is  in  the  fourth 
grade  has  alwa3rs  shown  his  reluctance  where 
the  industrial  part  of  his  education  was  con- 
cerned. Last  June  his  grade  was  given 
slippers  to  make.  Knowing  Jose,  I  bought 
a  cheaper  material  than  that  asked  for;  all 
efforts  on  my  part  as  well  as  that  of  the 
teacher  proved  unavailing;  most  of  his  rime 
was  spent  in  undoing  the  little  he  did. 
March  i  there  was  great  excitement  when 
they  were  told  that  no  child  who  had  not 
accomplished  the  required  amount  of  in- 
dustrial work  could  be  promoted.  Jose  then 
promptly  went  to  work,  ripped  up  all  old 
work  and  in  four  days'  time  did  the  whole 
thing.  —  Miss  R.  E.  Nicolbt,  Capiz,  P.I. 


MISSIONS 


COIfDUCTED  BT  SECRETARY  JOHH  H.  HOORE 

A  Four-fold  Plan  of  Advance 


entcrpiise 
the  thought  of 


THE  World  in  Boston,  America's  first 
great  Missionary  Exposition,  is  past. 
It  was  a  conspicuous  success.  In  the 
churches  of  Greater  Boston,  the  pastors, 
laymen,  women,  Sunday-school  superin- 
tendents, young  people'i  society  leaders, 
thousands  of  stewards,  special  workers  and 
children  gave  freely  of  their  time  and  thought 
and  best  endeavor.  What  the  Exposition 
was  intended  to  do  has  undoubtedly  been 
accomplished.  Interi 
awakened  and  the 
has  a  distinctly  new  placi 
many  thousands  of  peopU 

The  greater  work  remains  to  be  done. 
This  interest  must  be  ciystallized  in  mission- 
aiy  giving  and  service.  From  the  beginning 
the  leaders  in  the  World  in-  Boston  have 
been  solicitous  that  the  Exposition  should 
not  be  considered  an  end  in  itself,  but  rather 

A  ContinuatitH)  Committee  has  been  at 
work  for  several  months.  The  objectives 
as  defined  by  this  committee  are  given  below. 
In  view  of  the  faa  that  they  have  been 
adopted  by  the  missionary  department  of 
the  Men  and  Religion  Forward  Movement, 
they  are  published  in  this  department  as 
having  a  message  for  missionary  workers 
in  every  part  of  the  country. 

I.  Increased  Missionary  Knowl- 
edge on  the  part  of  eveiy  member  of  the 
congregation.  Ihis  may  be  brought  about 
b,: 

Frequent  pulpit  presentation. 

Missionary  meetings.  These  may  be  held 
monthly  or  at  other  stated  times,  in  the 
church  prayer  meeting,  in  the  men's  and 


women's  organizations,  in  the  Young  Peo> 

pie's  Society  and  in  the  Sunday  school. 
Organized   mission   study   classes   among 

adults  and  young  people- 
Graded     missionary     instruction     in    the 

Sunday  school. 
Use   of  literature,   chans,    pictures    and 

loan  exhibits. 

2.  Personal  Christian  Service  in  the 
church  and  community,  and  the  dedication 
of  life  to  various  forms  of  Christian  work  at 
home  and  abroad.  The  realization  of  this 
objective  may  come  through: 

The  enlistment  and  training  of  leaders 
and  workers  for  all  departments  of  the  local 
Church. 

A  scientific  survey  of  the  Church  in  re- 
lation to  its  community. 

An  enrollment  of  volunteer  workers  in 
the  activities  of  the  various  charitable, 
social  and  religious  institutions. 

The  commitment  of  every  Christian  to  the 
practice  of  personal  evangelism. 

The  presentation  of  the  call  to  Christian 
service  as  a  lifework,  and  the  duty  and  the 
privilege  of  every  Christian  to  view  his 
vocation  as  an  opportunity  to  serve  the 
Kingdom  of  God. 

3.  A  Vital  Conception  of  the  Chris- 
tian Use  of  Money;  the  enlistment  of 
every  member  of  the  congregation  as  a 
contributor  to  Missions;  and  the  adequate 
support  of  the  missionary  enterprise.  An 
effective  financial  program  for  the  attain- 
ment of  these  ends  includes: 

Emphasis  on  the  financial  obligation  in 
the  regular  educational  program  in  order  to 


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prepare  the  Church  for  the  presentation  of 
the  financial  appeal. 

The  determination  of  a  definite  financial 
objective,  including  all  the  objects  to 
which  the  Church  should  contribute  its 
support. 

An  every-member  canvass  to  secure  an 
offering  from  each  man,  woman  and  child. 

The  adoption  of  a  weekly  offering  for 
missions. 

The  use  of  the  bi-pocket  or  duplex  en- 
velope as  the  collecting  device. 

4.  A  Sense  of  the  Reality  of  Prayer, 
and  the  responsibility  and  privilege  of  every 


Christian  to  utilize  it  as  the  primaiy  mis- 
sionary force.  The  following  tuggestiQiis 
may  be  found  effective: 

Definite  public  instruction  from  tlMTfolpit 
and  in  the  prayer  service  on  how  to>ptay 
and  what  to  pray  for  in  the  minkmaiy 
enterprise. 

Emphasis  on  prayer  for  missions  in  Bible 
and  mission  study  classes  and  in  confirma- 
tion and  probationary  groups. 

Organization  of  missionary  prayer  circles. 

Practice  of  intercessory  prayer  in  every 
Christian  family. 

Daily  intercessory  prayer  in  private  on 
the  part  of  each  Christian. 


Missionary  Program  Topics  for  1911 

July,  Our  Obligations  to  Porto  Rico  and  the  Philippines. 

August.  State  Convention  Work. 

September.  Reports  from  China. 

October.  Reports  from  India. 

November.  Trials  and  Triumphs  in  Europe. 

December.  African  Missions. 

(B) 

August  Subject:    State  Convention  Work 

The  object  of  the  program  for  August  is  to  make  clear  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  missionarj  work  carrier 
on  by  the  Convention  of  your  own  State.    The  following  program  is  given  by  way  oi  suggestion. 


I 
2 

3 

4 

5 
6 


Hymn:   "Jesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun." 

Scripture  Reading:   "The  City  Redeemed  with  Justice."  Is.  i.  21-27. 

Hymn:  "Christ  for  the  World." 

Prayer.     For  the  special  needs  of  your  State  work. 

Hymn:   "My  Country,  'tis  of  Thee." 

Brief  talks  or  papers  on  one  or  more  of  the  following  topics: 


ih) 
{c) 
id) 
{e) 
(/) 


7. 
8. 


"What  our  State  Convention  is  doing  for  our  Country  Churches." 

"The  City  Problem  and  our  State  Convention." 

"The  Convention's  Work  Among  our  Foreign  Population." 

"What  are  the  Specific  Problems  of  our  own  State  Work  ?" 

"Our  State  Convention  and  the  Sunday  Schools." 

"Why  the  State  Convention  should  receive  our  Earnest  Support." 

"Work  Among  Sailors,  Railroad  Men,  Miners,  or  other  Special  Groups." 

Hymn:   "Hail  to  the  brightness  of  Zion's  glad  morning." 

Definite  Prayer  for  the  Work  under  Discussion.    (A  number  participaring.) 

Closing  Prayer  and  Hymn. 


Note.  Let  the  leader  find  out  from  the  pastor  who  the  State  Convention  Secretary  is  and  write  to  him 
for  a  copy  of  the  latest  annual  report  of  the  Convention,  together  with  any  literature  dealing  with  special  phases 
of  the  State  work.  Two  or  three  features  of  this  work  should  be  selected  for  special  emphisia  at  the  meeting, 
the  chosen  topics  being  determined  largely  by  the  particular  types  of  work  carried  on  in  the  respective  States. 

Before  the  meeting,  determine  for  what  particular  forms  of  the  State  work  prayer  should  be  offered,  so  that 
the  prayers  shall  be  dear  and  definite. 


MISSIONS 


A  Revised  Version  of  the  Prodigal  Son 
The  stoiy  of  the  prodigal  son  is  as  modern 
as  it  it  ancient,  ac  prophetic  as  it  is  historic. 
The  following  account  of  a  Chinese  prodigal 
is  a  revised  version  of  the  old  stoiy,  and 
although  the  father,  elder  son  and  prodigal 
all  appear,  their  attitude  toward  each  other 
is  slightly  different.  More  than  ten  years 
ago  this  young  Chinese  prodigal  had  a 
violent  disagreement  with  his  father  and 
left  home.  During  the  years  following  he 
wrote  to  his  brothers,  but  in  bitterness  sent 
no  message  to  his  father,  who  was  also  hard 
and  headstrong.  Finally  the  young  man 
came  in  touch  with  the  Christian  religion, 
believed  and  was  baptized.  Following  the 
dictates  of  his  great  Master  he  wrote  to  his 
father  asking  forgiveness,  but  forgiveness 
was    refused   to   the    sorrowful    petitioner. 


Some  months  later  a  stranger  came  to  the 
compound,  inquiring  for  a  man  by  the  name 
of  Wang  —  the  name  of  the  young  prodigal 
who  was  now  no  longer  a  prodigal.  After 
some  difficulty  and  much  seeking  he  found 
Mr.  Wang  and  joyfully  delivered  his  message. 
The  father,  now  nearly  seventy  years  old, 
had  also  accepted  Christ,  and  had  sent  his 
elder  son  to  seek  out  the  long-lost  one  and 
bear  him  the  message  of  forgiveness.  The 
elder  brother  had  walked  nearly  three 
hundred  miles  and  was  footsore  and  weary, 
but  his  face  glowed  with  unspeakable  joy 
as  he  met  his  brother  and  told  him  his 
father's  message.  After  resting  a  week, 
he  started  bravely  back  on  the  long,  toil- 
some journey  with  a  letter  from  the  for- 
given and  forgiving  son  and  a  gift  of 
reconciliation. 


FROM     THE     FAR     LANDS 


AMERICAN  SAILORS  ENTERTAINED 

An  event  of  importance  this  past  month 
has  been  the  visit  of  an  American  submarine 
fleet.  The  submarine  fleet  was  a  novelty  to 
the  Filipino,  and  no  less  of  a  novelty  to 
some  of  us  Americans.  The  submarine 
boats,  the  Shora,  Porpoise  and  Moccaiin, 
accompanied  by  their  mother  ship  the 
Rainbow,  made  quite  a  flotilla.  The  Jackies 
swarmed  about  the  towns,  and  both  forces 
on  land,  the  good  and  the  evil,  strove  for  the 
supremacy  in  entertaining  them.  The  liquor 
interests  sent  a  delegation  to  the  Commander 
on  the  arrival  of  the  fleet,  with  the  request 
that  he  pay  off  the  sailors  before  time  in 
order  that  they  tnij^t  have  ready  money  to 


spend  on  shore.  We  all  know  where  it 
would  have  gone.  Some  of  the  sailors  them- 
selves resented  this  attempt  to  mulct  them 
of  their  "hard  earned  dollars"  as  one  of 
them  put  it,  and  it  is  needless  to  say  that 
some  of  the  residents  of  lloilo  were  chagrined 
and  roused  to  righteous  indignation  at  such 
heartlessness.    On  the  other  hand,  : 


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mv  It  at  ion  was  given  tl 

Y.M.C.A.  rooms,  and  a  reception  was  given 
them  on  a  Saturday  evening.  The  sailors 
are  a  jolly  company,  and  they  entertained 
the  "land  lubbers"  in  a  breezy  fashion. 
Songs  were  plenty  and  "soft"  refreshments 
followed,  and  so  attractive  was  the  meeting 
that  the   bar  room   below  was  practically 


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emptied.  The  following  day  some  of  the 
Jackies  came  to  the  religious  services  morn- 
ing and  evening,  and  showed  a  hearty 
interest.  The  impression  left  on  all  our 
minds  was  that  this  work  for  American  men 
in  this  distant  city  is  of  great  importance. 
It  is  a  work  that  ought  to  be  maintained 
vigorously.  To  be  sure  it  takes  time  on  the 
part  of  the  Missionaries,  but  it  is  time  well 
spent.  —  R.  C.  Thomas,  M.D.,  Iloilo,  P.I. 

A   CHIEF   DESIRES  TEACHERS 

Yesterday  I  received  a  very  urgent  com- 
munication from  a  chief  beyond  the  river, 
asking  for  teachers.  He  wants  to  know  why 
it  is  that  his  people  cannot  have  teachers 
when  he  has  asked  for  them  so  often. 
There  is  not  or  has  not  been  a  teacher  in 
all  his  territory.  In  the  early  days  some 
teachers  were  sent  to  them,  but  they  refused 
to  receive  them.  He  says  that  now  the 
priests  are  coming  to  him  every  little  while, 
asking  for  permission  to  put  teachers  in  his 
villages,  but  he  says,  "We  don't  want  their 
teachers.  We  want  teachers  from  the 
Mission.  Please  send  us  some."  With  a 
list  of  more  than  twenty  open  villages  before 
me  I  am  compelled  to  write  that  we  have 
no  teachers  to  send  now.  —  John  E.  Geil, 
Banza  Manteke,  Africa. 

MARKED   CHANGES    IN   THE    PHILIPPINES 

The  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  is  compelling 
marked  changes  even  in  the  Roman  Catholic 
church  in  the  Philippine  Islands.  It  is 
quite  noticeable  that  the  niches  in  the  front 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  churches  of  Jaro 
and  of  Iloilo,  which  formerly  held  an  image 
of  a  wooden  saint  or  of  the  Virgin  Mary, 
now  have  a  beautiful  picture  of  the  Christ. 
This  yielding  of  the  conspicuous  place  once 
occupied  by  the  saints  to  Christ  indicates 
a  gradual  yielding  on  the  part  of  the  priests 
to  the  insistent  demand  of  the  intelligent 
Filipinos  that  the  Christ  shall  be  given  a 
large  place  if  the  church  expects  to  hold 
them  in  allegiance  to  her.  —  C.  L.  Max- 
field,  Iloilo,  P.I. 

INCIDENTS   AT  YACHOW   DISPENSARY 

Although  the  hospital  is  not  opened  yet, 
nor  will  be  for  some  time  to  come,  we  have 
been  constrained  both  by  our  own  natural 
feelings  of  pity  and  by  the  mature  judgment 
of  our  fellow  missionaries  to  take  in  a  few 


cases  for  treatment.  One,  a  carpenter  who 
is  a  member  of  our  local  church,  sustained 
a  very  severe  fracture  of  the  thigh  due  to 
falling  from  a  tree.  Another,  one  of  the 
students  of  the  theological  school,  was  in 
the  hospital  for  a  number  of  weeks,  seriously 
ill  with  typhus  fever.  A  number  of  cases, 
poor  chair  coolies,  deprived  of  food,  cloth- 
ing and  shelter,  suffering  from  some  tempo- 
rary ailment,  were  housed,  treated  and  fed 
until  they  were  able  to  go  to  work  again. 
Such  cases  appeal  most  strongly  to  my 
sympathy,  and  surely  we  can  consider  them 
some  of  the  "little  ones"  the  Master  spoke 
of  with  such  tender  compassion.  —  Edgar 
T.  Shields,  M.D.,  Yachow,  West  China. 

WORK   FOR  GIRLS   AT  TOKYO 

The  young  women's  dormitory  is  an  in- 
creasingly busy,  happy  place.  Eleven  girls 
are  now  members  of  the  home.  Some  of 
these  are  students  from  the  various  schools; 
some  are  teachers,  and  some  are  Bible 
workers.  About  half  the  number  are 
Christians.  All  are  hearing  the  gospel  every 
evening  at  family  prayers.  All  attend  church 
service  every  Sunday  morning  and  some  are 
members  of  the  English  Bible  class  held  in 
the  home  every  Sunday  afternoon.  —  Miss 
M.  M.  Carpenter,  Tokyo,  Japan. 

**i  never  knew  IT  before" 

All  classes  come  to  the  hospital,  some 
young,  some  old,  some  Christians,  others 
heathen,  with  all  kinds  of  diseases.  Twenty 
of  them  in  a  ward  originally  intended  for 
ten!  My  prize  patients  are  the  little  chil- 
dren, some  of  whom  are  so  dear.  One 
patient  saw  for  the  first  time  the  magic  lan- 
tern pictures  on  the  Life  of  Christ  and 
heard  the  hymn  "Jesus  Loves  Me"  sung. 
Afterwards  she  said  to  me,  "Jesus  loves  me 
and  I  never  knew  it  before."  —  Miss  L.  J. 
Crawford,  Hanyang,  Central  China. 

SUDRAS   AWAKENING 

The  annual  conference  was  held  in  Nellore 
from  February  i  to  9.  During  this  rime  the 
seminary  suspended  its  work  in  the  class- 
rooms and  transferred  its  operadons  to  the 
outlying  villages,  our  theoretical  work  thus 
being  supplemented  by  valuable  practical 
experiences.  For  this  evangelistic  campaign 
the  students  were  divided  into  two  sections, 
one  of  which  visited  the  twenty-five  villages 


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of  the  Ramapatnam  mission  field  and  the 
other  some  fifty  towns  and  villages  in  the 
Kandukur  division.  The  land  is  evidently 
being  prepared  for  a  mighty  advance  move- 
ment among  the  caste  people,  especially  the 
great  Sudra  or  agricultural  caste.  Never 
before  had  they  received  the  gospel  with 
greater  eagerness  and  never  before  had  so 
many  of  them  openly  acknowledged  Christ 
to  be  the  Saviour  of  the  world  and  also  their 
Saviour.  The  indications  are  that  once  a 
genuine  break  occurs  among  them,  they  will 
come  in  large  numbers,  even  as  the  non- 
caste  people  have  come  before  them.  — 
J.  Heinrichs,  Ramapatnam,  South  India. 

BUSY   DAYS   AT  TURA 

The  Garo  Association  met  this  year, 
February  2  to  5,  at  Tura.  Between  meetings 
we  ladies  were  kept  busy  entertaining  a 
continual  procession  of  people  who  came  to 
see  pictures  or  the  bungalows  or  to  visit 
with  us,  while  the  Sahibs'  offices  were  filled 
with  men  who  came  to  consult  them  about 
all  sorts  of  things.  It  was  a  rare  opportunity 
to  help  by  the  personal  touch.  The  reports 
showed  a  healthy  growth  in  most  lines, 
chough  there  was  a  decrease  in  funds  for 
general  evangelists,  so  that  only  one  instead 
of  two  can  be  supported  this  year  from  this 
general  fund.  A  number  of  evangelists  are 
supported  by  other  organizations  among  the 
churches.  There  was  much  sorrow  over 
this  retrogression,  and  a  felt  rather  than  an 
expressed  determination  to  do  better  this 
year.  We  all  rejoice  over  442  baptisms.  — 
Mrs.  M.  B.  Crozier,  Tura,  Assam. 

WHAT  THE    HANYANG    HOSPITAL    DOES 

The  story  of  one  of  our  patients  was 
pitiable.  He  came  from  Szechuen  as  a 
sailor  on  a  cargo  boat  with  the  promise 
that  he  should  be  safely  returned.  On 
reaching  Hankow  the  captain  decided  to 
sell  his  boat,  and  cast  the  boy  adrift  friend- 
less and  penniless.  He  earned  a  few  cash 
in  Hanyang  Iron  Works  by  picking  up 
pieces  of  coal  which  fell  from  the  carriers' 
baskets.  At  night  he  took  shelter  near  a 
heap  of  warm  ashes  which  had  been  dumped 
from  the  furnaces.  But  this  shelter  did  not 
serve  him  long.  Late  one  night  the  mass 
collapsed,  almost  burying  the  refugee 
beneath  its  still  smouldering   embers.     A 


passer-by  saw  a  queue  and  part  of  a  head 
and  speedily  extricated  the  victim,  uncon- 
scious though  still  alive.  On  the  next  day 
he  was  brought  to  the  hospital,  terribly 
burned.  He  is  now  doing  well,  and  is  grate- 
ful for  the  help  given  him  through  the  Good 
Samaritan  Fund  from  which  we  administer 
help  to  very  poor  patients,  many  of  whom 
are  hopeless,  helpless  and  penniless.  — 
G.  A.  Huntley,  M.D.,  Hanyang,  Central 
China. 

Training  Native  Workers 

BY  D.  A.  W.  smith 

"The  most  highly  multiplying  work 
which  the  missionary  can  do  in  the  interest 
of  accomplishing  the  evangelization  of  a 
country,"  says  John  R.  Mott,  in  The  De- 
cisive Hour  of  Christian  MissionSy  **is  that 
of  raising  up  and  training  an  adequate  staff 
of  native  workers,  and  of  communicating 
to  them  the  evangelistic  spirit."  This  is 
what  the  Karen  Theological  Seminary  has 
been  doing  for  the  past  sixty-six  years  in 
Burma.  It  has  graduates  who  have  worked 
and  are  working  among  the  Chins,  the  Ka- 
chins,  the  Shans,  the  Musos,  in  languages  as 
foreign  to  them  as  originally  their  language 
was  to  us,  and  among  brother  Karens  in 
remote  fields  in  Northern  and  Northwestern 
Siam,  to  say  nothing  of  the  great  multitude 
who  have  toiled  and  are  toiling  supported  by 
their  own  people,  as  pastors  and  evangelists, 
in  Lower  Burma. 

In  January  last  a  class  of  thirty-two 
graduated,  of  whom  five  immediately  volun- 
teered for  foreign  service,  meaning  the  out- 
lying peoples  of  Burma.  Three  are  desig- 
nated to  the  distant  Kengtung  field,  where 
they  are  to  labor  under  the  direction  of 
Missionary  Young  among  the  Musos  and 
other  tribes  in  the  hills  between  Burma  and 
China.  They  are  already  on  their  way 
thither,  one  with  his  interesting  bride,  the 
latter  a  graduate  two  years  ago  of  the  Karen 
Woman's  Bible  School  in  Rangoon.  They  will 
know  how  to  sympathize  with  missionaries 
from  America,  for  their  first  task  will  be  to 
learn  a  new  language.  Another  point  of 
resemblance  to  the  American  missionary 
is  the  length  of  time  required  for  them  to 
reach  their  field.  Their  journey  by  rail, 
cart  and  foot,  will  occupy  nearly  as  much 


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time  as  is  required  of  the  American  mis- 
sionary to  come  from  Boston  to  Rangoon. 
A  fourth  member  of  the  class,  with  his  bride, 
has  a-'eady  been  heard  from  as  nearing  his 
field,  having  reached  Lacon  in  North  Siam, 
where  they  were  being  hospitably  entertained 
for  a  few  days  by  the  American  Presbyterian 
missionaries.  The  fifth  is  still  girding  on 
his  armor,  waiting  for  orders  to  labor  among 
another  section  of  most  unpromising  Karens, 
in  Northwestern  Siam. 

Yes,  we  have  use  for  the  missionary  hymn 
of  my  revered  father,  which  was  translated 
into  Karen  over  thirty  years  ago  by  the  late 
Dr.  Vinton,  father  of  Sumner,  the  popular 
expositor  of  missions  with  his  moving 
pictures,  and  no  less  moving  addresses. 

See  heathen  nations  bending 

Before  the  God  we  love! 
And  thousand  hearts  ascending 

In  gratitude  above; 
While  sinners,  now  confessing. 

The  Gospel  call  obey, 
And  seek  the  Saviour *s  blessing,  — 

A  nation  in  a  day. 

Blest  river  of  salvation, 

Pursue  thy  onward  way; 
Flow,  thou,  to  every  nation. 

Nor  in  thy  richness  stay; 
Stay  not,  till  all  the  lowly 

Triumphant  reach  their  home; 
Stay  not,  till  all  the  holy 

Proclaim,  "The  Lord  is  come!""* 

Missionary  Personals 

After  an  extended  trip  through  West  and 
Central  China  as  missionary  on  special 
service,  Rev.  J.  L.  Dearing,  D.D.,  has 
returned  to  Yokohama,  Japan. 

Rev.  G.  N.  Thomssen  and  Mrs.  Thomssen 
of  Bapatia,  South  India,  have  been  forced  to 
take  a  brief  furlough  for  the  sake  of  Mrs. 
Thomssen's  health.  News  now  comes  from 
them  at  Blenheim,  Australia,  that  Mrs. 
Thomssen's  health  is  improved. 

Rev.  Jacob  Speicher  of  Kityang,  South 
China,  expects  to  spend  the  months  of  July 
and  August  in  Burma,  where  he  will  work 
among  the  Chinese,  He  will  be  accom- 
panied by  several  Chinese  evangelists. 

Duncan  Academy  reports  a  prosperous 
year.  There  are  eight  students  in  attendance 
in  the  higher  department  and  over  ninety  in 
the  middle  department. 


Several  of  our  missionaries  served  in  dkC 
World  in  Boston  Exposition.  The  naunes  of 
those  who  thus  assisted  are  Rev.  GL  1^ 
Marshall,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  S.  Hascalf 
and  Miss  J.  G.  Craft  of  Burma;  Rev.  and 
Mrs.  W.  C.  Mason  of  Assam;  Mrs.  A.  A. 
Bennett  of  Japan;  Mrs.  W.  H.  Millard, 
C.  E.  Tompkins,  M.D.,  and  Rev.  Joseph 
Clark  and  Rev.  Volney  A.  Ray  of  Africa; 
Rev.  H.  H.  Steinmetz,  M.D.,  of  the  Philip- 
pines. 


Foreign  Missionary  Record 

ARRIVCD 

Miss  A.  S.  Magilton,  from  Nellore,  South  India,  at  : 

San  Francisco,  April  13. 
Rev.  W.  F.  Armstrong,  from  Rangoon,  Burma,  at  : 

Liverpool,  England,  May  2. 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Tilbe,  from  Rangoon,  Burma,  at  San 

Francisco,  May  5. 
Miss  T.  M.  Thompson,  from  Rangoon,  Burma,  at  San 

Francisco,  May  5. 
Captain  Bickel,  Mrs.  Bickel  and  daughter,  frcun  Inland 

Sea,  Japan,  at  San  Frandaco,  May  6. 
Prof.  L.  £.  Hicks,  Ph.D.,  and  Mrs.  Hickt,  from  Ran- 
goon, Burma,  at  Berkeley,  California,  May  11. 
ReT.  F.  Kiutz,  from  Madura,  South  India,  at  Flint, 

Michigan,  May  11. 
Rev.   J.  T.  Latta,  Mrs.  Latta  and  children,  from 

Tbonze,  Burma,  at  Cambridge,  Ohio,  Biay  11. 
Rev.  H.  C.  Gibbens,  M.D.,  Mrs.  Gibbens  and  child, 

from  Mongnai,  Burma,  at  Philadelphia,  May  13. 
Rev.  O.  L.  Swanson,  from  Golaghat,  Assam,  at  Mohne, 

Illinois,  May  13. 
Miss  Edith  F.  Wilcox,  from  Himeji,  Japan,  at  Provi- 
dence, R.I.,  May  13. 
Master  Durlin  Bu shell,  from  Moulmein,  Burma,  at 

Boston,  May  15. 
Rev.  A.  E.  Seagrave,  from  Rangoon,  Burma,  at  Boston, 

May  15. 
Miss  M.  B.  Pound  and  Master  Eastman  H.  Chancy 

from  Maubin,  Burma,  at  Boston,  May  15. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Deming  and  Mrs.  Deming,  from  Shanghai, 

East  China,  at  Haddon  Heights,  N.J.,  May  17. 
Miss  S.  S.  Hartford,  from  Moulmein,  Burma,  at  Boctcm, 

May  18. 
Mrs.  J.  Speicher  and  children,  from  Kityang,  South 

China,  at  Granville,  Ohio,  May  a6. 

SAILED 

Rev.  W.   H.   Leslie,  M.D.,  and  Mrs.   Leslie,  from 

Boston,  May  20,  for  Cuillo,  Africa. 
Miss  Margaret  Suman,  from  San  Francisco,  May  24, 

for  Capiz,  P.I. 
Rev.  Joseph  Clark  and  Mrs.  Qark,  from  New  York, 

June  3,  for  Ikoko,  Africa. 

BORN 

To  Mr.  F.  C.  Mabee  and  Mrs.  Mabee  of  Shanghai, 
East  China,  on  March  28,  a  daughter,  Ruth 
Bentley. 


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FROM  THE  HOME  LANDS 


A  Church  Edifice  Campaign 

BY    H.    RUSSELL   GREAVES,    D.D. 

The  Southern  California  Baptist  Conven- 
tion was  organized  in  1892.  Like  all  other 
Conventions  the  work  had  a  very  small 
beginning.  Some  of  the  leaders  in  our 
denomination  in  Southern  California  today 
were  among  those  who  participated  in  the 
first  steps  toward  an  organization. 

We  now  have  four  associations  and  84 
churches.     For  the  last  year  we  reported 
674  baptisms  and  1901  additions  otherwise, 
making  a  total  membership  of  13,929.     In 
addition  to  these  statistics  we  have  some 
25  colored  churches.    Our  church  property 
is  valued  at  f  1,029,310.    The  total  amount 
of  money  raised  this  past  year  was  ^^284,7 13. 
The    rapid    increase    in    population    has 
given    us   unprecedented   opportunities    for 
development.      New    churches    are    being 
organized  as  rapidly  as  funds  to  care  for 
them  can  be  guaranteed.  The  total  disburse- 
ments for  State  Missions  for  the  past  year 
was  ^31,576.72.     About  50  churches  raised 
their  full  apportionment  for  the  State  work. 
Perhaps  it  will  be  of  interest  to  the  readers 
of  Missions  to  learn  how  a  church  edifice 
campaign  saved  a  church  organization  and 
was  the  beginning  of  a  very  important  work 
that  will  touch  a  territory  as  large  as  some 
of  our  eastern  states,  and  this  work  the  only 
Baptist  church  in  the  whole  district.    I  refer 
to  Bishop,  Inyo  County.    This  county  has 
come  into  great  prominence  owing  to  the 
fact   that   the   Owens   River,   which   is   to 
supply  Los  Angeles  County  with  water  for 
years  to  come,  finds  its  source  there. 

Thomas  Clark,  a  devout  Baptist,  arrived 
in  Bishop  late  in  the  fall  of  1864.  He  wrote 
his  son,  Andrew  Clark,  who  had  remained  in 
Iowa,  to  send  them  a  Baptist  preacher. 
Failing  to  secure  one  who  was  brave  enough 
to  endure  the  hardships  of  the  new  field, 
Andrew  Clark  was  ordained  and  came  to 
Bishop,  arriving  October  3,  1867.  He  at 
once  began  his  ministry  in  a  box  school- 


house.  January  i,  1869,  the  Bishop  Mis- 
sionary Baptist  Church  was  organized  with 
a  few  charter  members. 

In    1870  the   pastor  traveled   by  wagon 
across  the  Sierra  Nevadas  to  San  Francisco 
to  attend  an  associational  meeting.    At  this 
meeting  the  church  joined  the  Association, 
and   the  pastor  was   recommended  to  the 
Home    Mission    Society    as    a    missionary 
pastor.     He  received  his  appointment  and 
began   his   work    for  the   church    and   the 
Society.       For    over    thirty-five    years    he 
traveled  up  and  down  Owens  Valley,  having 
different  appointments  at  preaching  stations. 
During  all  this  time  he  received  only  one 
year's  full  salary,  and  very  little  encourage- 
ment.   You  can  imagine  the  joy  of  this  dear 
old  pastor's  heart,  when,  on  November  6, 
1 910,  he  had  the  pleasure  of  being  present 
at  and  participating  in  the  dedicatory  ser- 
vices of  a  splendid   new  church   building. 
It  was  a  very  touching  part  of  the  service 
when   Father  Clark  led   in  the  dedicatory 
prayer.     It  would  not  have  been  possible 
to  erect  this  well-appointed  house  of  wor- 
ship, costing  about  j>5,ooo,  had  it  not  been 
for  the  generous  assistance   received   from 
the  church  edifice  department  of  the  Home 
Mission  Society.    The  church  was  dedicated 
free  of  debt  save  an  obligation  to  the  Society 
on  a  loan  of  $500. 

A  new  era  has  opened  for  this  church; 
Rev.  C.  Sidney  Maddox,  one  of  our  choice 
young  ministers  from  Arizona,  has  just 
moved  to  Bishop  to  begin  pastoral  oversight 
not  only  of  the  church  in  Bishop  but  of  the 
whole  of  Inyo  County.  Large  numbers  of 
people  are  moving  in  to  take  up  their  homes 
and  the  prospects  are  bright  for  an  aggressive 
work. 

During  the  pastoral  care  of  Rev.  C.  W. 
Her,  who  was  the  leader  in  the  campaign, 
Bishop  and  the  whole  of  Inyo  County  voted 
to  become  dry.  This  marks  a  decidedly 
forward  step  for  the  whole  county,  and  the 
opportune  moment  for  a  splendid  campaign 
on  the  part  of  the  church  has  arrived. 


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MISSIONS 


The  Gospel  Working  in  Porto  Rico 

BY   MISSIONARY   C.   S.    DETWEILER 

At  Guanica  our  little  church  worships  in 
a  chapel  built  by  the  offerings  of  the  Young 
People's  Societies  and  Sunday  schools  of 
the  Pacific  Coast.  Near  by  is  the  largest 
sugar  mill  on  the  island,  claimed  to  be  also 
the  largest  in  the  world.  Consequently  the 
field  here  is  composed  largely  of  poor  woi  Ic- 
ing people,  and  it  is  also  a  somewhat  shifting 
population.  It  is  a  town  noted  all  over  the 
island  for  its  vice.  Until  our  Mission  opened 
work  here  nothing  was  done  religiously  for 
the  people.  After  our  chapel  was  built  the 
Roman  Catholics  started  a  project  for  a 
church,  and  last  year  they  completed  a 
beautiful  building  of  cement.  But  they  find 
it  uphill  work.  Our  pastor  is  Jose  Perez, 
formerly  a  soldier  in  the  Spanish  army.  He 
is  meeting  with  success  in  gathering  the 
children  into  Sunday  school,  and  the  work 
at  present  is  promising  and  steadily  growing. 

In  a  recent  trip  to  a  mountain  district, 
never  before  visited,  I  met  with  a  kind 
reception  by  some  of  the  leading  planters, 
and  the  idea  of  our  opening  work  among 
them  was  eagerly  welcomed.  But  where 
shall  we  find  a  man  for  this  field  ?  We  shall 
have  to  wait  until  the  vacation,  and  then 
send  one  of  our  ministerial  students  for  a 
few  months'  work  during  the  summer. 
Later  on  we  hope  to  have  our  Theological 
School  well  established  and  furnishing 
trained  workers  for  the  field. 

Formerly  it  was  the  custom  to  engage 
some  of  our  converts  for  these  fields  without 
demanding  previous  training.  But  we  can- 
not do  that  any  more.  The  public  school 
system  is  reaching  out  into  all  comers  of 
the  land,  and  as  the  level  of  popular  educa- 
tion steadily  rises  we  must  have  preachers 
who  can  be  respected  by  the  people  for  their 
intelligence  as  well  as  for  their  piety. 

In  the  above-mentioned  country  district 
there  is  a  public  school  with  more  than  one 
hundred  pupils,  and  no  religious  work  of 
any  description  among  the  people.  One  of 
the  largest  landowners,  a  man  past  forty 
with  a  growing  family,  made  an  engagement 
with  me  on  my  next  trip  over  that  field  to 
marry  him  to  the  mother  of  his  children. 

After  all  these  years  of  American  occupa- 
tion the  missionary  is  constantly  called  upon 
to  marry  persons  who  have  lived  together 


for  years  without  that  ordinance.  Here  in 
Ponce,  as  a  result  of  the  preaching  of  the 
Gospel,  a  young  couple  who  have  lived 
together  eighteen  months  have  asked  for 
marriage  with  a  view  to  offering  themselves 
later  for  church  membership.  A  few  days 
afterwards  out  in  the  country  a  man  ap- 
proached me,  asking  about  securing  the  per- 
mission of  the  court  to  marry  his  cousin. 
They  have  been  making  a  home  together 
for  years  and  have  several  children.  The 
fact  is  the  evangelical  missionaries  are 
supplying  the  people  of  Porto  Rico  with  a 
religion.  Roman  Catholicism  has  never 
been  a  religious  force  here  except  in  a  very 
restricted  sphere. 


The  East  Washington  Outlook 

BY  REV.  F.  A.  AGAR 

ONE  year  ago  the  East  Washington 
and  North  Idaho  Convention  had 
made  appointments  aggregating  {8,cxx>  for 
the  year.  Appointments  for  this  year  made 
to  date  will  foot  up  over  1 16,000.  We  have 
promised  help  to  various  fields,  which  will 
mean  an  additional  ^2,000  expense  during 
the  rest  of  the  convention  year.  Even  with 
this  expenditure  we  will  not  meet  the  abject 
needs  of  this  section.  It  would  take  ^5,000 
more  in  the  next  nine  months  if  we  just  met 
the  worthy  calls  that  will  come  to  the  Board. 

What  are  the  Baptists  of  this  section  doing 
to  meet  this  emergency?  They  are  doing 
the  progressive  thing.  Last  convention  year 
they  increased  their  gifts  for  State  missions 
104  per  cent  over  the  previous  year.  More- 
over there  is  a  spirit  of  missionary  en- 
deavor getting  hold  of  the  pastors  and 
churches.  Small  fields  that  heretofore 
absorbed  the  time  of  a  poor  man  are  com- 
bining in  the  support  of  a  well-prepared 
aggressive  man  who  is  able  to  do  a  high  grade 
of  work  that  is  resultful.  The  churches,  both 
self-supporting  and  missionary,  are  sending 
out  their  pastors  to  help  establish  and  main- 
tain new  work  in  growing  sections. 

The  Inland  Empire,  the  name  given  to 
the  section  of  country  occupied  by  this  con- 
vention, will  grow.  The  population  of  this 
region  has  increased  114  per  cent  in  the  last 
decade.  Railroad  development  and  irriga- 
tion work  promise  even  greater  growth  in 
the  present  decade. 


MISSIONS 


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told  you  facts  about  how  things  grow 
a  railroad  begins  to  build  through  a 
section  of  country,  and  then  an  irriga- 
cheme  turns  water  on  a  large  area  of 
you  would  not  believe  the  story, 
ps  you  are  not  to  blame.  Unless  I  had 
lal  knowledge  of  the  wonderful  progress 
s  made  it  is  doubtful  if  I  could  swallow 
^et  me  test  your  credulity  with  one 
>le. 

ail  road  was  built  through  a  section  of 
Washington.  Within  a  distance  of 
miles  eleven  new  towns  sprang  up 
I  a  year,  each  of  them  having  a  popu- 
of  from  100  to  700.  Two  years  ago 
ould  have  stood  on  the  highest  hill  in 
ection  and  with  the  help  of  a  strong 
glass  have  seen  perhaps  a  score  of 
ngs.  Today  with  the  naked  eye  you 
jee  over  300  homes.  People  have 
i  and  are  at  work  on  five  or  ten  acres 
id.  The  land  is  selling  for  {200  to 
an  acre.  There  are  thousand  of  acres 
be  developed  and  sold  in  that  vicinity, 
^ear  from  now  it  is  safe  to  say  that 
will  be  600  homes,  outside  of  the 
,  in  that  valley.  In  this  convention 
rhere  are  at  least  ten  localities  where 
1  growth  is  probable  in  the  immediate 
I.  We  have  just  organized  three 
bes  in  that  section. 

s  largest  city  in  this  region  is  Spokane 
a  population  of  110,000.  It  made  a 
h  of  186  per  cent  in  the  last  decade, 
lext  largest  place  did  almost  as  well, 
uture  has  even  larger  growth  in  store 
ese  cities.  Growth  in  population  must 
an  increase  of  effort,  opportunity  and 
isibility  along  religious  lines. 

THE   FUTURE   FOR   BAPTIST  WORK 

at  of  the  future  for  our  Baptist  work  ? 
full  of  promise.  Our  people  today 
i  the  need  of  heroic  giving.  A  church 
s  field  is  building  a  splendid  structure, 
le  members  are  all  comparatively  poor 
*.  Besides  giving  an  average  of  ^80 
ipita  for  the  building  during  the  past 
they  gave  an  average  of  ;Ji2.30  per 
'.  for  local  expenses.  They  also  gave 
erage  of  ^3.50  per  capita  for  missions 
!e  the  bounds  of  their  own  field.  This 
imple  of  the  giving  that  is  taking  hold 
r  people,  and  it  is  full  of  promise  for 
tur^f    TbM  is  not  an  isolated  example. 


Even  with  such  a  spirit  the  Baptists  of 
the  Inland  Empire  cannot  begin  to  care  for 
the  necessary  work  ahead  of  them.  We  must 
have  large  help  from  the  Home  Mission 
Society,  increasingly  large  help  if  we  do  our 
part  in  the  religious  development '  of  this 
section. 

Our  total  missionary  force  now  numbers 
thirty-five.  Three  new  district  missionaries 
have  just  been  put  to  work  in  hitherto  un- 
touched sections  of  country,  one  more  pastor 
at  large  has  been  added  to  the  two  already 
at  work,  two  city  missionaries  have  also  been 
employed.  The  new  men  alone  will,  I  dare 
say,  develop  and  organize  in  the  next  year 
at  least  a  dozen  new  fields.  These  new 
fields  must  have  help  at  the  beginning  in  the 
support  of  a  pastor. 

One  of  the  new  men  just  left  my  office  to 
go  to  his  field  over  in  the  Camas  Prairie 
country.  Before  he  left  to  begin  his  work 
as  district  missionary  he  named  twelve 
places  where  he  said  a  Baptist  organization 
could  speedily  be  effected.  He  asked  me  if 
the  convention  was  prepared  to  help  in  the 
support  of  at  least  four  new  pastors  if  those 
churches  were  organized.  I  was  obliged  to 
tell  him,  "no." 

As  a  final  word  let  me  say  that  a  look 
ahead  reveals  so  much  work  to  do  that  it  will 
take  all  the  procurable  resources  from  the 
Baptists  without  and  within  the  bounds  of 
our  convention  field.  All  that  makes  the 
task  possible  is  the  help  of  the  Home  Mission 
Society,  which  could  do  more  if  the  Baptists 
of  America  would  make  it  possible.  The 
type  of  civilization  in  this  western  empire 
is  to  be  determined  in  the  near  future.  Only 
Christianity  can  shape  it  aright. 

We  Baptist  people  must  not  fail  to  do  our 
share  in  this  great  task.  We  will  not  fail  with 
the  help  of  God. 

Spokane y  Washington. 

The  Missionary  Spirit 

BY    CHAS.    G.    READ 

About  fifteen  years  ago  a  young  Portu- 
guese lad,  named  Frank  C.  B.  Silva,  followed 
the  big  bass  drum  of  a  Salvation  Army  squad 
and  was  led  into  their  meeting.  Frank  was 
a  Roman  Catholic,  but  he  was  converted  at 
one  of  the  meetings  of  the  Army.  This  took 
place,  as  I  remember,  in  the  city  of  Stockton. 


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MISSIONS 


His  first  thought  seemed  to  be  directed  to- 
ward the  conversion  of  his  fellow  country- 
men, so  he  came  to  Oakland  to  study  and 
prepare  himself  for  his  work.  He  became 
a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  and 
of  my  Bible  class.  He  attended  California 
College,  a  Baptist  school,  and  was  graduated 
therefrom.  Leaving  Oakland  he  took  up 
his  residence  and  work  in  New  Bedford, 
Mass.,  as  many  of  his  people  were  sailors, 
and  that  city  seemed  a  good  field  for  his 
labors.  He  married  there,  built  a  church 
and  publishes  a  paper,  besides  having  several 
preaching  stations  elsewhere.  He  is  a 
thoroughgoing,  whole-souled  and  enthusiastic 
Baptist  brother,  full  of  faith  and  good  works, 
and  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  all  who  knew 
him  here.  In  closing  I  desire  to  say  that  I 
consider  Missions  the  best  and  most  com- 
plete missionary  magazine  published,  and  I 
often  wonder  how  you  get  so  much  informa- 
tion in  so  small  a  volume. 
Oakland^  CaL 

From  Baracoa,  Cuba 

A  letter  from  Rev.  Juan  McCarthy  of 
Baracoa,  Cuba,  reports  many  baptisms, 
fourteen  the  week  previous  to  writing.  "I 
expect  to  baptize  sixty,  and  to  organize 
three  new  churches  of  about  fifteen  members 
each."  Several  men  holding  military  or 
government  positions  are  among  the  num- 
ber, and  not  a  few  of  the  Roman  priests  are 
manifesdng  a  favorable  interest.  One  of 
these  priests  says,  "The  most  humble 
Protestant  missionary  is  doing  more  to 
Christianize  Cuba  than  all  the  Papist 
priests  have  done  from  the  time  of  Colum- 
bus." The  audiences  at  Baracoa  are  large; 
often  as  many  as  150  persons  are  obliged  to 
stand,  the  average  attendance  being  225, 
and  the  room  utterly  inadequate. 

Quotable  Items  from  Porto  Rico 

FROM   MISSIONARY   A.    B.    RIGGS 

One  of  our  workers  went  out  into  a 
barrio  containing  a  population  of  about 
1,500  the  other  day  to  see  what  prospects 
there  were  for  opening  work.  He  found 
the  people  very  friendly  and  glad  that  there 
was  a  prospect  of  having  services  in  their 
community.  One  school  teacher  said  that 
he  had  had  a  Bible  for  a  long  time  and  read 
it  every  day. 


From  another  barrio  a  man  came  into 
one  of  the  towns  and  asked  our  natm 
worker  if  he  could  not  come  out  and  hold 
services  in  his  barrio.  He  said  that  he 
himself  had  never  heard. a  sermon,  but  that 
he  had  a  Bible  and  had  been  teaching  the 
people. 

From  still  another  barrio  a  school  teacher 
who  is  a  Christian  came  in  and  told  our 
worker  that  if  work  was  opened  in  the 
barrio  where  he  was  teaching  he  would  be 
glad  to  help  all  he  could.  These  things 
emphasize  the  need  of  more  trained  nadve 
workers,  such  as  our  Rio  Piedras  school  is 
beginning  to  turn  out.. 

A  Porto  Rican  physician  who  was  trained 
in  the  States  has  just  settled  in  Barranquitas. 
When  he  found  that  I  was  located  here 
permanently  he  said,  "That  is  good  I  We 
will  be  able  to  do  something  for  these 
people."  He  is  not  a  professing  Christian, 
but  realizes  the  need  of  work  among  his 
people.  May  we  not  hope  that  he  will 
soon  have  a  deeper  interest  ? 

Barranquitas  has  enjoyed  the  laying  of 
the    comer    stone    for    our    new    chapel. 

Medical  missions  find  in  Porto  Rico  a 
needy  and  important  field.  There  are  some 
very  competent  physicians  but  the  people 
of  the  poorer  class  are  unable  to  employ 
them;  and  too  often  the  physician  called  to 
attend  the  poor  is  unwilling  or  unable  to 
furnish  suitable  treatment  free.  Ignorance 
and  superstition  also  hinder.  For  example, 
the  dressing  applied  to  a  wounded  foot  was 
removed  by  well-meaning  relatives  and  a 
baked  cockroach  substituted,  a  proceeding 
which  resulted  in  severe  infection  necessi- 
tating extended  treatment.  The  district 
nurse  does  much  to  instruct  the  people  as 
she  goes  about  from  house  to  house,  and  she 
lends  such  articles  as  bedding,  nightgowns 
and  nursing  utensils,  which  she  takes  iNick 
and  sterilizes  for  future  use  after  the  patient 
recovers.  Much  more  could  be  done  if 
the  supply  were  larger.  Eveiything  that  is 
commonly  used  in  the  sick-room  is  in  de- 
mand. The  gratitude  expressed  for  thir- 
teen dollars,  presented  for  this  object  last 
summer,  reveals  the  depth  of  the  need  and 
the  earnestness  of  the  workers. 


MISSIONS 


A   Chapel   Car  "Accident" 

By  Katberine  Sfwrka 


ETRACKED  Saturday  night;  sad- 
»ly,  unexpectedly  sidetracked,  while 
opie  in  the  place  to  which  we  were 
looked  forward  to  Sunday  services, 
ned  a  helpless  sort  of  situation.  After 
g  up  the  little  depot  and  wiring  the 
■head,  we  went  to  rest  with  a  sense 
ippointment  and  frustrated  plans,  not 
igwhat  would  evolve  from  this  hitch 


ning  came,  and  with  it  a  curious 
,  splashing  lound  vriiich  brought  the 
up  quickly.  What  a  scene  of  quiet 
met  our  eyesi  Back  into  the  distance 
ed  the  sweet  spring  woods,  and  out 
r  shadow  a  herd  of  cows  came,  gravely 
ig,  as  one  by  one  they  joined  their 
already  enjoying  the  sunshine,  and 


bathing  sleek  sides  in  the  clear  little  pool 
so  near  us.  We  looked  at  each  other  and 
smiled,  while  somewhat  of  the  peace  of  God 
filtered  through  our  perturbed  consciousness 
and  quieted  our  restless  hearts. 

As  a  first  step  toward  finding  out  what 
could  be  done  five  miles  from  anywhere,  we 
had  just  planned  an  expedition  down  the 
track,  when  shots  were  heard  near-by,  and 
presently  two  young  men  carrying  rifles 
stood  staring  at  the  car  in  wide-eyed  amaze- 
ment. We  hailed  them  at  once  and  invited 
them  in.  Explanations  followed.  Gradu- 
ally our  new-found  friends  awoke  to  the 
situation.  They  thought  it  was  "Sure  a 
fine  car,"  and  one  had  "Gone  to  a  Baptist 
church  some,  back  in  Indianny."  There 
were  "some  houses  down  the  track,"  and 


V'4 


MISSIONS 


«\tuii  *'ihtr  boys"  came  back  from  their  ball 
tfaiiK-  thiy  could  get  them  to  the  car.  So 
|ii(st()!  bt'hold  the  metamorphosis  of  two 
yoiinj»  Sunday-moming  sportsmen  into  two 
laiiH-sr  chapel-car  workers,  striding  off, 
.iiiiikI  with  attractive  literature  to  use  in 
phiic  of  guns,  and  intent  on  bringing  boys 
;in(l  ^irls,  men  and  women  to  hear  the  gospel 
of  Jisus  Christ. 

We  had  decided  to  make  the  first  service 
one  for  the  children,  and  use  them  as  an 
an  additional  advertising  agency  for  the  one 
to  he  held  later.  It  was  not  long  after  our 
fiit-nds  had  disappeared  before  strange  little 
faces  peered  shyly  through  the  door,  and 
then,  almost  as  by  magic,  a  company  of  boys 
and  girls  sprang  up,  to  sit  in  this  wonderful 
car  and  hear  about  the  dear  Saviour  who 
died  for  them.  It  was  an  interesting  and 
a  happy  time  ahd,  as  they  ran  home  with 
cards  and  papers  and  the  "Gospel  of  John** 
clasped  tightly  in  eager  hands,  we  felt  that 
there  was  not  much  doubt  about  seeing  the 
parents  at  the  evening  service. 

What  a  mixed  gathering  that  was!  The 
station  agent  and  his  family,  refined,  well- 
educated  people.  Car  inspectors,  with 
bright,  intelligent  faces.  Two  gangs  of 
section  men,  all  from  over  the  seas.  Others, 
also,  obviously  of  foreign  birth.  And  now, 
as  the  missionary  looked  into  the  faces  filled 
with  interest  and  curiosity  —  faces  so  varied 
in  expression,  feature,  and  intelligent  com- 
prehension of  the  purpose  of  the  gathering 
—  he  felt  still  more  keenly  that,  to  reach 
many,  the  gospel  message  must  this  night  be 
given  along  lines  of  the  utmost  simplicity. 
He  said: 

"My  friends,  I  see  but  few  of  us  in  the 
car  tonight  who  claim  America  as  our  birth- 
place. Now,  we  want  to  get  acquainted, 
and  it  will  help  us  to  know  just  the  country 
from  which  each  one  came.  As  you  tell  me 
where  you  were  bom,  I  will  write  it  upon 
this  blackboard.  How  many  from  Germany  ? 
I  sec  three  hands;  now  there  are  two  more. 
Five  of  us  were  bom  in  Germany.  Some 
came  from  Poland,  I  know.  Yes,  three 
bom  in  Poland.  In  Ireland  ?  Two  in 
Ireland.  In  Switzerland  ?  No?  In  North 
Italy  then  ?  Yes,  I  thought  so;  and  quite  a 
number  of  us  were  bom  in  South  Italy. 
How  many?" 

At  this  point  the  section  foreman  became 
ited  that  he  roared  out  in  Italian: 


"All  you  from  South  Italy  h^  up  your 
hands!"  ^ 

And  hands,  some  singly^  some  in  pairs, 
shot  into  the  air  like  rockets. 

Soon  those  who  were  bom  in  Amefka  had 
a  chance  to  respond,  and  the  children,  to 
their  great  joy,  swelled  this  record  consider- 
ably. Then  we  went  over  it  all  from  the 
board,  and  presently  came  the  sweet  and 
tender  message  taught  so  lovingly,  long  ago, 
to  that  proud  man,  among  the  whispering 
olive  trees  and  the  shades  of  night,  whatever 
the  earthly  birthplace,  "Ye  must  be  bom 
agam. 

Monday  came,  and  still  we  could  not  go. 
What  was  it  that  kept  the  chapel  car  for 
several  days  in  this  little  nook  ?  Some  would 
call  it  a  mere  "delay  in  transfer  arrange- 
ments," and  others,  "the  providence  of 
God."  At  any  rate,  fourteen  souls  found 
Christ  as  a  personal  Saviour,  and  the  work 
was  not  yet  done. 

We  had  been  about  a  month  on  our  next 
field,  and  one  day  made  a  business  trip  to  a 
town  near  the  old  sidetrack.  In  a  restau- 
rant a  young  man  walked  up  to  us.  It  was 
the  agent's  son.  He  told  us  there  were  some 
awake  back  there  who  could  not  go  to  sleep 
again.  They  wanted  better  things,  and  if 
we  could  only  arrange  to  stay  over  a  week 
on  our  return  he  believed  the  feeling  would 
result  in  action.  Needless  to  say,  we  spared 
the  week. 

Soon  some  of  the  railroad  men  were 
rejoicing  in  Christ,  the  station  agent 
and  his  daughter  also,  and  some  others  of 
the  younger  people.  We  organized  a  Sunday 
school  to  which  almost  the  whole  little  village 
came.  W^e  rented  a  building  that  had 
formerly  been  used  as  a  saloon,  and  the 
people  turned  out  in  force  to  scrub  and 
clean  till  it  shone.  We  made  this  school  a 
branch  of  that  of  the  nearest  Baptist  church, 
five  miles  away.  The  church  provided  an 
organ  and  hymn  books,  a  superintendent, 
and  fine  staff  of  teachers  pledged  to  come 
each  Sunday.  The  county  Sunday-school 
union  gave  us  money  to  seat  the  building 
with  good  chairs. 

All  this  happened  several  months  ago. 
Now  they  want  a  building  of  their  own. 
What  is  still  better,  one  man  has  offered 
two  hundred  dollars  toward  it,  and  that 
means  that  God  will  soon  give  it.  Did  he 
not  lend  them  the  chapel  car  ? 


MISSIONS 


fissions  in  tbe  Magazines 


it  aspects 


of  Chin 


ind  hei 


well    taker 


magazines.  "Young  China  at 
by  Edward  Alsworth  Ross  in  Evtry- 

especially  noteworthy.  Professor 
isiders  at  length  the  educational 
d  outlooL  of  the  new  China.  Amid 
tic  conditions  of  the  government 
le  pays  tribute  to  the  worth  of  the 
alleges:  "In  their  wort  ihey  apply 
ic  pedagogy  of  which  the  Chinese 
hing.    They  impart  Western  ideals 

development,  clean  living,  individ- 
1  efficiency.  They  study  Confucian 
h  deep  reverence;  they  present  also 
nian  outlook  on  life."  "Fighting 
le  in  Manchuria,"  in  Tht  World 
written  by  a  Japanese,  Kiyushi  K. 
•a.     Naturally   enough   he   dwells 

on  Japan's  aid  in  the  crisis.  The 
'es  an  intelligent  idea  of  the  plague 
langera.  The  Atlantic  Monthly's 
on  to  the  China  material  is  Ching- 
ng's  "The  Abolition  of  the  Queue." 
or  first  gives  a  historic  sketch  of 
'  of  the  queue,    then  the 


abolishm 


He  i 


in  his  prophesy  as  to  the  resultant 
.  hygienic  and  moral  good,  and 
y  predicts  that  with  the  passing 
cue  the  difficulties  of  the  Chinese 
nt  will  be  removed.  "Once  an 
Hhinaman  finds  his  head  minus 
,  he  will  at  once  take  it  for  granted 
s  also  become  one  of  those  'foreign 
nd  hence  regard  it  as  his  lot  to 
igs  foreign." 

ipril  number  of  the  National 
'c  Magazine  deals  largely  with 
'The  Country 'of  the  Ant  Men"  is 
tening  and  fascinating  description 


of  that  remarkable  portion  of  the  Sahara 
Desert  known  as  the  Erg.  "Recent  Geo- 
graphic Advances,  Especially  in  Africa" 
offers  some  pages  of  pleasurable  reading. 
The  mission  side  is  touched  upon  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Sudan  and  the  German  colonics 
of  East  Africa. 

The  Fortnightly  Review  for  May  contains 
a  long  and  comprehensive  discussion  of  the 
"  Baghdad  Railway,  The  New  Conventions." 
The  article  is  written  from  an  Englishman's 
viewpoint  and  is  interesting  in  its  portrayal 
of  the  motives  and  actions  of  the  powers  in 
the  East. 

Two  well  written  articles  are  "The  Rurales 
of  Mexico,"  in  the  C^n/ury,  and  "The  Green- 
est of  Deserts,"  by  Ellsworth  Huntington  in 
Harper's.  The  first  sketch  is  a  sketch  of  the 
Mexican  policeman,  full  of  local  color.  The 
second  is  a  most  enjoyable  description  of 
the  desert  of  southern  Arizona  and  northern 
Mexico. 


The  Century 
tain  Sketches 


the  magazines  contain  many. 
Kentucky  Moun- 
Nucky  Marrs,  Hero."  In 
a  refreshing  and  convincing  way,  the  writer 
relates  how  a  new  conception  of  courage  and 
honesty  came  upon  a  shamed  and  sorrowful 
little  mountaineer,  once  proud  of  his  heroism 
and  untarnished  honor.  The  same  magazine 
also  contains  "A  Rumor  in  the  Bazaar,"  an 
Anglo-Indian  story  which  pivots  on  the  idea 
of  caste  and  the  wonhlessness  of  things  not 
pukka  (genuine).  McClure's  contains  an- 
other. Miss  Gregory  adventure  in  "The 
Governor  of  the  Gaol."  This  incident  is 
laid  in  Russia.  The  setting  is  convincing 
and  the  story  is  interesting.  "A  Life-Long 
Lock"  is  a  fantastic  tale  of  the  harem-life  of 
a  Turk  in  Bulgaria,  and  is  amusing  though 
giving  a  false  impression  of  Turkish  realities. 
Scribner's  contributes  a  well-written  narra- 
tive in  "Bushed." 


<* 


MISSIONS 


Financial  Statements  of  the  Societies 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

IlaancUl  StattniMit  for  two  mnnthi,  andtaf  Maf  31»  1911 

BodftC  for  Raciipti  for  Sooaind  b? 

Smitm  of  Incomo  1911-1912  twomootht  lUr.  31, 1912 

vH«u«.Agii«  H\HiUie  Fitopto'i  Societies  and  Sunday 

^iwUk  vtiP^HNrUoned  to  churches)     ....  $515,384.92  $17,440.10  $497,944.82 

•iKUvulu^bi  vvktiiiuited) 230.000.00  14.060.66  215.940.34 

i<iM«kL<«Wk   liKoiiMP  ol  Pundfl,   Annuity  Bonds. 

^I^ttk  Oitls.  otc.  (estimated) 178.332.00  6,548.06  171.788.92 

U>u!  ttudijwt  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

(.\>aN«>»uon $923,716.92  $88,042.84  $885,674.06 

Comparison  of  Rocsi|>ts  with  those  of  Last  Tear 
First  two  months  of  Financial  Tear 

Source  of  Income  1910  1911  lacrsaaa  Decrsast 

V  tiuuh«w.  Yuung  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

i^hiHils $17,203.21  $17,440.10             $146.80         

liubviau«bi 4.056.07  14,059.66  10.004.50         

UvumiliM.    IiUH^me  of  Funds.   Annuity  Bonds. 

HiiecitU?  Oifu.  etc 13.625.41  6.543.08  7.082.33 

$34,973.69  $38,042.84        $10,151.48  $7,082.33 

•Viwioua  to  1910  tiie  receipts  from  individuals  were  not  reported  separately  from  thooa  from  churdies. 
\  «tumi  ii»t*p)e's  societies  and  Sunday  schools.    A  small  amount  of  specific  ^fts  is  nichidod  in  this  figure. 

The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Socie^ 

FInandsl  Statement  for  two  monthly  tndiiiff  May  31, 1911 

llilinra 

Source  of  laoomo                                     Badfotior               Racslylaior  EafpirsdW 

1911-1912               two  moaHHi  MtuVfl,  1912 

i'burphes.  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies  (apportioned  to  churches) ....                $353,792.36                 $10,619.89  fS43.172.97 

Individuals  (estimated) 150.000.00                     1.040.41  148.959.59 

Uiiaties.  Income,  etc.  (estimated) 175.292.00                   21.018.08  154.273.92 

$679,084.36  $32,677.88  $646,406.48 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Tear 
First  two  months  of  Financial  Tear 

Source  of  Income  1910-1911  1911-1912  locrMMt  l>scfeass 
Churches,  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

SocieUes $11,612.93  $10,619.39         $993.54 

Individuals 292.70  1.040.41  $747.71         

Ugades.  Income,  etc 17.054.87  21.018.08  3.963.21         

$28,960.50  $32,677.88  $4,710.92  $993.54 

American  Baptist  Publication  Society 

Financial  Statemo&t  for  two  montfai,  ending  Kay  31, 1911 

Balance 

Source  of  Income                                        Budget  lor                Reosipti  for  Roqidnd  bf 

1911-1912                 two  months  Mar.  31, 1912 

Churches.  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies  (apportioned  to  churches)  ....               $111,304.25                   $4,978.82  $106,325.43 

Individuals  (estimated) 21,800.00                    2.650.33  19.140.67 

Lagaeies,    Income   of  Funds,    Annuity   Bonds 

(estimated) 51.278.88                    4.404.76  46.869.12 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention $184,378.13  $12,042.91  $172,335.22 

Comparison  of  Reosiats  with  those  of  Last  Tear 
First  two  moonis  of  Financial  Tear 

Source  of  Income  1910-1911  1911-1912  Incraaae  Decfeass 
ChurrhM,  Yimng  PeMftki's  S^Kieties  and  Stmday 

llktCiU $5,185.99  $4,978.82         $207.17 

iMtlvlduats ..  1.107.73  2.659.33  $1,561.60        

ijaMIMjIai.    InoiMite  of   Hunt  In.   Annuity  Bonds, 

^Tipiiino  Ulfu,  etc 1.478.57  4.404.76,  2.931.19        

$7,767.29  $12,042.91  $4,488.79  $807.17 


The  Right  Resolution 


A 

1 

|y 

\0 

3l 

IT  admirable  Buggestion  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention 
Committee  on  Resolutions  was  made  in  the  fourth  resolution. 
It  was  that  the  time  has  arrived  when  greater  stress  must 
be  laid  upon  the  development  of  the  spiritual  life  in  our 
churches  and  in  the  convention,  and  that  this  be  urged  as 
the  ideal  for  the  coming  year.  Hitherto  the  financial  demands 
have  required  recognition  and  have  been  given  large  and 
leading  place.  The  apportionment  and  the  budget  have 
been  t£e  words  in  constant  use.  It  is  well  now,  as  the  com- 
mittM  luggests  and  the  convention  has  voted,  that  the  spiritual  note  should 
be  struck  and  emphasized.  Honey  for  missions  will  not  come  in  abundant 
quantities  from  church  or  convention  machinery,  no  matter  how  elaborate 
the  system.  The  success  in  getting  missionary  money,  as  well  as  upon  the 
mission  fields,  depends  upon  the  spiritual  power  in  the  churches  and  tba  mls- 
^onaries. 

^  In  addition  to  the  apportionment  for  the  coming  year,  there  is  a  deficit  of 
S100,000  or  more  to  be  raised  for  the  home  and  foreign  societies.  It  would 
seem*  then,  as  though  the  financial  demands  must  still  be  pressed  and 
pressed  again, 

^  Nevertheless,  the  committee  is  right.  To  raise  the  budget  and  the  deficit, 
the  churches  must  begin  with  prayer  and  faith.  Prayer  for  a  revival  of 
religion  In  all  the  churches;  prayer  for  Iieener  realization  of  the  power  and 
blesdngs  of  the  gospel;  prayer  for  a  quickening  and  deepening  of  the  spiritual 
Life  in  the  entire  membership  of  our  churches.  If  through  prayer  and  faith  the 
true  Fevivml  comes,  never  fear  but  that  the  needed  offerings  for  missions  will 
come  also. 

t  Whet  we  need  is  to  reach  the  sources  of  infinite  power.  We  have 
evetything  now  enept  power. 


MISSIONS 


A  Great  Number 

QN  July  Missions  it  was 
only  possible  to  see  the 
Northern    Baptist  Con- 
vention     fairly      under 
way,  and  indicate  some 
of  the  important   mat- 
ters up  for  discussion. 
Anything  like  a  detailed  description  of 
the  six  days  of  anniversary  meetings 
is  even  now  out  of  the  question;  for  that 
readers  must  wait  for  the  annual  or 
turn    to    the    reports    of   the    leading 
denominational   papers.     Our  purpose 
is  to  take  you  to  the  meetings,  get  out 
of  them   what  we   can  of  inspiration, 
and  give  such  facts  as  should  be  pre- 
served   in    form    for    ready    reference. 
To  make  this  reference  easy  we  shall 
report  the  Convention  and  the  Society 
anniversaries  separately,  and  also  group 
the  Convention  committees  and  reso- 
lutions.    As  for  the  World  Alliance,  that 
will  form  the  special  feature  of  the  Sep- 
tember issue.     To  cover  that  wonder- 
ful series  of  meetings,  and  at  the  same 
time  to  do  justice  to  our  own  great  work, 
would  be  impossible  in  one  issue;  and 
••»"■*••  *•"♦   August  is  the  month  when 
aders  are  on  vacation,  so 
ember  number  is   better 
of  a  story  that  cannot  fail 
cople  and  awaken  a  new 
»1    that    shall     be    felt 
ear  in  increased  interest 
With  the  photographs 
roups    of   delegates,    the 
sessions  that  those  who 


were  present  can  never  hope  to  have 
repeated,  and  some  of  the  life  sketches 
of  the  Russian  heroes,  we  shall  have  a 
September  number  that  ought  to  be 
placed  in  a  hundred  thousand  Baptist 
homes.  We  trust  the  pastors  will  help 
us  put  it  there,  by  sending  in  at  once 
lists  of  names  of  families  in  their  churches 
that  ought  to  see  a  sample  copy.  The 
inspiration  of  the  World  Alliance  ses- 
sions should  be  felt  throughout  our 
entire  Baptist  constituency.  Only  so 
can  the  new  Baptist  world  conscious- 
ness become  a  reality. 


A  Strong  Appeal 

THE  pledge  of  ^50,000  by  "A  Man 
from  Pennsylvania,"  toward  the 
Missionaries'  and  Ministers'  Benefit 
Fund  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Conven- 
tion, at  its  meeting  in  Philadelphia,  was 
received  with  much  enthusiasm  by  the 
delegates.  This  pledge  is  on  the  con- 
dition that  S2cx>,ooo  more  be  secured 
by  noon  of  December  25,  1911.  The 
Convention  has  chosen  a  Board  for  the 
general  administration  of  the  Fund. 
There  ought  to  be  a  generous  and 
quick  response  to  this  appeal  in  pledges 
from  Ji.ooo  to  {50,000  by  those  who 
have  been  blessed  with  an  abundance 
of  this  world's  possessions. 

This  ought  to  be  but  the  beginning 
of  a  much  larger  fund  for  this  purpose. 
The  General  Assembly  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  at  its  meeting  in  Atlantic 
City  in  May  had  under  consideration 


MISSIONS 


5" 


1,000  for  a  like 
ding  Committee 
reported  the  re- 
for  the  year  the 
iz.:  ^259,225.35. 
to  wake  up  in 
r.  Dr.  H.  L. 
6rk  City  is  the 
'  the  new  Board 
ited  with  on  the 
Send  your  pledges  to  him, 
er  the  better. 


:  Out  for  thA  Proportions 

of  the  most  significant  reso- 
ons  submitted  by  the  Northern 
invention  committee,  of  which 
M.  Gallup  was  chairman,  was 
ng  upon  the  various  committees 
[missions  of  the  convention  to 
eir  reports  as  brief  as  possible 
The  committee  expressed 
ral  feeling  of  the  delegates  that 
h  time  had  been  consumed  in 
I  the  machinery  of  organization 

many  of  the  reports  were  un- 
ly  long.  There  was  no  doubt 
IS  the  sessions  were  reviewed, 
IS  appreciated  how  many  hours 
I  given  to  matters  of  relatively 
jrtance  than  those  which  were 
off  into  comers  of  time,  when 
uld  have  been  given  right  of 

is  undoubtedly  interesting  to 
questions  about  which  there 
ded  difference  of  opinion,  and 
TO  take  the  floor  are  greatly 
:o  have  plenty  of  time;  but  the 
X  wisely  called  attention  to 
that  the  convention  is  set  for  a 
rpose,  and  if  it  takes  much  of 

heretofore  devoted  exclusively 
inary  matters,  it  must  see  to  it 
!e   matters  are  discussed,   and 

out  by  every  side  issue  that 
raised.  In  the  running  of  the 
m  we  are  still  in  the  experi- 
»age,  and  shall  get  down  to 


business  by  and  by  in  the  manner  best 
adapted  to  further  the  great  interests 
we  have  in  hand.  There  is  no  doubt  of 
that.  Each  year  sees  prepress.  The 
committee  sensed  one  of  the  dangers 
this  year,  and  the  body  heartily  agreed 
with  the  resolution. 


Ro  Sectarian  Use  of  Public  Funds 

THE  Northern  Baptist  Convention 
spoke  with  no  uncertain  sound 
concerning  the  separation  of  Church  and 
State,  and  the  necessity  of  resisting 
every  attempt  to  obtain  public  moneys 
for  sectarian  purposes.  Such  attempts 
take  the  denomination  making  them 
into  the  realm  of  politics,  and  the  matter 
is  then  not  one  of  religion  but  of  public 
affairs.  The  Convention  adopted  the 
following  significant  resolutions,  which 
should    be    kept    handy    for    reference. 

Whereas,  the  peaceful  assimilaiion  of 
alien  races  and  of  diverse  religious  sects 
has  been  and  is  being  accomplished  in  the 
Republic  of  the  United  States  in  a  most  re- 
markable and  gratifying  manner,  and 

Whereas,  the  experiment  of  reli^ous 
liberty  and  the  organic  separation  of  Church 
and  State  with  free  public  schools  and  com- 
pulsory education  therein  are  recognized  as 
essential  to  ihe  perpetuation  of  our  republic, 

RetolvtJ,  I.  That  the  appiopiiation  of 
public  funds  to  religious  institutions  (how- 
ever commendable),  for  use  in  administra- 
tion of  sectarian  ministries,  tends  to  create 
useless  and  undesirable  division  among 
peaceful,  law-abiding  citizens,  and  is  un- 
American  in  spirit,  and  should  be  rendered 
unconstitutional  in  every  State  in  the  Union. 

1.  That  the  division  and  diversion  of 
public  school  funds  to  any  institution  of 
learning  not  owned  and  controlled  by  the 
State  is  also-  un-American,  and  should  be 
rendered  unconstitutional  In  each  State  of 
the  Union. 

3.  That  the  free  public  schools  of  the 
United  States  supported  by  taxation  of 
all  the  people  representing  every  conceivable 
shade  of  religious  conviction  should  not  in 
the  present  state  of  society  undertake  the 
religious  training  of  the  youth. 


S<2 


MISSIONS 


What  our  country  needs  is  a  Bible 
levival, — a  Bible  conscience,  a  Bible 
backbone,  a  Bible  nghieousness.  As 
tvc  have  been  commemorating  the  ter- 
centenary and  contemplating  what  the 
Plnglish  Bible  has  been  to  us  and  the 
world,  let  us  dedicate  ourselves  to  a 
life  based  upon  its  principles,  redeemed 
by  its  revealed  Saviour  and  Lord. 
Only  as  the  Bible  lives  in  us  shall 
others  feel  through  us  its  gracious  and 
saving  power.  Only  as  the  Bible 
truths  retain  their  hold  upon  the  hearts 
and  minds  of  the  people  shall  this 
nation  abide  in  moral  and  spiritual 
strength.  You  cannot  dig  down  to  a 
single  foundation  stone  of  this  free 
Republic  vrithout  striking  the  Bible 
granite.  We  have  been  discussing 
about  the  Bible  long  enough;  the  im- 
peratively needed  task  just  now  is  to 
get  it  translated  into  life. 

D 
The  Hiulonarr'B  Reliance 

The  missionary  is  strong  in  the 
sources  of  power.  In  addition  to  his 
experience  of  the  divine  presence  and 
his  faith  in  the  divine  promises,  he  has 
in  his  hands  the  Bible,  which  he  can 
present  with  assurance  as  the  world's 
transforming  Book.  Ask  infidelity  and 
agnosticism  what  they  have  done  for 
the  good  of  humanity  and  you  get  no 
answer.  Ask  paganism  and  Moham- 
medanism what  they  have  wrought  in 
life,  and  the  answer  is  their  conviction 
and  condemnation.  But  one  need  not 
fear  to  apply  this  supreme  test  to  the 
Bible  and  the  religion  it  proclaims. 
The  Bible's  proof  of  divine  origin  is 
this  —  what  it  has  wrought  in  human 
lives  as  the  power  of  Ciod  unto  salva- 
tion. Changed  conmmnities,  redeemed 
countries  and  continents,  new  and 
lii)thcr  civili/ations  —  these  are  the 
jmidiicts  of  the  Bible  transformation. 
I'he  mixsionary  has  the  argument  and 
(ririmoiiy  that  are  irresistible.  One 
can  drny  n  creed,  hut  not  a  changed  life. 


The  Pope  and  Democracy 

In  an  article  amazing  in  its  twisting 
of  truth  to  serve  its  purpose,  a  writer 
in  the  Atlantic  Monthly  for  July  main- 
tains that  the  papacy  is  a  democratic 
institution,  the  Pope  elected  by  the  peo- 
ple, and  that  Catholicism  and  democracy 
mean  the  same  thing.  "T\\t  American 
Republic  itself  is  not  more  of  a  volun- 
tary and  sovereign  society  than  is  the 
Roman  communion."  "The  Pontiff  on 
the  Vatican  Hill,  like  the  President  in 
the  White  House,  rules  by  the  people's 
selection  of  him  for  a  trust  that  is  more 
sacred  than  the  interests  of  any  passing 
generation."  An  article  immediately 
preceding  by  Ferrero,  the  Italian  his- 
torian, shows  how  the  elecuon  of  the 
Pope  is  restricted  to  a  handful  of 
Italian  cardinals  in  fact,  whatever  the 
theory,  and  also  shows  the  difference 
between  a  historian's  handling  of  the 
facts  and  that  of  an  advocate  who 
confuses  the  simplest  things  in  order  to 
make  out  a  case.  The  article  on  "The 
Pope  and  Democracy"  is  fairly  en- 
titled to  be  called  amusing  to  the 
student  of  history  acquainted  with  the 
actual  facts  as  to  what  Roman  Catholi- 
cism has  been  among  the  nations. 
Spain,  Portugal,  France,  Mexico,  Cuba 
and  South  America  prove  what  a  staunch 
promoter  of  democracy  she  has  been. 
As  the  Pope  is  likened  in  one  respect  to 
Lincoln  in  the  article,  we  are  reminded 
of  Lincoln's  saying  that  "you  can  fool 
some  of  the  people  all  of  the  time  and 
all  of  the  people  some  of  the  time, 
but  you  cannot  fool  all  of  the  people 
all  of  the  time."  Roman  Catholicism 
is  as  democratic  as  Russian  2 


and 


no  more  so. 


MISSIONS 


513 


Note  and  Comment 


alSSIONS  is  largely  devoted 
this  month  to  the  Phila- 
delphia Meetings,  giving 
the  Northern  Baptist  Con- 
vention and  the  anniver- 
saries of  the  Societies  the 
space  to  which  they  are 
entitled.  This  number  will 
.ble  for  reference,  as  well  as  readable. 
eIc  of  meetings  was  on  the  whole  of 
Dportance  and  interest,  and  those 
lid  not  go  will  be  able  to  attend  by 
The  year's  work  of  the  schools 
he  colored  people  has  been  reserved 
issue,  and  with  the  observations  of 
hony  on  some  of  the  foreign  mission 
le  varied  news  from  all  sections,  and 
il  departments  sustained,  the  number 
1  one  for  summer  reading.  Look  out 
World  Alliance  report  in  September. 

!n  DoJge,  Layman,  a  little  book  of 
[cs,  by  Secretary  Chas.  L.  White, 
if  the  Home  Mission  Society,  not 
Ids  the  interest  of  the  reader  from 
t,  but  keeps  putting  in  the  most 

sort  of  suggestions  and  fetching 
Its.  This  is  a  book  to  get  into  the 
if  the  laymen,  for  while  not  all  can 
om  business  and  imitate  Mr.  Dodge 
and  other  ways,  all  can  catch  the 
int  of  view  and  take  hold  of  the 
I  at  some  point.  The  story  holds  the 
lapters  together,  but  the  points  are 
:  every  turn,  and  ministers  and  lay- 
ke  will  recognize  the  truth  that  is 

and  more  interesting  than  fiction, 
ime  Mission  Society  publishes  the 
attractively.     Send  for  it. 

Seorge  T.  Webb,  who  for  six  years 

ed  as  general  secretary  of  the  young 
work,  has  accepted  the  invitation 

American  Baptist  Publication  So- 
become  associated  with  Dr.  C.  R. 

.  as  editor  of  periodicals,  and  has 


already  entered  upon  his  work.  Rev, 
W.  E.  Chalmers,  of  Morgan  Park,  Illinois, 
has  been  seleaedjo  take  Mr.  Webb's  place 
as  young  people's  secretary,  and  has  accepted 
the  position.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago  Divinity  School,  and  has 
been  a  successful  pastor.  The  choice  is 
an  excellent  one. 

^  It  is  said  that  shonly  before  his  abdica- 
tion President  Diaz  of  Mexico  pardoned  a 
murderer,  Lorenzo  Rob  del  do,  wholly  in 
recognition  of  his  remarkable  religious 
conversion.  In  reading  a  Testament  he 
underwent  a  most  astonishing  change,  and, 
writing  to  his  family,  brought  all  of  them 
into  a  new  experience  of  religion.  His 
influence  over  the  other  prisoners  was  so 
beneficial  that  the  superintendent  of  the 
prison  wrote  the  president  and  said  Mexico 
could  not  afford  to  kill  such  a  man. 

H  The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  Nonh 
has  twenty-four  schools  and  colleges  among 
the  colored  people  in  the  South,  with  about 
8,000  students  in  them.  The  Home  Board  asks 
for  a  million  this  coming  year  for  its  work. 

\  In  their  reports  to  the  Convention, 
secretaries  were  asked  .for  by  the  Brother- 
hood and  Social  Service  Commission.  As 
the  Convention  had  no  funds  of  its  own  and 
no  way  as  yet  provided  to  gel  any  except 
through  the  missionary  budgets,  the  way  to 
add  new  financial  burdens  was  not  clear. 
The  Brotherhood,  which  asked  for  15,000  a 
year,  was  given  the  privilege  of  financing 
itself,  if  it  could  do  so  without  weakening  the 
present  budget  appeals,  and  the  Social 
Service  Commission  withdrew  its  request 
for  the  present.  The  sentiment  plainly 
seemed  to  be  that  more  and  costly  machinery 
should  not  be  provided  un.il  the  denomi- 
nation furnishes  funds  to  run  what  we  have. 
Missionary  deficits  are  not  a  sound  basis  for 
additional  expenditures. 


514 


MISSIONS 


Chief  Characteristics  of  Some  Baptist  Fields 


By  Prof.  A.  W.  Anthony,  D.D. 


THE  man  who 
giveshis  impres- 
sions Trom  a  hasty 
tourdoesahazardous 
thing.  Although  he 
may  rely  at  many 
points  upon  the  ex- 
perience of  men  who 
have  lived  in  the  land 

years,  yet    his    own 
lack    of    experience 
and  his  superficial  ob- 
servations may  make 
his    appreciation 
of  their  wisdom  im- 
possible.    Neverthe- 
less hewho"tellsthe 
thing  as  he  sees  it" 
may    at    times    dis- 
cover features  which 
others   fail  to  note, 
and  will  at  least  more 
often   stimulate   others,   whose   opportunity 
it  is  to  see  closely,  to  see  better.     Wisdom 
may  increase    in    definition    and   clearness 
even  by  the  mistakes  of  the  foolish,  and  the 
foolish  may  have  as  large  a  mission  to  serve 
in   the   recognition   of  wisdom   as   the  wise 
themselves.     By  considerations  such  as  these 
I    am   emboldened    to   give   impressions   of 
somt  Baptist  mission  fields,  as  1  saw  them, 
Burma   as  a  land  made  two  deep  impres- 
sions:  first,  an  impression  of  its  great  agri- 
cultural resources,  and  second,  of  its  diversity 
in  peoples  and  tongues.  Assam  makes  similar 
impressions;    but    Assam    is    poorer,    ruder. 


more  elementary.  Burma  has  the  advantage 
of  an  ocean  port,  a  more  reliable  and  more 
available  river,  and  years  c 
The  missionary  in  Burma  is  making  n 
of  schools.  They  are  not  with  him  a  mere 
method  of  inbreeding,  in  which  to  train  hii 
own  converts;  they  are  evangdtiing  and 
philanthropic  agencies.  Even  when  th^  do 
not  immediately  win  convert!,  they  com- 
mend the  Christian  religion  and  help  ma  a 
more  intelligent  and  sympathetic  conatilu- 
ency. 

It  may  be  said  of  Baptists  in  all  British 
India  that  they  do  not  take  the  medical  mis- 
sionary very  seriously.  He  may  iiupend  his 
work  in  midair,  when  on  furiough,  and  re- 
sume it  again,  or  not,  or  let  someone  else  pick 
up  parts;  his  hospital  may  remain  cloaed  for 
years,  or  forever.  In  Burma,  at  least,  some 
are  frankly  acknowledging  that  in  a 
which  it  is  the  policy  of  a  humane 
ightened  government  to  found  and 
large  cities  and  districts  a 
equipped  and  efficient  hospital,  the 
of  the  medical  missionary  belong 
on  the  frontier,  in  pioneer  stations,  and  not 
in  competition  with  and  duplication  of 
government  hospitals  and  dispensaries. 

The  publication  work  by  the  Mission  Press 
in  Rangoon  is  an  immense  asset  for  Burma. 
It  gives  backbone,  solidity,  stability  to  all 
our  missionary  enterprises.  It  unifies, 
steadies  and  confirms  our  utterances,  from 
the  least  to  the  greatest,  throughout  the  land. 
Not  alone  are  the  Scriptures  and  the  songs 
of  the  church  given  fonh,  but  the  c 
cations,  the  resolutions,  eve 


Baptis 
land  i 


MISSIONS 


515 


irionaricG,  through  the  medium  of 
find  read}'  expression  and  citcula- 

!  reipectt  I  raise  questions  relative 
rk  in  Burma:  (i)  Is  sufficient  in- 
X  and  self-direction  allowed  to 
u,  who  have  already  made  such 
H  (tndes  and  already  so  largely 
i«r  own  affairs  ?  I  am  aware  that 
uestton  of  proportion,  and  that  the 
ests    upon    individual    judgment. 


chann  of  old  associations,  of  ancient  ways 
and  even  elTete  faiths.  Millions  at  least  stay. 
I  was  glad  to  note  among  the  missioniries 
of  India  more  red  blood  in  face  and  form, 
greater  elasticity  of  step,  —  speaking  in 
genera], — than  I  could  discover  in  any 
other  field.  Perhaps  the  diyness  of  the 
climate  accounts  for  this.    I  do  not  say. 

This  field  has  an  immense  advantage  over 
any  other  in  its  unity  of  speech.  All  work  is 
in  Telugu.    So  far  as  language  is  concerned 


wotth   raising,  evei 
:  giv,„.     (2)  In  ,i™ 

small  results  among  th 
5,    should    not    special 


L  though   I 

of  the  coi 


the  Chinese  entered  Burma  in 
s  as  to  justify  special  work  for 


;  ih" 


emi-arid  stretches  of 
ind  the  difficulties  of 
largin    from 


iufficiency  a: 
lind  why  m. 
ot  migrate  t 


e  of  ihe 
Burma, 
ie  of  the 


tive   helpers 

are  interchangeable.  The  si; 
the  advantage  of  closer  pi 
consequent  unanimity  and 
which  might  be  expected,  we 


other 


Fo. 


nthis 


The  converts  of  this  mission  are  practically 
all  of  one  caste,  the  Madigas,  a  caste  really 
below  caste.  This  fact  has  determined  some 
forms  of  work.  Native  responsibility  has 
not  been  cultivated  to  the  extent  which 
numbers  alone  would  warrant.  Schools  are 
used  almost  wholly  for  Christians  and  the 


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MISSIONS 


children  of  Christians.  Administrative 
functions  bulk  large  in  the  missionary's 
activities.  Experiments  in  Socialism  are 
somewhat  common,  and  yet  have  wrought 
out  no  final  conclusions. 

I  approached  the  Free  Baptist  mission 
field  with  some  fears  and  misgivings.  I 
wondered  if  its  work  and  various  under- 
takings would  compare  favorably  with  what 
I  had  seen  in  other  fields.  I  looked  with  a 
critical  eye,  I  confess.  I  was  not  disposed  to 
be  partial,  scarcely  to  be  lenient.  And  now 
I  must  acknowledge  that,  judged  by  inner 
spirit  and  outward  results,  this  field  is  at  no 
distance  from  the  others.  In  some  respects 
it  is  ahead.  While  not  winning  converts  by 
the  thousand,  in  proportion  to  its  size  it  has 
greater  varieties  in  caste;  it  has  developed 
and  utilized  native  talent  to  a  remarkable 
extent;  its  industrial  experiments  are  making 
a  clear  path;  its  English  work  at  Khargpur, 
though  young,  has  thus  far  escaped  pitfalls. 

In  organization  and  in  methods  this  and 
the  other  missions  are  not  much  unlike. 
Change  a  few  names,  and  committees  and 
functions  will  accord.  In  the  Conference 
here  the  thought  of  Baptist  fellowship  and 
union  received  hearty  and  unanimous  recep- 
tion; and  the  appropriate  name  for  this 
mission,  as  suggested,  was  The  American 
Baptist  Bengal  and  Oris s a  Mission. 

In  Assam  diversity  is  prominent.  So 
unlike  are  different  stations  that  they  appear 
in  many  respects  more  like  small,  distinct 
mission  fields,  rather  than  related,  co-ordinate 
parts  of  one  mission.  I  believe  there  is  no 
one  missionary  in  Assam  who  has  seen  all  of 
the  stations.  Interests  are  necessarily  looked 
at  more  or  less  apart  and  by  themselves. 
Distances  in  some  instances,  measured  by 
time  rather  than  by  miles,  are  prohibitive 
of  frequent  meetings.  Languages  change  in 
the  same  district.  The  cohesion  resembles 
the  cohesion  of  beads  strung  upon  a 
string. 

I  am  of  the  impression  that  work  in  Assam 
has  been  allowed  to  follow  somewhat  too 
easily  the  lines  of  least  resistance.  Hill  tribes, 
responsive  to  the  first  gospel  message,  have 
been  evangelized,  while  the  more  intellectual, 
the  more  influential   peoples  of  the  plains 


have  been  in  a  measure  neglected.  I  know 
that  there  are  great  differences  of  opinion 
here,  but  I  give  it  as  my  impression  that  the 
evangelization  of  Assam  will  come,  if  it 
comes  at  all,  from  the  peoples  of  the  plains 
and  not  from  the  tribes  of  the  hills.  In  the 
plains  will  arise  the  cities,  the  schools  and 
the  churches  of  the  future.'  These  plains 
should  be  pre-empted  for  Christ.  I  am  not 
saying,  nor  implying  that  work  for  the  hill 
tribes  has  been  faulty  or  misdirected.  It  is 
a  case  of  "this  ought  ye  to  have  done  and 
not  to  have  left  the  other  undone."  Both 
are  needed  and  now,  in  my  judgment,  great 
stress  should  be  laid  upon  the  need  of  workers 
and  work  in  the  plains.  Assam  calls  for 
reinforcements  and  development.  Her  needs 
are  in  some  respects  the  greatest  of  any  of 
our  fields. 

China  I  saw  simply  long  enough  to  realize 
the  immensity  of  the  field  and  the  hopeful- 
ness of  interdenominational  co-operation  and 
union.  Here,  as  nowhere  else,  the  different 
missionary  societies,  from  even  different 
lands,  consult  together,  map  out  the  field  in 
unison,  and  actually  unite  in  medical,  edu- 
cational and  literary  enterprises.  We 
Baptists  have  a  large  responsibility  in  doing 
our  part  in  China. 

A  little  glimpse  of  Japan  did  not  fail  to 
make  a  deep  impression  upon  me.  It  is 
modem;  it  is  almost  American  1  Tall  smoke- 
stacks, finely  constructed,  equipped  and 
operated  railroads,  great  ships,  commerce, 
activity,  courtesy;  these  are  not  words  to  use 
in  connection  with  an  uncultured,  a  back- 
ward people.  And  here  are  troops  and 
troops  of  school  children,  in  every  city,  even 
flocking  into  the  railway  stations,  touring  the 
country  with  their  teachers;  and  great  uni- 
versities, where  men  and  books  count  far 
more  than  buildings  and  grounds!  It  is  all 
marvelous! 

Christianity  has  achieved  much — some 
80,000  converts;  but  among  50,000,000  of 
people;  and  there  are  the  50,000,000!  It  is 
not  an  easy  task  awaiting  the  church  in 
Japan.  We  Baptists  have  stations;  we  have 
opportunities;  and  we  have  great  need,  also, 
in  Japan  of  able  men  and  judicially  invested 
money. 


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The  Anniversaries  in  Philadelphia 

By  the  Editor 

THE  RECORD  CONVENTION  OF  NORTHERN  BAPTISTB  IN 
NUMBER!  AND  IN  IMPORTANCE  OF  SUBJECTS  DISCUSSED 
AND    ACTED   UPON THE    STORY    OF    SIX    GREAT    DAYS 

The  Northern   Baptist  Convention 


O", 


>UR  repon  in  the 
July  number  cov- 
ered only  the  first  day 
of  the  Convention,  with 
the    organization,    ad- 
dress of  welcome,  presi- 
dent's     address,      law 
committee's    report    of 
incorporation,  and  two 
sessions  given  to  the  work  of  the  Woman's 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society.  The 
first  day  was  auspicious  in  spite  of  the  wet 
and  warm  weather,  and  the  crowds  kept  pour- 
ing in.  Wednesday  morning  brought  a  great 
change  in  temperature,  and  during  the  week 
one  could  not  ask  for  more  delightful  sum- 
mer weather.    Indeed  through  the  entire  fort- 
night there  was  little  discomfort  and  Phila- 
delphia not  only  established  a  new  reputa- 
tion as  a  summer  resort,  but  put  a  stamp 
on  a  large  body  of  false  prophets.    The 
greatest  heat  was  in  some  of  the  discussions, 
for  which  the  weather-maker  could  not  be 
held  directly  responsible. 

The  first  discussion  arose  on  Tuesday 
morning,  over  the  recommendation  of  the 
Executive  Committee  that  a  committee  of 
five  be  appointed  to  arrange,  together  with 
similar  committees  of  other  denominations, 
for  a  meeting  to  confer  upon  matters  of 
faith  and  order.  The  idea  was  abroad  that 
be    clothed    with 


authority  that  might  be  used  to  betray  the 
denomination,  and  objection  was  raised  to  the 
preamble  of  the  resolution.  It  was  proposed 
to  enlarge  the  committee  to  fifteen,  and  for 
a  time  the  pros  and  cons  were  put  foreibly; 
but  at  length  Secretary  Bitting  pointed  out 
the  fact  that  the  discussion  was  beside  the 
mark,  and  in  spite  of  the  fear  expressed  by 
one  speaker  that  the  Baprists  would  be 
"gobbled  up"  the  resolution  was  adopted, 
and  we  shall  be  represented  in  the  efforts  to 
seek  greater  co-operation  and  a  broader  sym- 
pathy among  all  Christians.  This  matter  put 
a  charge  of  electricity  into  the  atmosphere. 
The  popularity  of  floor  discussion  was  un- 
mistakable. 

Wednesday  morning  the  second  discus- 
sion came,  and  the  most  strenuous  of  the 
week.  The  auditorium  was  filled,  and  the 
body  seemed  on  the  qui  vivt.  The  chair 
was  taken  by  Vice-President  Brimson, 
owing  to  the  physical  disability  of  President 
Hunt,  and  the  delegates  soon  appreciated 
the  fact  that  they  were  not  dealing  with 
President  Judson,  who  would  have  kept 
some  of  them  from  speaking  without  regard 
to  time  or  number  of  times,  and  have  smoothed 
out  the  rough  places  by  his  parliamentary 
skill  and  imperturbable  suaviler  in  moda. 
As  it  was,  conventionality  went  by  the  board 
for  a  while  and  the  spectacle  was  not  strictly 
edifying.    The  legal  report  was  made  and 


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MISSIONS 


adopted  without  much  debate,  although  it 
carried  the  important  measure  of  a  by-law 
for  the  creation  of  a  Ministers'  Benefit  Board 
and  the  affiliation  of  the  state  conventions 
with  inclusive  budget. 

Then  the  special  committee  appointed 
last  year  reported  on  the  independent 
Persian  mission,  which  has  for  years  been  a 
matter  of  investigation  and  eveiy  time  been 
reported  upon  adversely  so  far  as  its  being 
taken  over  by  the  Foreign  Society  was  con- 
cerned. The  committee  was  a  strong  one, 
and  its  statement  was  thorough  and  judicial. 
Reciting  the  history  of  the  work  carried  on 
under  direcrion  of  the  Persian  Baptist  Mis- 
sion Committee  by  Rev.  Y.  N.  Shahbaz,  it 
showed  how  this  was  in  the  center  of  a 
Presbyterian  field  and  not  in  accord  with  the 
principles  ofChristian  comity  now  recognized 
and  prevailing  on  the  foreign  mission  fields. 
In  view  of  all  the  facts  it  was  unanimously 
found  that  "it  would  be  uneconomic  and 
unwise  for  our  Foreign  Society  to  take 
over  the  Persian  work."  It  was  also  recom- 
mended that  Mr.  Shahbaz  be  retained  in  this 
country  as  a  missionary  to  his  people,  among 
whom  he  is  now  working  at  Yonkers. 

Instantly  a  discussion  was  on.  After 
two  or  three  speeches,  it  was  voted  to  hear 
Mr.  Shahbaz,  and  the  missionary  only  too 
gladly  made  his  plea  which  appealed  strongly 
to  his  hearers.  The  committee  replied  and 
the  debate  continued.  The  balance  was 
somewhat  restored  by  Prof.  F.  L.  Anderson 
of  Newton,  who  used  the  forcible  argument 
that  it  was  hardly  the  fair  thing  for  people 
who  had  left  the  Foreign  Society  with  a 
debt  of  1^60,000  to  saddle  it  with  another 
burden  before  they  enabled  it  to  carry  what 
it  had.  In  the  midst  of  the  spirited  debate 
the  hour  for  adjournment  arrived,  and  a  mo- 
tion to  adjourn  was  carried.  That  practi- 
cally ended  the  discussion;  for  during  the 
recess  there  was  much  thinking,  and  many 
came  to  see  that  it  was  hardly  wise  to  set 
aside  summarily  a  report  over  which  im- 
partial men  had  worked  faithfully,  in  the 
light  of  the  facts,  and  that  the  least  that 
could  be  done  was  to  refer  the  matter  back. 
At  the  opening  of  the  afternoon  session  this 
was  done  and  it  looked  as  though  the  matter 
had  been  disposed  of.  To  close  with  it  here, 
it  may  be  said  that  the  committee  refused 
to  go  further  with  the  matter,  and  overnight 
some    brethren    evolved    a    way    out    that 


seemed  good  to  all  parties.  This  was  pro- 
posed Thursday  morning  by  Dr.  C.  F.  Ralston 
of  Yonkers,  and  when  the  vote  was  taken  later 
the  action  was  unanimous.  The  resolurion 
and  preanribles  are  here  given  as  adopted: 

Whereas,  the  Noithem  Baptist  Con- 
vention desires  to  emphasize  and  reiter- 
ate its  full  appreciadon  of  the  principle 
of  Christian  comity  obtaining  between 
denominations  in  the  prosecution  of 
foreign  mission  work,  whether  in  Persia 
or  elsewhere;  and  Whereas,  we  also 
recognize  the  value  of  the  work  which 
Mr.  Shahbaz  has  done  and  is  capable 
of  doing  among  his  own  people  in  Persia; 
and  Whereas,  Mr.  Shahbaz  has  expressed 
his  willingness  to  transfer  his  work 
from  his  present  field  to  some  other  not 
now  occupied  by  the  Presbyterian 
Board  in  Persia  ;Therefore,  be  it  Resolve  J , 
That  this  Convention,  through  its  execu- 
tive committee,  appoint  a  committee 
of  five  to  confer  with  the  Presbyterian 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions  to  ascertain 
and  to  determine  upon  a  possible  field  in 
which  Mr.  Shahbaz,  under  the  direcrion 
of  the  Persian  Baptist  Committee,  may 
prosecute  his  labors,  without  violating 
the  spirit  of  comity  as  now  retognized 
by  the  various  foreign  mission  boards; 
and  we  further  recommend  that  in  case 
of  a  satisfactoiy  adjustment  with  the 
Presbyterian  Board,  this  committee  shall 
report  back  to  the  Convention  at  its 
meeting  in  191 3. 

There  was  a  general  feeling  of  relief  at 
this  settlement  of  the  difficult  matter. 

The  report  of  the  finance  committee  was 
presented  by  Andrew  MacLeish  of  Illinois, 
and  adopted.  Dr.  Crandall  told  of  the 
success  of  the  effort  to  raise  f  6,000  to  bring 
the  Russian  and  other  European  brethren 
to  the  Worid  Alliance.  He  raised  ^$6,590  at 
a  total  expense  of  ^(62.45.  The  religious 
papers  had  helped  most  generously  by 
publishing  the  appeals,  and  the  contribu- 
tions came  from  every  state  but  two  in  the 
Convention  territory. 

The  report  of  the  General  Apportion- 
ment Committee,  presented  by  Secretary 
John  M.  Moore,  was  the  next  matter  to 
create  warm  discussion,  the  basis  of  appor- 
tionment being  the  point  chiefly  debated. 


MISSIONS 


519 


hreshing  out  of  the  matter  was  un- 
idly  a  good  thing,  as  it  showed  how 
It  it  is  to  reach  an  understanding  and 
Tiany   complications   there   are.     Yet 

plain  that  the  objections  were  nearly 
some  special  feature  and  not  to  the 
itself.  Whatever  modifications  are 
the  plan  will  be  tried  out  thoroughly, 
ill  prove  successful  beyond  question 
ipared  with  any  previous  method  or  the 
)f  it. 

evenings  were  to  be  inspirational, 
vere  so  to  a  degree.  They  were 
ral  also,  for  this  evening  brought  up 
service  and  the  Baptist  Brotherhood, 
iborate  report  was  submitted  by  the 

Service  Commission,  which  by  its 
y  in  publishing  literature  and  studying 
ich  conditions  as  divorce,  alcoholism, 
cial  evil,  and  industrial  conditions, 
:d  its  claim  to  a  larger  place  in  general 
t. 

Baptist  Brotherhood  also  reported 
rk,  claims  and  proposed  enlargement. 
x:ial  Service  report  was  seconded  in  an 
ible  address  by  Dr.  Leighton  Williams 
N  York,  and  that  of  the  Brotherhood 
r,  Harry  E.  Fosdick  of  New  Jersey,  who 
captivated  his  audience  with  a  racy 
s   much    out   of  the   common.     His 

characterization  of  the  "good  old 
'  which  never  were,  might  be  a  trifle 
awn  but  was  appreciated  all  the  same, 
rsday  morning,  before  the  Home 
n  Society  began  its  anniversary, 
ecutive  committee  of  the  Convention 
for  instructions  as  to  what  expenses 
Id  pay  and  how  the  money  should  be 
ed.  After  a  discussion  which  in- 
1  that  the  general  sentiment  was  in 
of  paying  necessary  expenses  but  of 
g  these  as  low  as  possible,  it  was 
that  the  executive  committee  be  in- 
;d  to  bring  its  budget  for  the  current 
ithin  the  limit  of  130,000,  and  that  a 
snce  committee  devise  ways  and  means 
mcing  the  Convention. 

report  of  the  Convention  treasurer 
receipts  of  ^23,407,  including  $9,000 
s  of  the  General  Apportionment 
ittee;  and  expenditures  of  ;8i  7,216, 
ing  this  $9,000;  leaving  a  balance  on 
)f$6,i90.    Taking  out  the  Apportion- 

account,  the  Convention  proper 
;d  $14,407,  and  spent  $8,217.    Secre- 


tary Bitting  said  no  member  of  the  executive 
committee  had  charged  traveling  expenses, 
the  expense  being  for  clerical  work  in  the 
secretary's  office,  correspondence,  and  ex- 
penses of  certain  commissions  and  com- 
mittees and  a  secretary  for  the  finance 
committee.  The  corresponding  secretary 
receives  no  salary,  and  has  set  a  fine  example 
for  volunteer  unsalaried  secretaries  of  other 
denominational  organizations.  If  a  pastor 
can  do  this  for  the  Convention,  why  not  for 
the  Social  Service  Commission,  the  Brother- 
hood, and  so  on  ?  Here  is  a  field,  too,  for 
consecrated  business  laymen. 

A   FIFTY  THOUSAND   START 

One  of  the  most  important  matters  that 
came  before  the  Convention,  in  its  far- 
reaching  consequences,  was  presented  by 
Dr.  Morehouse,  whose  interest  in  securing 
a  ministerial  benefit  fund  worthy  of  the 
denominanon  has  long  been  manifest.  He 
first  secured  the  enlargement  of  the  Minis- 
terial Benefit  Board's  scope  so  as  to  include 
missionaries,  and  then  read  the  following 
proposition,  which  was  greeted  with  loud 
applause: 

June  7,  191 1. 
Dr.  H.  L.  Morehouse,  Chairman    Com- 
mittee on  Aid  to  Superannuated  and  Dis- 
abled Ministers: 

I  want  to  submit  a  proposition  for  your 
Executive  Committee.  If  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  should  appoint  a  per- 
manent Committee  whose  duty  shall  be  the 
collecting  and  dispensing  of  funds  for  .the 
relief  of  superannuated  and  disabled  min- 
isters and  missionaries,  it  would  appeal  to 
me.  I  would  pledge  fifty  thousand  dollars 
for  that  fund  on  condition  that  between  now 
and  next  Christmas  at  noon,  they  secure 
two  hundred  thousand  more.  If  the  quarter 
of  a  million  dollars  is  not  all  pledged  by  that 
time,  no  pledge  shall  be  binding  on  any  one. 
The  Northern  Baptist  Convention  shall 
agree  that  if  this  fund  is  raised,  they  will 
thereafter  recognize  the  Annual  Budget  of 
the  Ministers'  Benefit  Board  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  as  one  of  the  objects  of 
beneficence  to  be  commended  by  the  Con- 
vention to  the  churches.  Am  sure  every 
loyal  Baptist  in  the  Northern  States  will 
feel  enough  interest  to  contribute  towards 
this  line  of  work.    Such  a  fund  would  give 


520 


MISSIONS 


courage  and  strength  to  our  young  men  to 
enter  the  ministiy,  knowing  they  would  be 
cared  for  if  the  time  should  come  when  they 
might  need  help.  It  would  cheer  and  comfort 
the  missionaries  in  the  Orient  or  wherever 
we  send  them  to  know  we  considered  them 
our  partners  and  were  caring  for  them. 

(Signed)  A  Man  from  Pennsylvania. 

There  were  many  who  thought  they  could 
tell  who  the  "Man  from  Pennsylvania" 
was,  as  they  remembered  the  liberal  treat- 
ment accorded  various  missionary  causes, 
but  Dr.  Morehouse  was  not  authorized  to 
gratify  curiosity.  The  purposeful  thing  was 
to  accept  the  generous  offer,  which  was  done 
by  passing  the  following  minute  by  a  rising 
vote,  all  joining  in  singing  the  Doxology. 

ResoiveJ,  That  this  Convention  hears 
with  profound  gratitude  to  God  of  the 
generous  offer  by  "A  Man  from  Penn- 
sylvania'' of  1150,000  toward  the  Minis- 
ters and  Missicmaries  Benefit  Fund  of 
the  Board  of  this  Convention  on  condi- 
ticm  that  at  least  {200,000  more  be 
secured  for  this  purpose  by  noon  of 
December  25, 191 1;  and  that  this  Con- 
vention hereby  agrees  in  case  said 
amount  shall  be  secured  that  thereafter 
the  Convention  will  recognize  the  annual 
budget  of  the  Ministers'  Benefit  Board 
of  the  Convention  as  one  of  the  objects 
of  beneficence  to  be  commended  by  the 
Convention  to  the  churches.  Resolved^ 
That  we  urge  upon  the  pastors  and  the 
4aymen  in  our  churches  their  most 
hearty  co-operation  in  securing  the 
Jt200,ooo  required  to  secure  this  gener- 
ous conditional  gift  of  {50,000.  Re^ 
solvedy  That  missionaries  of  any  of  our 
Baptist  missionary  organizations  shall 
be  included  in  the  list  of  those  entitled 
to  the  benefits  of  the  fund. 

Let  this  fund  once  be  established  with 
the  millions  worthy  of  the  denominadon 
and  on  the  same  basis  as  the  educadon  fund, 
and  the  future  of  the  ministry  would  be 
bright  with  hope. 

SECRETARY  STACKHOUSE's  TACT 

Secretary  W.  T.  Stackhouse,  of  "Every- 
where," at  the  opening  of  the  Wednesday 
evening  session,  said  it  had  never  been  his 


privilege  to  meet  a  finer  lot  of  pastors,  a 
better  class  of  secretaries,  or  a  finer  "bunch" 
of  lajrmen  since  he  had  engaged  in  his  present 
work.  In  six  months  he  had  traveled  37,000 
miles  and  spoken  in  150  Baptist  churches. 
He  declared  that  the  Bapdst  La3m[ien's 
Movement  is  bound  to  succeed  because  we 
have  the  ability  to  achieve,  and  because  we 
have  the  machinery.  A  disease  that  is 
prevalent  around  the  country  he  defined 
as  "acute  stricture  of  the  purstringus/' 
The  Laymen's  Movement  purposes  to  cut 
the  strings  and  relieve  the  pressure.  Amid 
vociferous  cries  of  "Go  on,"  Doctor  Suck- 
house  stopped  at  the  end  of  ten  minutes 
because  he  said  he  had  long  ago  learned  not 
to  steal.  The  audience  appreciated  the 
point,  as  well  as  the  sdrring  words.  Dr. 
Stackhouse  can  say  much  in  litde  rime,  and 
the  hearers  regretted  diat  he  was  not  given 
more.  Once  he  lost  his  chance  because  the 
speaker  preceding  him  had  not  learned  that 
elementary  principle  referred  to  above  and 
inculcated  in  the  eighth  commandment. 

COUNTRY  AND   CITY 

Thursday  evening  brought  two  e3tceed- 
ingly  effecdve  addresses.  The  first  was  on 
"The  Conservation  and  Reinvigoradon  of 
Our  Country  Churches,"  by  Dr.  H.  G. 
Beeman  of  Iowa,  who  has  had  practical 
experience  and  spoke  straight  from  the 
shoulder,  placing  the  country  church  and 
pastor  in  their  true  light  and  importance, 
and  not  forgetdng  to  touch  up  the  well  able 
to  do  but  near  farmers  who  do  not  support 
the  country  churches.  This  address  ought 
to  be  widely  read.  When  it  was  concluded 
the  audience  was  made  aware  of  the  presence 
of  the  Russian  delegation  of  thirty,  and  a 
scene  of  much  enthusiasm  followed  as  the 
Russians  were  taken  to  the  choir  seats  and 
greeted  with  rising  salute.  They  sang  one 
or  two  of  their  strong  hynms  and  apparently 
enjoyed  the  sight  of  the  thousands  around 
them. 

The  city  missions  problem  was  presented 
by  Rev.  C.  H.  Sears  of  New  York,  in  an  able 
report,  the  conclusion  of  which  was  that  the 
task  of  city  evangelizadon  is  too  big  for  any 
one  denomination;  "nothing  short  of  a 
united  Protestantism  can  win."  This 
position  was  enforced  by  one  of  the  best 
addresses  yet  made  by  Dr.  Charies  A.  Eaton 
of  New  York,  who  spoke  on  "The  Con- 


MISSIONS 


521 


ion  and  Captaincy  of  our  Forces  in  the 
Cities."  In  language  vigorous  and 
he  described  the  foolish  way  in  which 
usiness  men  have  done  church  business, 
d  what  is  to  be  conserved,  beginning 
lowntown  church  property,  and  then 
d  out  the  ways  in  which  the  forces 
be  marshaled.  He  made  the  problem 
onal,  not  merely  a  municipal  one,  and 
all  our  organizations,  city  mission, 
mission  and  suburban  churches  must 
hand.  He  carried  the  sentiment  with 
even  when  he  declared  passionately 
he  time  had  come  when  we  must  be 
ians  first,  and  Baptists,  Presbyterians 
?hat  not,  second.  The  success  or 
I   of  one   is   the   success    or    failure 


!  presence  of  the  Russians  was  given 
ictive  home  mission  turn  by  Dr.  C.  L. 
,  associate  secretary  of  the  Home 
nn  Society,  who  told  some  pathetic 
ces  of  stranded  Russian  families 
by  the  Society  to  get  through  Ellis 
and  to  their  destination  in  California, 
troduced  Rev.  L.  L.  Zboray,  a  Hun- 
civil  engineer  who  had  given  up  a 
salary  to  accept  a  home  missionary 
itment  at  |l6oo,  and  rejoiced  in  the 
:e.  Then  the  Russian  delegation 
again,  and  with  a  prayer  by  Dr. 
d  one  of  the  best  sessions  of  the  Con- 
n  was  closed. 

Friday's  business 

ing  the  Convention  hour  Friday 
ig  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the 
1  Reports  of  Co-operating  Societies 
presented  and  referred.  It  recom- 
d  to  the  Publication  Society  that  the 
T  of  colporter  wagons  be  greatly 
ied;  that  the  chapel  cars  be  kept  at 
n  the  field  for  which  they  were  built; 
:hat  literature  printed  in  foreign 
ges  be  provided  rapidly.  As  to  the 
n  Society,  the  station  plan  was  com- 
d  as  intended  greatly  to  stimulate  and 
interest,  and  especial  attention  was 
to  the  urgent  needs  as  set  forth  in  the 
—  thirty-five  new  men  being  needed 
:e  to  keep  the  work  at  its  present 
icy.  Coming  to  the  Home  Mission 
r,  the  handling  of  the  difficult  com- 
>ns  in  New  Mexico  was  thoroughly 


approved;  the  society  was  asked  to  prepare 
a  policy  for  the  solution  of  the  country 
church  problems  by  means  of  experimental 
stations*  or  clinics;  and  its  attention  was 
called  to  the  resolution  adopted  at  Chicago 
calling  upon  it  to  raise  jl  100,000  for  the 
education  of  missionaries  to  work  among 
foreigners  in  this  country.  The  Woman's 
Home  Mission  Society  was  recommended  to 
look  into  the  need  of  work  among  the  un- 
churched masses  of  our  cities,  and  establish 
this  work  as  soon  as  possible.  General 
recommendations  were  that  all  the  co- 
operating societies  should  work  in  harmony 
with  the  budget,  and  that  every  church  pre- 
pare and  adopt  a  unified  budget,  including 
the  women's  work,  at  the  beginning  of  the 
fiscal  year.  The  joint  secretary  plan  was 
commended'/^d  its  extension  advised. 

The  report^bf  the  co^^miittee  on  Religious 
and  Moral  J^ducation  recommended  the 
appointment  bf  a  permanent  commission 
with  an  educational  secretary  as  soon  as 
practicable,  and  this  was  adopte^v  The 
members  appointed  are  given  elsewhere. 
The  committee  on  the  relations  of  the  mis- 
sion work  of  the  Home  Mission  and  Pub- 
lication Societies,  which  was  not  ready  to 
report,  was  continued  and  instructed  to 
report  next  year. 

CLOSING    SESSIONS 

Saturday  morning  the  commission  on 
young  people's  work  reported,  recommend- 
ing that  it  is  inadvisable  to  suggest  any 
change  of  names;  that  the  Convention  ap- 
point a  permanent  commission  of  nine,  to 
superintend  the  work  of  organization  of 
young  people's  societies,  together  with  the 
inspirational  and  educational  work  therein, 
subject  to  the  vested  rights  of  the  Publication 
Society;  and  that  the  Baptist  Young  People's 
Union  of  America  be  asked  to  assume  the 
functions  of  a  larger  federation  of  Baptist 
young  people  by  including  representatives 
from  other  lands  as  well  as  the  North, 
South  and  Canada;  by  holding  inspirational 
meetings  in  connection  with  the  General 
Convention  of  the  Baptists  of  North  America, 
the  Baptist  World  Alliance,  or  independently. 

Three  strong  addresses  closed  the  week 
and  made  the  Saturday  evening  session  one 
of  the  best.  The  speakers  were  Rev.  John 
F.  Herget  of  Cincinnati,  Dr.  L.  A.  Crandall, 
and  Rev.  A.  J.  Vining,  who  represents  the 


5M 


MISSIONS 


Riusian  educational  movement.    The  Con-  how,   by   our  ori^n,   hictoty  and  geniiu, 

vention  icnnon  by  Dr.  Faunce,  Prendent  of  Baptut*  muit  be  in  cordial  tympathy  with 

Brown  Univertity,  on  Sunday  morning,  wai  the    great    democratic    movement    in    our 

a  fitting  finale.    The  preacher  wai  at  hit  generation,  mu«  teize  upon  and  guide  and 

heat,  and  it  would  be  <Ufficult  to  pay  him  a  (^ritualize  the   tocial    aapirations   of  our 

higher  compliment.    He  brought  the  con-  time,    or    ignominiouily    fail    in    ipirituat 

vention  to  a  high  plane  m  he  pointed  out  leaderahip. 


The   Home   Mission   Society's  Anniversary 


THE  Home  Mission  Society  compressed 
its  annual  meeting  into  two  sessions, 
unless  the  inspirational  evening  session  be 
counted  as  a  third.  And  the  convention 
clipped  off  an  hour  or  more  at  that,  such 
seemed  to  be  its  pressure  of  business  and 
debate.  The  time  allowed,  however,  was 
filled  with  interest,  and  large  matters  were 
pressed  to  the  front. 

President  F.  A.  Wells,  of  Chicago,  pre- 
sided, and  in  brief  opening  remarks  dwelt 
paniculariy  upon  the  laymen's  movement 
and  the  work  of  the  Brotheihood.  In  the 
laymen's  awakening  he  saw  the  hope  of  a 
wonderful  development. 

Secretary  Morehouse  had  presented  the 
annual  report  at  the  preliminary  meeting  of 
the  society  on  Tuesday  morning. 


Two  addresses  were  made  on  the  work 
among  the  colored  people.  Dr.  George 
Sale,  superintendent  of  education  for  the 
Society,  gave  an  enlightening  address  on 
"The  Dominant  Purpose  in  our  Work  for 
the  Negroes,"  this  being  from  the  first  to 
provide  a  wise,  consecrated  and  educated 
leadership.  Industrial  training  is  necessaiy 
and  much  of  it  must  be  done,  but  it  is  not 
enough  for  the  uplifting  of  the  race,  which 
requites  highly  trained  leaders  in  all  the 
professions.  The  frequent  remark  that  it 
is  not  necessary  to  continue  the  missionary 
and  school  work  among  the  colored  people 
much  longer  was  shown  to  be  fallacious, 
and  it  was  made  clear  that  while  illiteracy 
is  growing  proportionately  less  ammig  the 
negroes,  yet  the  number  of  negro  illiterate* 


MISSIONS 


5»3 


reater  than  the  total  number  of 
ipleai  the  time  of  emancipation  — 
ful  has  been  the  increase  of  the 
pulation.  The  educational  pro- 
■■  a  strong  showing,  and  the  pte- 
ras  exceedingly  effective. 
.  Osbom,  who  has  been  president 
t  College  for  sixteen  years  and 
dred,  took  that  institution  as  an 

of  the  school  progress  since  the 
on.     The    way     in     which     the 

of  Benedict  graduates  have 
caching  and  ministerial  positions 

i;  sections,  besides  making  homes 
g  business  places  and  farms,  was 
>et  forth,  until  the  inestimable 
nich  an  educational  institution 
f  all.  Dr.  Osbom  is  most  opti- 
ceming  the  race  problem,  and 
1  South  Carolina  it  gives  no  con- 
he  relatiotu  between  the  whites 
ace  friendly. 

moon  session  was  devoted  chiefly 
e  mission  work  in  Spanish-speak- 

First  came  Pono  Rico,  repre- 
the  general  superintendent.  Rev. 
dd,  who  told  of  the  foiiy-two 
urches  and  the  continuous  re- 
rowth,  also  of  the  whole  evangeli- 
fhich  in  the  past  twelve  years  has 
more    than    io,ooa    evangelical 

while  the  denominations  are 
L  comity  with  the  best  results. 
itroduced  Rev.  Fernando  Cepero 


educated    nativ 

e    Pono    Rican 

'ho  made  an  exc 

ellent  address  in 

^e  was  an   object  lesson  of  im- 
nd,    disclosing   what   the    gospel 
our  missionary  effort  means  in 
[hose  who  receive  it.     Here  was 

nver  that  was  se. 

:n  in  the  Russian 

anifested  in  an 

entirely  different 

Mr.    Cepero   i 

Rio   Piedras,  wh 

5   pastor  of  the 

lerethe    Normal 

located,   and   is 
The  two  addre 

filling  the  post 
sses  made  Porto 

mission  field. 

,H.  R.Moseley, 

who  has  directed 

ped   the  work   il 

n  Eastern  Cuba 

fie  Home  Missioi 
hortly  after  thi 

1  Society  entered 

old  of  the  continued  progress  in 
g  the  past  thirteen  years.     Never 
Jtjditjons  been  so  favorable,  the 

well  manned,  the  work  so 
thoroughly  established  on  a  substantial 
basis  as  now.  Our  schools  at  El  Cristo 
have  given  us  standing  throughout  Cuba, 
and  are  known  both  for  their  good  scholar- 
ship and  Christian  character.  Dr.  Moseley 
pointed  out  the  strategic  position  of  Cuba, 
as  the  Gibraltar  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  the 
guardian  of  the  entrance  to  the  waters  that 
will  be  Riled  with  world  commerce  when  the 


Panama  Canal  shall  be  in  operation,  the 
base  of  missionary  endeavor  in  South 
America  —  a  land  that  must  be  taken  by 
the  gospel  forces  if  we  are  to  gain  victories 
in  the  great  Spanish-speaking  countries  in 
Central  and  South  America. 

Dr.  Moseley  had  a  native  Cuban  preacher 
to  introduce,  and  Pastor  Molino,  a  Spaniard 
of  high  education,  pastor  and  editor,  gave 
another  illustration  of  the  way  in  which  the 
gospel  is  reaching  all  classes  and  bringing 
them  into  service.  The  record  made  in 
both  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico  forms  a  notable 

Because  of  the  revolutionary  conditions  out 
of  which  he  came,  and  the  uncertainty  as 
to  what  the  immediate  future  will  bring, 
deep  interest  attached  to  the  message  brought 


MISSIONS 


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»-.-   *5C  «*mc  encouraging  news. 

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w«*  I  ^  Sa:tw*  intr^nluced  Rev. 
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He  described  the  great  religious  need  and 
opportunity  in  £1  Salvador  and  the  other 
Central  American  Republics,  which  through 
the    Panama   Canal   w^ill    be    brought   into 
world  contact  and  arc  now  open  to  evangeli- 
zation.    Dr.  Barnes  followed  with  a  states- 
manlike survey  of  Spanish  America,  which 
brought  out  the  significant  part  it  is  destined 
to  play  in  the  future  development  of  civiliza- 
tion on  these  continents.     He  declared  this 
to  be  the  last  great  battlefield  of  Christianity, 
and  the  hour  to  begin  the  fight  had  already 
struck,     (jod  calls  the  Christian  forces  to 
consider  and   meet  the  desperate  spiritua  1 
and    moral    needs    of   these    peoples    whc:^ 
rightly  look  to  us  for  light  and  help.     Thtsj: 
effect   of  the   presentation   was   cumulative— 
and  strong,  and  it  was  well  to  concentrate  thc= 
attention  of  the  two  sessions  upon  two  im — 
portant  phases  of  the  home  mission  work 
The  newly  realized  needs  of  the  rural  com — 
munities    and    the    distinctive    problem    or- 

the  great  cities  were  voiced  at  the  cveninjL . 

session,   which   was   convention    and   hom« . 

mission  combined.    The  officers  of  the  Home- 
Mission  Society  are  given  on  another  page^ 


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touched  upon  frankly  in  the  report,  was  in- 
troduced by  Mr.  Cieorge  K.  Briggs,  chairman 
of  the  executive  committee,  and  a  straight- 
forward business  man  of  large  ability  and 
affairs,  who  made  an  address  aptly  charac- 
terized as  ** tactful,  sensible,  and  concilia- 
ton*,*'  explaining  the  position  of  the  executive 
committee  in  regard  to  the  old  and  ever- 
present  subject  of  administrative  expense. 
(^ne's  view,  he  said,  was  likely  to  be  deter- 
nuned  by  one's  estimate  of  the  missionan 
enterprise  —  whether  it  be  viewed  merely  as 
a  collecting  agency,  or  as  a  stupendous  work, 
whose  character  and  policy  must  be  carefully 
ditermined  in  the  light  of  its  overwhelming 
m.ii:nitude;  a  work  not  to  be  organized  for  a 
d.iv.  but  for  the  long  future.  In  the  first 
%iew  our  expense  is  wasteful;  in  the  second, 
it  is  wi<c  and  necessan*.  He  moved,  on  behalf 

m 

*>f  the  committee,  an  investigation  by  a 
committee  of  the  ci^nvention,  thorough  and 
complete;  report  to  be  brought  in  the  next 
\i.ir.      This  was  unanimously  adopted. 


MISSIONS 


525 


was  desire,  however,  to  discuss 
ter  from  the  floor  at  once,  and  a 
n  was  offered  by  Mr.  R.  S.  Holmes, 
gan,  that  the  convention  request  the 
ee  just  provided  for  to  devise  ways 
ns  to  limit  the  home  expense  to  ten 
of  receipts.  After  some  discussion 
Ion  was  defeated,  and  the  committee 
Tee  to  make  investigation  and  report. 
:utive  committee  made  it  plain  that 
iS  the  fullest  investigation.  The 
ce,  which  was  appointed  later,  is 
long  the  convention  committees  on 
page. 

>IIowing  officers  were  elected: 
DENT,  Cornelius  Woelfkin  of   New 

Presidents,    I.   W.   Carpenter    of 
a,  George  C.  Whitney  of   Massa- 
Andrew  MacLeish  of  Illinois. 
iDiNG  Secretary,  George  B.  Hunt- 
f  Massachusetts. 

GN  Secretary,     Thomas  S.  Bar- 
D. 
Secretary,    Fred    P.    Haggard, 

iURER,  C.  W.  Perkins. 
>  OF  Managers:  Term  expires 
Albert  E.  Carr,  Boston,  Mass.,  to 
icy.  Term  expires  191 4  —  George 
s,  Lexington,  Mass.;  George  Bullen, 
lingham,  Mass.;  Wellington  Fill- 
Cambridge,  Mass.;  V.  P.  Kinne, 
Rev.  M.  A.  Levy,  Newton  Center, 
Rev.  Herbert  S.  Johnson,  Boston, 
^.  A.  Crandall,  D.D.,  Minneapolis; 
jdd,  New  York;  Herbert  J.  White, 
artford,  Conn.  Term  expires  191 2 
'.  Anthony,  D.D.,  Lewiston,  Me., 
:ancy.  Term  expires  191 3  —  C.  A. 
D.D.,  Boston,  to  fill  vacancy, 
jreneral  Committee  will  be  found 
ler  page. 

THE  women's  session 

e  afternoon  session,  the  women's 
mission  work  was  first  presented, 
idrew  MacLeish,  President  of  the 
s  Foreign  Society  of  the  West, 
strong  address,  surveying  the  work 
r  the  women's  societies  through 
on  the  foreign  fields,  and  giving 
3ns  of  practical  nature  showing 
schools  are  helping  create  Christian 
low    medical    missionaries    are  in- 


troducing a  new  life  into  the  homes,  and 
how  the  oriental  womanhood  is  being  trans- 
formed by  this  missionary  service.  She 
spoke  strongly  also  of  the  need  for  inter- 
denominational co-operation  in  the  foreign 
fields,  and  gave  concrete  instances  of  union 
of  schools  and  service  and  the  beneficial 
results. 

Mrs.  H.  G.  Safford,  secretary  of  the 
Woman's  Society  of  the  East,  pleasantly 
introduced  several  women  missionaries, 
whose  brief  addresses  were  among  the  in- 
teresting features  of  the  day.  An  exceed- 
ingly bright  and  taking  young  Burman 
was  Miss  Nellie  Ma  Dwe  Yaba,  daughter 
of  one  of  the  two  boys  brought  to  this 
country  for  education  by  Missionary  Board- 
man,  and  granddaughter  of  one  of  the  first 
converts  baptized  by  Judson.  She  not  only 
made  a  speech  tinged  with  humor  and  pathos, 
but  sang  a  hymn  composed  by  her  father. 
She  has  been  in  this  country  seven  years, 
earning  her  way  while  getting  her  col- 
lege and  medical  and  other  training,  and 
is  going  back  as  a  missionary.  She  will 
tell  her  story  for  Missions  presently,  and 
a  most  interesting  and  eventful  story  it  is. 

missionaries'  field  day 

This  was  missionaries'  afternoon,  and 
there  were  many  on  the  platform.  Secre- 
tary Barbour  introduced  them,  and  they 
were  received  with  applause.  Brief  remarks 
were  made  by  Capt.  Luke  W.  Bickel  of  the 
Inland  Sea,  Japan;  Rev.  F.  W.  Goddard 
of  East  China;  Dr.  P.  H.  Lerrigo  of  the 
Philippines;  Rev.  A.  L.  Bain  of  Africa; 
Rev.  N.  H.  S.  Hascall  of  Burma;  Rev.  L. 
W.  B.  Jackman  of  Assam,  and  Rev.  W.  A. 
Stanton  of  India.  These  were  burning 
appeals  for  reinforcements,  new  recruits, 
means  for  advance.  If  our  churches  could 
see  the  situation  for  one  week  as  these 
missionaries  see  it,  a  half  million  dollars 
above  the  apportionment  would  come  rolling 
in  this  next  year. 

THE  outgoing  MISSIONARIES 

The  evening  session  was  made  thrilling 
by  the  presentation  of  the  large  company 
of  outgoing  missionaries.  It  was  unfortu- 
nate that  this  feature  was  last  of  a  long  pro- 
gram, but  a  good  audience  remained  and 
was  amply  rewarded.  At  the  beginning  of 
the  session  there  was  a  stirring  appeal  by 


526 


M  ISSIONS 


Rev.  J.  H.  Franklin,  of  the  Congo  Com- 
miuicm,  (or  Congo-lmd,  which  he  brought 
vividly  before  us  in  iu  needs,  eipeci^ly 
jutt  now  of  bener  equipmeni.  It  it  not 
fair  to  send  our  missionaries  out  there  and 
leave  them  with  half-manned  and  misierably 
equipped  stations. 

Secretary  Barbour,  recently  returned  from 
his  visit  to  India,  spoke  of  that  land  as 
related  to  the  task  of  the  Christian  church, 
showing  the  mission  of  Christianity  in  that 
distinctively  religious  environment  and  the 
hopeful  conditions.  Then  Prof.  A.  W. 
Anthony,  of  the  Free  Baptists,  who  acconv- 
panied  Dr.  Barbour,  told  of  the  wonderful 
girdle  of  love  that  is  being  thrown  around 
the  ^obe,  more  wonderful  than  the  mar- 
vels of  the  speed  in  the  world  journeys. 


His  investigations  had  made  him  optinui- 
tic,  though  he  realized  that  the  work  wu 
slow. 

Secretary  Haggard  introduced  the  out- 
going missionaries,  a  list  of  whom  with  hii 
introductory  explanations  is  given  else- 
where in  this  issue.  Each  was  greeted  with 
applause,  and  spoke  briefly  but  impres- 
sively. The  note  of  joy  in  going  was  domi- 
nant. The  fiMcive  was  the  desire  to  make 
the  most  of  the  one  life  and  influence,  and  tc 
follow  the  call  of  duty.  The  number  o' 
young  couples,  and  the  fine  personalities 
made  this  one  of  the  most  interesting  pie- 
sentations  we  have  seen.  Our  seminaries 
are  giving  of  their  bri^test  and  best  to  thi : 
great  work.  This  closed  the  meeting  of  th^ 
Foreign  Society. 


The   Publication   Society's  Anniversary 


SATURDAY  the  Publication  Society 
had  its  annual  meeting,  beginning 
after  the  Convention  had  transaaed  some 
business  at  the  morning  session.  Dr.  W.  H- 
Doane,  vice-president,  presided.  As  time 
was  short,  the  speakers  were  introduced 
without  delay,  and  the  first.  Rev.  W.  F. 
Newton,  who  is  doing  a  particularly  live 
colporter  work  in  Connecticut,  gave  inci- 
dents that  illustrated  the  advantages  and 
benefits  of  his  portable  outfit.  He  is  a 
valuable  worker,  and  has  been  much  in 
evidence  with  his  wagon  at  the  World  in 
Boston,  and  in  the  Philadelphia  exhibit. 
The  changing  aspects  of  Sunday-school  work, 
and  the  new  methods  and  plans  introduced 
by  the  Publication  Society,  were  treated  by 
Rev.  E.  M.  Stephenson,  who  has  recently 
been  engaged  by  the  Pennsylvania  Baptists, 
through  the  Publication  Society,  to  look 
after  the  better  training  of  Sunday-school 
workers.  The  chapei  car  work  among 
railway  men  was  described  by  Rev.  T.  R. 
Gale  of  the  "Messenger  of  Peace,"  which 
has  been  set  apart  of  late  for  this  special 
service.  The  missionary  has  worked  in 
co-operation  with  the    International    Com- 


mittee of  the  Y.  M.  C  A.  Alatgemeasur. 
of  success  has  attended  the  work,  and  ih' 
railroad  authorities  have  welcomed  it  anc 
given  free  access  to  their  car  shops. 

At  the  afternoon  session  the  election  »- 
officers  resulted  as  follows: 

President,  W.  H.  Doane,  Ohio. 

Vice-Presidents,  Hon.  E.  S.  Clinch 
New  York,  and  Frank  Strong,  LL.D. 
Kansas. 

Secretary,  A.  J.  Rowland,  D.D. 

Recording  Secretary,  J.  G.  Walker 
D.D. 

Treasurer,  H.  S.  Hopper. 

Managers:  For  three  years — Milton  G 
Evans,  D.D.,  W.  O.  Rosselle,  Ph.D.,  J. 
W.  Willmarth,  D.D.,  J.  P.  C.  Griffith, 
R.  M.  McKay,  D.  W.  Perkins,  Rev.E.T. 
Sanford.  For  two  years  —  George  D. 
Adams,    D.D.,    G.    M.    Phillips,    Robert 

effective  addresses 

1  hree  unusually  effective  addresses  oc- 
cupied the  afternoon  session  and  completed 
the  Society's  anniversary.    The  first  was  by 


MISSIONS 


527 


E.  Bill,  of  Illinois,  who  spoke  on 
iblication  Society  as  a  Denomina- 
iset,"  and  covered  much  ground; 
he  inspirational  values  of  a  Baptist 
e  conservational  value  of  the  Bap- 
,  the  educational  value  of  a  Baptist 
n,  and  the  recreational  value  of 
vangelism.  Alliterative,  anal3^ical, 
lis  address  kept  the  audience  awake 
t.  Superintendent  Joe  P.  Jacobs 
mri  took  "Enlargement''  as  his 
,  with  a  great  field,  a  great  work, 
preat  achievement  as  arguments. 
3f  the  most  energetic  of  the  field 
he  could  speak  from  personal  ex- 
came  Dr.  O.  P.  GifFord,  with  his 
on  "Future  Possibilities."  These 
i  in  (i)  Finding  what  the  Bible 
2)  Finding  what  the  soul  means; 
ing  points  of  contact  with  civiliza- 
the  book  through  the  soul.  A 
9n  society  is  a  mighty  engine  for 
ion  or  destruction.     It  does  more 


to  make  or  unmake  a  nation  than  all  the 
navies  that  float  and  all  the  armies  that 
fight.  Of  all  denominations  Baptists  should 
fear  criticism  least.  If  we  know  no  more 
than  the  fathers  knew,  then  let  us  live  on 
canned  goods  mentally  and  save  expense. 
Let  our  Society  use  the  best  brains  it  has 
to  find  all  that  God  has  put  into  the  Book. 
As  for  the  soul,  let  the  Society  bestir  itself 
to  publish  a  Christian  psychology.  As  for 
points  of  contact,  the  Bible  is  to  reach 
civilization  through  souls.  There  is  a 
mighty  field  for  the  Society  in  showing  how 
to  apply  the  dynamic  of  the  Spirit  to  the 
regulation  of  the  life  that  now  is.  The 
church  needs  to  make  an  ethic.  We  sadly 
need  a  regenerated  sociology  and  ethic. 
The  Publication  Society  can  make  no  better 
use  of  its  funds  and  power  than  to  employ 
regenerated  brains  to  find  what  the  Bible 
means,  what  the  soul  is  before  and  after 
regeneration,  and  how  to  apply  revealed 
truth  to  the  regulation  of  life.  Let  it 
change  pulp  into  power. 


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[lings  Done  by  the  Convention  Which  You 

Will  Wish  to  Know 


CONVENTION    OFFICERS 

;nt,  Emory  W.  Hunt,  of  Ohio; 
•president,  Henry  Bond,  of  Massa- 
second  vice-president,  Fred  Bras- 
Oklahoma;  corresponding  secretary, 
C.  Bitting,  of  Missouri;  recording 
,  J.  H.  Franklin,  of  Colorado; 
,  William  E.  Lincoln,  of  Pennsyl- 


ive  Committee:   For    one    year  — 

Itickney,  Vt.;  D.  B.  Purinton,  W 

>rose  Swazey,  Ohio;  Sidney  Clark 

S.  Deitrich,  Idaho;  C.  F.  Ralston 

B.  Messer,  Pa.;  F.  L.  Anderson 
E.      R.     Curry,     Neb.;      J.     H 

Cal.  For  two  years  —  E.  S 
^.Y.;  W.  S.  Shallenberger,  D.C. 
ndsey.  Wis.;  D.  C.  Shull,  Iowa 
lathews.  111.;  R.  O.  Earle,  Minn, 
nley,  R.I.;  G.  W.  Cassidy,  Kans. 
:hert,  Ind.;  L.  A.  Crandali,  Minn 
;e    years  —  W.   G.    Brimson,   111. 


George  W.  Coleman,  Mass.;  E.  K.  Nichol- 
son, Conn.;  J.  B.  Lemon,  Ohio;  Luther  M. 
Kellar,  Pa.;  J.  C.  Armstrong,  Mo.;  W.  W. 
Beman,  Mich.;  A.  H.  Stockum,  Colo.; 
Benjamin  Otto,  Mo.;  R.  N.  Lynch,  Cal. 

DES   MOINES    IN    I912 

It  was  voted  to  hold  the  next  meeting  of 
the  Convention  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  The 
Convention  will  probably  go  to  Boston  in 
1914,  because  this  year  will  mark  the  cen- 
tennial anniversary  of  the  Foreign  Mission 
Society. 

STATE    CONVENTION    MINUTE 

The  secretaries  of  the  State  Conventions  in 
meeting  held  desire  to  express  to  the  North- 
em  Baptist  Convention  their  gratification 
at  the  action  taken  in  the  adoption  of  the 
by-laws  in  reference  to  the  relation  of  State 
Conventions  to  the  Northern  Baptist  Con- 
vention, and  would  respectfully  request,  in 
view  of  the  mutual  relations  to  be  estab- 


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tMhed  and  the  importance  of  State  mission 
work,  that  the  following  resolution  be 
adopted: 

R/tolvf  J fThzt  this  Convention,  through  its 
president,  appoint  this  year  a  commission 
€>(  nine  on  State  Conventions,  to  give  annually 
such  bird's-eye  review  of  State  Conventions 
as  shall  be  of  practical  value  to  the  denomi- 
nation, and  to  report  upon  such  questions 
of  relation  to  this  Convention  as  may  be 
referred  to  it.  Of  the  nine  so  appointed, 
three  shall  serve  for  three  years,  three  for 
two  years  and  three  for  one  year;  each  year 
thereafter  three  shall  be  chosen  to  serve  for 
three  years.  It  being  understood  that 
this  will  involve  no  expense  to  the  Con- 
vention. 

A  MISSIONARY  OBJECTIVE 

When  the  report  on  the  Denominational 
Objective  was  presented,  objection  was 
raised  that  there  was  no  plank  sufficiently 
missionary,  and  the  matter  was  referred  to  a 
special  committee  for  revision.  Later  this 
new  plank  was  recommended  and  adopted. 
It  should  be  added  to  the  statement  printed 
in  Missions  for  June  on  the  title  page: 

6.  Every  church  should  appoint  a 
strong  missionary  committee  com- 
posed of  both  men  and  women,  who, 
together  with  the  pastor,  should  inau- 
gurate a  vigorous  educational  cam- 
paign for  creating  greater  missionary  in- 
terest on  the  part  of  every  member.  The 
various  denominational  agencies  should 
be  utilized  in  this  undertaking.  The 
weekly  system  of  giving  to  missions 
should  be  adopted  and  an  every- 
member  canvass  of  the  congregation 
should  be  prosecuted  with  a  view  to 
securing  a  missionary  offering  from 
every  member. 

HOME  MISSION  OFFICERS 

President,  Fred  A.  Wells  of  Chicago. 

Vice-Presidents,  D.  K.  Edwards  of  Los 
Angeles,  C.  C.  Barry  of  Boston,  Charles  T. 
Lewis  of  Toledo. 

Corresponding  Secretary,  Henry  L. 
Morehouse,  LL.D.,  of  New  York. 

Treasurer,  Frank  T.  Moulton  of  New 
York. 

Recording  Secretary,  W.  M.  Walker  of 
Scranton,  Penn. 


Board  of  Managers,  for  three  years: 
Rev.  R.  E.  Farrier,  Passaic,  N.J.;  Rev.  H. 
T.  Fowler,  Mt.  Vernon,  N.Y.;  Rev.  F.  M. 
Goodchild,  New  York;    Rev.   Curtis  Lee 
Laws,  Brooklyn;  James  M.  Hunt,  Yonkers; 
James     Mcllravy,     Brooklyn;     Edgar    L. 
Marston,  New  York;  Rev.  E.  T.  Tomlinson, 
Elizabeth,  N.J. 

For  one  year  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  cd( 
W.  A.  Grippin,  deceased,   W.  J.  GrippL*^, 
Bridgeport,  Conn.    For  two  years  to  fill  tl-^e 
unexpired  term  of  Dr.  Jacob  Sallade,  d  <- 

ceased,    Bert    Underwood,    Summit,    N J- 

To  fill  the  term  of  Dr.  C.  D.  Case,  resigns  <1, 
Alfred  E.  Tuxbury,  Montdair,  N.J. 

The    General    Committee    is    given     ^cdh 
another  page. 

THE   FINAL  ENROLLMENT 

In  the  announcement  of  enrollment 
appeared  that  there  were  registered  2, 
delegates,  1,865  visitors  and  50  guests, 
total  of  4,367,  to  which  may  be  added 
estimate  of  800  for  whom  there  were 
cards    to    register,  the  grand    total    bei 
5,167.     Thb   is    by    far  the    largest 
corded. 

SOUTHERN  CONFERENCE  COMMFITEE 

The  committee  appointed  to  confer  wit 
the    committee    of   the    Southern    Baptis 
Convention   in   regard  to  all  quesdons 
issue,  including  the  situadon  in  New  Mexico^^^' 
is  as  follows:  W.  C.  Bitting,  J.  S.  Dickersom 
E.  L.  Tustin,  S.  H.  Greene,  Geo.  E.  Hoi 
J.  W.  Conley,   F.  M.  Goodchild,  Walter: 
Calley,    J.    H.    Franklin.     The    Southei 
Committee  is  composed  of  Joshua  Levering^  ^^' 
A.  J.  Barton,  E.  Y.  Mullins,  Lansing  Bur- 
rows, F.  F.  Gibson,  H.  C.  Moore,  H.  F. 
Sproles,  J.  B.  Gambrel.     Both  committee 
are    widely    representative,    and    it    seems 
certain  that  the  questions  will  be  discussed 
in  fraternal  spirit.    Much  is  hoped  for  from 
the  conference,  whose  outcome  may  be  far 
reaching. 

AN  EDUCATION  BOARD 

An  Education  Board  was  established,  to 
develop  the  educational  convicdons  of  our 
churches,  study  our  educadonal  problems, 
and  foster  such  denominadonal  insdtudons 
and  ministries  in  other  schools  as  the  board 
may  approve.  An  important  work  com- 
mitted to  a  strong  body  of  men. 


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PAYING  IN  ADVANCE 

rgistration  fee  of  $1  for  each  delegate 
ytedy  to  provide  for  direct  convention 
es.  This  fee  entitles  the  delegate  to 
Y  of  the  annual.  The  idea  is  an 
nt  one. 

IN   BEHALF  OF  THE  OPPRESSED 

motion  of  Hon.  W.  S.  Shallenberger 
insylvania,  a  minute  was  adopted  to 
t  President  Taft  to  call  an  international 
snce  with  power  to  consider  and  act 
I  protection  of  the  Jews  in  Rumania, 
;iving  recognition  of  the  reforms  al- 
happily  accomplished  and  under  way 
;  new  constitutional  government  of 
Yy  and  to  take  cognizance  of  the 
t  condition  of  the  Armenians. 

FERENCE     ON     FAITH    AND    ORDER 

Executive  Committee,  after  giving 
reamble  and  resolutions  adopted  by 
>iscopalian  and  Congregational  bodies 
ing  a  committee  to  meet  with  other 
linations  to  consider,  "without  power 
date  or  to  adopt  resolutions,"  questions 
b  and  order,  looking  to  a  deeper  sense 
therhood,  recommended  the  adoption 
following,  which  was  carried: 

sreas.  There  exists,  we  believe,  a 
>read  feeling  among  members  of  all 
ian  bodies  that  the  divisions  of  the 
I  of  Christ,  while  necessary  in  time 
>  secure  liberty  of  thought  and  worship, 

largely  fulfilled  this  mission,  and 
1  now  gradually  advance  to  closer 
of  co-operation  in  order  to  accomplish 
conomy  and  efficiency  work  too  great 
ly  single  body;  and.  Whereas,  this 
ig    sense    of   brotherhood    in    Christ 

being  realized  by  all  who  bear  his 
is,  we  trust,  the  manifest  working  of 
1  our  own  day  and  generation,  whereby 
ks  to  heal  for  his  church  the  estrange- 

of  former  times,  and  to  restore  unto 
e  unity  of  the  Spirit  in  the  bond  of 

and.  Whereas,  That  great  principle 
e  and  personal  faith  with  liberty  of 
ence  in  matters  of  belief  and  worship, 


unto  which  our  fathers  were  made  apostles 
and  we  their  heirs  in  stewardship,  is  not  in 
any  sense  the  exclusive  possession  of  Bap- 
tists, but  is  the  heritage  of  the  whole  Chris- 
tian world;  therefore.  Resolved y  that  with 
readiness  to  share  our  apprehension  of  the 
truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus  with  all  his  followers, 
and  with  both  willingness  and  humility  to 
learn  from  others  any  aspects  of  the  way  of 
life  which  we  may  not  have  in  due  proportion, 
we  will  gladly  enter  into  a  conference  of  all 
the  churches  of  Christ  looking  toward  a 
more  perfect  mutual  understanding  and  a 
clearer  insight  into  the  mind  of  our  Saviour; 
and  we  hereby  appoint  a  committee  of  five 
as  our  representatives  to  act  with  similar 
appointees  from  other  Christian  bodies  in 
making  arrangements  for  such  a  proposed 
conference. 

APPORTIONMENT   RULES 

The  Convention  adopted  the  following 
recommendations : 

1.  That  double  envelopes  be  giTen  at  half  price  to 
churchet  introducing  weekly  giving  to  missions  for  the 
first  time,  and  agreeing  to  make  an  ^* every  member** 
missionary  canvass. 

2.  That  apportionments  to  States  and  to  churches 
be  hereafter  made  on  the  basis  of  reasonable  ezpecta- 
tation  in  the  light  of  previous  giving. 

3.  That  the  apportionments  be  sent  to  the  churches 
as  soon  as  possible  after  the  returns  for  the  preceding 
year  are  available. 

4.  That  it  be  the  policy  of  State  apportionment  com- 
mittees to  encourage  the  churches  to  assume  amounts 
in  addition  to  their  apportionments  and  that  opportimity 
also  be  given  for  the  revision  of  apportionments  that 
appear  to  be  too  large. 

5.  That  offerings  from  individuals  shall  not  be 
counted  upon  church  apportionments  unless  donor  so 
requests. 

6.  That  a  double  announcement  of  apportionments 
be  made  annually,  in  accordance  with  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  Committee  on  Fiscal  Year. 

7.  That  an  aggressive  educational  campaign  be  con- 
ducted in  the  early  weeks  of  the  year,  in  order  that  as 
far  as  possible  the  missionary  budget  may  be  subscribed 
at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  to  be  paid  in  weekly  offer- 
ings, which  shall  be  forwarded  at  least  quarterly  to  the 
missionary  societies. 

8.  That  State  committees  be  asked  to  appoint  co- 
operating assodational  committees,  through  whom 
they  may  come  into  close  touch  with  the  churches. 

9.  That  there  be  referred  to  this  committee  or  some 
other,  the  question  of  the  relation  of  Negro  and  non- 
English-speaking  churches  to  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention,  for  report  in  19 12. 


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Resolutions,  Officers  and  Committees 


Report  of  Resolutions  Committee 

No  tpedfic  acdon  hat  been  taken  on  lome  retolutknuy 
inatmuch  as  thej  are  embodied  in  the  recommendationt 
ol  other  oommitteet  and  commissions  of  die  oon?ention 
—  for  example,  matters  concerning  religious  life,  Sun- 
day obserrance,  industrial  and  soaal  conditions.  The 
present  crisis  in  many  denominational  and  social 
questions,  which  impels  people  to  look  to  the  church 
for  expression  of  attitude  and  support,  makes  the  duties 
of  die  committee  on  resoluticms  exceedingly  difficult. 
WiA  these  considerations  in  mind  the  following 
resolutions  are  submitted: 

Mis^lvedf  that  we,  the  members  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention,  assembled  in  Philadelphia,  hereby 
express  our  profound  gratitude  for  the  generous  hospi- 
tality extended  to  us  by  the  Grace  Baptist  Church  and 
its  ^mifi^nf  pastor.  Dr.  Russell  H.  Conwell,  and  the 
churches  of  the  city;  and  for  the  excellent  senrice  of 
the  general  committee,  the  executiire,  law  and  finance 
committees,  the  press  and  citizens  of  Philadelphia; 

Resohedf  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  extended  to  the 
railroad  companies  occupying  the  territory  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention,  for  their  courtesy  to  our 
workers  during  the  past  years. 

Whereas,  there  is  a  general  feeling  among  the  delegates 
to  this  convention  that  too  much  time  has  been  consumed 
in  adjusting  the  machinery  of  organisation  and  that 
many  of  the  reports  are  unnecessarily  time-consuming, 
thereby  preventing  the  fullest  profit  from  our  meetings; 
ResoheJ,  that  we  request  the  various  committees  and 
commiftsioos  of  the  convention  to  make  their  report; 
as  brief  as  possible  hereafter. 

Whereas,  it  has  been  necessary  heretofore  to  emphasize 
the  financial  demands  of  our  work,  we  believe  that  the 
time  has  arrived  when  greater  stress  must  be  laid  upon 
the  development  of  the  spiritual  life  in  our  churches  and 
in  this  convention,  and  that  we  urge  this  as  the  ideal 
for  the  coming  year.  Whereas,  our  budget  method  of 
finance  seems  to  be  at  a  test,  we  urge  our  churches 
strongly  to  the  fullest  co-operation  in  demonstrating  its 
effectiveness.  Whereas,  the  great  Head  of  the  church 
is  leading  us  in  the  direction  of  close  co-operation  of  all 
our  denominational  agencies  for  the  advancement  of  his 
kingdom;  Whereas,  the  rapid  growth  of  various  bodies 
of  churches  using  foreign  languages  (at  least  for  a  time) 
bids  fair  to  furnish  great  factors  of  the  best  denomina- 
tional strength  in  the  future.  Resolved,  that  a  commis- 
sion be  appointed  to  study  and  report  on  the  best  method 
of  co-ordinating  all  these  factors  in  the  local,  state,  and 
general  missionary  activities  of  the  denomination;  this 
commission  to  be  composed  of  representatives  of  the 
leading  nationalities,  appointed  by  the  president  to  the 
number  of  seven  to  twenty-one  at  his  discretion. 

In  view  of  the  great  and  growing  work  which  the 
daily  vacation  Bible  school  is  doing  in  bringing  the 
word  of  God  and  its  impulses  to  bear  on  children  of 
the  most  destitute  classes,  and  also  getting  college  young 
men  and  women  to  engage  in  this  Christlike  work,  we 
heartily  commend  this  method  to  the  churches.  We 
recommend  our  theological  seminaries  and  institutions 
of  learning  to  establish  social  service  scholarships  in 


order  that  their  students  may  be  able  to  avail  themselves 
of  this  line  of  tervioe. 

WhtruUf  we  aa  Bapdsta,  axe  oppoaed  to  the  uk  and 
sale  of  intoxicating  dnnkt  at  a  bei^age,  and  Whereas, 
we  believe  that  every  effort  to  curtail  this  imquitoui 
traffic  should  receive  our  GOK>pentioo;  be  it  Reuhed, 
I.  That  we  urge  all  temperance  aodetiea  and  move- 
ments to  thorough  oo-opentioo.  %.  That  we  urge 
the  Christian  forces  in  the  state  of  Maine  Co  prevent  any 
repeal  of  the  Bfaine  pfohibitioo  law,  onoe  the  cause  oif 
temperance  in  the  entire  oountzy  it  at  auke.  3.  That 
we  eamettly  petition  the  Senate  and  Houte  of  Representa- 
tives to  pass,  at  the  earliest  pottible  mooient,  a  law  that 
will  prevent  the  thipptng  of  intoxicating  drinkt  into 
prohibition  territoriet.  4.  That  we  urge  every 
Christian  voter  to  use  the  influencr  of  hit  ballot  against 
this  evil.  5.  That  we  request  the  Rockefeller  Society 
of  Medical  Research  and  Carnegie  Institute  to  extend  its 
researches  to  the  effects  of  alcohol  on  the  human  race. 

Resolved,  that  we  express  our  approval  of  the  treaties 
proposed  by  President  Taft  for  the  settlement  of  all 
questions  between  nations  by  arbitration  and  that  we 
petition  the  United  States  Senate  to  favor  all  such 
treaties. 

Whereas,  many  of  the  immigrants  from  Europe  and 
Asia  have  been  driven  here  by  religious  pertecutioo,  and 
Whereas,  religious  persecution  haa  been  detrimental  to 
the  peace,  progress,  and  prosperity  of  dvilizatioo; 
Resolved,  that  President  Taft  be  requested  to  consider 
the  advisability  of  asking  the  nations  of  the  world,  either 
by  treaty,  by  the  Hague  Peace  Conference,  or  by  calling 
an  international  conference,  to  secure  religious  liberty 
for  people  of  every  faith  of  the  world. 

Resolved,  that  we  express  to  the  General  Convention  of 
Baptists  of  North  America,  and  to  the  Baptist  World 
Alliance,  both  to  meet  in  Philadelphia  at  the  condusicMi 
of  this  convention,  our  heartiest  greetings  and  best 
wishes  for  enthusiastic  and  profitable  meetings. 

Home  Mission  Society  General  Committee 

General  Committee,  Class  m,  term  expires  1914: 
Laymen  —  J.  C.  Barline,  Spokane,  Wash.;  S.  F.  Bow- 
ser, Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.;  D.  D.  Smith,  St.  Paul,  Minn.; 
C.  T.  Brockway,  Syracuse,  N.Y.;  Judge  J.  F.  Cijde, 
Osage,  la.;  H.  F.  Compton,  Seattle,  Wash.;  B.  W. 
Getsinger,  Phoenix,  Ariz.;  C.  H.  Prescott,  Clevdand, 
Ohio.;  C.  £.  Prior,  Haitford,  Conn.;  C.  R.  Stark, 
Providence,  R.I.;  F.  W.  Warren,  Warren,  Wia.  Min- 
isters —  F.  C.  W.  Parker,  Portland,  Ore.;  A.  S.  Car- 
man, Marietta,  Ohio;  J.  H.  Deere,  Phoenix,  Ariz.; 
W.  A.  Elliott,  Ottawa,  Kan.;  James  McGce,  Marahall- 
town,  la.;  W.  P.  Stanley,  Portsmouth,  N.H.;  Herbert 
E.  Thayer,  Springfield, -Mass.;  T.  W.  Young,  Detroit, 
Mich.  Women  —  Mrs.  C.  R.  Gray,  Portland,  Ore.; 
Mrs.  George  A.  Bodwell,  Lynn,  Mass.;  Mrs.  £.  T. 
Cressey,  Sioux  Falls,  S.D.;  Mrs.  Robt.  O.  Fuller, 
Cambridge,  Mass.;  Mrs.  E.  A.  Thayer,  Minneapolis, 
Minn.;  Mrs.  E.  S.  Wheeler.  Oak  Park,  HI. 

Foreign  Mission  Society  General  Committee 

General  Committee:  Term  expires  1913  —  John  P. 
Crozer,  Upland,  Pa.,  to  fill  vacancy  caused  by  death  of 
Samuel  A.  Crozer;  Mrs.  M.  G.  Jones,  Rochester,  N.Y., 


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'  caused  by  death  of  Mrs.  Lewis  £. 
I    expires    1914  —  Pres.    C.    M.    Hill, 

D.  T.  Pulliam,  Loyeland,  Colo.;  S.  H. 
,  Washington,  D.C.;  Prof.  Ernest  D. 
^;  C.  M.  Carter,  D.D.,  Los  Angeles, 
x>rd,  D.D.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y.;  Rev.  W. 
rracuse,  N.Y.;  Luther  Kellar,  Scranton, 
mpstone,  D.D.,  Brookljm,  N.Y.;  Rev. 
Cincinnati,  Ohio;  H.  Stone,  Portland, 
e  Porter,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  T.  H.  Stacy, 
,  N.H.;  John  G.  Farmer,  Cedar  Rapids 
iuck,  Hillsdale,  Mich.;  Rev.  Herbert  £. 
field,  Mass.;  Harry  W.  Jones,  Minneapo- 
C.  Bitting,  D.D.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  H.  D. 

Brattleboro,  Vt.;  E.  G.  Boynton,  La 
drs.  A.  MacLeiah,  Glencoe,  HI.;  Mrs.  A. 
w  York,  N.Y.;  Mrs.  James  B.  Colgate, 
;  Mrs.  Edgar  O.  Silver,  East  Orange, 
race  A.  Noble,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

o  Society  General  Committee 

imittee :  Term  expires  1 9 1 2  —  Ministers : 
Arizona;  G.  E.  Burlingame,  California; 
Dter,  Connecticut;  W.  S.  Abemethy, 
..  Bowler,  Idaho;  S.  E.  Price,  Kansas; 

Ohio;  Geo.  R.  Vamey,  New  Mexico; 
klahoma;  Geo.  W.  Rigler,  Rhode  Island . 
.  Stackhouse,  Colorado;  Henry  Enmions, 
W.  Pa3me,  Missouri;  J.  W.  Wade,  Mon- 
hickerson.  New  York;  D.  G.  Garabrant, 
I,  E.  Bennett,  Nebraska;  B.  L.  Corum, 
lutler,  Vermont;  J.  C.  Gates,  Michigan. 

A.  Hatcher  Smith,  California;  Mrs. 
',  District  of  Columbia;  Mrs.  Henry 
chusetts;  Miss  Mary  Colgate,  New  York; 
>ne8,  Washington. 

nittees  of  the  Convention 

BOARD   or    EDUCATION 

ars:  G.  E.  Horr,  Massachusetts;  Frank 
is;  Sidney  Clark,  North  Dakota.  For 
A.  Barbour,  New  Jersey;  E.  W.  Hunt, 
Liley,  Oregon.  For  one  year:  W.  H.  P. 
e  Island;  E.  D.  Burton,  Illinois;  £.  R. 
ka. 

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SOCIETY 

y,  Wisconsin;  W.  W.  Dawlcy,  New  York; 
Pennsylvania;  C.  T.  Lewis,  Ohio;  F.  J. 
ngton;  F.  C.  Nickles,  Minnesota;  £.  W. 
ouri;  H.  J.  White,  Connecticut. 

CITY   MISSION   PROBLEMS 

!S  191 2:  C.  H.  Scars,  New  York;  H.  C. 
Ivania;  H.  T.  Crane,  Ohio.  Term  expires 
West,  New  York;  C.  A.  Brooks,  Ohio; 
m,  Illinois;  Term  expires  19 14:  G.  £. 
California;  E.  P.  Farnham,  New  York; 
vsf  Illinois. 

ITRATION    OP    rOREIGN    MISSION    SOCIETY 

•ws.  New  York;  Ambrose  Swasey,  Ohio; 
New  York;  R.  N.  Holmes,  Michigan; 
Ohio;  H.  G.  Beeman,  Iowa;  J.  B.  G. 
Ivania. 


SOCIAL   SERVICE 

Term  expires  1912:  S.  Z.  Batten,  Iowa;' Walter 
Rauschenbusch,  New  York;  W.  Q.  Roselle,  Pennsyl- 
vania; A.  W.  Wishart,  Michigan;  Shailer  Mathews, 
Illinois.  Term  expires  1913:  Harold  Pattison,  Minne- 
sota; L.  W.  Riley,  Oregon;  C.  J.  Galpin,  Wisconsin; 
G.  T.  Wells,  Pennsylvania;  £.  A.  Hanley,  Indiana. 
Term  expires  19 14:  H.  P.  Whidden,  Ohio;  G.  W. 
Coleman,  Massachusetts;  C.  R.  Henderson,  Illinois; 
Mitchell  Carroll,  District  of  Columbia;  John  E.  Frank- 
lin, Colorado. 

APPORTIONMENT 

W.  S.  Shallenberger,  Pennsylvania;  F.  P.  Haggard, 
Massachusetts;  H.  L.  Morehouse,  New  York;  A.  J. 
Rowland,  Pennsylvania;  Mrs.  K.  S.  Westfall,  Illinois; 
Miss  M.  A.  Greene,  Rhode  Island;  Mrs.  Andrew  Mac- 
Leish,  Illinois. 

DELEGATES    TO    FEDERAL    COUNCIL    OF    CHURCHES    OP 
CHRIST  IN  AMERICA 

A.  G.  Lawson,  Connecticut;  W.  A.  Stanton,  Pennsyl- 
vania; L.  C.  Barnes,  New  York;  W.  C.  Bitting,  Mis- 
souri; J.  B.  Calvert,  New  York;  J.  S.  Dickerson,  filinoit; 
C.  A.  Eaton,  New  York;  W.  H.  P.  Faunce,  Rhode 
Island;  O.  P.  Gifford,  Massachusetts;  J.  W.  Conley, 
California;  H.  B.  Grose,  Massachusetts;  G.  E.  Horr, 
Massachusetts;  H.  J.  Vosburgh,  New  Jersey;  C.  L. 
Laws,  New  York;  H.  P.  Judson,  Illinois;  G.  W.  Lasher, 
Ohio;  E.  J.  Lindsay,  Wisconsin;  Shailer  Mathews, 
Illinois;  C.  W.  McCutcheon,  New  Jersey;  E.  F.  Mer- 
riam,  Massachusetts;  H.  L.  Morehouse,  New  York; 
H.  Kirke  Porter,  Pennsylvania;  Walter  Rauschenbusch, 
New  York;  E.  M.  Thresher,  Ohio. 

PERSIAN    MISSION 

(To  Report  in  191 3) 
C.  F.  Ralston,  New  York;  Cornelius  Woelfkin,  New 
York;  W.  B.  Wallace,  New  York;  John  Humpstone, 
New  York;  T.  J.  Villers,  New  Jersey. 

RELATIONS  BETWEEN  STATE  CONVENTIONS  AND  NORTH- 
ERN   BAPTIST   CONVENTION 

One  year:  I.  B.  Mower,  Maine;  M.  P.  Fikes,  Michi- 
gan; C.  A.  Schafel,  Nebraska.  Two  years:  C.  A. 
MacAlpine,  New  York;  C.  J.  Rose,  Ohio;  E.  R.  Pope, 
Minnesota.  Three  years:  F.  W.  PadeLford,  Massa- 
chusetts; John  S.  Stump,  West  Virginia;  C.  A.  Wooddy, 
Oregon. 

MINISTERS^    BENEFIT    BOARD 

One  year:  W.  S.  Shallenberger,  Pennsylvania;  C.  M. 
Gallup,  Rhode  Island;  £.  S.  Reinhold,  Pennsylvania; 
P.  C.  Wright,  Connecticut.  Two  years:  C.  M.  Thoms, 
New  York;  John  Humpstone,  New  York;  H.  Kirke 
Porter,  Pennsylvania;  Andrew  MacLeish,  Illinois. 
Three  years:  H.  L.  Morehouse,  New  York;  C.  A. 
Eaton,  New  York;  £.  H.  Haskell,  Massachusetts; 
W.  H.  Doane,  Ohio. 

CONFERENCE    WITH    CO-OPERATING    SOCIETIES    ON   WAYS 

AND    MEANS 

W.  E.  Lincoln,  Pennsylvania;  W.  C.  Bitting,  Mis- 
souri; F.  L.  Anderson,  Massachusetts;  George  W. 
Coleman,  Massachusetts;  D.  C.  Shull,  Iowa. 


MISSIONS 


A  Transformed  Village 

By  Rev.  Charles  W.  Briftfts 


HE  village  of  Tina,  in  Iloilo 
Province,  Philippinei,  it  built 
■long  the  crett  of  a  hill  that  it 
■ome  aeventy  feet  in  height. 
The   village  compriae*   about 
three  hundred  and  fifty  houses, 
and     has     a     bamboo    hedge 
dividing  the  village  into  two 
pans:    To  the  right  from  this  hedge  ia  the 
Catholic  section  of  the  village.     Here  are 
about  three  hundred  houses,  and  several 
families  of  upper  class  Filipinos.     In  this 
pan  of  the  village  is  a  Catholic  church,  also 
a    district    cchoolhouse    with    government 
teachers    in    charge.      The    more    wealthy 
people  in  Tina  ail  live  in  this  Catholic  pan 
of  the  village.    The  priest  in  a  neighbor- 
ing town  has  friends  and  relatives  in  Tina, 
and   occasionally   visits   the    place   to   say 
masses  and  gather  in  the  Catholic  revenues 
from  Tina. 

To  the  left  from  the  bamboo  hedge  is  the 
Protestant  section  of  the  village.  Here  there 
ire  about  fifty  houses,  and  teveral  of  the 
fiimiliei  living  here  ate  quite  poor.  Some 
of  the  Protettanti,  however,  are  land  owners. 
During  the  past  eight  years  there  has  been 
I  jtniuial  gain  for  die  Protestant  pan  of  the 
vllltge,  in  that  an  occasional  new  family  has 
Joined  the  rinki,  and  tome  Catholic  families 
l^oin  tha  other  part  of  Tina  have  moved  into 
ihlimd  of  the  village. 


The  Tina  school  is  under  the  superrisioD 
ofthe  American  teacher  in  Janiway.  Ann 
teacher  had  come  to  this  town,  an  Amencin 
who  had  already  had  come  two  oi  tliRc 
years'  experience  in  the  Hiilippincs.  H< 
does  not  pretend  to  be  a  Christian  man,  Ka 
to  have  any  enthusiasm  for  misriooanci' 
But  one  day  he  stopped  the  misdonaiy  wk 
had  been  for  tome  yan  working  in  die 
province  where  Tina  is  located,  and  i^i' 
"I  was  in  Tina  the  other  day,  and  wis 
greatly  pleased  with  what  I  saw  theft- 
How  did  you  do  it?"  The  nussiMity 
asked  him  what  he  referred  to,  and  be 
answered  somethii^  like  this: 

"I  went  to  visit  the  school  in  Tina,  uiJ 
noted  a  group  of  children  with  hands  aoil 
faces  clean  and  hair  neatly  bnished,  looking 
in  contrast  with  the  rest  of  the  school.  IV 
teacher  in  the  school,  a  Filipino,  told  me 
those  were  the  children  from  the  Protctttot 
part  of  Tina.  Then  after  inspecting  the 
school,  I  went  out  through  the  bamboo 
hedge  into  the  Protestant  end  ofthe  village: 
I  saw  the  preny  chapel  with  the  flag-pole 
and  flower-beds;  I  noted  that  all  ofthe  hoaacs 
though  humble,  seemed  neat  and  deanlf, 
and  that  all  the  premises  were  brushed  up 
and  spick  and  span;  the  very  atmosphere  of 
that  pan  ofthe  village  was  sweeter  and  mott 
sanitary  than  in  the  other  part  of  the  Til- 
lage,   How  did  you  do  it?" 


MISSIONS  J 


533 


t  missionary  replied  that  the  best  part 
all  was,  that  he  didn't  do  it  all.  The 
e  did  it  themselves.  That  those  people 
•een  Protestants  for  years;  and  had  had 
ew  Testament  in  their  homes,  in  their 
anguage,  for  some  seven  years.  That 
lad  for  an  equal  period  sustained  their 
1  and  Bible  School  and  the  preaching 

Gospel.  That  they  observed  Sunday, 
»rayed  to  God  instead  of  to  the  saints 
mages.  And  that  if  there  was  any 
brmation  in  evidence  in  that  part  of 
wn,  the  reason  was  that  the  Gospel  was 
ng  there  as  a  leaven,  and  had  first 

the  people  new  and  clean  in  their 
:,  and  that  then  of  their  own  accord 
had  cleaned  up  their  village.  The 
mary  protested  that  he  had  never  told 
^ple  in  Tina  to  sweep  up  underneath 
houses,  and  wash  the  hands  and  faces 
:ir  children  and  send  them  to  school 
md  cleanly. 

s  American  teacher  was  much  im- 
:d  with  what  he  had  seen  in  Tina.  He 
;ought  to  transform  Filipino  country 
es,  and  make  them  more  cleanly  and 
sanitary.  He  remembered  how  hard 
1  been  to  get  the  people  to  put  his 
ing  into  practice,  and  how  they  speedily 
ed  into  dirt  and  disease  again,  after 
g  made  a  start  to  do  as  the  teacher  had 
t  them.  The  teacher  had  the  science 
;ood  will,  but  he  lacked  the  dynamic 
d  in  the  people  themselves. 
5  not  enough  to  enlighten  the  minds  of  , 
ilipinos,  and  then  expect  that  they  will 
le  "new  creatures."  They  will  manage 
nain  the  same  "old  creatures"  with 
new  light  in  their  minds.  They  need 
ansforming  power  that  comes  only  by 
ing  and  living  in  Christ.  The  Govern- 
schools  are  doing  a  great  service  in 


taking  science  and  good  training  to  the 
Filipinos.  But  their  work  absolutely  needs 
to  be  supplemented  by  the  dynamic  of  the 
Gospel  which  alone  can  make  the  Filipino  a 
"new  creature"  in  the  likeness  of  Christ. 

American  teachers  are  very  strictly  for- 
bidden by  the  government  officials  to  teach 
religion  in  the  schools.  It  is  a  Catholic 
country,  and  Catholic  prejudices  must  not 
be  aroused,  or  the  whole  opportunity  and 
service  of  the  school  to  the  Filipino  will 
possibly  be  defeated.  But  it  is  not  enough 
merely  to  teach  the  Filipino  to  read  and 
write  and  then  to  equip  his  mind  with  infor- 
mation and  science.  The  Filipino  has  been 
trained  from  babyhood  to  gamble  and  drink 
and  practice  immorality;  the  Filipino  has 
never  been  taught  about  God.  He  has  been 
trained  for  centuries  to  pray  to  the  multitu- 
dinous saints  of  the  church,  and  to  confess 
his  sins  to  a  priest;  and  he  thinks  salvation 
is  an  easy  matter  for  the  sin  may  be  com- 
mitted and  then  the  priest  hired  to  forgive 
it.  The  Filipino  has  been  trained  to  the 
conviction  that  character  is  not  needed  for 
service  of  God  and  for  salvation.  The  result 
is  that  character  is  lacking  in  the  Filipino  so 
trained.  And  he  is  quite  content  with  dirt 
and  maggots  and  disease,  both  of  the  body, 
of  the  mind  and  soul,  and  of  the  community. 
The  need  for  the  Gospel  in  the  Filipinos' 
training  is  most  urgent.    It  is  his  only  hope. 

The  teacher's  testimony  regarding  what 
he  had  seen  in  Tina  is  worth  remembering, 
for  it  is  true,  and  illustrates  what  is  so  funda- 
mental and  vital  in  all  America's  dealings 
with  the  Filipino.  That  same  transforma- 
tion that  he  saw  in  evidence  in  Tina  is  possi- 
ble in  every  Filipino  village  that  will  receive 
it.  And  absolutely  nothing  else  will  trans- 
form the  villages,  or  mean  salvation  to  the 
Filipinos. 


534 


MISSIONS 


ijajBiBaBfiaiBniaBBWiaiBMaiiHBipiBi^^ 

Devotional 

Pn^ger  for  t^  Ifittmtvtah 

aLMIGHTr  and  most  Merciful  Father 
we  thank  Thee  for  the  faithful  men 
who  are  preaching  the  gospel  of  Thy  Son  at 
the  cost  of  sufferings  and  persecution^  inv' 
prisonment  and  exile,  giving  up  all  things  in 
order  that  they  may  make  Christ  known  to 
nun.  We  humbly  beseech  Thee  for  those 
devoted  servants  in  the  near  East,  who  are 
witnessing  by  word  and  life  to  the  saving 
grace  of  the  gospel.  Endue  them  plenteously 
with  power,  console  them  in  their  afflictions, 
and  cause  the  spirit  of  persecution  to  cease. 
Let  Thy  word  have  free  course  and  be  glorified 
among  all  the  peoples  of  the  earth.  Grant 
our  request  for  Thy  Name's  sake.    Amen, 


Seed  Thoughts 

Consciousness  of  ignorance  is  no  small 
pait  of  knowledge.  —  St.  Jerome. 

It  is  where  human  weakness  ends,  that 
divine  power  begins.  —  Segneri. 

Make  a  daily  resignation  of  thyself  to  God; 
let  this  be  the  key  of  the  night  and  the  key 
of  the  morning.  —  Gurnall. 

The  true  unity  we  see  is  the  unity  of  a 
common  purpose,  the  unity  of  the  church's 
commission  to  bring  the  world  to  the  feet 
of  Christ.  — Hugh  Black. 

The  Bible  is  full  and  complete  as  a  book 
of  direction;  human  life  is  full  and  complete 
as  a  field  of  exercise.  —  Abbott. 

It  is  not  so  much  general  notions  of  Provi- 
dence which  are  our  best  support,  but  a  sense 
of  personal  interest  taken  by  Christ  in  our 
welfare.  —  Arnold. 

Oh,  my  soul!  why  art  thou  more  affected 
at  some  petty  observances  than  at  the  funda- 
mental laws  of  justice  and  charity,  or  think- 
est  to  atone  to  God  for  greater  indulgences  by 
a  scrupulous  strictness  in  easy  duties  ?  — 
Austin. 


When  there  falls  upon  us  a  spirit  of  prayer 
to  match  the  spirit  of  enterprise,  then  will 
the  dreams  of  patriarchs  and  prophets  come 
to  pass,  and  our  countiy  and  the  worid  lie 
fair  and  peaceful  under  the  Gospel  light.  — 
Charles  L.  Thompson. 

The  Kingdom  of  God  is  a  Society  of  the 
best  men.  ...  Its  membership  is  a  multi- 
tude whom  no  man  can  number;  its  methods 
are  as  various  as  human  nature;  its  field  is  the 
world.  —  Drummond. 

How  can  we  redeem  society  if  we  do  not 
everywhere  put  ourselves  on  the  constructive 
side  of  moral  questions  ?  If  all  people  did 
as  we  do  in  politics,  amusements,  temper- 
ance. Sabbath-observance,  would  the  day  be 
won  for  God  or  lost  ?  —  Babcock. 


A  Brahman  Begins  Bible  Study 

In  Ongole,  South  India,  the  missionaries 
recently  had  the  rare  experience  of  having 
a  Brahman  gentleman  present  at  the  exami- 
nation of  the  candidates  for  baptism,  and 
also  at  the  actual  baptismal  service.  This 
gentleman  is  a  Brahman  lawyer;  well  dis- 
posed to  the  missionaries  and  fond  of  asking 
questions  about  America.  He  has  even  said 
to  the  missionaries,  "You  should  spend  more 
money,  bring  more  missionaries  and  hurry 
forward  your  work."  Yet  while  he  admits 
the  beauty  and  truth  of  Christianity  theoreti- 
cally, he  has  not  advanced  to  the  point  of 
accepting  it  himself.  The  missionaries  by 
no  means  have  given  up  the  hope  that 
eventually  he  will  come  forward  publicly  as 
a  Christian.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  of 
Ongole  had  a  beautiful  English  Bible  sent 
them  by  a  friend  in  America,  and  they  in 
turn  have  presented  it  to  this  Brahman 
gentleman.  In  his  letter  of  thanks,  he  made 
the  remarkable  statement  for  a  Brahman, 
that  Jesus  was  his  ideal.  He  promised  to 
read  the  Bible  every  day,  and  to  tiy  to 
follow  out  the  plan  suggested  in  the  helps 
in  the  supplement  for  reading  it  through  in 
a  year.  Who  can  foretell  the  spiritual  results 
of  the  year  of  careful  Bible  study  ? 


MISSIONS 


535 


ODDnDDDaaDaaDDaDDnnDDnnnDnDDDDDaDDDDDDDDCDDDDDDDDDDaDDC 

The  Home  Mission  Schools 

REPORTS  OF  COMMENCEMENTS  AND  OF  ONE  OF  THE 
BEST  YEARS  THE  NEGRO  SCHOOLS  HAVE  KNOWN 


Virginia  Union  University 

16  year  has  been  marked  by  progress  in 
"al  directions.  There  has  been  a  larger 
llment  in  the  academy  than  ever  before, 
I  larger  enrollment  of  students  preparing 
he  ministry.    One  hundred  and  seven 

in  academy,  college  and  seminary  are 
aring  to  preach,  of  whom  three  are 
^e  Africans  who  will  return  to  their  own 
tiy  to  teach  and  proclaim  the  gospel. 
ie  prosperity,  generosity  and  loyalty  of 
er  students  and  their  friends  are  shown 
leir  hearty  response  to  the  appeal  for 
ributions  for  a  new  dormitory  which  is 
luch  needed.  The  colored  preachers  of 
mond  have  personally  pledged  ^i,ooo 
the  colored  churches  in  the  city  plan  to 

f  5,000.  A  sexton  in  one  of  the  churches 
given  I50.  Others  are  doing  equally 
Men  who  so  self-denyingly  help 
iselves  deserve  help  from  others.  About 
xx>  of  the  1^6,000  needed  for  the 
litory  and  two  teachers'  houses  is  still 
i  raised. 

le  University  is  to  hold  a  Summer 
nal  School  from  June  19  to  July  28, 
rially  for  the  colored  teachers  of  the 
;,  who  desire  a  professional  certificate, 
lighest  grade  of  teachers'  State  certi- 
;.  Nowhere  else  in  Virginia  are  courses 
ng  to  this  certificate,  offered  to  colored 
lers.  That  the  State  authorities  desired 
ive  Virginia  Union  University  give  these 
»es  is  a  fine  recognition  of  the  character 
e  work  of  the  school.  The  denomina- 
has  a  great  opportunity  in  this  school  — 
ily  it  will  provide  the  buildings  which 
enable  it  to  meet  the  demands  upon  it. 
le    exercises    of  commencement    week 

excellent.  The  baccalaureate  sermon 
>r.  C.  A.  Wooddy  of  Portland,  Ore.,  was 
^htful  and  strong.  The  graduating 
rises  of  the  Academy,  Monday  night, 
the  Commencement  exercises  Tuesday 


night  were  dignified  and  creditable.  Tues- 
day night  the  school  was  honored  by  an 
extended  address  from  Governor  Mann,  a 
very  popular  and  democratic  chief  executive. 
He  has  shown  the  broadest  interest  in  the 
welfare  of  all  classes  of  the  people,  and  has 
won  the  confidence  of  the  Negroes  to  an 
unusual  extent. 

The  University  has  received  unusual 
recognition  this  year.  It  holds  a  position 
which  will  enable  it  to  do  a  great  work  in 
molding  the  educational  and  religious  life 
of  the  race,  —  if  only  it  can  have  the  build- 
ings needed  to  accommodate  the  young  men 
who  desire  to  enter  it.  —  Geo.  R.  Hovey, 
President, 


lit 


Hartshorn  Memorial  College,  Richmond 

Dr.  C.  A.  Wooddy  of  Portland,  Oregon, 
preached  the  baccalaureate  sermon  May  14. 
Hartshorn  presented  its  twenty-two  normal 
graduates,  four  college  preparatory  and  one 
college  graduate  to  a  large  appreciative 
audience  commencement  night,  May  19.  A 
granddaughter  of  Hartshorn  graduated 
from  the  Hartshorn  School  of  Music.  She 
received  her  diploma  on  the  twendeth  anni- 
versary of  her  mother's  graduation.  Among 
the  many  prizes  awarded  none  caused  so 
much  surprise  and  comment  as  the  one  given 
for  excellence  in  sweeping  and  taking  care  of 
a  corridor. —  Lyman  B.  Tefft,  President, 


Spelman  Seminary 

The  lovely  campus  of  Spelman,  than 
which  there  is  nothing  of  its  kind  finer  in 
Georgia,  is  well-nigh  deserted.  Commence- 
ment is  over.  The  out-of-door  enjoyment 
came  on  class  day,  when  the  planting  of  an 
ivy  by  the  high  school  graduates  and  of  a 
maple  tree  by  the  graduates  from  the  te^ch.-: 


536 


MISS  IONS 


ers'  professional  course  was  followed  hy  a 
tableau  diill  and  procession.  The  alumnae, 
with  school  and  class  lianners  flying,  amid 
music  by  the  Atlanta  Baptist  College  orches- 
tra, were  esconed  by  the  high  school  giils 
to  the  alumns  arch,  thiough  which  they 
passed  and  grouped  themselves  on  the  far- 
ther side  while  they  sang  the  school  song, 
"We  are  Spelman's  Loyal  Daughters." 
An  interesting  feature  was  the  marching  by 
the  side  of  his  mother  of  a  sturdy  boy  of 
live,  who  manfully  carried  her  banner.  Dur- 
ing the  preceding  chapel  exercises  the  bronze 
Tnemorial  tablets  to  Miss  Packard  and  Miss 
Giles  were  appropriately  decorated  with 
palms  and  carnations  by  the  granddaughters' 
club.  We  are  reminded  that  we  have  en- 
tered upon  the  second  generation  of  students 
by  the  existence  of  this  club. 

The  commencement  sermon  was  preached 
by  a  graduate  of  Atlanta  Baptist  College  of 
1891,  and  the  presentation  on  commence- 
ment day  of  certificates,  awarded  on  the 
completion  of  the  courses  in  dressmaking, 
millinery,  cooking  and  printing,  was  made 
by  a  Spelman  graduate  of  twenty-three  years 
ago.  It  was  a  pretty  sight  when,  after  an 
earnest  exhortation  to  each  to  do  her  duty 
well,  wherever  her  work  should  be,  sixty 
candidates  passed  across  the  platform 
before  her  and  received  the  coveted  ribbon- 
tied  roll.  They  were  dressed  in  simple 
white,  unadorned  by  lace  or  ribbon.  The 
other  students  were  required  to  appear  in 
white  waists  and  dark  skirts. 

As  Atlanta  Baptist  College  and  Spelman 
Seminary,  while  holding  separate  president's 
receptions  and  class-days,  always  unite  in 
the  commencement  sermon  and  closing 
commencement  program,  which  fell  on  the 
17th  of  May  this  year,  there  was  music  by  a 
joint  chorus,  as  well  as  separate  parts  by 
the  college  boys  and  girls.  Eight  Spelman 
students  finished  the  high  school  and  three 
received  the  teacher's  diploma.  Atlanta 
Baptist  College  gave  five  academic,  eight 
college,  and  eight  theological  diplomas,  and 
two  honorary  degrees.  Presidents  Hope 
and    Tapley  called    out    the    happy 


s  of  hoi 

Spelman  we 
mencement  s 
by  letter. 


that 


of  the  twenty- 


BV  A.  C,  OgBORN,  LL.D. 

Benedict  College,  the  outgrowth  of  3 
mission  founded  in  1871,  was  incorporated 
in  189+  with  full  college  powers.  It  is 
co-educational.  I  became  identified  with 
it  in  1895.  During  the  sixteen  years  follow- 
ing 3,133  students  were  admitted,  and  of 
these  444  were  graduated,  308  with  college 
degrees.  The  graduates  have  some  of 
them    entered   the   employ   of  the  UniteJ 


states  through  the  civil  service  examinations. 
Others  have  become  physicians,  lawyers, 
pharmacists,  merchants,  farmers.  Of  those 
who  have  become  educators,  zig  arc  public 
school  teachers,  8  are  principals  of  city  high 
schools,  15  are  professors  or  teachers  in 
colleges,  and  I  are  presidents,  one  of  a  col- 
lege and  one  of  a  university.  Above  all,  a 
large  number  of  graduates  have  entered  tht 
ministry  and  are  pastors  in  many  towns  and 
cities  of  South  Carolina,  and  in  other 
Slates  as  well.  Much  active  pastoral  work 
o  being  done  by  former  members  of  the 
il  who  did  not  graduate,  so  that  there 
t  in  South  Carolina  a  city  or  county 
which  has  not  in  it  a  pastor  who  was  formerly 
Benedict.    Non-graduates  are  also  use- 


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537 


engaged  in  many  other  occupations, 
umulative  influence  of  these  workers 
ngly  Christian;  for,  so  far  as  we  know, 
one  of  the  teachers  and  professional 
that  have  gone  out  from  Benedict 
e  is  an  avowed  Christian.  Such 
s  as  this  qualify  and  inspire  men  to 

The  influence  of  the  school  life  is 
n  home  improvement  and  in  all  that 

for  the  elevation  of  the  race. 

RECOGNITION    OF 


Atlanta  Baptist  College 


Executive  Board  of  the  Home  Mission 
r  has  adopted  the  following  minute 
gnition  of  a  long  service: 

ir,  after 
stration 
hat  this 


govern- 


in  the 
of  his 

gelyin- 

enroll- 
tias  increased  from  135  to  657,  and 
h  the  cordial  relations  established 
le  people  of  the  State  he  has  won  for 
titution  the  good  will  of  all  to  whom 
lit  of  the  college  is  known.  During 
ears  the  lai^e  number  of  students  pass- 
lugh  the  college  have  enjoyed  thegreat 
age  of  the  guidance  of  this  man  of 
haracler  and  wide  experience  of  life, 

iiVipress  they  will  bear  throughout 
ir  days.  Regretting  that  advancing 
render  it  advisable  in  his  judgment 
:  be  relieved  from  the  administration 

college,  this  Board  desires  to  con- 
.te  Dr.  Osbom  that  he  brings  to  his 
«d  age  so  much  of  the  vigor  and 
iasm  of  youth,  and  wishes  that  his 
ing  years  may  be  years  of  happiness 


Atlanta  Baptist  College  had  this  past  year 
the  largest  enrollment  and  probably  largest 
sustained  attendance  in  its  forty-four  years. 
Commencement  season  began  with  the 
baccalaureate  address  by  President  John 
Hope,  before  an  audience  taxing  the  seating 
capacity  of  commodious  Sale  Hall  Chapel. 
The  sermon  to  the  graduating  classes  of 
Spelman  Seminary  and  the  College  was 
preached  at  Spelman,  May  14,  by  Rev. 
L.  P.  Pinckney,  an  alumnus  of  Atlanta 
Baptist  College.  On  Monday  evening  the 
students  of  the  academy  and  college  com- 
peted for  the  Paxon  prizes  in  oratory.  The 
donor,  Mr.  Fred  J.  Paxon,  is  a  trustee  of 
the  College  and  president  of  the  Atlanta 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  On  Tuesday  after- 
noon the  alumni  association  held  its  annual 
meeting,  with  alumni  present  not  only  from 
Atlanta  but  other  parts  of  Georgia  and 
other  states.  The  meeting  this  year  was  of 
unusual  interest  because  there  appeared  a 
new  purpose  to  assume  some  of  the  burdens 
of  maintaining  the  institution.  A  committee 
was  organized  to  raise  money  to  complete 
payment  of  the  debt  on  Sale  Hall. 

One  feature  of  commencement  was  the 
decennial  reunion  of  the  class  of  1901.  In 
that  year  there  were  graduated  two  young 
women  from  Spelman  Seminary  and  four 
young  men  from  the  college.  Of  this  little 
band  one,  Miss  Granderson,  died  several 
years  ago.  S.  B.  Scott,  M.D.,  could  not 
come  because  of  business  engagements. 
The  four  present  were  Miss  Claudia  T. 
White,  who  taught  for  several  years  at 
Spelman,  then  at  Haines  Institute,  and 
is  now  teaching  college  Latin  and  German 
for  Spelman  and  the  College;  John  A,  Mason, 
M.D.,  who  after  four  years  at  the  medical 
college  of  Michigan  University  is  now  a 
successful  physician  and  man  of  affairs  in 
Chattanooga,  Tenn.;  Prof.  B.  G.  Brawley, 
who  since  graduation  at  Atlanta  taught  a 
year  in  the  public  school,  was  seven  years 
professor  of  English  Language  and  Litera- 
ture at  Atlanta  Baptist  College,  was  gradua- 
ted from  the  University  of  Chicago  cum 
laudf  as  B.A.,  after  a  year  of  residence  at 
Harvard  received  his  M.A.,  and  has  taught 
one  year  at  Howard  University,  Washington, 
as  head  professor  of  English  Language  and 
Literature;  and  Ptof.  Z.  T.  Hubert,  who 


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after  graduation  taught  for  one  year  at 
Atlanta  Baptist  College,  studied  for  two 
years  at  Massachusetts  Agricultural  College, 
where  he  received  his  B.S.,  taught  natural 
sciences  two  years  at  Florida  State  Agri- 
cultural College,  has  been  for  five  years 
superintendent  of  buildings  and  grounds  at 
Spelman,  and  has  been  recently  appointed 
President  of  Jackson  College,  Jackson, 
Miss.,  to  succeed  Dr.  Luther  G.  Barrett, 
who  has  retired  after  years  of  eminent  ser- 
vice. Many  readers  of  Missions  will  re- 
call Miss  Jane  Anna  Granderson,  who  for 
several  years  was  a  teacher  at  Spelman  and 
whose  personality  and  public  addresses  in 
New  England  won  so  many  friends  to  the 
education  of  colored  women.  Mr.  Scott 
after  graduation  was  for  one  year  principal 
of  a  public  school  in  Athens,  Ga.,  then 
entered  the  United  States  Civil  Service,  and 
was  the  first  negro  appointed  to  a  clerkship 
in  the  Canal  Zone,  Panama,  where  he  served 
a  year.  He  returned  to  the  States,  taught 
mathematics  at  Walden  University,  and  at 
the  same  time  took  the  medical  course  at 
Meharry  Medical  College.  After  gradua- 
tion there  he  spent  a  year  at  the  medical 
school  of  the  University  of  Illinois  and 
received  his  M.  D.  from  that  institution 
within  one  year.  Few  classes  can  show  a 
finer  record  of  attainment  and  service  for 
the  first  ten  years  out  of  college  than  these 
six  young  colored  men  and  women.  They 
stand  as  a  token  of  what  the  Home  Mission 
Schools  are  doing  for  the  elevation  of  people. 
The  exercises  on  commencement  day  were 
of  a  high  order  and  reflected  the  training  the 
students  had  received.  Seven  men  were 
graduated  from  the  divinity  school,  eight 
from  the  college,  and  four  from  the  academy. 
As  an  indication  of  the  character  and  scholar- 
ship of  the  college  class  just  graduated,  it 
may  be  said  that  two  will  be  members  of  the 
faculty  of  Atlanta  Baptist  College  next  year 
as  teachers  in  the  academy  and  college. 


Shaw  University 

Shaw  University  celebrated  the  twenty- 
sixth  anniversary  of  the  Leonard  Medical 
School  and  forty-sixth  anniversary  of  the 
University  May  il.  By  ten  o'clock  every 
seat  in  the  chapel  and  all  available  standing 
room  was  occupied.    The  interest  was  keen 


from  beginning  to  end.  The  most  in- 
spiring feature  was  the  annual  address  by 
Dr.  Judson  B.  Thomas,  of  Chicago,  who  for 
many  years  was  District  Secretary  of  the 
Home  Mission  Society.  His  subject  was 
**  Fratemalism."  The  address  was  favorably 
commented  upon  by  leading  people  of  both 
races.  The  food  lecture  and  demonstration 
was  enjoyed  as  usual.  After  President 
Meserve  had  awarded  all  the  prizes,  Dr. 
Thomas  asked  if  the  young  woman  who 
gave  the  demonstration  received  a  prize, 
and  if  not  he  wanted  to  make  her  a  present 
of  a  five  dollar  bill.  Rev.  Hight  C.  Moore, 
editor  of  the  Biblical  Recorder^  Raleigh, 
delivered  diplomas  and  awarded  certifi- 
cates to  seventy-eight  young  men  and 
women.  The  president  announced  that 
III, 800  more  had  to  be  raised  for  the  hospital. 
In  response  to  this,  Col.  J.  H.  Young  pledged 
III 00,  and  two  checks  came,  one  from  J.  H. 
Love  and  brother  for  $^0  and  the  Richmond 
Alumni  1(76.  In  his  parting  address  to  the 
graduates  the  President  spoke  on  the  "Dan- 
gers of  Success."  The  work  of  the  year  has 
been  in  many  respects  gratifying  and  en- 
couraging, in  spite  of  the  fact  that,  aside 
from  the  regular  school  duries,  the  president 
has  had  to  conduct  a  vigorous  campaign  to 
raise  money  for  the  Leonard  Hospital,  now 
in  process  of  construction.  Since  October 
I,  191  o,  nearly  1(3,200  has  been  raised. 
During  the  year  laboratories  were  installed 
for  the  departments  of  physics  and  chemistry 
in  the  literary  department,  and  in  the 
Leonard  Medical  building  laboratories  were 
equipped  for  the  departments  of  pharmaq^ 
and  medicine.  There  were  thirteen  con- 
versions during  the  year,  and  the  spiritual  life 
of  the  institution  was  greatly  quickened  by 
a  series  of  special  meetings  held  in  early 
February. 

Houston  College,  Texas 

The  young  negro  here  is  full  "of  spirit. 
Five  at  this  commencement  take  license  to 
go  out  among  the  people  to  aid  in  every 
honorable  way  to  advance  the  cause  of 
righteousness.  The  help  so  freely  given 
by  the  Society  will  stimulate  not  only  the 
immediate  benefactors,  but  all  who  come 
in  contact  with  them  and  us.  The  closing 
exercises  have  been  very  successful  indeed, 
and  we  feel  as  though  the  Lord  has  been 


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539 


with  us  and  blessed  us,  as  we  go  away 
with  every  student  a  professing  Christian. 
May  the  Lord  bless  this  great  Society  by 
giving  the  leaders  encouragement  through 
friends  who  may  he  raised  up  to  continue 
the  great  work.  Houston  College  sends 
$1S,  coining  from  the  mission  effort  put  on 
foot  some  time  ago  for  Home  Missions.  — 
F.  W.  Gross,  PreiiJent. 


Jackson  College 

The  dosing  week  of  Jackson  College  this 

year.  May  11-17,  *"  unusually  interesting. 

The  fact  that  this  was  the  last  commence- 


training  and  its  concerts,  but  the  annual 
concert  was  surpassingly  good,  the  faithful 
and  loved  teacher.  Miss  Hillpot,  having  put 
into  it  her  whole  strength.  On  Wednesday 
eleven  young  men  and  women  graduated, 
all  but  one  in  the  full  course.  Seventeen 
students  received  special  prizes,  many  being 
given  by  friends  of  the  school.  After  the 
address  to  the  graduates  and  presentation  of 
diplomas  and  prizes,  the  president  of  the 
Alumni  Association,  M.  J.  Latham,  Esq., 
read  the  resolutions  passed  by  the  Alumni 
on  the  president's  retiring,  and  presented 
him  and  his  wife  with  a  beautiful  silver 
water  service.     The    president  feelingly  re- 


mcnt  of  the  retiring  president,  after  seven- 
teen years'  service,  naturally  gave  a  pathos 
to  all  the  services.  This  fact  also  brought 
many  more  friends  of  the  school,  and  especi- 
ally alumni,  to  the  exercises,  while  the  enroll- 
ment for  the  year,  447,  the  largest  known, 
necessarily  helped  swell  the  number.  The 
exercises  throughout  were  above  the  average. 
The  primary  and  practice  school  never  bad 
so  interesting  a  close,  nor  had  done  so  large 
and  effective  training  work  during  the  year, 
while  the  junior  exhibition  was  the  best  one 
yet  given.  The  missionary  sermon  on 
Sunday  was  by  Dr.  Button,  pastor  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Jackson,  and 
was  a  strong  and  inspiring  presentation  of 
the  Christ  truth  of  ministering  unto  others. 
The  address  before  the  Alumni  Association 
by  Sidney  L.  Maitin,  M.D.,  one  of  our 
young  graduates,  surprised  all  by  its  ability. 
The  college  is  noted  for  its  superior  musical 


sponded.  As  a  whole  the  year  has  been  the 
strongest  by  far  the  school  has  known. 
While  the  president  and  his  wife  feel  it 
duty  to  themselves  to  lay  down  the  heavy 
burden  carried  for  seventeen  years,  it  has 
been  hard  to  sever  the  many  tender  ties 
formed  with  students  and  friends,  and  they 
will  follow  the  work  and  fortunes  of  the 
more  than  4,200  enrolled  under  them  with 
earnest  prayer  and  intense  interest. 


RESOLUTIONS   o 


E  MISSION  BOARD 


Whereai,  Rev.  L.  G.  Barrett,  President  of 
Jackson  College,  Jackson  Miss.,  has  placed 
in  the  hands  of  the  Corresponding  Secretaiy 
bis  resignation  as  President  of  the  College, 
and  ffhirias.  President  Barrett  has  occupied 
this  position  for  more  than  sixteen  years, 
during  which  time  be  has  conducted  the 
aFairs  of  the  College  with  rare  business  skill, 
including  the  sale  of  the  old  Jackson  College 


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MISSIONS 


property  and  the  purchase  of  the  new,  with 
the  erection  of  new  buildings  thereon :  Re- 
solved ^  that  the  resignation  of  President 
Barrett  be  accepted  to  take  effect  September 
30,  191 1 ;  that  in  accepting  this  resignation 
the  Board  desires  to  put  on  record  its  appre- 
ciation of  the  devoted  services  of  President 
Barrett  and  his  wife  during  this  long  course 
of  years,  its  recognition  of  his  efficient  and 
economical  management  of  the  affairs  of 
the  College,  both  in  the  transfer  to  the  new 
site  and  the  conduct  of  the  institution  from 
year  to  year,  and  its  gratification  at  the 
marked  improvement  in  the  college  during 
President  Barrett's  administration  and  its 
excellent  condition  and  large  enrolment  at 
the  present  time. 

THE  NEW   PRESIDENT   OF  JACKSON    COLLEGE 

In  view  of  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  resig- 
nation of  President  Barrett  of  Jackson 
College,  Prof.  Zachary  T.  Hubert  has  been 
appointed  as  his  successor.  Mr.  Hubert  is 
a  colored  man;  a  graduate  of  Atlanta  Baptist 
College  and  of  the  Massachusetts  Agricul- 
tural College;  and  is  a  Christian  man  of 
education  and  culture,  with  experience  in 
teaching  and  administrative  work.  A 
faculty  composed  of  Negro  teachers  has  been 
appointed. 

Western  College,  Macon,  Mo. 

Commencement  began  Sunday,  May  14, 
with  a  morning  sermon  before  the  religious 
bodies  by  Dr.  W.  L.  Perry  of  St.  Louis, 
and  in  the  evening  the  baccalaureate  sermon 
by  Dr.  W.  Jas.  Robinson,  pastor  First  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Macon,  Mo.  Monday  morn- 
ing oral  examinations  were  held  and  display 
work  in  the  various  departments  was  shown, 
followed  by  a  reception  by  the  faculty  to  the 
students,  and  by  "field  day."  Wednesday 
morning  at  chapel  addresses  were  made  by 
visitors,  and  Bible  verses  were  recited. 
Thursday  evening  occurred  the  graduating 
exercises,  when  nine  young  men  and  women 
received  diplomas  from  the  academic  de- 
partment. Certificates  of  promotion  were 
given  to  seven  young  men  and  women  who 
completed  the  English  preparatory  depart- 
ment. The  enrollment  during  the  year  was 
no.  The  personnel  of  the  student  body 
was  never  better.  The  outlook  for  a  pro- 
gressive   and    prosperous    school    year    is 


bright  and  encouraging.  Twelve  young 
men  were  studying  for  the  ministiy  during 
the  past  year,  and  the  work  done  was  veiy 
satisfactory.  These  young  men  are  wfaollj 
self-supporting;  some  serve  cfaurdics  as 
pastors,  others  do  manual  work.  Seven 
states  were  represented  in  the  ttndent 
body  —  Missouri,  Illinois^  Iowa,  Kansas, 
Minnesota,  Nebraska  and  Oklahoma.  West- 
em  College  has  thus  a  wide  tenitmy,  in 
which  to  operate. 

ill 

Americus  Institute,  Georgia   . 

The  Institute  has  just  dosed  one  of  its 
best  terms  of  instruction,  and  the  commence- 
ment exercises  were  amcmg  the  best  we  have 
ever  had.  The  many  sides  of  the  lile  of  the 
school  were  in  one  way  or  anodier  lepre- 
sented  in  the  closing.  We  have  a  minister's 
department,  a  night  school,  and  agncukunl} 
sewing,  millinery,  domestic  sdoice,  musical 
and  literaiy  departments.  Praise  is  due  all 
the  departments,  but  special  mentioD  diould 
be  made  of  the  night  scho<d  students.  For 
these,  although  they  labor  eveiy  day,  did 
well  both  in  their  books  and  public  exercises. 
There  were  present  at  commencement  the 
entire  board  of  trustees,  who  expressed 
great  satisfaction  with  the  work.  The 
Americus  Institute  idea  —  that  is,  the 
idea  of  making  the  whole  school  plant, 
class  rooms,  dormitories,  kitchen  and  dining- 
room,  laundry,  and  agricultural  department 
yield  educational  values,  has  added  new  life 
to  our  work,  and  inspiration  to  the  teachers. 
We  turn  our  faces  to  the  next  term  with 
hopes  higher  than  ever.  —  M.  W.  Reddick, 
Principal. 

Arkansas  Baptist  College,  Little  Rock 

The  college  closed  its  twenty-seventh 
year's  work  May  11.  There  were  fourteen 
graduates  —  two  from  the  theological  de- 
partment, three  from  the  college,  nine  from 
the  academic  department,  many  of  whom 
will  return  and  take  the  college  course. 

More  than  400  students  were  enrolled 
this  year.  There  is  a  large  patronage  com- 
ing from  people  living  out  from  Little  Rock 
for  several  miles.  They  principally  occupy 
their  own  little  farms.  One  young  man 
whose  people  live  seven  miles  from  the 
institution  walks  the  distance  twice  a  day 


MISSIONS 


;hout  the  fall,  winter  and  spring 
is.    It  should  be  an  interesting  thing 

the  picture  of  a  young  colored  man 
alks  foutteen  miles  a  day  for  education, 
>  the  picture  of  K.  Fair,  Sweet  Home, 
sas,  is  here  presented.  Hundreds  of 
young  n^roes  throughout  the  South 
ing  as  much  to  pay  for  their  education 
rk  and  Ecrvice,  since  they  have  not 
iney  for  this  purpose. 
■  college  is  in  need  of  supplementary 
Its  grounds  are  just  half  covered  with 
uil dings  needed.  Its  campus  could 
sily  and  profitably  enlarged  at  this 
but  the  real  estate  market  may  soon 

it  impossible.  Its  farm  could  be 
r  improved  to  the  advantage  of  the 
Itural  classes  and  the  institution, 
ching  force,  now  so  poorly  paid,  could 
atly  strengthened  with  a  living  salary 
larger  numbers.  Its  present  main 
ig  so  inadequate  in  chapel,  recitation 

and  dormitoiy  rooms,  could  be  easily 


enlarged  with  a  few  thousand  dollars,  and 
thus  double  the  present  enrollment. 

Jos.  A.  Booker,  Pret. 
* 
Coleman  Academy,  Gibsland,  La. 
This  session  has  been  fairly  good,  consid- 
ing  the  drought  and  the  boll  weevil  destruc- 
tion of  cotton.    The  number  of  boarders 
has    been    over    too.    The    students    are 
polite,  obedient  and  industrious.    The  health 
s  better.     The  students  took 
keeping  the  buildings  and 
The   State   sanitary   director 
hese  conditions  were  better 
any  other  school  he  had  visited. 
The  students  have  laid  the  campus  off  in 
walks,  and  lighted  it  up  with  gas.    There 
has  been  the  greatest  educational   revival 
ever  witnessed  here,  including  entire  fami- 
lies.   They  come  with  nothing  but  them- 
selves   and    families    and    are   doing  well. 
Mothers  and  fathers  have  studied  in  class 


great   pride 


repotted 


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MISSIONS 


successfully  with  their  children.  This 
year's  commencement  was  most  successful, 
with  many  white  people  present.  The 
parish  superintendent  and  ex-president  Cox 
of  Mt.  Lebanon  College  (whites)  delivered 
addresses.  We  need  library  books,  furni- 
ture and  clothing  for  poor  struggling  stu- 
dents, boys  and  girls.  —  O.  L.  Coleman. 

Jeruel  Academy 

For  twenty-five  years  the  Academy  has 
been  our  pioneer  institution  of  secondary 
education,  and  has  made  possible  the  exis- 
tence of  similar  schools  among  the  Baptists. 
The  anniversary  was  largely  attended,  and 
among  the  speakers  were  Pres.  John  Hope  of 
Atlanta  Baptist  College,  Miss  Lucy  H. 
Tapley,  President  of  Spelman  Seminary, 
and  Miss  Edith  V.  Brill  of  Spelman. 

The  commencement  season  began  with 
the  annual  concerts  of  the  primary  and 
academic  departments,  which  afford  pleasure 
to  parents  and  students  alike.  Class  night 
was  happily  observed  with  appropriate 
program  and  appreciative  audience.  The 
commencement  sermon  was  delivered  by 
Dr.  P.  James  Biyant  of  Atlanta.  On  Wed- 
nesday, commencement  day,  the  people 
began  to  pour  in  from  the  city  and  country 
for  miles  around,  happy  and  jubilant.  The 
student  body  and  faculty  marched  to  the 
hall  which  was  crowded.  The  orations  were 
practical  and  impressively  delivered,  and  the 
exercises  ranked  among  the  best  ever  had 
at  the  Academy.  The  leaving  of  school  by 
the  twelve  graduates  tells  a  tale  true  to  life; 
for  each  of  them  there  are  mothers  and 
fathers  who  are  poor  and  self-denying,  and 
have  at  times  suffered  to  keep  the  children 
in  school.  These  same  parents  are  willing 
to  suffer  more  to  have  these  young  people 
enter  higher  institutions  of  learning.  The 
commencement  address  was  delivered  by 
Col.  Charles  M.  Snelling,  dean  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Georgia.  He  is  a  man  with  a 
great  heart,  full  of  interest  for  all  the  people. 
Prof.  G.  G.  Bond,  superintendent  of  the 
city  public  schools,  and  Miss  Clyde  Patman, 
principal  of  Baxter  Street  Public  School, 
were  among  the  white  visitors  who  wished 
to  manifest  their  "interest  in  the  Academy." 
Professor  Bond  wrote  a  letter  congratulating 
the  principal  on  the  commencement  exer- 
cises, especially  emphasizing  his  appreciation 


of  the  innovation  in  having  papers  on  hygiene 
and  sanitation.  —  J.  H.  Brown,  Principal. 

•     

State  Universityi  Lottisyille,  Ky. 

The  thirty-second  annual  conunenceroent 
was  held  Thursday  evening.  May  i8.  The 
large  and  appreciadve  audience  assembled 
from  different  parts  of  the  State  proved  the 
respect  and  good  will  felt  for  the  institution. 
On  the  platform  were  the  faculty,  headed 
by  President  Amiger,  with  Dr,  F.  G.  Fowler 
and  Dr.  Robert  Mitchell,  Moderator  of  the 
General  Association  of  Colored  Baptists  of 
Kentucky.  Fourteen  young  men  and  women, 
representing  eleven  different  departments, 
made  addresses.  Miss  Hester  O.  Brown, 
noted  violinist  of  a  lyceum  bureau,  rendered 
a  violin  solo  to  the  delight  of  all.  Diplomas 
and  certificates  were  presented  as  follows: 
Domestic  science,  20;  sewing  and  dressmak- 
ing, 6;  millinery,  26;  normal,  18;  commercial, 
4;  music,  i;  medical,  10;  nurse  training,  2. 
The  degree  of  B.A.  was  conferred  upon 
three  graduates;  M.D.  on  ten  others;  M.A. 
on  Principal  Albert  E.  Meyzeek,  of  the 
Eastern  Normal  School  of  Louisville,  and 
D.D.  on  Rev.  Henry  D.  Carpenter,  of  Bowl- 
ing Green.  Ninety-two  diplomas  and  cer- 
tificates were  presented  to  the  classes  of 
191 1,  the  largest  number  ever  presented  af 
one  time  in  this  school.  President  Amiger 
made  the  closing  remarks. 

Tidewater  Institute 

Commencement  exercises  at  Chesapeake, 
Va.,  were  held  April  30  to  May  5.  The 
annual  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  A. 
Hudgins  of  Norfolk.  The  industrial  ex- 
hibit, in  which  seventeen  of  the  colored  pub- 
lic schools  of  Northampton  County  took 
part  with  the  Tidewater  Institute,  attracted 
hundreds  of  white  and  colored  people. 
This  work,  under  the  supervision  of  an  in- 
dustrial teacher  supported  by  the  Jeans's 
Fund,  has  done  much  to  improve  the  condi- 
tion of  the  rural  colored  schools  and  com- 
munities. Addresses  were  made  by  Mr. 
Fitzhugh,  member  of  the  Virginia  legislature, 
Mr.  T.  P.  Bell,  acting  secretary  of  the  public 
schools  of  this  county.  Dr.  Hall,  Major 
R.  R.  Moton,  and  Rev.  A.  A.  Graham  of 
Hampton  Institute.  —  G.  E.  Read,  Pres- 
iJent, 


MISSIONS 


Secretary   Stackhouse's   First   Report 

the  work  already  done  in  all  the  churches 
touched  by  the  Movement. 

2.     The  introduaion  of  a  great  compre- 
hensive  plan,   by  which   all  the  available 
forces  may  be  utilized,  and  by  which  the 
may    he    organi 


THE  first  annual  report  of  General  Sec- 
retaiy  Stackhouse  of  the  Baptist  Lay- 
men's Missionaiy  Movement  to  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  was  full  of  interest,  and 
should  be  widely  distributed.  It  tells  of 
the  organizations  in  New  York,  May  27, 
1910,  and  the  stirring  campaigns  made  since 
that  date.  Those  who  have  watched  the 
work  will  agree  with  the  statement  that 
"the  work  hu  been  carried  forward  during 
the  past  half-year  with  tremendous  vigor." 
Details  are  ^ven  of  the  campaigns  in  four- 
teen States,  beginning  at  Buffalo  in  New 
York  State,  and  swinging  the  circle  to 
Colorado.  Testimonials  from  pastors  and 
laymen  as  to  results  are  given,  and  some  of 
these  will  be  given  in  this  depattmeni  later, 
together  with  many  new  ones.  We  quote 
here  two  paragraphs,  looking  to  the  future, 
and  nest  month  we  shall  give  the  full  plans 
for  the  fall  and  winter  campaign,  which  is 
to  be  intensive.  Secretary  Stackhouse  will 
get  a  little  rest  in  August  in  Nova  Scotia. 

FtrrURE  PLANS 

The  coming  fall  and  winter  should  record 
greater  effofts  and  larger  victories  for  the 
Movement  than  we  have  yet  seen.  Wise 
planning  and  intelligent  preparation  should 
be  made  during  the  summer  months.  With 
this  in  view  an  effort  is  being  made  to  get 
a  number  of  our  men  to  take  advantage  of 
the  Interdenominational  Summer  Confer- 
ences at  Lake  Geneva,  Wis.,  August  2-6; 
Silver  Lake,  N.Y.,  August  5-10;  and  Mount 
Gretna,  Pa.,  August  39  to  September  3. 

While  we  cannot  here  state  all  the  par- 
ticulars of  our  future  plans,  the  following 
lines  of  action  are  now  under  consideration 
by  our  General  Secretary  and  the  Executive 
Committee: 

I.  The  adoption  of  such  methods  as 
will  help  to  make  permanent  and  fruitful 


three   thoi 
■  n  year 


<nd   plac 


1   the 


3.  The  inauguration  of  a  comprehensive 
plan  for  intensive  campaign  work  in  several 
great  centers  where  a  complete  piece  of  work 
may  be  done  within  a  limited  time. 

4.  A  systematic  policy  for  the  enlistment 
of  more  men  of  ability  and  large  means  in 
this  great  Movement. 

5.  The  enlargement  of  plans  already  in 
operaiion  for  the  spreading  of  the  Move- 
ment into  the  unworked  territory,  through 
the  efforts  of  District  and  State  Secretaries 

6.  The  hearty  co-operation  of  the  Bap- 
tist Laymen's  Movement,  in  so  far  as  it 
is  possible  and  practicable,  with  the  Bap- 
tist Brotherhood  Movement,  the  Men-and- 
Religion  Movement,  and  the  Interdenomina- 
tional Laymen's  Movement. 

7.  The  closest  possible  co-operation  with 
our  Baptist  Forward  Movement  and  the 
General  Apportionment  Committee. 

8.  An  effon  more  closely  to  relate  the 
members  of  our  General  Committee  with 
the  practical  work  of  the  Movement,  es- 
pecially in  the  territory  where  they  reside. 

CONCLUSION 
In  closing,  we  desire  to  reaffirm  our  ad- 
herence to  the  principles  set  forth  in  our 
Baptist  Laymen's  Constitution: 

1.  We  believe  in  a  comprehensive  Bap- 
tist Laymen's  Missionary  Movement,  alive 
to  all  the  interests  of  the  kingdom  of  God  at 
home  and  abroad. 

2.  We  believe  in  the  strongest  combina- 


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MISSIONS 


tion  of  our  missionary  forces,  and  in  the 
massing  of  missionaiy  motives  to  arouse  men 
of  affairs  to  larger  participation  in  the  world's 
evangelization. 

3.  We  believe  that  the  new  era  upon 
which  the  denomination  is  entering  in  the 
unified  budgets  and  co-operative  effort  of 
these  Societies  is  peculiarly  favorable  for 
such  a  comprehensive  movement. 

4.  We  believe  that  this  movement  should 
be  closely  related  to,  and  a  substantial 
reenforcement  of,  our  general  and  time- 
honored  missionary  organizations,  and  that 
the  living  links  between  the  administrative 
forces  of  these  organizations  and  the  whole 
denomination  are  found  in  the  enlarged  num- 
ber of  laymen  on  their  Boards  of  Managers, 
and  on  dieir  general  committees  throughout 
their  whole  constituency  in  our  land. 

Follow  Up  Work 

BY  REV.  ROBERT  L.  WEBB 

IN  the  spring  of  1910  a  Laymen's  Mis- 
sionary Movement  Convention  was  held 
in  the  city  of  Haverhill.  After  the  Con- 
vention the  question  arose  as  to  the  best 
method  of  conserving  the  interest  aroused 
by  the  Convention,  and  bringing  that  in- 
terest to  some  practical  issue.  The  Con- 
vention had  been  arranged  by  a  committee 
consisting  of  the  pastor  and  two  delegates 
from  each  church  in  the  district. 

It  was  determined  to  make  this  a  per- 
manent committee  to  foster  and  develop 
missionary  knowledge  and  enthusiasm  in 
the  city.  Under  the  direction  of  this  com- 
mittee meetings  for  inspiration  are  held 
and  interesting  speakers  present  missionary 
topics  and  principles. 

Among  the  plans  adopted  by  this  com- 
mittee was  the  assignment  to  each  church  of 
a  particular  mission  field.  The  church  was 
to  select  from  its  men  one  or  more  repre- 
sentatives, who  were  to  study  carefully 
the  assigned  field  and  to  present  the  results 
in  the  form  of  a  missionary  program  to  the 
churches  of  the  city.  The  churches  were 
then  asked  to  devote  at  least  one  service 
a  month,  Sunday  or  week  day,  to  the 
missionary  cause,  where  these  studies  might 
be  presented.  The  widest  liberty  was 
allowed  the  church  teams  and  they  were  en- 
couraged to  make  their  presentation  as 
novel  as  possible.    While  the  greater  num- 


ber of  the  teams  give  strai^t  talks  on  the 
subjects  assigned  some  of  them  use  maps, 
curios  and  musical  features. 

Of  course  some  churches  did  not  ntpood 
to  the  suggestion,  but  fourteen  diufcbes, 
representing  several  diffierent  denominatioDs, 
accepted  their  assignments,  set  their  men 
to  work  and  designated  the  ni^t  for  the 
missionary  service.  Some  few  diurcfacs, 
weak  in  the  numbers  of  male  members, 
asked  that  speakers  be  assigned  them  even 
though  they  themselves  could  not  furnish 
men  to  share  in  the  work.  The  second 
Thursday  night  in  the  month  has  come  to  be 
known  as  Missionaiy  Night  in  the  city,  and 
the  interest  is  steadily  deepening.  The 
fourteen  churches  are  represented  by  thirty- 
seven  speakers,  and  up  to  the  present 
seventy-two  meetings  have  been  held.  By 
this  plan  the  missionary  enterprise  is  kept 
in  the  forefront  by  our  churches,  missionary 
knowledge  is  disseminated,  the  men  of  the 
churches  are  given  something  definite  to  do, 
and  the  unity  of  the  church  in  this  great 
world  movement  is  emphasized.  The  plan 
is  capable  of  larger  development,  and  already 
the  committee  is  devising  ways  to  enlarge 
and  strengthen  it  in  the  coming  autumn. 

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Forty-four  Languages 

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iHotOr  ^ofim  Conaaut  Noii.  ^j^^y  J^^ 
KK'WihK    Kd^hrrW.  'Rk^Nph  Tesfamrat 

II  NaoTo  Trstamcntu        3|^  IrK  ^       j^  ••%  »S 
<n«il    ViflUti^i'l .    Toftiaineutitfkk    Tersaa 

Tiamnadh  XnaiDi  ^m  yvi^lVl  KtfUsOUiltk 
?a  rjOBOM  A^tttitfa  \anias  Istadmas^VT  4iTR. 

O  NovDlrstantefitu.43^  A«iti)os%iicrr(tainent 


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Missionary  Program  Topics  for  1911 

January.  Our  Work  among  Foreign  Populations. 

Fthruary.  Our  Work  for  Mexicans  and  Indians. 

March,  The  Western  States:  Status  and  Outlook. 

Afril.  The  World's  King  and  How  He  Conquers. 

May.  CoLPORTER  WoRK. 

Juttt.  Our  Denominational  Power  and  Obligations. 

(Meetings  in  Philadelphia.) 

July.  Our  Obligations  to  Porto  Rico  and  Philippines. 

August,  State  Convention  Work. 

StftrmbtT.  Reports  from  China. 

October.  REPORTS   FROM  InDIA. 

Nowmber.  Trials  and  Triumphs  in  Europe. 

Decemher.  African  Missions. 


September  Subject:    Reports  from  China 

Hvmn:  "Fling  out  the  Banner."  Forward  Movement  Hymnal.  No,  47,     (Price  fo.15.) 
Psalm  cxv. 

Hymn:  "Dear  Lord  and  Saviour  of  Mankind."     Forward  Movement  Hymnal.    No.  71. 
Prayer.     For  the  evangelization  of  China  and  for  those  at  home  and  abroad  who  are  seeking 

to  accompliah  it. 
Hvmn:  "Fight  the  Good  Fi^t  of  Faith."     Forward  Movement  Hymnal.     No.  63. 
General  discussion  of  present  conditions  in  china. 

(Have  different  people  especially  prepared  on  various  points  of  interest,  as  for  example, 

one  will  speak  of  the  progress  of  the  opium  campaign;  another  of  modem  education 

in  China;  another  of  China's  coping  with  the  plague,  etc.     Each  speaker  should  be 

allowed  two  minutes.) 

Incidents  relative  to  missionaries  on  tour,  carrying  on  evangelistic,  medical  and 

educational  work  in  the  four  china  missions  (east,  south,  west  and  central 

(Material  for  this  is  to  be  found  in  the  different  numbers  of  Missions,  price  per  copy 
5  cents,  under  the  heading"  From  the  Far  Lands,"  and  also  in  the  new  Handbook  (price 
20  cents)  which  contains  over  fifty  pages  of  incidents  relating  to  missionaiy  work  and 
lifcundertheheadingof  "The  Story  of  the  Year."  As  far  as  possible  have  the  speakers 
tell  the  incidents  in  their  own  words  as  teisety  and  rapidly  as  possible.) 
Hymn;  "God  Bless  our  Heralds  of  the  Light."     Forward  Movement  Hymnal.     No.  56. 

.n  Baptiit  Foreign  MitooD  Sodcly,  Litera- 


546 


MISS  ION  S 


Echoes   from   the   Oriental    Press 


A  Chinese  Vuning 

The  National  Daily  Newi  of  China 
warns  the  Chinese  Government  in  regard 
to  the  wide  popular  discontent  in  China. 
The  translation  h  taken  from  the  Peking 
Daily  News: 

At  the  instance  of  the  assassination  of 
Fuchi,  the  Canton  Tartar-General,  the 
Central  Government  has  instructed  all  the 
provinces  to  take  special  precautions  against 
such  unlawful  happenings.  Canton  after  its 
bitter  experience  is  particularly  on  the  alert 
and  there  should  hardly  be  any  chance  for 
another  trouble  at  least  for  the  present.  But 
the  thing  did  reoccur  and  the  lesson  may 
well  teach  us  that  political  offence  is  not  to 
be  avoided  by  police  precaution.  The 
Government  should  certainly  resort  to  wiser 
preventive  measures.  Men  are  not  bom 
trouble  makers;  they  make  troubles  only 
when  pressed  to  the  extreme,  A  rise  against 
the  Government  often  involving  lives  and 
property  is  a  thing  to  be  abhorred  by 
the  government  and  people  alike.  But 
despite  the  fact  we  ' 

almost  everywher 
The  Chinese  are 
peaceful   = 


generally    considered 
d   peopit 


portion  who  h: 
left  without 


the 


-s  except  an  insignificant 
ve  become  office  holders  are 
iployment.  The  farmers  on 
account  of  drought,  famine  and  other  calam- 
ities have  in  large  numbers  abandoned  their 
fields  and  drift  at  large.  The  merchants 
and  laborers  are  finding  their  fields  of  work 
narrowerer  and  narrowerer,  and  many  have 
quit  their  homes  and  brave  hardships 
abroad.     Thus  the  miserable  make  up  the 


bulk  of  the  population.  What  do  they  mind 
doing  if  there  is  reward  though  uncertain.' 
So  the  general  misery  is  the  cause  of  internal 
troubles,  and  the  Government  is  responsible 
for  the  cause.  It  is  true  the  Government  is 
being  reformed  but  is  the  reform  genuine? 
The  Tzucheng  yuan  has  been  convened  but 
howlinlehas  it  influenced  the  conduct  of  ihc 
Government  ?  Independent  judicature  has 
been  declared  but  where  are  the  revised  Uws 
to  insure  justice  ?  The  formation  of  the  new 
cabinet  is  another  instance  of  failure  «i  the 
part  of  the  government.  The  govemimnt 
not  being  thoroughly  reorganized  the  people 
will  remain  !n  misery  and  the  country  will 
ever  suffer  the  result. 


Japan  and  Arbitration 
The  Japan  Times,  a  paper  printed  in 
English,  but  edited  entirely  by  Japanese  and 
having  for  its  purpose  the  work  of  making 
the  attitude  of  Japan  on  all  intemationil 
subjects  understood  by  Europeans,  thui 
writes  on  the  same  subject  of  Japan's  reli- 
tion  to  the  subject  of  arbitration:  There 
is  no  doubt  that  the  question  of  inter- 
national arbitration  is  engaging  the  attention 
of  thinkers  in  this  country,  and  a  body  of  sen- 
timent in  favor  of  the  peaceful  sertlement  of 
imemaiional  disputes  bymeans  of  arbitration 
is  steadily  gaining  strength.  Men  Uke  Baron 
Sakaiani,  ex-Minister  of  Finance,  do  not 
hesitate  to  identify  themselves  openly  v,-iih 
this  movement.  It  must,  however,  be  appar- 
ent to  any  intelligent  student  of  contempor- 
ary politics  in  Japan  that  there  has  trans- 
pired nothing  that  gives  any  sure  indication 
as  to  the  trend  of  opinion  in  official  circles 
one  way  or  the  other. 


MISSIONS 


CONDUCTED  BY  SECRETARY  JOHH  H.  HOORE 


Hisdonnry  Education  In  the  Church 
by  Periods 


prepared  to  announce  early  ir 
a  full  lioe  of  material  for  i 
rd  Move-  foreign  missions  suited  to  all  departments 
of  the  church.  The  field  designated  by  the 
Foreign  Mission  Societies  for  special  con- 
sideration this  year  is  India. 


rhools  by 
ear  were 
after  the 
e  devoted 
Societies; 
-ith  Chil- 
ly of  the 
'ork,  and 
conclude 
eriod  the 
be  con- 
that  for 
field  or 
lese  to  be 
iltimately 
)assed  in 


:  Mission 
March  19 
uld  here- 


ystematic 
by  the 
Sunday  schools  has  been  so  fully  demon- 
strated that  it  has  been  decided  to  suggest 
that  the  period  plan  be  extended  to  the 
whole  church.  It  is  distinctly  understood, 
however,  that  these  periods  are  for  instruc- 
tional purpose*  only,  and  are  not  recom- 
mended as  special  times  for  the  gathering 
of  offerings  for  the  respective  societies.  The 
plan  will,  therefore,  not  interfere  with  any 
"Wheel  Plan"  arrangement  in  any  of  the 
states.     Tbe    Forward    Movement  will    be 


The  Summer  Conferences 
Of  these  conferences  the  IntercolUgian 
says;  "No  aaivity  of  the  Student  Christian 
Movement  has  met  with  such  universal 
approval  as  the  summer  conference.  All 
men  and  women  everywhere  are  especially 
drawn  to  intimate  gatherings  of  congenial 
spirits,  and  the  summer  conferences  are 
probably  the  most  sympatheric  and  har- 
monious of  all  the  many  meetings  of  students. 
Conferences  of  this  kind  are  held  regularly 
In  China,  India,  Japan,  Australia,  South 
Africa,  and  in  many  countries  in  Europe, 
and  everywhere  they  enjoy  great  popularity. 
In  this  issue  we  note  the  first  conference  for 
the  students  of  South  America.  Last  sum-' 
met  the  conferences  in  India  and  Switzer- 
land exchanged  greetings.  Sectional,  na- 
rional,  or  international  —  all  such  gatherings 
help  to  free  us  from  our  natural  narrowness 
and  to  enter  into  the  experience  of  others. 
Is  not  this  universality  of  the  student  con- 
ference one  of  the  clear  proofs  of  its  value  f 
It  is  with  a  degree  of  pardonable  pride  that 
we  realize  that  the  Student  Movement  in 
America  had  the  privilege  of  introducing 
this  special  feature  of  Christian  work  to  the 
student  world." 


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M  IS  SIGNS 


Fraternal   Greetings  from   Dr.  Woelfkin 


Rochester,  N.Y.,  June  27,  191 1. 
To  THB  Editok:  I  thank  you  for  this  oppor- 
tunity of  cxpreiting  through  Missions  my 
appreciation  of  the  honor  in  being  chosen 
to  (crve  our  American  Baptist  Foreign 
Mission  Society  as  its  presiding  officer. 
When  I  remember  the  eminent  men  who 
have  occupied  this  distinguished  office  — 
some  happily  yet  living  and  serving  with  us, 
and  others  goneto  some  higher  service — I  am 
sensible  that  no  more  distinguished  mantle 
could  fall  upon  a  servant  of  our  cause. 
Against  the  background  of  such  men  I  am 
conscious  of  my  shortcoming  and  unworthi- 
ntss.  I  can  only  hope  that  the  humility 
born  of  this  unmerited  gift  may  prove  a 
condition  of  usefulness  in  the  great  work. 

Ours  is  a  cause  that  binds  us  to  those 
who  in  times  past  have  had  the  prophetic 
vision,  who  in  the  face  of  adverse  circum- 
stances and  heartbreaking  discouragements 
dared  to  cry,  "The  morning  cometh."  It 
■binds  us  to  a  glorious  company  of  "wit- 
oil   with   intrepid   fortitude. 


that    ihei: 


^11    : 


eternal  purpose  will  find  fulfilment.  Tired 
and  wom  they  fall  upon  the  field,  with  their 
faces  toward  the  day,  greeting  the  unseen 
with  a  cheer,  crying  "Hallelujah,  the  Lord 

Speaking  for  my  own  estimate  and  ani- 
tude  toward  missions,I  summarize  my  creed 
thus:  My  interest  in  missions  is  the  measure 
of  my  interest  in  the  etenia]  purpose  of 
God.  My  prayer  for  missions  indicates 
ihe  measure  of  my  ability  to  enter  the 
tnvail  of  the  spirit  of  Christ.  My  gift  for 
miasioni  is  the  gauge  of  my  belief  in  the 
triumph  of  the  gospel  of  grace.  My  work 
for  missions  is  the  equation  of  my  co-opera- 


tion in  the  divine  program  of  the  wodd's 
salvation.     In  this  conviction,   I   earnestly 


:  the 


hope  1  may  be  able  to  serve  c 
cause,  and  in  some  measure  promote  the 
answer  to  that  prayer  in  which  we  ask,  thir 
His  will  may  become  the  law  of  all  men; 
His  name  be  reverently  spoken  by  all  lipsi 
His  sovereignty  rule  in  all  hearts,  and  that 
day  dawn  when  "  Every  voice  in  heaven 
and  earth  shall  cry  'Worthy  is  the  Lamb.' " 
Heartily  yours  for  the  service, 

CORNEUUS  WOELFKIK. 


MISSIONS 


ast  China,  by  William  Jewell  College, 
last  commencement.  Rev,  W.  B. 
ey  of  the  Japan  Baptist  Theological 
aiy,  ToLyo,  was  honored  with  the 
l<^;ree  by  Brown  University. 


DEATH    OF   MKS.    J.    C.    BRAND 

After  a  protracted  illness,  Mrs.  Clara  A. 
Brand  of  Tokyo,  Japan,  passed  away  on 
July  3.  Mrs.  Brand  had  long  been  a 
missionary  in  foreign  service.  In  1875, 
while  still  Miss  Clara  A.  Sands,  she  was 
appointed  to  Japan  by  the  Woman's  Baptist 
Foreign  Missionary  Society,  serving  in 
Yokohama  and  Morioka.  In  1889  she 
resigned  from  the  Woman's  Society  to 
become  the  wife  of  Rev.  J.  C,  Brand,  and 
in  1S90  sailed  to  Japan  with  him  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Foreign  Mission  Society. 
Since  then  she  has  efficiently  aided  her  hus- 
band in  his  work  at  Tokyo. 

IN   BEHALF  OF  RUSSIA 

ReitJveJ,  That  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention  having  confidence  in  the  per- 
sonal integrity  and  loyalty  to  civil  govern- 
ment on  the  part  of  Baptists  the  world  over, 
do  respectfully  petition  the  President  of 
these  United  Slates  to  use  his  good  offices 
in  assuring  the  Russian  government  con- 
cerning the  standing  of  Baptists  in  the 
United  States  in  view  of  the  fact  that  these 
1'  being  held  by  some  of  the 
:sia.     In  case  there  has  been 


people  of  Rus 


ummoned  to  the  aid  of  a  young  man 
.ad  fallen  down  an  eighteen-foot  em- 
nent  and  had  sustained  a  had  fracture, 
a  few  days  of  treatment  the  missionary 
that  nothing  save  amputation  could 
his  life.  Neither  he  nor  his  family 
consent  to  this;  a  Chinese  doctor  of  the 
hool  was  called  in,  and  three  days  after 
ffcrcr  died.  The  second  case  is  that  of 
of  fourteen  brought  to  the  dispensary 
r  parents  for  treatment.  They  brought 
rice,  but  the  third  time  she  came  alone. 


n  taker 


in  making 
respectfully  request  the  following  representa- 
tions and  assurances  be  forwarded  to  the 
government  of  Russia: 

1.  That  the  Baptists  have  never  abused 
the  religious  liberties  which  have  been  ac- 
corded them  in  the  United  States. 

2.  That  there  is  nothing  in  the  principles 
which  they  teach  which  is  subversive  of 
civil  government. 

3.  That  the  Baptists  of  the  United  Stales 


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have   been   ready   for  service   in   times   of 
national  need. 

We  therefore  petition  the  United  States 
to  convey  these  assurances  to  the  Russian 
Government,  believing  that  the  Russian 
Baptists  hold  views  so  like  our  own  that 
they  will  merit  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  the  authorities  of  Russia. 

A  New  House  Provided  for  Missionaries 

Through  the  generosity  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
F.  P.  Beaver  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  a  house  and 
lot  in  Granville,  Ohio,  have  been  deeded  to 
the  Foreign  Mission  Society,  the  same  to  be 
available  for  missionaries  at  home  on  fur- 
lough. The  donors  have  also  furnished  the 
house,  thus  relieving  the  occupants  of  the 
necessity  of  buying  furniture  which  on  their 
return  to  their  fields  of  service  must  be  re- 
sold at  a  great  sacrifice.  Earlier  in  the  year 
the  house  in  Maiden,  Mass.,  in  which 
Adoniram  Judson  was  bom  was  made  avail- 
able for  the  use  of  missionaries.  Rents  like 
these  are  a  great  assistance  and  blessing 
to  missionaries  returning  from  a  long  term 
of  service  in  a  foreign  country,  oftentimes 
in  poor  health  and  to  some  degree  unac- 
quainted with  current  economic  conditions 
in  America.     A  moderate  rental  is  charged. 

A  Good  Word  from  Banza  Manteke 

To  THE  Editor:  Was  delighted  to  see 
Missions  "spunk  up"  and  propose  to 
Tidings  and  The  Helping  Hand,  The 
game  is  worth  a  number  of  candles.  "If  at 
first  you  don't  succeed,  try,  try  again. "  We 
should  have  reached  the  sum  of  perfection 
could  this  final  step  toward  perfect  union  be 
made  in  our  denominational  literature,  in 
the  realm  of  missionary  activity.  "Every- 
thing under  one  cover**  be  our  slogan. 

I  spent  a  few  days  at  Kimpesi  recently. 
Fine  school  we  have  there.  Biggest  thing 
on  the  Congo  horizon,  best  too  within  my 
range  of  vision.  The  Senior  class  were 
working  out  problems  in  triangles  in  the 
morning  and  window-frames  for  the  new 
visitor's  house  in  the  afternoon;  between 
whiles  they  were  deep  in  the  mysteries  of 
eschatology  and  pedagogy.  The  women,  — 
there's  team  work  at  Kimpesi;  all  students 
with  families  have  them  in  residence  and 
all  but  one  were  supplied,  —  the  women, 
when  able,  take  work  in  the  classes  with 


their  husbands.  For  the  greater  number, 
however,  separate  classes  are  necessary. 
Here  too,  head,  heart  and  hand  work  divide 
the  hours.  The  children,  some  fifty  or  sixty 
of  them,  are  a  tempting  garden  patch,  an 
ideal  practice  school  for  our  future  native 
teachers.  Kimpesi  is  a  veritable  surgeiy  foi 
the  excision  of  sectional  pride  protuberance 
and  other  odd  deformities.  Nothing  coaV 
so  effectively  unify  the  mission  work  of  th 
Lower  Congo  as  this  throwing  of  picked  mc 
and  women  from  all  the  stations  together  f 
three  years  at  Kimpesi.  The  possibiliti 
centering  there  fairly  make  one's  blo^ 
tingle  even  in  this  lazy  Congo  climai 
On  coming  down  to  breakfast  this  momia 
I  found  my  veranda  surrounded  by  a  caravs 
of  up-country  traders.  One  of  them  hs 
gaped  beyond  his  limit  in  the  night  ar 
couldn't  shut  his  mouth,  so  number  one  c 
the  day's  slate  was  a  problem  in  reduaion 

Catharine  Mabie. 

Chinese  Press  Dangerous 

The  Chinese  press  is  a  real  danger,  as  tF 
editors  seem  to  have  no  sense  of  accuracy  • 
responsibility.  Many  of  their  statemen 
are  so  very  unfair  that  in  times  of  excitemei 
they  add  fuel  to  the  flames.  This  goes  i 
prove  that  a  yellow  press  is  in  existence  i 
China;  also  that  Chinese  editors  are  up  t 
date.  The  aggressions  of  foreign  powers  o 
the  northern  and  western  frontiers,  and  h( 
own  helplessness,  are  filling  the  minds  of  tf 
Chinese  with  sullen  anger,  which  has  r 
safety  valve.  One  feels  real  pity  for  leade 
and  people  alike.  Reform  measures  ai 
being  put  forward,  largely  on  paper,  whic 
give  the  people  some  satisfaction  for  a  tim 
This  tells  on  our  work,  directly  and  indirectl 
Nevertheless,  the  preaching,  teaching  ar 
healing  work  is  steadily  being  continued.  - 
J.  S.  Adams,  Hanyang,  Central  China. 


Teaching  School  in  Africa 

Rev.  John  E.  Geil  of  Banza  Mantek 
Africa,  advocates  the  Boy  Scout  Moveme' 
for  the  boys  in  Africa.  He  reports  in  regai 
to  the  preparatory  school  at  Banza  Mantel 
that  the  work  has  gone  on  uninterrupted 
and  has  been  gratifying  on  the  whole, 
was  to  be  expected  that  the  boys  would  con 
poorly  equipped  for  the  work  before  ther 


MISSIONS 


55" 


Lnew  how  to  make  their  feet  and  hands 
hem  after  a  fashion  but  their  minds 
Mund  to  be  obstreperous.  Simple 
I  in  the  concrete  were  readily  appre- 
l  but  things  which  bordered  on  the 
:t  and  requited  careful  thought  and 
lug  made  trouble.  It  is  not  sn  easy 
for  boys  who  have  always  been  a  law 
icmselves  to  render  implicit  obedience. 
litobekindbut  tirmand  resolute.  It 
be  made  veiy  plain  at  the  outset  that 
lool  will  be  in  charge  of  the  teachers 
lat  the  rules  and  regulations  will  be 
m1.  After  this  one's  troubles  are  due 
ipacity  and  inability  rather  than  to 
Me  meanness. 


Bargaining  in  Burma 
worker  on  the  foreign  field  comes 
iivetse  astonbhing  motives  as  he  seeks 
igelize  the  natives.    It  is  hard  to  make 
understand    that    Christianity,    like 
is  its  own  reward.    In  one  village  in 
aka    Hills   of  Burma    a    missionary 
Y  had  a  discouraging  experience.    As 
it  about  seeking  to  interest  the  inhabi- 
he  was  cheered  by  the  unwinking  at- 
I  of  a  fine-looking   young    man  who 
biy    appeared  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
laiy  and  listened  with  evident  appce- 
to  all  his  remarks.    Sunday  afternoon 
;    missionary   went    for  a   walk,  this 
man   patiently   followed.     The    mis- 
'  began  to  feel  hopeful  at  such  con- 
devotion.     Just  before  reaching  the 
the  young  devotee  asked  what  people 
be   paid    for    becoming    Christians. 
nissionaty,    with    slightly    dampened 
named  the  price,  dwelling  especially 
likelihood  of  persecution.    The  young 
iemed  surprised  at  the  rebuff,  adding 
ley  paid  the  native  workers  and  why 
.  ?    The  missionary's  careful  explan- 
if  to  reasons  was  all  wasted,  for  the 
man  coutd  not  understand  the  logic. 
$2  a  month  and  he 
o  be  a  Christian  for 
;offerin  his  opinion, 
d  to  another  village 
the  circle  gathered 
as    he    preached. 
)  offer  rejected,  he 


An  Incident  in  the  Russo-Japanese  War 
A  recent  service  in  a  town  near  Tokyo, 
Japan,  was  advertised  in  an  unusual  way 
with  a  result  that  it  drew  a  large  and  attentive 
audience,  among  whom  were  men  of  in- 
fluence, educators  and  one  or  two  univer- 

The  evening  previous  to  the  meeting  a 
stereopticon  lecture  was  given  by  a  former 
Shinto  priest,  who  is  now  the  principal  of 
the  school  in  the  town.  During  the  evening 
he  told  the  story  of  a  Christian  soldier  who 
fought  in  the  Russo-Japanese  war.  This 
young  soldier  was  an  earnest  Christian.  His 
superior  officer  hated  the  very  name  of 
Christianity  and  believed  that  Christians  did 
not  love  their  country.  In  pursuance  of  his 
belief  he  was  incredibly  cruel  to  the  Christian 
soldier  under  him,  but  the  young  man  bravely 
continued  to  keep  faith  with  God.  His 
opportunity  to  prove  that  a  Christian  may 
be  a  Christian  and  yet  love  his  country  soon 
came.  There  was  a  fierce  battle  by  sea  and 
bullets  rattled  around  them.  At  the  risk  of 
his  own  Ufe,  the  Christian  protected  his 
superior  officer.  Then  at  last,  for  the  first 
time  comprehending  the  real  beauty  of 
Christ's  teachings  as  embodied  in  his  faithful 
soldier,  the  officer  confessed  his  mistake  and 
desisted  from  suspicion  and  cruelty. 

The  people  who  had  gathered  to  hear  the 
stereopticon  lecture  were  thrilled  by  the 
story  of  the  heroism  of  the  young  Christian 
soldier  and  their  interest  and  enthusiasm 
paved  the  way  for  a  fair  hearing  of  Christ's 
teachings  as  interpreted  by  the  missionaries 
the  following  night. 

* 
Where  Children  are  Trained 

A  Samoan  missionary  says  it  is  no  exag- 
geration to  say  thai  every  child  there  comes 
under  Christian  influences  from  the  very 
first,  for  Samoa  is  a  Chrisrian  land,  where 
God  and  religious  obligations  are  recognized 
to  a  far  greater  extent  than  in  England.  In 
every  village  there  is  a  Christian  pastor, 
who  also  acts  as  village  schoolmaster.  The 
children  are  taught  reading,  writing,  arith- 
metic, geography  and  Scripture.  There  is 
no  question  raised  about  reading  the  Bible 
in  the  schools,  or  teaching  it  either.  Homo- 
geneous Samoa  is  happy  indeed  in  some 
respects. 


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MISSIONS 


Foreign  Missionary  Appointees  Expecting 
to  Sail  During  1911 

Charles  L.  Bromley  and  Mrs.  Bromley.  Home: 
Pennsylvania.  Church  Membership:  Great  Bethel 
Churchy  Uniontown,  Pa.  Education:  Reading  High 
School,  1904;  Bucknell  University,  1908;  Rochester 
Theological  Seminary,  1 9 1 1 .  Designation:  East  China. 
Mrs.  Bromley:  Graduate  of  Baptist  Missionary  Train- 
ing School,  Chicago. 

Edward  Carroll  Condict.  Home:  New  Jersey. 
Church  Membership:  Grace  Church,  Trenton,  N.J. 
Education:  New  York  State  Model  School,  1904; 
Bucknell  University,  1908,  A.M.  191 1;  Newton  Theo- 
logical Institution,  191 1.  Designation:  Burma.  Mist 
Isabel  M.  Adams  (fianc^)*.  Graduate  of  Massachusetts 
State  Normal  School,  1909;  taught  two  years  in  Fra- 
mingham,  Mass. 

Url  M.  Fox  and  Mrs.  Fox.  Home:  Michigan. 
Church  Membership:  Canton  Church,  Mass.  Educa- 
tion: Kalamazoo  College,  1907;  University  of  Chicago; 
Newton  Theological  Institution,  191 1.  Designation: 
Assam.  Mrs.  Fox:  Weymouth  High  School,  1898; 
Newton  Theological  Institution;  stenographer  and 
bookkeeper  for  Woman^s  Baptist  F.  M.  Society. 

D.  C.  Graham  and  Mrs.  Graham.  Home:  New 
York.  Education:  Parsons*  Academy,  1904;  Whitman 
College,  1908;  Rochester  Theological  Seminary,  191 1. 
Designation:  West  China.  Mrs.  Graham:  Fairport 
High  School,  1901;  University  of  Rochester,  1908; 
studied  at  Rochester  Theological  Seminary. 

Joshua  C.  Jensen  and  Mrs.  Jensen  Home:  Idaho. 
Church  Membership:  Hamilton,  N.  Y.  Education: 
University  of  Idaho  Preparatory  School,  1903;  Univer- 
sity of  Idaho,  1907;  Hamilton  Theological  Seminary, 
191 1.  Designation:  West  China.  Mrs.  Jensen;  Has 
taught  school;  has  had  business  training  and  experience. 

C.  A.  Kirkpatrick,  M.D.,  and  Mrs.  Kirkpatrick. 
Home:  Pennsylvania.  Church  Membership:  Chester 
Ave.  Church,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Education:  Worcester 
Academy,  1904;  University  of  Pennsylvania  (College 
Dept.),  1907;  University  of  Pennsylvania  (Medical 
Dcpt.),  1910;  private  physician  one  year.  Designation: 
Central  China.  Mrs.  Kirkpatrick:  Wellesley  College, 
1908;  Baptist  Institute  for  Christian  Workers,  Phila- 
delphia, 1 9 10. 

Hjalmar  Ostrom,  M.D.,  and  Mrs.  Ostrom.  Home: 
Nebraska.  Church  Membership:  Second  Swedish 
Church,  Valley,  Neb.  Education:  Swedish  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  two  years;  Creighton  Medical  College, 
191 1.  Designation:  Africa.  Mrs.  Ostrom,  nurse; 
studied  at  Baptist  Missionary  Training  School,  Chicago. 

Antony  Parsons,  M.D.  Home:  Nebraska.  Church 
Membership:  First  Swedish  Church,  Valley,  Neb. 
Education:  Grand  Island  College;  Fremont  College; 
Creighton  Medical  College,  191 1;  one  year  of  hospital 
practice.    Designation:    Africa. 

Harold  W.  Smith.  Home:  Massachusetts.  Church 
Membership:  First  Church,  Iowa  City,  Iowa.  Educa- 
tion: Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute,  1907;  teacher 
at  State  University  of  Iowa.  Designation:  Burma. 
Fiancee,  Hulda  Keller,  Iowa. 

Lloyd  C.  Smith  and  Mrs.  Smith.  Home:  California. 
Church  Membership:  First  Church,  Bakersfield,  Cal. 
Education:  Ottawa  University,  1905;  Rochester  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  1908.  At  present  pastor  at  First 
Church,  Bakersfield,  Cal.  Designation:  Nellore,  South 
India.  Mrs.  Smith:  Graduate  nurse,  Hahnemann 
Hospital,  Rochester,  N.Y. 


S.  C.  Sonnichsen  and  Mrs.  Sonnichsen.  Home 
Nebraska.  Church  Membership:  First  Danish 
Church,  Chicago,  HI.  Education:  Public  Schools  of 
Germany;  Danish-Norwegian  Theological  Seminary, 
191 1 ;  University  of  Chicago.  Designation:  Burma. 
Mrs.  Sonnichsen:  Baptist  Missionary  Traitiing  Schod, 
Chicago. 

L.  Foster  Wood  and  Mrs.  Wood.  Home:  New  York. 
Church  Membership:  Albion  Church,  N.Y.  Edua- 
tion:  University  of  Rochester,  1908;  Rochester  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  191 1.  Designation:  Africa.  Mn. 
Wood:  Cook  Academy,  1904;  Rochester  (N.Y.) 
Normal  School,  1908.  Taught  in  Greenville,  Dl.,  and 
Rochester  public  schools  several  years. 

Fred  N.  Smith.  Home:  New  York.  Education: 
Princeton  University;  Rochester  Theological  Seminary. 
General  Secretary,  College  Y.M.C.A.,  Pastor  West 
Henrietu,  N.Y.    Designation:    West  China. 

WOMAN^S   FOKXIGN  MISSIONART   SOaXTT 

Miss  Lucy  L.  Austin.  Home:  Pennsylvania. 
Church  Membership:  WeUsboro,  Pa.  Education: 
Wellsboro  Schools;  Institute  for  Christian  Workers, 
Philadelphia.  Experience  as  teacher.  Designatsoo: 
Burma. 

Miss  L.  M.  Dounton,  M.D.  Home:  Pennsylvania. 
Church  Membership:  Gwynedd,  Pa.  Education 
Darlington  Seminary,  West  Chester,  Pa.;  Woman's 
Medical  College.  One  3rear  hospital  work.  Designa- 
tion:   South  India. 

Miss  Margaret  F.  HiUiard.  Home:  Massachusetts. 
Church  Membership:  First  Church,  Haverhill,  Mass. 
Education:  Haverhill  public  schools;  Boston  Normal 
School.  Teacher  of  kindergarten  three  years.  Desig- 
narion:   Japan. 

Miss  Grace  L.  Pennington.  Home:  Ohio.  Church 
Membership:  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Education:  Western 
Reserve  University;  New  York  Missionary  Institute 
Nyack.    Five  years  a  teacher.   Designation:    Burma. 

Miss  Lena  Tillman.  Home:  Pennsylvania.  Church 
Membership:  First  Church,  Jeannette,  Pa.  Educa- 
tion: Jeaimette  public  schools;  Southwestern  State 
Normal  School  of  California,  Pa.,  1 901.  Five  years  a 
teacher.   Designation:   Burma. 

Miss  Martha  Daisy  Woods.  Home:  Massachusetts. 
Church  Membership:  First  Church,  Natick,  Mass. 
Education:  Natick  public  schools;  Mount  Holyokc 
College,  1908.  Has  been  teaching  at  Colby  Academj 
since  1908.   Designation:   China. 

WOMAN^S   FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OP  THE  WEST 

Miss  Louise  Campbell.  Home:  Washington. 
Church  Membership:  Chehalis,  Wash.  Education: 
State  University  of  Washington;  State  Normal  School, 
San  Francisco;  Vashon  College  (Music  Dept.).  Desig- 
nation:   South  China. 

Miss  Irene  M.  Chambers.  Home:  Indiana.  Edu- 
cation: Doane  Academy;  Denison  University.  Taught 
two  years  at  Indiana  University.  Bacone,  Oklahoma. 
Designation:  West  China. 

Miss  Florence   H.   Doe.     Home:     Massachusetts. 

Church    Membership: .      Education:      WeDesley 

College.     Teacher  of  languages  at  Roanoke  College, 
Iowa.    Designation:    Nowgong,  Assam. 

Miss  Mary  Daniel  Jesse.  Home:  Virginia.  Church 
Membership:  Litwalton  Church,  Va.  Education: 
Columbia  University,  Mo.;  special  training  as  a  normal 
teacher.    Designation:    Sendai,  Japan. 


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Miu  Helen  F.  Topping.  Home:  Boro  in  RocbeUer, 
N.Y-j  liml  in  Jipin.  Church  Membcrtlup;  Morriit 
N.Y.  Eduutiou:  Fundi  W.  Firltei  School,  Chicigo) 
Deniioa  UmTeriitji  tpecul  kindergacten  D-iining, 
Tuchen' College,  N.Y.  D«ign*tion;  Sendai,  Japan. 
Three  JUIi'  appointmcnC  »  teacher. 


Foreign  Uistioaary  Record 

Miss  A,   E.  Fiedrickun,  from  lUngoon,  Burma,  al 

Boston,  June  ii. 
Rev.  C.  H.  Heptonatill  and  Mr>.  Heptoastal),  from 

Toungoo,  Burma,  M  Bonon,  June  ij. 
Rft.   G.  W.   Lewis,  Mrs.   Lewis  and  familj,  from 
UagkuDg,  South  Cbini.  at  Ada,  Ohio,  June  I]. 


A.  L.  Fraeer,  from  Sbaohiing,  East  China,  at 
Joston,  June  17. 

A.  A.  Fotsbce.  from  Bacolod,  P.I„  at  Hingbam, 
tfass,  J0I7  J. 


Rev.  P.  A.  McDiarmid  and  Mrs.  McDiannid,  fiom 

Montreal,  on  June  jo,  for  Africa. 
Rev.  J.  O,  Gotaai  and  Mrs.  Goiaas,  from  New  York, 

on  July  I,  for  Africa. 
Mrs.  Thomas  Kill,  from  Montreal,  on  July  7,  (or 

Lukunga,  Africa. 
Rev.  A.  L.  Bain  and  Mrs.  Bain,  from  Boston,  on  July  8 , 

Rev.  L.  Foster  Wood  and  Mrs.  Wood,  from  New  York, 
on  July  8,  for  Africa. 


FROM  THE  HOME  LANDS 


The  El  Crlsto  Commencement 

BY  R.  ROUTLEDGE 

Friends  will  be  interested  to  know  that 
the  Cristo  schools  have  completed  the 
fouith  yeat.  The  ctJlege  commencement 
of  this  year,  our  first  real  commencement, 
was  a  most  interesting  event.  Young  men 
and  women  who  had  entered  the  sdiool  on 
its  foundation  in  the  fall  of  1906  now  saw 
their  hopes  realized  when  they  became  the 
happy  possessors  of  the  diplomas  for  which 
they  had  worked. 

The  exercises  began  on  Sunday  with  a 
sermon  to  the  students  by  Rev,  Francisco 
Pais  of  Songo,  one  of  the  talented  Spanish 
workers  of  our  mission  field,  on  "The  secret 
of  true  success  in  life,"  based  on  Joshua's 
message  to  Israel,  Joshua  y:S.  The  second 
evening  was  given  over  to  a  musical  festival 
under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  H.  R.  Moseley. 
Our  music  pupils  always  do  credit  to  the 
school  and  the  aRair  was  an  unbounded  suc- 
cess, Tuesday  evening  our  spacious  church 
was  crowded.  Five  students  read  their 
graduating  essays.  The  names  and  subjects 
follow:  Sara  Gonzalez,  "Cervantes;"  Sara 
Ysalague,  "Books,  our  most  faithful  com- 
panions; "Carlnita  Pereira,  "Woman's  Place 
and  Influence;"  Evangelina  Martinez,  "The 
Pyramids;"  Jorge  Castetlanos,  "The  Public 


School  and  the  Future  of  Cuba."  Miss 
Gonzales  is  daughter  of  a  missionary  who 
was  drowned  while  fording  a  river  at  night 
on  his  way  home  from  a  meeting.  Mr. 
Castellanos  is  a  student  for  the  ministry 
and  a  vary  talented  young  man. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  parts  of  the 
program  followed,  in  the  distribution  of 
medals,  diplomas  and  certificates.  The 
successful  medalists  were:  Gold  medal  to 
boy  or  girl  taking  the  highest  average  stand 
in  the  entire  school  — -  Carlotta  Pereira. 
Two  silver  medals  to  the  boy  or  girl  taking 
highest  stand  in  literature  and  related  sub- 
jects —  Luis  Ferrer,  Maria  Peraza.  Two 
silver  medals  to  the  boy  or  girl  taking  highest 
stand  in  the  sciences  —  Filadelfo  Garcia, 
Luisa  Martinez. 

The  program  closed  with  a  fine  address  by 
Rev.  A.  B.  Howell,  of  Guantanamo,  to  the 
graduates,  in  which  he  told  that  they  must 
now  go  forth  and  learn  to  apply  in  the  ex- 
periences of  life  the  truths  they  had  be- 
come possessors  of.  They  must  do  and  be 
in  the  actual  test  of  living.  We  shall  long 
remember  the  day  and  trust  that  our  friends 
in  the  North  will  not  forget  that  a  few  more 
scholarships  of  {50  and  fioo  given  to  the 
worthiest  of  the  boys  and  girls  would  greatly 
help  us  in  the  school  work,  and  in  the  end 
greatly  help  the  cause  of  Christ  in  Cuba. 


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MISSIONS 


Bacone  College,  Oklahoma 

Bacone  College  has  closed  its  thirty-first 
year.  Weather  conditions  were  ideal  for 
commencement  week  and  the  program  was 
carried  out  without  a  hitch.  The  baccalau- 
reate sermon  by  Rev.  A.  W.  Claxton  of 
Parsons,  Kansas,  the  address  before  the 
Christian  societies  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Ford  of 
Oklahoma  City,  and  the  address  to  the 
graduating  class  by  Dr.  Sale,  were  all  of 
high  merit,  and  thoroughly  appreciated. 
The  chapel  was  crowded  and  the  audience 
extended  into  the  halls. 

Changes  in  school  management  and  a  new 
administration  made  this  year  largely  ex- 
perimental. The  result  has  been  gratifying. 
The  school  has  taken  on  new  life  and  spirit. 
Twelve  students  have  been  baptized  and 
others  are  only  waiting  until  they  return 
to  their  homes  to  be  baptized  there.  In  the 
entire  student  body  there  has  been  a  marked 
religious  interest  and  noticeable  develop- 
ment in  Christian  character.  For  the  first 
time  in  its  history  Bacone  has  affiliated  with 
the  State  Y.M.C.A.,  and  the  students 
raised  money  and  sent  three  young  men  to  the 
State  Convention  at  Enid.  Three  young 
women  from  the  Y.W.C.A.  plan  to  attend  the 
Summer  Conference  at  Eureka  Springs, 
Ark.  Mrs.  Randall  goes  with  them  and  is 
to  have  charge  of  the  mission  study  class  at 
the  conference.  There  were  only  two  in 
our  graduating  class  this  year.  One  of  these 
goes  next  year  to  the  training  school,  to  pre- 
pare for  missionary  work.  The  other 
returns  to  Bacone  to  teach  in  the  Orphans' 
Home  school. 

The  prospects  for  the  coming  year  are 
most  encouraging.  In  former  years  it  has 
been  impossible  to  hold  the  students  to  the 
close.  This  year  all  stayed  for  examinations 
and  commencement  exercises.  Almost  every 
student  has  reserved  rooms  for  the  coming 
year,  and  a  large  number  of  new  students 
have  enrolled  for  next  year.  The  prospects 
now  are  that  we  shall  have  our  rooms  all 
crowded  when  school  opens  in  September. 
The  school  year  closed  with  a  reception  at 
the  president's  home.  The  lawn  and 
grounds  were  lighted  with  electric  lights 
and  Japanese  lanterns.  The  evening  proved 
most  pleasant,  and  all  left  for  their  homes 
happy  and  with  expressions  of  loyalty  to 
Bacone. 


Farm  and  grounds  are  in  good  condition 
and  attracting  much  favorable  comment. 
Former  President  Collette,  in  the  school  as 
teacher  and  president  for  seven  years,  says 
the  farm  and  campus  look  the  best  today 
that  he  has  ever  seen  them.  Business  men 
in  the  city  are  referring  to  the  improved 
appearances.  These  things  are  encouraging 
as  they  give  us  hope  for  enlargement  and 
greater  usefulness  for  the  future.  The 
contract  for  the  new  building  for  the  Or- 
phans' Home  will  be  let  in  a  few  days,  and 
we  hope  to  be  much  better  equipped  for 
work  when  school  opens  in  September. 

We  are  thankful  that  we  have  had  the 
opportunity  of  working  with  and  for  these 
young  people,  and  we  hope  that  our  work 
has  not  been  in  vain.  Our  aim  shall  be  to 
make  the  next  year  better  than  the  past  one, 
and  to  this  end  we  ask  for  the  sympathy 
and  support  of  those  interested  in  giving  to 
these  Indian  people  a  Christian  education.  — 
J.  H.  Randall,  President. 

A  Striking  Personal  Testimony 

THE     TRUTH     THAT    LASHED    AND    LED    TO 
TAKING  THE  RUM  BOTTLES  OFF  THE  TABLE 

The  following  account  is  a  translation  of 
an  article  which  recently  appeared  in  El 
Evangelista,  our  Baptist  paper  for  Porto 
Rico.  It  is  from  the  pen  of  Jose  Perez, 
the  pastor  of  our  church  at  Guanica: 

"In  the  year  1889,  obliged  by  the  law  of 
military  service,  I  had  to  leave  Spain  and 
come  to  Porto  Rico.  Upon  arriving  here  I 
lived  a  number  of  years  without  being  able 
to  leave  the  ways  of  Rome.  In  1893  I 
married,  but  before  taking  that  step  I  had 
to  consider  the  furnishing  of  my  humble 
home.  After  some  moments  of  meditation 
I  set  out  to  buy  that  which  I  thought  most 
necessary  for  the  adornment  of  the  parlor 
center  table.  I  bought  six  bottles  of  rum 
and  some  images  of  saints,  which  I  thought 
made  a  good  appearance  together  on  the 
table.  Some  nights  after  this  I  was  awak- 
ened from  sleep  by  the  music  of  a  violin 
accompanied  by  a  guitar,  and  voices  singing 

*Wake  up,  Perez,  wake  up,  old  boy. 
We  are  here  your  home  and  rum  to  enjoy  .^ 

"I  arose  with  pleasure,  believing  it  to  be 
a  duty  of  friendship.  For  a  long  time  these 
friends    were    my    companions.    We    had 


MISSIONS 


^n  up  on  the  same  religious  teaching, 
this  was  the  fruit  of  it. 
One  day  in  the  year  1903  I  was  walking 
g  a  street  in  Ponce,  near  the  market, 

I  heard  singing  in  a  certain  house. 
tered  and  saw  an  American,  who  opened 
)ok  and  read  words  which  I  had  never 
d  before.  He  began  to  sp<ok  and  to 
'ibe  my  lije,  and  each  word  uiai  a)  a  lash 
I  my  back.  I  went  out  from  that  place 
ly  home.  I  did  not  like  what  that  man 
said,  but  I  had  to  think  about  it.  A 
days  afterward  another  man  came  to 
home  and  repeated  the  same  things  that 
6rst  had  said.  TTiey  made  a  deep  im- 
sion  upon  me,  and  I  went  again  to  the 
ting  where  I  had  first  heard  those  things. 
ast  the  moment  arrived  when  I  under- 
d  enough  to  take  the  bottles  and  the 
>es  off  my  center  table. 
4nd  what  became  of  the  friends  who 
icrly  came  to  see  me  with  the  violin  and 
guitar  ?  Well,  when  I  took  the  bottles 
the  images  off  the  table  I  put  a  Bible 
heir  place,  and  limply  to  suggest  the 
e  was  enough  to  make  them  go  away 
lad  humor  and  shake  their  heads,  as 

whispered  among  themselves,  'Perez 
become  a  Protestant.' 
I  will  not  say  anything  about  my  present 
but  one  thing  I  know:  The  teachings 
Dy  youth  inclined  me  to  serve  Satan  1 
teachings  I  receive  now  incline  me  to 
;  the  living  God." 


The  ITew  Church  in  Salt  Lake  City 

We  give  the  picture  of  the  new  house  of 

worship  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Salt 

Lake  City,  Utah,  and  also  that  of  the  pastor. 

Rev.  Louis  S.  Bowerman,  whose  energy  and 


zeal  have  largely  made  possible  both  the 
union  of  the  churches  and  the  erection  of 
this  edifice,  which  will  give  our  work  stand- 
ing and  equipment  in  the  Mormon  strong- 
hold.   The  church  is  full  of  hope  for  the 


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MISSIONS 


CHAPEL    CAR    AND    COLPORTER 


The  Value  of  the  Colportage  Wagon 

The  new  model  colportage  wagon  makes 
a  new  man  out  of  the  colpoitei.  The  nen 
wagon  rescues  the  work  from  «com  and 
gives  it  a  deserved  place  among  evangehzing 
agencies.  The  new  colponer  is  a  man.  He 
has  a  salary  and  ia  not  a  beggar.  He  carries 
his  bed  and  board  with  him  and  is  not 
dependent.  He  believes  he  is  called  of  God 
to  do  this  kind  of  work,  and  so  in  the  midst 
of  hardships  keeps  a  bright  face  and  speaks 
a  cheerful  word,  shedding  abroad  eveiy- 
where  inspiration  and  sunshine.  Many  of 
them  have  been  to  college  and  theological 
seminaries  and  number  among  their  class- 
mates some  of  the  best  men  in  the  denomi- 
nation. When  they  speak  they  are  heard, 
and  what  they  say  leaves  its  impress  upon 
life  and  character,  for  time  and  eternity. 

The  wagon  furnishes  the  material  equip- 
ment for  his  work:  The  Bible,  the  black- 
board, the  chart,  the  organ,  the  song  books, 
and  a  stock  of  choice  liierature.  He  is  ready 
for  a  day  or  a  week  or  a  month,  if  need  be, 
for  a  prayer  meeting  or  a  Sunday-school 
convention  or  a  protracted  meeting.  It 
conveys  him  easily  about  the  country, 
with  little  or  no  expense,  when  and  where 
he  pleases.  Starting  at  any  point  he  is 
always  facing  the  work.  He  is  needed  in 
the  next  house.  He  must  enlighten  the 
ignorant,  warn  the  wayward,  inspire  the 
fainting,  cheer  the  Christian,  pray  with  the 
sick,  comfort  the  mourning,  bury  the  dead, 
preach  the  gospel  to  the  poor.  Begin  where 
he  will,  he  has  never  finished.  He  keeps 
on  and  on.  The  wagon  is  a  great  attraction. 
The  colporter  gets  through  it  the  hearing 
that  he  could  not  get  without  it.  The  mine, 
the  lumber  camp,  the  mill,  the  shop,  the 
country  school,  and  even  the  crossroad, 
each  furnishes  more  than  an  average  con- 
gregation. It  especially  impresses  the 
children;  they  like  the  nice  horses  and  the 
fine  wagon,  the  bright  papers,  the  pretty 
Bibles,  the  stoiy  books,  the  lively  singing. 


and  perhaps  most  of  all  the  kind  words  o( 
the  colporter. 

The  wagon  enables  the  colporter  to  be  a 
missionary  as  well  as  a  colporter.  He  often 
retraces  his  steps  and  deepens  the  impression 
of  former  visits  and  thus  becomes  the  pasioi 
at  large,  and  when  he  cannot  visit  them  h( 
writes  a  letter,  with  good  cheer  and  en- 
couragement. If  this  school  does  not  grow 
into  a  church  he  knows  that  the  members 
though  scattered,  will  find  their  way  into 
other  churches,  and  with  his  sketches  and 
information  he  enlightens  the  mission- 
ary Boards  concerning  the  fields  that  have 
never  been  visited  by  any  one  else,  and  gives 
intelligent  advice  in  relation  thereto. 
* 
Two  Lmtm  from  Chapel  Car  Journals 
We  have  been  here  at  Grape  Creek,  III, 
three  weeks.  From  some  Danville  police- 
men who  jokingly  offered  their  services  to 
the  trainmen  who  brought  us  here,  to  the 
roughs  of  the  town,  everybody  laughed. 
Tlietownhada  well-deserved  hard  name.  A 
special  constable  was  necessary  for  a  night 
or  two  to  prevent  disturbance.  The  cat 
was  stoned  and  scratched;  a  revolver  was 
shot  off  neat  a  window.  But  the  Gospel 
triumphed;  hardened  sinners  and  the  ring- 
leaders of  the  young  men  were  converted. 
Here  are  the  statistics  of  two  months'  work: 
sixty  conversions,  twenty-one  baptized,  tvi-o 
lots  secured  for  a  building  and  a  lot  for  a 
parsonage,  the  stone  basement  already  in, 
two  thousand  dollars  raised  for  the  meeting- 
house from  the  fanning  community,  a 
Baptist  Sunday  school  of  one  hundred  and 
forty-four  members  organized,  a  B.Y.P.U. 
and  a  Junior.  Young  men  who  frequented 
saloons  and  gambling  dens  are  now  leading 
sober  Christian  lives.  Mothers  who  used  to 
swear  at  their  children  and  knock  them 
about  are  now  making  happy  Christian 
homes  —  a  new  town  by  the  incoming  of  the 

Here  in  a  newly-opened  town  in  Oregon, 


MISSIONS 


557 


the  car  came  in  on  the  first  train.  The  in- 
flowing pe<^le  gathered  for  service;  men 
and  women  conveited;  the  backshdden 
Chrictian  revivedi  the  church  formed;  the 
tot  secured,  which  settled  on  which  side  of 
the  river  the  town  should  be  built;  the  town 
named  after  the  chapel-car  missionary,  and 
the  meeting-house  erected.  Is  it  not  a  good 
investment  to  transform  towns  from  drunk- 
enness lo  sobriety,  from  immorality  and 
lawlessness  to  purity  and  order  i 

* 

The  Inside  Arrangement  of  a  Colportage 

Wagon 

A  colporter  describes  the  interior  arrange- 
ment of  his  wagon  as  follows: 

Immediately  back  of  the  seat  and  about 

eighteen  inches  above  the  bottom  of  the 

wagon  slats  are  fastened  to  strips  of  board 

iled 


bles 
this 

that  as  sales  are  made  the  books  are  not 
left  loose,  but  are  kept  in  a  secure  position 
even  when  the  wagon  has  to  travel  over 
rough  roads.  The  drawer  is  fitted  with  a 
lock,  although  the  wagon  is  nearly  always 
under  the  watchful  eye  either  of  the  col- 
potter  01  his  wife. 

The  back  end  gate  of  the  wagon  is  held 
by  spring  hinges  at  the  lower  edge.  When 
open  it  rests  upon  supports  in  a  horizontal 
position  and  forms  a  table.  Just  inside  this 
end  gate  is  a  galvanized  iron  food  box  about 
three  feet  long  and  eighteen  inches  wide  and 
nine  inches  high.    It  is  dust-proof  and  food 


does  not  become  dry  very  quickly  in  it. 
There  is  also  stored  away  a  sheet-iron  cook 
stove  and  a  suitable  variety  of  cooking 
utensils.  Two  camp-stools  are  included  in 
the  equipment  and  a  light  table  with  folding 
legs  is  carried  on  the  bed.  A  sack  of  oats 
and  a  couple  of  nosebags  are  found  in  front, 
with  a  pail  used  to  water  the  horses  when 
opportunity  offers  during  the  day. 

Thus  we  are  independent  to  a  very  large 
extent  as  we  travel.  A  mountain  spring  or 
stream  with  a  grassy  hillside  and  a  handful 
of  dry  Slicks  enables  us  to  make  ourselves 
perfectly  at  home  without  a  human  habita- 
tion in  sight.  We  sleep  as  comfoiiably  when 
it  tains  as  when  it  is  dry,  for  the  wagon  top 
is  waterproof  and  the  curtains  effectively 
shut  in  three  sides  and  our  lap-robe  is  made 
so  as  to  close  up  the  front. 

One  colpoitet  missionary  is  working  in 
the  famous  Jackson's  Hole,  ninety  miles 
from  the  nearest  railroad  and  located  in  a 
beautiful  valley  about  one  hundred  miles 
south  of  Yellowstone  Park,  called  the  Big 
Game  Valley.  The  lakes  and  streams  ate 
full  of  trout,  and  large  game  abound  in  the 
forest  reserves.  Antelope,  deer,  mountain 
sheep,  mountain  lion  and  bear  are  all  here, 
and  the  country  excels  in  the  great  number 
of  elk.  In  the  winter  season  it  is  often 
possible  to  see  a  thousand  head  in  a  single 
herd.  In  one  day  during  a  severe  winter 
seven  thousand  elk  passed  through  the  town 
of  Jackson. 

The  Publication  Society  has,  in  joint 
appointment  with  the  Massachusetts  State 
Convention,  an  Italian  colporter  doing  work 
among  his  own  people  in  Boston  and  vicinity. 
It  also  aids  the  Boston  Baptist  City  Mission 
Society  in  the  support  of  a  worker  and  in 
distributing  Bibles  and  Testaments,  and 
while  it  makes  regular  contributions  of 
Testaments  to  the  Boston  Baptist  Bethel 
for  free  distribution. 


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MISSIONS 


A  new  Work  in  Pennsyli 


FIELD  WORKER 
Of  late  yeare  Chi 
those  who  have  the  care  and  promotion 

all  Christian  interests  on  their  minds  a 
heans,  have  come  to  think  that 
I  the  results  from  our 


gettmg  a 


It  I 


»el]  ki 


that  not  half  of  those  whom  we  train  in  our 
Bible  schools  are  to  be  found  later  in  our 
churches  as  efficient  members.  It  is  also 
known  that  a  very  small  proportion  of  the 
life  of  any  community  is  to  be  found 
rs  of  our  churches,  ot 
e    furtherance    of    the 


people's  societies,  vfh'de  nearly  all  the 
associations  have  organizations  for  Bible 
schools  and  young  people,  holding  con' 
people,  especially  ventions  annually  or  semi-annually.  Tht 
policy  for  the  young  people's  work  is  rniwe 
mission  study  classes,  closer  union  with 
the  Bible  schools  and  a  deeper  interest  in 
the  work  of  the  churches  in  the  local  asso- 
ciations.   The  policy  for  Bible  school  wori: 


that 


,,  foi 


;  seeming  a 


>   pastors 


omalies  of  the  situation 
tudy  carefully  conditions 
as  they  exist,  and  out  of  this  study  has  arisen 
a  hopeful  desire  for  betterment. 

The  great  Methodis 
taken  the  matter  so  seriously  as  I 
the  field  State  Bible  school  « 
recognized  ability,  whose  sole  b 
to  study  the  work  and  lend  aid  ' 
and  superintendents  through  the  1 

The  American  Baptist  Publication  So- 
ciety has  had  such  men  in  the  field  for  a 
third  of  a  century,  who  have  been  pioneers 
in  Bible  school  work  both  on  the  missionary 
and  the  educational  side.  In  all  this  work 
the  society  has  co-operated  more  or  less 
closely  with  the  several  State  Conventions 
in  whose  bounds  these  men  have  labored. 

The  State  Convention  of  Pennsylvania 
appointed  a  special  committee  to  secure  a 
man  to  work  for  the  Bible  schools  and 
young  people's  societies,  to  be  known  as  the 
Field  Worker  for  Bible  school  and  young 
people's  work.  The  committee  called  E. 
M.  Stephenson  from  Colorado,  who  is  now 
on  the  field,  with  headquaners  at  Lewisburg. 
He  began  professional  life  as  a  teacher 
but  gradually  became  absorbed  in  the  work 
of  the  ministry,  serving  as  pastor  in  Michigan 
more  than  a  decade,  when  he  entered  the 
service  of  the  Publication  Society  as  mis- 
sionary, and  was  promoted  to  the  district 
secretaryship  with  headquarters  in  Chicago. 
Later  he  went  to  Colorado  where  he  served 
more  than  five  years.  On  entering  his  work 
in  Pennsylvania,  Mr.  Stephenson  finds  con- 
ditions very  encouraging  on  the  whole,  as 
nearly  all  churches  have  schools  and  young 


■may  be  best  seen  in  the  following 
which  has  been  erected  by  thi 
for  Pennsylvania  Baptists: 


t  BAPTIST  BIBLE  SCHOOli 
A  graded  system  of  Bible  school  lessons 
Permanent  plans  for  the  increase  ind 

training  of  the  teaching  force. 
Systematic  efforts  for  the  enlargement 

of  the  school. 
Definite  training  in   finance,  sdf-sup- 

port  and  beneficence. 
Special    instruction    in    missions   ind 

temperance. 
Organizing  adult  Bible  classes. 
Using  denominational  literature. 
Observing    days  — Children's      Day, 

Rally  Day,  Decision  Day,  etc. 
Having  an  enrollment  greater  than  the 

church  roll. 
Having  an  average  attendance  equal 

to  seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  en- 
rollment. 


MISSIONS 


559 


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Triunity   in   Missions 


JOINT  representation  of  the  Home  Mis- 
sion, Foreign  Mission  and  Publication 
Societies  attheStateConventionsthis  fall  has 
been  arranged  as  given  below.  It  should  be 
borne  in  mind  that  this  is  representation  from 
headquarters  by  men  whose  field  is  co-ex- 
lensive  with  the  entire  field  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention.  District  and  local 
representatives  of  all  the  societies  need  to 
be  present  so  far  as  possible,  because  it  is 
one  of  their  best  and  most  economical  op- 
ponunities  for  personal  in 
forms   of  helpfulness.     In 

R.  G.  Si 


also,  on  account  of  special  requin 
the  work  of  specific  societies,  a  representa- 
tive from  more  than  one  headquarters  may 
need  to  go.  The  schedule  below  is  that 
agreed  upon  by  the  three  societies  for  public 
addresses  if  the  conventions  desire  them. 
This  may  at  once  save  time  and  increase 
efficient  representation  on  the  prc^ram. 
Concerning  the  united,  massive  mission; 
work  of  the  Nonhern  Baptist  Convent! 
one  address  of  forty  minutes  should  easily  bi 
more  effective  than  three  of  twenty 

F.  P.  Haggard,  L.  C.  Bahnei; 


ry 


:e  Convention  Annual 

Meetings 

Placi  >f 

N.  B.  C.  Million, 

Meamg 

R.p,u.m^,vt, 

Salt  Lake  City 

Ca.per 

R.  G.  Seymour 

koU 

Orifton 

George  T.  Webb 

Jenxne 

R.  G.  Seymour 

Bim 

L.  C.  Barnes 

i[«h« 

Manchester 

L,  C.  Barnes 

JinesviUe 

H.  W.  Smith 

Skowhegan 

L.  C.  Barae. 

,  N. Idaho 

Pullman,  W^sl 

1.                      R.  G.  S*ymour 

»-T 

Nfbriilu 

York 

H.  W.  Smith 

9-'J 

W.  Wiihinglon 

Bellingham 

R.  G.  Seymour 

9-13 

Dululh 

H.  W.  Smith 

10-13 

t,di.n. 

BlufFton 

C.  L.  White 

to- 

Rhode  Itland 

ProYidence 

L.  C.  Barnes 

Kanui 

Garden  City 

F.  P.  Haggard 

lo-is 

W.  Virginia 

Buchanan 

F.  P.  Haggard 

11-15 

South  Dakota 

Madison 

H.  W.  Smith 

11-13 

Delaware 

Milford 

A.  J,  Rowland 

17-19 

Ohio 

Zanesville 

F.  P.  Haggard 

i6-ig 

Connecticut 

Waterbury 

L.  C.  Barnes 

16-19 

niisoii 

ElRin 

F.  P.  Haggard 

>g-,? 

Penn^lva-,. 

Reading 

A.  J.  Rowland 

>6->o 

Michigan 

Adrian 

F.  P.  Haggard 

17-19 

Mi.„Sri 

St.  Louis 

F.  P.  Haggard 

i7-» 

Oregoti 

McMinnv,lle 

R.  G.  Seynxnir 

13-15 

New  fanty 

Trenton 

L.  C.  Barnes 

ij-rt 

New  York 

Rochester 

R.  G.  Seymour 

*3-»7 

Iowa 

Cenlerville 

F.  P.  Haggard 

H-»6 

MlltlchUKllI 

Fall  Riwr 

M-»7 

Colorado 

Mesa  Church 

L.  C.  Barnes 

JO-NOT.  1 

N.  California 

L.  C.  Barnes 

Nn«Hhn 

15 

Oldahonu 

R.  G.  Seymour 

10-13 

S.  Califoniit 

Los  Angelef 

10 

Din.  d  Columbia 

F.  P.  Haggard 

NewMeiico 

L.  C.  Barnes 

560 


MISSIONS 


Missions  in  the  Magazines 

"The  Passing  of  the  Opium  Traffic"  in 
:he  Forum  takes  up  at  length  the  histoiy 
ind  results  of  China's  famous  opium  edict, 
ind  Great  Britain's  agreement  in  regard  to 
ipium  exportation  from  India.  The  writer 
-naintains  that  the  release  of  capital,  land 
»nd  labor  resulting  from  the  cessation  of 
ipium   growing  will   be   a   great 


gain 


)  India  and  t 


Chin 


In  this 


nection  it  is  interesting  to  read  "The  Black 
(jold  of  Malwa,"  in  the  National  Revinu 
for  June,  in  which  the  author  maintains 
that  England's  prohibition  of  opium  trade 
with  China  will  resuh  badly  for  India  in 
further  taxation  and  will  precipitate  the 
coming  conflict  for  fiscal  autonomy  in  which 
the  opposing  forces  will  be  the  Indian  poli- 
ticians on  the  one  side  and  the  Home 
Government  on  the  other.  By  taking  away 
their  traffic  in  opium,  a  number  of  native 
ivill   find   themselves   financially 


s-ell    : 


:ish   India 


The 


same  magazine  contains  "The  Doom  of  the 
Manchus,"  which  considers  the  history  of 
the  ruling  race  in  China,  especially  noting 
the  ways  in  which  they  have  handicapped 
the  Empire's  progress.  The  OverlanJ 
Monthly  for  June  contributes  "The  Chinese 
Character,"  praciically  a  plea  for  Chinese 
immigration  in  America.  "Let  us  open  our 
gates  wide  to  China's  captains  of  industry,  — 
her  merchants,  her  scholars,  to  her  tourists 
and  to  her  managers  of  business  enterprises. 
The  time  has  come  when  the  United  States 
must  deal  justly  with  China  or  forfeit 
America's  greatest  prospective  field  of  com- 
mercial and  industrial  expansion."  Another 
good  article  on  China,  "The  Struggle  for 
Existence  in  China,"  by  Prof.  E.  A.  Ross, 
is  contained  in  the  Century.  "  In  their 
outlook    on    life    most    Chinese    are    rank 


materialists.  The  materialism  is  imposed 
by  hard  economic  conditions.  It  is  the 
product  of  an  age-long  anxiety  about  to- 
morrow's rice."  The  cause  of  the  mass 
poverty,  according  to  this  professor  of  eco- 
nomics, is  the  crowding  of  population  upon 
the  means  of  subsistence.  He  takes  up  in 
turn  the  problem  of  the  birth  rate  and  of  the 
death  rale,  and  prophecies  Chinese  world 
emigration  as  the  final  solution.  "What 
the  Orient  can  Teach  us,"  according  to  a 
writer  in  Tht  Wotli^s  IFork,  is  the  conser- 
vation of  industrial  productiveness  and 
racial  strength  —  the  saving  of  natural 
resources  and  the  elimination  of  waste." 
In  the  Outlook  of  June  3,  Bishop  Bashford 
writes  of  the  splended  way  in  which  China 
has  coped  with  the  outbreak  of  plague. 

Childhood  in  Japan  is  made  near  and  teal 
in  the  boyhood  memories  of  Yoshio  Markino, 
the  London  artist,  printed  in  McClure'i. 
They  consutute  a  series  of  little  events  dear 
to  the  anist's  memory,  the  scene  being  laid 
in  his  old  home  at  Koromo. 

Blackwood's  for  June  offers  "A  Word 
for  the  Turks,"  taking  up  the  vexatious 
problems  under  Turkey's  new  regime  in  a 
thorough  and  interesting  manner.  In  the 
Fortnightly  Rivievi  for  June  appears  a 
good  portrayal  of  Abbas  EITendi  - 
personality,  work  and  followe 
ing  of  the  teachings  of  Bahai 
says,  "There  is  a  power,  ther 
Bahaism  which  may  make 
elements  to  be  reckoned  with  i 
the  future.     Sooner  or  later  i 


m,  the  writer 

it  one  of  the 
nthe  history  of 
t  must  become 
important  factor  in  the  politics  of  the 
Near  East.  It  turns  fanaticism  into  toler- 
ance, retrogression  into  progression."  Start- 
ing in  a  little  town  in  Arabia,  Bahaism  has 
spread  until  there  are  many  in  different 
parts  of  the  world  who  count  themselves 
Bahaists. 


MISSIONS 


56. 


contributing  to 
nicies  entitled 
■'  In  the  one 
s  and  Politics," 
icial  conditions 
cial  conditions 
:es,  being  con- 
>f  conditions  as 
>pe  will  throw 
situation  of  the 
s,"  since  both 
he  people  who 
are  at  the  bottom  to  lift  themselves  to  a 
higher  stage  of  existence." 

The  May  number  of  the  National  Geo- 
graphie  Magaxine  contains  good  material 
on  Mexico  in  the  two  articles,  "Our  Neigh- 
bor Mexico,"  and  "  Lower  California, 
Mexico,  a  Land  of  Desert  and  Drought." 

Of  stories  in  the  magazines  there  are  many 
containing  scene*  and  morives  that  make 
them  notewonhy.  "The  Step  Mother,"  by 
Julia  D.  Dragoumis,  in  the  Allaniic  Monthly, 
is  a  pathetic  and  vivid  sketch  of  Greek 
peasant  life  in  a  convincing  setting.  Me- 
Clure't  offers  several  stories.  "Dreams  in 
Lace"  is  another  Syrian  immigrant  story, 
the  little  lace  flower  made  by  Syrian  brides 
recalling  to  the  sad  and  weaty  immigrant 
mother  the  happy  romance  of  her  life. 
"A  Tale  of  the  Coral  Sea"  is  a  descriptive 
sketch  of  a  wreck  off  the  coast  of  Australia. 
"The  Wolf"  is  a  story  of  working  giris  and 
various  forma  of  charity.  Everybody  i  con- 
tributes a  stoiy  of  social  problems  in  "  Katie 
Connolly,  Criminal."  In  Harper's  appears 
a  stoty  of  labor  conditions  in  "TTie  Dust  of 
the  Wheel."  "The  Miracle  of  Pale  Peter's" 
by  Norman  Duncan  is  a  stoty  of  John  Fair- 
meadow,  home  missionaiy  in  the  lumber 
region  of  the  west,  and  Billy  the  Beast.  It 
relates  how  Billy  the  Beast  went  home  to  his 
mother  dean.  "Dick,"  is  a  sketch  of  a 
Virginia  negro  slave  written  by  Maj.  A.  R.  H. 
Ranson,  late  Major  of  Artillery,  C.  S.  A. 
The  Century  publishes  another  Kentucky 
Mountain  story  in  "Nucky's  Big  Brothers," 
which  throws  sidelights  on  the  mountaineers' 
idea  of  law  and  duty. 
* 
Italians 

Christian  workers  in  our  large  cities  will 
appreciate  two  articles  in  the  Review  of 
Reviews  for  February,  one  by  Edward  Hall 


Brush  on  "Congestion  in  Cities  and  the 
Housing  Problem,"  the  other  an  abstract 
of  an  article  by  Dr.  Albert  Pecovini  on  our 
Italian  immigrants.  The  former  is  well 
illustrated  and  shows  what  is  being  done  in 
some  places  in  this  country  and  in  England 
to  help  the  poor  lo  a  better  home  life.  In 
the  other  Dr.  Pecovini  presents  both  sides 
of  the  picture.  Among  unfavorable  items 
he  names  the  dangers  of  crowding  in  cities, 
illiteracy,  and  the  scorn  of  a  lazy  "rising 
generation"  for  its  uneducated,  but  induS' 
trious  parents.  He  regrets  ihat  the  better 
elements  among  the  Italians  "  have  not 
identified  themselves  with  the  community 
in  which  they  live,  and  that  there  is  not  an 
Italian  holding  an  important  municipal 
office."  This  must  be  changed.  Desirable 
Italians  should  become  American  citizens, 
and  the  evil  influence  of  dealers  in  votes  be 
thus  weakened.  In  three  distinct  fields, 
truck  farming,  intensive  agriculture  and 
fruit  raising,  the  Italian  has  proved  an  un- 
qualified success,  and  of  the  future  of  the 
Italian  so  engaged  there  need  be  no  doubt. 
He  states  there  are  nearly  400  Italian 
physicians  in  New  York,  most  of  them 
respectable  and  able  men. 


Some  Baptist  Statistics 

TAKEN    FROM  THE   YEAK  BOOK  FOR    19!  I 


Baptist  chi 
Ordained 
Members  of  churches. 
Baptisms  in  1910, 
Value  of  church  property, 
Sunday  Schools, 
Scholars  in  Sunday  School) 
Church  expenses, 
Foreign  Mission  receipts. 
Home  Mi 


the  United  States, 


2i9i 


e  Mis: 


Bible 


nd  Publication  work. 


Miscellaneous  objects. 
Total  amount  raised. 


mber  for  all  purposes 


■  49-753 
35.368 
,283,944 
298,895 
.675.356 
34,3021 
.603,387 
122,361 
,057,418 
835.741 
.415.743 
100,883 
411.511 
.700.251 
.978,911 


S5 


562 


MISS  IONS 


Financial   Statements  of  the  Societies 

American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  three  months,  ending  June  30,  1911 
Source  of  Income 


Churches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  churches) 

Individuals  (estimated) 

Legacies,    Income   of   Funds,    Annuity    Bonds, 
Specific  Gifts,  etc.  (estimated) 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 
Convention 


Budget  for 
19U-1912 

$515,384.92 
230.000.00 

178.332.00 


$923,716.92 


Receipt!  for 
Three  months 

$27,548.12 
15.113.73 

23.394.62 


$66,056.47 


Balance 
Required  bj 
Mar.  31.  1912 

$487,836.80 
214.886.27 

154.937.38 


$857,660.45 


Increase 


Decrease 


Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Tear 
First  three  Months  of  Financial  Year 
Source  of  Income  19ia  1911 

Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools  , 

Individuals 

Legacies.    Income   of    Funds.    Annuity    Bonds. 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 


♦Previous  to  1910  the  receipts  from  individuals  were  not  reported  separateljr  from  those  from  churches, 
young  people's  societies  and  Sunday  Schools.    A  small  amount  of  specific  gifts  is  included  in  this  figure. 


♦$27,468.83 
6.149.60 

$27,548.12 
15,113.73 

$79.29         

8.964.13         

17.856.53 

23,394.62 
$66,056.47 

5.538.09         

$51,474.96 

$14,581.51         

The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  three  months,  ending  June  30,  1911 

Source  of  Income                                         Budget  for  Receipts  for 

1911-1912  Three  months 

Churches.  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies  (apportioned  to  churches)      .    .    .                 $353,792.36  $17,718.36 

Individuals  (estimated) 150.000.00  1,605.97 

Legacies,  Income,  etc.  (estimated) 175,292.00  43.084.40 

$679,084.36  $62,408.73 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Year 

for  three  months  of  Fiscal  Year 

Source  of  Income  ^                                 1910-1911  1911-1912          Increase 

Churches,  Sunday  Schools   and   Young  People's 

Societies $16,128.91  $17,718.36           $1,589.45 

Individuals 681.20  1.605.97                924.77 

Legacies,  Annuity  Bonds,  Income,  etc 41,856.71  43,084.40             1.227.69 

$58,666.82  $62,408.73  $3,741.91 


Balance 
Required  bf 
Mar.  31.  1912 

$336,074.00 
148.394.a? 
132,207.60 

$616,675.63 


Deaease 


American  Baptist  Publication  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  three  months,  ending  June  30,  1911 

Source  of  Income  Budget  for  Recdpts  for 

1911-1912  Three  months 

Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  churches)    ....  $111,304.25  $14,980.70 

Individuals  (estimated) 21,800.00  2,659.33 

Legacies,    Income    of    Funds.    Annuity    Bonds 

(estimated) 51,273.88  6,034.06 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention $184,378.13  $23,674.09 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Year 

First  three  months  of  Financial  Year 

Source  of  Income  1910-1911  1911-1912  Increase 

Churches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools $13,583.40  $14,980.70  $1,397.30 

Individuals 1.967.62  2.659.33  691.71 

Legacies,    Income    of    Funds.    Annuity    Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 2.283.68  6.034.06  3.750.38 

$17,834.70  $23,674.09  $5,839.39 


Balance 

Required  bT 

Mar.  31. 1912 


$96.323  55 
19,140.67 

45.239.82 


$160,704.04 


Decrease 


Al   FKEBIDENT    OF    THE     BAPTIST    WORLD    ALLIANCE 
DK.  MAC  AKTHUK  EXPECTS  TO  VISIT  THE  FIELDS  ABROAD 


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Dr.  Clifford's  Message 

CLOSING  WORDS  OF  THE  PRESIDENT'S  ALLIANCE  ADDRESS 

>re  us  —  one  ia  to  keep  the  etock  of  human  thought 
and  principles  of  the  gospel  of  Christ,  and  the 
:  stock  of  human  energy  engaged  in  the  saving 
dible  labor  was  as  necessary  to  his  missionarj 
Ion  which  came  to  him,  not  by  man  nor  from  man, 
them  an  enthusiast,"  said  Dr.  Price  when  the  first 
lid  do  to  reform  the  profiigates  of  Calne.  "Send 
en  with  sloppy  ignorance  and  sleepless  energy  often 
d  with  libraries  of  knowledge,  but  void  of  fire  and 
stands  still  until  the  steam  is  up.  The  apprehen- 
ing  unless  we  are  ready  to  hazard  our  strength,  our 

laborers  are  few.  It  is  work  that  is  needed.  "Come 
n  our  ears  from  all  parts  of  the  world  and  specially 
of  our  faith  and  order  have  sprung  into  eiistence 
i  Bulgaria,  Bohemia  and  Bosnia,  and  the  Russian 
lave  been  added  to  the  Lord.  They  are  persecuted, 
lieir  goods,  and  with  dauntless  courage  spread  the 
They  need  our  help.  They  call  upon  us  for  sym- 
tbeir  eager  pastors  and  evangelists,  colporters  and 
It  must  be  prompt,  practical  and  sufficient.    It 

esponsibility  for  leadership  of  the  religion  of  the 
future  and  go  forward  to  our  place.  Pioneers  never  get  the  best  pay,  but  they  do  the  best 
work;  the  work  Out  lasts  and  comes  out  of  the  fire  because  it  is  not  inflammable  wood 
but  gold  that  melted  in  the  flames  is  coined  afresh  and  sent  out  again  into  the  currency 
of  the  age*.  Do  not  wait  for  othersl  Do  that  which  costs.  Wait  for  others  and  you 
will  never  start.  Tarry  till  Baptists  are  socially  popular,  and  ostracism  ceases,  and  the 
persecutor  disappears,  and  you  will  do  nothing.  Keep  out  of  the  firing  line  with  your 
principles  and  nobody  will  know  that  you  have  them.  The  bewitched  forest  heard  the 
lies  told  by  the  evil  spirit  that  the  first  tree  that  broke  into  blossom  in  the  spring  would 
be  withered  and  destroyed,  and  each  tree,  fearing  the  threatened  doom,  waited  for  the 
other  to  be^n,  and  so  the  whole  forest  remained  dark  and  dead  for  a  thousand  years. 
Away  with  tear.  Be  ready  to  endure  the  cross  and  despise  shame.  Rise  to  the  courage 
of  your  best  moments.  Push  your  convictions  into  deeds.  Scorn  bribes.  Stand  true. 
Be  faithful  to  Christ  and  His  holy  gospel,  and  so  help  to  lead  the  whole  world  into  the 
light  and  glory  of  His  redeeming  love. 


566 


MISSIONS 


The  Lordship  of  Christ 


Q 


HAT  was  the  dominant 
note  of  the  two  weeks' 
meetings  in  Philadel- 
phia i  aslced  one  of  our 
laymen  who  could  not 
go  of  one  who  did.  The 
answer  was  instant  and 
nhesitatingly  emphatic,  "The  Lord- 
ship of  Christ."  Andthat  was  true.  It 
was  emphasized  in  the  Nonhern  Baptist 
Convention.  It  was  the  significant 
note  in  Dr.  Strong's  theological  address 
at  the  General  Convention.  It  was  the 
supreme  height  of  Dr.  Clifford's  ad- 
dress. It  was  the  keynote  of  the  entire 
fortnight. 

This  is  significant  of  the  temper  of 
the  time  religiously.  Jesus  Christ  is 
recognized  as  the  source  and  center  of 
our  aspiration  and  inspiration,  our 
faith  and  hope,  our  loyalty  and  love, 
Christ  is  Christianity.  The  formula 
has  taken  on  new  meaning.  Christian 
experience  is  the  fact  which  men  chng 
to.  Theories  and  theologies,  doctrines 
and  philosophies,  must  be  subjected  to 
this  supreme  test  —  are  they  in  harmony 
with  the  Lordship  of  Jesus  Christ  ? 

The  Lordship  of  Christ  supplies  us 
with  the  missionary  motive  and  lays 
upon  us  the  missionary  responsibility. 
To  one  who  acknowledges  it  in  reality 
and  not  simply  in  name,  there  will  be 
no  question  about  obeying  the  com- 
mands of  Christ,  which  include  the 
going  and  giving  and  gospelizing. 
Lordship  involves  loyalty,  not  in  one 


thing  or  two,  but  in  all  things,  Thb 
was  finely  pointed  out  by  Dr.  Crandali 
in  his  address  before  the  Northern  Bap- 
tist Convention  on  "Some  Negjecied 
Implications  of  the  Bapust  Position." 
This  is  given  in  full  in  the  StanJard, 
and  we  wish  every  Baptist  mi^t  reid 
it.  Cold  truth  may  not  be  as  palatable 
to  us  as  self-sadsiied  congratulations, 
but  it  is  more  wholesome  and  needed. 
"He  is  the  best,  the  most  loyal  Bapdst 
who  has  most  of  the  mind  of  Chrisi." 
That  is  a  good  text.  "  If  any  man  havt 
not  the  spirit  of  Christ,  he  is  none  of 
his,"  Our  spirit  shows  whether  we 
truly  acknowledge  the  Lordship  of 
Christ  or  only  do  so  professionally. 

The  Baptist  position  is  based  upon 
supreme  loyalty  to  Christ.  We  show 
that  by  adherence  to  his  ordinances. 
How  do  we  show  it  with  regard  to  His 
direct  commands  i  Our  missionir}' 
zeal  and  service  and  giving  will  make 
answer  for  this  coming  year.  Jesus 
said,  "Why  call  ye  me.  Lord,  Lord, 
and  do  not  the  things  which  I  say?" 
That  is  a  terrifying  "Why  ?" 


The  Deputation  to  Russia 

THE  fear  expressed  by  Dr.  Conwell 
at  Philadelphia  that  words  might 
be  spoken  which  would  make  it  harder 
for  the  Russian  Baptists  when  they 
got  back  home  is  likely  to  be  realized, 
and  the  vrork  of  the  deputation  bound 
for  St.  Petersburg  is  also  in  danger  of 
being  hampered  if  not  thwarted.    A 


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able  from  St.  Petersburg  to  a 
k  daily,  dated  July  29,  says: 

tement  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Russell  H. 
f  the  United  States  and  the  Rev. 
jer  of  London  on  behalf  of  the 
Miy  that  they  intend  to  visit  St. 
{and  appeal  to  the  Czar  to  sane- 
tablishment  here  or  in  Moscow  of 
tional  seminary  for  the  training  of 
eachers  has  evoked  a  formidable 
n  the  Holy  Synod.  Not  only  will 
ot  receive  them  but  not  an  inch  of 
II  be  given  for  the  seminary. 
»ly  Synod  explains  that  all  con- 
ade  to  others  would  be  granted  to 
"  the  Ministry  of  the  Interior  re- 
n  from  the  lists  of  politically  sub- 
:tSy  but  they  are  not  regarded  by 
lox  Church  as  forming  a  religion 
inwhile  the  Prefect  of  Moscow  has 
I  police  to  exercise  special  vigilance 
ittempts  of  sectarians  to  inveigle 
Russians  from  the  State  Church. 

St  sentence  of  the  dispatch  is 
t.  Under  the  peculiar  laws  of 
is  now  permissible  for  a  mem- 
e  Greek  Church  —  the  State 
-  to  change  his  religious  affili- 
o  do  so  he  must  notify  the 
d  register  his  new  denomi- 
■le  is  not  persecuted  for  this, 
isked  why  he  desires  to  change 

led  him  to  his  new  views, 
nes  any  individual,  then  the 
ve  their  chance,  and  woe  to 
St  or  other  minister  or  dis- 
;rson  through  whose  word  or 
or  even  tract  or  Testament 
ig  the  so-called  proselyting 
;ht  about.  For  prosel)^ing  is 
offence;  nor  does  the  charge 
B  specific  or  proved  in  court, 
he  rest,  we  shall  hope  for  the 
)ugh  it  is  true  that  reported 

in  daily  papers  were  suffi- 
rouse  feeling  on  the  part  of 
le.  If  announcement  were 
:  a  number  of  Baptists  were 
England  to  reform  that  nation 
,  the  result  might  be  amuse- 


ment or  contempt,  but  the  deputation 
would  not  probably  meet  with  over- 
warm  welcome.  The  Russians  would 
still  less  welcome  such  assumption  from 
without.  In  all  such  cases  we  have  to 
use  utmost  caution.  The  situation  is 
admittedly  delicate  at  best.  The  depu- 
tation goes  on  a  simple  and  specific 
religious  mission.  The  Czar  is  un- 
questionably a  fair-minded  ruler,  ear- 
nestly desirous  to  improve  the  political 
and  social  conditions  of  his  people  as 
far  as  lies  within  his  power.  What  he 
will  decide  to  do,  if  he  is  properly  asked 
to  receive  Dr.  MacArthur,  Dr.  Meyer 
and  Dr.  Conwell,  is  not  to  be  determined 
by  a  cablegram.  The  Holy  Synod  may 
be  brought  to  see  that  the  Baptists  are 
not  a  "politically  subversive  sect,"  but 
quite  the  contrary,  and  that  they  deserve 
to  be  placed  on  the  list  of  religious 
bodies  of  the  best  class. 

Meanwhile,  whatever  happens,  the 
telling  out  of  the  story  of  the  Russian 
Baptists  at  Philadelphia,  confining  that 
story  merely  to  the  facts,  must  in  the 
end  work  for  good  to  the  entire  Russian 
people.  No  nation  today  can  be  in- 
different to  the  good  opinion  of  other 
nations.  We  believe  that  the  Rusiian 
government,  as  Mr.  Fetler  says,  intends 
to  make  good  its  grant  of  religious 
liberty,  and  that  if  the  high  officials 
learn  that  such  persecutions  exist  as 
are  described  in  this  issue,  they  will 
see  to  it  that  the  laws  are  not  nullified 
by  the  police  or  other  under-adminis- 
tration.  The  first  thing  is  to  convince 
the  government  that  the  growth  of  the 
Baptists  will  mean  only  increased 
loyalty  and  improved  life. 

® 

Nearing  the  Goal 

ALL  of  our  Northern  Baptist  mis- 
sionary work  presented  under  one 
cover  —  that  is  the  goal.  A  great  step 
was  taken  toward  it  when  the  Home, 
Foreign  and  Publication  societies  united 


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in  a  single  magazine.  The  manner  in 
which  Missions  has  made  its  way  into 
denominational  favor  has  proved  the 
advantage  and  success  of  that  combi- 
nation. 

Now  another  great  step  has  been 
taken  toward  the  goal.  The  following 
paragraph  we  quote  from  the  August 
number  of  Tidings: 

As  it  seemed  to  be  the  feeling  of  the  ma- 
jority of  our  constituency  as  represented  at 
our  annual  meeting  that  we  should  unite  our 
publication.  Tidings,  with  that  of  Missions y 
it  was  voted  at  the  Board  Meeting,  June  28, 
to  so  unite,  and  the  details  of  the  arrange- 
ments were  referred  to  our  Publishing  Com- 
mittee. 

This  is  the  best  news  we  have  chroni- 
cled since  Missions  began  its  career  in 
January,  1910.  It  means  that  the 
Woman's  American  Baptist  Home  Mis- 
sion Society,  under  its  splendidly  pro- 
gressive leadership,  has  sensed  the  un- 
questionable denominational  desire  for 
a  single,  comprehensive  missionary  mag- 
azine. It  means  that  the  co-operation  of 
the  societies,  which  has  been  close,  is  to 
be  still  closer.  It  means  that  every  sub- 
scriber to  Missions  will  know  what  the 
Woman's  Society  is  doing  and  planning 
in  the  home  mission  field,  as  well  as 
what  the  general  Home  Mission  Society 
is  doing  and  planning.  It  means  that 
the  women  will  have  the  home  mission 
work  in  its  full  scope  and  significance. 

Does  it  mean  loss  of  distinctive  and 
compact  presentation  of  the  women's 
work,  a  merging  of  the  special  into  the 
general  that  will  weaken  interest  ?  No. 
The  proposition  made  by  Missions, 
and  accepted,  is  to  create  a  Woman's 
Department,  in  which  will  be  given  the 
specific  field  news  and  official  and  other 
matter  desired  by  the  Woman's  Home 
Mission  Society,  as  prepared  by  its  edi- 
torial secretary,  who  becomes  a  con- 
tributing editor  of  Missions.  This 
department  will  maintain  the  character 
that   has    made    Tidings    helpful    and 


successful.  The-  full  substance  of 
Tidings  will  continue.  In  addition  the 
woman's  work  will  find  place  also  in 
general  articles  which  will  appear  with 
the  others  in  the  body  of  the  magazine. 
In  a  word,  the  women  will  be  getting 
what  they  now  get,  with  vastly  more 
added,  and  all  without  increase  in  the 
subscription  price  of  Missions,  since 
our  aim  is  to  place  the  magazine  in 
every  Baptist  family. 

The  same  proposition  has  been  made 
to  Helping  Handy  and  we  hope  for  a 
similar  reply.  When  we  can  make  that 
desired  announcement,  the  goal  of  mis- 
sionary publication  for  our  denomina- 
tion will  be  reached,  and  we  shall  set 
an  example  to  all  the  great  denomi- 
nations. We  shall  also  be  able  to  pre- 
sent a  Baptist  magazine  of  missions 
that  will  be  worthy  of  us,  and  be  without 
a  second  as  an  illustration  of  denomi- 
national oneness  in  the  prosecution  of 
the  great  work  of  world  evangelization. 
The  Woman's  Home  Mission  Society 
has  taken  the  inspiring  lead.  And  not 
the  least  gratifying  thing  about  it  is  the 
fine  and  hearty  way  in  which  the  union 
has  come  about  —  so  that  it  is  a  union 
of  heart  and  hand. 

Now  let  the  new  subscriptions  come 
pouring  in,  so  that  we  may  begin  the 
new  combination  with  sixty  thousand 
subscribers,  at  the  least,  on  the  way 
to  that  other  goal  —  One  Hundred 
Thousand  Subscribers  by  1912! 

® 

A  Needed  Reform 

A  national  divorce  law  is  one  of  the 
imperative  needs  of  this  country.  Di- 
vorce is  not  only  the  scandal  but  the 
peril  of  our  social  life  today.  The 
Christian  home  is  the  safeguard  of  the 
state  and  the  hope  of  the  church.  The 
disruption  of  the  American  home  is  the 
sign  of  moral  decadence.  Now  is  the 
time  to  create  a  public  sentiment  that 
will  demand  a  national  law  and  stop 
this  disgraceful  business. 


MISSIONS 


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WESTERN 
UNION 


WESTKRXV  mnOlV  TEZiEO: 


•  mcovPoiMTte- 


WESTERN 
UNION 
OOBIPAIVT. 

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T   MW  fll*IM«.  WMA.  WMT  MOWS.   BIXIOO  M«  OCMTIIM,  M«  MVTW 

WITN  ^«mnO  OMMB  TO  MJMU,  MMMUfLW.  AOTTOAMO,  OW.  T*W  PMtM^WW.  J*»AW.  TO. 


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h«r«*f.  whieh  ar*  h«r«by  ^p««d  tSk 


2^3 


Mr.  Fetler's  Message  to 

Go  Ahead  with  the 

Church  Erection 

Letters  used  in  text 
were  Roman. 

Translation :  To  Ne- 
prast  (my  assistant  pas- 
tor), Kaliberda  (our 
architect),  and  the  Build- 
ing Committee,  Avcneser 
24  Linia  No.  11,  St. 
Petersburg: 

Hallelujah!  Continue 
the  building.  Haggai  2: 
4,  5.  Fetler. 


No:w  Is  the  Time  to  Help 

THERE  will  never  be  a  better  time 
to  help  build  the  First  Russian 
Baptist  Church  in  St.  Petersburg  than 
just  now  —  never  a  time,  indeed,  when 
a  gift  will  go  so  far  to  save  Rev.  Wilhelm 
Fetler,  the  evangelist  whose  work  has 
been  so  wonderfully  blessed  in  Russia, 
from  physical  breakdown.  Something 
of  his  story  is  told  in  the  Alliance  report 
in  this  issue.  Mr.  Fetler  is  remaining 
in  this  country  for  a  little  while  in  the 
hope  of  raising  ^45,000  with  which  to 
complete  his  church  building,  now  half 
erected,  with  work  at  a  standstill  for 
want  of  money.  He  will  not  run  into 
debt.  He  has  given  all  he  had,  and 
mortgaged  himself  besides.  His  people 
have  given  to  their  limit  and  are  nobly 
sustaining  the  work.  English  Baptists 
have  bought  the  ground  for  him,  with 
two  buildings  used  for  the  manifold 
church  work  which  is  impressing  thou- 
sands of  Russians  by  its  philanthropic 
character.  Now  the  question  is,  What 
will  American  Baptists  do  for  this 
enterprise  ? 


A  note  from  Mr.  Fetler,  who  would 
undoubtedly  raise  the  money  if  only  he 
could  in  person  get  before  enough 
churches  and  reach  the  men  who  are  at 
present  on  vacations,  says  he  has  about 
J>7,ooo,  and  something  more  in  sight. 
One  Christian  woman  in  Rochester,  N. 
Y.,  gave  him  $3,000  of  the  total,  and 
the  First  Church  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
gave  him  another  |>i  ,000  and  more.  Not 
least,  the  Lettish  brethren  in  Boston, 
financially  weak  as  they  are,  raised 
more  than  j>400  for  him,  and  he  held  a 
week  of  evangelistic  meetings  with 
them,  resulting  in  much  blessing. 

The  Foreign  Mission  Society  is  acting 
as  treasurer  for  this  fund,  and  all  money 
or  pledges  sent  to  the  Treasurer  for  this 
purpose  will  be  promptly  acknowledged. 
The  time  in  Russia  is  strategic.  The 
|> 1 00,000  for  a  training  school  is  pledged 
to  a  large  extent.  The  immediate  need 
of  the  Russian  work,  in  order  to  place 
the  Baptists  in  the  proper  rank  with  the 
officials,  is  to  give  Mr.  Fetler  a  place  in 
which  he  can  preach  to  the  thousands 
who  wish  to  hear  him. 


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Note  and  Comment 


n 


HIS  is  decidedly  a  World 
number,  but  it  is 


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tional  influence  all  the  way 
through,  and  presents  the 
maner  in  a  form  suitable 
for  presentation  in  prayer 
meeting,  missionary  meet- 
from    the    pulpit.     We    hope   the 


description  of  the  Russian 
be  read  in  thousands  of  meetings.  Let 
us  not  lose  the  opportunity  to  spread 
the  new  Baptist  world  consciousness  re- 
garding our  position  and  mission.  The 
number  is  full  of  interest  and  brings  news 
of  varied  character.  Now  is  the  time  to 
make  a  special  elFoit  to  increase  the  sub- 
scription list.  Do  not  fail  to  read  Dr. 
Stackhouse's  report  of  an  overheard  con- 
versation. But  then,  if  you  begin,  you  will 
read  the  number  through.  One  subscriber, 
a  busy  minister,  brings  the  charge  against 
Missions  that  when  it  reaches  him  he  opens 
it  and  is  led  to  neglect  everything  until  he 
has  read  it  from  cover  to  cover.  Missions 
pleads  guilty  and  hopes  to  be  convicted 
often  on  the  same  count. 

H  Our  cover  presents  the  picture  of  a  Tagalo 
maiden,  a  Filipino,  who  represents  the  class 
of  young  women  eager  to  learn  the  ways  of 
a  new  life  and  ready  to  accept  the  Christian 
religion.  The  girl  in  her  native  dress  is 
linked  to  a  new  civilization  by  the  kerosene 
lamp  on  the  table— the  Philippines  and  Am- 
erica brought  into  relationship;  and  the  light 
significantly  coming  from  this  country. 

1  A  correspondent  of  a  New  York  paper, 
writing  of  the  prohibition  campaign  in 
Maine,  says  the  prohibition  forces  are 
making  a  strenuous  and  most  ably  managed 

fight  for  victoiy  over  those  who  v— ■'-" 

throw  constitutional  prohib 


which  originated  the  idea  and   has  so  long 
Stood  as  its  conspicuous  exponent.    Credit  is 


the  state 
long 


given  to  Mn.  L.  M.  N.  Stevens,  nariaiul 
president  of  the  W.  C,  T.  U.,  and  a  rtsidtm 
of  Portland,  for  the  matteily  conduct  of 
the  campaign,  which  has  made  Maine  ling 
with  the  slogan,  "Rum  againM  Rig^Koiu- 
ness."  All  Christian  pcopie  will  hi^  ihii 
the  state  of  Neal  Dow  may  remain  is  itit 
''diy"  column. 

^  Against  the  tendency  to  herd  m  ptat 
cities  must  be  put  another  tendency  ttaMj 
manifesting  itself—back  to  the  btm. 
Nothing  could  be  more  wholesome  oc  hope- 
ful. The  new  agriculture  has  come  mil 
taught  the  value  of  intensive  farming.  It 
is  significant,  too,  that  the  census  bureau's 
latest  announcement  on  the  subject  shows 
(hat  the  value  of  farms  in  the  United  5»tn 
has  doubled  within  a  decade,  although 
their  number  has  increased  only  by  on^ 
tenth  and  the  acreage  by  one-twentiali. 
The  acre  value  has  gone  from  fij.fio  » 
832.50,  or  108  per  cent,  and  the  value  of 
farm  buildings  ts  three-fourths  more  than 
in  1900.  Trolley  lines,  telephone,  rural 
delivery,  modem  improvements  of  all 
kinds,  are  bringing  the  rural  districts  lata 
competition  with  the  cities. 

H  The  address  of  Governor  WoodrowWikio 
at  the  Denver  Tercenteoaty  of  the  En^ii 
Bible  was  a  noble  utterance,  one  of  ibe 
finest  we  have  seen.  It  puts  rhe  Bible  V 
the  base  of  all  we  are  or  hope  to  be  u  1 
people,  and  is  full  of  spiritual  ttimului- 
Copies  of  it  may  be  had  free  by  applying  to 
F.  P.  Stockhridge,  42  Broadway,  New  YoA- 
If  every  young  man  would  read  it  there 
would  be  more  backbone  in  the  counriy. 

■|  The  Methodist  Church  in  the  Philippines 
has  grown  in  ten  years  to  30,000  membeti 
and  10,000  adherents.  A  deaconess  train- 
ing school,  hospital,  theological  scminair 
and  orphanage  have  been  built,  and  joo 
Filipinos  ire  under  appointment  to  pmcb. 


MISSIONS 


DaDaaaaDODaaaaDaDaDoaDaDDDaDaDaDODaDDaDDDDDaDaDaDa 

A  Bible  of  Filipino  Manufacture 

By  Rev.  P.  H.  J.  Lerrigo,  M.D. 

MEDICAL  MISSIONARY   AT   CAFIZ,    PHILIFPINE    ISLANDS 


€HE  Independent  Philippine 
T  Church,  commonly  known 
[  as  the  Aglipayano  Church, 
'  has  been  widely  heralded  as 
'  a  Protestant  movement;  and 
in  the  beginning,  when  the 
'  new  College  of  Bishops  was 
the  fence,  with  its  doctrine 
3rmulated,  the  movement  was 
upon  quite  favorably  by  the 
:al  missionaries  in  the  Philip- 
nd  much  was  hoped  for  its 
On  one  of  our  trips  to  an 
lown  in  Capiz  province,  where 
>ayano  priest  was  established, 
very  kindly  received  by  him, 
1  his  house,  and  in  the  evening 
oint  open-air  meeting  in  front 
ing  for  our  theme  the  Word  of 


God.  The  young  priest  followed  Mr. 
Robbins  and  the  writer  by  a  few  words 
of  a  friendly  nature,  indorsing  what  we 
had  said. 

Some  eight  years  ago.  Archbishop 
Gregorio  Aglipay  replied,  in  response  to 
a  question  as  to  the  doctrine  of  the 
then  new  church,  that  the  bishops  had 
not  yet  formulated  a  body  of  doctrine, 
and  added  that  they  were  first  to  make 
a  strong  effort  to  get  hold  of  a  con- 
siderable portion  of  the  most  influential 
people,  and  intended  afterwards  to  de- 
cide upon  the  doctrines  which  were  to 
be  taught  them,  which  appeared  to  us 
rather  an  unusual  missionary  program. 

Naturally  the  development  of  the 
church  has  been  watched  with  some 
curiosity,  and  especially  as  regards  the 


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MISSIONS 


promulgation  of  doctrine.  The  ideals 
for  which  a  church  stands  are  an  index 
of  its  power  and  fitness  to  a  place  in  the 
world.  It  may  frankly  be  said  that 
Bishop  Aglipay  has  disappointed  his 
friends  of  the  evangelical  missions. 
When,  after  several  years  of  considera- 
tion at  the  hands  of  the  "Holy  Office," 
or  College  of  Bishops,  the  doctrines 
which  were  to  be  duly  received  by  all 
faithful  Aglipayanos  were  promulgated, 
they  came  in   the  form  of  a   volume 


as  suggested  by  its  elaborate  title,  pur- 
ports to  be  an  authentic  Gospel  based 
upon  the  Gospel  of  St.  Mark  (as  being 
the  oldest  and  most  reliable  of  the 
evangelists),  and  carefully  purged  of 
all  thaumaturgic  errors.  The  sublime 
self-confidence  with  which  these  few 
half-educated  parish  priests  of  a  remote 
island  have  calmly  undertaken  tocorrea, 
modernize  and  adapt  to  a  scientific 
basis  the  greatest  literary  monument  of 
the  ages,  to  say  nothing  of  its  divine 


I  in  Spanish  and  entitled,  "The 
Newest  Gospel,  Harmonized,  Explained 
and  Expurgated  of  the  Thousand  Inter- 
polations and  Contradictions  which  are 
Carried  by  the' Canonical  Texts,  in  the 
Light  of  the  Writings  of  the  Prophets 
and  Apostles,  and  other  Ancient  Codices 
which  are  Conserved  in  the  Libraries  of 
Jerusalem,  Rome,  England,  France  and 
Spain." 

The  book  is  divided  into  two  parts, 
the  Gospel  and  the  Missal.    The  first. 


authorship,  causes  one  to  catch  one's 
breath.  Eliminating  the  trinity,  the 
resurrection  and  the  atonement,  they 
seem  to  show  a  great  desire  to  eliminate 
also  the  whole  of  the  miraculous  ele- 
ment, while  yet  inconsistently  retaining 

One  cannot  hope  much  for  the  future 
of  a  church  which  has  for  its  Savior 
nothing  more  than  an  exemplar,  for  its 
devil  3  gentlemanly  Roman,  for  its 
worship  a  misfit  Roman  missal,  and  for 


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573 


vation  a  sublimated  "  be  good  and 
vill  be  happy."  However,  one 
Aglipayism  certainly  has:  it  is 
ming  a  function  in  the  land  by 
I  loose  the  firmly  adherent  hosts 
onanism,  inducing  a  spirit  of  more 
[  inquiry,  and  thus  preparing  the 
3f  many  for  a  positive  gospel  and 
ion. 

!  following  are  some  extracts  from 
lipino  bible: 

I  General  Gospel  of  the  Inde- 
nt Philippine  Church,  carefully 
;ated  of  heresies  and  other  inter- 
>n8. 

'The  Eternal,  by  virtue  of  His 
88  omnipotence,  was  incarnated 
t  bosom  of  the  Blessed  Virgin 
without  intervention  of  any  man, 
most  especial  nature,  sinless  and 
Although  He  had  the  appear- 
»f  a  man  He  did  not  cease  to  be 
He  was  not  a  man  as  we  are,  but 
fnth  us.  .  .  •  The  soul  of  Jesus 
le  very  God,  and  it  is  not  certain 
lere  exists  another  whom  Platonic 
ians  call  the  Holy  Spirit,  much 
iree  divine  persons,  because  in 
ise  there  would  be  three  essences 
bree  distinct  spirits,  and  conse- 
Y  three  gods. 

"And  Jesus,  as  always,  full  of 

spirit,    remained    in    the    desert 

lays  in  order  to  take  part  in  those 

a!  exercises  which  the  disciples 

n  practised,  thus  teaching  us  that 

lould    imitate    always    the    good 

us   acts  which   we   see.      But   a 

1  tempter  or  freethinker,  noticing 

sty,  said  to  him:  Thou  art  still 

for  these  things;  thou  oughtest 

taste  life  which  smiles  upon  thee; 

i  drink.    But  he,  answering,  said : 

ritten,  Man  shall  not  live  by  bread 

but  by  every  word  which  pro- 

li  out  of  the  mouth  of  God.    Then 

mpter,  who  seems  to  have  been 

the  Roman  soldiers,  who  accord- 

St.  Luke  came  to  the  Baptist, 

)ly  from  curiosity,  laughed  at  his 


piety  and  at  the  Jewish  religion,  saying: 
If  you  Israelites  say  you  are  the  children 
of  God,  throw  yourself  down  from  a 
pinnacle,  for  it  is  written  in  your  sacred 
books.  He  shall  give  his  angels  charge 
over  thee,  to  bear  thee  up  in  their 
hands,  lest  thou  dash  thy  foot  against  a 
stone.  Jesus  said  to  him:  It  is  also 
written,  Thou  shalt  not  tempt  the 
Lord  thy  God.  Again  the  Roman, 
enumerating  and  pondering  all  the 
magnificent  kingdoms  which  are  em- 
braced in  the  great  Roman  empire,  said 
to  him:  It  would  be  better  that  thou 
shouldst  leave  this  false  god  of  the  Jews 
and  adore  the  statue  of  our  Emperor, 
and  make  for  thyself  a  career  in  our 
great  empire.  Then  Jesus  said  to  him: 
Get  thee  behind  me,  Satan,  for  it  is 
written.  Thou  shalt  worship  the  Lord 
thy  God,  and  Him  only  shalt  thou 
serve.  Then  the  poor  devil  left  him  and 
behold,  pious  and  just  men  who  had 
heard  the  wise  answers  of  Jesus  to  the 
importunities  of  the  Roman,  came  and 
served  him. 

48.  ''By  an  ingenious  proceeding 
Jesus  demonstrates  the  admirable  advan- 
tages of  the  community  of  goods:  And 
the  passover,  the  feast  of  the  Jews,  was 
near;  and  as  the  day  was  advanced,  his 
disciples  approached  him  and  said :  The 
place  is  desert  and  the  day  is  advanced, 
send  them  away  that  they  may  go  into 
the  villages  and  towns  around  to  buy 
bread,  because  they  have  nothing  to 
eat.  And  answering,  he  said:  Give 
ye  them  to  eat.  And  they  said  to  him: 
Shall  we  go  and  buy  two  hundred 
pennyworths'  of  bread  and  give  them 
to  eat  ?  There  was  a  veritable  con- 
flict: here  were  thousands  of  men  and 
women,  and  although  some  had  brought 
food  (bread  and  fish  for  the  most  part) 
a  great  many  other  hungry  ones  had 
not.  And  he  said  to  them:  Bring  here 
all  the  bread  and  fish  of  those  who 
came  with  food.  And  they  did  so. 
Then  he  commanded  that  they  should 
be  made  to  recline  in  parties  upon  the 


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MISS  IONS 


green  grass.  And  they  reclined  in 
parties  of  fifty  and  a  hundred.  And 
taking  the  bread  and  fish,  looking  up 
to  heaven,  he  blessed  them  and  break 
,  the  bread  and  gave  it  to  His  disciples 
that  they  should  put  it  before  them. 
And  He  parted  to  all  the  fishes,  and 
they  all  ate  and  were  filled.  .  .  .  With 
which  prodigy  the  divine  Master  demon- 
strated how  with  sweet  charity  and  the 
community  of  goods  might  be  remedied 
the  hunger  and  misery  of  many  without 
prejudicing  the  rich.  And  with  this 
also  was  instituted  for  the  first  time  the 
agape,  or  feasts  of  love  between  Chris- 
tians, which  were  first  called  the  Lord's 
Supper,  afterwards  agape  (charity),  and 
finally  Eucharist,  which  signifies,  giving 
of  thanks." 

123.  "And  at  the  ninth  hour  Jesus 
sweetly  expired  (so  far  as  one  may  be 
permitted  to  say  God  expires),  at  least 
apparently.  And  the  centurion  who 
was  before  him,  seeing  that  he  expired 
as  3  heroic  martyr  who  offers  us  an 
admirable  example  of  sublime  abnega- 
tion, having  suffered  all  without  open- 
ing his  lips,  without  fear,  without 
fainting  and  without  pride;  but  with 
majestic  serenity  and  edifying  resig- 
nation, exclaimed:  Truly  this  was  a 
just  man." 

125.  "  But  Mary  Magdalen  remained 
without  near  the  sepulcherj  and  stand- 
ing thus  weeping,  she  stooped  down  to 
look  in  the  sepulcher;  and  not  finding 
her    idolized    master,    but    only    those 


painful  souvenirs  which  were  left  (hit 
body  having  been  moved  to  another 
grave],  there  came  upon  her,  in  face  of 
the  desperate  idea  that  she  might  never 
again  see  her  well-beloved,  a  crini  or 
an  infinite  anguish,  and  in  the  ii 
of  her  bitterness  she  lost  consci 
and  became  as  one  seeing  a  vision  of 
angels,  as  says  St.Lukexxiv.  23,andthe 
saw  two  angels  dressed  in  white  seated 
the  one  at  the  head  and  the  other  U 
the  foot  of  the  place  where  the  body  of 
Jesus  had  lain.  And  they  said  to  her: 
Woman,  Why  wcepest  thou  ?  She 
answered:  Because  they  have  taken 
away  my  Lord  and  I  do  not  know 
where  they  have  laid  him.  And  having 
said  this  she  turned  about  and  saw 
Jesus  standing;  but  she  did  not  recog- 
nize him.  Jesus  said  to  her:  Woman, 
Why  weepest  thou  ?  Whom  seekest 
thou?  She,  thinking  that  it  was  the 
gardener,  responded:  Sir,  if  thou  hast 
borne  him  hence,  tell  me  where  thou 
hast  laid  him  and  I  will  take  him  away. 
Jesus  said  to  her:  Mary.  She,  recog- 
nizing suddenly  the  affectionate  voice 
of  her  beloved  was  earned  away  by 
delirious  jubilation,  and  with  all  the 
enthusiasm  and  tenderness  of  which  a 
loving  daughter  would  be  capable  upon 
seeing  her  adored  father  resurrected, 
exclaimed:  Rabbonil  which  signified 
Master  in  a  diminutive  of  affection,  and 
upon  attempting  to  embrace  the  feet  of 
her  fantastic  Master,  the  vision  dis- 
appeared," 


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The  Baptist  World  Week  in  Philadelphia 

By  Howard  B.  Grose 

A     GRAPHIC     DESCRIFTION    OF    THE     MOST    REMARKABLE 
SESSIONS  OF  THE    GREATEST   BAPTIST  MEETINGS  IN    OUR 

HlffTORV STORIES  THAT    STIRRED  THE    SOUL  —  SCENES 

THAT      WERE       DEEPLY      THRILLING      AND      MEMORABLE 


B^ 


)Y  common  consent,  the  Philadelphia  Meetings  were 

'  without  parallel  in  the  history  of  our  denomination. 

They    were    truly    great     meetings,    judged     by     any 

standard.    They  were  great  in  their  world   representative 

character.     They   were    great    in    the    intellectual    and 

spiritual    quality    of    the    denominational    leaders    who 

were   present  and  participants.     They  were  great  in  the 

breadth  and  depth  and  height  of  the  leading  addresses. 

They  were  great  in  inspirational  effects;    they  widened 

the  horizon    and    deepened    the   consecration   of   every   delegate    and    visitor; 

they  made  the  work  of  the  Kingdom  preeminent   and   the  gospel   principles 

predominant.    They  exalted  from  first  to  last  the  Lordship  of  Jesus  Christ. 

%  Missions  largely  devotes  its  pages  in  this  issue  to  this  Baptist  World  Alliance 
Week,  as  the  best  service  it  can  render  to  the  den'omination  the  world  over.  We 
most  heartily  endorse  the  proposal  that  the  second  Sunday  in  September  be  made 
a  general  Baptist  Day  for  presentation  of  the  Philadelphia  Meetings  —  Northern 
Baptist  Convention  and  World  Alliance  —  to  the  people  of  our  churches.  This 
can  be  made  a  stimulating  day,  in  church  services,  in  Sunday  school,  and  in  young 
people's  meeting.     There  is  matter  enough  for  all. 

Tl  Pastors  and  others  will  find  just  the  material  they  desire  in  the  August  and 
September  numben  of  Missions,  and  we  shall  be  glad  to  furnish  extra  copies  to 
those  who  apply  for  them.  By  this  means  the  Baptists  generally  can  share  in  the 
inspirations  and  larger  faith  that  came  to  those  present  at  the  great  gathering. 


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MISSIONS 


DDDaDaDaDaoDDDDDaaDDDDaDaDDODDDDDaDnDDnaDDaDaaDDDaaDaaDaoo 

The  General  Convention  of  Baptists 
of  North  America 


Y,    Jun.    19th,   m.    . 

r  expectancy  in   Phila- 

1.     It  was  also  a   day 

nts.     Its  three  sessions 

ly  were   wholly   out   of 

rdinary.       From    early 

ig   there    was    an    ani- 

maiea    scene    around    Grace 

Temple,  and  Broad  Street  and  BerLs  also 

surrendered  to  the  chatting  crowds  which 

filled  them.    There  was  a  marked  difference 

in  the  personnel  of  the  groups.    Long  black 

frock   coats   and   a   professional   cast   now 

appeared  to  a  degree  not  hiiheito  seen,  and 

the    Southern    delegates    were    plainly    in 

evidence.     But  everywhere  was  brotherhood 

and  geniality  and  gladness,  the  spirit  that 

readily  generates  enthusiasm.     The  wonder 

was  where  all  of  the  throng  could  be  put, 

and  how  much  of  it  would  be  able  to  squeeze 

into  the  capacious  Temple. 

The  General  Convention  yielded  right 
of  way  to  the  World  Alliance,  and  com- 
pressed its  triennial  into  a  single  session.  But 
thai  one  session  was  packed  to  program 
straining  point.  It  was  marked,  too,  by 
deep  feeling  and  increasing  solemnity  as 
President  Augustus  H.  Strong  proceeded 
with  the  remarkable  address  which  he 
announced  as  his  last  public  utterance  of  a 


formal  character.  This  address  over- 
shadowed everything  else.  The  plan  was 
to  emphasize  the  Baptist  Laymen's  Mott- 
ment,  and  three  speakers  were  on  hand  to 
present  the  subject,  "The  Awakening  of 
Men  to  the  Interests  of  the  Kingdom." 
The  program  was  adhered  to,  but  aftfi 
the  elaborate  statement  of  what  Dr.  Strong 
said  he  hoped  might  be  accepted  as  a  state- 
ment of  their  general  belief  by  the  Baptists 
of  North  America,  it  was  difficult  to  fix 
the  attention  of  the  audience,  which  had 
been  stirred  to  its  depths,  upon  any  other 
matter.  It  was  Dr.  Strong's  day,  and  the 
recognition  of  his  leadership  as  the  head 
of  Rochester  Theological  Seminary  for  a 
generation  was  commingled  with  the  con- 
sciousness that  the  results  of  a  lifetime  of 
theological  study  and  reflection  were  being 
compressed  into  the  compass  of  an  intense 
hour.  Closeness  of  thought,  beauty  of 
style,  strength  of  personality  in  delivery — 
all  marked  the  master.  The  opening  words 
were  characteristically  tactful  and  graceful: 
"The  General  Convention  of  the  Baptists 
of  North  America  is  a  significant  fatt  in 
Christian  history.  It  shows  that  North 
and  South  are  substantially  one.  Slavery, 
the  old  root  of  bitterness,  has  disappeared; 
and,  as  in  the  war  with  Spain,  South  Caro- 


MISSIONS 


577 


d  Massachusetts  have  fought  side 

so  now  they  fight  side  by  side  in  the 
h  the  prince  of  darkness.  It  is  the 
reciprocity;  and,  while  our  churches 
le  idea  of  any  common  government, 
most  glad  to  stand  in  line  with  our 
1  of  the  Canadian  Dominion,  and 

hands  with  them  in  pledging  our 
nets  to  a  common  cause." 

brought  all  into  brotherhood,  and 
t  OD  to  say  that  while  there  are 
n  various  shades  of  belief  among  us 

accord  to  all  the  right  of  private 
nt,  there  is  one  fundamental  truth 
ch  we  all  agree — the  religion  of 
(  is  the  religion  of  the  cross.  From 
int  the  statements  of  belief  were 
ited  by  applause,  and  the  audience 
ept  along  on  a  gathering  wave  of 

feeling.  The  culminadon  came 
ftfter  a  splendid  passage  in  which 
itest  need  of  the  hour  was  set  forth 
esh  and  forcible  expression  of  the 
al  spirit  of  Christ  by  the  Church, 
ritual  body  on  earth.  Dr.  Strong 
th  great  solemnity:  "This  is  the 
>lic  address  of  my  life,  and  I  have 
ly  made  it  a  personal  confession  of 
An  inliving  personal  present  Christ 
>nly  source  of  peace  and  strength. 
>s  is  the.  final  and  complete  revelation 
mifestarion  of  deity.     To  interpret 

men  is  the  sublimest  aim.  He  can 
ill  the  peoples  who  are  coming  to 


res. 


the    audience   rose    as   with    one 

and  broke  forth  into  singing,  "All 
J  power  of  Jesus'  name."  Never 
t  grand   hymn   sung   with    greater 

It  was  the  channel  through  which 
t-up  emotions  found  vent.  Follow- 
le  immediate  demand  for  the  pub- 

of  the  address,  and  it  was  voted 
i  Publication  Society,  the  Sunday 
Board  of  the  Southern  Convention, 
i  Canadian  Publication  Board  all 
le  address,  in  as  many  languages 
ble,  and  secure  for  it  the  widest  cir- 
• 

report  of  the  executive  committee 
sented  by  Dr.  S.  B.  Meeser,  the 
f,  and  was*  adopted,  together  with 
nmendation'of  the  appointment  of 
nmittees,^  on^  Christian  education, 
iry  endeavor,  social  progress,  evan- 


gelism and  Christian  union  respectively, 
each  committee  to  make  thorough  study  of 
its  subject  and 'report  survey  of  these  great 
fields  of  inquiry  at  its  next  meeting.  The 
officers  elected  were: 

Prbsidsnt  —  A.  L.  McCrimmon,  of  Canada. 

Vice-Presidents  —  J.  Taylor  Elljson,  of  Virginia; 
John  Humpstone,  D.D.,  of  New  York;  Prof.  A.  P. 
McDiarmid,  of  Canada. 

Recoroino  Secretary  —  Prof.  W.  O.  Carrer,  of 
Kentucky. 

Assistant  Secretary  —  J.  S.  Dickerson,  of  Illinois. 

CoRREsroNDiNG  SECRETARY  —  S.  B.  Mecser,  D.D., 
of  Chester,  Pa. 

Treasurer  —  Joshua  LeTering,  of  Maryland. 

Executive  Coumittee  —  H.  L.  Morehouse,  New 
York;  Hon.  £.  W.  Stephens,  Missouri;  J.  N.  Prest- 
ridge,  D.D.,  Kentucky;  L.  A.  Crandlsll,  D.D.,  Minne- 
sota; £.  Y.  Mullins,  D.D.,  Kentucky;  R.  H.  Pitt,  D.D., 
Virginia;  W.  S.  Shallenberger,  District  of  Columbia; 
Rev.  Z.  T.  Cody,  South  Carolina;  W.  R.  L.  Smith,  D  J>., 
North  Carolina;  S.  J.  Moore,  Canada;  Rev.  £.  C. 
Morris,  Arkansas;  John  S.  Stimip,  D.D.,  West  Vir- 
ginia; John  £.  >^te,  D.D.,  Georgia;  J.  Milnor 
Wilbur,  Pennsylvania. 

A  resolution  was  adopted  petitioning  the 
governments  of  Great  Britain  and  the 
United  States  to  aid  in  securing  a  concen- 
trated action  of  the  great  powers  that  will 
prohibit  and  destroy  the  opium  traffic  in 
China  and  in  all  other  lands. 

Then  the  men's  awakening  was  dealt 
with  by  Mr.  S.  J.  Moore  of  Canada,  who 
retold  the  story  of  the  successes  attending 
the  Laymen's  Movement  in  his  country, 
especially  in  Toronto.  He  was  followed 
by  Prof.  J.  T.  Henderson,  secretary  of  the 
Movement  for  the  Southern  Baptists,  whose 
excellent  address  lacked  terminal  facilities 
and  practically  cut  out  Dr.  Stackhouse 
whom  the  audience  especially  desired  to  hear. 
With  great  tact  the  Secretary  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Laymen's  Movement  condensed  a 
rattling  speech  into  ten  minutes,  thereby 
making  a  host  of  friends  and  allowing 
chance  for  lunch  before  the  afternoon 
meeting. 

That  session  will  live  in  our  history  as  the 
occasion  of  Dr.  Strong's  great  address, 
just  as  the  session  of  the  next  morning  will 
be  remembered  for  Dr.  Clifford's  address. 
It  was  concluded  by  the  singing  of  Dr. 
Morehouse's  "Baptist  Laymen's  Rally 
Song,"  and  the  veteran  Home  Mission 
Secretary,  who  was  on  the  platform,  not 
only  had  merited  recognition  but  never 
heard  his  ringing  verses  sung  with  such 
mighty  volume. 


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LLPlHi,  Rev.  J.  H.ViHiNa,  Hiusbt  U 
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JBAIKSrBAKB.  Engliih 


The  Baptist  World  Alliance 


EN  President  John  Clifford 
if  London  declared  the  second 
onvention     of    the     Baptist 
Vorld  Alliance  open  on  M on- 
lay   artemoon,    he    doubtless 
aced  the  tnosi  representative 
ind  impressive  body  of  Bap- 
tists ever  assembled.     It  was 
a   flushed   audience,   for  getting   there   had 
not  been  altogether  easy.    The  ushers   had 
been  put  to  their  wits'  ends  to  keep  places 
for  the  delegates.     If  the  house  had  been 
twice  as  large  it  would  have  been  filled. 
It  was  a  wholesome  sight  for  Philadelphians 
to  see  this   surging   crowd   trying  to   force 
its  way   in   to  a   purely   religious   meeting. 
Intense   and   eager  was  the  closely  packed 
audience  that  cheered  the  leaders  as  they 
took  their  places,  with  President   Clifford 
in  the  center.  Secretaries  Shakespeare  and 
Prestridge  on  either  side,  and  the  speakers 
in    th;    platform    seats.      Grace    Temple 
never  wore  a  more  attractive  appearance. 
The  6ags  of  the  nations  took  on  new  signifi- 
cance as  the  representatives  of  the  nations, 
from  Far  East  to  Far  West,  sat  together  in 


Christian  fellowship.  It  was  an  ecumcnicil 
council  baptistic.  All  races  and  colois— 
the  white,  red,  brown,  yellow  and  black 
—  were  there  in  Christian  unity.  A  student 
of  types  could  ask  no  belter  place  for  study. 
Bui  the  impressive  thing  was  not  difTct- 
entiation  of  personality,  though  this  was 
strong,  but  the  unity  of  spirit.  The  monun| 
session  had  left  its  influence  in  the  air. 
I'his  was  a  prepared  audience;  almasi 
overcharged  with  feeling,  so  that  self-coo- 
trol  was  not  always  perfect.  But  haw 
keen  it  was  to  catch  the  points;  how  ilivt 
to  applaud  the  sentiments  it  apptt>ved;  hoir 
responsive  to  appeal.  And  the  contrasts 
in  the  speakers  afforded  opportunity  for 
play  of  mood.  Philadelphia  had  to  welcoriK 
a  World  Alliance  with  bectKning  formalilT 
and  cordiality,  and  it  was  done. 

Dr.  Clifford  gave  the  invocation,  Phila- 
delphia Pastor  W.  Quay  Roselle  read  the 
Scripture,  and  President  Milton  G.  Evant 
of  Crozer  Seminary  offered  prayer.  Dr. 
J.  H.  Haslam  as  chairman  of  the  entertain- 
ment committee  was  introduced  to  introduM 
the    presiding  officer  of  (he   session,  Dt. 


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579 


founder 
who  for 
creating 

gracefully 
:   lecturer 

presiding 
ming  Te- 
as mi^t 
ty  loving 
periences 

:  Russian 
E.  "God 
ly  one." 
laud,  and 
cause  of 

audience 
Con  well, 

r  that  we 
establish- 

e  turned 
"another 
id  loud 
and  Dr. 
•  joined  most  heartily;  for  what  else 
be  said  of  an  English-speaking  countiy 
levied  taxes  upon  a  citizen  and  made 
lufFer  for  conscience's  sake  as  Dr. 
'd  had  suRxred  and  still  was  suffering, 
n  that  hero  of  heroes  gets  back  to 
nd  he  may  find  that  the  sheriF  has 
the  rest  of  his  tea-set  because  this 
e  resister  has  refused  to  pay  taxes 
provide  funds  for  public  schools  to 
Baptist  children  religious  views  con- 
to  those  of  their  parents."  Now  it 
e  tax-resister's  turn  to  get  the  applause, 
he  did  ri^t  roundly.  Then  Dr. 
ell  referred  to  the  Southern  brethren, 
"ejoiced  that  sectionalism  was  now 
-ated.  He  had  met  just  a  little  before 
g  in  a  brother  who  said  he  shot  at 
Hne  yeais  ago  during  a  little  domestic 
isantness;  but  that  was  a  bygone 
ow  we  are  all  one  people.  But  such 
lering  as  this  would  not  have  been 
le  twenty  years  ago.  The  hour  had 
:nick  for  Baptists. 


The  mayor  was  due,  but  as  he  had  not 
arrived,  the  eloquent  pastor  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church,  Dr.  George  H.  Ferris, 
was  presented  to  speak  for  the  Baptists 
of  Philadelphia,  which  he  did  character- 
istically and  with  occasional  startling  effect. 
The  mayor  came  in  meanwhile,  and  voiced 
at  length  the  city's  welcoiTie,  and  hoped  the 
convention  might  advance  the  interests  of 
civic  improvement  and  righteousness.  He 
was  followed  by  Dr.  Strong,  who  gave  the 
welcome  of  North  America  to  the  Alliance 
in  an  address  of  breadth  and  felicity.  The 
Alliance,  he  said,  furnishes  an  opportunity 
to  emphasize  the  essential  unity  of  the 
Baptist  denomination,  which  of  late  years, 
like  our  country,  has  been  entering  into 
world  relations.  He  drew  frequent  applause, 
and  closed  with  a  plea  for  the  solidarity  of 
nations,  a  solidarity  not  of  ships  and  armies 
but  of  friendship  and  peace  pacts,  with 
Christ  behind  them. 

Welcome,  thrice  welcome,  had  been  given, 
and  now  for  the  reply.  Dr.  Clifford  rose 
to  make  it,  whereupon  the  enthusiasm  gave 
itself  full  vent.  Well  may  it  be  believed  that 
never  before  have  such  scenes  been  wit- 
nessed in  Baptist  meetings  as  these  we 
were  passing  through.  You  could  feel  the 
thrill  in  the  atmosphere.  The  veteran 
statesman-preacher,  lirst  citizen  of  England, 
was  equal  to  the  occasion.  He  is  brimming 
over  with  vitality.  He  has  humor,  repartee, 
quick  wit,  adaptability,  and  a  mastery  of 
sententious  speech,  saying  exactly  the 
right  thing.  He  speaks  with  simplicity 
and  directness,  scorning  all  devices  of 
speech.  He  began  with  tribute  to  the 
greatness  of  the  United  Stales,  greatest 
of  all  in  its  generosity  an'J  hospitality.  He 
had  just  been  visiting  Chi-CAW-go — and 
the  laughter-provoking  way  he  pronounced 
the  word  will  not  be  forgotten — and  had 
seen  and  heard  there  what  filled  his  heart 
with  gratitude.  Here  in  Philadelphia 
there  was  a  glittering  electric  sign  on  the 
City  Hall,  "Welcome  to  the  Baprist  World 
Alliance."  They've  never  done  such  things 
in  Glasgow.  Why,  if  such  a  sign  as  thai 
should  appear  on  the  Mansion  House  in 
London  he  would  think  the  millennium 
was  coming  by  the  next  boat.  Baptists  are 
at  home  in  Holland  with  Smith,  in  Bedford 
with  Bunyan,  in  London  with  Spuigeon. 
"This,    by   the    way,    is    Mr.    Spurgeon's 


58o 


MISSIONS 


seventy-seventh    birthday.       Let    us    give 
thanks  to  God  for  that  great  man,  whose 
influence  is  still  streaming  out."    Instantly 
all   rose  in  honor  of  the  world  renowned 
preacher,    and    after    the    great    wave    of 
recognition   the   speaker,   now  warmed   to 
his  task  and  alive  in  every  nerve,  proceeded. 
He  said  in  substance:    We  ought  to  be  more 
at  home  in  Philadelphia  than  in  any  other 
city  on  earth.    We  remember  virith  reverence 
William  Penn,  one  of  the  greatest  men  God 
ever  grew.    Was  it  not  here  the  Declaration 
of  Independence  was  written,  that  greatest 
charter  of  liberty  ever  composed  by  man, 
and  here  began  that  democratic  movement 
which   has  gone   round  the  world  ?     If  a 
Baptist    is    anything    he's    independent — 
that  has  been  our  chief  difficulty.     What 
we    want    to    shape    our    independence    is 
brotherly  love,  and  this  is  the  city   of  it. 
We  want  to  shape  our  church  life  so  that 
the  weakest  church  shall  get  help.     It  Js 
with  this  purpose  we  have  come  to  Phila- 
delphia.    The   Baptist  World   Alliance   is 
the  latest  development  of  our  thought  and 
aspiration.    The  Alliance  is  only  six  years 
old.    It  has  got  put  into  Westminster  Abbey 
a  memorial    window  to  the  great   thinker, 
John    Bunyan — a   thing   of  beauty   and   a 
gospel  forever  (great  applause);  and  some 
day  Fetler's  name  will  be  thought  of  in  the 
same   way   (applause).     This    is   to   be   a 
gathering  for  business.     We  are  to  deter- 
mine what  our  policy  shall  be.    Never  has 
there  been  a  time  when  the  principles  for 
which  we  stand  had  such  power  as  now. 
Baptists  have  done  some  things  for  human 
liberty.     We  shall  do  more.     The  British 
budgets  of  1910  and  191 1   are  simply  the 
application  of  Baptist  principles  to  nailonal 
life.     Those  principles  were  learned  from 
boyhood  by  Lloyd-George,  who  is  a  working 
Baptist  (prolonged  applause),  in  a  Baptist 
church.     We've   got  the   House   of  Lords 
on  its  knees.    This  is  a  good  attitude  and 
there  is  hope  in  it  (great  laughter).     Lord 
Morley,    both    a    lord    and    a    churchman, 
ventured  to  affirm  that  you  in  America  had 
no  state  church,  yet  had  vital  religion;  and 
wc  are  looking  forward  in  the  old  country 
to  the  same  condition.     You  are  looking 
forward  to  your  tasks,  as  we  to  ours.    We 
are    all    to    work    together    so    that     the 
freedom   we  possess  shall    be  everybody's 
possession. 


It  was   a   noble,  spontaneous   utterance, 
from  a  heart  and  brain  on  fire,  and  only 
one  thing  was  left  to  bring  the  session  to  a 
fitting  close.    That  was  the  brief  response,— 
in  behalf  of  the  Russian  and  other  conti- 
nental delegates  who  had  been  brought  to 
the  convention  by  the  fund  raised  from  the 
Northern  and  Sou^em  Baptists, — by  Rev. 
William  Fetler,  the  evangelist  whose  remark- 
able work  in  St.  Petersburg  will  be  more 
fully  known  presently  to  our  people.    Before 
this  tall,   poetical-looking  foreigner  spoke, 
however.    Dr.    Conwell    took    occasion   to 
introduce  for  an  announcement  Rev.  How- 
ard Wayne  Smith,  chairman  of  the  Phila- 
delphia committee  of  arrangements;  which 
gave  chance  to  recognize  the  arduous  and 
successful  service  that  had  occupied  months 
of  thought  and  overwork  on  the  part  of 
busy  men  who  were  srill  hard  at  work  but 
not    in    evidence    on    the    platform.      Mr. 
Smith   responded  simply,  saying  that  this 
was  the  greatest  pleasure  of  his  life,  the 
privilege    of   serving    the    brethren.     The 
applause   was   proof*  of  appreciation,  not 
only   for  the   indefadgable   chairman  but 
for   the    entire    committee,    whidi   had  a 
multitude  of  details  to  look  after,  and  was 
at  it  through  the  entire  fortni^t. 

When  Mr.  Fetler  was  presented,  the 
audience  rose  and  sang,  "Blest  be  the  tie 
that  binds,"  and  saluted  and  applaaded. 
The  evangelist  speaks  English  wdl,  having 
been  at  Spurgeon's  College  in  En^and 
for  four  years.  He  said  he  would  fain 
withdraw  and  give  place  to  some  of  the 
veterans.  All  this  greeting  he  would  pass 
over  to  his  brethren  who  had  worn  cfaiains 
and  passed  through  experiences  which  he 
had  not  yet  had  the  honor  to  suffer.  This 
company  had  been  brought  to|gedier  by 
nothing  less  or  else  than  the  blood  of  Jesus 
Christ.  He  was  pleased  to  think  Cut  it 
had  come  together  for  work,  not  fer  pastime. 
It  seemed  to  him  significant  diat  the  Worid 
Alliance  was  bom  in  1905,  the  same  jear  in 
which  religious  liberty  in  Russia  was  born. 
When  that  ukase  of  the  czar  came,  many 
said  it  would  not  be  carried  out.  He  was 
glad  to  say  that  they  had  got  some  of  the 
things  they  wanted.  Some  said  we  will 
not  take  part  if  we  cannot  get  all.  But  he 
did  not  feel  that  way.  *'Wc  are  enjoying 
tremendously  the  black  bread  after  the 
crusts,  and  butter  and  cheese  will  come  by 


MISSIONS 


581 


>y."  Just  before  he  left  Russia  for 
eautifui  land  he  was  put  under  police 

of  fz,500  for  preaching  in  Moscow, 
'as  at  last  allowed  to  come.  All  were 
ul  for  the  kindness  that  had  brought 

here.     Many  had  spent  all  in  this 

counting  not  their  lives  dear  for  the 
I,  and  it  was  much  to  have  brought 

to  this  good.  He  wished  Russian 
Is  might  be  present  to  see  the  great- 
of  the  Baptists.  He  believed  the 
an  government  was  earnestly  desirous 
ow  religious  liberty,  but  it  could  not 
s  control  the  locnil  police.  He  had 
ed  the  best  of  treatment  from  those 
iithoiity.  The  Russians  liked  big 
),  and  that  was  one  reason  why  the 
St  church  in  St.  Petersburg  must  have 
able  equipment  if  it  is  to  make  head- 

A  high  Russian  official  whom  he  had 
d  to  come  to  the  comer  none  laying 
le  church  in  St.  Petersbui^  saiil, 
1  are  so  small.     The  Mohammedans 

five  or  six  millions."  "But  I  said, 
f  are  big,  but  we  are  going  to  be 


bigger.  The  rising  sun  has  more  admireis 
than  the  setting  sun.'  "  Mr.  Fetler  declared 
his  belief  that  "Russia  is  bound  to  become 
the  first  nation  in  Europe  for  Baptist  work, 
because  there  has  never  been  a  nation  of 
white  people  so  apt  to  receive  the  Christian 
religion.  We  look  upon  you  not  so  much  as 
Baptists  as  Christians.  We  want  to  learn 
more  about  Christianity.  We  have  come 
to  this  country  to  learn  a  better  Christianity 
than  we  have  in  Russia.  Tolstoi  has  told  us 
something  of  Jesus.  He  has  told  us  Christ 
died,  but  not  told  us  He  died  for  our  sins. 
He  has  told  us  that  Christ  died  but  not 
that  He  rose  again  for  our  justification. 
We  look  to  you  for  the  true  gospel.  We 
have  come  to  a  giant  America  and  a  giant 
brother  Baptist.  Big  brothers,  come  and 
help  the  little  brothers.  You  have  so  many 
colleges,  we  have  none.  But  the  power  of 
the  gospel  is  having  great  sway  in  Russia. 
We  have  had  the  grip  of  a  good  living  touch, 
and  we  shall  have  yet  stronger  grip  when 
the  Alliance  comes  to  our  help." 

It  was  a  most  effective  address,  and  kept 


MISSIONS 


the  thrills  running  to  the  last.  With  > 
burst  of  enthusiasm  the  session  adjourned, 
everybody  feeling  that  it  had  been  good 
to  be  there.  If  only  enthusiasm  would  not 
evaporate  bat  would  transmit  itself  in 
propulsive  power  to  the  church  and  mission- 
ary machinery,  what  a  d liferent  world 
this  would  bel 

A  reception  to  the  delegates  ftJlowed, 
in   the   university    forum   adjcnning. 

ROLL  CALL  OF  THE   NATIONS 

It  did  not  seem  as  though  much  mote  could 
be  endured  after  the  intensity  of  two  such 
sessions,  but  the  evening  program  fnnu- 
nately  was  of  a  quite  different  type,  with  a 
variety  that  held  the  interest  without  sense 
of  time.  This  service  was  to  emphasize 
the  international  and  interracial  charaaer 
of  the  Alliance,  in  which  sixty  branches 
of  the  Baptist  family  were  included.  Cer- 
tainly we  have  had  no  such  roll  call  hitherto 
in  our  history.  This  meetingwas  in  itself  the 
inipirer  of  a  new  Baptist  world-conscious- 
nets,  iriiicb  was  to  deepen  as  the  days  passed. 


The  session  began  prompdy  at  74 J, 
with  packed  auditorium  and  the  full  voiced 
anthem  of  praise,  "All  hail  the  power  of 
Jesus'  name."  Rev,  F.  W.  Pattenon  of 
Canada  led  the  prayer.  At  the  happy 
suggestion  of  Dr.  Oilford  gicccingt  were 
expressed  by  a  rising  vote  in  recognirion 
of  the  silver  wedding  anniversary  of  Presi- 
dent and  Mrs.  Taft.  It  was  notable  that 
this  English  leader  was  just  as  alive  to 
American  alfaiis  as  to  events  passing  in 
his  own  country,  as  informed  about  the 
President's  silver  wedding  as  about  King 
George's  coronation.  He  was  the  true 
head  of  a  World  Alliance. 

There  was  great  cnthiuiasm  as  Old 
England's  name  was  first  called.  Rev. 
J.  W.  Ewing  spoke  for  the  thrtng  that 
arose  in  response:  "We  are  longing  for  a 
new  breath  of  the  Divine  Spirit," 

As  Wales  lined  up  a  sturdy  company, 
Rev.  E.  U.  ThMwas  said:  "We  sent  you 
Roger  Williams,  the  father  of  Rush  Rhees, 
and  Milton  G.  Evans"  (President  Rhees 
of  Rochester  and  Presidrat  Evans  of  Crozer). 


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583 


The  minor  song  of  the  Welsh  brethren  was 

roundly  applauded.     Rev.   George   Yuille 

sa!d  for  Scotland:    "We  have  134  chuichei 

and  bring  twenty-three  delegates."     Rev. 

J.  H.  Boyd  spoke  for  Ireland,  "land  of 

grievaticei,"  as  he  called  it:  "We  sent  you 

Thoaiai  Duncan,  your  first  preacher  here 

in   Philadelphia."     "Oh  happy  iiy,"  was 

his  song,  and  all  jdned  in  the  chorus.    Then 

all  the  delates  of  Great  Britain  rose  and 

sang,  "God  save  the  king,"  and  at  the 

;    the 

Amet- 

inning 


I  Mrs. 

Con- 
Rev. 

taptist 
nth  a 
leaded 

Chili 

cap- 
Paul 
d  the 
Martin  Luther  of  Argentina,  and  his 
Spanish  words  shot  out  like  bullets  from  a 
gun.  Thus  the  Spanuh-speaking  peoples 
had  a  good  hearing. 

Canada  was  present  in  large  and  solid 
rank.  Dr.  C.  J.  Holman  (who  found  a 
noble  wife  in  the  daughter  of  the  lamented 
Dr.  M.  W.  Haigh  of  Chicago)  gave  the 
ringing  message,  and  with  the  Union  Jack 
and  the  Start  and  Stripes  waved  together 
all  rose  and  joined  once  mote  in  the  national 
anthems  of  the  two  countries.  This  was 
reciprocity  indeed.  How  can  two  peoples 
be  separated  iriio  can  sing  their  national 
anthems  simultaneously  without  being  out 
of  tune  ? 

Rev.  G.  O.  Gaes  spoke  for  the  Grand 
Ligne  Miuion  (French  Canadian),  followed 
by  English  Missionary  Herbert  Anderson, 
whotcdd  of  India  and  its  hundred  thousand 
Chrittiani.  "Nothing  but  the  blood  of 
Jesus"  was  the  song. 

Three  minutes  or  less  to  a  speaker  and 


country.  How  those  minutes  were  packed 
with  life,  movement,  varied  illustration 
of  the  power  of  the  gospel  and  its  universal 
adaptation.  Such  a  session  alone  would 
furnish  matter  for  an  entire  Usue.  We 
can  scarcely  mention  names,  not  to  say 
details. 

HugoGutsche  in  musical  French  brought 
cheering  tidings  from  South  Africa.  Rev. 
A.  Gordon  spoke  for  Victoria.  Rev.  A.  N. 
Marshall  had  come  18,500  miles  to  speak 
three  minutes,  and  used  them  well.  Rev. 
G.  H.  Cargeeg  said  Western  Australia 
now  has  64  Baptist  churches  with  1,000 
members.  Rev.  R.  S.  Gray  of  New 
Zealand  said  he  had  come  2, 000  miles 
farther  than  any  other  delegate  to  share 
in  this  meeung.  Momay  Williams  had  a 
word  for  the  Bahamas. 

Bohemia,  home  of  John  Huss  and  Jerome 
of  Prague,  birthplace  of  the  Reformation, 
found  a  spokesman  in  Rev.  J.  Novotny, 
who  invited  the  Alliance  for  1915.  Moravia, 
first  Slavonic  land  that  accepted  Chrisdanity, 
home  of  the  Anabaptists,  had  an  eloquent 
representative  in  Rev.  N.  F.  Capek 
(Chapek),  who  said  Baptists  are  springing 
up  everywhere.  In  Bulgaria,  too,  said 
Rev.  P.  DoychefF,  the  Baptists  are  groiring 
in  spite  of  persecurion. 

Rev.  P.  01  sen  of  Copenhagen  spoke 
for  the  4,000  Baptists  of  Denraarki  Rev. 
Adam  K.  Podin  for  Esthonia  in  Russia; 
Johann  Inborr  and  E.  Jannsen  for  Fin- 
land. 

There  was  great  applause  as  Russia 
was  called  for,  and  some  thirty  Russians 
stood,  while  Rev.  J.  Golaieff  spoke  elo- 
quently for  them,  interpreted  by  Madame 
Yasnovsky,  a  Russian  lady  of  rank  who 
is  devoted  10  the  work  in  St.  Petersburg. 
The  German-speaking  Russians  were  repre- 
sented by  Kev.  F.  Bmner,  interpreted  by 
an  English  minister.  Poland  had  a  rugged 
and  bright-faced  speaker  in  Rev.  E.  Mohr. 
Rev.  B.  D.  Lehmann,  speaking  for  Germany 
and  the  successors  of  Oncken,  said  the 
Kaiser's  realm  numbered  41,000  Baptists 
today.  Rev.  P.  Vincent,  representing  the 
Baptists  of  France,  was  one  of  the  most 
applauded  speakers.  Domenico  Seal  era 
spoke  for  Italy  through  a  translator.  Then 
Dr.  Doane'i  hymn,  "Safe  in  the  arms  of 
Jesus,"  was  sung  in  Italian.  The  Letts 
followed,  a  laige  body  with  tuneful  song. 


584 

But  no  ipeaker  nitred  the  hearen  more 
than  the  little  Japaneae,  A.  K.  Kawaguchi, 
a  ministerial  student  in  this  country,  slight 
of  build,  but  with  voice  that  carried  easily 
to  the  last  man  in  the  galleiy,  and  eloquence 
that  told  for  the  thirty-five  millions  of  hi( 
people  vHthout  Christ.  His  closing  "  banzai " 
tang  out  like  a  big  bell,  and  wa*  re*ponded 
to  with  deafening  applause. 

A  group  now  came  in  from  the  big  over- 
flow meeting  at  Memorial  Church,  where 


MISSIONS 


be  left  out,  and  to  Porto  Rico  and  Braiil 
were  heard  from,  and  Rev.  G.  B.  Howard 
was  suddenly  called  upon  to  speak  for  the 
N^To  Baptists  of  America,  who  «>uld  not 
well  be  overiooked,  and  whoie  sin^g, 
"Steal  away  to  Jesus,"  carried  the  audience 
by  atoim  and  made  an  encore  inevitable. 
Still  one  more  country,  Holland,  smalt  but 
significant  in  our  hiftoty  and  Europe'i, 
was  heard  from  throu^  Rer.  G.  de  Wildt 
who  ipoke  for  1 ,600  Baptista.  That  rounded 


the  program  had  been  repeated,  "Norway 
has  women  in  pariiament,"  said  Rev.  j. 
A.  Ohm  of  Kristianla.  Dr.  C.  E.  Benander 
of  Sweden  inlrodui^ed  the  Enest  band  of 
singers  yet  heard.  Rev.  B.  Schlipf  responded 
for  Roumania,  and  Rev.  J.  Uhr  for  Spain. 
And  now  the  world  had  been  heard 
from  with  the  exception  of  the  United 
States. 

Dr.  W,  E.  Hatcher  of  Virginia  was  loudly 
applauded  as  he  rose  to  speak  for  the  white 
Baptists  of  the  South,  2,288,000  strong, 
who  cling  to  the  Bible  and  believe  in  the 
divinity  and  sovereignty  of  Christ.  Presi- 
dent Evans  responded  for  the  Baptists  of 
the  North,  quoting  the  letter  of  the  Spirit 
to  the  church  in  Philadelphia.  Then  the 
audience  once  more  rose  to  its  feet  and 
Mng  with  volume  that  made  the  roof  ring, 
"My  countty,  'tis  of  thee." 

It  waa  die  ri^  close,  but  no  one  must 


out  the  remarkable  roll  call,  and  with 
rejoicing  hearts  all  stood  and  sang,  "Praise 
God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow."  It 
was  a  quarter  of  eleven,  and  the  pet^Ie  had 
been  listening  eagerly  and  unweariedly 
for  three  hours.  They  realized  that  these 
were  tare  scenes  in  a  lifetime. 

Of  course  we  cannot  give  space  like  thu 
to  all  of  the  sessions,  though  this  seemi 
utterly  inadequate  to  one  who  was  present. 
Two  more  of  the  sessions  must  be  photo- 
graphed for  our  readers — the  two  which 
may  be  characterized  as  the  Clifford  session 
and  the  Russian  session — and  the  remainder 
of  the  proceedings  will  have  to  be  dealt 
with  summarily.  The  bound  volume  will 
shortly  be  at  hand,  and  those  iriio  desire 
full  details  will  find  them  there.  Oun  it 
is  by  a  picture  or  two  to  inspire  interest  in 
(hat  complete  record,  iriiich  should  have 
place  in  every  Baptist  home. 


MISS  IONS 


THE     TUESDAY     HOKNING     SCENE,     A3     DR. 
CUFTORD  CAVE   HIS    GREAT  ADDREU 

The  Temple  superintendent  and  his 
aids  have  an  idea  that  some  Baptists  camped 
out  on  the  stone  steps  overnight,  in  order 
to  be  on  hand  in  season  for  that  moming 
scssiMi.  By  early  breakfast  time  the  Baptists 
seemed  to  be  everywhere,  and  kept  coming 
from  everywhere  else.  All  felt  that  it  was 
to  be  a  great  moming — and  it  was.  An 
hour  before  the  time  set  for  beginning  it 
was  almost  impossible  to  get  near  the 
p(  were 
doors  at 

of  the 

hold  sU 
Iter  how 


was  led 
Greet- 


585 

forth,  and  for  an  hour  and  twenty  minutes 
the  tension  continued,  relieved  by  the 
waves  of  approval  as  the  trtie  position  and 
mission  of  the  denomination  and  its  wider 
relations  and  responsibilities  were  set  forth 
with  the  power  of  a  master. 

We  regret  that  it  is  impracticable  to  give 
in  full  this  address,  which  would  take 
sixteen  pages  of  small  type.  It  will  be 
published  in  the  Alliance  proceedings. 
The  following  synopsis,  with  some  of  the 
striking  sentences,  will  convey  an  idea  of 
its  scope  and  spirit: 


irophetic 
message 
;ed  with 
nee  the 
imbering 
tier  man 
weighty 
.1  did  he 


ual  grasp.  His  years  might  number  more 
than  seventy-five,  but  the  fire  of  eternal 
youth  burned  in  his  utterance. 

There  was  a  burst  of  applause  as  he  came 
upon  the  platform  and  in  simple  way,  re- 
minding bne  of  the  directness  and  unconven- 
tionali^  of  Moody,  started  the  prc^ram; 
but  when  he  arose  to  speak  the  great  throng 
instantly  was  up  and  greeting  him  with 
Chautauqua  salute,  cheers  and  applause 
long  ccMitinued.  It  was  a  surcharged  at- 
mosphere, and  he  shared  in  the  intensity 
of  feeling.  Manifestly  not  liking  to  read, 
hesitating  somewhat  at  the  start,  soon  he 
got  the  paper  ixit  of  mind  and  poured  him- 
self into  his  speedi  with  the  glow  of  a  great 
soul.     Al  every  period  the  applause  broke 


Affer  ari  iatrocluctory  piiu^  rcco^iiuig  the 
cODidoui  Icideiihip  of  the  Lord  Jciui  ChriM,  the 
reprewDtidTe  duracter  of  the  meeting  in  Philaddphii, 
and  the  ctfenlial  unity  of  Baptitu,  the  >pe*kei  took 
up  ihi  Allianf,  itt  crtaiien  and  tkaraait,  mianlug 
and  vcrk.  The  conititudon  wai  formed  in  1905  in 
LondoD,  but  thii  ii  the  beginning  of  the  public  work 
of  the  Alliance,  and  the  manifeitation  oE  the  laieit 
phaie  of  our  Baptiti  life.  BaptiH  indiridiulinn  and 
[be  intriiuic  cstbolidty  of  oui  fundanientil  prisdplet 
hate  at  IiM  resulted  io  tbii  ne*  matioa,  thi>  t"""*"" 
ithide  of  expieuian.  With  barrier*  broken  down  and 
sU  nstiont  and  racei  met  together,  ve  hail  the  Alliance 
ai  the  mming  Mar  of  a  new  dij,  the  opening  of  a  new 
epoch  in  our  hiitoty. 

Thia  ii  a  IferlJ  Alliance  id  Baptim.  It  ii  not  our 
numberi  (eight  RuUioai),  nor  anf  edict  of  human 
authoiitj  or  infallibQity,  but  our  ideal,  that  bind  u* 
toother,  and  are  our  drinng  and  iaipiring  force. 
Our  impulte  oomei  from  a  common  faith,  working  bj 
a  common  love,  pfoduciiig  1  comtoon  lerTice,  and 
JBuing  in  a  common  joj.  Thii  ii  a  World  Alliante 
of  Baptiiii,  and  that  meani  that  the  catholic  prindptea 
on  which  we  biK  ounelvci  we  derite  itraight  from 
Jerui,  are  accepted  on  Hii  authority,  and  inTolre  in 
all  who  accept  them  total  lubjection  of  aoul  to  Hii 
gradout  aad  beoigoant  rule.  Chriit'i  autharit7  it 
eiduDTc,  abaolute,  unlimited,  iDdefeauble,  admiti  of 
no  quettion  and  allowi  no  riTal.  Hii  word  ii  final, 
Hii  rule  it  lupreme. 


The  ideai  to  whicfa  «e  give  witneta  root  theauelTC* 
(1)  in  tbe  teichiagi  of  the  New  Tettament,  and  (1) 
in  the  uul'i  eiperience  ol  Chriit.  In  out  modeni 
form  u  Baptini  we  date  from  1611,  the  tame  jeir  at 
(he  Authorized  Vetiioa  of  the  Scriptum.  The  tug- 
gettinnett  of  thii  ijnchronitm  wtt  findj  pointed  out. 
The  God  who  inipired  William  Tyndale  to  gitc  the 
Bible  to  the  people  of  England  inipired  not  let)  John 
Smith,  Thomat  HelwiiK  and  Leonard  Buiher  to 
diicoTcr  and  promulgate  the  doctrine  ol  totil  libertT. 
The  fint  ga*e  ui  the  Bible,  the  lecond  as  open  road 
to  it;  that  iUumined  the  mind,  thit  let  free  the  con- 
idence  to  follow  iti  iUumination. 

Another  cord  binding  ui  togetha  it  UDtwerring 
maiptenanet  cf  an  esduoTelj  rrfcnerated  church 
memberahip.  Therefore  we  preach  aoul  liberty. 
Nothing  may  come  between  the  loul  and  God.  But 
QUI  iniiitcDcc  upon  freedom  it  not  endangered  by  to 


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MISSIONS 


exercising  independence  at  to  gain  the  good  of  the 
whole  brotherhood.  The  Alliance  is  limited  in  its 
action  by  its  ecumenical  character.  Tts  all-inclusive 
work  is  Uiat  of  bringing  in  the  kingdom  of  God.  That 
one  thing  we  must  do. 

UNION  AND    SEPARATION 

From  the  point  of  this  primary  work  church  union 
was  considered  frankly  and  fully,  and  the  reasons 
involving  separation  at  vital  points  were  clearly  stated. 
**We  rejoice  in  the  efforts  now  being  made  on  behalf 
of  unity  of  the  followers  of  Jesus  Christi  and  gladly 
co-operate.**  But  a  visible,  formal  and  mechanical 
unity  has  no  charms  for  us.  Besides,  we  do  not  think 
as  Christendom  thinks  on  the  vital  elements  of  Christ- 
ianity. The  great  historic  churches  are  against  us  on 
subjects  that  go  to  the  depths  of  the  soul  oi  the  gospel 
of  Christ,  and  therefore  **  separation**  is  one  of  the 
conditions  of  faithfulness  to  our  interpretation  of  the 
claims  of  Jesus  Christ.  We  have  to  lift  up  our  voice 
against  the  magical  interpretation  of  baptism  and  the 
Lord*8  Supper,  the  treatment  of  the  baptism  of  the 
babe  as  obedience  to  the  will  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  as 
expressed  in  the  New  Testament  and  as  a  way  of 
salvation. 

WORK  rOR  A   SOCIAL  GOSPEL 

Again,  we  if  we  are  to  be  true  to  the  earliest  Chris- 
tianity of  all,  and  to  the  spirit  and  work  of  the 
creators  of  our  modem  Baptist  denomination,  we  must 
also  advocate  and  work  for  the  Social  Gospel,  Baptist 
ideas  carry  us  with  tremendous  momentum  to  the  side 
of  the  **common  man,**  as  a  son  of  God,  as  our 
brother.  ** Liberty,  equality,  fraternity**  were  in  the 
heart  of  the  Baptist  faith.  Poverty  must  be  dealt 
with  in  its  causes.  Charity  must  not  be  accepted  as  a 
substitute  for  justice.  Social  misery  must  be  extin- 
guished; unjust  laws  must  be  repealed.  We  must 
grip  these  problems  firmly  and  courageously  or  be 
traitors  to  that  word  of  God  by  which  we  live. 

We  are  held  by  the  most  sacred  bonds  to  seek  the 
fullest  realization  of  universal  brotherhood.  To  us 
war  is  a  crime,  and  the  promotion  of  international  peace 
one  of  our  foremost  duties.  The  duel  of  nations  must 
disappear  in  this  century  as  the  duel  of  individuals 
disappeared  in  the  nineteenth  in  the  English-speaking 
countries. 

THE   OUTLOOK 

Standing  upon  this  eminence,  what  is  the  outlook 
for  Baptists  all  over  the  earth  ?  What  is  the  position 
likely  to  be  assigned  us  in  leading  and  shaping  the 
religious  life  of  mankind  ?  Is  the  "stream  of  tendency** 
with  our  principles  or  against  them?  The  reply  is 
unequivocal  and  complete: 

1.  Protestantism  is  to  the  fore.  The  races  leading 
the  life  of  the  world  are  cither  distinctively  Protestant 
as  in  Britain  and  the  United  States,  or  effectively  using 
Protestant  ideas,  as  in  France  and  Spain.  Those  who 
know  Romanism  most  intimately  are  ashamed  of  its 
morals,  rebel  against  its  tyranny  of  the  intellect,  are 
indignant  with  its  interdict  upon  united  social  service 
and  resent  its  treatment  of  leaders  in  science,  philosophy 
and  religion. 

2.  The  leaven  of  teaching  concerning  the  inter- 
vention of  the  magistrate  in  religious  affairs  cast  by 
John  Smith  and  Roger  Williams  into  the  three  measures 
of  human  meal  in  Holland  and  England  and  America 
has  been  doing  its  work.  Separation  of  Church  and 
State  is  established  in  the  United  States,  declared  in 


France  and  Portugal,  Welsh  diaefltablisfament  is  at  the 
doors,  and  although  England  lags  behind,  the  con- 
viction that  separation  is  just  gains  strength  both 
within  and  without  the  Angdican  communion. 

3.  The  reflective  forces  of  the  age  make  against  an 
exclusive  and  aggressive  priestiam.    It  has  to  go. 

4.  Nor  can  prelacy  stand  against  tht  divine  riik 
of  the  democracy,  Thit  laity  must  have  share  in  the 
administration  of  affairs  even  in  the  prdatical  churches. 
The  people  cannot  be  excluded  from  churches  or 
from  nations.  Their  day  has  dawned;  they  are  the 
legatees  of  the  future;  this  is  thdr  reign.  Instead  of 
fighting  one  another,  they  will  nuke  aimmon  cause  and 
rule  the  world  in  righteousness  and  peace. 

5.  But  the  most  outstanding  characteristic  of  our 
time  is  the  amazing  dominance  of  the  idea  of  mcm/ 
service.  The  age  is  permeated  with  the  oUigatioo  of 
brotherhood,  the  duty  of  self-sacrifidng  ministiy  to 
the  needy.  The  **  condition  of  the  peopU**  question 
is  everywhere  surging  to  the  front.  We  cannot  escape 
it.  The  churches  have  broadened  out  so  as  to  embrace 
it.  And  all  this  movement  is  intensely  moral,  ennobled 
by  a  high  ethic.  All  these  are  our  id^  and  principles. 
Whatever  becomes  of  us  as  churdies,  tlieae  ideas 
of  ours  are  working  mightily  as  the  fonnatife  factors 
of  the  future.  The  free  Protestant  dnirclicfl  have  a 
living  voice.  Our  Baptist  churches  are  bj  the  prin- 
ciples they  avow  and  the  ideas  thej  hold  chaffed  with 
a  responsibility  second  to  none  for  inqniing^  dSnctiBg 
and  shaping  the  religion  of  the  future. 

The  closing  paragraphs  will  be  IbiiiKl 
on  the  first  page  of  this  number.  When 
the  last  vehement  word  was  spoken  the 
audience  sprang  to  its  feet  and  applaoded 
and  cheered,  keeping  it  up  until  some  one 
started  singing,  "  Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds 
our  hearts  in  Christian  love/'  and  the  roof 
rang.  Three  more  cheers  for  Dr.  Clifford, 
three  and  a  tiger  for  Lloyd  Geoige,  whose 
name  had  been  greeted  vociferously  several 
times,  and  still  there  was  no  quieting  down 
until  Dr.  Clifford  gave  out  the  grand  hjmin, 
"Faith  of  our  fathers,  living  still."  Then 
Hon.  Joshua  Levering  of  Baltimore  was 
called  upon  to  express  the  admiration  and 
affection  ot  the  congress  for  the  leader, 
and  he  had  to  make  a  brief  response,  which 
he  could  ill  do  because  of  the  emotion  that 
overcame  him  at  such  an  ovation — a  rare 
tribute  indeed  to  the  kind  of  Protestant 
character  that  has  created  the  England  and 
America  of  today.  "I  owe  everything  to 
God.  May  He  return  into  your  own  souls 
abundantly  all  the  good  you  have  done 
to  me."  Some  one  started,  "There's  a 
land  that  is  fairer  than  day,"  and  there  was 
a  mighty  wave  of  melody.  It  was  an  event- 
ful hour  in  the  denominational  life,  and 
so  all  felt  it  to  be.  A  new  world  conscious- 
ness had  been  born  for  Baptists. 


MISSIONS 


587 


As  in  (he  case  of  Dr.  Strong's  session, 
anything  that  came  after  Dr.  Qi (Ford's 
unapproachable  address  must  be  in  the 
nature  of  an  anti-climax,  and  that  should 
have  been  made  the  one  feature  of  that 
morning  session.  It  was  not  the  fault  of  the 
two  following  speakers,  however,  that  they 
were  placed  in  such  a  position,  and  they 
made  the  best  of  the  circumstances.  Rev. 
Claus  Peters  of  Gennany  and  Prof.  Shailer 
Mathews  of  Chicago  University  were  to 
speak  on  "Tlie  Sufficiency  of  the  Gospel," 
the  first  considering  its  sufficiency  as  con- 
cerns the  individual,  the  second  as  concerns 
society.  Mr.  Peters  held  to  his  prepared 
paper;  Prof.  Mathews  left  his,  "with  leave 


An  overcrowded  house  proved  that  the 
eagerness  to  hear  was  not  yet  lessened. 
President  Mullins,  of  the  Southern  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  presided,  and  referred 
in  opening  to  the  magnitlcent  Baptist 
manifesto  of  the  morning.  It  was  worth 
traveling  a  long  way,  he  said,  to  come  into 
touch  with  the  electric  vitality  of  this  man 
of  seventy-five,  as  young  as  at  twenty-five. 
We  had  been  led  to  a  mountain  top,  where 
we  beheld  a  vision  and  a  task.  Our 
task  is  to  build  men,  and  we  are  10 
bring  to  this  task  the  forces  that  create 
character — religion  a 


to  read,"  and  spoke  brightly,  briefly  and 
forcibly  on  the  increased  demands  for 
social  service  made  upon  the  church  whose 
saved  individuals  belong  not  to  themselves 
alone  nor  to  the  church  alone,  but  have  a 
duty  to  all  men. 

'The  brief  time  left  for  lunch — that  is  for 
those  n4io  meant  to  attend  the  mass  meeting 
in  the  interests  of  young  people's  work — 
was  probably  less  devoted  to  eating  than 
to  discussing  the  great  presentation  of  the 
morning.  "A  morning  that  made  Baptist 
history,"  was  a  common  remark;  and  the 
Baptist  historian  of  the  future  will  probably 
coincide  with  that  view. 


The  subject  of  the  evening  was  "Vital 
Experience  of  God,"  with  the  subdivisions: 
(l)  No AuthoritativeCreed,  and  (l) Spiritual 
Interpretation  of  the  Ordinances.  The  first 
speaker  was  Kev.  J.  Moffat  Logan,  of 
England,  one  of  the  closest  thinkers  and 
most  logical  debaters  of  his  island,  who 
recently  engaged  in  a  discussion  of  Chris- 
tianity with  an  infidel  socialist,  and  so 
wound  up  his  opponent  that  at  the  close 
of  (he  third  of  the  proposed  four  debates  the 
infidel  declared  that  he  had  nothing  further 
to  say,  and  confessed  he  did  not  know  that 
such  a  case  could  be  made  out  for  the 
gospel.    The  audience  soon  became  aware 


588 


MiSsioNS 


that  the  quiet  speaker  was  giving  forth 
something  quite  out  of  the  ordinary,  and 
as  he  progressed  the  attention  was  almost 
painful.  Epigrammatic,  every  sentence 
like  a  cut  gem,  the  whole  woven  together 
so  that  not  a  word  could  be  omitted  without 
injury,  this  was  one  of  the  addresses  to  be 
read  at  leisure  and  thought  over.  "A  creed- 
less  saint  is  always  at  the  mercy  of  his 
sentiments."     "To   trust    a    church    to   a 


creedless  pastor  were  like  trusting  a  ship 
to  a  poet  instead  of  a  pilot  to  take  it  out 
to  sea."  And  yet  he  would  admit  no 
authoritative  creed.  The  Bible  must  re- 
main free  to  every  man's  interpretation. 
Mental  honesty  was  to  be  prized  far  above 
declarative  statements  held  with  reservation 
that  paralyzed  conscience.  It  was  the 
thoughtful  and  reverent  statement  of  a 
master  of  speech. 

The  second  address,  by  Prof.  A.  T. 
Robertson  of  Kentucky,  was  evidently 
entertaining,  but  was  disappointing  to 
many,  because  it  was  not  the  spiritual 
interpretation  they  were  led  to  anticipate 
from  the  announcement  of  the  subject. 
It  was  not  easy  to  drop  from  the  exceeding 
high  level  of  the  day. 

THE   ANNUAL   SERMON 

The  Alliance  sermon  on  Wednesday 
morning  brought  everybody  to  the  heights 
again.  It  came  to  many  as  a  surprise,  for 
the  preacher,  Rev.  Thomas  Phillips,  pastor 
of  a  mid-city  London  church,  was  only  a 
name;  but  it  left  all  richer  and  better,  with 
a  profounder  sense  of  the  meaning  of  the 
grace  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus.  The  general 
verdict  placed  it  among  the  model  sermons, 
in  structure,  analysis,  treatment  and  style. 
It  was  infused  by  the  personality  of  the 
preacher,  who  was  enamored  of  his  theme, 
and  had  lived  with  it  until  his  face  shone 
with  the  inner  light.  This  was  the  dignified 
and  serious  intellectual  work  that  makes 
the  English  preacher  so  appreciated  outside 
of  England.  That  phrase  of  Psalm  84:11, 
"the  Lord  will  give  grace  and  glory,"  will 
not  seem  the  same  to  any  who  heard  the 
exposition  of  it.  Many  of  the  sentences 
fairly  glowed  with  light.  Grace  means  glory, 
and  the  cross  means  victory.  If  we  are  to 
regain  the  glory  we  must  realize  the  cross. 
Grace  gives  significance  to  the  immanence 
and  holiness  of  God  and  to  the  incarnation 


and    sacrifice    of  Christ.      Without   grace 
immanence  would  produce  fatalism.    Love 
is  said  to  be  the  greatest  thing  in  the  world, 
but  grace  is  greater  than  love,  for  grace  is 
love  outloving  love.    Grace  is  Christlikeness 
of  God.     Grace   relieves   the  cross  of  its 
gloom.      If  we   can    rediscover   grace  the 
pulpit  will   be   invested  with   new  power. 
Grace  renews,  revives  and  inspires.    Grace 
adds  dignity  and  charm  to  the  Qirisdan 
character.     When   grace   is   in   the  heart 
there  will  be  joy  in  the  life.     Grace  will 
add    effectiveness    to    social    reform    and 
urgency  to  missions.     By  grace  we  live,  by 
grace  we  hope  to  die.     The  audience  was 
absolutely  still  under  the  spell  of  the  speaker, 
who  seemed   inspired   for  his   task.     The 
English  were  doing  great  platform  work. 

This  was  not  the  first  feature  of  the 
morning  program,  by  the  way,  but  the 
last.  Another  delightfully  cool  day  and 
another  crowded  house,  with  ex-Rep^^ 
sentative  Shallenberger  of  Pennsylvania 
presiding.  Two  representatives  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  were  welcomed  at 
the  opening  of  the  session.  Dr.  W.  H. 
Roberts,  ex-Moderator  of  the  Presbyterian 
General  Assembly  and  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Federation 
of  Churches  of  Christ  in  America, 
brought  the  greetings  of  that  great  body, 
and  expressed  the  hope  that  the  co-operation 
of  denominations  in  the  United  States 
might  stimulate  the  foreign  delegates  to 
form  similar  federations  in  their  own  coun- 
tries. Dr.  Hunter,  of  the  Philadelphia 
Presbytery,  extended  the  good  wishes  of 
his  brethren,  and  said  the  Alliance  realizes 
all  that  was  contained  in  William  Carey's 
historic  sermon,  "Expect  great  things  of 
God,  attempt  great  things  for  God."  Here 
men  were  telling  a  lost  world  of  Christ  in 
many  more  languages  than  on  the  day  of 
Pentecost.  Dr.  Clifford  was  called  on  to 
respond,  which  he  did  heartily. 

The  subject  of  the  morning  was  "The 
Christianizing  of  the  World."  This  was 
taken  first  as  to  non-Christian  lands,  and 
Rev.  W.  Y.  Fullerton,  of  England,  spoke 
on  "The  Open  Door;"  while  Dr.  R.  J. 
Willingham,  secretary  of  the  Foreign  Board 
of  the  Southern  Bapdst  Convention,  fol- 
lowed on  "Co-operation  in  Foreign  Mission 
Fields."  Subjects  and  speakers  were  in- 
teresting. 


MISSIONS 


589 


IIGMFICANT  RESOLUTIONS 

Dr.  Oifford  ofFered  the  following  reso- 
[utioru,  which  were  unanimously  adopted: 

To  Ike  PrtiiJtnt  of  the  Unittd  Stetet: 

The  Biptiit  vorld  AllUncc,  in  Kuion  in  Fhiliclelphii, 
bcp  to  cipteu  iu  ntptdiuf  giHtingi  Id  the  Prciideat 
of  the  United  Sutei  »  the  Chief  Eiecutin  of  tbe 
greit  Republic  within  whoK  bcsden  tbe  AUIince 
meet!.  It  iHurci  him  of  it*  griteful  ippreciition  of 
the  welcome  which  hai  been  ■cc<K'ded  to  iti  mcDiber* 
in  Americi.  It  offeii  earacM  priTer  [or  long  and 
uieful  rein  of  ineteaiing  pencntl  and  public  terrice 
on  behntf  lA  the  greit  ciuie  of  humanity,  and  givei 
tlianlu  to  God  for  hii  great  contribution  to  the  cauit 
of  Peace. 

On  tht  Coronation  of  King  George  V: 

That  thii  Baptiit  World  Alliance,  lepretenling 
d^t  millioai  of  membett,  and  now  meeting  in 
the  Cirr  of  Philadelphia,  herebj  cipreuei  iti  jaf 
in  the  auxiaioD  of  King  George  V  aad  Queen  Mary 
to  the  throne  ti  the  K^titb  Empire,  and  begi  mott 


Retotutioni  on  Peace: 

That  thia  Baptiai  Wodd  Alliance,  repretenting 
eight  milliona  and  moic  of  Bapditi  all  otct  the  earth, 
eipretaei  itt  dunkfulneu  to  God  for  the  brighieoiag 
pioipecti  of  the  eztioction  of  war  and  tbe  iniTil  cf 
utuTcnal  peace  and  good  will. 

L  Tbe  Alliance  ]dacea  on  record  iu  profound 
gratitude  to  tbe  Preijdent  of  tbe  United  Statei  for  tlie 
propoul  cf  unlinuted  arfaitralian  in  all  inteinatiooiil 
ditputei,  and  for  hit  repeated  and  nittained  eSorti 
to  get  that  piopoul  accepted  not  only  by  England  but 
by  other  countiie*  alio. 

n.  The  AlIiaDce  i>  alio  grateful  for  the  uirdial  and 
enthuiiaiCic  welcome  given  to  that  propoul  by  the 
Britiah  Cabinet  and  Parliament  irretpectiTe  of  party, 
and  by  tbe  repreaentatiTe  of  Grrmanr  and  France, 
and  truWi  that  nothing  wiQ  be  wanting  to  eitabliib, 
at  in  eariy  date,  a  permanent  arbitral  court  for  the 
•ettlement  of  all  queitiona  amongit  natiooi  which 
cannot  be  diipoaed  of  by  the  ordinary  melhodi  of 
diploaacj. 

m.  Further,  the  Alliance,  recognizing  that  it  i( 
the  duty  of  the  lubjecta  at  the  Fiince  of  Peace  to  lead 
in  auch  ipedfic  wot^  rejoice!  in  the  reiponie  made 
by  our  churchei  all  oTer  the  world  to  theae  endeavorr, 
and  urgea  tbem  to  continue  to  pray  for  peace,  to  check 
cTerything  in  the  preii  and  in  national  life  calculated 

the  eitEndon  ol  die  war  field  into  the  air,  and  to  pro- 
mote in  every  way  poadble  the  ipirit  of  brothcTbood 

WEDNeaDAY  EVENING 

The  lubject  of  Christianizing  the  World 
was  continued  at  the  evening  session,  the 


home  lands  now  being  considered,  with 
four  speakers.  The  size  of  the  audience 
equaled  that  of  the  Temple  again,  and 
apparently  there  was  no  diminution  of 
interest.  A  rich  feast  was  set  forth,  with 
variety  of  topic  and  treatment.  The  chair- 
man was  Herman  Mamham,  an  English 
layman  of  the  sturdy  type. 

"The  Influence  of  Foreign  Missions 
on  the  Home  Field"  was  treated  by  Rev, 
J.  H,  Farmer  of  Canada,  who  held  that 
foreign  effort  has  harmonized,  enriched, 
multiplied  and  Christianized  the  churches 
as  nothing  else  could  have  dotie.  When  the 
missionary  spirit  is  prevalent  the  evangel- 
istic spirit  flourishes. 

"The  Evangelization  of  the  City"  was 
spoken  on  by  Rev.  J.  E,  Roberts,  long  a 
colleague  and  now  the  successor  of  Alexander 
Maclaren  in  Manchester, England.  Straight- 
forward, clear,  with  apt  sentences  and 
quick  wit,  it  was  plain  to  see  why  this  man 
is  a  power  in  his  own  city  and  why  any 
church  might  well  covet  such  a  minister. 
Fearlessly  he  set  forth  the  solution  of  the 
city  problem,  through  the  five  keywords: 
Passion,  co-operarion,  diagnosis,  adaptation, 
and  specialization.  The  denominations, 
he  said,  must  stand  together  if  any  advance 
is  to  be  made  religiously.  The  city  will 
never  surrender  to  isolated  regiments.  He 
took  firmly  the  position  taken  by  the  city 
mission  men  in  our  Northern  Baptist  Con- 
vention, that  the  task  is  too  big  for  any 
denomination  to  do  in  isolation.  "We 
may  gain  denomination  a  lism  but  we  will 
lose  the  cities."  We  must  train  specialists 
and  specialize  churches.  Cast-iron  methods 
are  as  great  a  mistake  as  cast-iron  creeds. 

"The  Evangelizarion  of  the  Rural  Dis- 
tricts "  was  the  subject  assigned  to  Dr. 
Gambrel  of  Texas,  who  is  in  a  class  by  him- 
self and  gave  the  audience  relaxation  from 

Rev.  Bruce  Kinney,  who  spoke  on  "The 
Evangelization  of  the  Frontier,"  knew  his 
subject  at  first  hand  and  was  in  earnest, 
making  a  strong  plea  for  the  newly  develop- 
ing sections  and  showing  that  the  church 
members  there  are  giving  more  per  capita 
for  all  religious  purposes  than  are  the 
eastern  members  who  are  supposed  to  be  so 
much  better  able  to  give.  Opening  of  new 
land  is  constantly  forcing  new  responsi- 
bilities  upon   the   Home   Mission   Society. 


M  IS  SIGNS 


It  was  left  for  Thurs<lay  morning  to 
bring  the  culminating  point  of  power  and 
awakening.  Had  the  week  held  only  this 
one  session  it  would  have  repaid  all  the 
time  spent  in  preparation  and  all  the  money 
spent  in  attending.  Those  who  were 
present  were  to  witness  scenes  they  could 
never  witness  again,  were  to  be  moved  as 
never  before,  were  to  feel  the  power  of  the 
gospel  in  such  wise  as  formed  a  new  ex- 
perience. Indeed,  that  Thursday  morning 
session  was  to  stand  by  itself,  unique  and 
unrepeatable.  Its  power  was  to  be  that 
of  living  epistles,  appealing  as  no  words 
could  possibly  appeal.  The  people  had 
been  aware  of  the  presence  of  the  men  and 
women  from  Russia,  and  had  read  some- 
thing of  their  stoiy;  had  seen  them  in  the 
gallery  and  on  the  street  and  heard  them 
sing  their  strong  and  sonorous  songs  of 
faith.     But  the  real   significance  of  their 


work  had  in  no  wise  been  realized.  It  «i> 
known  that  Dr.  F.  B.  Meyer  was  to  btcacli 
the  subject  nearest  his  heart,  the  foundtn; 
of  a  training  school  in  Russia  or  on  die 
continent  where  preachers  and  tcachcn 
might  be  fitted  for  the  leadership  of  a  1nav^ 
ment  so  sweeping  in  character  that  \i  is 
difficult  to  believe  the  facts.  The  Ruaiins 
were  a  magnet,  and  drew  as  vast  a  diraig 
as  could  be  held  in  the  house,  with  hundrcdi 
left  out.  Once  more  there  was  eTpectann 
and  enthusiasm,  but  none  quite  ben 
what  to  look  for.  Dr.  Meyer  was  in  iSt 
chair,  and  was  made  aware  that  he  m 
second  only  to  Dr.  QiSbitl  in  (he  pnmi 
r^ard.  In  the  genuinencsi  of  luch  men 
lies  the  secret  of  their  power.  Engluh 
Baptists  are  fortunate  in  nidi  kidni. 

The  general  subject  was  the  Qitiniiniiiif 

of  the  World,  and  the  continent  of  Europe 

was  the  special  topic  of  the  hour.   A  LhiJod 

preacher,  Rev.  H.  Newton  Miiriiall,  opcnetl 

with  a  passionate  appeal  for  rcMlntiin  to 

undertake  a  great  ta«k   for  the  ickuc  of 

Europe  from  a  gnat  pail  invnh- 

ing  the  Chriftian  chaid)  iat\i 

The  oppoitunity  and  diallcii|e 

alike,  he  laid,  cixne  (nm  die 

near  Eatt.    There  were  pmcm 

Christian  knights  of  the  knMl^ 

and  we  must  Mand  bf  thoa. 

Next  came  Udvarnc^  of  Bu- 
dapest to  plead  for  the  Ubcny 
laving  Hungarianf ,  who  ate  apa 
to  hear  the  gospel  and  npedilli 
favorable  to  Baptist  teachings. 
which  best  meet  their  attis. 
Starting  in  1873,  there  are 
already  17,000  members,  with  65 
churches  and  over  700  mission 
stations,  630  lay  workers,  itt 
chapels,  and  a  printing  prc». 
There  were  z,ooo  baptisms  in 
igio.  There  is  a  poorly  cquippcJ 
seminary  at  Budapest,  anJ  1 
trained  ministry  is  the  greatc«( 
need,  for  only  15  of  the  65 
churchet  have  trained  preackis. 
which  means  peril  and  slowipii- 
itual  growth.  They  want  Ijo.coo 
for  the  seminary  and  an  endow- 
Then  Capek,  a  strwig  iiul 
cultured  man,  spoke  for  Bohe- 
mia and  Moravia  and  the  Slav 


MISSIONS 


591 


he  very  center  of  Europe,  the 
lie  Refonnation.  The  ten  million 
le  of  the  most  valuable  factors 
Austria,  are  on  the  eve  of  a  new 
awakening.  The  Roman  cor- 
re  turning  the  people  from  the 
ion,  and  the  door  is  open  for 
Now  is  the  time  to  help.  This 
0  maintains  himself  by  his  pen, 

wo  direct  from  the  field  were 
y  Rev.  C.  T,  Byford,  an  English 


exiles  have  spread  the  gospel  in  other  lands 
and  learned  to  love  strange  tongues.  The 
stoiy  was  the  twentieth  centuiy  acts  of  the 
apostles,  and  had  its  record  of  heroism 
equal  to  any  in  Christian  history.  These 
people  believe  in  prayer,  are  devoted  to 
the  Word  of  Gcd,  are  sensitive  to  the  Holy 
Spirit.  They  obey  the  plain  commands  of 
the  gospel  and  go  forth  to  preach  it.  They 
take  the  gospel  literally.  One  of  them, 
asked  to  sign  a  pledge  not  to  preach  31  a 
condition  of  release,  said,  "I  can't  sign  it; 
Jesus  Christ  said  you  must  go  and  preach; 
I'd  rather  rot  in  prison  than  obey  in  this." 
This  whirlwind  recital    carried    conviction 


vho  was  from  student  days  led 
lission  fields  at  first  hand  during 
leriods,  and  providentially  pre- 
luch  a  task  as  the  Worid  Alliance 
its  hands  in  Europe.  From 
nowledge  he  portrayed  the  new 
n  which  is  sweeping  through  all 
■rope  and  changing  the  religious 


:ionaIities  and  peoples.  Four 
there  were  rumors;  now  the  facts 
red  thousand  Baptists  in  Russia 
a,  Hungary,  Moravia,  Bohemia, 
and  Bulgaria,  had  come  to 
s  movement  was  Baptist  through 
gh.  Attempts  to  stamp  it  out 
I    made,   but  in   vain.      Russian 


1  every   1 


ind    the   tide 


high. 

THE  RUSSIAN   ROLL  CALL 

Now  came  the  first  of  the  Russian  heroes 
who  had  suffered  for  the  faith,  and  the 
enthusiasm  broke  forth  tumultuously. 
Rev.  Vasilia  Pavloff  is  a  thickset  man  with 
large  head,  impressive  face  and  long  black 
beard,  a  personality  of  great  force.  He 
speaks  English  well,  but  was  rightly  dazed 
by  the  task  of  putting  a  forty  years'  work 
into  ten  minutes.  We  shall  tell  his  story 
in  full  later  and  let  him  make  his  plea  for  a 


59a 


MISSIONS 


grezt  work.  No  nn^e  nun  hu  accomplished 
BO  much  or  niffered  more.  This  tragic 
recotd  must  tufiice  here:  "In  1887  Poby- 
donomeff  (cabinet  head  of  Holy  Sjrnod) 
started  cruel  oppression.  I  W2i  sentenced 
without  trial  to  four  yem  in  exile.  After 
that,  refuting  to  nop  preaching,  I  wat 
arrested  again,  chained  to  a  comrade  as  I 
went  from  prison  to  prison;  was  in  eight 
prisons  before  reaching  exile.  In  1892 
cholera  raged  and  1  lost  all  my  family 
but  one — wife  and  three  children  by  the 
cholera  and  a  daughter  by  drowning — 
leaving  me  only  one  boy.  That  was  the 
hardest  blow  of  my  life."  Amid  intense 
silence  he  went  on  to  tell  of  his  worlc;  exile 
was  followed  by  banishment  to  Roumania 
where  he  founded  a  movement  still  flourish- 
ing; now  he  is  pastor  and  editor  in  Russia 
again.  Applause  teemed  the  only  way  to 
hide  the  emodoni  aroused  at  this  redial 
by  the  sufferer  himself  of  inhuman  treat- 
ment accorded  simply  because  he  felt  it 
his  daty  to  preach  the  gospel.  And  this 
in  the  twentieth  century  and  a  profetwdly 
Chrittiaii — nay  moat  rigorously  orthodox — 
land! 

Intense  as  this  had  been,  it  was  as  nothing 
to  what  followed  when  Secretary  Shake- 
speare, a  descendant  of  the  immortal  poet, 
began  to  call  the  roll  of  the  Russians  and 
one  by  one  presented  them,  with  brief 
biography,  to  the  audience.  First,  after 
his  own  ovation,  he  spoke  of  the  presence 
of  the  Russians,  and  the  rejoicing  with 
which  all  turned  to  this  little  one,  for  they 
were  welcoming  the  suffering  Baptist  church. 
"We  thought  the  day  of  deep  convictions 
had  gone,  but  lol  these  days  have  come 
back  again.  These  Russians  c<Hne  out  of 
exile  and  prison  and  persecution.  We 
look  with  veneration  upon  the  men  who 
have  clung  to  the  faith  and  would  not  let 
it  go.  These  men  are  here  because  of  your 
generosity.  All  over  Europe  the  message 
of  your  brotherly  kindness  has  been  an 
encouragement  to  all."  These  men  had  as 
much  to  give,  however,  as  they  had  to 
receive.  He  told  of  the  efforts  to  get  the 
Russian  brethren  out  of  their  country;  how 
the  apostolic  Fetter  was  arrested,  charged 
with  preaching  two  years  before,  just  as  he 
was  about  to  leave;  howthefz.joo  bond  was 
furnished  from  London,  and  Fetler  escaped 
two  hours  before  another  arrest.     Pavlof 


also  wrote  that  he  ma  uniler  charge  u 
Odessa,  but  he  managed  to  get  across  At 
line.  Then  Byford  waa  tent  to  get  die 
others  off  safely,  and  did  not  change  hii 
clothes  for  seven  days  artd  ni^ts.  And 
finally,  "tome  on  boards  and  some  on 
broken  pieces  of  the  ihip,  diey  all  got  safe 
to"  I^iladelphia.  Ruaaia,  he  uid,  ii 
ecclesiastically  in  the  aixteendi,  whUe  Id 
cxar  and  statesmen  she  is  in  the  ninctecndi 
century.  Shehasoneof themoMoilightcned 
and  devout  rulen  upon  the  throne.  "Ye 
children  of  Russia  (turning  to  the  gnap  in 
the    choir    seats),    we    hul   jou.      (Gnai 


applause.)  Your  names  will  be  remembered 
as  today  we  remember  the  names  of  BuO' 
yan,  Cromwell  and  Roger  Williams.  (Tr^ 
mendous  applause.)  I  present  the  men 
who  have  been  in  prisons  oft;  they  have 
suffered  the  loss  of  all  things;  they  have 
marched  in  the  convict  gangs  of  Siberia. 
But  Russia  can  only  find  salvation  bj 
suffering.  Her  progress  is  over  manned 
bodies.  But  ^en  Russia  becomes  the 
most  Baptist  country  in  the  worid  outnde 
America  it  will  change  the  life  of  Europe. 
We  say  to  the  czar:  "Do  not  fear  the 
Baptists;  in  every  country  in  the  world 
they  are  the  most  loyal  subjects.  States- 
men, rulers  of  Europe,  if  jrou  wvu  a  teiiH 


MISSIONS 


593 


peiate,    sober,    industrious,    loyal    people, 
do  not  fear  the  Baptiitt." 


that  brought  lumps  into  the  throats  and 
tears  into  the  eyes  of  strong  men.  The 
bet  that  such  things  could  be  in  our  own 
time  seemed  an  incredible  thing.  As 
rugged  man  after  nigged  man  stepped 
forward,  stood  for  a  moment  while  his 
story  was  tdA  and  the  thousands  applauded, 
was  grasped  by  the  hand  by  President 
Clifford,  and  then  passed  bacic  to  his  seat 
in  the  line  of  "saints,  apostles,  prophets 
and  martyrs,"  the  atmosphere  grew  op- 
pressive with  feeling.  Here  are  a  few  of 
the  stories;  who  could  hear  them,  see  the 
victims,  and  be  unmoved  ? 

SmoH    Snruurorri    Biptiicd    twaaj-tn   jtut 
ago;  life  twice  atteiiipted;  hunted  from  plice  to  plice 
i;  nuu^  timei  in  primi. 


file  ycin  in  exile  in  Sibcriai  hit  biptizcd  more  ihui 
ifioo  Coiudu;  throlened  with  Siberia  again  if 
he  innm  on  preaching,  ii  he  will.  No  other  crime 
than  preaching  the  goipel. 

Fionoa  KoiTaomu!  Costack,  fought  iguutt 
Turlu  in  Crimea;  member  ot  Greek  Church  until 
18S4,  when  he  wai  coDTerted;  three  yean  later  baaiihed 
to  TriDt-Caucaiui  in  chains,  beaten  and  tcourged; 
family  taken  from  him  and  scattered  so  that  do  member 
knew  where  the  othert  were;  Cor  uine  yearg  without 
word  from  iitaHy;  property  confiKated:  at  1a>t  re- 
leated 
Roumi 


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a  thouuud  co 


ttabliihed  churchca  until 
\o  hie  tand;  hat  baptiied 
1,  including  fiftjcritninal. 


Mauaux  YAtHOVIKT:  Daughter  of  a  Ruuiui  baron, 
reared  in  a  home  of  wealth  and  cultured.     She  wai 

todety  for  the  prevention  of  the  while  tlaye  traffic. 
She  is  no*  treasurer  for  Mr.  Feaer'l  work  in  St.  Peters 
burg,  and  is  a  type  of  the  cultured  classes  he  is  reaching. 

Favlieneo  Zandyief:  Bom  of  Greek  Orthodox 
patents  in  iSii;  converted  nine  jears  ago  and  baptiied 
ihortif  aftenrardt;  fni  his  faith  cut  off  from  hit  family; 
four  timei  before  magistrate  for  preaching;  spent  two 
Jtin  in  prcacberi'  icluwl  in  Lodi  and  Riga;  will  be 
Maiioned  in  Nicoliied  on  bit  return  to  Ruitia,  and 
hat  there  a  church  of  110  memberi. 

Andisai  EaiTKATENEo:  Bom  in  iS6y,  Greek 
Orthodox;  terrible  peiiecutor  of  Baptitti,  »  Paul 
of  Christiana;  a  blind  partitan  of  the  State  Chinch; 
conTerted  under  IranoS  in  1890,  baptiied,  and  began 
to  preach  immediately;  tpeal  two  yean  in  prison, 
been  beaten  and  (courged  oftiinet;  hat  been  fined  from 
o  forty  roubles  weekly  for  holding  meetinn 
"est;  pioneer  Baptist  in  Siberia, 
:  tbm  1.000  converts,  at 
times  cutting  a  hole  in  the  ice  to  bapdxe;  tells  ti  women 
and  men  who  have  traieled  180  miles  to  be  baptiied; 
has  about  6aoo  church  membctt  in  hit  pastoral  district, 

Bauchini  a  Molokan  (Quaker)  bora  in  1S56; 
conTcrted  and  baptized  in  iSSi.  In  1886  imprisoned 
for  preaching;  since  then  free  from  persecution;  bat 
baptiied  more  than  1,500  conTertt,  majority  of  them 
■t  dead  of  night  in  depth  of  f  oreit;  bat  tet  apart  thirty- 
two  young  men  for  the  tniiuttry;  Titits  the  pritont  to 
comfort  betieTcn  in  durance  Tile,  and  hat  done  great 
work  in  this  line. 

Ivan  SAviUErr;  Born  in  185S;  belonged  to  Molo- 
kanti  baptiied  in  1SS3;  in  iS^  was  exiled  (ot  five 
yeart,  and  a  year  after  release  in  1900  ciOed  again 
until  1904:  imprisoned  many  timet  fix  tbort  KOtencet; 
upon  retum  has  to  stand  trial  again;  lince  1904  pastor 
o(  the  church  in  Vladikisrai. 

Livuchs:ih:  Bom  in  1858;  Greek  Church;  con- 
Terted in  i88i|  baptiied  same  year;  in  1B91  exiled 
by  adminislTati>e  order  without  trial;  given  privilege 
of  paying  hit  own  fare  and  that  of  two  police  officers 
who  guarded  him;  spent  eight  yean  in  aale,  and  was 
■ent  among  Tartars  to  prevent  bjt  preaching  to  Russian 
people;  has  been  under  police  luperrisiDa  since  his 
return.  When  it  was  known  that  he  wat  coming  to 
Fhiladelphia  a  charge  was  brought  againit  him  of 
several  years'  standing,  but  he  got  hit  p 


e  fro 


d  his  trisl  upon  hjs  rcCuTD  honK, 


e  has 


594 


MISSIONS 


Paul  Da-rcho:  Tvency-ai.  Nine  J'ein  iga 
wa*  baptiied  in  UurkoS;  hit  mother  hu  brca  io 
prinn  for  the  futh,  ud  he  tptat  thnc  moDChi  in  jiil 
[ts  prucluDg  in  Khirkofi;  hii  biptiied  bclicTcri  in 
the  foten  11  midnight;  ii  Mill  in  the  pmcben'  ichool 
■t  Rigi;  ii  retuming  to  Khulcoff  ro  miniiter  to  the 

Jacoi  Vinci:    Bom  ia  1876,  biptoed  ii<|i>  begao 
to  preichin  iB9jt  lor  lii  j»n  put,  minuter  of  church 
olice  (umiUiDce  for  jean;  ipent 


Ui 


Nan 


fined  }coroublei($i5o)<i[  three  montlu' imptitonmeut 
for  biptixing  eight  people,  ind  on  return  must  pijr 
btt  at  go  to  priioD. 

Vamlia  IvAHorr:  Bora  in  Baku,  Cauciaui,  in 
1I4S;  coPTened  ud  baptiied  in  1870;  hai  been  twice 
in  exile,  hai  been  chained  to  robbeii  in  tbe  criminal 
gangt,  impriMoed  17  tiinei  and  had  eiperienea  in 
3 1  ^different  pritonii  in  one  priun  hid  to  mck  on 
trndmilii  ha*  biptiied  la  manj  a>  S6  at  one  time,  hii 
total  being  oure  thin  l(5oo. 

KiCHOLA*  SEDiADoKADom  Sou  of  a  Baptiit 
miniitei  who  died  In  exile  after  tatoj  impriioniDentt; 
It  17  conTCtted,  ind  biptiied  eight  jtm  igo;  h» 
(pent  two  Tcin  in  pnicheri'  ichool  in  Lodi,  ax  monthi 
in  Rigi;  upon  return  to  Runia  will  undertake  pioneer 
work  in  the  Ciuciiui,  where  hii  father  met  1  mirtjr'i 
death.  Thii  thovi  the  Chrioiin  ipitit  of  theie  men. 
Hii  brother  it  miniiter  ol  the  churdi  sf  Baku. 

Ivan  EuCHtniirr:  Bom  in  1S61,  in  Kieff;  fither 
1  prieM  of  the  Greek  Chttrch;  tonrorted  in  1891;  in 
adTOcate,  and  tpendi  hit  whole  time  in  the  courtt 
defending  Biptiit  brethren  without  fee  or  rewird. 
Ruuiin  Biptiit  Union  piji  bit  triTeling  eipenaet 
from  place  10  place. 

Vaiiua  STiruAHorr:  Bom  in  1S75,  conTcrted 
in  1890;  for  four  jeari  a  loldier  in  St.  Peteriburg,  and 
minj  comridct  wen  converted;  ttarled  work  in  Petkj 
in  1897,  and  hii  now  church  with  loo  raemben. 
beiidet  twenty  miiiioa  ititioni;  baptized  i;o  liit  jear, 
and  hat  biptiied  altogether  about  700;  iecretiT7  of 
Ruitian  BaptiK  Union. 

When  the  last  member  of  the  group  had 
been  presented,  there  was  a  great  scene. 
The  audience  rose,  and  sang  "Am  I  a 
soldier  of  the  cross,"  with  great  volume; 
aftet  which  with  another  tound  of  applause 
the  great  scene  closed. 

But  there  was  much  more  to  be  done. 
As  Dr.  Meyer  said,  if  all  this  emotion  and 
enthusiasm  came  to  nothing  practical, 
better  had  the  session  never  been  held, 
these  wonderful  sights  not  been  seen,  these 
emotions  not  been  aroused.  He  presented 
Mr.  Vining,  who  sought  to  deepen  the 
impressions  already  made,  and  asked  the 
audience  to  act  there  and  then,  and  kindle 
the  beacon  fires  of  hope  on  the  mountain 
tops  of  Europe. 

Dr.  Meyer  said  they  wanted  to  raise 
fioo.ooo  on  the  spot  to  build  a  university 
in  St,  Petersburg  or  Moscow.    It  had  been 


suggested  that  he  and  Dr.  Conwcll  be  sent 
as  a  deputation  to  ask  his  Impciial  Majesty 
to  let  this  institution  be  planted  there.  He 
was  wanted  in  his  home  church,  but  tie 
would  leave  all  for  this  (great  applause). 
He  called  for  pledges,  banning  with  sums 
of  ^5,000.  The  first  response  came  from 
the  Armadale  Baptist  Church  of  Australii; 
second,  the  Broadway  Baptist  Church  of 
Louisville;    third,    an    English    gift    firan 


Leicester.  For  the  next  half  hour  or  more 
there  was  business,  and  the  pledges  came 
in  all  sorts  of  sums.  There  had  been  no 
working  up  in  advance,  and  it  was  remark- 
able that,  without  advance  notice  an  J 
planning,  the  sum  of  (66,000  should  be 
subscribed  before  adjournment.  It  wu 
noted  that  {1,000  was  pledged  in  the  name 
of  the  Hungarian  Ctmference,  while  (5° 
was  pledged  for  the  Kiowa  Indians.  The 
territorial  range  was  from  China  to  the 
mining  camps  of  the  Far  West,  from  New 
Zealand  to  Skowhegan,  Maine.  One  person 
sent  up  a  watch.  When  the  giving  wis 
done,  the  audience  rose  and  sang  "Praise 
God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow,"  and  the 


MISSIONS 


595 


most  remarkable  session  of  any  religious 
meeting  of  which  we  have  record  passed 
into  history. 

THURSDAY   EVENING 

Interest  centered  in  the  report  of  the 
nominating  committee.  For  some  months 
before  the  conventiim  discussion  had  been 
carried  on  in  the  religioiu  papers  regarding 
the  presidency  of  the  Alliance,  and  feeling 
had  been  engendered  that  made  selection 
seem    difficult.         The    two    names    most 


:  applaudec 


read,  but  when  at  last 
the  announcement  came  "For  President  — 
Roben  Stuart  MacArthur,"  there  burst 
forth  a  volume  of  applause  that  left  no  doubt 
as  to  the  gratification  of  the  body,  and  a 
unanimous  vote  was  recorded.  It  should  be 
said  that  when  the  matter  was  decided  there 
were  no  more  hearty  and  loyal  supporters 
of  the  new  president  than  the  Southern 
brethren  who  had  strongly  felt  many  of 
them  that  Dr.  Mullins  was  entitled  to  the 
honor.  General  Harmony  had  held  the 
forces,  the  Alliance  had  acted  as  a  unit,  and 
there  was  no  sting  left  —  only  regret  that 
two  presidents  at  the  same  time  are  un- 
parliamentaiy. 

Dr.  MacArthur,  who  was  presiding  but 
had  left  the  chair  while  this  business  was 
being  transacted,  simply  spoke  a  few  words, 
saying  he  would  be  either  more  or  less  than 
human  if  he  did  not  appreciate  the  honor 
conferred  Upon  him.  To  be  the  successor 
□f  Maclaren  and  Clifford  is  an  honor  beyond 
the  powerof  words  to  describe.  He  regarded 
theofficeof  president  as  a  world-wide  bishop- 
ric for  the  kingdom  of  God.  He  had  thought 
that  the  president  of  the  Alliance  should  be 
a  man  speaking  many  languages,  and  able 
to  travel  the  world  over  to  forward  aims  and 
objects  of  the  Alliance.  "With  your  kind 
indulgence  and  hearty  co-operation  and  the 
blessing  of  God,  I  shall  do  the  best  I  can  for 
Him,  for  you,  and  for  humanity." 


The  other  officers  a 


s  follows: 


agree  in  advance  to  accept  the  report  by 
unanimous  vote.  This  was  seconded  by 
Dr.  Hatcher,  and  although  there  was  some 
oppositicMi  and  many  doubted  the  wisdom 
of  such  apparent  farcing  of  the  body,  the 
motion  was  adopted.  This  proved  unneces- 
sary, a>  it  was  unwise.  Acting  in  the  dark 
scarcely  befits  a  body  of  this  dignity  and 
intdligcnce. 

T  lie  floor 

and  int  and 

cage  le  rear 

end  s  to  the 

fint  iwever. 


Herbert  Man 

Extcuint  Cgir»n;»n— Bricuh:  Frio.  W.  E.  Blam- 
field,  of  Rawdoo  ;  Rfv.  D.  Witton  Jenkini.of  Silen- 
dine  Nook ;  Herbert  Marnhim,  of  London ;  Dr.  W. 
T.  Whillej,  H  PrcEion.  Americao:  Dr.  L.  A.  CriD- 
dall,  of  Minneapolii,  Minn.;  Dr.  G.  E.  Horr,  of 
Newton  Center,  Man.;  Dr.  John  Humpitone,  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Dr.  W.  W.  Laodrum,  o[  LouisTiUe, 
Ky.;  Dr.  E.  C.  Morris,  of  Helena,  Aik.;  Dr.  R.  H. 
Pin,  of  Richmond,  Va.;  E.  W.  Stefjieiii,  d  Cohimbia. 
Mo.  Canadian:  Prin.  A.  P.  McDiaimid,  U  Mani- 
toba; S.  J.  Moore,  Toiomo,  Ont.  Auatrilian:  W, 
G.  StepheDE,  of  Melbourne,  AuRralia.  German  :  J, 
O.  LebmiD,  of  Berlin.  Indian:  C.  E.  WOun,  of 
London.  Japanciei  Dr.  Y.  Chiba,  of  Tokjo.  Rus- 
tian:  Faitor  L.  Biauet,  of  Riga.  Swcdidi:  Dr.  C. 
E.  Benander,  of  Stockholm.  CbincK:  Rev.  J.  T. 
Proctor,  li  Sbangbai. 


MISSIONS 


596 

Dr.  Giffbrd  congratulated  the  Alliance 
upon  the  election  ^  Dr.  MacAnhur,  and 
then  the  program  was  carried  out,  the  Chris- 
tianizing of  the  Continent  of  Europe  being 
the  subject,  with  J.  G.  Lehman  of  Berlin, 
Rev.  Domenico  Scalero  of  Italy,  and  Rev. 
C.  E.  Benander  of  Stockholm  as  the  speak- 
ers. Dr.  Meyer  made  a  further  anempt  to 
secure  the  balance  needed  to  complete  the 
fund  for  the  school  in  the  Near  East,  but  otdy 
about  {4,500  was  secured,  bringing  the  total 
amount  subscribed  that  day  to  something 
above  270,000. 

A  cablegram  from  King  George  V  and 
Queen  Maiy  was  received  with  great  ap- 
plause, the  audience  standing  while  it  was 
read:  "Their  majesties  desire  to  thank  the 
Baptist  World  Alliance  for  their  telegram 
of  good  wishes." 

Thus  the  greatest  day  of  the  meeting 
closed  with  enthusiasm  and  good  feeling  and 
mental  weariness  that  deserved  the  restora- 
tion of  sound  sleep. 

FRIDAY  SESSIONS 

Now  the  effects  of  the  strenuous  days  be- 
came apparent,  also  the  fact  that  many  had 
found  it  necessary  to  turn  homeward, 
especially  those  who  had  been  in  Philadelphia 
from  the  beginning  of  the  Northern  Con- 
vention sessions.  The  church  was  no  longer 
crowded,  and  the  feeling  of  anti-climax  was 
again  evident.  If  the  Convention  could 
have  wound  itself  up  on  this  day  it  would 
have  been  just  as  well,  but  the  program  was 
arranged,  and  those  who  remained  had 
much  to  reflect  upon  and  enjoy.  Important 
subjects,  too,  were  to  be  considerid.  Friday 
morning  was  devoted  to  special  phases  of 
world  Christ ianization.  The  first  address, 
by  Mrs.  Andrew  MacLeish  of  Chicago, 
president  of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Society 
of  the  West,  described  "Woman's  Work  in 
Missions"  in  comprehensive  and  charming 
manner,  following  the  evolution  of  woman's 
missionary  work  in  foreign  lands  from  its 
small  beginnings  until  now  when  Christian 
women  raise  over  three  millions  a  year  for 

"  Medical  Missions"  was  presented  by  Rev. 
C.  E.  Wilson  of  England.  Dr.  E.  C.  Morris 
of  Arkansas,  one  of  the  eloquent  leaders  of 
his  race,  spoke  on  "Negro  Work  for  the 
Negro,"  and  received  hearty  applause. 
"Laymen  and  Missions"  was  the  subject  of 


Pres.  A.  P.  McCKarmid  of  Canada.  Frcs. 
George  B.  Cunen  of  Nova  Scotia  closed  this 
series  of  strong  addresses  with  one  on  "Tht 
Training  of  the  Young  in  Missiixiaiy 
Endeavor."  He  would  train  the  boys  so 
thoroughly  that  we  should  not  have  to  heir 
by  and  by  of  a  layman's  movement,  becautc 
they  would  all  be  at  it. 

Dr.  Mullins  presented  an  overture  from 
the  Southern  Baptist  ConTcntion  asking  for 


the  appointment  of  a  committee  to  consider 
the  great  unoccupied'  mission  fields  of  the 
world  and  the  possible  division  of  these 
fields  for  purposes  of  evangelization  among 
the  various  Baptist  missionary  organizations. 
The  appointment  of  the  committee  wis 
referred  to  the  Executive  Commirtee. 

At  the  evening  session  there  were  four 
line  addresses  before  a  good  audience. 
Booker  Washington  doubtless  drew  many, 
but  all  the  speakers  were  of  a  high  order. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Rushbrooke  of  England  spoke 
on  individualism  as  a  basis  of  church  organi- 
zation! Dr.  R.  H.  Pitt  of  Virginia  dealt 
vigorously  with  the  limits  of  individualism 
in  the  church;  Booker  Washington  had  (or 
his  subject  "Baptist  Foligr  and  Good  Citi- 


MISSIONS 


597 


p"  and  talked  about  the  progress  of  his 
,  with  characteristic  illustrations; 
Rev.  J.  T.  Forbes  of  Scotland  had  a 
-reasoned  address  on  Baptist  polity 
temational  biothethood  —  the  general 
t  being  the  "Spirit  of  Brotherhood." 


SATURDAY  SESSIONS 


s  the 


attendance 
preceding 

n  through 
Goldsmith 
be  Church 
:,"  a  great 
of  South 
there  was 
and  Edu- 
and  Semi- 


had  "The 
and  put  in 
lan  had  to 
he  church 
amate  the 

knew  his 
Working 
ociety  and 
irch  is  the 


„  _  _  .  and  n 
I  right  industrial  wrong.  Prof.  Walter 
lenbush  of  Rochester  Seminary,  spoke 
he  Church  and  Social  Crises,"  and 
e  resistance  of  the  churches  to  the  rise 
:rue  social  spirit  is  the  scandal  of 
^dom.  Baptist  churches  have  a 
call  to  side  with  the  common  people. 
was  a  grip  in  this  session,  and  the 
ce  felt  it  and  responded  to  each 
r.  It  was  a  worthy  conclusion  of  the 
Eek  days  of  meetings  occupied  with 
[hemes  of  vital  interest. 

THE  CLOSING  SUNDAY 

Temple  had  great  audiences  again  on 
f  at  all  three  sessions.  The  Phila- 
I  people  now  took  their  turn  to  hear 
of  the   distinguished   visitors.     The 


morning  sermon  was  by  President  Mullins, 
on  "The  Lordship  of  Jesus,"  and  was  in  his 
best  vein,  finely  wrought  out  and  deeply  im- 
pressive. The  afternoon  consecration  meet- 
ing was  addressed  by  Rev.  P.  T.  Thompson 
of  England,  Dr.  M,  P,  Fikes  of  Michigan, 
and  Dr.  Len  G.  Broughton  of  Georgia. 
Again  the  great  auditorium  was  filled,  and 
the  service  was  inspirational  and  evangelistic, 
preparing  the  way  for  the  closing  session  in 
the  evening. 

There  seemed  to  be  no  diminution  of 
interest.  Dr.  Oiffbrd  was  in  the  chair,  and 
gathered  about  him  were  the  leaders  who 
had  now  become  familiar  figures.  Secre- 
taries Shakespeare  and  Prestridge  were  pre- 
pared with  the  resolutions  and  various 
matters  of  business  that  remained  undis- 
posed of.  The  Temple  presented  a  solid 
mass  of  people  on  floor  and  in  galleries,  and 
the  three  speakers  must  have  felt  the  eager 
spirit  of  die  listeners.  The  theme  was 
"Baptists  and  the  Coming  Kingdom." 

Dr.  John  Humpstone  of  New  York  took 
up  the  work-  in  non-Christian  lands,  with 
which  his  extended  travels  had  made  him 
familiar.  Rev.  J.  W.  Young  of  England 
spoke  on  the  conditions  in  Europe,  he  also 
having  first-hand  knowledge  of  the  countries 
he  treated.  What  Baptists  have  to  do  with 
the  coming  of  the  Kingdom  in  America  was 
left  for  Dr.  George  W.  Truett  of  Texas,  who 
is  regarded  as  the  leading  pulpit  orator  of 
the  South,  and  whose  extreme  emphasis 
brought  repeated  applause. 

Then  came  the  resolutions,  which  were 
adopted  with  a  round  of  applause.  And 
after  the  various  items  had  been  disposed  of. 
Dr.  Clifford  spoke  the  parting  words,  leaving 
the  meeting  on  the  heights  which  his  opening 
address  had  brought  it  to,  and  sending  the 
great  company  forth  with  new  vision  of  the 
Kingdom  of  God  and  the  work  which  in- 
dividual disciples  of  Jesus  Christ  have  to  do 
in  order  to  make  the  vision  glorious  reality. 


^MM 


MISSIONS 


AlUance  JottingB 

Dr.  Howard  K.  Carroll  brought  greetings 
from  the  Ecumenical  Methodut  Episcopal 
Conference,  and  made  a  capital  address. 
"As  a  younger  brother  we  gloiy  in  your 
success, '  he  said.  "The  Baptists  and  Meth- 
odists are  the  mo«  wtddy  distributed  de- 
nominatims  in  the  United  States.  Th^  are 
distinctively  American,  and  are  alike  in  their 
fidelity  to  the  fundamental  truths  of  the 
gospel.  There  are  no  stronger  missions  in 
the  pagan  field  than  yours  and  ours."  He 
invited  them  to  the  Methodist  Ecumenical 
in  Toronto  in  October  next.  A  deputation 
was  appointed. 

A  tel^ram  was  sent  to  the  Ecumenical 
Sunday  School  Convention  in  San  Francisco, 
which,  by  the  way,  elected  as  president  a 
Baptist  layman,  Mr.  W.  N.  Hartshorn,  long 
a  Sunday  school  leader  in  this  countiy. 

Speaking  of  the  problem  of  the  ci^,  Rev. 
J.  E.  Robeits  of  Manchester  said  that  in 
England  seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  people 
in  the  big  cities  are  indifferent  to  organized 
religion.  What  we  need  first  of  alt  is  a 
brainy  attempt  to  diagnose  the  real  con- 
ditions. 

Mr.  Fetler  says  it  is  important  that  Presi- 
dent MacArthur  should  accompany  Dr. 
Meyer  and  Dr.  Conwell  to  Russia,  and  Dr. 
CliBbrd  as  ex-president  should  go  also;  for 
the  Russians  think  much  of  officials,  and  the 
deputation  would  be  more  likely  to  succeed 
in  its  mission  if  a  letter  from  President 
Taft  could  be  secured.  Dr.  MacArthur  is 
planning  to  go  in  October. 


The  daily  BuUttia.  edited  by  Rev.  J. 
Milnor  Wilbur,  was  a  great  bdp  dmnghout 
the  entire  Mric*  of  conTcndani.  The  at- 
tention paid  to  the  wants  of  the  pm>  by 
Rev.  Frank  H,  Smith  was  hi^Uy  appreciated 
by  editors  and  leporten. 

Udvamoki,  of  Hunguy,  noc  accuMooKd 
to  our  style  of  appIauM  at  a  rrlipnni  meet- 
ing, said,  "Oap  if  you  Uke^  bur  pn^  alsoi" 
All  the  foreigners  took  the  AlhanGe  as  i 
serious  thin^,  and  to  tfaem  sootc  of  owwa^ 
were  flippant;  as  indeed  some  of  tbem  were. 

Chapek  said  a  Roman  Cadiojic  paper  in 
Hungaiy  declared  that  "the  daikctt  tide 
of  America  was  that  she  putt  women  on  an 
equality  with  men," 

One  of  the  interesriiig  Eucopeans  wu 
Johann  Rottmayer,  amcmg  the  first  to  be 
baptized  in  Hungary,  and  the  pionttr 
Baptist  to  Roumania  and  Bulgaria.  Ht 
has  suETered  scourging^  and  stripes,  and  is 
srill  a  welcome  visitor  to  the  Balkan  churches. 

The  Russian  brethren  were  good  sight- 
seers. They  soon  found  out  the  Russian 
colony  in  Philadelphia,  and  fratemiinl 
with  their  fellow  countiymen.  All  seemed 
to  think  this  a  fine  country,  but  Russia 
was  their  field  of  service,  and  pcisecution 
had  no  terrors  for  them. 

Dr.  Crandall  reponed  that  among  the 
subscriptions  to  bring  the  Russians  to 
Philadelphia  was  one  from  a  trained  nurse 
for  fioo,  to  be  paid  as  loon  as  she  couM 
raise  the  money;  and  the  check  came  within 
six  months.  The  contributions  came  from 
eveiy  state  and  territoiy. 


MISSIONS 


599 


The  Alliance  appointed 
fifteen  on  Social  Progress,  which  is  to  me- 
morialize other  religious  bodies  of  the  world 
to  appoint  similar  committees  to  confer  to- 
gether and  endeavor  to  secure  such  con- 
ceited action  as  shall  destroy  moral  evils  of 
international  scope  which  are  delaying  the 
progress  of  the  Kingdom  of  God,  and  shall 
make  the  impact  of  Christendom  upon  the 
nadom  of  the  earth  mote  helpful.  The 
committee  ii  also  to'  study  the  further  duty 
of  our  churches  to  society. 


An  Alliance  speaker  said,  ' 
win  a  character  before  he  can  v 
We  should  rather  say  that  a  i 
a  motive  before  he  can  win  a 
character  winning  is  ; 
and  the  fulfilling  of  life's  mission  is  one  of 
the  means  of  its  development.  As  George 
Eliot  somewhere  says:  "Character  is  not 
something  cut  in  marble,  solid  and  unalter- 
able; it  is  something  living  and  growing, 
like  the  bodies  that  encase  it;  and  like  them, 
it  may  beccnne  diseased."  The  only  kind 
not  diseased  is  the  character  that  Chris- 


At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Young  Peo- 
ple's Union  of  America,  held  in  Philadelphia, 
the  following  officers  were  elected:  President, 


Dr.  W.  J.  Williamson  of  St.  Louis;  vice- 
presidents,  Dr.  George  W.  Truett  of  Texas, 
A.  H.  Vautier  of  Philadelphia,  and  Rev.  H. 
H.  Bingham  of  Ontario;  secretary,  Rev.  H. 
W.  Reed,  Rock  Island,  III.;  treasurer,  H.  B. 
Osgood  of  Chicago. 

Baptists  have  prospered  in  proportion  as 
they  have  suffered  for  the  salvation  of  the 
world,  as  Christ  did. — Dr.  A.  H.  Strong. 

On  Thursday  afternoon  the  faculty  and 
directors  of  Crozer  Theological  Seminary 
entertained  about  two  thousand  of  the  dele- 
gates who  went  to  Chester  by  boat  or  train, 
and  at  Uplands  were  received  with  delightful 
hospitality.  Crozer  has  a  beautiful  campus, 
and  one  might  be  excused  for  envying  the 
professors  their  charming  homes. 

What  a  press  representation  there  was  — 
forty-four  American  religious  papers,  seven 
British,  four  continental  and  a  Canadian; 
twelve  American  and  two  English  dailies 
represented  at  the  reporters'  tables  —  be- 
sides Missions  and  three  or  four  other  mis- 
sionary magazines.  It  took  ingenuir^  and 
close  neighborhood  to  get  them  all  seated. 

One  of  the  social  features  was  the  recep- 
tion given  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
Botanical  Gardens  by  the  Women's  Com- 
mittee of  the  Alliance,  through  the  courtesy 
of  Provost  Smith.  A  procession  of  a  hun- 
dred and  fifty  young  women  bearing  the 
colors  of  all  nations  was  a  brilliant  bit  of 
color  thrown  into  the  program. 

An  amendment  to  the  Alliance  constitu- 
tion provides  a  deputy  president,  who  is  to 
be  chosen  from  the  hemisphere  in  which  the 
president  does  not  reside.  It  requires  a 
world  alliance  to  talk  about  hemisphere  rep- 


There  are  to  be  two  treasurers  hence- 
forth, an  American  as  well  as  a  European, 


s  there  a 


The  beautiful  badge  of  the  World  Al- 
liance was  designed  by  the  young  son  of 
Rev.  Howard  Wayne  Smith,  efficient  chair- 
man of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements. 
We  give  a  cut  of  it,  but  no  halftone  can  give 
an  idea  of  the  richness  of  color, 


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Trained   Pioneering  at  Camp  Crook 

Br  R«T.  L.  H.  Hfllner 


LIKE  many  of  the  young  fellows  who 
comeout  of  the  Seminary,  I  had  looked 
foiward  to  a  city  church  after  my  work  at 
Bucknell  and  Crozcr  was  over.  Juct  before 
graduation,  during  that  period  of  tutpenae 
when  the  newly  hatched  "p reach eratte"  is 
wondering  where  he  is  going  to  li^t,  the 
wonderful  need  of  this  western  land  was 


brou^t  to  my  attention,  and  I  decided  lo 
follow  the  advice  c^Gredey. 

Tnily  I  found  a  diangc.  Prom  die  life 
of  a  city  like  Philadelphia  to  tlie  midn  of 
the  cattle  country,  nineqr  milei  from  i 
railroad,  was  a  lor^  jump,  but  from  ihe  v«y 
first  I  was  glad  that  I  came;,  I  can  truly  aj 
that  I  have  never  been  happier  in  my  Eft 
than  I  am  now,  iiHiile  tiymg  to  bring  the 
gospel  of  Jesui  to  theae  people.  Besida  tBj 
work  here  at  Camp  Crook,  where  I  pieacb 
every  Sunday  evening,  I  have  had  daring 
this  last  year  four  other  r^tilar  amoint- 
menta.  Two  Sundays  in  the  nuoth  I  make 
a  thirty-five  mile  horseback  tide  and  pnadi 
three  rimes,  but  even  at  this  rate  I  am  not 
able  to  reach  the  places  where  the  peopit 
want  services.  A  few  wccka  ago  I  reccind 
a  letter  from  a  settlement  cialed  WUitt, 
twenty-eight  miles  from  here.  Th^  had 
asked  that  I  hold  servicei  there  on  aevetil 
other  occasions,  and  iHien  this  Uat  appal 
came  I  decided  to  go.  We  left  here  Saturday 
at  noon  expecting  to  reach  there  by  nmdtnni. 
Neither  my  friend  who  drove  nor  I  knew 
the  road.  Soon  after  we  left  the  mail  road, 
we  found  several  roads  branching  off  and 
took  what  seemed  to  be  the  moat  traveled 
road.  All  went  well  for  a  few  miles  when 
it  ended  abruptly  in  a  coal  bank.  We  re- 
traced our  way  and  took  another  road,  which 
also  proved  to  be  wrong.     Finally  we  found 


MISSIONS 


ounelves  completely  lost,  off  the  road  on 
the  prairie.  There  were  no  houses  in  sight 
and  it  was  about  as  dark  as  I  have  ever  seen 
it.    We  took  tunu  scouting  around  for  a 


trail  and  finally  found  one.  Then  followed 
a  couple  of  hours  of  driving  up  hills,  across 
creeks,  through  bad  lands,  around  steep  hills 
where  a  few  inches  oiF  the  road  would  have 
rolled  us  to  the  bottom  of  the  cut,  until  at 
last  we  suddenly  came  in  sight  of  a  light  and 
were  soon  at  the  ranch  house.  Next  morn- 
ing we  drove  a  mile  or  so  further  north  to  the 
ranch  where  I  was  to  preach.  Soon  the 
people  began  to  come  in,  though  it  was  an 


■iavtcH)iurpiu 


hour  before  service — on  horseback,  afoot,  in 
buggies,  and  in  big  farm  wagons.  By  the 
time  I  started  the  service,  furty-five  had 
gathered  and  were  seated  around  on  boxes, 
chairs,  benches,  and  everywhere.  With  a 
stove  for  a  pulpit  I  preached  to  these  people, 
several  others  coming  in  during  service,  and 
I  never  had  a  6ner  audience.  After  service 
they  made  me  promise  that  I  would  return. 
After  we  had  our  dinner  we  started  for 
Crook,  where  I  preached  in  the  evening. 
On  the  way  we  passed  through  a  new  settle- 
ment on  Wagon  Creek,  twelve  milet  north 


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MISSIONS 


nan  ■attiit  iuhimt  >cn«ot,  caht  cbook 

of  here,  and  at  one  point  we  counted  over 
fifty  thackt.  All  these  ihacks  have  God's 
people  in  (hem,  people  who  ought  to  have  the 
gospel,  and  who  want  it.  When  a  man  lees 
such  things,  it  makea  him  feel  how  inaig- 
niJicant  he  u  in  the  face  of  thit  awful  need. 
Juit   before  Chiinmai,  when   we  were 


Aiter  a  two  houn'  re«  we  ttatted  on  again, 
reaching  Ekalaka  at  j.30  in  the  momirg, 
I  sat  up  the  fcR  of  the  night  getting  oui  1 
service  for  the  next  day.  We  buried  the  man 
the  following  afternoon,  and  cariy  Saturdiy 
morning  were  on  our  way  home.  Wt 
reached  here  at  tundown.  The  next  moni- 
ing  I  wai  on  the  road  again  eariy,  covering 
thirty-five  milei  and  pr^diing  three  times. 
From  Thursday  night  to  Sunday  night  I  hid 
covered  nearly  150  mile*  and  held  four  irr- 
vices. 

Poasibly  this  will  give  you  an  idea  of  the 
need  of  men,  ai  this  ii  only  one  of  many 
similar  fields.  The  fcUow  who  takes  diis 
kind  of  work  is,  in  ray  cnimation,  a  nuBi 
fortunate  man.  He  gains  an.  experience  that 
he  would  get  in  no  other  way.  He  gains 
self-confidence,  for  he  mutt  meet  and  tenlc 
questions  without  hdp  from  other  ministers; 
he  has  the  wonderful  tatisfaaion  of  kninc- 
ing  that  he  it  telling  the  ttoiy  of  the  cross  to 
people  who  in  all  probability  would  not  hut 
it  were  it  not  for  him,  and  he  aba  has  the 
opportunity  of  laying 'foundation  stones  in 
Baptist  histoiy  in  diis  wonderful  wencm 


very  busy  getting  the  Christmas  e 
ment  ready,  I  received  a  'phone  call  from 
Ekalaka,  fifty-five  milet  northwest  of  here,  in 
Montana.  They  wanted  me  to  hold  a 
funeral  service  there.  Of  course  I  said  I 
would  go.  Though  this  is  a  town  of  400 
people,  they  have  no  preacher  or  service. 
In  a  livery  team  with  a  driver,  I  left  home 
Thunday  night,  at  six  in  the  evening.  We 
drove  halfway  to  the  Mill  Iran  ranch,  where 
we  woke  up  the  cowboys,  fed  our  team  anil 
got  a  bite  to  eat,  at  we  had  not  had  supper. 


MISSIONS 


603 


Hopeful  Conditions  in  Japan 

By  ReT.  W.  B.  Parshley  ol  Tokyo 


WORK  overwhelming  and  hands 
shartl"  was  the  note  at  our  Confei- 
ence  at  Arima  th!s  year.  The  Committee  on 
Program  deciiled  to  dispense  with  discussions 
and  papers  and  have  the  reports  from  the 
fields    read,  which    are   generally   printed. 


This  year  has  been  marked  by  a  new 
attempt  at  evangelism,  which  the  Japanese 
call  Shueku  DinJa,  and  which  means  "Con- 
centrated-EFort  Evangelism."  Piston  and 
evangelists  come  t<^ether  to  assist  each 
other  in  evangelistic  eRbns,  and  by  this 
means  fifteen  centen  have  been  visited 
during  the  past  year  and  congr^ationi  have 
been  limited  only  by  the  size  of  our  tmall 
meeting  places.  From  everywhere  come 
reports  of  an  increasing  number  of  inquirers. 
This  movement  is  being  conducted  syste- 
matically, and  up  to  the  pretent  time  the 
larger  part  of  the  expense  has  been  met  by 
our  Japanese  brethren. 

Another  auspicious  event  reported  at 
Conference  was  the  union  of  the  the<dogical 
seminaries  of  the  two  missions.  This  move- 
ment has  been  under  way  for  several  years 
and  was  at  last  inaugurated  by  the  opening 
of  the  new  school  in  Tokyo  on  Oct.  11, 1910. 
llie  experiment  has  been  most  fortunate,  the 
professors  and  students  living  and  working 
together  most  happily. 

This  year  finds  our  school  equipment 
advancing.  Duncan  Academy  has  the  largest 
attendance  of  its  history,  and  the  higher 
course  has  been  opened  with  a  roll  of  eight 
promising  men,  six  of  whom  have  the  min- 
istry in  view.  This  school  offers  a  great  field 
of  usefulness  and  Prof.  BenninghofF  should 
be  given  every  facility  needed.  The  plant 
which  is  building  for  dormitory  work  in  con- 
nection with  Waseda  University  will  be  fin- 
ished and  occupied  before  this  report  reaches 
Missions. 

The  Kindergarten  Training  School  has 
at  last  secured  a  new  foreign  principal  in 
Miss  Harriet  Dithridge  and  a  Japanese  head 
teacher  in  Miss  Ishihara  who  has  Just  re- 
turned from  a  course  of  study  in  America. 


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MISSIONS 


The  buildings  of  the  Maiy  Colby  Home, 
our  giris'  school  which  was  at  34  Bluff, 
Yokohama,  are  advancing  on  the  new  site 
in  the  suburb  known  as  Kanagawa,  and 
Miss  Converse  is  happy  to  report  a  delightful 
year.  The  other  girls'  schools  and  kinder- 
gartens report  a  year  of  prosperity. 

Our  schools  are  pleading  for  aid,  however. 
The  Bible- Woman's  Training  School  at 
Osaka  has  been  crying  out  for  buildings, 
but  the  ciy  hasn't  reached  up  into  the  ear 
of  the  givers.  The  girls'  school  at  Sendai 
has  been  promised  government  recognition, 
but  the  money  for  the  necessary  e<]uipment 
is  not  yet  in.  Our  theological  seminary  is 
in  a  hired  bouse  and  does  not  know  when 
the  order  to  move  on  may  come. 

Our  greatly  depleted  and  insufficient  force 
has  been  strengthened  by  the  grateful  return 
of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Dearing  and  of  some  who 


were  on  furlou^,  and  by  the  arrival  of  Mr. 
and  Mn.  Holtom,  Mr.  and  Mn.  Ron, 
Miss  Lippitt,  Miu  Dtthridge  and  Min 
French,  But  we  are  still  tadly  crippled  for 
men  and  women  to  occupy  the  LeiidwT  we 
are  already  working,  to  tay  nothaw  of  (he 
great  unevangelized  and  invitine  fi^i  open 
to  us.  When  will  we  ariie  to  me  gfcaiatw 
of  our  opportunities!  "Behold  I  hare  *et 
before  jrou  an  open  door," 

The  memorial  tervice  is  alwayi  a  >ad  one. 
Of  our  own  number  we  mourned  the  great 
loss  of  Mrs.  Tenny,  and  joined  our  hearts 
with  yours  at  home  in  the  memotj  of  Mn. 
Harris  and  Mrs.  Guiley.  One  of  the  enjoy- 
able features  of  our  Conference  ii  the  nglit 
of  visitors  from  home,  and  this  time  wc  were 
gladdened  by  the  presence  of  Mr».  Foster 
of  Waterville,  Me.,  mother  of  Dr.  John 
Foster  of  Swatow. 


^  The  Japan  evangelist  reports  a  meeting 
in  Tokyo  of  many  representatives  of  the 
various  Christian  denominations  of  the 
Empire.  "Tbe  object  was  the  speediest 
possible  organic  union  of  these  denomina- 
tions into  one  strong,  vigorous  church." 
The  movement  organized  as  the  League  for 
the  Promotion  of  the  Union  of  the  Christian 
churches.  The  board  of  managers  is  to 
undertake  careful  investigation  with  view  to 
practical  accomplishment. 

^  Portugal  has  disestablished  the  Catholic 
Church,  the  state  taking  title  to  all  church 
property,  but  allowing  the  use  of  it  rent  free 
by  property  certified  authorities.  Priests 
and  all  higher  prelates  must  be  Portuguese 
bom  and  trained.  Absolute  freedom  is 
allowed  to  all  religious  bodies,  and  it  is 
expected  that  under  the  new  regime  Prat- 


denominations  will  begin  a  work  of 
this  field. 


^  A  Protestant  pastor  in  Ogden,  Utah, 
writes  a  most  amazing  defense  and  eulogy 
of  Mormon  ism,  and  what  is  still  more 
amazing,  the  Outlook  gives  the  article  pub- 
licity. The  credulity  of  the  Methodist 
pastor  is  equaled  by  that  of  the  ignorant 
Mormons;  but  people  generally  will  con- 
clude that  ex- Representative  Caimon,  who 
was  brought  up  in  the  Mormon  faith  and  is 
the  son  of  one  of  its  prophets,  knows  Mor- 
monism  and  its  present  deeds  belter  than 
this  strange  advocate.  We  have  faith  in 
the  testimony  of  our  missionaries  who 
have  been  long  on  the  field  and  know  the 
teachings  and  spirit  of  Mormonism  thor- 
oughly. How  a  sane  man  can  call  Mor- 
Christian  is  a  puzzle. 


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605 


The  Chapel   Car  and  Its   Field 


By  Rev.  J.  G.  KUlian 

m.  AND  MRS.   KILLIAN  ARE   IN  CHARGE  OF  CAR  "eV^ 


IN   KANSAS 


CINCE  coming  East,  attending 
f  .the  great  meetings  in  Phila- 
*  delphia,  many  questions  have 
asked:  "Does  chapel 
work  pay  i  Does  it 
up  to  your  expecta- 
Most  emphatically 
inswer  "YesI" 
diapel  car  coming  into  a  town,  with 
at  and  rich  appearance,  gives  the 
fl  to  be  held  an  advertisement  and  is 
It  drawing  card. 

work,  up  to  date,  has  not  taken  us 
lew  placet  but  in  matt  cases  into 
I  down  fidds  or  where  there  is  some 
ir  need.  Many  of  the  town  people 
re  the  denomination  by  the  size  of 
cal  church.  The  coming  of  the  car 
■  us  through  the  press  to  tell  about 
nMxnination  and  explain  chapel  car 
lie  standing  of  our  Publication  Society, 
ow  this  is  one  phase  of  the  Baptist 
at  work.  It  is  not  only  an  "eye 
-"  to  the  people,  but  it  brin^  them 


to  the  car,  and  to  fill  it  to  overRowing  is 
no  trouble.  We  soon  must  move  to  the 
church  and  I  am  glad  to  add  that  the 
people  drawn  to  the  car  follow  us.  It  is 
gratifying  to  see  the  large  number  of  men 
who  come,  for  the  car  idea  appeals  to 
them,    and   the  majority   of  the 


In  railroad  centers  the  car  can  do  a  work 
that  a  man  or  men  alone  cannot.  At  noon 
(and  midnight,  if  a  night  force)  the  men 
bring  their  dinners  to  the  car.  While  they 
eat  we  have  music,  then  singing,  prayer, 
and  a  heart-to-heait  talk;  and  this  wins 
men  to  Christ. 

If  the  car  is  near  the  roundhouse,  the 
men  come  to  it  to  ask  questions  and  many 
of  them  are  reaching  for  better  things. 
Many  of  these  men  come  to  the  special 
services  at  night  and  are  won  to  Christ 
and  better  living.  Some  of  the  best  work 
is  the  hand-to-hand  work  in  the  shop  or 
under  a  car  they  are  fixing.  These  rail- 
road men,  as  a  class,  are  noble  fellows,  and 


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when  won  to  Christ  and  the  church  make  Another  tide  of  the  work.     In  oae  ton 

valiant   workers.     The    car   and   its   idea  the  Baptists  were  not  coining  up  to  ibat 

touches  them  and  one  of  the  most  beautiful  place,  because  of  a  split  some  three  Jtaa 

sights  is  to  see  the  tears  run  down  thetr  before,  and  the  town  was  not  laige  enoii^ 

faces  that  are  soiled  with  honest  toil,  and  for  two  Baptist  churches.    Othen  trieJ  to 

see  complete  surrender  to  Christ.  bring    them    together    but    failed.      Manf 


MISSIONS 


607 


MISSIONS 


The   Free  Baptist  Conference  Action 


THE  Free  Baptises  will  probably  have 
transferred  iheir  missionacy  interests 
to  our  Home  and  Foreign  Mission  Societies 
be/ore  this  number  of  Missions  reaches 
its  readers.    The  date  of  final  transfer  was 


cussion  and  the  ccmcluding  vatei  mi  the 
matters  that  related  to  the  unioa.  Some 
of  the  votes  inrolved  mdical  change*  b 
denominational  and  penonsl  rdatioDi  and 
activities,  even  the  breaking  up  and  piMing 
away  of  institutions  that  have  coedsed 
almost  with  the  term  of  the  deiMMiiinatiaiul 
life.  But  there  was  the  conioltiig  con- 
viction that  the  steps  taken  were  (brwiid 
steps  and  that  they  all  led  into  a  laiget 
fellowship  and  a  greater  service. 

The   matter   of  diief  intenat  itai  die 
arrangement  for  the  final  transfer  of  die 


set  for  Aug.  11.  The  decisive  action  was 
taken  by  the  General  Conference  Board 
at  its  meeting  in  July.  Henceforth  the 
missionary  operations  of  the  Baptists  and 
Free  Baptists  are  one  and  identical.  We 
take  over  their  work  at  home  and  abroad, 
and  they  join  us  in  our  wider  field. 

TTiat  all  may  know  the  present  status, 
we  quote  the  following  from  an  editorial 
in  the  Morning  Star  of  July  26: 

The  General  Conference  Board  held 
one  of  the  most  important  sessions  in  its 
history  last  week  at  Ocean  Park.  It  doubt- 
less very  neatly  marked  the  close  of  the 
history  of  the  Board  itself.  In  the  action 
taken  were  some  of  the  final  steps  !n  the 
consummation  of  the  union  with  the  Baptists 
that  has  been  for  several  years  the  theme 
of  conference  and  discussion.  It  was 
gratifying  to  note  the  deliberation  and 
unanimity    which    characterized    the    dis- 


denomi national   assi 
Baptist  treasuries. 


ts,  funds,  etc.,  to  tl 
The  Board  took  t\ 
this  transfer,  and  a 
thorized  its  Executive  Committee  to  c<m 
plete  the  action.  Meanwhile  matters  w 
pursue  their  customary  course,  funds  n 
go  through  the  usual  channels  and  o 
people  will  look  to  our  own  officials  i 
information    and    guidance.      Due    noti 


MI  SSI  ONS 


609 


These  details  would  include  the  advice  to 
the  young  people's  societies  to  merge  them- 
selves in  the  organizations,  local  or  otherwise, 
of  the  Baptist  Young  People's  Unions,  the 
appointment  of  a  committee,  consisting  of 
Miss  Deering,  L,  M.  Webb,  Esq.,  and  Miss 
DeMeritte,  to  confer  with  reference  to  a 
union  of  the  Free  Baptist  Woman's  Mission 
Society  with  the  corresponding  Baptist 
societies,  the  plans  to  collect  and  preserve 
the  records  of  the  various  Free  Baptist  or- 
ganizations, the  safeguarding  of  all  funds, 
institutions,  assets  and  interests  of  all  kinds 
that  might  be  atfected  by  the  union,  and  all 
other  related  matters. 

It  should  be  said  that  the  action  was 
taken  in  a  dignified  and  business-tilce  way. 
Only  once,  perhaps, .did  feeling  overflow 
and  that  was  when  the  action  providing  for 
the  retirement  of  Brethren  Given  and  Ford 
was  taken.  Everybody  realized  that  it  was 
the  good-bye  day  of  cherished  associations, 
but  not  too  much  was  said  about  it.  The 
thought  was  on  the  future  and  on  the  work 
that  always  awaits  loyal  hearts. 

Whatever  may  be  individual  preference 
in  this  matter  of  union,  we  believe  it  will  be 


His  knowledge  of  both  the  Baptist  and  Free 
Baptist  field,  the  esteem  in  which  he  is 
universally  held,  his  connection  with  the 
union  movement  hitherto,  and  his  con- 
ipicuotu  executive  ability,  made  his  election 
to  this  important  work  natural  and  fitting. 
It  would  be  premature  to  tiy  to  state  now 
the  details  of  all  the  action  of  the  Conference 
Board,  but  they  will  appear  in  due  time. 


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MISSIONS 


generally  aclenowkdged  that  Free  Baptists  Bapi 
in  talcing  the  action  have  ffven  a  creditable 
ricample  of  devotion  to  the  great  and  funda- 
mental principle  of  Christian  brotherhood. 
They  believe  that  the  way  to  bring  about 
the  day  when  God's  people  shall  be  one 
people  is  to  begin  to  live  that  way  now 
in   their  own   day. 


organization  iriuucver  "wiifa  a 
Ireedom  limited  by  taste  and  coaittaoi 
good  sense."  The  chief  precautiaa  reqnuti 
is  that  Free  Baptist  organizaootis  do  artfif 
lapse  until  property  interests  and  tnati  bMl'?-. 
been  propeiiy  cared  for.  Tixiufer  w3l  • 
time  be  the  natural  thing,  but  thu  need  not 
be  hurried.  In  a  word,  ^ile  new  iBiiDm 
may  be  made,  the  old  ones  can  abo  be  le- 
tained,  and  this  should  be  done  uat3  all 
interests  at  (take  have  been  looked  after. 
Meanwhile  the  enlarged  fdlowihip  and 
sympathy  may  he  enjoyed  by  all  Bapdit*. 


S  SUGGESTIONS 

In  regard  to  union.  Dr.  Anthony  says  thai 
a  Free  Baptist  church  may  join  a  Baptist 
Association  and  still  maimaln  its  standing  in 
General  Conference.  That  is  merely  eccle- 
siastical and  requires  no  legal  action.  The 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  and  the  three 
General  Baptist  Societies  recognize  a  church 
which  is  in  good  Free  Baptist  standing  as 
also  in  good  Baptist  standing.  The  last 
Northern  Baptist  Convention,  by  receiving 
Free  Baptist  delegates,  recognized  their 
churches,  while  their  standing  in  General 
Conference  was  not  impaired.  Free  Baptist 
churches  may  now  send  delegates  to  any 


Ziort't  AJvocatt  suggests  that  there  are 
some  things  in  which  the  Baptists  and 
Free  Baptists  of  Maine  can  get  together 
at  once,  and  thus  make  the  union  practical 
and  an  object  lesson.  First,  in  Sunday 
school  work  a  union  elFoit  could  place  a 
Sunday  school  man  on  the  field  and  meet 
a  great  need;  in  the  young  people's  work 
societies  in  two  local  churches  might  unite 
with  mutual  benefit)  and  in  associational 
and  district  rallies  there  could  be  union. 
So  too  in  evangelistic  work,  why  not  one 
committee  instead  of  two,  as  now? 


MISSIONS 


rrerybody.  An  Indian  Barbecue, 
t  in  the  ground  six  feet  long,  two 
four  inches  deep.  Willow  boughs 
from  side  to  side  and  firmly  united, 
re  of  coats  in  the  opening,  meat 
nd  thin  slices,  placed  on  boughs 
:d — the  way  they  cooked  on  the 
and  butfalo  hunt.  Some  had 
lers  spread  lable-cloths  or  canva.ss 
the  ground  under  trees.     Twenty 

All  had  plenty.  Blessing  asked 
ible.  Indians  are  most  social  at 
e.      Jokes     and    stones    fill    the 


just  like  this  animal,  snapping  and  biting. 
I  went  anywhere.  I  lived  in  every  place.  I 
ate  everything.  Many  times  hungry.  1  was 
in  every  bad  road.  I  did  not  know  any  of 
the  good  roads.  You  see  that  tree  over 
yonder,  all  twisted  and  crooked,  growing 
every  way;  that  is  the  way  I  was."  Then 
holding  up  his  beautiful  cane  which  he 
had  made  and  looking  straight  along  it 
with  one  eye  closed,  he  said,  "How  nice 
and  straight  it  is;  that  is  the  way  I  am  being 
made  now.  It  is  a  good  road  that  can  do 
this."  Then  stretching  out  his  hand  over 
white  and  red  and  looking  straight  at  them 
he  said  with  words  of  earnestness  and  6ie, 


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MISSIONS 


"Give  your  heart  and  life  to  Jesus,  you 
old  people  and  you  young  people.  He  can 
make  you  Ktraighc.  He  can  do  for  you 
what  he  has  done  for  me."  I  have  never 
heard  him  more  eloquent. 

Mr.    McGregor,    superintendent    of  our 
Indian  school,  told  how  when  a  child  his 


old  <lay«  we  did  not  have  the  good  road, 
but  now  we  have  the  Jesui  RomI  and  I 
am  walking  in  it." 

Deloi  Lone  Wolf,  one  of  our  educated 
young  men,  a  member  of  the  Indian  Council, 
a  helper  in  the  relation  of  hit  people  to  the 
government,  said,  "I  wish  to  say  somcthaig 
to  the  white  pet^le.  There  are  in  this 
country  two  races,  white  and  red.  We 
have  to  live  together  »  neighbon.  We 
want  you  to  treat  us  Indian*  right.  Some 
of  you  cheat  us.  You  are  our  friends  as 
long  as  you  can  get  our  money.  When  you 
have  the  friendship  of  an  Indian,  you  have 
it  forever.  Not  so  with  the  white  people. 
When  you  meet  us  Indians  we  do  not  like 
to  hear  you  say,  'Hello,  John.'  We  are  not 
all  Johns.  To  talk  that  way  is  not  respect- 
ful. Another  thing  that  some  of  you  while 
people  do  we  do  not  like;  we  are  much 
opposed  to.  Some  bring  in  whisky  and 
sell  or  give  it  to  our  boys  and  young  men. 
It  makes  them  cra^.  You  are  the  stronger 
people.  You  should  help  the  Indian. 
Let  us  live  together  and  do  what  is 
right." 

It  was  a  line  picnic.  No  firecracken, 
no  shooting,  no  drunkenness,  no  profanity. 
All  was  peace   and  happiness  and  mutual 


people  told  him  stories  of  good  Indians, 
never  allowed  him  to  read  about  bad 
Indians,  and  to  this  day  he  did  not  like  to 
hear  about  bad  Indians.  He  desired  the 
Indians  lo  help  him  make  the  school  this 
year  the  best  ii  had  ever  been. 

Odelpai,  of  Saddle  Mountain,  a  son  of  a 
famous  war-chief  and  himself  a  war  Indian, 
said,  "I  am  of  the  old  ways.  I  liked  my 
old  free  roaming  way.  I  could  live  in  any 
place,  do  as  I  pleased.  Now  there  are  many 
fences,  section  line  roads.  Many  laws  that 
tell  us  you  must  go  this  way.  At  first  these 
things  made  me  sick  in  my  heart.    In  the 


Dr.  HacArthur'B  Estimata 

The  meetings  in  Philadelphia  were  the 
greatest  in  numbers,  interest  and  results 
ever  held  among  Baptists  in  any  country  or 
century.  In  numbers  present  and^in  na- 
tionalities represented  they  surpassed  the 
Day  of  Pentecost.  The  over-sea  brethren 
both  inspired  and  rebuked  Americans. 
These  men  from  abroad  gave  us  their  clearest 
thought  as  the  result  of  general  learning  and 
of  careful  specific  prepararion.  Some  of  our 
American  speakers  appreciated  the  signiB- 
cance  of  the  occasion;  unfortunately,  some 
regarded  the  meetings  as  a  time  for  the 
utterance  of  some  of  the  old  truths  they 
happened  to  have  left  over  from  former 
addresses. 

The  Baptist  denomination  will  never  be 
the  same  after  these  meetings.  It  will 
stand  upon  a  higher  plane,  with  a  broader 
and  diviner  vision  than  ever  before.  A 
new  day  is  dawning  for  Baptists  throughout 
the  world. 


MISS  IONS 


613 


A   Strange  Conversation 

Bj  Secretarr  W.  T.  Stackhouae,  D.D. 


often  sees  and  hears  strange 
ngs    when    traveling.      Re- 
Tiing  from  a  Laymen's  Mis- 
nary  Meeting  a  short  time 
>,    I     found    mpelf   seated 
ectly  in  front  of  two  well- 
uted    gentlemen  bound  for 
..jw  Yon  on  one  of  the  eariy 
momingtrains.  They  were  both  good  conver- 
sationalists, and  gave  evidence  of  possessing 
more  than   ordinary   ability.     They  nere 
keen    and    apparently  well-to-do    business 
men.     I  was  forced  to  hear  a  part  of  their 
conversation  because  of  our  proximity,  and 
because  of  the  freedom  with  which  they 
spolce.     After  they  had   exchanged   views 
on  several  questions  of  a  commercial  nature, 
my  attention  was  arrested   by  a   reference 
to  the  church.    Three  ministers  were  named, 
and  their  preaching,  education,  appearance 
and  general  characteristics  were  criticised 
or  commended  with  a  fairness  and  frankness 
that   greatly  aroused    my    interest    in    the 
speakers.     I  soon  learned  that  the  church 
trf'  which  they  were  both  members  was  a 
young  but  strong  church;  that  a  new  pastor 
was  about  to  be  called;  that  improvements 
in  the  pnnierty  were  about  to  be  made; 
that    the    Sunday    school    was    large    and 
flourishing;  that  the  membership  was  grow- 
ing   rapidly;    and    thai    these    gentlemen 
represented   a  congregation  of  more  than 
ordinary  financial  ability. 

Bui  this  church  was  evidently  facing  a 
problem.  "How  are  we  going  to  get 
our  people  to  meet  the  current  expenses 
regularly  t"  was   the    question    asked    by 


one  of  the  gentlemen  whom  we  will  call 
Mr.  A. 

"  I  don't  know.  1  am  tired  hearing  about 
and  helping  to  make  up  deficits  every  six 
months  or  a  year.  We  have  the  ability  to  pay 
as  we  go,  and  should  do  so,"  was  the  answer 
of  the  other,  whom  we  will  call  Mr.  B. 

"What  do  you  think  one  of  our  mission- 
ary secretaries  said  to  me  the  other  day?" 
said  Mr.  A.  "He  said  if  we  would  organize 
a  Laymen's  Movement  for  Missioiu  in  our 
church,  it  would  mean  our  salvation." 

"What    did   he   mean?"   asked    Mr.    B. 

"Why,  he  meant  that  if  our  people  got 
interested  in  missions  they  would  give  more 
to  the  local  work." 

"Absurdl"  said  Mr.  B. 

"Exactlyl"  said  Mr.  A.  "But  he  poured 
facts  and  figures  into  me,  of  churches  that 
had  tried  it  and  succeeded,  until  my  head 
was  dizzy.  The  fact  is  he  had  the  evidence 
right  there,  and  showed  it  to  me.  It  was 
wonderful.  There  was  simply  no  argument 
against  the  faas  he  produced.  More  than 
that,  he  oifered  to  come  out  to  our  church 
and  present  this  thing  to  our  men.  He  was 
confident  that  if  our  men  would  make  an 
every-m ember  canvass  for  missions  and 
current  expenses,  and  if  some  of  our  leaders 
would  give  in  any  fair  sense  proportionate 
to  their  income,  we  could  meet  all  current 
liabilities  and  give  thousands  of  dollars  to 


"Fiddlesticks,  nonsense,  I  don't  believe 
it,"  said  Mr.  B.  "How  could  he  or  the 
Laymen's    Movement    get    the    money  i" 

"Search    me!"  said   Mr.   A.     "But   he 


6i4 


MISSIONS 


showed  me  the  records  of  little  churches 
with  not  one-third  the  wealth  of  ours,  who 
were  in  a  much  worse  condition  than  we 
are,  and  by  following  the  methods  of  the 
Laymen's  Missionary  Movement,  in  two 
years'  time  they  were  supporting  mission- 
aries both  on  the  home  and  foreign  field, 
and  were  giving  more  to  the  local  work 
than  ever  before  in  their  history.  More 
than  that,  they  were  paying  off  old  debts, 
and  had  money  in  the  treasury  at  the  close 
of  the  year.  The  whole  thing  was  done 
with  comparative  ease.  It  was  simply 
wonderful." 

"What  did  you  say  to  him?"  asked 
Mr.  B. 

"I  said,  'That  may  be  all  true,  but  we 
need  our  money  right  there  in  our  own 
church.'  And  I'll  tell  you  straight,  Mr.  B., 
I  don't  think  we  should  allow  anybody  to 
come  in  just  now  with  the  Laymen's  Move- 
ment, or  any  other  Movement  that  may 
divert  our  money  from  the  home  work. 
It  may  be  all  right  in  two  or  three  years' 
time  to  do  something  along  the  line  of 
missions,  but  we  should  attend  to  our  own 
needs  first." 

"Quite  right,"  said  Mr.  B.  "If  the 
women  and  the  children  want  to  do  some- 
thing for  missions  let  them  do  it.  They 
seem  to  enjoy  that  kind  of  thing  anyway — 
and  I  guess  it's  all  right  too.  If  this  Mission- 
ary Movement  business  comes  to  our 
church,"  continued  Mr.  B.,  "you  know  what 
will  happen.  You  and  I  will  be  among 
the  first  to  be  hit  by  it.  And  I'll  tell  you 
right  now,  what  I  have  to  give  goes  to  our 
own  church.    We  can  use  it  all  and  more 


too. 


»» 


"Look  here,"  said  Mr.  A.,  "If  they 
bring  that  Laymen's  Missionary  Move- 
ment to  our  church,  I'll  have  a  business 

engagement    of    importance    the    night    it 

»» 
arrives. 

"I'll* join  you,"  said  Mr.  B. 

"Grand  Central!"  shouted  the  brakeman. 

"Good  morning,  Mr.  B." 

"Good  morning,  Mr.  A." 

Thus  ended  the  conversation  between 
these  two  strong  business  men,  and  members 
and  officers  of  the  same  Christian  church. 

I  was  only  a  listener,  but  it  started  me 
thinking.  I  thought  first  of  another  listener. 
I  thought  of  Him,  the  Great  Head  of  the 
church,   who   said,    "Go   ye   into   all   the 


world,  and  preach  the  gospel  to  every 
creature."  What  did  Jesus  Christ  think 
of  the  attitude  of  these  members  of  His 
Body  to  His  final  orders? 

My  second  thought  was,  are  these  men 
at  heart  really  opposed  to  missions  ?  How 
could  they  be  ?  They  owe  what  they  are 
and  have  in  no  small  measure  to  the  work 
of  Christian  missions.  No,  they  were  just 
what  thousands  of  other  men  are.  They 
were  indifferent  to  missions.  They  were 
selfish.  They  were  ignorant  of  the  facts 
and  refused  to  investigate.  They  had 
never  conscientiously  tried  to  relate  them- 
selves or  their  possessions  to  the  claims  of 
their  Lord. 

My  third  thought  was,  what  would 
happen  if  the  minister  of  that  church  under- 
took to  organize  a  Laymen's  Missionary 
Movement  ?  It  might  result  in  a  minister's 
movement.  I  am,  however,  of  the  opinion 
that  if  he  approached  the  question  wisely 
he  could  put  these  very  men  in  the  lead 
in  missionary  activity.  If  I  were  the  pastor 
of  that  church  I  would  certainly  put  them 
somewhere.  I  am  convinced  that  no  sane 
man  who  has  the  grace  of  God  in  his  soul, 
and  the  plan  of  Christ  in  his  thought  in  any 
degree,  can  long  conrinue  to  block  the 
wheels  of  the  Kingdom.  And  if  he  attempts 
to  do  so  in  the  face  of  the  facts,  then  his 
place  is  certainly  not  one  of  leadership  in 
an  organization  whose  primary  purpose  is 
the  spread  of  the  gospel.  Moreover,  it  is 
clear  that  no  combination  of  men  and 
women  can  build  up  a  strong,  spiritual, 
healthful,  helpful  church  that  cuts  out  the 
commission  of  our  Lord.  The  Laymen's 
Movement  takes  the  ground  that  increased 
interest  in  missions  means  increased  in- 
terest in  all  the  work  of  the  local  church; 
and  that  better  giving  to  missions  means 
better  giving  to  the  local  work.  In  this 
connection  two  brief  extracts  from  letters 
that  have  reached  me  since  I  began  this 
article  are  pertinent. 

The  first  is  from  Duluth  and  reads  as 
follows:  "My  dear  Brother:  I  came  to 
this  pastorate  a  few  weeks  after  you  were 
in  Duluth  in  connection  with  the  Baptist 
Laymen's  Missionary  Movement.  I  found 
the  men  ready  to  make  a  canvass  of  the 
membership.  This  they  did,  with  the 
result  of  a  50  per  cent  increase  in 
our  current    expense    income,    and    a    25 


MISSIONS 


615 


per     cent     increase     in     our     missionary 
oflPerings." 

The  second  letter  is  as  follows:  "Dear 
Brother:  After  the  Laymen's  banquet 
held  here  in  January  we  inaugurated  an 
every-member  canvass  for  current  ex- 
penses and  benevolence.  The  close  of  the 
first  quarter  revealed  the  following  results: 
An  increase  in  benevolent  offerings  of  145 
per  cent,  and  an  increase  in  offerings  for 
current  expenses  of  42  per  cent  over  the 
corresponding  period  last  year.  The  Lay- 
men's Movement  is  solving  many  of  the 
problems  which  confront  the  local  church, 
in  a  remarkable  way."  This  is  from  a 
pastor  in  Auburn,  New  York. 

The  gentlemen  referred  to  in  this  article 
were  not  Baptists  (or  there  might  have 
been  three  participants  in  the  discussion 
instead  of  two),  but  Baptist  men  are  not 
always  exceptions  to  the  attitude  toward 
missions  represented  by  the  men  in  question. 
We  have  churches  that  last  year  gave 
nothing  to  missions.  It  is  a  shame,  if  they 
were  able  to  give  at  all.  Who  will  for  one 
moment  attempt  to  dispute  the  statement 
of  the  Divine  Record:  "There  is  that 
scattereth,  and  yet  increaseth;  and  there 
is  that  withholdeth  more  than  is  meet, 
but  it  tendeth  to  poverty.  The  liberal 
soul  shall  be  made  fat;  and  he  that  watereth 
shall  be  watered  also  himself." 

The  Baptist  Laymen's  Movement  aims 
to  make  every  member  a  consecrated  giver. 
It  claims  that  an  average  of  ten  cents  per 
member  per  week  from  the  membership 
of  the  churches  of  our  Convention  is  a 
fair  and  reasonable  minimum.  Yet  the 
total  annual  contribution  on  this  basis  would 
enable  us  to  evangelize  the  61,000,000 
souls  abroad  for  whom  we  are  responsible, 
and  to  lift  the  home  mission  work  as  carried 
forward  by  the  various  home  organizations 
to  an  efficiency  commensurate  with  the 
present  demands.  Let  the  Baptist  men  of 
this  great  country  put  themselves  behind 
this  great  World  Movement,  and  establish 
a  record  this  year  in  missionary  giving 
transcending  anything  that  has  hitherto 
been   achieved.     "We  can   do   it   if   we 

WILL." 

There   is  only  one  Christian   response: 
"WE  WILL!" 


Baptist  Beginnings  in  Germany 

BY  J.   W.    WEDDELL,    D.D. 

We  are  indebted  to  Dr.  Richard  B.  Cook 
in  his  Story  of  the  Baptists  for  this  inter- 
esting incident  connected  with  the  origin  of 
Baptist  missions  in  Germany: 

"In  the  graveyard  of  the  Welsh  Tract 
Baptist  Meeting-house  near  Newark,  Dela- 
ware, repose  the  mortal  remains  of  Captain 
Calvin  Tubbs.  He  was  a  New  Englander 
by  birth  and  came  to  Delaware,  where  he 
was  baptized  into  the  fellowship  of  the 
Welsh  Tract  Baptist  Church  in  May,  181 5. 
He  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Gideon 
Farrell,  who  was  pastor  of  the  church  from 
1802  to  1820.  In  1830  he  became  a  member 
of  the  Sansom  Street  Baptist  Church  in 
Philadelpjiia,  but  retained  his  membership 
there  but  a  short  time.  He  was  a  sea-cap- 
tain by  profession;  and  commanded  the  brig 
Mars,  owned  by  John  Welsh  of  Philadelphia. 
In  the  winter,  probably,  of  1830-31  he  was 
icebound  with  his  vessel  at  Hamburg,  Ger- 
many, where  he  boarded  in  the  lower  part 
of  the  city,  in  the  family  of  a  pious  German 
Pedobaptist,  who  used  the  English  language 
fluently.  This  man  became  the  celebrated 
John  Gerard  Oncken,  D.D.,  the  head  of  the 
great  Baptist  movement  in  Germany  and 
leader  in  the  wonderful  work  for  the  renewal 
of  evangelical  religion  on  the  continent  o. 
Europe,  and  in  whose  conversion  to  Baptist 
views  Captain  Tubbs  was  instrumental." 

Says  Dr.  J.  G.  Warren:  "While  living  in 
this  house,  an  American  seaman.  Captain 
Tubbs,  a  member  of  the  old  Sansom  Street 
Baptist  Church,  Philadelphia,  being  ice- 
bound, was  compelled  to  spend  the  winter  in 
Hamburg.  Oncken  took  him  into  his  family 
and  during  the  long  winter  evenings  they 
talked  over  the  doctrines  and  practices  of 
the  Baptist  churches  in  the  United  States, 
prayed  together,  and  together  went  to  the 
'upper  room'  and  worshiped  God  in  com- 
pany with  the  band  of  believers.  When  he 
returned  home  Captain  Tubbs  told  his  pas- 
tor, Mr.  Dagg,  and  afterward  Dr.  Cone, 
what  a  treasure  he  had  found  in  Hamburg, 
and  how  his  late  'host'  was  looking  for 
some  one  to  baptize  him.  God  always  has 
some  way  to  bring  to  pass  His  grand  de- 
signs. Soon  after,  correspondence  was 
opened  between  America  and  Germany  and 
results,  whose  fame  is  in  all  the  churches, 
followed  in  rapid  succession." 


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MISSIONS 


WOMEN'S  WORK 


MISSIONS 


jljillilSISIglllglSliaiisiisisigiii 


The  Woman*8  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 


A  PRACTICAL  SUGGESTION 

Speaking  in  hearty  commendation  of  the 
resolutions  offered  by  Mrs.  Coleman,  Mrs. 
L.  A.  Crandall  of  Minneapolis,  one  of  the 
leading  workers  of  the  Society  both  on  the 
board  and  in  her  section,  suggested  that  we 
patronize  only  such  stores  as  give  a  living 
wage,  which,  she  said,  should  not  be  less 
than  seven  dollars.  That  is  one  way  to  bring 
about  a  needed  reform. 

MRS.  Lester's  message 

The  president,  in  her  annual  message  at 
the  Society  meeting  in  Philadelphia,  was 
optimistic  and  forcible.  She  said  new  im- 
pulse and  inspiration  had  come  from  last 
year's  standard.  "Like  a  mighty  army,  we 
are  not  divided,  all  one  body  we,  and  we 
can  sing,  'My  faith  looks  up  to  Thee,'  a 
great  hope  filling  each  heart.  We,  like  the 
children  of  Israel,  have  had  our  murmur- 
ings,  the  budget  and  the  apportionments, 
and  some  have  sighed,  'Oh,  that  I  had 
died  in  Egypt,'  But  our  faces  are  set 
toward  the  promised  land,  and,  like  Moses, 
our  powers  have  been  taxed."  Mrs.  Lester 
reviewed  the  complications  that  had  arisen 
when  we  became  a  co-operating  body  with 
the  Northern  Baptist  Convention,  and  men- 
tioned some  of  the  great  tasks  that  still  chal- 
lenge our  endeavor.  She  then  called  upon 
the  large  assembly  to  unite  in  the  petition  that 
the  entire  membership  be  awakened  to  this 
responsibility  that  the  churches  become  a 
force  for  righteousness. 

progressive  leadership 

The  Home  Society  is  to  be  congratulated 
on  the  progressive  and  cordial  spirit  of  its 
leaders.  This  has  made  possible  steps  that 
would  have  been  deemed  impracticable  a  few 
years  ago;  and  these  steps  in  the  direction  of 
unity  and  closest  co-operation  will  surely 
lead  to  the  greatest  advance  of  the  Kingdom 
—  the  true  missionary  goal. 


TRAINED    FOR   SERVICE 

August  Tidings  contains  the  portraits  of 
the  thirty-seven  graduates  of  the  Training 
School  in  the  class  of  191 1,  and  one  would 
have  to  go  far  to  find  a  finer  group  of  young 
women.  They  represent  eighteen  States 
and  Canada  (one  was  from  the  province  of 
Ontario),  and  a  number  of  races.  The 
Training  School  has  reason  to  be  proud  of 
the  workers  it  is  sending  out  into  the  various 
fields  of  Christian  service.  *  Whether  they  go 
to  mission  fields  at  home  and  abroad,  to 
schools  as  teachers,  or  to  churches  as  assist- 
ants, they  are  demonstrating  the  thorough- 
ness of  the  training  received  in  Chicago. 

MRS.   BARBER  RBCOVBRING 

A  large  circle  of  friends  will  rejcuce  in  the 
progress  toward  recovery  made  by  Mrs. 
A.  H.  Barber,  who  was  stricken  with  sudden 
and  serious  illness  at  the  Philadelphia  meet- 
ings while  speaking  at  the  women's  home 
mission  session.  She  is  said  to  be  steadily 
recuperating. 

IN  FAVOR  OF  RIGHTEOUSNESS 

The  resolutions  introduced  by  Mrs.  George 
W.  Coleman  at  the  Woman's  Meeting  in 
Philadelphia  have  received  favorable  com- 
ment on  all  sides,  and  should  be  endorsed  in 
all  the  churches  as  heartily  as  they  were  by 
the  large  gathering  in  Grace  Temple.  We 
give  them  here: 

"As  a  body  of  Christian  women  united  in 
the  effort  to  hasten  the  coming  of  the  king- 
dom of  God  in  our  own  land,  we  recognize 
the  fact  that  we  are  responsible  for  the  use 
of  our  personal  influence  in  the  furtherance 
of  all  efforts  for  the  protection  of  women  and 
children.  We,  therefore,  desire  to  put  our- 
selves on  record  as  believing:  (i)  That  every 
woman  in  good  health  who  earns  a  living  is 
endtled  to  such  wage  as  shall  enable  her  to 
live  a  healthful  and  virtuous  life,    (a)  That 


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the  minimum  wage  should  be  established  by 
law.  (3)  That  all  child-labor  which  prevents 
the  development  and  education  of  the  child 
should  be  prohibited  by  law.  (4)  That  as 
servants  of  Him  who  honored  womanhood 
and  blessed  childhood  we  should  seek  by 
eveiy  means  within  our  power  to  uphold  the 
hands  and  strengthen  the  work  of  those  who 
are  seeking  to  safeguard  the  women  and 
children  of  the  land." 

Mrs.  6.  W.  Peckham 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Reynolds,  Field  Secretary  of 
the  Woman's  Home  Mission  Society,  who 
while  secretary  of  the  Eastern  Society 
worked  side  by  side  with  Mrs.  Peckham, 
writes  sympathetically  of  her  life  and  work. 
After  describing  the  experiences  which  led 
Mrs.  Peckham  to  take  up^the  work  of  state 
vice-president  of  Massachusetts,  Mrs.  Rey- 
nolds says:  "She  acquainted  herself  with 
all  the  work  of  the  state.  Her  correspond- 
ence with  the  director  and  presidents  of 
circles  was  frequent  and  helpful.  She  began 
to  make  informal  talks  to  the  women's 
circles.  Her  ability  in  presenting  the  work 
soon  interested  the  men  as  well  as  the  women 
of  the  churches,  and  pastors  and  committees 
of  associational  meetings  eagerly  sought  her 
services.  She  made  several  visits  to  our 
schools  and  mission  stations  and  the  informa- 
tion gained  made  her  speak  with  the  author- 
ity of  an  eye-witness.  In  1903  she  became 
general  assistant  in  the  office  of  the  head- 
quarters in  Boston.  She  was  a  magnetic, 
sympathetic  speaker.  Her  personality^  won 
the  hearts  of  young  and  old.  She  never 
shrank  from  hard  work,  and  appointments 
with  the  smallest  circles  in  remote  parts  of 
the  countiy  were  sacredly  kept.  Long,  tire- 
some journeys  were  frequently  made  to  in- 
terest weak  circles.  She  loved  her  work,  and 
it  was  her  delight  to  speak  of  it.  Her  Chris- 
tian character  was  deep  and  strong,  and  with 
wisdom  and  tact  she  spoke  of  her  Saviour 
often  upon  the  train  and  in  the  homes  where 
she  was  entertained.  Mrs.  Peckham  made 
warm  friends  wherever  she  went,  and  the 
news  of  her  death  came  with  sorrow  to  many 
homes  in  city  and  country." 

The  Three  B's 
We  all  know  of  the  "three  R's,"  and  how 
the  new  application  of  them  by  Dr.  Burchard 
—  Rum,  Romanism  and   Rebellion  —  was 


believed  to  have  defeated  a  candidate  for  the 
pcesidency,  but  it  was  left  for  Miss  Nannie 
Burroughs,  principal  and  founder  of  the 
National  Training  School  for  Negro  Women 
and  Girls  in  Washington,  to  invent  the 
"three  B's"  — Bible,  Bath  and  Broom. 
Godliness,  cleanliness,  industriousness  — 
there  you  have  the  solution  of  the  much  dis- 
cussed race  problem,  if  you  will  accept  her 
view.  At  any  rate.  Miss  Burrough's  three 
B's  will  stick  in  the  memory  —  Bible,  Bath 
andBroom.  They  all  belong  to  Christianity  at 
work — and  that  is  the  only  kind  worth  while. 

naanaanaaa 

A  Polyglot  Missionary  Yell 

BY  i>K.  p.  H.  J.  LERRIGO 

It  evolved  under  the  shade  of  the  spread- 
ing maple  trees  at  Mountain  Rest,  the 
summer  home  for  missionaries  at  Lithia, 
Mass.  The  carriage  had  just  driven  away 
with  a  party  who  had  been  enjoying  the 
cool  breezes  of  the  mountain  top  for  a  few 
weeks.  A  group  of  missionary  friends 
stood  together  in  conversation.  One  of 
them  suggested  that  an  appropriate  yell 
with  which  to  greet  newcomers  and  speed 
the  parting  guest  would  add  to  the  interest 
of  the  summer.  Representatives  of  many 
denominations  and  countries  were  present, 
and  each  contributed  a  word  taken  from  the 
language  of  his  field.  The  result  was  a  eu- 
phonious yell  containing  ten  words  and  em- 
bracing eleven  different  languages.  It  reads 
as  follows,  English  phonetic  spelling  having 
been  adopted  to  simplify  pronunciation: 

Sok  Id  ji 
San  hoo-i 
Ji  bo,  presto ; 

Mountain  Rest. 

Here  is  the  translation: 

Health  and  Tictory, 

Mountain  Rest, 
Victory  quickly; 

Mountain  Rest. 

Its  component  parts  involve  the  following 
languages:  Sok  —  Syriac  and  Turkish;  ki 
(kai)  —  Greek;  ji  (jai)  —  Hindustani;  San 
—  Chinese,  Japanese  and  Korean;  hoo-i 
(Jiuway)  —  Philippine;  ho  —  African;  presto 
—  Spanish;  making,  with  the  English 
words  "Mountain  Rest,"  eleven  languages 
in  all. 

The  neighboring  farmers  and  villagers 
testify  to  the  vigor  of  missionary  lung  power. 


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COHDDCTBD  BY  SECKETAKT  JOHN  H.  HOORE 


A  Standard   of   Efflclencr  Approved   by   the  Northern   Baptist 
Convention— A  Strong  Position  Taken  on  Missionary  Education 


"Every  church  ihould  appoint  a 
strong  missionary  committee  composed 
of  both  men  and  women,  who,  together 
with  the  pastor,  should  inaugurate  a 
vigorous  educational  campaign  for 
creating  greater  missionary  interest  on 
the  part  of  evety  member.  The  various 
denominational  agencies  should  be 
utilized  in  this  undertaking.  The 
weekly  system  of  giving  to  missions 
should  be  adopted  and  an  'eveiy  mem- 
ber' canvass  of  the  congregation  should 
be  prosecuted  with  a  view  of  securing  a 
missionary  offering  from  every  member." 

The  "Boston  1915  Movement"  two  years 
ago  attracted  national  attention.  An  Ex- 
position was  held  and  other  educational 
methods  employed  looking  toward  the 
realization  by  the  year  1915  of  certain 
standards  of  city  betterment. 

This  Movement  suggested  to  a  well- 
known  layman  in  the  Middle  West  the 
idea  of  a  "Northern  Baptist  Convention 
1915  Movement,"  through  which  by  igij 
a  thousand  churches  should  attain  to  a 
certain  standard  of  efficiency.  At  the 
recent  meeting  at  Philadelphia  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  repotted  such  a  standard, 
indicating  six  features  of  Christian  efficiency 
which  should  be  held  before  the  churches 
in  the  effort  before  1915  to  secure  one  thou- 
sand churches  that  should  have  reached 
this  goal.  The  pastor  of  a  conspicuous 
church  on  the  Pacific  Coast  raised  the 
question  as  to  whether  missionary  education 
had  received  the  place  to  which  it  was  en- 
titled, and  proposed  an  additional  section. 


The  attention  of  the  Convention  needed 
but  to  be-called  to  this  p«nt,  and  it  unani- 
mously adopted  at  another  feature  the 
strong  policy  of  missionary  education  quoted 
above,  and  recommended  that  as  a  denomi- 
national objective  we  should  (trive  to  hive 
by  1915  not  less  than  one  thoucand  churches 
of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  which 
have  attained  to  this  standard  of  efficiency. 
It  will  be  noted  that  it  is  recommended 
that  "the  various  denominational  agencies 
should  be  utilized  in  this  undertaking." 
Happily  the  "various  denomuiarional  agen- 
cies" have  a  single  agency  through  which 
the  work  of  missionary  education  in  ihc 
local  church  is  promoted  —  The  Baptist 
Forward   Movement  for  Missionary  Edu- 


The  Forward  Movement  will  render  - 
evety  service  in  its  power  to  enable  the 
churches  to  reach  this  standard.  It  is  pre- 
pared to  assist  in  reducing  the  present  some- 
what chaotic  methods  of  missionary  educa- 
tion to  an  orderly  system. 

There  are  many  agencies  each  with  its 
own  distinctive  method.  Chief  amoi^ 
these  are  the  missionaiy  sermon,  the  church 
missionary  moeting,  the  young  people's 
missionary  meeting,  the  woman  s  mission 
circle,  the  mission  study  class,  the  mission- 
ary department  of  the  Sunday  school  and 
of  the  men's  organization,  the  circulation  of 
missionary  books  and  periodicals,  the  dis- 
tribution of  missionaiy  leaflets,  etc.  It  is 
proposed  that  all  of  these  various  methods 


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619 


hall  contribute 
puqjose  it  has 
be  divided  into 
in  turn  of  the 
y  work,  these 
Its  to  be  given 

>d  comes  in  the 
iristmas.  The 
Forward  Movement  will  send  upon  request 
a  leaflet  showing  how  all  of  the  above- 
named  agenciet  may  ccHoperate  in  maLing  a 
vivid  impression  upon  the  whole  church  of 
the  needs  and  the  possibilities  of  the  people 
of  India.  Thb  leaflet  will  show  how  alt  of 
these  oi^nizations  may  contribute  to  the 
Total  missionary  impression  upon  the  life  of 
the  churd)  as  a  whole. 

WHAT  THE  CHURCHES  ARE  ASKED  TO  DO 

It  is  hoped  that  the  churches  generally 
will  take  seriously  this  important  recommen- 
dation of  the  Convention.  Three  things 
should  be  done  at  once; 

I.  There  should  be  appointed  a  strong 
Missionaiy  Committee  composed  of  both 
men  and  women,  whose  work  should  be 
not  simply  financial  but  broadly  educational. 
In  many  cases  a  church  missionaiy  com- 
mittee already  exists.  It  will  be  found 
necessary,  however,  to  broaden  the  vision 
and  field  of  some  of  these  committees  if 
under  their  leadership  the  church  is  to  attain 
to  this  standard  of  ^ciency. 

I.  A  comprehensive  missionary  policy 
should  be  formulated  by  this  committee 
and  adopted  by  the  church.  71)e  Forward 
Movement  will  send  upon  request  a  brief 
leaflet  entitled,  "A  Unified  Policy  of  Mis- 
sionary Education  and  Giving  for  the 
Local  Church"  and  can  furnish  other  help 
in  the  preparation  of  a  standard  educational 
missionary  policy. 

3.  It  is  very  desirable  that  the  action  of 
the  church  in  the  appointment  of  a  com- 
mittee and  in  the  adoption  of  a  unified 
policy  should  be  communicated  immedi- 
ately to  the  secretary  of  the  Forward 
Movement,  in  order  that  he  may  thus  be 
able  to  put  at  the  disposal  of  the  committee 
the  best  available  material  and  methods 
for  their  work.  It  is  earnestly  requested 
that  the  nantei  and  addresses  of  all  chair- 


men   of    existing    Missionary 

should  be  at  once  reported  to  the  secretary 

of  the  Forward  Movement,  Ford  Building, 

Boston. 

The  weekly  giving  propaganda  recom- 
mended in  connection  with  this  educational 
campaign  is  being  vigorously  promoted  by 
the  Baptist  Laymen's  Missionary  Move- 
ment and  the  Genetal  Apportionment 
Committee.  It  is  well  known  to  all  readers 
of  Missions  that  the  Apportionment  Com- 
mittee has  been  furnishing  double  envelopes 
free  of  charge  to  churches  introducing 
weekly  giving  to  missions  for  the  fitst  time 
and  agreeing  to  conduct  an  "every  member" 
canvass.  Action  taken  at  the  Philadelphia 
Convention  provides  that '  the  envelopes 
shall  be  given  free  only  to  churches  with  a 
membership  roll  of  less  than  200,  others 
paying  half  price.  The  address  of  the 
General  Apportionment  Committee  is  also 
Ford  Building,  Boston. 
« 
"India  Awakening" 

The  first  and  most  important  piece  of 
material  provided  for  the  great  missionary 
educational  campaign  in  Baptist  churches 
this  fall  is  this  new  text-book  by  Sherwood 
Eddy.  It  is  doubtful  whether  there  has 
yet  appeared  in  this  series  of  mission  study 
courses  a  book  that  will  be  more  popular 
and  more  practically  helpful,  since  it  abounds 
with  graphic  incidents,  and  is  thoroughly 
up  to  date  in  its  description  of  the  marvelous 
modem  awakening  in  the  Indian  empire. 

Four  Popular  Programs  based  upon  this 
book  are  being  prepared  for  use  by  mission 
study  classes  in  extending  the  circle  of 
those  who  shall  through  this  book  get  a 
vision  of  the  work  of  the  kingdom  in  India. 

"community  studies" 
The  Missionaiy  Education  Movement 
has  just  prepared  for  the  use  of  adult 
Bible  classes,  brotherhoods,  women's  clubs, 
local  missionary  societies  and  young  people's 
societies,  a  series  of  twelve  studies  of  com- 
munity    problems      under     the     following 

I.  The  Population 

11.  Economic  Problems 

III.  Poverty 

IV.  Class  Distinctions 

V.    Labor  Unions  and  Problems. 


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MISSIONS 


VI.   Recreation 
VII.  The  Saloons 
VIII.  The  Day  of  Rest 
IX.  Young  People 
X.   Immigration 

XI.  Christian  Leadershipin  Public  Life. 
XII.  The  Community  Church 

It  is  a  practical  scheme  for  the  investi- 
gation of  the  problems  of  the  laige  town  or 
city  ward  from  the  point  of  view  of  the 
church  and  its  work.  A  similar  series  of 
studies  of  rural  communities  is  in  course  of 
preparation.  It  is  believed  that  this  is  one 
of  the  most  important  advance  steps  in 
missionary  education.  Here  in  the  study 
of  many  of  our  most  important  home  mission 
problems  we  may  turn  froni  the  study  of 
books  to  the  study  of  life  about  us.  It  is 
to  aid  in  such  vital  study  and  to  contribute 
to  local  church  efficiency  that  these  courses 
have  been  prepared.  Copies  may  be  ob- 
tained from  the  Publication  Society  at  35c. 
each. 

Suggestions  for  leaders  of  groups  are 
being  prepared  and  may  be  secured  when 
ready  from  the  Forward  Movement.  They 
will  be  free  of  charge  to  groups  enrolling 
in  the  Forward  Movement  office. 

World  Baptist  Young  People's  Federation 

At  this,  the  first  meeting  ever  held  in 
the  interest  of  Baptist  young  people  through- 
out the  world,  assembled  at  Philadelphia 
June  20th,  191 1,  we,  delegates  and  visitors 
to  the  second  session  of  the  Baptist  World 
Alliance,  wish  to  record  our  views  regarding 
the  work  for  our  young  people  in  the  fol- 
lowing statement  and  resolutions: 

Whereasy  our  denomination  has  always 
recognized  the  necessity  for  training  our 
young  people  in  our  histoiy  and  doctrines, 
and  in  methods  of  Christian  work,  and 
whereas,  we  appreciate  the  good  work 
already  done  by  existing  organizations  in 
various  secions  of  our  World  Field,  yet 
believe  the  time  has  come  when  there  should 
be  a  closer  affiliation  of  Baptist  young 
people  everywhere;  therefore.  Resolved, 

I.  That  we  do  now  appoint  a  committee 

of  twenty-five  persons  whose  duty  it  shall 

be  to  devise  plans  by  which  a  world  wide 

movement    for   combining   all    our   young 

1^  people    may    be    consummated.      2.  That 


this  committee  be  and  is  hereby  instructed 
to  determine  its  own  officer  and  organ- 
ization,  and  to  decide  as  to  how  these 
instrucrions  can  best  be  carried  out.  3.  That 
this  committee  be  authorized  to  present  the 
results  of  their  labor  to  the  denominarion 
at  such  time  as  may  seem  to  them  desirable, 
but  in  any  event  not  later  than  three  years 
from  this  date.  4^  That  those  present 
who  may  wish  to  contribute  toward  the 
expense  of  this  committee  may  hand  their 
offering  at  the  close  of  this  meeting  to  the 
person  designated  by  the  chairman,  and 
that  the  committee  make  such  further 
arrangement  as  may  be  necessary  for  their 
expenses  but  are  not  to  make  any  public 
appeal  to  the  denomination.  5.  That  the 
chairman  appoint  the  above  committee  of 
twenty-five. 

COMMriTEE 

Geo.  W.  Coleman,  Mass.;  Rev.  Howard 
Wayne    Smith,    Penn.;    Rev.  C.   D.   Case, 
N.Y.;   Geo.    Miller,  Md.;    R.  A.    Bogley, 
D.C.;  Rev.  J.  L.  Gilmour,  Ontario;  A.  M. 
Douglas,  Ala.;   Rev.  A.  L.   Brown,  Ont.; 
Rev.  H.  H.  Bingham,  Ont.;  Rev.  A.  H. 
Vautier,  Penn.;  Rev.  J.  M.  Frost,  Penn.; 
H.  C.  Lincoln,  Penn.;  Prof.  J.  H.  Farmer, 
Ont.;    H.    G.    Baldwin,    Ohio    (afterward 
appointed   treasurer);    Rev.  Walter  Calley^ 
Mass.;  Rev.  J.  T.  Watts,  Va.;  Rev.  B.  W- 
Merrill,  Ont.;  H.  V.  Meyer,  Mass.;  Pres^ 
E.  Y.  Mullins,  Ky.;  R.  H.  Coleman,  Texas ^ 

Rev.   F.   B.  Meyer,  England;  Rev.  A.  N 

Marshall,   Australia;    Rev.  William  Fetler^ 
Russia;   Rev.   G.   T.   Webb,   Penn.;   Prof- 
Ira  M.  Price,  Illinois. 


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A  Catholic  Federation 

Not  to  be  too  far  behind  the  Baptists,  the 
Roman  CatKolics  propose  a  World  Feder- 
ation   of   Catholic    Societies,    one    of   the 
objects    being   to   hold   every   five   or   ten 
years  an  International  Catholic  Congress. 
These  Societies  are  unofficial  but  recognized 
bodies   of  Catholic   laymen,   including  the 
Hibernians,     Knights    of    Columbus    and 
others.     The   Catholic   women,   too,   have 
caught     the     missionary     campaign     idea 
from  the  Woman's  Campaign  of  last  winter. 
Example    may   have   its   weight    in    other 
directions  also. 


M  I  SSIONS 


Missionary  Program  Topics  for  1911 

"January.  OuR  WoRK  AMONG  Foreign  Populations. 

Ftbruary.  Our  Work  for  Mexicans  and  Indians. 

March.  The  Western  States:  Status  and  Outlook, 

Jpril.  Thb  World's  King  and  How  He  Conijuers. 

May.  CoLPORTER  Work. 

^unt,  OuK  Denominational  Power  and  Obligations. 

(Meetings  in  Philadelphia.) 

July.  Our  Obligations  to  Porto  Rico  and  Philippines. 

August.  State  Convention  Work. 

September.  REPORTS  FROM  CHINA. 

October.  REPORTS  FKOM  InDIA. 

November.  Trials  and  Triumphs  in  Europe. 

December.  African  Missions. 


® 


October  Subject:    Reports  from  India 

Hymn:    "Hail  to  the  Bnghtness."    Forward  Movement  Hymnal.  No.  44.  (F'rice  15  cents.) 

itEADiNC:    Isaiah  xl:i-io. 

Hymn:    "Fling  Out  the  Banner."    Forward  Movement  Hymnal.    No.  47. 

Prayer:    Sentence  prayers  having  as  central  thoughts  the  strengthening  and  upholding  of 

the  foreign  missionaries,  the  raising  of  mission  funds  and  the  gaining  of  recruits. 
Reports  from  Burma.     Incidents  told  by  the  missionaries  of  their  past  year's  work. 

Material  for  this  is  contained  in  copies  of  Missions  (price  per  copy  5  cents),  and  in  the 

Handbook  (price  20  cents),  which  devotes  many  pages  to  the  "  Story  of  the  Year,"  Choose 

incidents  representing  the  many  sides  of  mission  work  and  have  diFerent  people  prepared 

to  retell  them  in  their  own  words  briefly  and  vividly. 
Hymn:   "O  IXod,  Haste,  Thy  Mission  High  Fulfilling."    Forward  Movement  Hymnal. 
Reports  from  Assam.    Follow  the  plan  outlined  for  Burma,  varying  it  slightly  by  having 

one  or  two  exceptionally  telling  incidents  read  in  the  missionary's  own  words. 
Reports  from  South  India.    To  be  treated  in  the  same  way  as  Burma  and  Assam. 
Resume  by  Leader,   briefly  touching  upon  the  various  qualities 

shown  thenuelrefi  to  possess  in  the  given  incidents,  and  emphasizing  the 

their  readiness  for  service. 
Hymn:    "Jesus  Calls  Us."    Forward  Movement  Hymnal.    No.  74. 


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MISSIONS 


Devotional 


A  miasuinarg  ^^a^r 


(3f^ 


LMIGHTT  and  most  Merciful  Father, 
/C^  we  give  Thee  humble  thanks  for  the 
light  of  Thy  gospel.  Make  us  more  grateful 
for  this  mercy,  and  more  zealous  for  the 
salvation  of  all  mankind.  Visit  in  mercy 
the  church,  enrich  it  with  the  grace  of  Thy 
Holy  Spirit,  unite  its  members  in  love  and 
service.  O  Thou  Lord  of  the  harvest,  send 
forth  laborers  into  Thy  harvest.  Fill  with 
Thy  Spirit  those  who  have  gone  forth. 
Graciously  keep  and  prosper  the  mission- 
aries of  the  Cross  who  labor  abroad  and  at 
home.  Bless  with  knowledge  and  faith  all 
converts  made  through  their  labors.  Deliver 
those  who  are  suffering  persecution  for  the 
gospeFs  sake.  Have  especial  compassion 
upon  our  brethren  and  sisters  in  Russia, 
and  put  it  into  the  hearts  of  those  in  authority 
to  allow  liberty  of  conscience  and  worship. 
Cause  all  Christians,  0  Lord,  to  sow  boun- 
tifully that  they  may  reap  also  bountifully. 
And  grant  that  we  individually  by  our 
lives  and  influence  and  faithfulness  may 
do  our  part  to  extend  the  boundaries  of  Thy 
kingdom  of  truth,  love  and  righteousness 
in  the  earth.  Through  the  grace  of  Jesus 
Chrtst  our  Lord  and  Saviour.     Amen. 

Hi 
Your  Place 

Move  to  the  fore. 

God    Himself  waits,    and    must   wait,   till 

thou  come. 
Men  are  God's  prophets  though   ages  lie 

dumb. 
Halts   the   Christ-kingdom,   with    conquest- 

so  near  ? 
Thou  art  the  cause,  then,  thou  man  at  the 

rear. 
Move  to  the  fore  I 

—  James  Buckham. 

Thoughts  to  Grow  Upon. 

To  find  the  Great  Companion,  and  the 
work  He  gives  —  this  is  the  sum  of  all. 
—  Henry  Churchill  King. 


God  never  sends  you  anyiriiere  that  h 
does  not  send  an  opportunity  widi  joa. 


It  is  not  hardships  that  make  men  bra 
and  women  heroic.     It  is  the  ideas  whici 
they  mix  with  their  daily  bread  and  butte 
—  Henderson. 


Oh,  the  freedom  with  which  the 
of  the  divine  forgiveness  are  thrown  open 
The  Bible  trembles  and  bums  and  ove 
runs  with  offers!  They  crowd  on  oni 
another.  Not  waiting  to  be  asked,  no 
giving  it  reluctantly,  but  following  t 
tempt  them  with  it,  in  His  open  hands 
the  eager  Saviour  brings  His  free  for- 
giveness. The  great  wonder  of  the  In- 
carnation was  the  great  miracle  of  thai 
free  pardon.  — Phillips  Brooks. 

To  Try  is  better  than  the  thing  you  t 
for. 

To   Hope   is   higher   than   the   height   at- 
tained. 

To  Love  is  greater  than  the  love  you  sigh 
for, 

To  Seek  is  nobler  than  the  object  gained, 

To    "Wrestle     with     the     angel" — this 
avails 

Although    the    motive    for    the    wrestling 
fails. 

Just  as  Syria,  once  lighted  up  with  the 
oil  made  from  her  own  olives,  is  now  illumi- 
nated by  oil  transported  from  America,  so 
the  light  of  revelation  that  once  burned 
brightly  there,  lighting  up  the  whole  earth 
with  its  radiance  long  suffered  to  go  out  in 
darkness,  has  been  rekindled  by  missionaries 
from  America,  in  the  translarion  of  her  own 
Scriptures  into  the  spoken  language  of  her 
present  inhabitants.  —  S.  H.  Calhoun. 

The  Point  of  View 
I  find  earth  not  gray  but  rosy; 

Heaven  not  grim  but  fair  of  hue; 
Do  I  stoop  ?   I  pluck  a  posy; 
Do  I  stand  and  stare  ?  All's  blue. 

—  Robert  Bmtwning. 


MISSIONS 


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vecUtion  that  Hakes  Work  Light 

WOLLA3TON,  Mass.,  Aug,  7,  1911. 
THE  EDfTOit:  Feeling  deeply  my  obliga- 
I  Missions  for  much  of  the  brightness 
rowth  of  my  Christian  life  I  wish  to 
1  to  you  my  gratitude.  The  glorious 
of  optimism,  of  living,  breathing  faith 

coming  of  the  Kingdom,  which  your 
ine  always  manifests,  I  believe  to  be 
r  the  greatest  forces  to  srimulate  the 
ian  life,  especially  that  of  the  man  or 
n  who  has  just  become  a  Giristian. 
)se  intimate  sketches  of  native  life, 
g  as  they  do  from  all  nations  even  10 
ids  of  the  earth,  seem  to  me  to  strike 
iminant  note  of  appeal  to  our  brotherly 
vithout  which  we  are  nothing, 
auld  that  eveiy  Christian  might  be  en- 

to  read  Missions,  believing  that  it 

result  in  the  great  majority  prayer- 
repeating  with  Dr.  Woelfkin,  whose 
letter  of  greeting  appeared  in  your 
t  number,  in  his  own  glowing  words: 
interest  in  missions  is  the  measure  of 
teres!  in  the  eternal  purpose  of  God. 
ayer  for  missions  indicates  the  measure 

ability  to  enter  the  travail  of  the  spirit 


inking  you  again  for  the  < 
ion  \lissiON3  is  to  me,  I  am. 
Yours  very  respectfully, 
ICY  L.  H.  SouLB  ("Dorothy  King"). 


"The  Orient  In  Providence" 
nisands  of  people  who  have  not  bad 
poitunity  to  (ravel  abroad  and  who 
ever  see  the  lands  of  the  far  East  will 
e  to  get  a  fair  conception  of  the  scenery 
arive  life  in  Oriental  countries  if  they 
fhe  Orient  in  Providence  Exposition, 

held  in  Infantry  Hall,  Sept.   zi   to 


Oct.  7  —  a  partial  repetition  on  a  smaller 
scale  of  The  Worid  in  Boston.  The  sections 
devoted  to  China,  Japan,  Korea  and  Burma 
will  be  enclosed  by  beautiful  scenery, 
painted  in  the  best  studios  of  New  York. 
Within  the  secrion  will  be  found  houses, 
shops,  temples  and  shrines,  1  school,  a  hos- 
pital, a  tea  house  and  other  characteristic 
structures.  Men  and  women,  young,  and 
old,  of  Providence  and  vicinity,  dressed  in 
the  costume  of  each  land,  will  populate  the 
scenes,  explaining  the  use  and  meaning  of 
the  sights  and  telling  of  the  efFoits  in  prog- 
ress to  extend  Christian  civilizauon  through- 
out  the  countries  of  which  the  stewards  are 
natives  for  the  time  being.  There  will  be 
frequent  demonstrations  of  events  in  native 
life,  in  which  many  stewards  will  partici- 
pate. 

"The  Orient  in  Providence"  will  have 
much  of  the  scenery  used  in  Boston,  and  the 
same  care  and  thoroughness  which  marked 
that  Exposition  are  evident  in  the  prepara- 
tions now  under  way  to  make  the  Providence 
Exposition  interesting  and  inspiring. 


A  Burman  Student  Volunteer 
Some  time  ago  Miss  Scott  asked  Moung 
Ba  Oh,  one  of  the  young  men  from  the 
village  of  £e  Ee,  what  he  was  going  to  do. 
In  reply  he  said,  "I  have  promised  my 
Father  to  become  a  preacher."  She  did 
not  understand  until  later  that  he  referred 
to  his  Heavenly  Fatheri  yet  it  was  very  real 
to  him.  Contrary  to  custom  his  home 
church  are  giving  from  their  poverty  from 
two  cents  to  thirty-two  cents  each  annually 
for  four  years  to  his  support,  willing  that 
he  shall  become,  if  need  be,  their  repre- 
sentative to  Siam  where  thousands  of  Karens 
have  not  heard  of  Christ.  —  Merrick 
L.  Streeter,  Tavoy,  Burma. 


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MISSIONS 


FROM    THE    FAR    LANDS 


*'WIN  one" 


There  is  great  promise  of  many  baptisms 
among  our  school  boys  this  year  as  well  as 
from  the  jungle  villages.  Our  Christians 
have  taken  hold  heartily  of  the  "Win  One" 
movement.  —  Mrs.  M.  A.  Tribolet,  My- 
ingyan,  Burma. 

ILLNESS  OF  FOREIGN  SECRETARY 

It  is  a  matter  of  deep  regret  that  Dr. 
Thomas  S.  Barbour,  Foreign  Secretary  of 
the  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission 
Society,  has  been  seriously  ill  with  malaria 
since  his  return  from  his  visit  to  the  mission 
fields  in  British  India.  Latest  reports 
indicate  a  slight  improvement,  but  he  will 
be  unable  to  resume  his  customaiy  duties 
for  some  time  and  the  published  report  of 
his  visit  to  the  mission  fields  will  necessarily 
be  somewhat  delayed. 

A  FORECAST  OF  CHINa's  FUTURE 

The  medical  situation  here  is  one  of 
extreme  difiiculty  owing  to  the  conserva- 
tism of  the  people.  We  expect  the  rail- 
road, however,  in  the  next  few  years  and 
then  we  will  go  forward  in  the  scale  at  the 
remarkable  rate  that  all  China,  touched 
by  the  new  spirit  of  advance,  seems  capable 
of  doing.  It  is  a  wonderful  people  and  we 
are  now  in  one  of  its  most  wonderful  periods. 
If  it  becomes  a  Godfearing  nation  it  will 
live,  if  not  it  will  make  a  great  struggle 
and  then  die.  It  is  a  wonderful  privilege 
to  be  here  trying  to  make  the  China  of  the 
future  live  for  Him.  —  C.  H.  Barlow, 
M.D.,  Shaohsing,  East  China. 

FLOURISHING    LFFERARY   SOCIETY   AT    8UIFU 

We  closed  school  at  the  end  of  the  year 
with  an  attendance  of  19  as  against  a  total 
registration  for  the  year  of  22.  Many  of 
these  boys  have  now  been  with  us  for  some 
years  and  are  making  remarkable  progress. 
In  January,  19139  we  hope  to  have  our  first 
class   graduate.     One   of  the   interesting 


features  of  the  work  last  ML  was  the 
ization  of  a  literaiy  society.     All 
English   and  very  orderly,  one  of 
acting  as  president.    A  hjrmn  was  tung  ii 
English  at  eadi  session  and  each 
answered  roll  call  with  a  passage  ofScriptuii   ■  " 
memorized  for  the  occasion.    There  wei 
readings,  compositions  and  debates, 
session  also  reserved   some  time   for  fr 
discussion.     The   topic    for   one    debate^ 
which  was  one  of  their  own  choosing,  was^ 
"Resolved  that  idols  are  useless  and  ought 
to  be  abolished."    The  debate  was  rathei 
one-sided  because  the  negative  could  fin< 
no  very  strong  arguments  in  fiivor  of  keeping^f 
the  idols.  — I.  B.  Clark,  Suifii,  West  Chiiuu. 

MOHAMMEDANS   ACCEPTING   CHRXSTIANTTY 

A  year  and  a  half  ago  a  middle-aged 
Mohammedan  came  to  talk  over  Christian 
things  with  us  and  has  been  coming  ever 
since.  He  lives  in  the  center  of  the  city  oT 
Hyderabad.  We  have  been  to  his  house 
to  visit  him  and  his  work.  He  has  a  reading 
room  and  dispensary  combined  in  the 
lower  part  of  his  house.  By  this  he  has 
been  able  to  present  the  gospel  to  a  large 
number  of  Mohammedans.  Among  them 
he  has  won  a  number  to  belief  in  Christ. 
Now  there  are  about  twelve  persons  ready 
for  baptism.  He,  as  their  leader,  will  come 
with  them  all  for  baptism  now  as  soon  as 
we  are  ready  to  take  them  and  care  for  them. 
— A.  M.  BoGGS,  Secunderabad,  South  India. 

AN  ASSOCIATION  MEETING  IN  INDIA 

It  was  Bapatla's  turn  to  have  the  Asso 
ciation  this  year,  but  in  view  of  Mrs.  Thonv 
sen's  illness  they  asked  us  to  take  it.    V 
had  only  a  short  time  for  preparation  ai 
therefore  had  to  hurry.    The  meeting  v 
held  with  one  of  the  village  diurches 
Velagapudi,  forty-nine  miles   from   Na 
ravupet.    In  every  way  it  was  a  succes 
the  very  best  meeting  the  Association 
ever  had.   There  were  430  members  pre 
170  from  churches  outside  of  the  N 


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ravupet  field.  The  night  meetings  were 
largely  attended  by  non-christians.  There 
were  ten  missionaries  present;  but  they 
did  not  interfere  very  much  and  the  Telugus 
felt  that  the  meeting  was  their  own.  Many 
of  them  have  said  that  it  was  the  best  meeting 
they  ever  attended.  The  traveling  secre- 
tary of  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society 
told  the  people  that  he  enjoyed  their  meeting 
more  than  he  enjoyed  the  great  Chrisdan 
Endeavor  Convention  at  Agra.  The  fine 
success  of  this  meeting  with  a  village  church 
has  greatly  helped  and  encouraged  our 
people.  Just  now  they  feel  that  the  time 
for  holding  such  meetings  in  the  mission 
starions  is  past.  —  £.  £.  Silliman,  Nar- 
saravupet,  South  India. 

AN  OUTSIDE  OPINION 

"I  am  sure  that  those  at  home  who  are 
adverse  to  giving  funds  to  foreign  missions 
would  be  converted  to  the  cause  could  they 
be  brought  to  realize  more  fully  the  vast 
amount  of  labor  and  good  being  daily 
performed  by  yourselves  and  your  fellow 
workers."  Thus  writes  a  disinterested 
onlooker,  a  captain  of  the  constabulary, 
to  one  of  our  missionaries  at  Iloilo  in  the 
Philippine  Islands.  He  adds:  "There 
probably  is  no  country  with  greater  problems 
confronting  those  of  your  noble  profession. 
I  am  surprised  at  the  results  obtained, 
though  I  am  well  aware  of  the  strenuous 
life  you  lead  to  accomplish  this.  Surely 
God  is  with  you  on  those  long  and  dangerous 
joume3r8  you  make  on  foot  into  the  mountain 
regions.  I  wonder  that  your  health  is 
equal  to  the  strain.  I  wonder  what  those 
at  home  who  opine  that  the  life  of  a  mission- 
ary is  one  of  repose  would  say  if  they  could 
meet  your  party  after  one  of  those  trips 
through  the  wilderness.  If  this  could  be 
made  possible,  I  am  inclined  to  believe  that 
there  would  be  more  loyal  supporters  to 
the  cause  you  preach." 

A   CAMPAIGN   WITH  A  TENT 

Rev.  Reuben  Saillens,  one  of  the  foremost 
Baptist  leaders  in  Europe,  was  prevented 
from  attending  the  meetings  of  the  Baptist 
World  Alliance  in  Philadelphia  on  account 
of  a  tent  campaign  which  he  has  initiated 
in  Paris.  He  writes  enthusiastically  of  its 
success.  "It  is  the  first  time  in  France 
that  the  gospel   is   preached   in   this   way. 


Through  the  liberality  of  friends  of  all 
denominations,  French,  Swiss  and  English, 
I  have  been  able  to  purchase  a  tent  holding 
room  for  1,000  people  and  to  pitch  it  at 
one  of  the  most  frequented  gates  of  the 
city,  with  fine  results.  Sundays  we  have 
the  tent  nearly  full  at  both  services  and  on 
week  nights  from  300  to  500  come,  mostly 
people  who  have  never  heard  the  gospel. 
The  attention  and  heartiness  of  the  people 
are  encouraging  and  already  a  large  number 
have  professed  to  believe.  One  of  the  most 
important  results  is  that  this  effort  brings 
together  the  Christian  forces  of  Paris  and 
teaches  our  Christian  people  how  to  go  to  the 
masses;  it  energizes  the  evangelical  churches." 

A    WELCOME    PROMISED 

A  note  from  Rev.  J.  H.  Franklin,  of 
Colorado  Springs,  says  that  the  westbound 
missionaries  who  go  out  in  September  are 
expected  to  stop  in  Colorado  Springs  for  a 
day,  "and  we  are  hoping  to  give  them  a 
warm  reception  and  to  receive  inspiration 
from  their  presence."  The  outgoing  mis- 
sionaries will  be  sure  of  the  warm  reception, 
for  Pastor  Franklin  and  his  people  are  the 
kind  to  give  it,  and  have  a  great  place  in 
their  hearts  for  missions  and  missionaries. 

PROF.    CLEMENT  RESIGNS 

Prof.  Ernest  W.  Clement,  principal  of 
Duncan  Academy  in  Tokyo,  has  severed 
his  connection  with  that  school  and  the 
Foreign  Society  in  order  to  accept  a  position 
offered  him  in  a  government  college  in 
Japan.  He  will  cut  short  his  furlough  and 
start  at  once  for  his  new  work.  We  regret 
the  change  for  the  sake  of  the  school  which 
he  has  so  efficiently  served.  We  have  from 
him  a  history  of  the  academy,  which  will 
soon  appear,  with  illustrations. 

FOOTBINDING     REFORM     IN     CHINA 

The  campaign  for  feet  of  natural  size  is 
well  under  way  in  China.  The  imperial 
government  has  sympathized  with  the 
reform  and  from  the  outset  the  missionaries 
have  vigorously  supported  it.  At  Hanyang 
in  Central  China  an  interesting  meeting 
was  recently  held.  Some  of  those  who  had 
joined  our  mission  church  there  during  the 
past  year  still  continued  to  bandage  their 
feet,  wearing  the  tiny,  sharp-pointed 
embroidered    shoe    which    every    Chinese 


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MISSIONS 


woman  used  to  survey  with  pride.  Mrs. 
Adams,  together  with  Mrs.  Tsao,  the  native 
pastor's  wife,  decided  that  it  was  time  to 
institute  a  reform.  They  called  a  meeting 
of  the  Chinese  women  and  began  operations 
with  twelve  who  had  signified  their  willing- 
ness to  give  up  their  tiny  feet.  Mrs.  Tsao 
acted  as  model  and,  with  cotton,  wool  and 
lint,  Mrs.  Adams  showed  the  women  how 
to  help  enlarge  the  feet,  filling  up  the  spaces 
with  wool,  thus  enabling  them  to  stand 
on  the  front  of  the  foot  instead  of  upon  the 
heel  only.  The  following  week  the  twelve 
chosen  ones  came  to  the  church  looking 
happy  and  contented,  and  strutted  about 
to  show  that  they  could  walk  nearly  as 
well  as  the  pastor's  wife  in  her  broad  and 
comfortable  shoes. 

A  VETERAN  GONE    HOME 

Rev.  M.  J.  Coldren,  who  died  recently 
at  Hillsdale,  Mich.,  was  for  thirty-two 
years  a  Free  Baptist  missionary  in  India, 
and  was  greatly  loved  by  the  natives.  "He 
was  everybody's  friend,"  is  the  fine  tribute 
paid  him.    His  station  was  Chandbali. 

SOME  TAUNGTHU  CHRISTIANS 

Two  weeks  ago  we  had  four  candidates 
baptized  in  Taunggyi;  three  of  them  were 
Taungthus.  A  few  weeks  previously  we 
had  at  one  of  the  Taungthu  churches  seven 
others  baptized,  so  this  makes  eleven  within 
the  last  three  or  four  weeks.  There  are 
also  two  or  three  more  whom  we  are  looking 
forward  to  receive.  One  is  a  Burman 
woman,  the  wife  of  a  Chinaman.  Her 
husband  used  to  be  the  rum  seller  for  the 
town  but  is  now  engaged  in  buying  produce. 
He  also  is  studying  the  Bible,  and  his  wife 
has  pretty  definitely  decided  to  be  a  Chris- 
tian. Another  one  who  believes  is  a  man 
from  the  Inle  Lake,  one  of  the  so  called 
Lake  people  who  live  in  houses  built  in 
the  water.  He  is  the  first  of  this  tribe,  is  a 
man  of  influence  and  already  seems  deeply 
to  have  interested  two  men  from  his  village. 
The  opening  among  them  looks  to  be  veiy 
promising,  for  the  people  are  all  eager  to 
have  tracts  given  to  them  which  they  read  as 
eagerly  as  they  receive.  — ^A.  H.  Hender- 
son, M.D.,  Taunggyi,  Burma. 

Assam  Conference  Report 
The   1911   report  of  the  Assam   Baptist 


Missionary  Conference  has  just  come  to 
hand.  It  makes  a  pamphlet  of  76  pages 
and  is  full  of  information.  The  eleventh 
biennial  session  was  held  at  Gauhati,  March 
4-12.  Twenty-nine  missionaries  were  pres- 
ent. The  conference  recorded  "its  un- 
bounded appreciation  of  the  helpfulness  of 
the  presence  with  us  in  our  sessions  here, 
and  of  their  visits  to  several  of  our  stadons, 
of  Drs.  Barbour  and  Anthony  from  America; 
also  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Downie  and  Professor 
Martin  from  South  India,  and  Missionaries 
Seagrave  and  Geis  from  Burma."  The  re- 
ports of  committees  show  how  thoroughly 
the  conference  goes  into  matters.  Facts 
will  be  drawn  from  these  reports  later.  The 
seventy-five  years'  history  by  Nettie  Purssell 
Mason  is  a  valuable  contribution  to  our 
missionary  literature. 

Garo  Christian  Pioneers 

Out  in  the  center  of  the  hills,  three  hard 
days'  journey  east  of  Tura,  a  little  more 
than  two  years  ago  a  small  dispensary  and 
school  were  started  at  Rongbinggiri  by 
Jinggin,  now  in  charge  of  another  branch 
dispensary  in  Bagmara.  After  nearly  a 
year  he  was  succeeded  by  Anondi,  another 
young  man  trained  at  the  Tura  Mission 
hospital,  and  his  brave  young  wife  Reheni 
who  spent  several  years  here  in  school. 
The  government  gave  a  little  financial 
help  towards  the  dispensary  at  the  first 
and  the  Commissioner,  who  traveled  through 
the  hills,  was  pleased  with  Anondi  and 
ordered  the  people  to  build  him  two  new 
bamboo  houses,  one  for  the  school  and 
dispensary  and  the  other  for  a  dwelling. 
The  main  financial  support,  however,  has 
come  from  a  good  man  in  America  who, 
though  not  a  member  of  any  church,  wanted 
to  invest  ^50  a  year  in  direct  evangelisric 
work. 

Dr.  Crozier  and  I  visited  Rongbinggiri 
near  the  close  of  our  tour  last  winter.  We 
had  been  traveling  three  days  among  the 
heathen,  when  suddenly,  not  knowing  the 
exact  location,  we  came  upon  arches  of 
banana  leaves  over  the  path  with  "welcome" 
in  large  letters  on  a  paper.  At  the  end  of 
this  colonnade  in  front  of  his  gate  stood 
Anondi  with  his  pupils.  As  we  approached 
he  led  them  in  a  song  of  praise  composed 
for  the  occasion,  which  brought  tears  of 
joy  to  our  eyes.    They  were  all  clean  and 


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happy  looking.  Reheni  met  us  in  the  yard. 
She  threw  her  arms  around  me  and  we 
stood  silently  weeping  for  several  minutes. 
This  modest  white-robed  Christian  girl — 
how  different  from  the  heathen  women! 
Our  visit  was  opportune,  for  a  government 
surveyor  was  in  camp  near  by  and  as  large 
numbers  of  men  were  drafted  to  move  his 
camp  from  place  to  place,  all  the  petty 
government  officials  and  headmen  of  villages 
in  that  region  were  gathered  there.  It  was 
a  great  opportunity  to  preach  Jesus  and 
we  found  a  few  almost  persuaded.  Repre- 
sentatives of  five  villages  interviewed  Dr. 
Crozier  in  regard  to  sending  teachers  to 
their  villages,  and  some  of  them  said,  "We 
want  one  that  loves  like  Anondi,"  and 
"We  want  one  with  a  wife."  The  nearest 
market  is  some  three  days'  away  and  food 
is  often  so  difficult  to  procure  that  our 
teachers  shrink  from  the  hardships  in- 
volved, but  one  young  couple  has  since 
been  found  to  go  to  Sinsanggiri,  a  large 
village  eight  miles  from  Rongbinggiri,  to 
open'a  school.  —  Mrs.  Mabel  B.  Crozier, 
Tura,  Assam. 

Missionary  Personals 

Mrs.  Edith  A.  Millard  was  married  at 
Newton  Center,  on  July  6,  to  Rev.  Charles  S. 
Deming,  a  missionary  under  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  Dr.  Frederick  L.  Anderson  of 
Newton  Theological  Institution,  officiated. 
In  August  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Deming  sailed  for 
Korea,  where  Mr.  Deming  is  a  professor  in 
the  newly  formed  Union  Theological  Sem- 
inary at  Seoul,  in  which  Southern  and 
Northern  Methodists  co-operate. 

Owing  to  the  enforced  absence  on  account 
of  illness  of  Rev.  Thomas  Lewis  of  the 
English  Baptist  Mission  Society,  Principal 
of  die  Congo  Evangelical  Training  Institu- 
tion at  Kimpesi,  Africa,  Rev.  Seymour  E. 
Moon  of  the  Foreign  Mission  Society  has 
again  been  appointed  acting-principal.  The 
exigencies  of  the  situation  have  caused  Mr. 
Moon  to  delay  his  furlough,  due  this  year, 
until  1 91 2. 

To  complete  the  list  of  missionaries,  both 
those  in  active  service  and  those  formerly 
connected  with  the  Society,  who  lent  their 
services  to  The  World  in  Boston,  a  partial 


list  of  which  appeared  in  July  Missions, 
the  following  names  should  be  added: 
Mrs.  H.  I.  Marshall,  F.  H.  Eveleth,  D.D., 
and  Mrs.  Eveleth,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Roberts, 
Rev.  S.  R.  Vinton  and  Mrs.  Vinton,  Miss 
E.  H.  Payne,  of  Burma;  Rev.  G.  H.  Brock 
and  Mrs.  Brock,  Rev.W.  L.Ferguson,  D.D., 
and  Mrs.  Ferguson,  Rev.W.  B.  Boggs,  D.D., 
and  Mrs.  Boggs,  Rev.  W.  A.  Stanton,  D.D., 
of  South  India;  F.  W.  Goddard,  M.D.,  Mrs. 
C.  E.  Tompkins,  of  China;  Rev.  W.  B. 
Bullen,  of  Japan;  Mrs.  Joseph  Clark, 
Rev.  Thomas  Moody,  of  Africa;  also 
Miss  H.  D.  Newcomb,  Miss  Stella  Mason, 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Case,  Mrs.  Mary  Burhoe,  for- 
merly missionaries.  Miss  Yaba,  Mr.  Poklay 
and  Mr.  Bosin  Momin,  Christian  repre- 
sentatives of  peoples  among  whom  the 
missionaries  work,  also  gave  valuable 
assistance 

Nearly  two  years  ago.  Rev.  Robert 
Harper,  M.D.,  of  Kengtung,  Burma,  met 
with  a  serious  injury  to  his  right  hand 
through  the  bite  of  a  vicious  horse.  The 
damage  was  so  severe  that  Dr.  Harper  was 
forced  to  take  a  trip  to  England  for  treat- 
ment by  specialists.  He  now  writes  that 
while  his  hand  is  still  stiff*,  the  operations 
performed  upon  it  have  been  practically 
successful. 

Foreign  Missionary  Record 

ARRIVED 

Rey.  J.  H.  Giffin,  Mrs.  Giffin  and  famflj,  from  Kajing, 
South  China,  at  Duluth,  Minn.,  Maj  26. 

Rev.  H.  F.  Rudd  and  Mrs.  Rudd,  M.D.,  from  Nin- 
guenfuy  West  China,  at  New  York,  June  8. 

Rer.  J.  £.  Geil,  Mrs.  Geil  and  child,  from  Banza 
Manteke,  Africa,  at  Granrille,  Ohio,  Julj  10. 

ReT.  S.  W.  Hartsock  and  Mrs.  Hazttock,  from  Ikoko, 
Africa,  at  Yardlej,  Pa.,  Julj  11. 

ReT.  W.  C.  Owen  and  Mrs.  Owen,  from  Allur,  Soutk 
India,  at  Ridgewood,  N. J.,  about  Julj  17. 

Mrs.  I.  B.  Elliott,  from  Rangoon,  Burma,  at  Win- 
chester, Tenn.,  Julj  23. 

Miss  Martha  C.  Corert,  from  Ningpo,  East  China,  at 
Emporia,  Kansas,  Julj  26. 

Mrs.  David  Gilmore,  from  Rangoon,  Burma,  at  New 
York,  Julj  29. 

Miss  Amy  A.  Acock,  from  Sendai,  Japan,  at  Chicago, 
m.,  August  2. 

BORN 

To  ReT.  G.  A.  Huntley,  M.D.,  and  Mrs.  Huntley,  of 
Hanyang,  Central  China,  on  May  4,  a  son,  Leslie 
Albert  Myers. 

To  ReT.  J.  A.  Chemey  and  Mrs.  Chemey,  of  Suifu, 
West  China,  on  June  6,  a  son,  Paul  Russell. 


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^^s^^?  i^i^ism^^' 


FROM  THE  HOME  LANDS 


The  Field  Secretery  in  Minoesota 

Dr.  Bames  has  been  on  a  missionary 
tour  through  portions  of  northern  Minne- 
sota in  company  with  State  Evangelist 
Rasmussen  and  State  Superintendent  £.  R. 
Pope,  while  the  party  was  enlarged  at  times 
by  the  presence  of  Rev.  M.  Berglund, 
Sunday  school  missionary  among  the 
Swedes,  and  Rev.  E.  M.  Hulett,  pastor  at 
large.  Nearly  1,400  miles  traveled,  fifteen 
churches  visited,  needy  fields  prospected, 
a  motor  car  occasionally  brought  into 
service  in  farming  districts,  a  boat  ex- 
cursion on  Rainey  Lake,  cordial  greetings 
and  generous  hospitality,  were  features  of 
an  outing  that  brought  great  help  and 
cheer  to  many  workers  in  the  frontier 
fields,  and  much  useful  information  to  the 
visitors. 

A  Faithful  Servant 
Rev.  Neil  E.  Nelson,  an  able  and  faith- 
ful minister  of  the  Gospel  and  missionary 
among  the  Swedes  in  this  country,  died  at 
New  Bedford,  Mass.,  April  2,  191 1.  He 
was  bom  in  Sweden,  April  20,  1859,  and 
after  preaching  in  Sweden  first  settled  in 
Evanston,  111.  He  later  labored  as  a  mis- 
sionary in  Manchester,  N.H.,  Montdair, 
N.J.,  in  South  Dakota,  Colorado,  New 
Bedford  and  New  York  City.  He  was  the 
founder  of  the  Elim  Swedish  Baptist  Church 
of  New  Bedford,  and  its  pastor  for  six  years. 
During  his  long  and  successful  ministry  he 
led  many  to  the  Saviour  and  the  churches 
prospered  under  his  care.  —  c.L.w. 

A  True  Missionary 

I  am  United  States  public  school  teacher 
at  Iliamna,  Alaska,  and  never  intend  to 
neglect  my  school  duties.  But  if  there  was 
not  a  real  love  for  the  souls  of  these  poor 
darkened  beings  Td  not  stay  two  hours 
after  I  could  get  a  steamer.  Every  last 
Indian  belongs  to  the  Greek  Church  and 
perhaps  always  will;    but  oh,  if  you  could 


realize  the  utter  blank.  They  have  had  a 
few  days'  visit  from  priests,  sometimes 
years  apart.  I  have  had  a  good  interpreter 
and  have  tried  to  tell  "The  old,  old  story" 
simply,  as  to  a  little  child.  How  glad  they 
are  to  hear  it;  what  will  it  matter  as  to  de- 
nominational ties  to  them  a  hundred  years 
hence  ?  But  it  will  make  a  difference  whether 
these  people  live  in  the  peace  of  God  or  in 
the  fear  of  the  devil.  I  am  not  a  missionary, 
but  I  can  help  these  poor  benighted  people 
understand  that  God  is  love;  and  that  it  is 
only  He  who  can  forgive  sin;  and  that 
through  Christ. 

I  am  alone;  no  neighbor,  not  even  an 
Indian,  within  quarter  of  a  mile,  and  no 
doctor  within  250  miles;  shut  in  on  all 
sides  by  great  high  snow-capped  peaks. 
These  Kenai  Indians  have  more  backbone 
than  the  Alents,  as  far  as  I  can  judge.  I 
have  worked  among  many  races  of  Indians, 
and  in  my  judgment  these  are  the  most 
superior  ones  I  have  dealt  with.  Not  that 
they  are  more  civilized,  for  they  are  not  that; 
but  the  material  seems  to  be  here,  some- 
thing to  build  upon.  —  Hannah  E.  Breece. 

The  Dark  and  Bright  Side 

BY  A   MISSIONARY   PASTOR   IN   WYOMING 

»  The  church  clerk  wrote  me,  prior  to  my 
coming,  "The  trouble  with  all  the  pastors 
we  have  had  is  that  they  seem  to  get  dis- 
couraged upon  arrival,  and  never  seem  to 
be  able  to  rise  above  it,  and  SOME  OF 
THEM  HAVE  STAYED  A  WHOLE 
YEAR."  I  replied,  "For  once  you  shall 
have  a  pastor  who  ^^iH  not  become  dis- 
couraged upon  arrival,  and  who  will  stay 
for  more  than  a  year." 

I  reached  town  about  midnight.  I  found 
no  person  to  meet  me  and  no  person  who 
knew  a  single  member  of  the  church  to 
whom  I  might  go.  I  could  not  obtain  a 
bed  because  of  the  crowded  condition  of 
the  place,  although  I  was  sick  and  had  been 


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traveling  for  three  days.  I  tried  to  sleep  in 
the  waiting-room  with  about  a  dozen  other 
unfortunates,  but  could  not  do  so  on  account 
of  the  extremely  cold  night,  although  it  was 
in  August.  I  put  on  a  second  suit  of  clothes 
over  my  regular  suit,  and  even  then  had  to 
walk  around  town  to  keep  warm.  Yes,  it 
was  discouraging,  but  I  am  still  on  the  field. 
In  my  four  and  a  half  years  as  pastor  of 
the  same  church,  I  have  seen  the  entire 
pastoral  force  of  our  State  change,  and  in 
some  cases  several  times. 

When  I  came  the  church  had  eleven 
members,  three  of  them  men,  but  only  one 
of  these  living  in  town,  the  second  thirteen 
miles  away,  the  third  eight  miles,  and  within 
three  months  the  latter  moved  to  California. 
Of  the  women  only  three  were  living  in  the 
place,  the  others  at  distances  varying  from 
a  few  up  to  twenty-five  miles.  To  add  to 
the  discouragements  we  found  our  pred- 
ecessor had  left  town  owing  about  I300, 
which  amount  is  still  unpaid.  The  services 
were  attended  by  a  few  faithful  women,  but 
outside  of  this  faithful  few  there  was  little 
interest. 

One  of  the  most  pathetic  things  in  my 
work  is  the  funerals.  My  first  one  was  that 
of  a  young  man  who,  though  his  parents 
were  Baptists  and  his  brother  a  minister, 
was  himself  a  gambler  and  bartender.  He 
made  a  profession  of  faith  in  Christ  before 
death.  What  was  my  surprise  to  find  eveiy 
store  and  saloon  shut  up  tight  for  the 
funeral,  and  proprietors,  bartenders,  gam- 
blers— in  fact  the  whole  town — at  the  poor 
fellow's  funeral.  When  I  tell  you  the  stores 
are  open  seven  days  in  the  week,  and  the 
saloons  never  close  night,  day  or  Sunday, 
you  will  appreciate  the  loyal  spirit  which  is 
displayed  on  such  occasions. 

Shortly  after  this  I  buried  a  poor  fellow 
shot  to  death  on  the  range,  whose  friends 
we  could  not  locate;  then  a  poor  girl,  an 
inmate  of  a  "sporting  house,"  also  shot  to 
death;  then  another  girl  who  had  married 
from  the  same  house;  then  a  Japanese  who 
was  drowned;  then  an  only  child,  also 
drowned;  then  a  poor  gambler  for  whose 
funeral  I  had  to  get  out  of  a  sick-bed;  then 
an  old  veteran,  the  father  of  a  saloon  keeper, 
who  never  came  to  church  and  refused  to 
let  the  minister  visit  him;  then  a  sweet  child, 
a  regular  attendant  at  Sunday  school, 
although  her  father  is  a  saloon  keeper;  then 


several  who  went  from  town  drunk  and  met 
with  accidental  death  or  were  frozen  —  all 
these  besides  those  that  might  be  classed  as 
"ordinary." 

What  spiritual  darkness  prevails  on  eveiy 
hand,  and  what  magnificent  opportunities 
there  are  for  work  in  this  great  State!  How 
delighted  we  have  been  to  see  the  church 
"grow  in  grace  and  the  knowledge  of  the 
truth,"  in  its  gifts  for  home  work  and  for 
missions,  raising  last  year  an  average  of 
thirty-five  dollars  per  member;  also  to  see 
the  membership  double  in  a  little  over  a 
year  after  these  years  of  patient  waiting. 
Now  we  have  one  of  the  best  Sunday  schools 
in  the  State  and  a  B.Y.P.U.,  recently  organ- 
ized, composed  of  as  fine  a  lot  of  young 
Christians  as  you  will  meet  anywhere.  There- 
fore, "we  thank  God  and  take  courage." 

Echoes  From  South  Dakota 

REV.  8.  p.  SHAW 

The  German  Baptist  church  at  Herried 
reports  good  attendance  at  its  services,  and 
the  church  edifice  with  its  new  electric  lights 
proves  too  small  for  the  audiences  Sunday 
evenings.  Pastor  Bens  has  preached  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Pollock,  and  ten  persons 
have  professed  faith  in  Christ.  (^1 

The  Timber  Lake  church  when  seven 
months  old  came  to  self-support.  They  plan 
to  begin  the  erection  of  a  church  house 
soon.  M.  P.  Beebe,  a  member,  has  pur- 
chased two  splendid  lots  which  he  purposes 
to  deed  to  this  church  as  soon  as  they  erect 
their  new  building.  This  generosity  has 
greatly  strengthened  the  work  here.  The 
pastor.  Rev.  J.  J.  Enge,  and  his  wife,  de- 
serve much  credit  for  their  untiring  efforts 
in  these  new  fields. 

The  church  at  Eagle  Butte  is  young, 
but  progressive.  They  have  three  Sunday 
schools,  one  in  town  and  two  in  the  country, 
with  a  total  attendance  of  about  120.  Rev. 
James  B.  McKeehan  is  proving  his  adapta- 
bility to  this  kind  of  work  by  the  way  he 
is  succeeding  in  these  fields. 

At  Watertown  during  the  first  five  months 
of  Rev.  F.  R.  Leach's  pastorate,  the  church 
received  sixty  new  members,  and  an  aggres- 
sive campaign  is  being  carried  on  for  a  new 
church  building,  to  cost  not  less  than 
$16,000.  The  church  is  enthusiastic  over 
the  progress  of  the  work. 


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CHAPEL    CAR    AND    COLPORTER 


A   FAITHFUL  WORKER 

Rev.  L.  Walton  Teny,  for  ten  years  the 
efficient  superintendent  of  missions  for 
western  Washbgton,  has  resigned  to  become 
financial  secretary  of  Adclphia  College, 
Seattle.  Rev.  J.  H.  Beaven,  of  Walla 
Walla,  succeeds  him  in  the  state  work.;        |, 

ROUCHINO  IT  If   BIG  HORN   BASIN 

Colpoitage  Wagon  No.  58  —  the  "George 
Frear  Memorial "  —  was  sent  as  soon  as 
equipped  into  the  Big  Horn  Basin,  Wyo- 
ming, where  it  has  had  a  varied  career. 
The  col  porter  described  some  of  the  difficult 
mountain  driving  as  "making  the  horses 
and  driver  sweat  with  fear."  The  first 
pair  of  horses  had  to  be  killed  by  order  of 
the  state  because  of  a  contagious  disease, 
and  the  society  was  left  to  buy  a  new  pair. 
The  wagon  has  been  kept  going  and  is  one 
of  the  Basin's  institutions. 


"While  engaged  in  a  meetingwith  a  weak 
church  in  the  western  part  of  Indiana," 
writes  Colporter  W.  E.  Houghton  of  Frank- 
lin, "I  was  invited  to  visit  the  mine  in  the 
vicinity,  and  while  going  through  the  mine 
I  fell  into  conversation  with  a  miner  who 
was  noted  for  his  wickedness.  I  invited 
him  to  come  to  church  that  night,  which  he 
did,  and  held  up  his  hand  for  prayer.  He 
came  the  next  night  with  his  wife.  They 
were  both  converted  and  united  with  the 
church.  The  man  has  since  become  a 
deacon  and  a  very  active  church  worker. 
His  influence  for  righteousness  is  now  as 
great  as  his  influence  for  wickedness  was 
before  his  conversion.  The  church  has  been 
greatly  strengthened." 

FINDING   THE    PEOPLE 

A  gulch  which  a  missionary  had  pictured 
to  be  full  of  wolves  and  panthers  proved, 
to  his  surprise,  to  be  a  home  of  Christian 
people,  says  Dr.  Seymour.  Hear  what  the 
colporter    says:      "Our    farm    where    my 


family  lives  and  works,  is  at  the  head  of  a 
narrow  valley.  Beyond  the  first  few  miles 
1  have  always  felt  as  if  there  was  nothing 
but  wild  animals.  But  I  drove  into  this 
canon,  which  1  followed  for  twenty-seven 
miles;  and  I  found  thirty-three  families, 
most  of  whom  were  Christians^  there  were 
no  Baptists,  and  eight  families  without  the 
Bible.  I  left  in  there  fotty-four  Bibles  and 
a  thousand  pages  of  tracts.  I  tarried  and 
preached  for  them  on  Sunday.  At  the  close 
of  the  service  there  was  an  old-fashioned 
handshake.  We  sang  'When  the  roll  is 
called  up  yonder,'  and  when  the  invitatioti 
was  given  for  prayers  many  came  forward, 
from  the  gray-haired  father  to  the  litde 
children,  and  amid  tears  we  left  them 
imploring  us  to  come  again." 

A   GOOD  APPOIirTMBKT 

It  is  announced  that  Rev.  W.  E.  Chalmers 
will  not  only  be  "educarional  secretary"  of 
the  Publication  Society,  but  in  addiuon  to 
supervision  of  the  young  people's  work  will 
have  in  charge  the  teacher  training  depart- 
ment in  place  of  Rev,  H.  T.  Musselman, 
who  has  resigned. 

STRENGTHENING  THE   FORCE 

Rev,  Geo.  L.  White,  who  has  been  the 
general  missionary  for  the  State*  of  Wyom- 
ing, Utah  and  Nevada  for  the  Home  Minion 
Society,  and  who  was  formerly  in  charge  of 
one  of  the  Chapel  Cars,  has  been  appointed 
by  the  Publication  Society  as  superintendent 
of  its  work  in  the  Pacific  Coast  Sutes.  He 
began  his  work  August  i,  with  hcadqiiatten 
at  Portland,  Oregon, 

READJUSTED   RELATIONS 

One  of  the  most  important  gatherings  in 
Philadelphia  in  connection  with  the  anni- 
versaries was  a  conference  of  representatives 
of  the  Conventions  of  seven  States  upon  the 
Pacific  Coast  and  a  committee  of  the  officen 
and  representatives  of  the  Board  of  the 
Publication  Society.    There  were  two  pro- 


MISSIONS 


63. 


longed  sessions  and  the  work  of  the  Society 
and  iu  relations  to  the  Coast  States  were 
rhorou^ly  discussed.  Articles  of  agreement 
were  framed  and  passed  with  unanimity. 
Theae  have  been  ratified  by  the  Board  of 
the  Publication  Society,  and  will  be  by  the 
Coast  Conventions  at  their  coming  meetingt. 
The  Society  will  have  new  force  and  power 
in  this  district  and  the  Conventions  will  be 
greatly  aided  in  their  work. 


The  first  colponage  wagon  was  provided 
by  the  Sunday  school  children  of  Michigan, 
the  money  being  raised  by  Dr.  E,  M, 
Stephenson,  then  Sunday  school  missionaiy 
for  Michigan.  The  results  of  the  work  of 
this  wagon  for  the  first  fifty  weeks  were: 
350  days'  work:  3,863  miles  traveled; 
101  meetings  held;  434  sermons  and  ad- 
dresses; 2,082  families  visited;  918  books 
given  away;  499  Bibles  sold;  590  Testaments 
sold;  i,(X^  books  sold;  iji  Bibles  given 
away;  161  Testamenu  given  away;  73,795 
pages  of  tracts  distributed;  125,565  pages 
of  religious  papers  distributed. 

* 
Colportage  Woik  Among  the  Forelgnen 

Besides  the  colportage  wagons,  the 
Publication  Society  has  neariy  forty  col- 
porter  missionaries  doing  work  in  various 
pans  of  the  countiy,  writes  Annie  L.  Barnes, 


Among  them  are  a  number  of  foreign 
workers.  In  Philadelphia  we  have,  in  con- 
nection with  the  City  Mission  Socie^,  a 
Polish  cojpotter  doing  excellent  work  among 
the  Poles,  Russians  and  Slavs;  also  an 
Italian  colporter  who  is  doing  great  good 
among  his  people.  In  New  York  City 
we  have,  in  co-operation  with  the  City 
Mission  Society,  col  porters  among  the 
Slovaks,  the  Hungarians,  and  the  Russians 
in  the  City  and  at  Dlis  Island. 

The  Society  is  also  co-operating  with 
the  Cleveland  City  Mission  Society  in  the 
support  of  a  native  Hungarian  worker. 
It  is  supplying  these  men,  as  well  as  a  great 
many  others  who  are  working  among  the 
foreign  population  of  this  country,  with 
Bibles  and  tracts  in  their  languages. 

On  the  Pacific  coast  we  have  a  native 
Chinaman,  Sum  Sing,  supported  partially 
by  the  contributions  of  a  lady  in  Mas^ 
achusetts  (Mrs.  A.  M.  Pickford).  He  is 
living  in  Oakland  with  his  family,  dtnng 
splendid  work  among  his  own  people. 
We  have  also  on  the  Pacific  coast  a  native 
Japanese  colporter,  K.  Takahashi,  vriio  is 
working  in  Washington  among  his  brethren. 

In  the  western  part  of  Pennsylvania  the 
Society  has,  in  joint  appointment  with  the 
Pittsburgh  Association,  five  colporter*  work- 
ing among  the  Croatians,  Slavs,  Hungarians, 
Italians  and  Russians,  The  value  of  this 
work  is  attested  by  all  familiar  with  it. 


632 


MISSIONS 


A  Model  Handbook 

The  Handbook  of  the  American  Baptist 
Foreign  Mistioo  Sodety  for  1911  <o  closely 
apprcnches  the  model  that  it  is  difficult 
to  see  how  1913  can  improve  upon  it.  One 
felt  the  same  way  about  the  issue  for  1910, 
however,  so  that  Secretaiy  Warburton  may 
nill  surpass  himself  in  anangement  and 
illustration.  Fim  we  have  the  stoiy  of 
the  year  in  65  pages  which  are  packed 
with  illustrative  matter  directly  from  the 
missionaries  on  the  field.  Here  is  the  life  of 
missions  leady  to  hand  for  program  com- 
mittees, the  missionary  sermon,  or  the  Sun- 
day  school  teacher.  Then  come  facts  and 
figures,  hnef  descriptions  of  the  mission 
stations,  the  missionaiy  directory,  and  the 
maps  in  colore.  Only  twenty  cents  for  the 
whole,  which  is  very  artistic.  Every  young 
people's  society  should  have  the  Handbook 
and  Missions  on  file. 


The  Church  in  tht  Smaller  Cities 

This  pamphlet  belongs  to  the  Social  Ser- 
vice Series  which  the  Publication  Society  is 
bringing  out  for  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention  Social  Service  Commission, 
under  the  chairmanship  of  Dean  Shailer 
Mathews.  Rev.  F.  W.  Patterson,  of  the 
First  Church  of  Edmonton,  Alberta,  Canada, 
is  the  author,  and  his  thesis  is  that  "loyalty 
to  Jesus  consists  not  in  rigid  con  form  ity 
to  the  methods  of  a  bygone  age,  but  in  an 
intelligent  and  purposeful  eifort  to  adjust 
ourselves  and  our  methods  of  work  to 
the  demands  of  today  and  the  needs  of 
the  community  in  which  we  labor."  The 
smaller  cities  have  their  problems  as  well 
as  the  big  cities,  and  these  require  study. 
Then  smaller  cities  differ  in  character  and 
consequently  in  kinds  of  work  demanded. 


The  author  indii^tet  how  the  study  of  tine 
field  is  fim  to  be  conducted,  and  after  th^  t 
various  acttvidet  in  which  the  churcK^ 
should  engage  in  order  to  minister  to  ic  s 
specific  community.  The  work  is  practica  1 , 
and  its  value  not  to  be  gaged  by  the  price 


The  Social  Service  S«riM 

Two  further  issues  in  this  helpful  serie-« 
are  "Welfare  Work  by  Corporations,' 
by  Maty  Lathrop  Goss,  and  "Intemation^l 
Justice,"  by  Prof.  George  C.  Wilson* 
formerly  of  Brown,  now  of  Harvard.  Th^ 
firM  gives  examples  of  what  coiporations 
are  doing  abroad  and  in  this  country  for 
the  welfare  of  employees,  incidentally  indi- 
cating that  some  corporations  do  have  souls, 
or  at  least  some  care  for  them.  The  seconil 
is  especially  interesting  now  when  arbitra- 
tion and  peace  are  common  topic*  of  di»- 
cussion.  It  is  well  Co  know  just  iriiat  the 
international  relations  are,  and  youn^ 
people  especially  should  familiarize  them- 
selves with  the  facts  through  this  brief  hue 
clear  and  comprehensive  statement. 


Children  of  Foreign  Lands 

Charming  volumes  are  these  whida 
describe  the  children  of  Egypt,  Ceylon^ 
India,  China,  Africa,  Arabia,  Jamaica 
and  Japan,  In  the  compass  of  a  hundred 
pages,  illustrated  with  colored  plates,  the^ 
tell  of  the  children's  life,  conditions,  pla>-s, 
customs,  schools — just  what  not  only  our 
children  but  all  of  us  like  to  know,  for  who 
is  not  interested  in  child  life  ?  The  writeis 
were  selected  because  ihey  knew  how  to 
write  in  an  interesting  way,  and  knew  what 
to  write  about  in  the  different  lands  treated. 
Parents  will  not  go  amiss  in  giving  these 


MISSIONS 


little  books  as  presents  to  their  children. 

they  broaden  the 
he  missionaty  spirit 

human  sympathy, 
the    Sunday  school 

libraiy.  (Fleming 
edition.) 

MlMrifmn  in  the  Hagazlnes 

Much  interesting  desciiptive  material  is 
contained  in  the  cunent  magazines.  The 
Century  contributes  "Motoring  in  Algeria 
and  Tunis,"  the  fim  of  two  papers,  taking 
us  from  Algiers  to  Consiantine  and  de- 
scribing points  of  interest  along  the  way. 
"Samoa  and  the  Samoans"  {Overland 
Monthly  for  July)  interesringly  gives  the 
character  and  customs  of  the  Samoans  and 
describes  their  chief  personages.  "Isola 
Bella"  {Blaelauood'i  Magaxine  for  July)  is 
a  similar  article  with  Ceylon  for  its  theme. 

The  Century  contains  a  brightly  written 
story,  "The  Joyous  Adventure  of  Etta," 
the  tale  of  East  Side  children  represenring 
a  variety  of  races  and  their  happy  trip  to 
Rockaway  with  their  settlement  teacher. 
The  racial  characteristics  of  the  different 
children  are  well  brought  out.  The  Allantie 
Monthly  contains  another  Greek  story  by 
Julia  D.  Dragoumis,  —  "In  the  Cave,"  — 
the  story  of  a  lame  little  Greek  girl's  love 
for  her  handsome  fugitive  lover.  The  scene 
is  laid  on  the  Island  of  ^^na  and  the  back- 
ground is  rich  in  local  color. 

An  unusually  large  number  of  Anglo- 
Indian  stories  are  to  be  found.  Poll  Mall 
coinains  two,  "A  Wedding  Day,"  a  story 
of  the  Indian  Mutiny  with  scene  laid  in 
Golpore,  and  "The  Mystery  of  an  Out- 
Station,"  in  which  the  interest  centers  on 
the  mysterious  and  the  unearthly.  Btack- 
wooJ'i  contributes  another  Mutiny  story  in 
"Robert  Dinwiddie;"and  Cassell's  for  July 
contains  "His  Own  People,"  which  is  the 
portrayal  of  the  unceasing  devotion  of  an  old 
and  ignorant  ayah  to  the  boy  entrusted  to  her 
bythe  dying  memsahib  and  the  decision  made 
by  the  boy  when  he  first  learns  of  his  race. 

For  more  serious  reading,  "India's  Edu- 
cation and  her  Future  Position  in  the  Em- 
pire," by  His  Highness  the  Aga  Khan, 
which  appears  in  the  National  Rminu  for 
July,  is  noteworthy.  The  writer  considers 
illiteracy  the  basic  cause  of  India's  wide 


633 

unrest  and  asserts  that  "the  salvation  of 
India  under  British  rule  rests  upon  the  en- 
lightenment of  the  masses.  .  .  .  If  by  edu- 
cation the  myriads  of  India  can  be  taught 
that  they  are  guardians  and  supporters  of 
the  Crown,  just  as  are  the  white  citizens  of 
the  Empire,  then  the  realisation  that  India 
and  the  self-governing  dominions  stand  and 
fall  together,  bound   by  a  community  of 


will  have  to  come." 

The  Imperial  ami  Asiatic  Quarterly  Review 
contains  a  wealth  of  valuable  material.  Among 
other  interesting  articles  we  would  mention 
"The  Indian  Currency  Policy,"  containing 
statistics  and  diagrams,  "Race  and  Color 
Prejudice  in  India,"  "The  Architea  in 
India,"  "India  Revisited  after  Twenty-four 
Years,"  "The  Renaissance  of  Islam,"  and 
"The  Ancient  City  and  State  of  Kuichar." 


Serampore  College 
This  College,  founded  by  Carey,  Marsh- 
man  and  Ward  in  igi8,  as  the  crown  of 
their  work  for  India,  was  intended  to  be  a 
Christian  University  for  India,  in  which 
Christians  of  every  evangelical  communion 
might  join  in  teaching,  and  students  be 
received  from  Christian,  Hindu  and  Moslem 
communities  alike.  Through  limitation 
of  means,  the  university  lines  have  not 
been  developed,  but  the  college  has  done 
excellent  work  in  the  training  of  preachers 
and  teachers  for  the  Bengal  held  of  the 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  (English).  The 
College  Council  decided  two  years  ago  ro 
make  Serampore  College  an  Interdenomi- 
national Theological  College  for  the  training 
of  Christian  ministers,  teachers  and  lay 
leaders,  with  its  classes  open  to  non-Chris- 
tian students  willing  to  pay  their  own  fees 
and  imbibe  educarion  in  an  atmosphere 
definitely  and  aggressively  Christian.  The 
co-operaiion  of  the  Christian  church  at  large 
is  asked  to  raise  an  endowment  of  ^1,250,- 
000.  The  Baptists  of  Great  Britain  expea 
to  secure  #300,000  for  the  endowment 
fund,  and  more  than  8100,000  has  already 
been  raised  for  land,  buildings  and  equip- 
ment, besides  #4.0,000  toward  endowment, 
and  Sio.ooo  for  working  expenses  of  the 
next  three  years.  The  Baptist  Missionary 
Society   has   also   agreed   I 

professors. 


634 


MISSIONS 


Financial  Statements  of  the  Societies 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  fow  montfaa,  eodiog  Jtdy  31, 1911 

Bodget  for  Receipt!  for 

Source  of  Income  1911-1912  Four  montha 
Churches,  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies  (apportioned  to  churches)  ....  $615,384.02  $48,428.73 

Individuals  (estimated) 280.000.00  15,730.48 

Legades,   Income  of  Funds,   Annuity  Bonds, 

Specific  GifU.  etc.  (estimated)      178.332.00  39,605.04 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention $023,716.02  $07,864.15 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Tear 
First  four  monus  of  Financial  Tear 

Source  of  Income  1910  1911  Increase 
(lurches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools $30,807.71  $42,428.73  $8,121.02 

Individuals 6,867.10  15.730.48            8.872.38 

Legacies,    Income  of  Funds.   Annuity  Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 25,464.00  80,605.04  14.231.85 

$71,638.00  $07,864.15        $26,225.25 


Balance 

Required  by 

lUr.  31.  1912 

$472,066.10 
214,260.52 

138.636.06 


$825,852.77 


The  American  Bapdst  Home  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  fdor  months,  ending  July  31, 1911 

Budget  for  Receipts  for 

Source  of  Income  1911-1912  Four  montfaa 

Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  churches) $353,702.36  $28,253.65 

Individuals  (estimated) 150.000.00  1,704.22 

Legades.  Income,  etc.  (estimated) 175.202.00  62.640.01 

$670,084.36  $02,607.78 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Tear 
First  four  months  of  Fiscal  Tear 

Source  of  Income  1910-1911  1911-1912  Increase 
Churches,  Stmday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies $26,102.19  $28,253.65  $2,151.46 

Individuals 905.65  1.704.22  708.57 

Legacies.  Annuity  Bonds.  Income,  etc    ....  61,218.42  62.640.01  1,431.40 

$88,226.26  $02,607.78  $4,381.52 


ReQnired  by 
Mar.  31.  19l2 

$326,538.71 
148.205.78 
112.642.09 

$586,476.58 


American  Bapdst  Publicadon  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  four  months,  ending  July  31,  1911 

Budget  for  Recdpts  for 

Source  of  Income  1911-1912  Four  months 
(lurches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  churches)    ....  $111,304.25  $29,434.68 

Individuals  (estimated) 21.800.00  2.659.33 

Legacies.    Income    of   Fxmds.    Annuity   Bonds 

(estimated) 51.273.88  8.424.24 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention $184,378.13  $40,518.25 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Tear 
First  four  months  of  Financial  Tear 

Source  of  Income  1910-1911  1911-1912  Increase 
Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Stinday 

Schools $20,410.15  $29,434.68  $24.53 

Individuals 4.403.96  2.659.33  .... 

Legades.   Income    of    Funds,   Annuity  Bonds. 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 4.486.02  8.424.24  3.938.22 

$38,300.12  $40,518.25  $3,062.75 


Balance 

Required  br 

Mar.  31,  1912 

$81,869.57 
19.140.67 

42.849.64 


$143,859.88 


$1,744.62 


$1,744.62 


DEsrRED  rr  (rbode  kland)   might  i 

HELTER  FOK  PERSONS  DiaTKESSED  FOR  C 

—  Rtgif  fFiHiar 


Latest  News  from  West  China 


mg  the  perplexed  condition  of  aflaln  in  Weit  China, 
miMlontuiei  on  the  field,  jutt  u  HISSIOHS  ii  going 
the  Suifu  miMionulei  liave  already  aniTed  in  lafety 
Itat  the  Kt«ting  miMionarlei  are  now  on  their  way. 
i  come  from  thoae  located  at  Yachow,  Chengtu  and 
en  believed  to  be  lafe. 

I  Province  of  Siechuan,  Weit  China,  probably  cauaed 
MM  eentiment  againat  the  conitruction  of  railroad* 
capital  and  diwatiafaction  with  the  Hanchua,  the  rul- 
I  have  centered  around  Chengtu,  where  eeveral  mia- 
laion  Mcietiei  are  located.  Shops  and  achoola  have 
Jly  haa  been  thrown  Into  unreit.  Some  ikinnlshea 
lent  troopi   and  iniurgente,  but   the   goremment  la 

the  Yangtze  river,  ten  day*'  journey  from  Chengtu, 
e*  have  repaired,  on  the  advice  of  tho*e  In  authority, 
elgn  power*  are  located  at  thi*  city,  and  American 
i  there  ready  to  afford  protection,  If  nec«*sarj.  Con- 
7  of  the  Chineie  government  to  cope  with  the  litua- 

Society  now  in  the  field  in  Weit  China  are  a*  follow* : 

>f  the  Hi**lon  i*  centered  and  where  Hunroe  Academy 

Clark,  W.  R.  Horse,  H.D.,  Hn.  W.  R.  Hoiie,  Rev. 

b  E.  Baisett. 

Da  vies,  Hiss  Pansy  C.  Mason. 

Hr.  and  Mrs.  H.  J.  Openahaw,  Dr.   and  Mr*.  Edgai 

.obert  Wellwood,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Humphrey*, 
^h  Taylor,  D.  S.  Dye,  C.  L.  Foster. 

lizes  the  gravity  of  the  situation,  end  hai  sent  a  former 
m,  to  suppress  the  rebellion. 

le  of  distre**  and  trial.    Let  us  pray  for  their  safety 


MISSIONS 


PASSIHG  EVENTS 

ACBAUinatlon  as  ■  Deterrent 

ASSASSINATION  is  never  the  pro- 
moter but  always  the  deterrent  of 
reform.  Russia  has  been  peruliarl/  un- 
fortunate in  the  use  of  this  savage  meth- 
od. Alargemeasureofliberty  wasabout 
to  be  granted  when  the  assassination  of 
Alexander  II  put  an  end  to  that  hope 
of  a  better  day.  Now  the  assassin  has 
taken  away  the  life  of  Premier  Stolypin, 
who  was  the  man  of  the  hour  for  prog- 
ress in  the  Russian  Empire.  The  Czar 
and^his  premier  have  to  cope  with  diffi- 
culties which  outsiders  can  little  un- 
derstand. Those  who  have  most  inti- 
mate knowledge  have  regarded  Premier 
Stolypin  as  a  strong  leader,  wise  enough 
to  hold  the  affairs  of  empire  in  balance 
between  the  extremists  on  the  one 
hand  and  the  reactionaries  on  the  other. 
Certainly  the  attack  upon  him  at  this 
time  must  make  it  harder  to  accom- 
plish the  reforms  which  the  Czar  has 
at  heart. 

D 

A  Ganant  Struggle 

The  vote  in  Maine  on  the  question 
of  constitutional  prohibition  shows  what 
the  increasing  growth  of  cities  means. 
It  is  significant  that  every  city  went  for 
repeal.  It  is  in  the  cities  that  the 
foreign  elements  are  massed  which  have 
made  it  possible  to  secure  a  resubmis- 
sion of  the  constitutional  issue.  The 
Maine  people  of  native  stock  would 
never  repeal  the  prohibition  clause. 
The  liquor  party  has  known  where  to 


appeal,  and  how  to  conduct  its  cam- 
paign. All  that  outside  financial  aid 
could  do  to  defeat  the  temperance 
party  was  done.  In  view  of  the  cir- 
cumstances the  rally  for  prohibition 
was  remarkable. 

□ 
Laws  Imperativelj  Kaeded 

The  pressing  of  two  important  meas- 
ures upon  all  State  Legislatures  was 
agreed  upon  by  the  National  Uniform 
Laws  Commission  at  its  recent  session 
in  Boston.  One  was  a  uniform  divorce 
law  and  the  other  was  a  regti!ition  of 
child  labor  that  should  apply  to  all  the 
States.  A  uniform  divorce  law  is  es- 
sential to  the  maintenance  of  cur 
Christian  civilization.  A  national  di- 
vorce law  would  be  difficult  to  secure, 
but  a  uniform  law  enacted  by  all  the 
States  is  possible.  Every  Christian 
should  advocate  this,  and  public  senti- 
ment be  aroused  until  it  shall  be  irre- 
sistible. Let  us  agitate  and  agitate,  in 
defence  of  the  home  life  that  is  being 
ruthlessly  destroyed. 
a 
The  Peace  Treaties 

President  Taft  is  making  strong  pleas 
in  behalf  of  the  peace  treaties  with 
England  and  France  which  the  Senate 
has  temporarily  held  up.  He  is  ap- 
pealing directly  to  the  people,  as  Gov- 
ernor Hughes  used  to  do.  He  declared 
in  an  address  before  the  American  Bar 
Association,  "We  are  not  going  to  get 
ahead  in  the  matter  of  international 
arbitration  if  we  are  not  ready  to  make 


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eaties  to 
of  some 
ially  un- 
e  an  ex- 
ining  in- 
leasures, 
!ie  great- 
eace  yet 
d  on  the 
lower  motives,  and  is  fallacious  in  logic. 
That  does  not  malce  it  less  insidious 
and  hurtful.     We  are  confident,  how- 
ever, that  the  sober  sense  of  the  Ameri- 
can people  will  support  President  Taft 
in  this  matter.      This  is  not  a  poHtical 
but  a  moral  issue,  and  every  Christian 
should  make  himself  felt  on  the  right 
side. 

D 

The  Wcrtblnt  "Next"  Cause 

What  we  hope  for  now  is  that  some 
multi-millionaire  will  see  that  no  nobler 
niche  of  immortality  exists  than  that 
awaiting  the  man  who  will  g^ve  a  fund 
of  twenty  millions  for  a  Ministers' 
Pension  Fund,  providing  for  retirement 
after  suitable  period  of  service  precisely 
on  the  same  terms  as  those  provided 
for  professors  under  the  Carnegie 
Foundarion.  If  the  teaching  profession 
is  underpaid, much  more  so  the  clerical, 
If  the  faithful  teacher  is  worthy  of 
provision  for  old  age,  surely  not  less 
so  the  faithful  preacher.  While  we  are 
striving  for  our  small  starting  fund  of 
{250,000,  may  God  inspire  some  great 
steward  of  riches  to  establish  a  Min- 
isters' Pension  Fund  that  shall  cause 
the  world  to  recognize  the  value  to  all 
its  highest  interests  of  the  ministers  of 
the  gospel. 

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The  Hen  and  Religion  Campaign 

Soon  the  iniriatory  campaign  of  the 
Men  and  Religion  Movement  will  be  in 
progress.  The  main  stress  of  this  move- 
ment will  be  evangelistic,  but  there  will 
be  a  missionary  emphasis  also.  And 
certain  it  is  that  no  revival  can  come  in 
the  churches  that  will  not  increase  the 


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missionary  interest  and  resources.  In 
seventy-six  cities  of  the  United  States 
and  Canada  there  are  committees  of 
one  hundred  each  at  work  organizing 
for  the  meetings.  Religion  as  a  life  is 
the  point  at  which  this  elfort  aims.  We 
shall  hope  to  see  something  permanent 
come  from  it.  Campaigns  of  inspira- 
rion  are  not  sufficient.  The  work  of 
our  own  Laymen's  Movement  should 
be  pushed  coincidently  with  this  cam- 
paign, with  mutual  helpfulness.  Secre- 
tary Stackhouse  has  planned  for  inten- 
sive work,  as  his  program  elsewhere 
given  indicates.  Meanwhile,  no  church 
should  wait  for  some  outside  impulse. 
The  real  revival  comes  from  within,  and 
faith  and  prayer  are  the  only  essentials. 


Plague-Swept  India 

The  news  is  given  out  from  London 
that  the  deaths  from  the  plague  in 
India  reached  the  enormous  total  of 
650,690  for  the  first  six  months  of  this 
year.  The  epidemic  has  not  only  been 
unusually  virulent,  but  there  seems  to 
be  no  way  to  check  it,  and  the  official 
figures  are  not  believed  to  cover  the 
appalling  truth.  To  millions  the  plague 
is  the  direct  visitation  of  punishment 
from  the  offended  deities,  and  the  people 
are  hopeless  of  escape.  This  makes  the 
work  of  sanitation  and  prevention  more 
difficult,  and  greatly  complicates  the 
situation.  The  Christian  communities 
are  the  bright  spots  in  this  terrible  situ- 
ation and  form  a  striking  contrast  to 
the  Hindus. 

a 

A  Suggestive  Example 

The  First  Baptist  Church  of  James- 
town, N.Y.,  so  strongly  believes  in 
missionary  education  that  its  mission- 
ary committee  has  voted  to  put  a  copy 
of  Missions  into  every  home  in  the 
church,  as  one  of  the  best  means  to  ac- 
complish the  end  desired.  Rev.  George 
Caleb  Moore,  the  pastor,  heartily  be- 
lieves in  this  as  the  ideal  plan.  Naturally 


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we  agree  with  him.  A  number  of 
churches  have  adopted  this  method. 
Why  not  follow  the  example  and  try 
it  in  your  church  ? 


Chinese  in  Mexico 

It  appears  that  the  Chinese  govern- 
ment has  an  excellent  claim  upon  the 
Mexican  government  for  the  wholesale 
massacre  of  Chinese  in  Torreon,  which 
was  perhaps  the  worst  blot  upon  the 
revolutionary  movement.  The  slaugh- 
ter of  303  inoffensive  Chinese,  with  the 
destruction  of  their  property,  was  the 
act  of  a  mob,  impelled  by  the  native 
hatred  of  the  foreigners,  who  had  been 
prosperous  beyond  their  neighbors  and 
were  doing  the  banking  and  mercan- 
tile business  of  the  city.  Dr.  Lim,  who 
represents  the  Chinese,  barely  escaped 
with  his  life.  He  was  a  convert  in  a 
Presbyterian  mission  in  Canton,  studied 
medicine  in  a  mission  hospital,  emi- 
grated first  to  California  and  thence  to 
Mexico,  taking  up  his  residence  at 
Torreon  twenty  years  ago.  Practising 
his  profession,  he  also  became  interesteVi 
in  mines  and  real  estate,  and  associated 
himself  with  Foon  Chuck,  who  was 
put  in  charge  of  the  railroad  hotels  on 
the  international  railroad  lines.  The 
two  Chinamen  kept  bringing  over 
Chinese  boys  to  act  as  cooks  and 
waiters,  educated,  Americanized  and 
evangelized  them,  and  established  a 
colony  that  numbered  about  600  be- 
fore the  massacre.  They  had  some 
sixty  stores  in  the  city  and  practically 
monopolized  the  truck  farming  and 
TcJtreon  fruit  and  vegetable  market. 
They  had  also  established  a  flourishing 
bank  and  were  building  an  electric 
road  connecting  the  center  of  the  city 
with  a  suburban  residence  district 
owned  and  developed  by  them.  This 
explains  the  Mexican  jealousy.  The 
awful  blow  fell  on  them  unawares,  as 
they  had  no  idea  they  were  objects 
of  hatred.     That  they  were  unexcep- 


tionable citizens  is  admitted.  Dr.  Lim 
has  been  one  of  the  chief  supporten 
of  the  Presbyterian  mission  in  Torreon. 

(8) 

The  Cost  of  Stiinulation 

TIMULATION  of  mis- 
sionary interest  is  neces- 
sary, but  it  is  expensive. 
It  would  be  well  if 
those  who  are  criticising 
the  cost  of  administra- 
tion would  consider  this 
point.  The  way  to  decrease  one  con- 
siderable item  of  expense  is  to  remove 
the  necessity  for  stimulating  missionary 
giving. 

The  ideal  is  simple  enough.  If  all 
Christians  were  consecrated  stewards 
the  only  necessity  would  be  to  estab- 
lish a  missionary  treasury  for  missions 
and  publish  a  statement  of  the  needs 
of  the  work.  Then  the  money  required 
would  pour  into  this  central  treasury, 
to  be  disbursed  according  to  the  budget 
made  out  by  the  wise  men  in  charge. 
There  would  have  to  be  two  or  three 
administrators,  men  of  vision  and  great 
ability,  competent  to  see  the  needs  and 
direct  the  vast  work  at  home  and  abroad. 
But  all  the  collecting  agencies  and  all 
the  means  of  stimulation,  except  infor- 
mation, could  be  dispensed  with.  This 
would  mean  a  saving  undoubtedly  of 
large  sums  that  might  go  to  foreign 
evangelization  instead  of  home  stimu- 
lation. 

But  taking  things  and  church  mem- 
bers as  they  are,  it  would  be  fatal  to 
stop  the  stimulation  before  the  need  of 
it  has  been  removed.  It  would  be  poor 
economy  to  reduce  expenses  1^30,000 
and  reduce  income  |lioo,ooo. 

The  common-sense  way  to  proceed 
is  that  which  we  are  now  pursuing  — 
develop  systematic  giving  in  the  churches 
in  place  of  the  old  spasmodic  way. 
Every  church  that  adopts  the  duplex- 
envelope  weekly  offering,  covering  all 


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the  budget  items,  helps  on  toward  the 
day  when  artificial  and  outside  stimu- 
lation shall  not  be  necessary. 

Be  sure  that  none  will  hail  that  day 
more  gladly  than  the  officers  and 
boards  and  workers  of  the  missionary 
societies.  We  do  not  have  complicated 
machinery  because  we  love  to  see  the 
wheels  go  round,  but  because  it  is 
necessaiy  to  make  the  cause  go  on. 

When  the  highest  missionary  motive 
possesses  the  souls  of  all  the  disciples 
of  Jesus  we  shall  see  many  changes  in 
our  churches  and  in  our  communities 
as  well.  But  as  yet  we  are  left  to  won* 
der,  ¥ath  a  foreign  missionary  who  had 
just  passed  through  an  experience  not 
wholly  unusual,  why  it  is  that  there  is 
so  much  readier  a  response  to  physical 
distress  on  a  mission  field  than  to  the 
spiritual  needs.  The  answer  is  to  be 
found  somewhere  in  the  singularities  of 
our  human  nature. 

By  the  way,  has  your  church  adopted 
the  duplex  envelope  and  the  compre- 
hensive budget  ? 

<8) 

Some  Remarkable  Beginnings 

PERHAPS  nothing  we  have  been 
learning  about  the  Baptist  develop- 
ment in  Russia  and  the  Balkan  States 
is  more  remarkable  than  the  way  in 
which  the  work  began  and  spread  in 
one  country  and  another.    That 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way 
His  wonders  to  perform 

has  rarely  been  more  strikingly  illus- 
trated. Take  the  following  instance, 
for  example,  which  is  vouched  for  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Byford,  who  got  it  at  first 
hand  in  his  travels  for  the  World  Alli- 
ance: 

Some  thirty  years  ago  a  col  porter 
came  into  Kazanleh,  Bulgaria,  selling 
his  wares.  A  young  man  named 
Gregor  DumnikofF  bought  a  testament 
and  with  a  companion,  Pettero  Kirka- 


lauofF,  began  to  read.  Others  joined 
them  until  at  length  more  than  thirty 
young  men  met  regularly  to  read  and 
study  the  New  Testament.  At  the  end 
of  a  year  they  drew  up  a  community 
confession  of  faith  which  set  forth  that 
a  true  Christian  should  give  one-tenth 
of  his  income  to  the  Lord;  that  he 
would  not  swear  before  a  magistrate; 
that  he  would  be  baptized  on  profes- 
sion of  faith ;  and  that  he  would  preach 
the  gospel  to  other  creatures.  They 
could  obey  the  first  two  articles  in  their 
creed,  but  the  third  was  a  stumbling- 
block  —  for  who  could  baptize  them  ? 
They  made  inquiries  as  to  where  they 
could  get  help,  and  at  last  they  heard 
from  a  commercial  traveler  that  there 
were  some  people  in  Tulcea,  Roumania, 
who  practised  immersion.  Rejoiced  at 
this  news  they  addressed  a  letter  naively 
to  'The  Church  of  Strange  Practices,* 
Tulcea,  Roumania;  but  they  received 
no  answer,  and  were  bitterly  disap- 
pointed. They  maintained  their  Bible 
study  and  simple  meetings,  however, 
and  kept  three  articles  of  their  creed. 
Fifteen  years  later  they  bethought  them 
of  publicity  as  a  method,  and  adver- 
tised in  the  daily  press  in  Sofia,  the 
capital,  stating  their  belief,  and  asking 
any  one  in  the  world  who  believed  as 
they  did,  if  there  were  any  such,  to 
come  to  their  help.  Two  Russian  ex- 
iles in  Rustchuk  saw  this  advertise- 
ment, and  took  the  three  days'  journey 
over  the  Balkan  mountains,  and  after 
staying  with  friends  for  eight  days 
baptized  twenty-eight  of  the  believers 
in  the  river  which  flows  outside  the 
walls  of  the  town.  That  was  the  or- 
ganized beginning  of  a  work  that  now 
numbers  its  churches  by  the  hundreds. 
For  example,  in  Transylvania  this 
evangelistic  work,  carried  on  almost 
wholly  by  converted  men  who  earn 
their  living  by  daily  toil,  has  in  the  last 
eleven  years  resulted  in  the  formation 
of  twenty-five  churches  with  over  five 
thousand  members. 


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Note  and  Comment 


ISSIONS    invites  you    this 
month  to  a  rich  variety  of 
interesting     material.      Dr. 
Dearing      is     a      charming 
traveling   companion,    and 
takes  us    to  a  district    in 
West  China   little   known, 
hut    of    especial     interest 
just    now    hecause   of  the 
Hoods  on  the  ^  angtze  and  the  revolutionary 
demonstrations.     The  reader  passes  easily 
from  one  land  to  another,  getting  glimpses 
of  Porto  Rico,  Minnesota,  Burma,  and  Rus- 
sia.    The  sketch  of  Rev.  Wilhelm  Fetler  f 
1   Stimulus   to   faith.     Canadian    missions 
come  into  oui  nearer  view  for  the  first  time, 
and  should  give  us  sense  of  neighborhood 
with  the  Baptists  across  the  border.    Mrs. 
MacLeish  gives  a  valuable  and  comprehen- 
sive survey  of  women's  work  in  missions,  and 
all  the  depanments  are  full  of  live  matter. 
The  pages  could  not  hold  more,  but  much 
good  material  found  itself  left  over.    Look 
out  for  the  November  issue,  as  we  hope  to 

^  President  Tafi  has  issued  an  order  for- 
bidding bull  fights,  dog  fights  or  cock  fights 
within  the  Panama  Canal  zone.  Cock  and 
dog  fights  have  been  much  in  evidence 
there.  They  included  the  double  evil  of 
gambling,  and  cruelty  to  animals.  It  is  a 
pity  the  President  cannot  prohibit  prize 
fighting  in  this  count ly. 
^  If  you  fail  to  get  a  copy  of  Missions, 
first  ask  yourself  if  your  subscription  has 
expired,  then  write  us  about  it.  We  stop  the 
magazine  after  one  month  beyond  the 
expiration  date,  which  is  always  printed 
on  the  wrapper  with  the  address;  but  prior 
to  that  we  intend  to  give  three  notifications 
—  the  last  being  a  pink  slip  in  the  last 
number  of  Missions  which  has  been  paid 
for.  Of  course  if  we  could  look  through 
the  list  personally  each  month  we  should 


know  that  some  of  our  good  friends  would 
not  like  to  have  Missions  stopped;  but 
with  thousands  of  names  that  is  not  possible. 
We  do  our  best  to  avoid  stopping  any  sub- 
scription, be  assured  of  that;  but  to  ctmtinue 
sending  three  or  four  months  after  expira- 
tion entails  heavy  loss.  System  means 
occasional  but  unintentional  error.  If  thb 
is  on  our  part,  give  us  diance  to  correct  it. 

T[  The  American  Board  came  through  its 
year,  ending  with  August,  with  a  balance  of 
a  little  less  than  |2,ooo  in  the  treasury.  The 
total  amount  raised  was  ^1,031,000  in  round 
numbers.  A  deficit  was  feared  almost  to  the 
close  of  the  year,  but  some  special  gilia  b 
July  and  August  relieved  the  situation. 

II  A  Japanese  paper  contains  an  account  of 
the  lowering  of  the  flag  of  Rear-Admiral 
Hubbard  and  the  raising  of  the  flag  of  Rear- 
Ad  mi  ral  Joseph  Murdock  on  board  the 
U.S.  flagship  Saratoga  in  Yokohama 
harbor.  The  scene  was  impressive,  and 
the  guns  saluted  the  retinng  and  new  com- 
mander of  the  fleet.  Admiral  Murdock  is 
the  son  of  Dr.  J.  N,  Murdock,  for  so  many 
years  corresponding  secretary  of  the  Mis- 
sionary Union.  He  represents  the  finest 
type  of  our  naval  oflicers,  and  is  wonhy  of 
the  high  honors  that  have  come  to  him. 

^  The  singing  at  the  Missionaries'  Confer- 
ence in  Boston  was  thoroughly  inspiring, 
and  deepened  the  regret  that  the  great 
missionary  hymns  of  the  church  are  not 
more  widely  known  and  used.  The  Mis- 
sionary Hymnal,  published  by  the  Publica- 
tion Society,  contains  the  finest  of  these 
hymns,  and  it  would  be  an  education  for  any 
church  to  get  this  little  book,  costing  only 
fifteen  cents,  and  learn  the  hymns  from  the 
first  number  to  the  last.  There  is  not  one 
that  is  not  worth  committing  to  memoiy, 
not  one  that  it  does  not  inspire  the  soul  to 
sing.    The  selections  made  at  the  «H)ference 


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showed  a  fine  taste,  and  the  use  of  this 
hymnal  in  missionaiy  meetings  would  be 
most  helpfiil.  References  to  it  are  made  in 
the  missionary  programs.  With  such  noble 
hymns  as  are  at  our  hand,  we  have  no 
excuse  for  not  making  church  music  the 
handmaid  of  reverence  and  devotion. 

^  The  Japan  Baptist  Theological  Seminary 
at  Tokyo  sends  out  its  first  annual  calendar, 
for  IQIO-IQII.  The  faculty  numbers  seven, 
with  W.  B.  Parshley  as  president.  Yugoro 
Chiba  is  dean  and  professor  of  theology. 
Two  other  professors  are  Japanese:  T. 
Takahashi  and  K.  Sato.  Among  the  en- 
trance requirements  is  one  that  calls  for 
1^0  years  of  membership  in  a  Christian 
church  and  suitable  qualifications  for  the 
Christian  ministry.  A  physical  examina- 
tion is  required.  And  aid  is  "not  granted 
to  students  other  than  Baptists  nor  to  those 
who  use  tobacco." 

^  At  the  call  of*a  number  of  leading  laymen, 
including  Giovemor  Fobs,  about  fifty  promi- 
nent Baptists  of  Boston  and  vicinity  met  at 
luncheon  to  listen  to  Rev.  Wm.  Fetler  and 
Dr.  MacArthur  concerning  the  needs  of 
the  First  Baptist  Tabernacle  in  St.  Peters- 
burg. Mr.  Fetler  made  an  effective  state- 
ment, and  Dr.  MacArthur  added  his  hear- 
tiest endorsement.  It  is  hoped  that  a  very 
substantial  amount  may  result  for  the  work, 
although  pledges  were  not  asked  for  at  the 
meeting.  Mr.  Fetler  has  gone  South  in 
company  with  Dr.  MacArthur,  and  will 
have  a  number  of  meetings  in  the  larger 
cities,  after  which  he  purposes  to  return  to 
his  work  in  Russia.  First,  he  will  have  to 
stand  trial  in  Moscow,  where  all  sorts  of 
false  accusations  have  been  made  against 
him.  He  has  made  many  warm  friends  in 
this  country,  and  we  sincerely  hope  that  he 
may  receive  the  full  support  needed.  We 
speak  of  him  and  his  work  elsewhere,  using 
largely  an  article  furnished  by  the  editor  to 
the  Congregationalist.  It  is  interesting  to 
know  that  some  Congregation alists  are 
deeply  interested  in  this  movement,  which  is 
broadly  evangelical  in  its  character. 

^  It  is  difficult  to  realize  that  fifty  years 
ago  this  country  was  in  the  throes  of  civil 
war,  with  "black  care"  an  unwelcome 
guest  in  nearly  every  household  and  un- 
certainty   prevalent    everywhere.      As    the 


sad  events  of  those  days  are  recalled  a 
united  North  and  South  should  constantly 
voice  thanksgiving  to  God  for  peace  and 
brotherhood,  and  the  slow  but  sure  wiping 
out  of  sectional  and  factional  lines.  De- 
nominationally as  well  as  politically,  there 
should  be  no  North  or  South,  as  there  is  no 
East  and  West.  One  great  Baptist  brother- 
hood is  the  goal. 

^  The  Home  Mission  Society  has  been 
urged  year  after  year  to  enter  Haiti  as  a 
mission  field.  Undoubtedly  the  need  of 
mission  work  there  is  great  enough,  but 
the  political  conditions  are  not  sufficiently 
stable  to  make  the  undertaking  advisable 
at  present,  even  were  the  funds  in  hand. 
With  the  revolution  now  in  progress  it  is 
not  possible  to  tell  from  week  to  week 
"who  is  who"  govemmentally  in  the  ill- 
fated  island. 

^  Those  who  have  insisted  that  Japan  was 
bound  to  get  into  war  with  us  must  be  sadly 
disconcerted  by  the  readiness  and  grace 
with  which  the  Japanese  government  volun- 
teered to  alter  the  treaty  agreement  with 
England  which  would  have  conflicted  with 
the  peace  pact  proposed  between  England 
and  the  United  States.  Great  Britain, 
under  her  agreement  with  Japan,  was 
bound  to  support  Japan  by  arms  in  any  war 
that  might  arise  in  defense  of  territorial 
rights  or  special  interests.  Under  the 
amended  treaty  this  does  not  apply  in  the 
case  of  war  with  a  nation  with  which  either 
contracting  party  has  concluded  an  arbi- 
tration treaty.  Japan  has  not  only  volun- 
tarily taken  this  step,  but  is  desirous  of 
making  an  arbitration  treaty  with  us. 

^  Tuskegee  has  received  the  gift  of  a  hos- 
pital to  be  known  as  the  "John  A.  Andrew 
Hospital."  Boston  friends  who  do  not 
wish  to  be  known  have  given  the  hospital 
as  a  memorial  to  the  famous  "war  governor" 
of  Massachusetts,  who  died  in  1867.  He 
organized  in  1863  the  first  negro  regiment 
to  serve  in  the  civil  war — the  54th  Mass- 
achusetts Infantry;  and  after  the  war  he 
urged  the  conciliatory  policy  toward  the 
South  which  Lincoln  intended  to  follow. 

^  The  United  States  has  a  new  Roman 
Catholic  archbishop,  Edmond  F.  Prender- 
gast  of  Philadelphia  having  been  elevated 
to  this  office  by  papal  bull. 


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On  the   Rim  ot  the  World 

By  John  L.  Dearlnf,  D.D.,  of  Japan 


MMON  it  is  to 
call  Boston  the  Hub 
of  the  world,  and 
enthusiasts  say  of 
the      ■ 


easy  at  least  in  mis- 
regard    the    binh- 
place  of  Judson  and 
the  headquatrets  of 
the  Foreign  Mission 
Society,  and  if  we  grant  this,  it  makes  a  con- 
venient starting-point  whence  so  many  mis- 
sionaries  have  gone  out  as  spokes  toward 
the  rim.     To  those  who  slowly  and  labori- 
ously reach  points  in  the  West  China  field, 
14,000  miles  and  more  from  the  Hub,  belongs 
the  honor  of  dwelling  as  nearly  as  possible 
on  the  Rim  of  the  World. 

Let  us  imagine  the  long,  tedious  journey 
as  taken,  "approved  as  wrinen"  so  many 
times  by  others— the  journey  across  America, 
the  8,000  weary  miles  across  the  Pacific, 


the  steam  journey  of  1,00a  miles  up  the 
Yangtze  and  the  800  miles  or  more  of  slowly 
working  up  against  the  swift  rapids  of  the 
Uppet  Yangtze  by  aid  of  house-boat  and 
coolies  and  bamboo  cables,  till  Suifu  ii 
reached,  and  then  still  another  hundred 
miles  of  slow  progress  up  the  Ming  River 
to  Kiating,  where  we  bid  adieu  to  the  boats 
and  take  a  "chair"  for  100  miles  more  or 
to  Yachow.  If  we  really  wished  to  get  to 
the  very  Rim  we  should  still  joutney  wearilf 
on  for  twelve  days  more  till  we  reach  Ning- 
yuenfu,  but  a  tender-foot  will  begin  to  feel 
when  he  has  reached  Yachow  that  he  is  far 
enough  from  home  to  pause  a  bit. 

At  this  point  what  do  we  find  i  Had  you 
been  there  last  February  you  would  have 
seen  a  company  of  missionaries  meeting  31 
the  farthest  point  from  headqi^iters  of  any 
conference  ever  held  by  American  Baptist 
missionaries.  In  point  of  dme  it  was  be- 
tween five  and  six  months  distant.  Modem 
inventions  have  brou^t  it  into  close  touch 


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service —  main    road    or   trail    over    t 

introduced  leading  direct  from  Peking  to  Thibet.    Over 

f  Posts,  by  this  road  march  the  soldiers  who  ate  sent  to 

and    run  keep  order  among  the  wild  tribes.    Standing 

ikow  some  on  the  main  street  of  the  town  are  the  multt 

leam  takes  and  linle  horses  which  have  brought  their 

no  months  burdens  of  hides  and  musk  and  wool  from 

>e  a  paper,  Batang  and  Lassa  on  their  way  to  Chengtu, 

wearisome  or  to  load  onto  rafts  which  take  the  goods 

caching  us  from  here  down  the  river  to  the  points  where 

)  longer  of  boats   may  navigate.     It   may  be  that  the 

the  perusal  horses  of  the  caiavsn  are  headed  toward  the 

fresher  and  west,    in    which    case    they    are    doubtless 

traveler  or  loaded  with  cotton  yam  and  cloth  and  other 

recount  his  necessities     for    Ningyuenfu     and     interior 

hrough  the  points.     And  ever  and  anon  you  will  note  a 

»an  border  line  of  coolies  starting  out  with  the  gigantic 

er  the  hill-  burdens  upon  their  backs  of  the  famous 
brick-tea  packed  up  in  compact  packages, 

Rim  of  the  so  that  they  may  easily  carry  from  zoo  to 

he  wonitr-  250  pounds  these  long  weaiy  miles  over  the 

d.     Every-  mountains  into  Batang  or  Ta  Thiaen  Lu, 

»mrages  it.  where  the  Tibetans  are  eager  purchasers, 

passes  the  Last  Februaiy  one  might  have  seen  the  iron* 


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MISSIONS 


work  of  a  new  modem  bridge  which  a 
French  engineer  has  been  engaged  to  build 
across  a  river  some  twelve  days'  journey 
over  the  mountains,  being  laboriously  di- 
vided up  into  man-loads,  to  be  taken  in 
single  loads  or,  where  impossible,  arranged 
for  several  coolies  to  bear.  This  bridge  of 
some  400  feet  in  length  was  estimated  to 
make  some  1,700  man-loads  as  it  was 
slowly,  carried  through  the  town  up  the 
mountain  path  and  out  of  sight  into  the 
great  unknown. 

About  the  streets  of  the  town  could  almost 
daily  be  seen  the  coolies  who  had  brought  in 
from  the  neighboring  coal-mines  huge  bas- 
kets of  coal  which  had  been  crudely  mined 
and  which  were  sold  for  but  a  trifle  per 
basket.  Tlie  main  street  was  often  blocked 
for  traffic  by  the  large  number  of  these 
coolies  waiting  for  buyers.  An  interesting 
place  in  the  outskirts  of  the  town  was  an 
old  temple  which  had  been  requisitioned  by 
the  government  as  a  place  of  manufacture 
of  the  famous  Peking  carts.  No  such  thing 
as  a  cait  is  to  be  seen  in  the  town  away 
from  this  temple-ground,  nor  can  a  cart  be 
seen  within  hundreds  of  miles  of  this  border 
town.  Nevertheless,  an  order  had  gone  forth 
from  Peking  months  before  that  the  path- 
way over  the  mountains  should  be  made 
into  a  cait  road.  It  is  claimed  that  one  sole 
and  empty  cart  drawn  by  many  mules  has 
once  been  dragged  over  this  road  from 
Peking  through  to  Batang.  Had  not  a 
missionaiy  vouched  for  this  I  should  re- 
luctantly believe  it.  The  road  does  not  in- 
dicate that  such  a  thing  were  possible. 
Nevertheless,  it  is  said  to  have  been  done 


and  so  repotted  to  Peking  and  the  centiil 
government,  which  it  eager  to  establish 
close  communicationa  immediatdy  with 
Thibet,  at  once  sent  forward  a  company  of 
men  from  Peking  to  beg;in  the  manufacture 
of  carts  for  this  road  in  this  temple.  And 
there  they  are,  the  wonder  of  the  populace, 
who  had  never  before  seen  a  cart  or 
wheeled  vehicle  of  any  kind.  Two  or  three 
are  completed  and  others  are  slowly  in  the 
process  of  making.  It  is  doubtful  if  ever 
they  will  be  wanted,  or  of  any  use  in  this 
remote  town,  where  every   one   walks  01 

One  of  the  pathetic  sights  is  the  Mission 
Hospital  on  the  main  street  of  the  town. 
Why  pathetic?  Think  vrtiat  this  means. 
There  is  not  another  hospital  for  hundreds 
of  miles  to  the  north  of  here,  not  till  one 
stumbles  upon  one  away  to  the  north  some- 
where in  Russian  Siberia.  To  the  west 
thousands  of  miles  over  the  mountains, 
away  through  Thibet  and  perhaps  in  Persia 
somewhere,  one  may  be  found.  To  the 
south  one  may  travel  long  stages  through 
the  mountairu  before  in  distant  Burma 
medical  aid  and  a  hospital  may  be  avail- 
able. Where  in  all  the  world  is  medical  aid 
more  imperative  or  where  will  a  less  occu- 
pied field  be  found  i  All  through  this  Rim 
of  the  Worid  countiy  this  hospital  at  Ya- 
chow  stands  alone.  And  through  the  apathy 
of  American  Baptists,  ihou^  the  building 
was  sometime  since  erected,  it  is  not  yet 
furnished  and  the  doctor  in  charge.  Dr. 
Shields,  has  no  suitable  equipment  with 
nhich  to  meet  the  sick  and  needy  who 
come  out  of  the  wilds  seeking  aid.    Only  a 


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647 


shoR  time  since  the  doctor  was  compelled 
to  send  a  poor  fellow,  irtio  had  come  twelve 
days'  joamey  Irom  the  interior  to  ask  for 
hdp,  four  days  fuither  on  his  journey  to 
the  east  to  Qiengtu,  for  the  help  that  he 
could  not  give  for  lack  of  equipment.  One 
sees  ignorant  suffering  humanity  all  about. 
Ignoiasi  that  help  is  possible.  Suffering 
where  medical  aid  is  within  bare  reach,  but 
that  skill  cannot  be  utilized  for  lack  of  a 
few  paltry  dollars  to  equip  a  hospital. 
Never  in  my  life  did  a  hospital  so  appeal  to 
me  as  does  this  one  on  the  veiy  outskirts  of 
civilization.  Nothing  beyond  to  aid  human 
suffering.  It  must  appeal  to  the  sympathy 
of  men  ai  one  thinks  of  the  need. 

The  gospel  is  being  grandly  lived  as  well 
as  preached  in  this  part  of  the  Rim  of  the 
Worid.  Men  are  dying  too  here  for  the 
Master's  sake.  The  sainted  Salquist  has 
but  just  laid  down  his  burden.  When  I 
was  with  him  in  February  he  was  appar- 
ently strong  and  prepared  in  training  and 
knowledge  of  the  people  and  their  life  for 
years  of  service,  carrying  burdens  that  no 
man  should  be  asked  to  carry,  simply  be- 
cauM  the  itten  of  heroic  mold  seem  tacking 
to  stand  by  the  side  of  such  heroes  and  share 
the  load;  conducting  a  theological  seminary 
and  the  sole  En^ish  teacher  in  it;  directing 
the  affairs  of  the  station  church  and  adviser 
to  the  Christians,  as  well  as  frequently 
preaching  for  them;  taking  charge  of  the 
entire  evangelistic  work  in  all  this  section 
with  some  fifteen  outstations  or  towns 
from  one  to  four  days  distant  from  Yachow, 
and  often  visiting  dtem  during  the  absence 
of  anodier  missionary  on  needed  furlough; 
mission  treasurer  for  the  West  China  Mis- 
sion; agetn  for  the  transportadon  of  goods 


Salqui 


who  needed  his  help;  and 
other  duties  too  many  to  name  here; — car- 
rying all  this  is  what  leaves  today  but  the 
name  and  the  inspiration  of  a  noble  life  to 
the  West  China  Mission  instead  of  the 
living  presence  of  this  man  of  God  so  loved 
by  natives  and  missionaries.  And  other 
missionaries,  too,  are  feeling  the  heavy 
responsibility  to  attempt  far  more  than  they 
can  do,  because  ihey  are  not  supported, 
facing  the  grand  opportunity 
w  theirs  say,  with  the  words 
t  himself  used,  "There  are 
m's  life  when  he  is  called  upon 
than  his  strength  will  justify, 
le  of  those  times." 
Will  the  Christian  Baptists  let  this  con- 
tinue 7  This  territory  is  peculiarly  Baptist 
ground.  Having  divided  up  the  field  be-' 
tween  the  ditferent  denominations.  Baptists 
alone  occupy  this  vast  tract.  Although  we 
have  but  just  begun  to  occupy,  yet  the  good 
name  of  our  work  is  widely  spread.  The 
traveler  and  missionary  Edgar,  who  has 
journeyed  all  through  the  mountains,  de- 
clares that  there  is  scarcely  a  village  where 
our  work  is  not  known  about  and  spoken 
well  of.  This  opens  the  way.  And  then  the 
wild  tribes  just  over  the  hilts,  but  six  days 
from  Yachow,  are  said  to  be  more  than 
yet  to  hear  the 


and  this 


5CX5,ooo.  These  m< 
first  word  of  Chris 
Baptists  who  bordi 
these  tribes  falls  the 
ing  them,  either  by 


and  bis  gospel, 
in  their  work  upon 
esponsibility  of  reach- 
oing  themselves  or  by 
training  Chinese  Christiana  who  shall  go. 
Thibet  attracts  the  attention  of  the  world, 
but  Thibet  is  closed.  These  peoples  are 
open  here  on  the  Rim  of  the  World  to 
Christian  teachers.    Where  are  theyf 


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A   Sample   Sunday  in    Porto    Rico 

By  Superintendent  A.  B.  Rudd,  D.D. 


is  a  typical  Sabbath  day  in 
'ono  Rico.      The  day  dawns 
right    and    beautiful    in   the 
raceful     island     hills.      Not- 
rithstanding  the  fact  that  the 
lissionaiy  has  spent  on  Satur- 
ay   some    six    hours    in    the 
saddle,  made  several  visits  by 
the  way,  married  two  couples  (father  and 
son   were    the    bridegrooms,  in    the    same 
house  and  married  with  the  same  ceremony), 
and  preached  at  night  to  a  large  congrega- 
uon,  as  he  looks  out  Sunday  morning  over 
the  glorious  landscape  from  the  balcony  of 
the  Don  Nicanor  Vina's  quiet  country  home, 
he  is  living  —  and  living,  too,  in  the  midst 
of  such  magnificent  opportunities.     True, 
his  bones  are  a  trifle  sore,  but  the  twenty- 
two    years    on    the    mission    lield    have 
accustomed  him  to  this. 

After  a  cup  of  superb  Porto  Rican 
coffee  and  a  bite  of  baker's  bread,  Don 
Angel  (pronounced  Ang-hel),  the  narive 
preacher  of  this  field,  and  the  missionary 
start  on  foot  (our  ponies  have  earned  by 
their  Saturday's  jaunt  at  least  a  Sunday 
morning's  rest)  for  the  river  a  mile  or  more 
away,  where  in  due  time  a  large  crowd  of 
quia,  well-dressed,  respectable  country  folk 


have  gathered  to  witness  the  bapticm  of  the 
new  believers.  With  reverence  and  intense 
interest  they  listen  to  the  songs  of  praise, 
the  reading  of  the  Word,  and  the  explana- 
tion of  the  Master's  last  command.  It  was 
a  beautiful,  tender  service.  Reader,  if  you 
had  been  there,  you  would  have  thanked 
God  anew  for  his  gospel  of  peace  and  light. 
This  ended,  one  by  one — beginning  with 
Leoncillo  Hernandez,  a  handsome,  intelli- 
gent lad  of  fourteen  years  —  the  missionary 
led  nine  candidates  into  the  silvery  stream, 
where  they  were  buried  with  Christ  by 
baptism  into  death.  I  think  the  Master 
was  with  us.  As  we  left  the  river  a  woman 
who  had  never  before  seen  a  baptism  said 
to  the  missionary:  "This  is  the  truth.  I 
am  going  to  accept  it  myself  and  I  want  my 
children  all  taught  this  religion.  This  whole 
barrio  will  soon  be  won  over  to  the  truth." 

Six  monrhs  before,  the  writer  had  baptized 
seventeen  believers  at  this  same  spot,  and 
with  them  organized  the  Quebrada  Grande 
Baptist  Church.  Of  these  one  has  already 
been  called  home.  He  was  thus  "absmt 
but  accounted  for." 

The  morning  of  our  Sunday  in  the  hills 
is  gone.  Eariy  in  the  aftemooD  the  little 
folk  and  the  big  folk  begin  K>  assemble  for 


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ibie  school,  and  in  such  numbers  that 
i>t  laiee  front  room  of  Don  Nicancr's 
•        ^  ■  -   ^.  cl..,  of 

refuge  in  the 
it  was  to  tell 
:oiy  of  Elijah, 
w  eagerly  they 
school,  all  so 
rtunity  not  to 

er  promise  to 
to  this  new 
Accordingly  at 


IS  impressive 
leans  full  of 
led  them  into 
lemorates  the 
lalls  for  pro- 
ns  of  bith  are  rarely  given  on  such 
ions,  and  yet  the  missionaiy  had  the 
g  that  there  were  some  among  us  that 
lOon  into  whose  hearts  the  light  had 
n,  nor  was  he  mistaken.  Three  came 
rd  to  dedare  themselves  on  the  Lord'tf 
It  was  good  to  be  there.  The  Master 
J  and  blessed  his  Word.  There  was 
mong  us,  and  I  am  sure  there  was 
joy  above.  On  the  previous  evening 
derly  woman,  mother  of  our  hostess, 
on  the  missionary's  previous  visit  had 
le  house  in  disgust  because  a  Protestant 
e  was  to  be  held,  came  forward  and 
■wledged  Jesus  as  her  Saviour, 
is  church  and  growing  congregation 
no  house  of  worship.  Their  services 
eld  in  the  home  of  Don  Nicanor,  who, 
;h  not  a  Christian,  is  deeply  interested 
e  gospel.     He  offers  to  give  a  lot  and 


649 

the  little  church  has  secured  ^30  toward 
the  erection  of  a  chapel.  The  missionary 
told  them  to  bring  it  up  to  ^50,  and  he 
would  see  if  the  rest  could  be  gotten.  Reader, 
"the  rest"  needed  is  ^00.    Will  you  give 

ITf 

But  our  Sunday  is  not  yet  over.  It  is 
4.30  P.M.  Good-byes  have  been  said,  and 
we  must  now  huriy  across  the  hills  to 
Trujillo  Alto  (Troo-heel'-yo  Ahl'-to),  a  little 
town  where  services  are  announced  for  the 
evening.  The  shades  are  falling  as  we  enter 
the  village.  There  is  scarcely  time  for  the 
slight  meal  in  the  unattractive  little  restaU' 
rant  before  the  service  hour.  We  find  in 
the  tovm  a  very  different  atmosphere.  This 
is  one  of  the  most  fanatical  towns  in  all  the 
island.  The  scant  gathering  in  our  little 
service  hall  forms  a  striking  contrast  to  the 
numbers  gathered  at  the  country  afternoon 
service.  I  find  that  even  here  the  Master's 
promise  comes  true.  He  again  honors  his 
Word,  and  a  young  girt  it  the  close  of  the 
sermon  maLes  public  confession  of  faith. 

With  glad  hearts  and  tired  bodies  we 
climb  once  more  into  the  saddle  and  while 
away  an  hour  and  a  half  discussing  mission- 
aiy problems,  planning  the  work  of  the 
week,  and  meditating  on  God's  goodness 
and  the  rich  oppoitunities  which  our  sample 
Sunday  has  brought  us. 

Home  and  rest  are  sweet  after  such  a 
day.  The  missionary  cherishes  the  hope 
that,  when  the  Day  of  Life  shall  have  passed 
and  we  are  gathered  in  that  other  Home, 
he  shall  up  there  look  into  the  faces  of 
many  to  whom  it  was  on  this  busy  Sunday 
his  privilege  to  minister. 

Rio  Piedros,  Porto  Rico. 


650  MISSIONS 


In  the  Maritime  Provinces 

Editorial  Correspondence 


AKING  the  steamer 
Calvin    Austin    on 
Thursday   morning, 
August    1 7,    bound 
from  Boston  to  St. 
John,  N.B.,  I  sailed 
over   a    glassy   sea, 
rested   through   an   afternoon,  slept  as 
those  at  sea  sleep  when  all  is  well  and 
ozone  breezes  are  fresh,  and  awakened 
at    approach    of   the    New    Brunswick 
capital,    set    beautifully    on    its    bay- 
surrounded  hill.    A  walk  in  early  morn- 
ing*up  to  the  central  park  gave  appe- 
tite for  breakfast  on  the  Prince  Rupert, 
the  snug  seagoing  boat  that  presently 
steamed  down  the  Bay  of  Fundy  for 
Nova  Scotia,  bearing  a  goodly  delega- 
tion of  New  Brunswickians  bound  for 
Bridgetown  and  the  Maritime  Provinces 
United  Baptist  Convention.     Acquaint- 
ance   was   soon    made  with    Secretary 
John  H.  MacDonald,  D.D.,  of  Freder- 
irton,  D.  McLeod  Vince,  K.C.,  D.C.L., 
president  of  the  Convention,  Mission- 
ary Clendinning  of  India,  Dr.  Mclntyre 
of  the  Foreign  Board,  and  many  others. 


who  gave  warm  greeting  to  the  visitor 
from  the  States.  Two  houn  or  so 
brought  us  to  Digby,  favorite  retort  of 
summer  visitors;  and  a  railroad  ride  of 
an  hour  or  two  on  the  "Flying  Yankee" 
finished  the  trip  at  Bridgetown,  a  pleas- 
ant village  in  the  midst  of  heavily- 
laden  orchards.  Here  we  experienced 
the  genuine  Nova  Scotia  hospitality. 
How  the  little  village  managed  to  stow 
away  the  three  hundred  invaders  one 
could  not  see,  but  it  was  done,  and 
still  smiling  Pastor  Norman  A.  Mac- 
Neill  would  have  welcomed  another 
incursion.  It  was  impossible  to  feel 
like  a  stranger  in  that  cordial  atmos- 
phere, and  good  to  experience  and 
witness  such  generous  welcome,  Everi' 
courtesy  was  extended  to  the  group  of 
visitors,  who  were  given  seats  in  the 
Convention  and  publicly  received. 

The  Baptist  church  in  Bridgetown 
has  a  commodious  house,  well  arranged, 
and  its  capacity  was  fully  tested.  The 
first  day  was  given  to  the  Institute, 
which  affords  the  foium  where  the 
and  laymen  discuss  all  sorts 


MISSIONS  651 

of  questions  with  the  freedom  of  their  time  was  on  the  question  of  making 

opinions.    The  papers  and  discussions  ^800  and   a  parsonage  the  minimum 

were  an)thing  but  diy,  and  made  it  salary  of  a  pastor.    That  this  was  de- 

evident  that  the  Maritime  brethren  as  sirable  was  conceded,  but  how  to  ac- 

a   rule  hold  pretty  strongly  to  sound  complish    the    result    was    the    point 


Philadelphia  proved  that  they  had  been 
attentive  and  intelligent  hearers. 

The  Convention  began  its  sixty- 
sixth  annual  session  Saturday  morning, 
and  held  to  its  work  for  three  days,  the 
intervening  Sunday  being  filled  with 
three  services.  The  attention  to  busi- 
ness was  marked.  The  program  was 
made  up  so  as  to  allow  full  discussion 
of  the  missionary  and  other  work.  One 
or  two  questions  of  unusual  interest 
came  up,  and  there  was  animated  dis- 
cussion, very  much  like  that  to  be  heard 
at  some  of  our  associations  and  conven- 
tions.   The  debate  that  consumed  most 


form,  discussed  by  sections,  and  sub- 
jected to  rigid  inspection.  The  evening 
sessions  were  inspirational.  Foreign 
missionaries  spoke  on  Saturday  evening, 
and  on  Monday  evening  the  president 
and  principals  of  Acadia  University  set 
forth  ably  the  work  and  successes  of 
that  institution,  of  which  the  Maritime 
Baptists  are  justly  proud.  The  closing 
evening  brought  addresses  from  the 
borne  mission  fields.  Rev.  F.  W.  Pat- 
terson, of  Alberta,  represented  the  west- 
em  missions,  and  Professor  Gilmore,  of 
McMaster  University,  the  Ontario  Bap- 
tists.   It  may  be  said  here  that  the  Cana- 


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MISSIONS 


dian  Baptists  have  voted  to  unite  their 
mission  work  under  a  single  Board, 
which  will  have  its  headquarters  in 
Toronto,  and  this  centralized  plan  will 
come  into  operation  after  the  .October 
convention  in  Montreal.  Readjust- 
ments are  now  making  in  consequence, 
and  a  general  strengthening  of  the 
work  is  looked  for. 

My  purpose  in  visiting  the  Maritime 
Convention,  apart  from  the  fellowship, 
was  to  propose  that  the  Canadian  Bap- 
tists, since  they  have  no  magazine  of 
their  own,  should  adopt  Missions,  and 
thus  help  in  making  a  North  American 
Baptist  missionary  magazine.  The 
proposition  >vas  most  cordially  received, 
and  the  convention  unanimously  voted 
its  approval  and  recommended  Mis- 
sions to  pastors  and  people  as  a  means 
of  gaining  the  wider  missionary  vision 
and  stimulus.  It  is  understood  that 
this  does  not  interfere  with  any  plans 
which  the  new  central  body  may  wish 
to  carry  out.  Missions  believes  that  it 
would  be  good  for  our  people  to  know 
what  the  Canadian  Baptists  are  doing 
in  home  and  foreign  mission  work, 
and  equally  helpful  for  the  Canadian 
Baptists  to  have  the  full  range  of  our 
work.  We  all  need  to  get  out  of  our 
corners  and  feel  the  sweep  of  the  world 
movements.  To  increase  the  new  Bap- 
tist world  consciousness  is  the  aim  of 
Missions  in  this  proposal.  The  same 
proposition  will  be  brought  before  the 
Ontario  Convention,  and  if  Missions 
can  serve  the  wider  cause  in  this  way 
we  shall  be  most  glad  to  do  so.  In  any 
event  the  brotherly  kindness  of  the 
Baptists  at  Bridgetown  will  be  grate- 
fully remembered. 

Two  delightful  days  were  spent  with 
Dr.  Stackhouse  at  his  charming  home 
in  Wolfville.  If  one  doubts  whether  a 
traveling  secretary  has  to  make  sacri- 
fice, a  sight  of  his  family  group  from 
which  he  is  compelled  to  be  absent 
most  of  the   time  would   be   enough. 

j^L  such   an   apple   orchard  I     Nova 


Scotia  is  said  to  have  a  record  crop 
this  year,  that  will  bring  probably  two 
and  a  half  millions  of  dollars  to  the 
fruit  growers  of  these  wonderful  Nova 
Scotia  valle3rs.  I  hope  this  will  increase 
the  missionary  offerings;  but  prosperity 
does  not  always  mean  added  benevo- 
lence. 

Now  I  had  my  day  in  the  land  of 
Evangeline  and  followed  the  course  of 
the  loyal  and  hapless  French  maiden, 
standing  on  the  site  (supposedly)  of 
her  father's  farmhouse,  drinking  from 
her  well,  tarrying  in  Grand  Pre,  in- 
specdng  the  old  church  and  ancient 
house,  and  recalling  that  tragic  history 
which  our  Longfellow  has  immortalized. 
We  went  to  the  beach  on  the  bay  of 
Minas,  looked  across  to  old  Blomidon's 
forbidding  cliffs,  and  wondered  just 
where  the  British  ships  once  lay  wait- 
ing for  their  human  freight.  A  summer 
colony  now  inhabits  the  beach.  Com- 
merce too  has  invaded  the  land,  for  an 
Indian  endces  you  to  buy  fresh-woven 
baskets,  while  paleface  traders  display 
the  amethyst  and  opal  of  the  neighbor- 
ing cliff's. 

I  also  had  a  chance  to  see  the  excellent 
plant  of  Acadia  University,  with  Presi- 
dent George  B.  Cutten,  D.D.,  as  guide. 
The  new  science  building,  Carnegie 
Hall,  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  build- 
ings of  its  kind.  The  campus  is  fine, 
the  location  ideal  for  study  and  whole- 
some life.  No  wonder  the  Acadians 
love  their  alma  mater.  And  when  Prin- 
cipal De Wolfe,  D.D.,  had  taken  me 
through  the  Seminary,  with  the  home- 
like dormitory,  it  was  easy  to  under- 
stand one  strong  attraction  which  the 
men  find  in  Wolfville.  Acadia  has  won 
a  remarkable  rank  for  scholarship  of 
the  thorough  sort;  and  the  new  presi- 
dent has  raised  the  ji  50,000  endowment 
which  the  gift  of  ^50,000  from  Mr. 
Rockefeller  stimulated.  The  college 
students  number  something  over  200, 
the  seminary  students  100,  and  the 
academy  students  as  many  more.    The 


MISSIONS 


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graduates  are  found  in  all  our  theo- 
](^cal,  technical,  medical  and  law 
schools,  in  our  pulpits,  and  rarely  fall 
into  innocuous  desuetude.  Dr.  Stack- 
house,  our  stalwart  secretary  of  the 
Laymen's  Movement,  is  an  Acadian 
and  found  his  wife  in  the  seminary; 
and  he  is  just  a  sample  of  the  sturdy 
stock  of  a   land   as  yet  unswept    by 


the  tides  of  immigration.  Academy 
Principal  W.  L.  Archibald,  by  the  way, 
is  a  University  of  Chicago  Ph.D. 
Educational  reciprocity  has  long  been 
established.  Between  Baptists  on  either 
side  of  the  line  there  are  no  barriers  to 
brotherhood  and  closer  acquaintance 
will  mean  increasing  fraternity,  leading 
to  hearty  co-operation. 


In  Connection  with  the  Maritime  Convention 


It  was  good  to  see  the  welcome  given  Dr. 
Stackhousc  in  his  home  territory.  He  was 
repeatedly  called  to  the  platform,  ant)  every- 
body knew  him.  The  Maritime  BafHisI,  in 
its  conventiDn  report,  says  : 

"  Dr.  Stackhousc,  whose  height  makes  im- 
possible his  ever  being  hidden  in  any  audi- 
ence, was  invited  to  make  a  speech.  In  a 
shoR  speech  the  tall  doaor  told  of  his  inter- 
est in  the  'magnificent  progress"  made  by 
the  United  Baptists  of  the  Maritime  Prov- 
inces. 'Home  Missions  in  the  Maritime 
Proyinces  is  a  mighty  important  work.' 
'You  have  enough  men  and  money  to  man 
all  the  churches.'  He  closed  with  a  few 
words  upim  the  theme  on  which  his  heart  is 
act,  the  work  of  the  Laymen's  Missionary 
Movement,  and  pleaded  with  the  churches 
to  live  up  to  the  ideal  set  before  them." 


The  Maritime  Baptist  says,  in  its  excel- 
lent Convention  report;  "The  committee 
appointed  to  consider  the  proposition  of 
Dr.  Grose,  editor  of  Missions,  reported  that 
they  heartily  recommended  the  acceptance 
by  this  convention  of  the  proposal,  be- 
lieving that  the  familiarity  of  our  people 
with  the  publication  will  greatly  facilitate 
the   missionary   enterprise." 

The  Repon  on  the  State  of  the  Denomi- 
nation gave  the  following  figures:  Bap- 
tisms, 1,57S;  baptisms  last  year,  2,339. 
Present  membership,  64,105;  membership 
last  year,  64,865.     Addition  to  the  ministry 

removals,  18.  Number  of  ministers  in 
Maritime  Provinces,  313.  Total  amount 
received  during  year  for  denominational 
purposes,  ^1,975. 


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MISSIONS 


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Devotional 


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mv 


A  Ifirwjtr  for  Vntrttolnur 

At^  GODy  our  Father  J  remember  not  our 
^mC^  past  shortcomings f  our  lack  of  service, 
our  indifference  to  the  spread  of  Thy  king' 
dom  and  to  the  needs  of  those  who  sit  in 
darkness  and  the  shadow  of  death.  Endue 
with  especial  grace,  we  beseech  Thee,  Thy 
church  throughout  the  world.  O  Thou  who 
lovest  a  cheerful  giver,  cause  all  Christians  to 
minister  liberally  and  cheerfully  of  their  sub^ 
stance  to  the  making  known  of  Thy  Nami. 
Enrich  with  Thy  Holy  Spirit  all  who  labor 
for  Thee  in  distant  lands.  Deliver  all  Mo' 
hammedans  from  the  delusions  of  the  False 
Prophet,  Pity  blind  idolaters  who  know 
not  the  true  worship.  Safeguard,  we  pray 
Thee,  the  missionaries  in  China,  and  grant 
peace  and  new  life  to  the  people  of  that  great 
Empire.  Let  Thy  love  be  made  known,  and 
Thy  saving  grace,  among  all  men.  To  the 
glory  of  Thy  Great  Name.     Amen. 


•» 


The  Missionary  Impart  of  the  Lord's  Prayer 

BY  REV.  JAMES   A.  FRANCIS 

A  Master  was  praying,  the  disciples 
listening.  He  ceased.  One  of  them  said, 
"Teach  us  to  pray,"  and  he  gave  them 
this  outline,  so  brief  that  it  can  be  read  in 
one  minute,  so  deep  that  it  has  not  been 
fathomed  in  twenty  centuries.  It  brings 
together  the  heart  of  God  and  the  needs 
of  man  and  they  fit  as  the  ocean  fits  the 
shore.  Notice,  "Our  Father,  who  art  in 
Heaven"  —  a  child  speaking  to  his  father; 
"Hallowed  be  thy  name"  —  a  worshiper 
speaking  to  his  God;  "Thy  kingdom 
come"  —  a  citizen  speaking  to  his  king; 
"Thy  will  be  done"  —  a  servant  speaking 
to  his  master;  "Give  us  this  day  our  daily 
bread"  —  a  beggar  speaking  to  his  bene- 
factor; "Forgive  us  our  debts"  —  a  sinner 
speaking  to  his  Saviour;  "Lead  us  not 
into  temptation"  —  a  pilgrim  speaking  to 
his  guide;  "Deliver  us  from  the  evil  one"  — 
a  captive  speaking  to  his  deliverer. 

Notice  how  first  things  come  first.    The 


first  peddons  give  us  the  mig^ity  pfopam 
of  Christ,  world  wide,  age  loo^  and  oon- 
prehensive  as  the  dream  of  God.  The 
second  three  give  us  God'a  pnmmo  for 
our  needs  while  we  work  the  piupoae  of  die 
first  three  —  daily  bread,  dailj  feigjvencw 
and  daily  leading,  assured  while  we  wofk 
for  the  hallowing  of  his  name^  the  oonung 
of  his  kingdom  and  the  doing  of  his  will. 
God  ^yes  no  power  to  a  puqioaeleM  life, 
but  all  of  his  resources  of  gnee  are  behind 
the  man  who  launches  his  tinjr  craft  on  the 
Mississippi  current  of  his  wQL 

ThougMs  to  Grow  Upon 

Religion  is  not  merdj  the  ait  of  dying 
well,  but  of  living  wdl.  Therefore  my 
prayer  is: 
Teach  me  the  harder  I 


—  how  to  livf! 
Chasten  and  train  me  in  die  sharpest 
school  of  life; 
Fit  me  for  conflicts  still;  Thy  Spirit  give, 
And  make  me  moie  than  conqueror  in  the 

strife. 
Sins  are  easier  kept  out  than  driven  out. 

Every  time  a  Chrisdan  goes  wrong  he 
makes  it  harder  for  some  sinner  to  go  rig^. 

Conscience  is  the  eyes  of  the  soul,  and  how 

troublesome  is  the  least  mite  of  dust  falling 
in  the  eye,  and  how  quickly  does  it  water 
and  weep  upon  the  least  grievance  that 
affects  it!  —  South. 

The  calendar  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Jamestown,  N.Y.,  has  as  the  top  line 
on  its  first  page,  above  a  picture  of  its 
artistic  house  of  worship,  these  words: 
"The  Church  of  the  Cordial  Welcome." 
If  the  church  lives  up  to  that,  its  success 
is  certain;  and  the  record  of  service,  in- 
cluding the  raising  of  the  generous  mission- 
ary apportionment,  is  easily  explicable. 
We  have  a  right  to  assume  that  every 
Baptist  church  is  fundamentally  Christian. 
We  wish  it  were  as  correct  to  assume  that 
it  is  truly  social  and  brotherly. 


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655 


What  Can  We  Do  for  the  Country  Church? 

By  R«T.  Rkhmond  A.  Smith 

PABTOR    or    THE    JORDAN    GROVE    (iOWa)    HAPTIST    CHURCH 


is    the    most    imponam 
ject  at  present  before    the 

dred    of   these    country    or 
mfield"  churches  of  ourown 
I  in  Iowa,  with  fiom  5,000 
0,000  members.    The  coun- 
try   church    is    the    source    of 
supply    for    the    leading    workers    of   city 
churches.    From  it,  too,  we  draw  the  larger 
proportion  of  ministers  and   missionaries. 
Hence  these  churches  must  be  cared  for 
and  nourished  as  of  the  greatest  importance. 


THE  FARMER  IS  C 


;  TO  HIS  OWN 


"Back  to  the  land"  is  now  the  great  cry 
among  many  philanthropists  and  reformers. 
The  Urmer  u  no  longer  looked  upon  as  a 
boor  or  ignoramus.  Everybody  cuhivates 
him  except  the  churchy  the  banks  want 
his  money,  as  welt  as  his  business  sagacity. 
The  stores  and  railways  seek  his  business, 
while  society  and  the  lodge  often  court  his 
favors.    But  the  church  seems  to  have  for- 


saken the  old  paths  to  the  county  meeting- 
house and  school  house  Sunday  school,  and 
the    winter    revival    meetings    among    the 

One  of  my  friends  was  -a  country  school- 
teacher in  an  Iowa  county  twenty-five  or 
thirty  years  ago.  He  still  lives  in  that  county 
and  knows  it  well.  There,  he  says,  in 
nearly  every  schoolhouse  there  was  a  Sunday 
school  at  least  in  the  summer;  in  many, 
preaching  once  in  two  weeks;  often,  revival 
meetings  in  the  winter.  Now,  no  winter 
revivals  or  summer  Sunday  schools.  As  to 
preaching,  of  half  a  dozen  church  buildings 
he  has  in  mind,  not  even  one  of  them  is  now 
used  for  religious  purposes.  He  says  not 
one  farmer  in  ten  goes  to  church  anywhere. 
Hence  it  has  appeared  that  increasing  mate- 
rial prosperity  has  actually  meant  a  religious 
decline. 


CHANGING  CONDITIONS 


sequently  the  population  1 


nosi    farmers 
more  stable. 


656  MISSIONS 


A  stale  superintendent  of  missions  said  of 
those  times:  "The  city  population  ii 
chan^ngi  the  coimtiy  population  is  mora 
petmatient."  The«e  conditions  are  now 
revetsed.  The  town  is  less  changeable 
than  the  country.  Increasing  land  values 
have  brought  about  n<Mi-resident  ownenhip 
and  a  growing  class  of  tenant  farmen. 
This  is  the  great  problem  before  any  country 
chuich — how  to  mould  this  ever-changing 
and  growing  mass  of  renters  in  such  nays 
that  they  may  be  saved  and  that  the  churches 
may  not  die  out. 

The  country  church  can  do  much  for 
itself.  It  should  teach  its  memben  to 
giv*  more;  to  give  more  money  for  religious 
purposes.  Many  a  Oiiistian  fanner,  whose 
land  and  other  property  is  worth  from 
fio.ooo  to  {50,000  above  all  indebtedness, 
thinks  he  is  dmng  God  service  in  giving 
for  all  purposes  combined  not  more  than 
^5  or  jio  per  year.  No  other  class  of 
Christians  gives  so  little  in  proportion  to 
ability. 

The  countiy  church  members  must  be 
tau^t  to  go  more;  to  attend  more  asso- 
ciational  meetings,  state  conventions  and 
Sunday  school  gatherings,  thus  gaining  a 
wider  outlook.  Business  and  professional 
men  are  expected  to  attend  such  meetings 
of  their  churches.  They  do  so  at  personal 
sacrifice  and  often  posirive  loss.  The 
farmer  should  assume  his  proportionate 
share  of  such  sacrifice. 

Members  of  countiy  churches  must  be 
taught  to  become  perianal  v/orkert,  and  to 
expect  conversions  all  the  year  round,  even 
though  their  church  is  pastorless.  In  such 
ways  country  churches  can  do  for  them- 
selves more  than  any  outside  agencies  can 
accomplish.  For  "there  is  no  help  like 
self-help,"  and  "self-help  is  the  btit  hdp." 


J  EFFORTS 

T^ese  will  be  found  beneficial,  and  in- 
clude the  township  or  neighboiiiood  survey, 
farm  clubs,  reading  dubs,  clubs  for  the 
study  of  scientific  agriculture,  as  well  as 
other  lines  of  special  investigation,  either 
helped  or  directed  by  the  church.  Such 
co-operative  concerns  as  farmers'  elevators 
and  creameries  sometimes  have  picnics 
to  which  all  are  invited.  Of  course  there 
is  the  basket  dinner.  Besides,  they  have  a 
program,  with  music,  redtations,  etc.     If 


MISSIONS 


6^7 


the  chuich  and  its  members  are  actively 
interested  in  such  affairs,  it  would  be  easy 
to  have  a  bnef,  pungent  address  on  our 
duties  to  religion  and  God,  given  between 
those  on  crop-rotation  and  balanced  rations. 
Men  who  attend  no  church  will  give  such 
addressee  their  careful  attention  under 
these  conditions. 

Farmers  need  to  realize  their  natural 
limitations.  Many  live  too  strenuous  lives. 
If  laborers  in  mills  and  factories  work  too 
long   houre,    so   do    farmers.     The  latter 


church  and  be  to  the  great  advantage  of 
the  denomination  if  its  general  agents, 
secretaries  and  missionaries  were  instructed  to 
visit  and  encourage  country  churches  more. 
2.  Get  the /aflf  about  them;  How  many 
country  churches  now  in  this  state?  How 
many  have  died  out,  and  why  f  How 
many  members  have  the  "  cornfield " 
churches  now  i  How  many  are  pastoriess  ? 
What  salaries  do  country  pastors  receive  ? 
What  are  present  results  of  country  church 
work  in  the  way  of  conversions,  missionary 


usually  strive  to  put  in  more  time  rather 
than  less.  If  time  is  found  for  the  interests 
of  home,  church  and  community,  shorter 
hours  must  be  observed.  Likewise  there 
i$  a  great  and  crying  need  for  more  household 
conveniences  in  the  middle  class  of  farm 
dwelling*. 

The  parsonage  farm  has  no  doubt  saved 
the  life  of  many  a  countiy  church.  How- 
ever, it  needs  the  most  wise  and  Christian 
management  on  the  part  of  the  pastor  and 
his  trustees,  that  it  may  help  and  not  hinder 
the  Master's  work. 


I.  Gain  a  definite  regari  for  it.  What  I 
Does  not  the  denomination  love  the  country 
diurch  ?  If  it  docs,  why  are  some  things 
as  they  are  ?    It  would  help  the  cross-roads 


offerings,   student   volunteers 
or  ministiyf 

3.  Get  busy  for  them.  Teach  them 
self-help  as  already  outlined.  Have  town 
and  country  ministers  sometimes  exchange 
pulpits.  Furnish  the  Home  Mission  Society 
wirh  the  means  to  undertake  special  work 
in  their  behalf,  by  means  of  (a)  a  general 
representative  of  country  church  work, 
who  knows  and  loves  country  life  thorough- 
ly; (b)  by  rural  evangelists;  (c)  by  co- 
operating with  the  extension  departments 
of  agricultural  colleges  in  their  efforts  to 
improve  the  moral  and  material  conditions 
of  farmers. 

A  COUNTY  EVANGELISTIC  CAMPAIGN 

If  there  is  an  advantage  in  having  a 
great  simultaneous  gospel  campaign  in  a 
city,  how  about  the  same  methods  in   a 


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MISSIONS 


township  or  a  county?  Let  some  pastor 
at  the  county  seat,  for  instance,  be  made 
general  manager,  with  his  cabinet,  com- 
posed of  the  heads  of  these  departments: 
Music,  press,  finance,  personal  work,  etc. 
If  10  all  available  places  there  were  sent  at 
least  one  speaker  and  a  singer,  the  results 
would  be  marvelous.  If  all  these  workers 
came  from  within  the  county,  having  been 
drafted  from  the  local  churches,  there  would 
be  no  heavy  expense.  The  churches  within 
a    given    time    simptv    exchange    workers. 


In  this  way  preachen  and  othtn  develop 
unsuspected  cvangdjstic  gifts.  Leaders 
in  music  and  personal  workers  are  brought 
□ut  to  the  great  enrichment  of  the  churcS 
as  a  whole.  There  should  be  a  weekly 
conference  throughout  the  union  effbn 
of  as  many  ministers,  woilen,  singers  or 
others  as  possible.  Finally  the  time  has 
come  for  a  great  and  definite  adrance  all 
along  the  lines  of  country  church  work. 
the  details  of  which  we  have  only  juii 
begun  to  work  our. 


Syrians  in   the   United   States 


1  per- 


megie 


THE  Survty  is  publishing  a  series  of  four 
articles  by  Louise  Seymour  Houghton, 
on  "Syrians  in  the  United  States."  The  iirst 
installment,  "Sources  and  Settlement,"  cov- 
ers sixteen  pages,  including  numerous  illus- 
trations and  bears  abundant  witness  to 
painstakirig  research.  Mrs.  Houghton  re- 
sided eight  months  in  Syria,  and  thet 
sonally  visited  all  the  important  cent 
Syrian  settlement  in  this  country.  Her 
was  done  under  the  auspices  of  the  Cai 
Institution.  The  number  of  Syri; 
LInited  States  is  variously  estimated  from 
70,000  to  100,000.  A  large  number  (8,000) 
arc  in  Calirornia.  New  York  contains  about 
5,000,  Boston  3,000,  Lawrence,  Mass.,  2,500, 
the  largest  number  in  proportion  to  its  size. 
Philadelphia  and  Pittsburgh  have  about 
1,500  each,  Chicago  1,100,  and  Worcester, 
Mass.,  probably  less  than  1,000.  There  are 
Rtveral  hundred  in  St.  Louis,  in  Cleveland, 
and  in  Albany,  and  they  are  found  in  num- 
htfrs  in  numerous  places. 

The  Syrian  is  not  an  Armenian  or  Turk,  al- 
though a  Turkish  subject.  He  is  highly  sens- 
itive, having  a  pride  of  race  almost  unknown 
to  other  immigrants  and  even  to  many  Amer- 


icans. The  South  Brtmklyn  colony  is  a 
residential  district  of  well-to-do  Syrians 
doing  business  in  New  Yoifc.  Unfortu- 
nately there  is  an  inferior  ctdony  of  Syrians 
along  the  water  front  near  the  principal 
ferries  and  steamboat  landings  in  New  Yor^ 
which  is  much  observed  and  has  prejudiced 
many  Americans  against  the  race.  Many 
of  the  colonies  in  various  cities  are  among 
the  most  respected  and  thrifty  immigrants. 
The  author  naively  attributes  the  unusual 
dannishness  of  the  Boston  Syrians  to  re- 
action against  "New  England  reserve."  She 
declares  it  "unquestionable  that  even  the 
best  Boston  people,  with  a  few  notable  ex- 
ceptions, appear  to  be  unable  to  appreciate 
certain  charaaeristics  of  the  Syrian  nature 
and  temperament  which  differ  from  theii 
own  standards;"  but  she  does  not  tell  us 
what  these  characteristics  are.  In  Toledo 
the  Syrians  (250)  are  exceptionally  pros- 
perous  and  respeaed.  Farm  colonies  of 
Syrians  in  the  West  are  very  interesting,  as 
also  the  truck- farming  by  them  in  the  en- 
virons of  Lawrence  and  other  eastern  cities. 
This  clear,  straightforward  article  should 
be  read  by  every  student  of  immigration. 


MISSIONS  659 

The    Ministers*  Benefit   Fund 


rd  of  the  Benefit  Fund 
Northern  Baptist  Con- 


for  Ministers 

and  Mis- 

■a  announces 

to  the  de- 

tion    that    a 

m     anive 

gn  to  cecure 

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s   fund    on    . 

or   before 

i-ieccinber  15  begin! 

i  at  once. 

The  months  of  July  and  August 

were  de- 

voted  10  preparatoiy  work  relating  to  the 

general  policy  of  the  Board,  to  ways  and 
means  for  meeting  current  expenses  and  to 
the  lelcction  of  an  Executive  Secretary. 
Rev,  E.  T.  Tomlinson,  of  Elizabeth,  N.J., 
has  been  elected  as  Executive  Secretary, 
and  enters  upon  his  work  immediately. 
Dr.  Tomlinton  was  for  about  twenty-three 
years  pastor  of  the  strong  Central  Baptist 
Church  in  Elizabeth,  N.J.,  is  the  author  of 
a  number  of  popular  historical  books  for 
young  people,  has  for  many  years  been  an 
active  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers 
of  the  Home  Mission  Society,  is  in  the 
prime  of  life,  and  is  deeply  in  sympathy 
with  the  objects  of  the  Board.  His  head- 
quarters temporarily  will  be  Eliubeth,  N.J. 


1  for  the  expenses  of  the 
.  for  the  ensuing  year  has  been  made, 

so  THAT  EVERY  DOLLAR  CONTRIfllTTED  TO 
THE  PERMANENT  FUND  WILL  BE  THUS  AP- 
PLIED WITHOITT  ANY  CHARGE  AGAINST  IT. 

Pledges  to  this  Fund  may  be  payable  in 
four  semiannual  installments,  in  two  years 
from  January  I,  1912. 

The  general  policy  of  the  Board  is  as 
follows: 

I.  To  concentrate  effort  from  Septem- 
ber to  December  to  secure  a  fund  of 
{250,000,  toward  which  {50,000  has 
been  pledged, 
a.  To  make  a  careful  and  comprehen- 
sive inquiry  concerning  the  number, 
the  character  and  the  efficiency  of 
similar  organizations  and  the  extent 
of  their  work,  with  the  conditions  on 
which  aid  is  granted. 

3,  To  evolve  a  plan  for  the  coopera- 
tion so  far  as  may  be  practicable  of 
similar  agencies,  with  a  view  to 
greater  unity  and  efficiency  and  a 
better  understanding  of  all  the  fac- 
tors that  ought  to  be  taken  account  of 

4.  To  ascertain  from  the  most  reliable 
sources  the  numbers  of  those  for 
whom  some  provision  should  be 
made  and  to  encourage  the  appoinr- 
ment  in  every  State  of  a  Standing 
Committee  of  Cooperation  ,for  this 

It  is  recognized  that  most  prompt  and 
generous  offerings  are  necessary  to  secure  the 
{100,000  required  by  December  15,  in  order 
to  obtain  the  {50,000  pledged  by  "A  Man 
from  Pennsylvania." 

It  will  be  impassible  for  the  Executive 
Secretary  to  see  personally  a  tenth  of  those 
who  should  have  3  large  share  in  this  great 
enterprise.  Let  every  one,  therefore,  prayer- 
fully consider  his  duty  in  this  matter  and  as 
promptly  as  possible  send  to  the  Secretary 
his  pledge.  Pastors  of  our  churches  are 
earnestly  asked  10  bring  the  subjea  to  the 
attention  of  those  who  are  able  to  make 
generous  offerings  for  this  purpose. 

Pledge  cards  and  literature  may  be  ob- 
tained from  the  Secretary. 

H,  L.  Morehouse,  Chairman. 


CO  YE  INTO  ALL  THE  WOKLD  AND  PKBACH  THE  COtPEL  . 


AND  I  WILL  BE  WITH  YOU  ALWAY,  EVEN  UNTO  THE  END  OF  THI  WORLD 


MISSIONS  66l 


ill  work  for  the  Lord.     Much  userul  on  the  foreign  fields. 
nation  was  eiven  the  new  appointees, 

idvice  »nJ  Joinim  offend  b,  Ma  ™«  ""•"•ti  «.«™o. 

inaries   being   especially   helpful,   be-  The  farewell  meetings  on  Thursday  were 

of  their  experience  and  added  knowl-  of  an  impressive  nature.    Many  friends  from 

sf  life  abroad.    The  devotional  services  Boston  and  surrounding  towns  were  present 


662 


MISSIONS 


Itnili  41  fhr  afirrnoon  lervice  for  mission- 
.11  ilk  III'  fhr  wcmun'i  locieties,  including 
wivm  of  niihitionariri,  and  at  the  evening 
III!  rtiiig  I'm  all  nuKKJonarirs.  llie  afternoon 
iiirriin)(  wtiN  in  charge  of  the  Woman's 
ll.t|iiiM  hiiri^n  MiKNionary  Society,  Mrs. 
M.  (i.  I'llntdndii,  prrRidcnt,  presiding;  Mrs. 
11.  S,  Mil*,  ihr  Home  Secretary,  presented 
an  « hihukiiiikiic,  inspiring  message  from  the 
\hui\hr«.  whilr  fhr  audience  was  brought 
ihio  It  ««-iur  «»l  v'hvtvi  union  with  the  workers 
III  lou  i|^n  Itindx  hv  ihr  message  Mrs.  G.  H. 
lli«>«k  hum^ht  liom  the  Held.  At  the  even- 
mi^  H«i\i\v  lUvi)(v  Hullrn,  D.l).,  the  oldest 
Mmiihvi  t»l  th«*  tltwiid  in  point  of  service, 
)Moid\d,  Sivivtaiv  Haggard  introduced 
\\\%  lui^^uuuiii'N,  each  one  answering  to  his 
\s.\\\\\  \y\i\\  A  I'onoise,  pithy  statement  of  his 
i«.i\on«  lot  going  to  the  mission  fields. 
1  lu ««'  writ*  ntoments  of  deep  interest,  but 
\\\\  pvisonal  note  was  complrtrly  lost  in 
I  lit'  «-\pirssion  of  joyful  and  triumphant 
>%ll  ituiiriulrr  to  thr  Lord's  will.  The  key- 
noir  ot'  thr  rvrning  was  again  struck  in 
Siiii-tiiiy  Harbour's  final  words  to  the 
iiii'k'kionaiirs. 

nil.    l»M*AHIllHli    OK    TIIK    WFHl'HOUND 

rAHlY 

\i  \\.{o  ihr  iirxi  nioihing  a  party  was 
^.iilii  imI  m  South  Suiion  to  bid  farewell 
hi  ilir  iiiihikionaiirN  drpaiting  for  China, 
|.ip.iii  iiiiil  ilir  Philippinrs  via  thr  Koston 
.iiitl  AIImhv  Uailioad.  An  itinriary  had 
Imiii  pii\iouiilv  pirpiiird,  uiianging  for 
A  Mil  I  ling  in  iiiiriigo  at  thr  Knglrwood 
tliMhli  iMi  Sunday  moining.  Srptrmbrr  17, 
and  a  tally  in  ihr  allriiumn  at  thr  Second 
\  hull  III  MivitrK  AX  Omaha,  l\)lorado 
^)*iiiig>»i  I  «^  .Augrlrs,  and  srvnal  iHhrr 
jilaiik  III  I'aliloinia.  Woik  alirinatrd  with 
pla\.  loi  ihr  miv\ioi\aiir!i  wrir  loyally  rn- 
liilaiiud  ill  Omaha  and  iVIoiado  Spiings; 
a  iidv  \\a*  lakrn  aiouiul  Krdlands  and  a 
\\k\\  itiadr  10  ihr  rnivriNity  k^(  Krdlands; 
a  iiiipiion  wa*  trndrird  at  I  ivt  .'\ngrlrs  by 
Ml«.  Si  (Ml,  honoiaiv  pirsidrnt  of  thr 
NViiiiian'ii  UaniiM  Koirign  MisMonaiv  SiW 
\  \\\\  ol  thr  \N  %M.  1  hi  Wrdnrsdav.  i Viobrr 
4,  llir  paity  fcailrd  liom  San  Kiaiwisro  on 
llii'  iUuh\-  Mail  Si«aiu\hip  \i^/m\i. 

lilt    a.\lllNU   IHOM    HOAION 

\\\v    paiiv    bound    loi    Uuiuu,    As$am. 
Indiii,   A\\\\    Urngalihi^M  »Ailrd  at 


three  o'dock  00  FridaT,  Scscember  i^  on 
the  Lcyland  Line  Sccazsskip  Bz^r^.zzr.. 
Many  friends  gadiered  co  hid  cben  arcweli. 
and  all  assembled  for  a  mosx.  impressive 
devotional  scrricc  aboard  the  boat.  Then 
amid  the  smiles  of  friends  and  the  pravers 
for  God's  richest  blessmg  upon  thenv  our 
missionaries  sailed 


LOCAL  FAKEWELL  MEETINGS 

To  many  of  the  missionaries  receptioni 
were  tendered  by  their  home  churches  ht- 
fore  their  departure.  The  church  at  Fair- 
port,  N.Y.,  had  a  farewell  sert-ice  for  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  D.  C.  Graham,  who  go  to  West 
China.  These  friends  arc  practically  sup- 
ported by  their  home  church.  The  farewell 
service  for  Miss  Maiy  Kurtz,  who  returns 
to  South  India,  tendered  by  the  Calvar}* 
Baptist  Giurch  at  Williamspon,  Pa.,  took 
the  form  of  a  church  supper  with  a  public 
meeting  thereafter.  Miss  Margaret  K. 
Milliard  was  tendered  a  reception  at  the 
First  Baptist  Church  in  Haverhill,  Mass., 
shonly  before  sailing  to  fill  her  position  as 
teacher  in  the  kindergarten  at  Tokyo, 
Japan,  established  by  the  Woman's  Bap- 
tist Foreign  Missionary  Society.  The 
young  people  of  the  church  presented  her 
with  a  beautiful  silk  flag,  and  after  an  in- 
teresting program.  Miss  Hilliard  and  her 
parents  received  their  friends  in  the  church 
parlors.  Similar  farewells  were  given  the 
other  missionaries. 

STUDY  IN   PHONETICS 

Preceding  the  conference  a  course  of 
study  in  phonetics,  as  a  preparation  for  the 
study  of  the  native  languages,  was  given  at 
Ford  Building  for  the  newly  appointed  mis- 
sionaries. The  class  began  on  Wednesday, 
August  30,  under  the  direction  of  Rev. 
'lliomas  F.  Cummings  of  New  Wilmington, 
Pa.,  formerly  a  missionary  of  the  United 
Prrsb)terian  Board  in  India,  and  continued 
thnmgh  September  6.  The  course  included 
(i)  grounding  in  English  phonetics;  (2)  the 
application  of  the  principles  of  English 
phonetics  to  the  special  problems  of  the 
Asiatic  languages;  (3)  the  exposition  of  the 
true  method  of  language  study  for  master- 
ing both  pronunciation  and  idiom;  and  (4) 
the  exemplification  of  a  phonetic  induaive 
method  on  the  basis  of  John  4,  using  some 
modem  language  as  a  guide.    This  course 


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663 


of  instruction  was  unique  in  that  it  was  the 
first  time  it  was  ever  offered  to  the  mission- 
aries, but  it  is  believed  that  it  will  simplify 
the  difficulties  of  language  study  and  will 
make  them  more  successful  both  in  learning 
and  in  teaching  the  language. 

SOMETHING  OF   IMPORTANCE 

During  the  year  109  missionaries  have 
sailed,  a  large  number  you  will  say.  Just 
think,  however,  of  the  number  that  have 
returned  this  year,  and   remember  that   a 


large  proportion  of  those  going  out  are  sent 
to  fill  these  vacancies.  Note  this,  too,  that 
of  the  fourteen  newly  appointed  men,  only 
eight  are  going  for  general  or  evangelistic 
work.  And  these  eight  are  to  be  divided 
among  the  mission  fields  of  Burma,  Assam, 
South  India,  Bengal-Orissa,  China,  Japan, 
the  Philippine  Islands,  and  Africa.  Such 
extensive  fields  pf  work,  such  urgent  need 
of  workers,  and  so  few  to  go!  Young  man! 
Young  woman!  there's  a  big  place  for  you 
in  the  mission  work.  Are  you  going  to  heed 
the  call  or  let  it  pass  you  by  ? 


Sowing  the  Gospel  Seed 

By  Missionary  A.  W.  Hanson,  Canton 


ABOUT  9.30  on  Sunday  morning,  July 
23,  several  of  the  missionaries  of  our 
compound, the  Chinese  foreman  of  our  print- 
ing establishment,  our  Chinese  proof-reader 
and  myself,  with  about  300  copies  of  tracts, 
took  OUT  boat  and  went  for  several  miles  down 
the  river  to  give  the  gospel  to  the  Chinese 
in  the  villages  that  have  as  yet  been  un- 
touched by  the  missionary.  We  had  a  very 
good  reception  at  all  the  places  we  touched. 
At  the  first  village  we  anchored  our  boat 
and  began  singing  "The  Light  of  the 
Worid  is  Jesus,"  and  before  we  had  finished 
more  than  a  hundred  of  the  villagers  had 
gathered  on  the  shore  near  to  our  boat — men, 
women  and  children  of  all  classes, — and  from 
that  time  until  we  left  the  number  grew  until 
more  than  two  hundred  had  gathered  to 
hear  the  message,  all  listening  with  great 
eagerness  and  much  interest  for  more  than 
an  hour,  most  of  them  for  the  first  time 
having  seen  a  foreigner,  or  heard  the  name  of 
Jesus.  The  glad  news  of  salvation  was  told 
by  Bro.  R.  £.  Chambers,  Bro.  John  Lake, 
Bro.  P.  H.  Anderson,  and  the  Chinese 
brother,  Mr.  Chow.  This  was  followed  by 
an  earnest  prayer  that  God's  blessing  would 
rest  upon  these  people,  and  then  as  I  did  not 
know  sufficient  of  the  language  to  talk  to  the 
people  I  had  the  privilege  and  pleasure  of 
giving  away  neariy  100  copies  of  a  tract  that 
has  been  blessed  of  God  and  has  been  the 
means  of  leading  many  a  Chinese  into  the 
light  of  Jesus  Christ. 


Leaving  there  we  stopped  at  another  vil- 
lage some  three  miles  further  down  the  river 
called  Tung  Po,  where  we  anchored  our  boat 
and  walked  into  the  village  with  the  inten- 
tion of  getting  a  crowd  together  to  speak  to, 
when  we  arrived  at  a  place  where  a  number 
of  Chinese  were  busily  engaged  in  gambling. 
After  talking  with  several  individuals  who 
expressed  a  desire  to  hear  what  we  had  to 
say,  our  brethren  again  began  to  tell  of  the 
love  of  Jesus  which  taketh  away  the  sin  of 
the  world.  Gradually  many  of  them  left 
the  gamblers'  table  and  came  over  to  hear 
the  gospel  message.  After  several  brief 
talks  we  moved  on  leaving  them  to  think  of 
what  they  had  heard  and  trusting  and  pray- 
ing that  God's  spirit  would  work  in  their 
midst  and  that  some  souls  would  be  led  out 
of  darkness  into  light.  As  we  reached  the 
shore  where  our  boat  was  anchored  we  had 
another  opportunity  of  telling  the  story  that 
never  grows  old,  at  the  same  time  giving 
away  more  than  100  copies  of  a  tract,  "The 
Truth  Manifested,"  a  little  book  that  God 
has  blessed  so  much  among  the  Chinese,  and 
we  trust  it  may  still  be  the  means  of  leading 
some  souls  to  Him. 

Our  hearts  are  filled  with  joy  as  we  have 
these  opportunities  of  going  in  and  out 
among  these  people,  and  though  we  may  not 
see  the  immediate  results  of  our  feeble  ef- 
forts we  believe  that  God  is  willing  to  bless 
all  that  is  done  for  the  unconverted.  Pray 
for  us  that  our  work  may  not  be  in  vain. 


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MISSIONS 


Wilhclm   Fetler,  Russian   Evangelist 


B7  Howard  B.  GmM 


M 


nidden  i_ 
I  the  Baptists  in  Russix 
]  reads  like  a  romance.  It 
es  one's  cnidulit)'  to  be 
1  that  there  arc  more 
I  than  36,000  Russian  Ba|>- 
■»  today,  when  five  yean 
_  >  it  was  not  known  that 
there  were  any.  Yet  that  number  13  doubt- 
less far  too  small,  since  new  discoveries  of 
unrelated  groups  of  the  same  faith  are  con- 
stantly being  made. 

DiaCOVERtES  FOUR  YEARS  AGO 

It  is  little  more  than  four  years  ago  that 
news  came  to  En^ish  Baptbts  of  a  singular 
work  in  prepress  in  Russia,  which  was 
plainly  Bapdst  in  its  character.  The  Bap- 
tist Union  of  Great  Britain  sent  out  Rev.  C. 
T.  Byford  to  investigate,  and  the  result  was 
electrifying.  He  found  that  nn  only  in 
Russia,  but  in  all  the  countries  of  Southeast- 
ern Europe,  there  were  many  churches 
founded  by  men  who  had  never  come  into 
touch  with  Baptist  organizations,  but  who 
had  embraced  the  Baptist  faith  through  the 
reading  of  the  New  Testament  which  had 
reached  them  through  col  porters,  some 
from  Germany,  some  representing  the 
British  and  Fordgn  Bible  Society. 

RESEMBLANCES  TO  MOODY 

The  most  conspicuous  work  at  present  in 
Russia  is  that  of  Rev.  Wilhelm  Fetler  in  St. 


Petersburg.  Because  of  hii  evangelistic 
power  Feder  is  frequently  called  the  Moody 
of  Russia,  although  he  is  in  physique  and 
personality  the  opposite  in  nuwt  iMpe^ls  of 
the  lamented,  sturdy,  busineitlike,  common- 


MISSIONS 


665 


Fetler  is  of  the 
pe,  a  mynic,  im- 
le  spiritual  influ- 
constanily  upon 
absolute  faith  in 
din  his  belief  in 
impelling  Holy 
I  in  control  of  an 
id  a  large  part  in 

imple  gospel  who 

degree  and  office 

among  his  hearers  and  counts  some  of  the 

most  influential  men  of  the  country  among 

his  friends  and  well-wishers. 

I  will  give  the  main  points  of  Wilhelm 
Fetler's  interesting  life  story  as  he  told 
them  to  me  during  an  hour's  chat.  Tliere 
is  a  charm  about  the  man,  and  it  comes  in 


porter  in  Livonia,  one  of  the  three  Baltic 
provinces,  making  a  dubious  living  and  suf- 
fering many  things  at  the  hands  of  people 

opposed  to  his  views,  Wilhelm  was  con- 
verted before  he  was  fifteen.  In  company 
with  his  sisters  and  some  others  he  was  bap- 
tized at  midnight,  in  order  to  escape  perse- 
cution and  airest.  While  bookkeeper  in  a 
factory,  he  preached  as  occasion  offered  and 
taught  in  Sunday  school.  Then  his  pastor 
began  to  speak  to  him  about  studying  for 
the  ministry.  But  how  could  he  do  it  ?  He 
was  helping  his  parents  to  the  amount  of 
^100  a  year.  He  had  no  definite  call,  but 
was  restless  and  dissatisfied. 


The  pastor  one  day  mentioned  Spurgeon's 
College  and   that   impressed   him.     Getting 


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MISSIONS 


furnished  a  hall  where  he  had  meetings  for 
Russian  and  Lettish  sailors.  One  of  the 
converts  is  now  carrying  on  the  work.  He 
became  deeply  interested  in  China,  and 
wanted  to  go  there  as  a  missionary.    His  one 


It  the  u 


"My  motto  has  always  been,  one  hundred 
per  cent  for  Christ.  Eveiything  for  Christ, 
everything."  This  was  said  with  character- 
istic intensity. 

RECALLED  TO  RUSSIA 

While  studying  in  London  the  news  came 
in  1905  of  the  granting  of  a  measure  of  re- 
ligious libeny  in  Russia.  Rev.  E.  A.  Carter, 
a  former  Spurgeon  student,  representing  a 
society  called  the  Pioneer  Mission,  asked 
him  to  go  to  Russia  and  open  a  new  field. 
"1  considered  the  question,  prayed  over  it, 
and  the  Lord  showed  me  that  I  must  do  this. 
I  had  my  own  language  to  use,  instead  of 
taking  two  yean  or  mote  to  learn  Chinese 
or  some  other  foreign  tongue." 

On  his  way  he  spent  two  months  with 
his  own  Lettish  people  in  the  Baltic  provin- 
ces. In  that  time  he  established  in  the 
church  a  foreign  mission  committee  in  the 
interest  of  India  and  China.  He  was  soon 
in  the  midst  of  a  great  revival.  Two  of  the 
leading  churches  asked  him  to  become  their 
pastor,  which  he  had  to  decline.  They  had 
meetings  from  five  to  six  hours  long,  and 
these  became  the  talk  of  the  town.  Not  all 
the  members  believed  in  his  methods,  but 
the 


RAPID  GROWTH  IN   ST.   PETERSBURG 

When  he  got  to  work  in  Russia,  he  began 
in  St.  Petersburg  but  merely  on  his  way, 
as  he  had  planned  it,  to  Moscow.  First  he 
preached  for  the  Lettish  Baptists  in  St, 
Petersburg.  When  he  arrived  in  the  capital 
he  had  no  idea  where  he  should  stay.  He 
found  a  warm  welcome,  and  the  church  of 
seventy  members  asked  him  to  stay  with 
them.  He  told  them  that  he  could  remain 
only  temporarily;  that  he  came  to  evangelize 
the  Russians.  This  was  in  1907.  The  Letts 
had  a  hall  where  he  could  preach,  but  he 
wanted  to  reach  the  Itussians.  So  he  tele- 
graphed to  Princess  Lieven,  a  noble  lady 
convert  of'Lord  Radstock,  and  baptized  by 
George  .MuUer,  and  she  gave  him  the  loan 
of  the  ballroom  in  her  paUccfor  a  Sunday- 
school  service.    He  got  a  large  company  of 


children  together  for  the  first  tervce:  "they 
fell  in  love  with  me  and  1  with  them."  "My 
heart  grew,"  he  said,  "and  1  had  loestabliih 
a  Sunday  school  for  them." 

That  was  the  beginning  of  a  work  th»t 
was  to  hold  him  in  St.  Petersburg  and  de- 
velop into  a  church  of  insriturional  character 
and  wide  influence.  Soon  he  had  a  preach- 
er's training  class,  and  out  of  that  came  a 
Wednesday  evening  Bible  lecture  class,  10 
which  five  to  seven  hundred  people  come  of 
every  grade,  from  peasant  and  artisan  to 
nobility,  even  to  royalty.  He  uses  the  black- 
board in  the  style  of  Campbell  Morgao.  He 
also  has  a  Thursday  night  lecture  far  the 
students  of  St.  Petersburg  Unireni^  aai 
high  schools,  with  Isrge  stxatimot  ml 
converts  «4io  at 
workers. 

DIFFICULTIBS    AlfO    I 

If  he  had  gMie  ur. 
intended,  he  would  1 
cause  in  the  center  < 
is  difficult  to  do  any 
have  speedily  exiled 
pretext.  As  it  is,  bee 
held  a  series  of  taott 
has  been  arrested  an 
bonds  for  trial,  and 
culty  that  he  was  ab 
this  summer.  Futth 
had  kept  him  in  ! 
some  of  the  highest 
who  the  Baptists  wi 
of  the  woric  spies  k 

of  the  meetir^,  but  seeing  that  he  nmr 
spoke  of  making  people  Baptists,  but  only 
preached  the  pure  gospel  for  the  good  o( 
the  people,  he  got  favor,  and  often  had  been 
protected  against  attacks  from  the  enemies 
of  evangelisuc  e£Fort.  Indeed,  members  of 
the  Russi^  court  had  been  present  at  his 
meetitigs.       '- 

When  he  went  to  Moscow  the  opposition 
was  fierce  and  bitter.  The  church  digni- 
taries and  papers  attacked  his  meetings. 
The  governor  of  Moscow  closed  his  halls 
and  sent  in  a  report  against  him.  "But 
the  officials  in  St.  Petersburg  examined  the 
reports  and  said  they  knew  me  and  did  not 
believe  the  reports.  The  government  de- 
clared my  work  at  St.  Petersburg  and  Mos- 
cow to  be  good  and  not  had."  Hence-he  is 
now  known  as  the  government's  man,  and 


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as  a  man  who  loves  the  government  and  the 
people  he  has  wide  influence.  A  great  help 
to  the  cause  has  been  the  recent  conversion 
of  a  Nihilist,  who  has  become  a  great 
worker.  This  was  of  course  known  to  the 
officials,  and  they  feel  that  if  this  type  of 
religion  can  make  a  loyal  citizen  out  of  a 
Nihilist,  it  is  a  good  thing  to  have.  So  the 
Baptists  have  more  freedom  than  any  other 
outside  religious  party.  A  church  was 
organized    in    Moscow    and    now    has    a 


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pastor  also  lives  in  one  of  these  buildings. 
A  dozen  hired  halls  are  used  in  different 
parts  of  the  city  for  the  gospel  work,  in 
which  a  devoted  band  of  young  men  assist. 
But  the  building  work  is  now  at  a  stand- 
still. To  raise  the  (45,000  needed  to  finish 
the  plant  Mr,  Feller  is  now  making  his 
appeal  in  characteristic  fashion. 


"We  have  the  Tabernacle  half-way  up, 
and  Ebenezer,  thus  far  the  Lord  has  helped 


A  RAPIDLY  DEVELOPING  GOSPEL  PLANT 

The  evangelist  holds  meetings  in  all 
■orts  of  places,  and  has  crowds  greater 
than  can  be  accommodated.  His  plans  call 
for  a  "Prayer  House"  that  will  seat  3,000 
people,  besides  a  parish  house  and  parson- 
age. An  eligible  site  was  secured,  by  per- 
mission of  the  Czar,  through  the  gifts  of 
English  Baptists.  Two  buildings  that  were 
on  the  property  are  used  for  the  work  of 
the  press  which  has  been  set  up  to  print 
tracts  and  a  paper,  and  for  institutional 
work,  which  includes  a  great  restaurant 
that  is  a  practical  philanthropy  and  draws 
the  interest  of  thousands  of  workmen.    The 


us  I  But  now  every  kopek  has  been  spent. 
Personally,  I  have  put  everything  I  could  in 
the  work:  health  and  time,  strength  and 
weakness,  and  ail  my  money,  and  over  that 
some  15,000  roubles,  or  about  l7,500,  which 
sum  I  borrowed  on  my  responsibility.  The 
building  has  been  stopped  for  lack  of  funds. 
'Walt,'  said  we,  'we  shall  go  over  to  our 
great  American  brothers,  vast  in  numbers 
and  limitless  in  their  resources,  and  they,  no 
doubt,  will  gladly  finish  what  we  have  begun, 
to  put  up  the  first  Baplisl  prayer  house  in  the 
capital  of  Russia.'  And  so  I  have  come  as 
an  ambassador  of  the  Russian  Baptists  in 
general,  and  of  the  First  Russian  Baptist 


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Chuich  at  St.  Pnenbuig  in  paiticular.  I 
have  not  come  to  you  a*  a  be^r,  but  a«  a 
representative  of  our  great  King,  in  the  in- 
terests of  advancing  his  great  kingdom  in  a 
great  empire.  1  must  soon  go  back  for  my 
trial  in  Moscow.  Besides,  my  heart  is  not 
at  ease  away  from  my  battlefield  and  vine- 
yard. I  feel  myself  exceedingly  uncomfort- 
able at  this  collecting  work.  To  speak  the 
truth,  I  had  to  compel  myself  lo  do  it.  My 
business  in  Russia  has  always  been  to  gather 
souls  for  Christ.  Now  I  have  to  go  about 
gathering  bricks.  If  much  longer,  that  may 
lead  to  my  breakdown.  On  the  other  hand, 
if  I  do  not  go  to  get  some  means  there  is 
nobody  to  do  it;  and  where  shall  gather  the 
thousands  of  St.  Petersburg  who  have  never 
heard  the  gospel  if  the  Tabernacle  is  not 
built  ?  What  shall  I  say  to  my  dear  people, 
who  have  done  so  much   and  with   such 

Twenty-eight  years  of  age,  speaking  four 
languages,  consumed  with  a  Pauline  passion 
for  the  salvation  of  his  countrymen,  Wilhelm 
Fetler  bids  fair,  if  his  life  is  spared,  to  be  one 
of  the  molding  influences  in  a  new  Russia. 


FINNEY  S  IHFLUBNCB  ON  FBTLER 

To  come  into  personal  toutli  widi  thit 
devoted  and  fearless  evangelist  is  refresh- 
ing and  vitalizing  to  one's  faith.  His  child- 
like, absolute  trust  is  like  the  cooling  breeie 
of  ocean  on  a  104-d^ree  day.  And  you 
understand  the  secret  of  his  power  when  he 
tells  you  how  the  course  of  hb  spiritual 
life  was  changed  by  the  reading  of  Charles 
G.  Finney's  chapter  on  the  Hdy  Spirit  in 
his  work  on  Revivatt.  "That  is  what  I 
want;  I  never  knew  of  auch  a  thing  in 
Russia.  Coolly,  without  excitement,  I  took 
the  Word.  The  Tempter  said,  'That's  not 
for  you,  only  for  Moody  and  such  big  men,' 
but  from  that  hour  Luke  11:13  has  been 
one  of  my  life  verses.  I  had  no  maBifesta- 
tion,  no  feeling,  but  just  took  that  vene. 
Add  John  7:  37,  39,  and  you  have  it  all.  1 
believe  in  God.  I  find  God  to  be  true  in 
everything.  1  have  seen  the  streams  of 
living  water,  not  because  of  what  I  have 
done,  for  I  am  nothing,  but  because  I 
believe  God  and  take  him  limply  at  His 
word." 


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MISSIONS  669 

On  the   Northwestern    Frontier 


By  Rev.  W.  E.  Rlslnger 

The  Publkalion  Socirly's  Sunday  School   Miisiunai 


How  delightful  the  morning  air  on  the 
day  I  left  hcHnel  The  fresh  face  of  the  earth, 
washed  by  the  tiny  rivulets,  seemed  doubly 
inviting  after  the  long  white  veil  which  it 
had  worn  during  the  winter  was  removed. 
The  birds  flitted  to  and  fro  in  the  branches 
with  an  air  of  expectancy.  It  seemed  good 
to  be  alive.  Alive  to  the  beauty  of  the 
scene,  alive  to  the  work  in  which  I  was  en- 
gaged. At  last  I  reached  Virginia.  At 
this  point  Rev.  M.  Berglund  was  to  meet 
me,  and  we  were  to  hold  a  service  in  the 
English  and  also  in  the  Swedish  language 
in  our  little  Baptist  church.  The  service 
was  well  attended,  and  at  its  dose  we  took 
the  train  northward  to  Cook,  a  little  village 
on  the  Duluth,  Rainy  Lake  and  Winnipeg 
Railway.  Mr.  Olson  met  us  at  the  station 
and  with  his  assistance  we  carried  our  bag- 
gage to  his  home,  about  a  half  mile  into  the 
country.  It  was  midnight  when  we  retired, 
somewhat  exhausted  after  the  day's  labor. 

A   DAY  IN  THE   WOODS 

Next  morning  Mr.  F.  Anderson  came 
across  country  with  his  team  to  take  us  to 
his  home  where  he  had  arranged  a  service 
at  eleven  o'clock  Saturday  morning.  After 
a  hurried  lunch  we  journeyed  leisurely  for 
eight  miles,  and  at  last  reached  the  farm 
home,  and  there  in  the  cozy  parlor  was  an 


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MISS  IONS 


the  stoiy.  Missions  in  that  far  notih  home 
in  Minnesota  f  Yes,  Missions  there,  and 
it  is  helping  to  cany  the  glad  tidings  of 
missions  everywhere.  I  was  happy  to  meet 
that  boy,  and  I  hope  there  are  veiy  many 
more  boys  and  girls  who  will  read  the  story 
and  become  eager  to  help  the  Publication 
Society  send  out  the  "Old,  old  story"  that 
gladdens  the  heart  of  a  sad  and  sinful  world. 

AT  THE  SCHOOLHOUSE 
From  the  farmbouse  :n  the  big  woods 
we  (trove  five  miles  southward  to  a  school- 
house  at  Rices,  where  at  three  o'doclc  in 
the  afternoon  an  audience  which  taxed  the 
seating  capacity  of  the  building  greeted  us. 
In  response  to  an  invitation  to  accept  Christ 
as  a  personal  Saviour,  eleven  persons  raised 
their  hands.  It  was  a  touching  scene.  It 
brought  a  glow  to  older  hearts  who  longed 
for  the  redemption  of  Israel,  to  see  the 
younger  people  respond  to  the  invitation. 


We 


the  f( 

The  fine  large  hi 
stands  as  a  monument  to  the  indomitable 
will  of  its  owner.  Mr.  Edblom  took  a 
homestead  here  and  the  trees  were  cleared 
from  the  sloping  hillside,  converted  into 
lumber,  and  the  bouse  erected.  The  little 
family  grew  larger  and  now  numbers  ten 
children,  all  healthy  and  happy.  About  all 
they  have  to  eat  is  the  product  of  the  farm, 
the  potatoes  and  vegetables,  meat  both  tame 
and  wild,  creamery  butter,  rich  cream, 
cheese  and  fresh  eggs.     With  all  this  and  the 


fresh  air  laden  with  the  odor  of  the  pines, 
no  wonder  they  are  all  healthy.  A  little 
over  a  year  ago,  Mr.  Edblom  sent  for  his 
old  father  and  mother,  aged  respectively 
seventy-five  and  seventy-three  years,  who 
lived  in  Sweden.  They  came  to  their  son's 
home  and  are  enjoying  the  watm  hospitality. 
Their  faces  beamed  with  happiness  as  n-e 
sat   about  the  table   and   ate   our   evening 


;al.      After 


lupper 


1  the 


□  a  beautiful  hot 

of  Mr.  John  Edblom. 


s  parlor,  into  which  a  new  1 
recently  come,  and  1  was  asked  to  play.  I 
started  in  vrith  some  romping  music  for  the 
younger  folks,  and  then  let  my  fingers 
wander  over  the  keys  until  I  could  pour 
out  a  bit  of  my  own  soul  in  the  loved  song, 
"  Home,  sweet  home,"  to  which  my  own 
hean  turned  with  longing  and  from  which 
I  was  so  far  removed;  and  then  softly,  with 
the  hush  of  the  evening  shadows  gathering 
about,  1  played  "Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee," 
and  Brother  Berglund  caught  my  spirit  and 
said,  "Let  us  pray,"  and  we  all  bowed 
while  he  led  in  prayer. 

k  RIDE  THROUGH  THE  PINES  ON  A  HAND-CAR 

We  bade  our  friends  good-bye  and  walked 
together  to  the  railroad  track  about  half  a 
mile    distant.      "There    they    come,"    said 


some  one,  and  sure  enough 

a  hand-car  hove 

into  sight.     This 

;  was  to 

be  our  • 

■palace 

car"forthebalai 

ice  of  our 

journey, 

and  \vf 

worked  for  the  pr 

ice  of  passage.     Five  miles 

in   fifteen   minute 

s  was  th. 

;  record  , 

and  we 

had   returned  to 

our  staiti 

ing  place, 

,  Cook. 

A    fine    audience 

greeted 

us   here 

at  th< 

church    and    we 

spent    a 

very    en 

ijoyabk 

evening.    A  journey  of  eighteen  miles  and 


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671 


six  sermons  —  well,  that  is  only  one  day's 
record ! 

ON  TO   FORT   FRANCES 

At  Cook  after  the  service  we  were  to 
separate,  Mr.  Berglund  returning  to  Vir- 
ginia, while  I  resumed  my  journey  to  Inter- 
national Falls.  At  eleven  o'clock  my  train 
pulled  in,  heavily  laden  with  passengers  en 
rouie  for  various  Canadian  places.  It  was 
a  motley  lot.  Many  were  just  finishing 
their  journey  from  the  Old  World.  I 
searched  in  vain  for  a  seat  alone.  There 
were  many  sleepers,  but  they  were  not  in  the 
"sleeper."  The  foul  odor  of  that  over- 
heated coach  at  midnight  was  a  sharp  con- 
trast to  the  fresh  pure  air  among  the  pines. 
Three  young  Scotchmen  were  enjoying  a 
game  of  cards,  having  made  a  card  table  by 
spreading  a  genuine  home-made  Scotch 
plaid  shawl  over  their  knees.  One  pushed 
over  and  said,  "Sit  down,  stranger,"  so  I 
sat  down  by  his  side,  and  he  threw  the 
shawl  over  my  lap,  and  the  three  resumed 
their  game.  It  was  soon  finished,  however, 
and  then  they  turned  their  attention  to  me, 
anxious  to  secure  bits  of  information  re- 
garding the  new  land  into  which  they  had 
come.  I  was  glad  to  tell  them  what  I  could. 
At  last  it  was  my  turn,  so  I  asked  them  to 
tell  me  of  their  home  land.  I  have  an 
address  on  Stories  and  Story-Telling,  which 
deals  with  the  folk-lore  tales.  It  was  an 
easy  matter  to  get  a  touch  of  the  Scottish 
life  from  the  three  young  men,  and  for  an 
hour  I  felt  as  if  I  had  been  transferred  to 
some  new  land.  The  grandeur  of  the 
scenes,  the  mountains,  the  glens,  the  song 
and  the  laughter  seem  to  pour  itself  through 
their  tales.  At  last  I  ventured  to  ask  which 
of  all  the  stories  they  loved  the  best,  and 
strangely  enough  it  was  the  one  which  had 
remained  untold,  but  the  fine  Scotch  lad 
who  faced  me  said,  as  his  bright  eye  lighted 
with  an  inner  flame  and  the  red  blood 
showed  through  the  whitened  skin,  "Ah, 
the  story  of  Wallace." 


INTERNATIONAL   FALLS 

Fort  Frances  and  the  Falls.  An  old 
Indian  trading  post,  whose  history  goes 
back  nearly  a  century  and  a  half.  The 
hills  about  the  river  are  covered  with  worn 
and  shattered  fragments  of  rock;  the  lake 
with    Its   thousand     islands    lies    just    up 


stream;  and  even  today  the  wildness  of  it 
all  makes  it  possible  to  see  during  the 
autumn  season  the  moose  and  the  deer 
wading  out  in  the  lake  to  free  themselves 
from  the  bothersome  flies.  But  civilization 
has  laid  its  hand  upon  the  river,  a  great 
dam  has  been  built  from  the  Canadian  side 
to  the  United  States,  and  the  power  of  the 
mighty  river,  so  long  free,  is  brought  under 
the  dominion  of  man,  made  to  light  his 
city  and  convert  the  wild  forest  into  paper; 
for  a  great  paper-mill  has  arisen  at  an  ex- 
penditure of  about  $4,000,000.  In  the 
year  1881,  Mr.  Alexander  Baker  home- 
steaded  what  is  now  the  town  site  of  Inter- 
national Falls.  In  that  early  day,  and  for 
many  years  after,  the  only  way  to  secure 
anything  from  the  outside  world  was  to 
pack  it  on  your  back.  Flour,  provisions  of 
various  kinds,  cooking  utensils  and  small 
stoves  were  thus  carried  through  the  track- 
less timber  to  the  settler's  camp.  The  face 
of  a  stranger  was  a  welcome  sight,  and  the 
humble  hospitality  of  the  settler's  home  was 
his,  just  for  companionships'  sake;  but  to- 
day the  homestead  town  site  is  subdivided 
into  small  lots,  with  a  twenty-five  or  forty 
foot  frontage,  which  sell  as  high  as  a  thou- 
sand dollars  each.  Many  nice  homes  are 
already  built,  and  the  promise  is  great  for 
the  building  of  many  more. 

PROBLEMS 

But  this  is  not  God's  paradise  yet.  There 
may  be  angels  in  grass  and  flower  and  sky 
and  some  that  wrap  the  northern  lights  as  a 
veil  about  their  form.  We  know  that  there 
are  those  who  assist  the  noble  band  of 
Christian  workers  with  their  task  and  they 
are  doing  well,  but  as  is  true  of  any  border 
town,  there  is  plenty  to  see  on  the  other 
side  of  life. 

The  saloons  —  and  there  are  many  of 
them  —  are  wide  open  day  and  night  and 
Sunday.  The  lumberjacks  come  in  from 
the  camps  only  to  be  made  drunk  and 
robbed  of  their  wages.  There  are  quarrels 
on  the  thoroughfare  and  in  the  buildings, 
and  it  must  keep  God's  recording  angel 
busy  writing  the  history  of  the  crime  up 
here.  Last  Fourth  of  July  a  beautiful  girl 
who,  because  of  her  environment  was 
sinned  against  and  in  despair,  climbed  to 
the  top  of  the  great  conveyer  at  the  paper 
mills,    paused    for    an    instant    and    then 


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MISSIONS 


plunged  downward,  a  fall  of  one  hundred 
and  forty  feet.  Surely  the  wages  of  sin  is 
death.  In  a  town  near  by  I  saw  a  white 
man  arrested  with  two  Indians,  having  in- 
toxicating liquor  in  his  possession;  and 
turning  my  eye  in  an  opposite  direction,  I 
saw  a  drunken  lumberjack  draw  a  dagger 
to  send  to  his  death,  if  he  could,  another 
fellow-being  who  pursued  him  with  doubled 
fists  and  profane  oaths.  All  this  happened 
in  less  than  half  an  hour.  Yet,  may  I  add, 
there  are  many  here  who  are  as  the  salt  of 
the  earth  in  the  community  life,  striving 
and  planning  and  hoping  for  the  day  when 
such  tragedies  shall  pass  with  the  night 
and  the  brightness  of  a  new  day  will  be  at 
hand.  For  civilization  makes  its  greatest 
progress  when  it  goes  hand  in  hand  with 
Christianity. 

A  CHURCH   ON  THE   FRONTIER 

Back  in  the  year  1899  Mr.  McLean  be- 
came a  missionary  pastor  in  this  wild  coun- 
try, serving  the  Baptist  interests  across  the 
river  at  Fort  Frances,  and  ministering  to 


the  needs  of  the  few  Baptists  at  the  Falls. 
We  as  Baptists  were  the  first  on  the  field, 
and  secured  fine  lots  for  a  church  and  par- 
sonage. The  buildings  came  later  and  now 
our  interests  are  well  cared  for  in  this  re- 
spect, as  we  have  a  beautiful  little  building 
on  a  comer  lot.  Rev.  J.  Oliver  has  been  for 
some  time  on  the  field  and  the  work  is  in 
splendid  shape.  One  of  the  great  forces  in 
the  church  life  is  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society. 
Here  is  a  glimpse  at  one  of  their  records, 
which  speaks  eloquently  of  the  spirit: 
"The  Ladies'  Aid  came  early  and  labored 
so  industriously  upon  the  work  provided 
by  the  chairman  that  it  was  found  necessary 
to  appoint  a  special  purchasing  committee 
to  obtain  more  material."  When  that  sort 
of  a  spirit  is  found  the  future  of  the  work  is 
quite  sure.  The  services  in  the  church  are 
well  attended  and  there  is  a  cordial  spirit 
manifest.  We  can  only  hope  that  in  the 
progress  through  the  years  the  church  may 
meet  the  needs  of  the  community  with  the 
spirit  of  the  Master. 


Free   Baptist   Facts  and   Figures 


THE  following  interesting  facts  are  taken 
from  the  Free  Baptist  Year  Book  and 
Register  for  191 1: 

In  the  General  Conference  membership 
there  are  1,186  churches,  1,112  ministers, 
51,670  resident  members,  and  a  total 
membership  of  70,880. 

Maine  leads  in  the  number  of  churches, 
with  182;  New  Hampshire  83;  Michigan 
88;  New  York  122;  Southwestern  Con- 
vention 51;  Illinois  71  white,  61  colored; 
Ohio  63;  Wisconsin  30;  Minnesota  22; 
Iowa  27;  Rhode  Island  34;  Massachusetts 
16;  Vermont  27. 

The  contributions  for  State  work  were 
1^5,663;  foreign  missions  ^^0,065;  home 
missions  ^$7,972;  education  {2,411;  women's 
missionary  society  {9,778;  total  {60,018. 

The  educational  institutions  are  Bates 
College,  Lewiston,  Me.;  Hillsdale  College, 


Hillsdale,  Mich.;  Keuka  College,  Keuka 
Park,  N.Y.;  Parker  College,  Winnebago, 
Minn.;  Rio  Grande  College,  Rio  Grande, 
Ohio;  Stover  College,  Harper's  Ferr}', 
W.Va.;  Lyndon  Institute,  Lyndon  Center, 
Vt.;  Maine  Central  Institute,  Pittsfield, 
Me.;  Manning  Bible  School,  Cairo,  HI. 

The  United  Society  of  Free  Baptist 
Young  People  is  the  general  organization. 
The  local  societies  are  Christian  Endeavor 
Societies  as  a  rule. 

The  officers  of  the  General  Conference 
are:  President,  J.  W.  Mauck,  LL.D.,  of 
Hillsdale  College;  Vice-Presidents,  G.  F. 
Mosher,  LL.D.,  Rev.  T.  C.  Laurence; 
Corresponding  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
A.  W.  Anthony,  D.D.;  Executive  Com- 
mittee, Rev.  R.  D.  Lord,  G.  F.  Mosher, 
Dr.  T.  H.  Stacy,  S.  C.  G.  Avery,  Harriett 
A.  Deering,  L.  M.  Webb,  O.  D.  Patch. 


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Woman's   Part  in   Christianizing   the   World 


By  Mrs.  Andrew  MacLelsh 


Biptiic  Fortign  Miwi. 


Lirj  Socitry  of  t] 


OMAN'S    pan    in   the 
Chrinianizing   of    the 
world  grows  direalyout 
of  her    obligadon    to 
Christianity.    Tliis  ob- 
ligation is,  of  course,  the 
basis  of  all  missionary 
endeavor,   but     women 
owe  a  special  debt  to  Christ,  and  therefore 
there  is  laid  upon  them  a  Epeciil  obligation 
to  extend  to  non-Christian  lands  the  Chns- 
tian  conception  of  womanhood.     For  it  is 
only  under  the  Christian  religion,  and  its 
noble  predecessor,   Judaism,  that  woman's 
place  in  society  and  in  the  family  is  recog- 
nized as  in  any  sense  co-equal  with  that  of 
man.    Under  Confucianism  she  is  a  drudge. 
Her  bound  feet  but  symbolize  the  cramping 
of  her  mind.     Under  Mohammedanism  she 
is  the  plaything  of  her  master,  closely  se- 
cluded in  the  harem   lest  other  eyes  than 
those  of  her  lord  shall  look  upon  her  beauty. 
Under  Buddhism  her  only  hope  of  heaven 
lies  in  the  possibility  of  her  being  bom  a 
man   in  some  future  incarnation.     Under 
Hinduism  her  condition  is   most  hopeless 
and  degraded,  for  there  the  very  religion  of 
the  land  uses  woman's  body  for  vile  rites. 
In  beautiful,  artistic  Japan  we  might  look 
for  better  conditions,  and  they  are  better, 
but   even   here  the   daughter  or  the  sister 
may  be  sold  into  a  life  of  vice  to  raise  money 
for  the  needs  of  an  ambitious  father  or 
brother.     Such   were   the   conditions   that 
gradually  came   into  clear   perspective   in 
the  minds  of  our  early  missionaries  a  hun- 


dred years  ago,  and  conjointly  a  realization 
of  the  fact  that  men  could  never  change 
ar  reach  these  shut-in 
And  so  the  call  came  from  mis- 
on  the  field  10  Christian  women 
in  the  homeland,  to  organize  themselves 
and  send  out  into  this  heathen  darkness 
women  missionaries,  bearing  with  them  that 
light  which  cannot  be  hid,  but  which  shineth 
more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day. 

It  was  Rev.  David  Abeel,  an  American 
missionary  to  China,  who  first  brought  this 
message.  In  the  summer  of  1834  he  was 
returning  home  for  a  much-needed  rest. 
His  route  took  him  by  way  of  England,  and 
while  in  London  he  was  invited  to  address  a 
company  of  women  in  a  drawing-room.  To 
(hem  he  made  his  plea,  and  repeated  the 
message  of  some  Chinese  women,  "Are 
there  no  female  men  who  can  come  to  teach 
us?"  He  showed  them  the  tremendous  po- 
tentialities wrapped  up  in  these  untaught 
heathen  mothers  who,  so  long  as  they  re- 
mained heathen,  were  the  great  force  for 
perpetuating  superstition  and  evil  custom. 
He  pleaded  with  them  to  extend  a  helping 
hand  to  these  their  sisters. 

His  appeal  met  a  swift  response.  A 
group  of  women  representing  several  de- 
nominations banded  themselves  together  for 
foreign  mission  work,  and  so  was  formed 
"The  Society  for  Promoting  Female  Edu- 
cation in  the  East,"  the  oldest  women's 
missionary  organization  in  the  world,  and 
still  in  active  service. 

When    Mr.  Abeel    reached  America    he 


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again  addressed  large  groups  of  women  in 
New  York  city.  Again  the  response  of  the 
women  was  prompt,  but  when  it  was  known 
that  the  organization  of  a  Woman's  Board 
was  contemplated,  the  denominational  boards 
rose  in  stout  opposition.  At  their  earnest 
request  the  plan  was  given  up,  not  to  be 
again  considered  for  thirty  years,  until  in 
i860  another  missionary  came  home  with 
the  same  earnest  plea.  In  those  intervening 
thirty  years  the  battle  for  woman's  higher 
education  had  been  fought  and  won,  her 
social  status  had  changed,  and  that  which 
was  impossible  in  1834  had  become  by  i860 
a  thing  generally  approved.  One  noted  di- 
vine of  the  day  voiced  the  apprehension  of 
many  when  he  wrote:  "Some  of  the  most 
thoughtful  minds  are  beginning  to  ask  what 
is  to  become  of  this  woman's  movement  in 
the  church.  Let  them  alone.  All  through 
our  history  like  movements  have  started. 
Do  not  oppose  them,  and  it  will  die  out." 
What  must  that  good  brother  have  thought 
as  he  looked  over  the  parapets  of  heaven, 
this  past  winter,  at  the  Jubilee  celebrating 
the  first  fifty  years  of  this  "Woman's  Move- 
ment in  the  Church  ?" 

The  only  data  at  hand  are  the  records  of 
woman's  work  for  foreign  missions  in  Canada 
and  the  United  States.  We  find  that  the 
women  of  all  denominations  gave  in  the 
year  1909,  {3,328,840;  that  they  employed 
2,368  missionaries  on  the  field,  of  whom 
930  were  teachers,  441  evangelistic  and 
zenana  workers,  147  physicians,  and  91 
trained  nurses.  In  addition  they  employed 
6,154  Bible  women  and  native  helpers. 
They  supported  3,263  schools.  They  con- 
ducted 80  hospitals,  82  dispensaries  and  35 
orphanages. 

Surely  God  has  set  the  seal  of  His  ap- 
proval upon  the  organization  of  women  for 
world  evangelization.  This  record  is  not 
one  of  human  achievement,  but  of  God's 
gracious  accomplishment  through  the  humble 
human  channel  of  organized  womanhood. 
Weak  women,  shall  we  say?  Yes,  but 
"though  weak  they  became  strong,"  waxed 
valiant  through  their  faith. 

To  the  conduct  of  the  Home  Base  of  mis- 
sions woman's  work  has  made  a  distinct 
contribution  bom  of  its  very  necessities. 
The  women's  work  was  in  every  instance 
started  as  an  auxiliary.  Its  object  was  to 
raise  an  additional  sum  to  meet  the  extra. 


unreached  needs  of  the  women  and  little 
children.    There  could  be  no  hope  for  large 
donations.     What  came  in  must  come  in 
small  sums.    Two  cents  a  week  from  each 
woman  was  the  first  ideal.    With  only  the 
little  to  look  to,  they  must  fall  back  upon 
the  good  old  adage  that  "Mony  littles  mak 
a  muckle,"  and  it  was  quickly  seen  that 
success  lay  in  careful,  complete  organiza- 
tion  and   the  closest   attention   to   detail. 
The  countiy  has  been  covered  with  a  s)rs- 
tem    of    woman's    mission    circles,    each 
related     to     a     responsible     associational 
secretary,    the    associations    in    turn    each 
related  to  a  responsible  State  secretary,  and 
presiding  over  all  a  general  Board.     The 
greatest   asset   of  these   organizations   has 
been  the  unpaid  labor  of  devoted  women. 

In  that  union  society  of  women  for  the 
conversion  of  the  world,  formed  back  iim 
i860,  just  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War^ 
was  the  beginning  of  woman's  organized, 
altruistic  work,  which  has  since  blossomed 
out  all  over  the  country  into  clubs  and  socie — 
ties    for    innumerable    philanthropies    and 
reforms.    The  conditions  which  called  that 
society  into  existence  still  remain  much  ther- 
same,  though  the  advance  of  Christianity — 
is  breaking  down  some  of  the  prejudices^ 
and  customs  that  secluded  Oriental  women. — 
The    progress    of    Christianity,     however^^ 
makes  it  none  the  less,  but  rather  the  morc= 
important  that  the  women  shall  be  educated—— 
As    Japan,    China,    Korea,    India,    slowly"^ 
emerge  out  of  the  deep  darkness  in  which 
they  have  so  long  lain,  a  striking  fact  of  the— 
situation  is  the  new  conception  of  woman's^ 
place  in  society.    Thoughtful  native  leaders:^ 
everywhere  are  writing  ^nd  working  for  the- 
elevation  of  their  women,  realizing  that  no^ 
nation   can   rise  higher  than   its   mothers. 
The  wife  and  mother  in  the  home  holds 
the  key  of  the  situation.     If  she  is  to  train 
up  intelligent  Christian  children,  she  must 
herself  be  intelligent  and  Christian.    More- 
over, experience  has  again  and  again  shown 
that  the  power  of  a  heathen  wife  and  mother 
is  such  that  it  is  almost  impossible  for  the 
husband  or  the  son  to  remain  true  to  Chris- 
tianity when  under  her  influence.    We  can- 
not realize  the  grip  which  superstition,  that 
fabric  of  belief  in  which  their  minds  have 
always   been  wrapped,  has   upon   heathen 
people.     All  this  immeasurable  power  the 
heathen  wife  has  in  her  hands  to  draw  her 


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675 


husband  back  to  the  beliefs  of  his  fathers. 
Here  is  the  strong  citadel  that  must  be 
broken  down.  The  girls  of  heathenism 
must  be  given  a  knowledge  of  the  true  God. 
Their  minds  must  be  trained  in  clear  and 
reasonable  thinking.  They  must  be  taught 
the  scientific  facts  of  the  natural  world  as 
the  only  corrective  for  superstitious  fear. 
Large  numbers  of  them  must  be  trained  as 
teachers  for  their  own  people.  Other  large 
numbers  must  be  trained  as  Bible  women 
and  evangelistic  workers. 

Another  great  realm  for  the  woman  mis- 
sionary is  the  heathen  home.  Here  she 
enters,  gains  the  love  of  the  children,  the 
confidence  of  the  mother,  and  becomes  the 
beloved  helper  and  friend.  What  the  settle- 
ment worker  does  in  the  poverty-stricken 
homes  of  our  American  cities,  that  the 
Christian  missionaiy  does  in  the  Oriental 
homes  of  poverty  and  ignorance;  with  this 
distinction,  that  the  missionary's  first  busi- 
ness is  to  preach  the  Christ,  then  to  perform 
the  offices  of  human  helpfulness  as  dis- 
tinctly the  embodiment  of  His  loving  spirit. 
To  non-Christian  homes  of  wealth  and  in- 
fluence, too,  the  missionary  has  access,  and 
in  such  she  has  need  of  all  the  tact  and 
grace  and  good  breeding  that  she  would 
need  in  like  homes  in  her  own  land,  that 
she  may  in  good  time  commend  to  these 
people  also  her  Christ  and  His  emancipating 
gospel. 

The  medical  work  speaks  for  itself.  In 
some  lands  it  is  quite  impossible  that  the 
physical  ailments  of  women  should  be 
treated  by  men.  In  no  Eastern  land  is  it 
easy  for  a  woman  to  place  herself  under 
the  care  of  a  male  physician.  There  must 
be  women  doctors  and  nurses,  not  only  to 
care  for  the  countless  sick  and  suffering 
about  them,  but  also,  and  far  more  impor- 
tant, to  train  native  women  as  doctors  and 
nurses  for  the  work  among  their  own 
people. 

For  all  this  woman's  work  on  the  foreign 
field  the  wives  of  missionaries  are  quite  in- 
adequate. They  have  the  care  of  their  own 
homes  and  children.  They  must  help  in 
the  work  of  their  husbands,  and  nobly  do 
they  do  it.  They  have  neither  time  nor 
strength  for  this  great  distinctive  work. 
There  is  no  solution  for  this  problem  but 
the  unmarried  woman  missionary  ? 

What  then  of  the  organization  of  women 


at   home   for  the   support   of  these   single 
women  and  their  work  abroad  P 

One  of  its  greatest  results  is  the  develop- 
ment and  education  of  a  vast  body  of  ear- 
nest women.  A  great  feature  of  the  work  is 
the  widely  reaching  plan  for  missionary 
education,  based  upon  the  well-authenticated 
belief  that  missionary  interest  and  mis- 
sionary giving  are  co-extensive  with  mis- 
sionary knowledge. 

In  the  progress  of  their  work  the  women's 
societies  have  developed  a  very  large  con- 
stituency, as  evidenced  by  the  large  con- 
tributions which  they  have  received.  This 
contributing  constituency  may  be  divided 
into  three  classes:  Those  who  give  from  an 
intelligent  love  of  the  cause  and  of  the 
Christ  whose  cause  it  is;  those  who  give, 
partly  at  least,  because  of  a  pride  and  a 
sense  of  responsibility  which  they  feel  for 
their  own  woman's  work;  those  who  give 
because  the  faithful  collector,  blessed  be  her 
name  and  work,  comes  after  money.  The 
first  class  would  give  under  any  circum- 
stances. The  second  might  pare  down 
their  giving  if  they  did  not  feel  that  certain 
parts  of  the  work  rested  distinctly  upon 
their  shoulders.  The  third  would  probably 
forget  all  about  it,  or  never  rise  to  the  point 
of  actually  making  their  contributions,  if 
the  collector  failed  to  come. 
•  One  other  point  might  well  be  made  here. 
The  separate  women's  societies  serve  to 
connect  with  the  church  and  its  work  many 
women  of  ability  and  experience  in  affairs, 
who  would  otherwise  give  themselves  to 
the  clamorous  and  fascinating  calls  of  phil- 
anthropy outside  the  church.  The  various 
responsible  positions  of  these  societies  offer 
a  field  for  all  the  devotion,  judgment,  ex- 
ecutive ability  and  general  intelligence 
which  any  woman  may  possess,  and  they 
return  to  her  an  intellectual  development 
and  a  spiritual  growth  well  worth  the  cost. 
If  the  church  does,  not  offer  to  able  women 
work  worth  the  doing,  she  has  no  right  to 
complain  if  they  are  drawn  aside  to  clubs, 
organizations  for  social,  betterment,  and  the 
splendid  philanthropies  of  the  day  which, 
alas,  have  had  to  arise  outside  the  church, 
rather  than  within  it. 

Granting,  then,  that  the  women's  organi- 
zations have  still  their  place  in  the  Baptist 
body,  are  there  any  points  at  which  they 
could    become    more    valuable    members  ? 


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MI  SSI  ONS 


Can  ihe  difficulties  of  separate  organiza- 
tions be  overcome  without  destroying  the 
strength  of  either  ?  It  is  10  the  answering 
of  this  question  that  we  Baptists  must  set 
OUT  minds. 

Fine  and  strong  as  the  women's  organiza- 
tions have  been  and  are,  they  have  certain 
limitations  which  have  grown  perhaps  out 
of  the  very  loyalty  of  the  women  to  them. 
One  of  the  attributes  of  woman  is  her  in- 
tense devotion  to  her  own.  It  is  what  makes 
her  capable  of  being  under  all  conditions  the 
cherishing  mother.  It  is  her  most  beautiful 
charaaeristic,  but  like  all  others  it  needs 
balance.  We  have,  perhaps,  g^ven  ourselves 
too  unreservedly  and  completely  to  this  dear 
missionary  child  of  ours.  We  have  failed  to 
extend  our  vision  and  our  knowledge  far 
enough  to  see  that  this,  though  our  own,  ts 
but  a  small  section  of  the  great  whole,  and 
that  our  loyalty,  our  interest  and  our  knowl- 
edge should  include  all.  We  cannot  look 
upon  ourselves  as  a  separate  battalion  in 
the  great  stru^le  with  heathenism.  We  are 
a  part  of  the  vast  army  which  must  move 
as  one  and  present  a  united  front  to  its 
mighty  foe.  In  these  days  of  union  and 
cooperation  we  Baptists  all  need  to  often 
ponder  that  wise  injunction  of  the  Apostle 
Paul,  "  Look  not  every  man  on  his  own 
things,  but  every  man  also  on  the  things  of 

The  woman's  point  of  view  is  just  as 


necessary  in  this  great  work  as  the  man's, 
and  the  man's  is  as  necessary  as  the  woman's. 
Some  way  must  be  found  of  bringing  our 
general  societies  and  our  women's  organiza- 
tions into  the  closest  touch  with  one  another, 
that  the  difficulties  of  each  may  be  known  to 
the  other,  that  they  may  be  mutually  help- 
ful, and  most  important  of  all  —  that  their 
work  may  be  a  unit  on  the  mission  fields, 
and  may  be  conducted  in  absolute  har- 
mony and  with   mutual   understanding  at 

In  the  suggestions  made  to  the  Edin- 
burgh Conference  last  summer  by  the  Com- 
mission upon  the  Home  Base  was  this: 
"That  within  the  same  denominations  there 
be  formed  a  Bttard  of  Reference  and  Coun- 
sel, consisting  of  duly  elected  delegaica  from 
the  Women's  Board  or  Boards,  and  the 
General  Board,  by  which  questions  of 
cooperation  and  even  of  federation  may  be 
discussed,  and  methods  of  harmonious  work 
devised."  It  woidd  seem  that  some  such 
plan  might  well  fit  Baptist  polity. 

By  whatever  road  it  is  reached  there  is 
little  question  that  the  near  future  will  see 
a  closer  affiliation  of  the  women's  societies 
with  the  general  societies  of  ihedenomination, 
such  an  affiliation  as  shall  conserve  all  that 
in  the  past  has  been  noblest  and  best  in 
woman's  work,  and  shall  enable  it  to  make 
its  richest  contribution  to  the  glorious  whole, 
the  Christianizing  of  the  entire  world. 


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"Progress"   the    Slogan  of    the  Woman's 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

BY  MRS.  SMITH  THOMAS  FORD,  CHAIRMAN  PUBLISHING  COMMITTEE 


iman  who    loves 
n  all  that  Tilings 


r>  every  Baptist  t 
Tidings  and  believe 
stands  for,  we  wish  to  it 
mem  so  imponant  that  we  urge  an  imme- 
diate and  complete  concentration  of  earnest 
thought. 

The  slogan  of  the  Woman's  American 
Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  has 
always  been  "progress."  Consolidation 
with  our  eastern  society  was  an  epoch  in 
our  history  and  has  resulted  in  increased 
elTectivciteu. 

And  now  another  important  step  con- 
fronts us,  and  with  linn  belief  in  its  leading 
to  advancement,  to  a  wider  distribution  of 
missiotiaiy  Intelligence  to,  for  and  by 
women,  and  with  an  "eye  single  to  the 
gloiy  of  God,"  we  shall  take  it. 

On  June  first,  this  proposition  was  sub- 
mitted to  the  Executive  Board  of  the 
Woman's  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
Society  by  Dr.  Howard  B.  Grose,  editor  of 
Missions,  authorized  to  do  so  by  the  Pub- 
licatitn  Committee  in  charge  of  the  pub- 


Our  share  in  the  unified  publication  called 
Missions  will  consist  of  a  specified  number 
of  pages  forming  a  departmem  entitled, 
"Woman's  Work  in  Home  Missions." 

The  salient  features  of  TiJtngs  will  be 
retained,  —  field  notes,  letters  from  our 
missionaries,  our  popular  Workers'  page, 
our  Baby  Band,  and  work  for  Juniors  and 
Young  Women  will  all  have  a  place  and 
quite  as  much  helpfulness  and  inspiration 
will  be  received  from  its  pages  as  heretofore. 

We  feel  convinced  that  one  comprehen- 
sive, attractive,  splendid  magazine,  pub- 
lished at  a  slightly  increased  cost,  and  con- 
taining and  dispensing  information  and 
news  from  all  of  our  missionary  societies, 
is  in  line  with  the  whole  missionary  move- 
ment of  the  time. 

A  single  magazine  in  your  home  which 
contains  the  intelligence  of  all  branches  of 
missionaiy  work  and  which  every  member 
of  the  family  may  read  with  interest,  is 
infinitely  mote  informing  than  a  number  of 
smaller  and  different  magazines,  each  of 
which  presents  only  one  especial  phase. 

Nothing  vital  to  our  own  interests  will  be 
omitted  and  much  which  belongs  to  a  wider 
scope  will  give  added  eFectiveness. 

Our  present  editorial  secretary  will  be  a 
member  of  the  editorial  staff  of  Missions 
and  our  Board  will  be  represented  by  a 
member  on  the  Publication  Committee. 

In  no  limited  sense  will  we  look  out  upon 
the  field  of  denominational  eildeavor.    That 


which  belongs 
sphere  will  com 
of  one  magazint 

With  this  issu 

bye"  to  the  tho 
read  its  pages 
ago,  by  our  hi 
With  the  next 
"All  hail!"  to  these 
women  who  will  greet 


widest 


between  the 


e  the  founding,  years 
d  Mary  G.  Butdette. 
:  of  Missions  we  say, 
<e  same  thousands  of 
;  old  friend 


who  comes  bringing  new  plans,  new  inspira- 
tion, new  pathways  to  the  Throne  of  God. 


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M  ISSI  ONS 


The   Canadian   Missions  in  India 


BV  REV.  3.  C.  FREEI 


N  OF  FARLAKtHEDI 


LL  the  country  bordering  on 
the  Bay  of  Bengal  extending 
southerly  on  the  west  side  of 
the    Bay  to    Madras   and   on 
the  east  side  to  Tavoy  is  Bap- 
tist   mission    country.      That 
part  of  this  great  country  be- 
tween Bezuada  on  the  south, 
where  American   Baptists  are  working,  and 
Berhampore  on  the  north,  which  has  been 
occupied  for  many  years  by  the  English 
Baptists,  is  the  Canadian  Baptist  mission 
field  of  India  (the  Canadian  Baptists  have 
another    mission    field    in    Bolivia,    South 
America).     In   India  the   mission   field   ex- 
tends for  several   hundred   miles  along  the 
coast  and  has  an  area  or9,i5z  square  miles. 
The  country  is  a  plain  with  low  mountains 
rising  in  the  west.    A  number  of  rivers,  in- 
cluding the   Godavery,    which    flow   from 
west  to  east,  furnish  water  for  irrigation  for 
a  large  part  of  the  country.    A  railroad  ex- 
tends north  and  south  the  entire  length  of 
the  field  and  there  are  several  branch  lines. 
In  the  southern  part  of  the  field  there  are 
extensive  canals.    The  canals  and  railroads 
furnish    facilities    for   easy   communication 
between  different  parts  of  the  mission  field 
and  more  distant  parts  of  India.    There  are 
also  many  good  roads.     A  daily  post  and  a 
telegraph  system   enable   all    at   the   larger 
centers  to  keep  in  touch  with  (he  outside 

The  population  numbers  between  3,500,- 
000  and  4,000,000.  The  Telugu  language 
is  spoken  by  neariy  all  the  people.    Hindu- 


stani, Oriya  and  Engliih  are  ipokea  by  cer- 
tain small  clauet  of  people.     Hinduism  is 

the  religion  of  the  great  majoii^.  Mdian- 
medans  are  found  in  al)  the  dtiet,  but  in  no 
large  numbers. 

Viugapatam,  »  teapoit  and  abo  a  rail- 
way center,  with  a  population  of  60,000,  is 
the  largest  city.  Cocanada,  aUo  a  seaport, 
and  Vizianagram  are  next  in  ttze.  The 
great  bulk  of  the  population  live  in  tht 
6,000  villages  which  are  scattered  thickly 
over  the  country.  Agriculture  is  the  chief 
industry,  and  rice  the  chief  product  of  the 
soil. 

Education  receives  considerable  attention. 
A  number  of  colleges  and  high  Kfaoob  and 
a  large  number  of  lower-gtadc  sdiods  art 
maintained  by  the  government  and  by  pri- 
vate individuals.  The  country  is  under  tht 
British  government,  and  a  number  of  British 
officials  have  their  headquarter)  in  the  larger 

The  Canadian  Baptists  b^an  independent 
mission  work  in  India  in  1873,  Previous  to 
that  time  they  had  for  some  yean  furnished 
men  and  money  to  the  American  Baptist 
Missionary  Union.  When  the  Canadian 
Mission  was  formed.  Rev.  John  McLaurin 
and  Rev,  A.  V,  Timpany  resigned  their 
positions  under  the  Missionary  Union  and 
began  work  in  Cocanada,  where  they  opened 
their  first  station  in  1874.  The  second  sta- 
tion was  opened  at  Bimlipatam  by  Rev.  R. 
Sanford  in  1875.  The  work  has  steadily 
grown  during  the  succeeding  years  until  now 
there  is  a  mission  force  of  26  ordained  mis- 


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679 


s,  who  wiih  their  wives  and  34  single 
-women  missionaries  make  a  total  of  84 
Canadian  missionaries.  Of  these,  five  are 
medical  doctors.  Mission  stations  have 
been  opened  in  22  fields,  and  by  means  of 
touring  the  gospel  has  been  preached  over 
the  whole  country. 

The  work  has  been  developed  along  evan- 
gelistic,  educational  and  medical  lines.    In- 


dustrial education  has  received  some  atten- 
tion. Two  hi^  schools,  five  hospitals  and 
a  theological  school  have  been  established; 
in  addition,  174  day  schools,  with  an  average 
attendance  of  over  4,000,  ten  boarding 
schools  and  a  number  of  caste  girls'  schools 
have  been  started  and  maintained  in  vari- 
ous pam  of  the  mission  field.  At  Ramachan- 
drapuram  a  very  successful  leper  work  has 


been  conducted.  A  model  of  the  asylum,  by 
request,  was  prepared  and  sent  to  the  "World 
in  Boston,"  where  it  attracted  much  atten- 
tion. Miss  Hatch,  who  has  had  charge  of 
the  leper  work  for  years,  recently  had  con- 
ferred on  her  the  Kaiser-i-Hind  medal  "for 
public  service  in  India." 

Tile  "  Ravi,"  a  weekly  religious  news- 
paper in  vernacular,  aids  the  work  of  the 
mission  by  imparting  instruction  and  holding 
up  Christian  ideals  before  its  readers  among 
20,000,000  Telugus.  Mention  must  also  be 
made  of  the  work  in  English  carried  on 
in  Cocanada  and  Vizagapatam,  where 
English-speaking  churches  have  been  es- 
tablished. 

The  Timpany  Memorial  High  School 
offers  splendid  educational  advantages  to 
the  Eurasian  community  of  a  large  district. 

The  last  annual  report  of  the  Canadian 
Baptist  Mission  shows  a  total  church  mem- 
bership of  7,693,  of  whom  757  were  received 
by  baptism  last  year.  Most  of  the  converts 
have  been  won  from  the  lower  classes,  but 
there  are  converts  from  every  class  of  the 
people.  In  a  country  cursed  with  such 
rigid  caste  distinaions  it  is  a  great  sight  to 
one  who  understands  it  to  see  these  c 
from  different  classes  united  in 
love  and  service  of  Jesus. 

To  a  large  extent  the  necessary  buildings 
have  been  erected.  Schools,  hospitals  and 
churches  have  been  established.  TTie  mis- 
sionaries have  acquired  the  language  and 
methods  of  work.  There  is  quite  a  large 
Christian  community  and  a  band  of  trained 
helpers  for  the  various  kinds  of  work.  The 
Bible  has  been  translated  and  considerable 
Chrisrian  literature  prepared  for  use.  Be- 
cause of  these  things  the  near  future  ought 
to  be  a  time  of  rapid  increase  in  the  growth 
of  the  mission.  This  does  not  mean  that 
more  missionaries  are  not  greatly  needed. 
A  great  burden  rests  upon  the  hearts  of  the 
missionaries  as  they  think  of  the  multitudes 
on  the  fields  who  are  largely  beyond  gospel 
influence  because  of  their  great  numbers. 
For  each  ordained  missionary  actually 
preaching  in  the  mission  field  there  is  an 
average  parish  of  not  less  than  200,000  souls. 

There  is  also  a  great  need  for  more  Indian 
Christian  workers  of  strong  evangelistic  zeal. 
The  harvest  is  great,  the  opportunities  many. 
The  night  cometh  and  the  King's  business 
requires  haste. 


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Field  Notes 
The  people  are  buying  God's  word.  My 
Bible  women  and  I  sold  500  Gospels  in  the 
three  months  just  gone.  But  the  greatest 
encouragement  is  that  117  were  baptized 
on  the  two  Kimedi  fields  last  year,  and  15 
more  have  been  added  this  year.  The  con- 
verts are  coming  from  new  villages,  until 
now  there  are  Christians  in  23  villages  at 
least;  the  Telugu  Christians  are  in  only 
6  villages.  —  Maude  Harrison,  Parlaki- 
medi,  India. 

Special  meetings  were  held  in  June  in 
Parlakimedi  for  the  Paidi  Christians  who 
came  from  their  villages  in  the  hills.  Rev. 
W.  V.  Higgins  reports  a  most  interesting 
time  and  a  wonderful  movement  among 
these  simple  hearted,  but  bright  people. 
Twenty-seven  of  them  were  received  for 
baptism,  and  knew  what  they  believed. 
The  baptisms  took  place  in  the  large  tank 
in  the  rear  of  the  Maharaja's  palace  on  a 
beautiful  evening.  All  the  converts  were 
Paidis  but  one,  and  he  a  Savara,  the  first 
one  from  these  people  in  the  hills.  Mr. 
Glendinning,  who  is  now  on  his  way  back 
to  India,  works  among  the  Paidis  and 
Savaras. 

Miss  Ellen  Folsom  of  Coconada,  India, 
who  has  been  for  many  years  principal  of 
the  Tympany  Memorial  School  for  English 
girls  in  the  Canadian  Baptist  mission,  and 
has  been  on  a  furlough  in  Vermont,  is  about 
to  return  to  Coconada.  She  says  :  "A  large 
party  is  expected  to  go  out  to  our  mission 
this  fall;  two  new  families  besides  three  or 
four  new  young  ladies.  Also  one  family  and 
two  or  three  ladies  are  returning.  We  are 
becoming  quite  a  community  out  there." 

The  Canadian  West 
Rev.  F.  W.  Patterson,  of  Edmonton, 
Alberta,  who  was  a  close  fellow  laborer 
with  Dr.  Stackhouse  in  home  mission  work 
in  Western  Canada,  says  there  are  at  pres- 
ent in  that  great  field  300  Baptist  churches 
with  a  membership  of  13,000;  ^36,700 
was  raised  last  year  for  home  missions  and 
^5,500  for  foreign  missions.  The  Baptists 
have  the  largest  non-English  conference  in 
the  West.  The  German  work  is  the  largest, 
having  27  churches,  5  of  them  organized 


within  eight  months.  There  are  also  65 
preaching  stations  in  connection  with  this 
work,  reaching  between  2,000  and  3,000 
Germans.  Of  24  Scandinavian  Baptist 
churches  in  Canada  22  are  in  the  West. 
Russian  and  Ruthenian  work  is  being  done 
under  adverse  circumstances.  The  work 
among  the  Hungarians  is  in  a  position  to 
be  opened  up,  and  converts  are  ready  for 
baptism.  There  is  urgent  need  of  two  men 
in  German  work  in  British  Columbia,  and 
two  men  in  Scandinavian  work  in  B.C. 
and  Saskatchewan.  Of  84,000  Scandina- 
vian people  in  the  Dominion  more  than  a 
quarter  are  in  Saskatchewan.  In  English 
work  many  communities  also  need  entering 
at  the  present  time.  The  Canadian  fron- 
tier problems  are  similar  to  those  South  of 
the  border. 


41 


The  Population  of  China 
The  population  of  China  as  estimated  by 
the  Imperial  Maritime  Customs  in  the  ab- 
stract of  statistics  for  1 910,  is  placed  at  about 
1,000,000  less  than  the  estimated  population 
in  1909,  the  reduction  taking  place  in  Szec- 
huan  Province.  The  total  now  given  for  the 
entire  country  is  438,425,000  and  for  the 
open  ports  7,708,500.  The  population  of  the 
Chinese  cities  is  notably  increasing. 


Praise  for  Mission  Schools 

Turkey  has  come  to  recognize  the  value  of 
mission  schools  and  work.  The  Orient 
(Constantinople)  reports  commencement  ex- 
ercises of  the  prominent  educational  insti- 
tutions. At  one  the  Catholicos  of  Sis,  one  of 
the  two  highest  spiritual  heads  of  the 
Armenian  church,  heartily  commended  the 
Christian  character  and  motives  of  the 
American  missionaries  and  the  work  done 
in  their  schools.  People  were  urged  to 
imitate  their  Christianity  and  avail  them- 
selves of  the  educational  advantages.  This 
was  in  a  city  where  opposition  had  been 
especially  bitter.  At  Harpoot,  the  Turkish 
vali,  Armenian  bishop,  lieutenant  general 
and  other  prominent  men  sat  on  the  plat- 
form at  Euphrates  College  during  gradua- 
tion exercises.  Similar  instances  elsewhere 
show  how  deep  is  the  impression  which 
Christianity  is  making  upon  the  people. 


MISSIONS 


Missionary  Program  Topics  for  1911 

January.  Our  Work  among  Foreign  Populations. 

February.  Our  Work  for  Mexicans  and  Indians. 

March.  The  Western  States:  Status  and  Outlook. 

April.  The  World's  King  and  How  He  Conquers. 

Maj.  CoLPOBTER  Work. 

Jutu.  Our  Denominational  Power  and  Obligations. 

(Meetings  in  Philadelpku.) 

July.  Our  Obligations  to  Porto  Rico  and  Philippines. 

August.  State  Convention  Work. 

SefltmhtT.  Reports  from  China. 

Oetoier.  Repohtb  prom  India. 

Novemier.  Trials  and  Triumphs  in  Europe. 

December.  Aprican  Missions. 

& 

November  Subject :    Trials  and  Triumphs  In  Europe 

Hymn:  "In  the  Cross  of  Christ."    Forward  Movement  Hymnal.  No.  75.    (Price  15  cents.) 

Rbiponiive  Reading,  No.  4.     Page  66.     Forward  Movement  Hymnal. 

Briep  Prayers  for  the  cessation  of  persecution  of  European  Christians,  the  provision  of 
more  money  and  more  helpers  for  their  mission  stations. 

Roll-Call  op  European  Nations. 
Ai  the  leader  calls  the  names  of  European  countries  where  Baptists  have  missions,  various 
people  report  in  a  sentence  on  the  progress  of  the  work  in  each  country. 
(Material  to  be  found  in  the  pamphlet  "Missions  in   Europe,"  recently  revised  [price 
10  cents],  the  Annual   Report  [free   on   request,  postage   6  cents],  and   Missions   for 
September,  1911,  article  on  '"TTie  Baptist  World  Alliance"  [price  per  copy  5  cents].) 

Hymn:  "Onward,  Christian  Soldiers."    No.  9.     Forward  Movement  Hymnal. 

Wbat  Baftists  are  Doing  for  the  Russian  Empire. 

1.  A  Five-Minute  Tallc. 
(Material  as  previously  suggested.) 

2.  Brief  Biographical  Sketches  of  Some  of  the  Leaders  among  Russian  Baplisis. 
(Helpful  information  to  be  gained  !n  sub-article  "The  Russian  Session"  in  "The  Bap- 
tist World  Alliance"  published  in  the  September  number  of  Missions.) 

Rkading:  First  two  stanzas  of  Byron's  "Sonnet  on  Chillon"  (beginning,  "Eternal  Spirit 

of  the  Chainlex  Mind.") 
Hymn:  "Faith  of  Our  Fathers."    No.  31.     Forward  Movement  Hymnal. 

m  jppliutioQ  10  thr  LiCeriturt 


682 


MISSIONS 


From  the  Note  Book 
A  University  Club  has  been  formed  in 
Peking,  with  240  eligible  names  of  Chinese 
and  American  graduates  on  the  list.  The 
president  of  the  club  is  a  Chinese,  with  the 
American  minister  and  Dr.  Lowry  of  the 
Methodist  mission  honorary  presidents.  The 
first  dinner  brought  120  men  together  in 
friendly  intercourse  that  is  significant. 


The  American    Board   hai 
recent   appointees    1 


Turkey,  Japan,  Chin 


for  a  limited  term 
They   go   to 
and  India. 


Secretary  Cornelius  H.  Patton,  of  the 
American  Board,  is  on  a  missionary  tour, 
and  was  at  Natal  during  the  diamond 
jubilee  of  the  Zulu  Mission.  He  describes 
the  celebration,  with  its  great  closing  meet- 
ing in  the  Town  Hall  of  Durban.  That 
single  meeting,  he  says,  converted  the  city 
of  Durban  to  belief  in  mission  work.  An 
audience  of  5,000;  Zulu  choir  of  34.J  voices; 
noiable  address  by  Lord  Gladstone,  gov- 
ernor-general, who  presided;  these  were 
features.  The  celebration  was  interdenomi' 
national.  The  native  mass  meeting  was 
attended  by  3,000.  The  record  is  inspiring 
to  faith.  Dr.  Adams,  the  pioneer,  worked 
for  eleven  years  before  a  convert  was  made. 
Now  there  are  60,000  church  members  and 
fully  200,000  Zulus  may  be  counted  as 
Christians. 


Congregational  missionaries  in  Chihuahua 
Mexico,  report  political  conditions  very  un- 
settled and  disorders  frequent.  Yet  ordei 
is  being  restored,  and  more  stable  condi- 
tions are  looked  for.     Protestant  churche< 


sutfered  in  the  revolution,  eapedally  the 
American  church.  Returning  mutioiurici 
were  warmly  welcomed,  which  ii  a  good 
sign. 

The  MittioHory  HtralJ  tays  the  Turkish 
government  11  toll  putring  its  heavy  hand 
upon  the  Albaniaiu,  declining  to  grant  them 
liberty,  and  apparently  being  bent  upon  the 
expulsion  of  missionariet  from  Albania. 
The  American  school  at  Kortcha,  opened 
and  maintained  by  Americans,  claims  right 
to  exist  without  interference.  This  right 
the  Turkish  government  denies,  and  the 
matter  is  up  for  discussion  between  the 
American  embassy  and  Turkish  officials. 

Dr.  Caleb  C.  Baldwin,  for  neariy  fifty 
years  a  missionary  of  the  American  Board 
in  Foochow,  China,  died  recently,  aged 
ninety-one  years.  He  was  author  of  a  dic- 
tionary of  the  Foochow  dialect,  and  he  also 
translated  much  of  the  Bible  into  the  col- 
loquial. 


British    Gii 
Day  Adveti 


iperintendent  of  the 
m  of  the  Seventh 
death  at  the  hands 
ior  was  announced 
September  6th,  was  poisoned.  Letters 
left  by  the  missionary  give  in  detail  the 
circumstances  of  the  crime.  It  is  under- 
stood that  his  campaign  against  the  practice 
of  polygamy  exasperated  the  natives. 

The  summer  conferences  of  the  Mission- 
ary Education  Movement  showed  attendance: 
as  follows:  Ashevilfe  133,  Silver  Bay  404, 
Knowlton  70,  Whitby,  Canada  135,  Wood- 
stock, Canada  izo,  Geneva  240,  Cascadc 
90,  a  total  of  1,292. 


MISSIONS 


683 


The  Orient  in   Waverly 


By  Mrs.  James  E.  AaieM 


HE  great  crowd  seated  in  the 
auditorium     of    the     church 
watches   a   strange   procession 
passing  up  and  down  the  aisles 
10  scats  reserved  at  the  left. 
By  their   costume   we    recog- 
nize groups  from  South  India, 
Burma,    Assam,    China     and 
Japan,  as  well  as  part  of  a  tribe  of  North 
American    Indians.      A    short    devotional 
service  is  conducted  by  the  pastor,  followed 
by  an  address  by  Miss  N.  Ma  Dwe  Yaba 
which  reaches  head,  heart  and  conscience. 
"i  never  believed  in  foreign  missions  before, 
but  she's  got  me,"  says  one.     After  the 
address  the  procession  of  foreign  peoples 
again   marches   through   the   aisles,   passing 
out   into  the   adjoining   room.      Tile   bene- 
diction is  pronounced,  and  we  follow. 

Entering  the  spacious  Sunday  school 
room  one  is  at  hrst  almost  bewildered  by  the 
novel  scene.  Along  the  entire  length  of 
the  room,  and  in  a  smaller  room  beyond, 
are  booths,  ten  feet  square,  illustrating  life 
in  many  lands.     Above  these  are  flags  of 


all  nations,  alternating  with  the  motto 
charts  of  the  Baptist  Forward  Movement, 
and  in  the  center,  above  all,  the  Stars  and 

But  ihe  object  that  finally  holds  our 
attention  as  we  stand  near  the  door  is  a 
large  map  of  the  world  stretched  across  the 
fanher  corner  of  the  room  about  nine  feet 
above  the  floor.  It  is  a  map  unique,  designed 
by  the  pastor,  Rev.  John  E.  Miles. 

From  the  open  Bible  at  Waverly  as  a 
dynamo,  wires  appear  to  radiate  to  liny 
electric  bulbs  of  various  colors  placed  at 
the  eight  different  mission  stations  to  which 
the  school  contributes,  in  Asia,  the  Congo 
and  the  Philippines,  with  one  in  our  own 
great  West  to  represent  the  chapel  car 
work  in  which  the  pnmary  depanment  is 
interested.  Of  course  the  real  wires  are 
behind  the  map,  which  is  always  illuminated 
when  the  room  is  in  use.  "What  is  the 
significance  of  your  illuminated  map?" 
asks  the  visitor.  Just  this — it  reminds  us 
10  keep  the  light  burning  in  Waverly  and 
:  there. 


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MISSIONS 


On  the  oppocite  tide  of  the  room  is  a 
literature  table,  with  a  background  of 
charts  and  pictures  illustrating  the  chapel 
car  work.  Here  we  find  the  efficient  super- 
intendent of  missions  in  the  Sunday  school, 
who  had  charge  of  the  two  months  of  study 
and  preparation,  and  who  enlisted  the  boys 
to  mike  the  numerous  placards  and  charts 
of  statistics  that  are  seen  in  all  the  booths. 

But  here  are  some  Garo  boys  who  are 
veiy  anxious  to  take  us  to  their  booth. 
First  we  come  to  the  hut  of  natives  of  Sadiya, 
Assam,  with  an  opening  below  for  the 
pigs,  and  a  thatched  roof  above.  Native 
Christian    girls    speak    most    intelligently 


of  their  life  and 


tells 


;  of  r 


the  placard, 

"The  '  Boys 

are  full  of  boys.    They  show 

skin,  peculiar  birds' 


Bible 
work.  But  our  guides 
xt  booth,  over  which  is 
Mission  Station,  Tura, 
blue-and-gold  banner, 
enough,  the  woods 
leopard 


curiosities;  one  exhibits  the  model  of 
native  house  made  by  Garo  boys  (this  came 
from  Boston),  and  another  shows  pictures 
of  natives,  and  missionaiies,  and  mission 
buildings.  Such  eagemessl  Such  enthusi- 
asm I    Bless  the  boys  I 


"Madira.  Deccan,  Ittdia,"  reads  the  next 
placard,  and  here  are  the  girls  to  match  the 
boys, — fascinating  little  Hindus  of  eveiy 
caste,  and  even  a  few  demure  widows. 
Here  is  exhibited  a  model  of  the  niinion 
compound  at  Nellore,  which  g^ves  (arm 
to  our  rather  hazy  ideas  as  (o  irfial  a  "com- 
pound" might  be. 

It  is  but  a  step  to  Congo  at)d  the  Philip- 
pines, where  the  Baraca  class  has  i  iplcndid 
demonstration  of  medical  work  and  equip- 
ment, besides  articles  from  the  Jaro  In- 
dustrial School  brou^t  by  out  W.  C. 
Valentine. 

Under  a  string  of  lanterns  a  misricHuiy 
tells  the  gospel  stoty  to  a  large  group  of 
Chinese  women  in  the  next  booth.  Here 
are  seen  rare  curios,  including  the  collec- 
tion of  Miss  Cornelia  Bonncll,  one  of  our 
members     engaged     in     rescue    work    in 

In  the  primaty  room  ate  two  interesting 
booths.  The  first  represents  a  room  in  a 
Japanese  house,  where  several  mothers  are 
discussing  what  their  children  have  learned 
in  the  Christian  school.  A  Christian  mother 
enters,  tells  them  of  the  joy  that  has  come 
to  her  through  the  foreign  teaching,  and 
sings  in  Japanese  the  song  her  little  Plum 


MISSIONS 


685 


the  kinderganen, 
image  of  Buddha 
me  hundred  tears 
in     the     beautiful 

:ures(]ue  American 
mp-fire  (managed 
),  hand-loom,  and 
ttety,  arrow-heads, 
Idresses  the  ctowd 

J  the  booth  repre- 
ion  held,  Burma. 
Jies  has  a  shate  in 


I   great   exposition. 


ii  r 


iionaty  enterprise, 
to  most  of  us  of 
Lnowledge, 
up  the  thorough 


of 


study  of  these  countries  during  the  coming 

"I  invite  you  10  corae  to  Bunna  in  1913," 
said  Miss  Yaba,  "to  celebrate  with  us  the 
Judson  Centennial.  Do  you  know  the 
life  of  Judson  f  Have  you  ever  read  it  ? 
Come,  raise  your  hand,  everybody  that  is 
familial  with  the  life  of  this  great  man." 

Tliere  will  be  more  hands  raised  in 
1913- 


The  Sagamore  Conference 
The  Sociological  Conference  at  Sagamore 
Beach  was  much  larger  in  numbers  than 
hitherto  and  taxed  the  hospitality  of  the 
hotels  and  cottages.  Perhaps  the  address 
of  chief  value  was  that  of  Dean  Shailer 
Mathews  of  Chicago  on  the  principles  of 
scientific  management  as  applied  to  church 
work.  The  platform  presented  by  Dr. 
Josiah  Strong  laid  upon  the  churches  large 
responsibility  for  leadership  along  the 
lines  of  justice  and  righteo 


MISSIONS 


Victories 

By  Secretary  W.  T.  StackhoUM,  D.D. 


i  asked  frequently:  What 
I  being  accomplished  by  the 
^ymen'i  Missionary  Move- 
it  i  The  question  is  a  fair 
:,  ant)  should  be  answered. 
Mf  the  Laymen's  Movement 
■Iocs  not  do  nhat  is  claimed  for 
It  when  its  methods  have  been 
vigorously  operated,  we  should  turn  our 
anenrion  to  some  other  line  of  action.  We 
are  glad,  however,  to  be  able  candidly  to 
state  that  our  experience  during  the  past  year 
has  led  us  to  have  greater  confidence  in  the 
Movement  than  ever  before. 

Our  policy  has  been  veiy  simple  but  it  hits 

the  nail  on  the  head.    Here  it  is  in  a  nutshell: 

I.  Every  member  a  supporter  of  missions 

according  to  ability,      z.  Every  church   a 

laiy  church.    3.  An  active  mission- 

'n  each  congregation. 


weekly     sy  ste 
S-  An    every-r 

m     of 
nembe 

givmg    to     missions. 

once  a  year. 

6.  A 

minimum  financial  ob- 

jective  of  ten 
for  missions. 

1    A 

per  member  per  week 
unification  of  the  forces 

in  finding  the 

worke 

rs  and  the  funds  for  the 

meetmg  of  ou 

r  share 

:  of  missionary  needs  at 

To  show  that  these  methods  are  succeed- 
ing a  volume  of  evidence  could  be  produced. 
We  give  below  a  few  quotations  received 
during  the  past  six  months,  from  churches 
where  the  movement  has  been  introduced. 
These  quotations  carry  their  own  lesson. 
Read  them  and  then  try  the  Mo 
your  own  congregation. 


TESTIMONIES 

One  pastor  writes:  "We  have  tried  to 
push  the  missicHiary  educarional  campaign. 
We  have  appointed  our  missionary  com- 
mittee. We  have  made  the  eveiy-member 
canvass.  We  have  not  reached  the  ten  cenis 
per  week  per  member  yet,  but  we  are  im- 
proving. Our  budget  for  missions — Home, 
Foreign,  State,  and  Publication  Society — for 
the  year  wai  (1,155.  ^^  have  made  it  up, 
and  have  f  17  left  over  as  a  nest-^g  for  next 
year.  Your  meetings  were  a  great  blessing 
and  inspiration  to  us  all."  Another  pastor 
writes:  "We  are  working  vigorously  as  a 
church  to  cany  out  both  the  spirit  and  the 
letter  of  the  resolutions  passed  at  the  lay- 
men's meeting.  The  church  has  put  into 
operation  the  duplex  envelope  system,  and 
it  looks  as  though  ws  shall  be  able  to  men 
our  apportionment  and  more."  A  pastor 
from  Pennsylvania  writes:  "Our  com- 
mittee met  and  heartily  agreed  that  during 
the  coming  year  conferences  should  be  held 
in  all  the  local  churches  with  a  view  to 
awakening  them  to  their  full  responsibility 
in  the  great  enterprise  of  Christian  missions. 
You  will  be  glad  to  know  that  a  marked 
revival  spirit  has  developed  in  my  church 
since  the  conference.  On  the  last  two  Sun- 
days over  thirty  have  confessed  Christ  pub- 
licly.   The  conference  had  much  to  do  with 

A  pastor  of  a  small  church  in  New  York 
State  writes:  "In  reply  to  your  inquiry  as 
to  what  our  church  did  after  the  laymen's 
rally,  would  say: 


MISSIONS 


687 


"i.  We  had  a  splendid  missionary  cam- 
paigDy  lasting  five  Sundays. 

"2.  We  elected  a  Missionary  and  Bene- 
ficence Committee. 

"3.  We  attempted  an  every-member 
canvass,  and  have  covered  almost  all  the 
ground. 

"4.  We  received  pledges  from  the  church 
and  Sunday  school,  which  to  date  indicate 
the  raising  of  the  whole  missionary  budget 
as  based  on  the  apportionments  of  1910- 
i^ii,  and  probably  I75.00  in  excess  of 
these  apportionments.  The  Woman's  Cir- 
cle raises  its  own  budgets  separately.  The 
church  beneficences  (not  including  mis- 
cellaneous) will  jump  from  $S^  to  1^248,  and 
the  Sunday  school  from  {47.30  to  probably 
{no.  Meanwhile  the  contributions  to  cur- 
rent expenses  in  both  church  and  school 
were  never  so  large  as  now." 

H.  B.  Dickson  writes:  "The  Baptists  of 
Allentown  have  .made  a  gain  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty-four  per  cent  for  missions  this 
year  by  the  every-member  canvass." 

The  First  Baptist  Church  of  New  Haven, 
as  a  result  of  the  every-member  canvass,  has 
increased  its  giving  to  missions  by  {500  and 
to  local  work  {600.  This  church  last  year 
gave  over  {3,000  to  the  benevolences,  and 
the  Woman's  Society  raised  {1,000. 

A  pastor  from  Rochester  writes:  "The 
canvass  was  vigorously  pushed  for  two  weeks. 
The  result,  so  far,  was  the  raising  of  nearly 
{2,000  more  than  we  ever  did  before.  We 
will  meet  practically  all  our  apportionments, 
taken  on  die  two  new  home  missionaries  and 
three  new  foreign  missionaries.  I  expect 
that,  as  a  church,  we  will  raise  this  year 
{3,600  for  foreign  missions,  as  compared 
with  {1,750  last  year.  Our  current  expense 
pledgers  increased  their  givings  seven  per 
cent,  although  we  made  no  appeal  on  the 
ground  of  current  expenses  to  amount  to 
anything." 

The  Rev.  J.  S.  Stump,  of  West  Virginia, 
writes  that  "Fairmont  undertook  the  every- 
member  canvass,  and  reported  very  material 
increase.  Only  one  distria  of  the  church 
had  been  completed,  and  that  one  had  made 
considerable  increase,  reaching  an  average 
of  exactly  ten  cents  per  member  per  week. 
At  the  same  rate  of  increase  throughout  the 
church,  their  contribution  will  be  double,  or 


more. 


»» 


Another  Rochester  pastor  writes:  **I  am 
glad  to  report  that  the  special  canvass  in  our 
church  has  resulted  successfully.  We  se- 
cured a  large  advance  on  the  benevolence 
side  of  our  finances,  large  enough  to  warrant 
the  confidence  that  we  shall  reach  the  {1,000 
increase;  and  we  raised  {1,000  additional 
for  current  expenses." 

Laymen's  Missionary  Program 

•  At  a  later  date  we  will  be  able  to  give  our 
readers  a  definite  outline  of  our  program 
and  methods  in  connection  with  our  Bap- 
tist Laymen's  Campaign.  We  are  planning 
for  mighty  things  for  the  Kingdom  this 
winter.  Our  policy  will  be  far-reaching, 
definite,  and  triumphant.  This  Movement 
has  resources  and  potentialities  that  must 
be  unlocked  for  the  Master's  glory.  The 
Baptist  men  hold  the  key.  They  are  united. 
Their  watchwords  are  cooperation  and  con- 
secration. They  are  assured  that  the  prog- 
ress of  one  missionary  interest  means  vic- 
tory for  all.  We  stand  solid  ready  for  a 
great  advance.  Let  us  make  it  this  year. 
Let  us  clear  out  the  deficits  and  gather  in 
the  requisites  for  the  greatest  year's  achieve- 
ments in  our  history. 

Our  program  in  general  will  cover  the 
following  centers: 

Boston  and  vicinity  during  the  month  of 
November. 

Brooklyn  and  vicinity  during  the  early 
part  of  December. 

Pacific  Coast  points  during  the  month  of 
January. 

Philadelphia  and  vicinity  during  the  month 
of  February. 

March  and  April  will  be  given  to  points 
in  the  Middle  and  Western  States,  closing 
up  in  May  with  a  big  men's  rally  at  the 
convention  in  Des  Moines. 

The  closest  relations  will  be  maintained 
with  the  program  of  the  Interdenominational 
Movement;  and  meetings  will  be  held  in 
many  places  by  our  Baptist  forces  that 
cannot  now  be  announced. 

The  month  of  October  will  be  given  to 
organization  work,  preparation  of  literature 
for  the  campaign,  and  the  presentation  of 
the  claims  of  the  Movement  at  the  state  con- 
ventions, in  so  far  as  the  General  Secretary 
can  cover  them. 


MISSIONS 


Echoes  from   the  Oriental   Press 


Piogrtta  In  the  Philippine* 

WE  quote  from  the  Maniia  Timtt' 
leading  editorial  the  following  from 
the  pen  of  Manin  Egan,  the  able  and  far- 
sighted  editor;  —  "There  is  a  new  spirit 
alive  in  the  Philippines.  It  is  the  spirit  of 
modem  progress  which  breathes  an  in- 
spiration to  wider  achievement  than  these 
islands  have  ever  known,  to  larger  and 
better  accomplishment  than  ever  before 
seemed  possible;  and  when  it  shall  have 
wrought  all  that  it  pledges,  the  worid  will 
cease  to  ihink  of  the  Philippines  as  a  place 
of  medieval  romance,  or  modem  Utopian 
experiment,  and  claim  the  countiy  in  fiill 
brotherhood.  America  found  the  Philip- 
pines in  a  condition  close  to  chaos;  a  people 
almost  p  lost  rate.  Authority  had  broken 
down,  order  had  gone,  and  its  first  work 
was  to  reestablish  order  and  to  reenthrone 
the  law.  Disorder  had  impaired  the  pro- 
ductive capacity  of  the  people,  almost 
ruined  business  and  heavily  reduced  com- 
merce, but  with  the  resumption  of  work 
began  a  hundred  projects  for  the  improve- 
ment of  the  whole  people.  Popular  edu- 
cation was  everywhere  instituted,  not  only 
that  the  people  should  be  rein  spired  but 
trained  and  fitted  for  their  part  in  the 
future.  The  currency  of  the  country  was 
rescued  from  the  fluctuating  system  of  the 
Orient  and  placed  upon  a  stable  basis. 
Political  institutions  were  built  up  in  cities 
and  provinces  and  hundreds  of  Filipinos 
were  enlisted  in  the  central  government 
that  the  people  might  be  trained  in  political 
science.  The  construction  of  a  system  of 
highways  and  railroads  was  entered  upon  and 
an  inter-island  steamer  service  was  given  the 


encouragement  of  tubndy.  A  tctentific 
war  was  commenced  upon  diieasc  and  Ae 
unsanhaiy  condiriofu  under  irfikh  a  laige 
poition  of  the  people  lived.  The  counti? 
was  policed,  extensive  public  wmb  were 
undertaken,  and  a  s3Patem  of  irrigation 
capable  of  insuring  the  people  a  coDstaot 
supply  of  lice,  their  staple  food,  was  prorided 
for.  Portal  savings  and  agricultural  banks 
were  organized  by  the  govetntnent,  the 
public  domain  was  opened  to  entry  under 
liberal  terms,  and  the  huge  hardwood 
forests  placed  under  a  scheme  of  modem 
conservarion.  Legislation,  designed  to  en- 
courage industiy  and  thrift,  to  free  the 
individual  from  feudal  mediods  and  to 
uplift  the  people,  was  enacted.  To  the 
man  whose  senriment  in  behalf  of  the 
Filipino  people  has  been  toudied  to  the 
extent  of  opposing  any  and  all  form  of 
American  control  let  it  be  said,  and  said 
with  tnith,  that  there  is  as  great  a  democracy 
here  as  exists  in  any  state  in  the  American 
Union.  All  of  the  individual  rights  and 
all  the  common  rights  except  the  doubtfiil 
one  of  trial  by  jury,  are  here  enjoyed  to 
the  full.  Justice  b  fair  and  speedy,  the 
judicial  system  working  infinitely  better 
than  it  does  in  mon  American  states. 
Govetnment  is  for  and  in  behalf  of  the 
people,  and  their  pait  and  voice  in  it  it  a 
large  one.  The  Philippines  have  been 
compelled  to  fi^t  for  recognition.  Knowl- 
edge of  them  has  been  sli^t,  ill  repon  of 
them  widespread.  Interest  in  their  wdfare 
has  at  times  run  to  a  low  ebb  in  the  United 
Slates,  whose  people  should  give  chief 
support  to  their  upbuilding  and  advance- 
ment. Helpful  legislation  has  come  tardily 
and  grudgingly." 


MISSIONS 


Timetogetbusy 


is  the  title  of  a  four-page 
9et  that  has  been  sent  out 
[ely  by  the  Forward  Move- 
nt during  the  past  month, 
contains  an  outline  of  the 
vifion    that    the    Forward 
cement  is  making  to  help 
cnurches    anain   to  the   mis- 
sionaiy  idea)  in  the  Northern  Baptist  Coiv 
vendon's    "standard    of  effideney."     The 
material  for  the  fall  campaign  on  Foreign 
Missions  is  more  fully  described  in  three 
bullerins  entitled  "Awakening  the  Church 
to  India's  Awakening,"  which  will  be  sent 
upon    request.      (Similar   material    will    be 
provided  for  the  Home  Mission  educational 
period  be^nning  immediately  after  the  holi- 
days and  culminating  at  Easter.) 

BULLETIN    NUMBER   ONE 


ered  on  groat  outstanding  dates  in  the  history 
of  missions- in  India.  It  is  suggested  that 
the  first  of  these  be  preached  on  the  Sunday 
nearest  Oct.  2,  which  is  the  one  hundred  and 
nineteenth  anniversary  of  the  organization 
by  English  Baptists  of  the  first  modem 
Foreign  Missionary  Society. 

The  sermon  suggested  is  a  biographical 
and  inspitaiional  one  on  Carey  and  his 
work,  and  the  modem  challenge  of  India 
to  the  church,  on  the  topic,  "What  God 
Did  with  Thirteen  Pounds,  Two  Shillings 
and  Six  Pence."  Collateral  reading  will  be 
furnished  pastors  free. 

This  bulletin  also  contains  su^estions 
concerning  stereopticon  lectures,  a  mission- 
ary cithibit  on  India,  a  collection  of  striking 


facts  concerning  India  and  her  people,  de- 
scription of  maps,  brief  bibliography,  etc. 

BULLETIN    NUMBER   TWO 

This  is  for  the  Sunday  school  and  includes 
material  for  "live  minutes  a  Sunday"  on 
India. 

These  suggestions  include  the  telling  of 
stories,  the  reading  of  letters  from  mission- 
aries, impersonations,  map  exercises,  spe- 
cial exercises  for  classes,  the  use  of  charts, 
the  unveiling  of  a  portrait  of  Carey,  etc. 
The  material  required  is  all  found  either  in 
"India  Awakening"  or  in  a  package  of 
leaflets    that    is    sent    free    to    cooperating 

There  is  also  provided  a  monthly  respon- 
sive opening  service  and  a  missionary  con- 
cert program  entitled  "Christmastide." 

BULLETIN   NUMBER  THREE 

This  bulletin  has  to  do  with  mission 
study  and  is  intended  for  the  young  people's 

society,  the  adult  Bible  class,  the  men's 
organization,  etc.  It  outlines  in  particular 
the  "triplex"  mission  study  plan,  which 
comprises  a  mission  study  class,  a  reading 
circle  and  a  series  of  popular  programs. 

The  programs  include  one  for  the  intro- 
duction of  the  campaign  and  four  others  to 
be  presented  by  the  mission  study  class  in 
church  or  young  people's  prayer  meetings. 
The  preliminary  program  is  as  follows: 


I.  OriHiNC  S»vici 

n.  Mat  CoKTitr 

but  DM  to  eidi  other,    fuk  ti 

*i.ibl.  IQ  tbe 
repcrunto 

690 


MISSIONS 


■ttempt  lo  driw  k  mip  at  Indii  toldj  fnm  ataoatj. 
Thit  ilvaji  arouKi  amutemuit.  Eren  thou^  no 
definite  tbiity  or  knowledge  eiiiti,  iauK  on  the  mitmft. 
The  leider  thee  tbowt  the  ludknce  i  real  map  of  IndU 
prepared  beforehand  and  the  audience  tMC)  which 
contettaot  made  the  better  gue**. 
m.  The  QuianoH  Box 
Let  ibe  leader  iilc  *  few  leading  queitioiu  under  thii 
theme  — "How  Much  do  We  Know  about  Indiaf" 
Aik  where  it  it  >  What  kind  <it  people  live  there  I  U 
■DTthing  known  <J  the  hiM<i(7  of  the  people  I  Anj 
■ingle  hiaorical  ennti  >  What  anuUiy  rulei  I  Chief 
rcligioni  ?  NaiKi  of  any  miuionanci  we  know  there  I 
Kirae  an<r  of  our  miHion  •taiieni  I  Wbat  tbingi  come 
fiomlndia?  Wbat  do  the  people  live  onf  etc 
IV.  "Ehcuih  ai  Shi  ii  Wkjt*"' 


Read  the  humoroui  e 

my  on  the  "Hotm' 

and  the  two  amuuD 

■pp.,.,,  .,■> 

V.  f 


India*!  population  ii  300,000,000.  Let  the  leader 
witfaaut  laying  "why,"  adc  all  preient  to  take  the  hymn 
book*  and  to  turn  the  leavei,  counting  loftly  one  by  one, 
remembering  the  figure  reached  at  the  word  "atop.^ 
"Go!"  ,  (lotetnl  of  36  (ceond)  —  •top'}  On  the 
blackboard  tome  one  divide!  the  higbeN  number 
reached  by  any  one  (take  neaieit  number  ending  in 
cipher)  into  300,000,000  and  diTidea  again  by  too. 
Tlii!  i<  the  total  number  hour!  it  would  tike  to  count 
India*!  population  at  that  rate.  Divide  inbi  ei^U- 
hour  dayi  and  yean. 

VI.  Ihciointj  raou  Acnoii  the  Woiui 
Let    the    following    incident!    from    the    text-book 
"India  Awakening"  be  told  vividly  (not  read). 
I.  The  LoQC  Star  Miuion  (pp,  93-95)- 
1.  A  Hindu  Heroine  (pp.  156-15S). 
3.  Every  Dollar  Count!  (pp.  115,  »|6). 

VII.    PlANNlNG  THt   CaMTMON 

Tbe  leader  «ill  now  moit  etraeitly  lay  upon  the 
meeting  the  reiponiibility  of  studying  India,  eipl lining 
the  iiudy  dan  and  detcHbing  the  program!  thil  are 
to  follow.  In  many  meeting)  it  will  be  a  !ucceuful 
novelty  to  read  three  "purpoie!"  one  after  tbe  other,  . 

1.  I  Kill  make  an  cameit  ellorl  to  attend  the  four 

ipeciil  programs  lo  be  given  on  "India  Awakening" 

1.  I  will  be  one  of  three,  four  or  five  mcmben  to 
purchase  "India  Awakening"  (35  cent!)  and  will  plan 
to  read  it  during  the  neit  eight  weelu. 

3.  I  will  join  the  itudy  dau  on  "India  Awakening," 
attend  jti  eight  Kiiions  and  hdp  in  preienting  theie 
four  programi.  cr  I  will  earnestly  ttite  cnaicientioui 
reasoni  to  a  member  of  the  Committee  tonight  why  I 

There  has  also  been  prepared  a  Mcx;lc 
Trial  for  a  tnissionaiy  emertainmem,  in 
which  an  American  Baptist  is  indicted  for 
failure  to  do  his  duty  to  India.  The  trial 
includes  the  examinatitHi  of  vricnesses  from 
India,  who  appear  in  costume,  with  other 


wknenet  repKMndng  the  inistkmMy  socie- 
ties, ahoiwing  what  has  been  done. 

The  purpose  of  diis  whole  campaign  is  to 
make  India  and  its  needs  very  real  b  the 
thought  of  the  entire  church.  One  by  one 
our  several  fields  and  phaiei  of  musionaiy 
worlc,  home  and  foreign,  are  thus  to  be 
presented,  in  the  amvicrion  that  by  mis- 
sionary education-  alone  shall  we  be  able  to 
solve  the  problems  of  missionary  finance 
and  apportionment  with  which  we  as  a 
denomination  arc  struggling. 

These  Bulletins,  together  with  the  new 
mission  study  catalog,  will  be  sent  upon 
request.      Address  The  Fokwakd  Move- 
ment, Ford  Building,  Boston. 
• 
Missionary  Birthday  Box 

A  very  attractive  three-color  missionary 
birthday  box  has  been  published  by  the 
Baptist  Forward  Movement.  On  the  sides 
are  pictures  representing  home  and  for- 
eign missions,  including  a  group  of  immi- 
grants, a  Christian  scho(d  in  India,  and  a 
Japanese  kindergarten;  with  the  inscriprions 
in  gilt  letters:  "Ye  shall  be  my  witnesses," 
"Go  ye  into  all  the  world,"  "Preach  the 
gospel  to  the  whole  creation,"  "I  am  the 
way,  the  truth  and  the  life."  On  the  bottom 
are  printed  full  instructions  for  its  use. 
The  Forward  Movement  will  give  this  box 
free  of  charge  to  Sunday  schools 

1.  That  do  not  now  use  any  birthday 
box,  and 

2.  Agree  to  give  birthday  offerings  to 


Those  accepting  should  send  postage 
(11  cents).  It  is  understood,  of  course,  that 
the  birthday  offering  should  not  take  the 
place  of  the  r^ular  system  of  missionary 
gifts  throughout  the  year,  but  is  an  extra 
free-will  supplemeiKary  oGTering.  Mission- 
ary birthday  gifts  should  be  secured  from 
evety  member  of  the  school,  including  the 
adult  and  home  departments. 


MISSIONS 


691 


Tht  SlandarJ:  We  must  be  on  our 
guard  test  in  our  fondness  for  discussion 
we  push  our  great  missionary  operations 
into  an  obscure  comer.  While  these  dis- 
cussions have  distina  value  and,  at  Phila- 
delphia, seemed  necessary,  missions  lie 
at  the  center  of  our  denominational  life 
and  we  cannot  neglect  these  great  interests 
in  our  annual  gatherings  without  serious 
loss.  After  sending  a  commission  to  Africa 
at  an  expense  of  not  less  than  ^7,000  we 
gave  less  than  1  quarter  of  an  hour  to  the 
commissioner  who  spoke  upon  the  results 
of  the  investigation.  Doctor  Stackhouse, 
whose  work  is  of  the  first  order  of  importance, 
had  no  adequate  opportunity  of  presenting 
his  plans  or  of  getting  at  the  heads  and 
hearts  of  the  great  assembly.  We  shall 
make  the  greatest  possible  mistake  and 
imperil  the  interests  which  are  of  transcend- 
ent importance  if  we  turn  our  denomina- 
tional meetings  into  debating  societies.  Our 
enthusiastic  enjoyment  of  a  free  forum  where 
any  member  of  the  convention  may  express 
himself  upon  any  question  before  the  body 
must  be  tempered  by  consideration  for  those 
interests  which  are  the  occasion  and  the  jus- 
tification of  denominational  organization. 


Baffin  WoTid  (Louisville) :  Along  with 
the  urgent  call  for  educational  work  in 
mission  fields,  three  courses  lie  open  to 
us.  We  may  confine  ourselves  to  preaching 
the  gospel  to  the  masses;  or 
such  schools  as  will  give  1 
nit  ion  among  the  forces  making  a 
in  the  East;  or,  a  third  possible  course  is  to 
accept  the  overtures  for  cooperation  in  the 
union  colleges  and  universities  and  SO 
take  OUT  place  along  with  others  in  the 
plan  jointly  to  meet  the  urgency  of  the 
crisis.  Many  of  our  missionaries  feel  that 
this  it  the  only  wise  courM  open   to  ua. 


lay  build 
I   just   recog- 


The'conditions'offered  are  such  as  to  con- 
serve the  rights,  dignity  and  integrity  of 
all  the  participating  denominations  so  far 
as  these  can  be  maintained  in  cooperative 
work.  We  are  not  prepared  now  to  advise 
this  course.  We  lay  the  question  before 
our  people  as  it  appeals  to  us- 

Philippines  Free  Prits:    The  most  hope- 
ful  factor  in  the   Philippines  today  is  the 


young  bilipmo.  In  hi 
of  the  future  of  these 
the  public  schools  he  : 
for  the  task.  Time  ws 
that  the  schools  wer 
men  who  were  fit  k 
to  be  nothing  but  "escribi 
little  is  heard  of  that  now. 


iking 
lands,  and  through 
aeing  well  equipped 
when  it  was  charged 
turning  out  young 
nothing  and  cared 

very 


Missionary  Revitvj :  William  T.  Ellis 
writes  from  Egypt  of  an  imperial  plan  for 
a  Christian  university  in  Cairo,  an  insti- 
tution of  [he  high  grade  of  the  Syrian 
Protestant  college  at  Beirut.  The  prospects 
are  good  for  the  early  realization  of  an 
institution  that  would  mean  to  active  Chris- 
tianity all  that  El  Azhar  means  to  Islam. 
Cairo  is  the  logical  place  for  this  essential 
force  in  the  new  anti-Moslem  campaign  on 
wh  ich  Ch  ristendom  seems  determined  to  enter 

Commonvjtalth:  One  thing  stands  out 
most  prominently.  Again  and  again  this 
momentous  truth  found  iteration  and  re- 
iteration, that  the  main  work  of  the  Chris- 
tian church  of  today  is  that  of  evangelistic 
missionary  endeavor  at  home  and  abroad. 
The  marvelous  growth  of  Christianity  has 
been  synchronous  with  its  greatest  mission- 
ary activity.  To  cease  this  activity  is  not 
only  to  be  recusant  to  the  last  commands 
of  our  Lord  and  Master,  but  it  means  as 
well  the  atrophy  and  final  death  of  Chris- 
tianity itself. 


692 


MISSIONS 


A  Han  of  Hany  ITameB 

"What  is  your  name  i"  seems  the  simplest 
of  questions  and  the  easiest  to  answer, 
but  that  depends.  Two  Taungthu  Chris- 
tians foi  instance,  were  married  recently 
in  Taunggyi,  Burma,  and  since  there  is  as 
yet  no  ordained  minister  appointed  to 
marry  people  there,  the  ceremony  was 
performed  before  the  civil  court  of  the 
superintendent  of  the  southern  Shan  states. 
Dr.  Henderson,  our  medical  missionary 
at  Taunggyi,  was  asked  to  fill  in  the  neces- 
sary papers.  He  inquired  the  name  of  the 
biide's  father  and  then  recorded  it  as 
"Aung  Myat."  When  the  civil  authority 
came  to  check  up  the  infonnation  and 
asked  again,  "What  is  the  bride's  father 
called?"    he    received    the    answer    "Paw 


Kham."  Disgusted  at  the  missionary's 
evident  lack  of  accuracy,  he  was  about  to 
correa  the  record,  but  to  make  the  in- 
formation doubly  sure  he  turned  to  the 
biide  and  reiterated  the  question.  "Mj 
father's  name  is  Ingta,"  was  her  quick 
response.  Such  conflicting  informatioo 
boded  ill  for  the  veracity  of  the  records  but 
investigation  showed  that  when  the  bride's 
father  was  bom  he  received  the  name 
"Aung  Myat;"  when  he  went  into  the 
monastery,  as  all  Buddhist  boys  do,  the 
priest  gave  him  another  name,  "Ingta/ 
now  since  he  has  a  son  whose  name  is  Ai 
Kham,  he  has  dropped  the  other  two  names 
and  is  called  "Paw  Kham,"  which  meant 
"the  father  of  Kham."  What  he  will  be 
called  if  he  becomes  a  grandfather  can 
only  be  conjectured- 


FROM     THE 

PIANO    AND    PARLOR    ORGAN     PROVIDED    FOR 
BASSEIN 

Our  school  is  rejoicing  in  various  blessings. 
For  some  time  we  have  been  wholly  without 
any  kind  of  musical  instrument,  though  the 
Karens  are  passionately  fond  of  music.  We 
have  just  acquired  a  piano,  almost  new,  and 
a  fine  instrument  in  fine  condition.  Much 
mote  than  half  the  cost  is  the  gift  of  Karens. 
Then  to  my  surprise,  last  week  a  Karen 
physician  said  to  me  that  he  would  like  to 
give  us  for  our  chapel  an  Estey  parlor  organ 
(about  ^loo)  in  memory  of  his  wife,  an 
accomplished  Christian  Karen  woman  who 
died  early  this  month.  Our  pupils  and 
teachers  in  the  school  in  thnr  annual  sub- 


FAR     LANDS 

scriptions  for  school  fumiiurt  and  apparatus 
last  month  pledged  I130,  which  is  simply 
magnificent  now  when  they  are  feeling  poor. 
They  are  fine  about  keeping  these  pledges. 
About  half  our  pupils  are  on  our  anti- 
tobacco  and  betel-nut  pledge- —  L.  W. 
Croskhite,  Bassein,  Burma. 

OLD   LEIPOPO,  THE   BIBLE   WOMAN 

Through  all  weathers  dear  old  Leipopo 
has  tramped  about  the  streets  of  Hanyang 
and  districts,  sometimes  on  the  great  timber 
rafts  which  unload  just  above  our  city  car- 
rying families  from  many  cities  in  Hunan 
province.  She  tells  her  brightest  experi- 
ences when  returning  from  them,  so  glad  it 


MISSIONS 


693 


she  to  find  such  friendly  and  eager,  though 
rowdy  and  rough,  listeners  to  her  stoiy. 
She  always  brings  back  an  empty  bag  the 
day  she  visits  them  and  says  to  me,  "Teacher, 
I  have  done  my  best  to  set  them  on  the 
heavenly  way.  Please  help  them  further  by 
praying  for  the  spirit  to  make  them  under- 
stand and  believe  the  books  I  sold  and  the 
story  I  told."  She  is  over  sixty,  and  her 
family  circumstances  make  it  perfectly  re- 
spectable and  right  for  her  to  go  about  as 
she  does.  .  .  .  She  says  sfag  must  keepLdight 
on  at.  it,  for  she  has  not  many  more  years  to 
spend  for  Jesus  and  her  people.  —  Mrs.  J. 
S.  Adams,  Hanyang,  Central  China. 

FIRST  CLASS   AT   KIMPESI   GRADUATES 

The  class  which  we  graduated  this  year 
had  been  with  us  since  January,  1909.  Al- 
though there  were  only  eight  who  finished 
out  of  nineteen,  yet  five  others  had  been 
taken  out  to  fill  important  positions.  In  the 
case  of  two  the  white  missionary  had  left  for 
furlough  and  these  men  had  to  take  charge 
of  the  station;  in  one  other  case  a  student 
who  was  especially  well  qualified  had  to 
take  charge  of  an  important  district  —  this 
place  might  have  been  otherwise  cared  for' 
until  he  could  have  completed  the  course, 
had  there  been  a  sufficient  staff  at  the  mis- 
sion station.  So  we  feel  that  thirteen  really 
belong  to  this  first  class  and  that  they  give 
promise  of  becoming  worthy  representatives 
of  the  school.  —  S.  E.  Moon,  Kimpesi, 
Africa. 

MISSIONARIES  AND  CHINESE  UNITE  IN  ANTI- 
CIGARETTE   CAMPAIGN 

The  English  and  American  Tobacco  Com- 
pany are  pushing  their  business  all  over 
Szchuan  Province,  West  China.  They  give 
away  thousands  of  cigarettes  as  well  as  un- 
limited quanddes  of  bright-colored  adver- 
tisement cards  and  posters.  Tlie  mission- 
aries in  some  stations  are  leading  in  an 
anti-cigarette  crusade.  Recently  the  three 
churches  of  Kiating  held  a  big  union  tem- 
perance meeting  on  a  Sunday  afternoon. 
After  an  excellent  address  on  the  evils  of 
strong  drink  (foreign  and  native)  by  Mr. 
Yii,  our  Sunday  school  superintendent.  Dr. 
Service  of  the  Canadian  Methodist  Mission 
gave  a  talk  on  the  evils  of  cigarettes  which 
made  a  deep  impression  upon  all  who  heard 
it.    Since  then  the  Kiating  missionaries  and 


Chinese  Christians  have  distributed  and 
posted  up  in  conspicuous  places  thousands 
of  anti-cigarette  tracts,  and  we  intend  to 
continue  this  fight  against  these  new  foreign 
poisons  which  are  flooding  the  country 
against  the  will  of  the  Chinese.  The  tobacco 
men  are  buying  up  all  of  our  tracts  they  pos- 
sibly can  for  several  cigarettes,  several  cash 
and  a  card  or  two  each.  This  is  costing 
them  something,  but  they  seem  to  have 
plenty  of  money;  however,  if  every  mission 
station  were  to  join  in  the  fight  against  their 
wicked  business  they  would  certainly  be 
driven  out.  The  Chinese  Board  of  Trade 
in  a  city  near  here  recently  gathered  up  and 
bought  up  all  the  cigarettes  they  could  and 
burned  them  publicly.  Chinese  public 
opinion  is  strongly  against  foreign  liquors 
and  tobacco,  but  these  unprincipled  for- 
eigners from  Christian  lands  are  doing  all 
in  their  power  to  force  these  new  curses 
upon  China  to  take  the  place  of  the  opium 
curse  which  is  now  fast  disappearing.  — 
Pansy  C.  Mason,  Kiating,  West  China. 

SIXTY  TOTS    ATTEND    OPENING   OF    BACOLOD 

KINDERGARTEN 

The  kindergarten  reopened  with  the  be- 
ginning of  the  schools.  There  are  sixty 
little  tots  enrolled,  learning  cleanliness,  po- 
liteness and  godliness.  Mrs.  Maxfield  has 
charge  of  the  work,  but  the  teaching  is 
given  by  two  well-trained  women  who  are 
members  of  the  church.  The  people  of  the 
town,  Romanists  as  well  as  Protestants, 
send  their  children  and  contribute  to  the 
support  of  the  work  which  costs  about 
twenty  dollars  a  month,  and  is  nearly  all 
provided  for  by  local  subscription.  —  C.  L. 
Maxfield,  Bacolod,  Philippines. 

"pale    eyes"   and  other  ailments 

One  of  my  office  boys  continues  to  amuse 
us  by  occasional  eccentridtios  of  speech  in 
his  histories  of  patients.  In  a  few  of  the 
latest  histories  I  noted  the  following.  One 
patient  was  troubled  with  a  "stomach  nui- 
sance;" another  diagnosis  was  "defected 
eyes;"  still  another  unfortunate  "fell  down 
from  a  porch  last  April,"  and  naturally  as 
a  consequence  he  was  "attacked  with  a 
fever  five  days  ago."  One  padent  had  been 
"feeding  no  dme,"  and  another  sufferer  was 
reported  as  one  who  "feels  both  eyes." 
The  number  who  are  afflicted  with  "pale 


694 


MISSIONS 


k 


eyes"  has  been  falling  off  of  late,  possibly 
due  to  remonstrance  on  our  part.  Whatever 
their  symptoms  may  be  on  paper,  however, 
in  the  flesh  they  are  very  real,  and  the  little 
we  can  do  to  alleviate  them  is  none  too  much. 
—  R.  C.  Thomas,  M.D.,  Iloilo,  Philippines. 

FREE  BAPTIST  NOTES  FROM  INDIA 

Dr.  Mary  Bacheler  is  still  suffering  from 
the  knee  hurt  by  a  fall  from  her  bicycle  and 
she  is  in  the  European  Hospital  in  Khargpur. 
She  is  improving  and  will  find  a  glad  welcome 
when  she  can  get  back  to  Balasore. 

During  the  hot  season  vacation  Dr.  Bach- 
eler, Dr.  Shirley  Smith  Thompson  and  Miss 
Gowen  were  at  Chandipore,  as  were  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Collett  and  Miss  Butts. 

Miss  Gaunce  is  teaching  among  the 
Oriyas,  and  many  are  being  converted. 
Twenty-seven  converts  were  baptized  re- 
cently. 

STRIKING  CONVERSIONS 

Rev.  A.  E.  BigeloWj'^of  Jaro,  Philippine 
Islands,  telling  of  the  gospel  power  as  he 
sees  it  in  his  missionary  experiences,  says 
he  went  to  a  church  one  morning  to  perform 
a  marriage  ceremony  and  had  a  long  talk 
with  the  head  man  of  the  Protestant  section 
of  the  barrio.  "I  know  him  as  a  faithful, 
conscientious  Filipino  Christian,  but  he 
certainly  has  had  a  checkered  career.  He 
has  been  a  robber  and  especially  a  go-be- 
tween for  carabao  thieves.  He  used  to  be  a 
habitual  drunkard  and  bad  man  generally 
in  his  carousals,  but  God  has  touched  his 
life,  and  behold  the  change  I  He  is  not 
alone  an  instance  of  such  salvation  here. 
There  are  many  such,  one  of  whom  is  prob- 
ably our  best  and  strongest  member  in  the 
whole  district.  Just  now  we  are  praying 
for  a  genuine  great  revival  that  will  reach 
out  into  the  barrios  where  we  have  no 
churches  at  present.  Will  you  not  stop 
now  and  ask  God  to  send  it  and  prepare 
us  for  its  coming?" 

A   MODERN    LAZARUS 

Rev.  S.  D.  Bawden  of  Ongole  and  Rev. 
Charles  Rutherford  of  Hanumakonda,  South 
India,  recently  made  a  trip  of  some  thou- 
sands of  miles  through  northern  India  for 
the  purpose   of  considering  the   industrial 


methods   used   in   the   mission   stations  of 
the  different  societies  at  work  in  that  field. 
While   visiting   Berfaampore,    Mr.    Bawden 
discovered     Lazarus,   one    of    his    former 
students  in  the  leather  department  of  the 
industrial  school  at  Ongole,    assisting  the 
missionaries  located  there  as  a  teacher  in 
the  industrial  shop.     Mr.   Bawden  writes, 
"I  was  glad  to  be  toid  that  in  addition  to 
doing  well   in   his   leather  work,    Lazarus 
busied  himself  among  the  Telugu  people 
in  the  neighboring  villages  as  a  volunteer 
worker,  and  on  Sunday  and  in  the  evenings 
after  work  was  done,  used  to  take  groups 
of  the  orphanage  boys  out  to  hold  little 
services  among  the  Telugus.    The  language 
of  most  of  the  community  is  Oriya,  but 
there  are  a  number  of  Telugus  up  there 
and  Lazarus  is  a  Telugu.    Finally  Lazarus 
asked   his   employer  to  send   him   to  the 
theological  seminaiy  to  study  for  the  ministry 
and  in  order  to  be  able  to  go,  since  he  would 
have  to  learn  his  lessons  there  in  Oriya, 
he   had    been   spending   his   evenings   for 
about    six   months    learning    to    read    in 
Oriya.     It  rejoices  us  to  find  among  the 
young   men   such   evidences   of  desire  to 
carry  the  gospel  to  their  own  people. 


The  Training  of  the  Conquerors  of  tiie  Land 

BY   D.    A.    W.    SlirrHy    D.D. 

President  of  Karen  Theologictl  Seminarj,  Inaetn 

In    a    report     of    Bishop     McDowell's 
"welcome  home"  from  his  tour  of  missions, 
at  a  great  meeting  held  in  the  Gymnasium 
of  the  Northwestern    Univenity,    Chicago, 
the  Bishop  is  reported,  among  odier  things, 
to  have  made  a  noble  and  powerful  defense 
of  the  work  among  the  non-caste  people. 
He  showed  how  work  among  them  raised 
the  people  to  such  a  level  in  the  second 
generation  as  to  command  the  respect  of 
even  the  caste  people.    He  laid,  and  rightly 
too,  great  stress  on  good  training  for  the 
Indian  preachers.     He  reminded  his  audi- 
ence that  India  could  never  be  saved  by 
the  foreign  missionary.     "India,"  he  said, 
"must  be  and  would  be  saved  by  her  own 
sons  and  daughters.     The  duty  before  us 
at    present    was    the   training    of  the   con- 
querors  of  the   land.      For   this   task    no 
ordinary  people  were  wanted.    The  second- 
rate  man,  he  hinted,  would  feel   more  at 


MISSIONS 


home  among  his  kith  and  kin,  in  Illinois, 
than  on  the  foreign  field." 

This  testimony  of  the  Bishop's  is  in- 
cidentally confirmed  by  Miss  Miranda 
Vinton,  one  of  our  earliest  single  lady 
missionaries,  who  came  to  the  help  of  her 
brother  in  1841.  She  was  for  a  time  asso- 
ciated in  her  mission  work  with  the  late 
Dr.  J,  G.  Binney,  the  first  president  of 
the  Karen  Theological  Seminary,  then 
in  Maulmein.  On  the  return  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Binney  to  the  United  States,  Miss 
Vinton,  then  at  home  on  furlough,  paid 
them  a  visit  at  their  house  in  Washington, 
D.C.  "She  was  present,"  Mrs.  Binney 
wiites,  "and  listened  to  Dr.  Binney's  in- 
augural address  on  entering  on  his  duties 
as  President  of  Columbia  College.  To 
a  gentleman  who  had  said  to  her  that  if 
her  acquaintance  with  Dr.  Binney  had 
beeti  confined  to  the  mission  work  she  must 


695 

be  somewhat  surprised  by  the  character  of 
his  address,  she  replied:  "By  no  means. 
1  have  heard  Dr.  Binney,  for  weeks  in 
succession,  preach  in  Karen;  and  I  have 
always  deemed  his  simple,  clear  and  moving 
manner  of  presenting  Bible  truths  to  so 
ignorant  a  people  as  requiring  a  higher 
order  of  talent  than  his  address  today. 
Indeed,"  she  added,  "I  have  not  enjoyed 
his  address  as  1  should  have  done  had  I 
not  been  thinking  how  much  the  labor  and 
ability  bestowed  upon  it  were  needed  in 
his  former  field  of  labor  among  the  Karens." 

"And  would  you  have  him  return  to 
itf" 

"Most  certainly;  I  should  rejoice  in  his 
return.  There  are  men  enough  10  take 
this  place,  who  are  probably  envying  him 
his  call  to  it,  while  no  one  can  or  will  Jake 
his  place  in  Bunna." 

Intein,  Aug.  I,  1911. 


Vacatton  Spella  In  Burma 


BY  REV.  J. 

During  thi 
May,  the 
Burma  drives  1 
missionaries  as 

either    near    Tavoy 

several  go  to  Myitkyina;  but 


4K    INGRAM    OF    NAMKHAM 

inths  of  March,  April  and 

plains  of 

the  hills  as  many  of  our 

an  leave  their  stations  for 

A  few  go  to  the  seashore 

I  do  way; 

go  up 


into  the  hills  near  either  Toungoo  or 
Bhamo.  The  most  popular  resort  is  that 
at  Sinlum,  about  twenty-five  miles  east  of 
Bhamo.  Here  the  altitude  is  only  6,000 
feet,  but  the  mountain  range  is  so  formed 
that,  however  hot  the  plains  below  may  be, 
Sinlum  is  always  cool  and  invigorating. 
There  are  only  two  cottages;  but  they  ac- 
commodate from  fifteen  to  twenty  mission- 
aries who  recuperate,  playing  tennis,  taking 


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MISSIONS 


long  walks  in  the  cool,  bracing  atmosphere, 
and  riding  ponies  along  the  pretty  bridle 
paths  leveled  by  the  government  around 
the  sides  of  the  mountain  range. 

The  scenery  is  beautiful,  the  climate 
invigorating,  the  fellowship  unspeakably 
delightful.  The  picture  shows  a  bridle 
path  leading  up  to  one  of  the  cottages  from 
which  is  straying  a  missionary's  child. 

Attraction  of  American  Inventions 

**A  gramophone  is  one  of  the  few  Ameri- 
can ideas  which  makes  good  in  this  land," 
writes  a  missionary  in  South  India.  "With- 
out it  we  get  large  crowds,  providing  our 
meetings  are  held  at  the  right  time  and  in 
the  right  place;  but  with  the  gramophone 
we  are  able  to  get  crowds  ranging  up  to 
1,000  people  to  assemble  in  the  tamarind 
groves  where  our  tent  is  usually  pitched. 
A  crowd  is  more  impressionable  in  the 
quiet  of  such  a  place  than  it  is  surrounded 
by  houses;  and  moreover,  it  is  something 
to  get  the  conservative  Hindu  to  do  the 
definite  thing  of  leaving  his  residence  and 
coming  to  the  camp.  They  at  once  become 
our  guests  in  place  of  our  being  their  in- 
truders. The  Hindus  are  very  sensitive 
to  ridicule  and  the  taunting  of  friends  keeps 
many  who  really  desire  to  hear  the  gospel 
away  from  our  meetings.  The  presence 
of  a  talking-machine  serves  as  a  good 
excuse  and  a  large  percentage  of  our  crowd 
really  come  for  the  preaching  which  follows. 
Again,  the  Hindus  have  followed  in  old 
ruts  so  long  that  their  minds  are  not  open 
to  new  things,  but  for  them  to  hear  a  com- 
position of  wood  and  steel  talking  and 
singing  like  men,  and  playing  like  musical 
instruments,  and  making  all  the  noises  of 
animals  and  birds,  frees  their  mind  from 
its  narrow  track  and  opens  it  to  the  com- 
prehension of  wonderful  things  about  God." 

Missionary  Personals 

On  the  28th  of  June,  Rev.  Ola  Hanson, 
D.D.,  completed  the  translarion  of  the  New 
Testament  into  the  Kachin  language. 
It  was  sixteen  years  ago  that  Dr.  Hanson 
began  his  task  of  translation  and  his  journey 
to  different  parts  of  Kachin  land,  his  study 
of  the  language,  his  preparation  of  grammar, 
dictionary   and   text-books   in   the   Kachin 


tongue  have  ail  been  undertaken  in  the 
hope,  now  realized,  that  the  Scriptures 
might  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Kachins. 

Dr.  R.  C.  Thomas  and  Dr.  J.  A.  Hall, 
of  the  Union  Hospital  at  Iloiloy  Philippine 
Islands,  representadve  respectively  of  the 
Baptist  and  Presbyterian  foreign  mission 
sociedes,  have  begun  the  erecdon  of  an 
additional  woman's  ward  for  the  hospital, 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Dunwoody,  of  Minneapolis, 
having  given  f  5,000  for  this  purpose. 

Mr.  D.  S.  Dye  and  Mr.  C.  L.  Foster,  of 
Chengtu,  West  China,  spent  their  summer 
vacadon  in  the  neighboring  hills  at  the 
summer  camp  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Associadon,  dividing  their  dme  be- 
tween study,  teaching  and  recreadon. 
Among  other  branches  of  instruction,  they 
gave  the  Chinese  boys  at  the  camp  a  pracdcal 
course  in  geology  and  botany. 

Mr.  R.  S.  Allan,  of  the  Allan  Line  of 
steamships,  who  so  generously  gave  to  the 
Foreign  Mission  Society  die  "Fukuin 
Maru"  or  Gospel  Ship  (launched  in  1899) 
as  a  memorial  to  his  mother,  has  recendy 
given  1^2,500  toward  the  building  of  a  new 
ship.  This  sum,  with  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  the  present  vessel,  makes  him  a 
substandal  contributor  toward  the  new 
ship  which  has  become  necessary  through 
the  remarkable  growth  of  the  work  on  the 
Inland  Sea  under  the  guidance  of  Captain 
Bickel  who  has  been  at  its  head  from  the 
beginning.  Captain  Bickel  will  personally 
oversee  the  building  of  this  new  "Fukuin 
Maru,"  which  is  to  be  built  in  Japan  by 
native  workmen. 

* 

Foreign  Missionary  Record 

ARRIVED 

Miss  A.  A.  Acock,  from  Sendai,  Japan,  at  Chicago, 

August  2. 
Rev.  J.  C.  Brand,  from  Tokyo,  Japan,  at  St.  Catherine, 

Ontario,  August  19. 

SAILED 

H.  Ostrom,  M.D.,  and  Mrs.  Ostrom,  from  Boston. 

July  29,  for  Sweden. 
Miss  Helen  Topping,  from  San  Francisco,  August  91 

for  Sendai,  Japan. 

moRN 

To  ReT.  W.  B.  Bullcn  and  Mrs.  Bullea,  of  Otaru, 
Japan,  at  Rozbury,  on  August  31,  r  boj,  George. 


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FROM    THE     HOME     LANDS 


INDIANS   MAINTAIN   MEETINGS 

Rev.  H.  H.  Clouse  labors  successfully 
among  the  Kiowa  Indians  at  Mountain 
View.  He  was  absent  three  Sundays  in  the 
East,  but  the  Indians  kept  up  the  work  and 
held  meetings  every  Sabbath.  They  love 
God's  house. 

REVIVING  A   CHURCH 

The  church  at  Auburn,  Neb.,  has  been 
near  extinction,  but  the  coming  of  Rev.  J. 
M.  Titterington  in  January  giike  it  new 
hope.  Auburn  is  a  village  of  2,700  inhabit- 
ants, and  has  several  strong  churches. 
The  Baptist  church  has  been  put  in  good 
repair,  and  the  interior  made  neat  and 
attractive.  The  Sunday  school  is  active 
and  growings  and  the  spiritual  interests  of 
the  church  are  in  a  hopeful  condition. 
Three  have  been  received  for  baptism. 
The  congregation  has  more  than  doubled. 

HARD  TIMES 

Owanka,  S.D.,  rejoices  in  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  T.  A.  Sherbondy.  Here,  as  in 
many  other  widely  distant  places,  the  oc- 
currence of  two  consecutive  dry  years  has 
seriously  crippled  the  financial  interests  of 
farmers.  Actual  destitution  and  lack  of 
food  for  man  and  beast  are  not  improb- 
able in  some  quarters  unless  relief  comes 
speedily.  In  some  cases  the  farms  have 
been  abandoned  in  search  for  other  work. 
The  benevolences  of  the  church,  however, 
are  regularly  met  according  to  its  custom, 
each  quarter,  although  the  pastor  has 
shared  the  financial  stringency  of  his  field. 

A  SOCIAL  AND  RELIGIOUS  PROBLEM. 

During  the  winter  of  1910-11,  15,000  men 
applied  for  assistance  to  the  Charity  Organi- 
zation Society  of  Seattle.  Special  statistics 
for  December  show  that  over  fifty-three  per 
cent  were  under  thirty  years  of  age,  and  less 
than  twelve  per  cent  were  over  fifty.  More 
than  three-quarters  of  the  entire  number 
were  in  good  physical  condition.     Seventy- 


five  per  cent  were  bom  in  America  and  the 
British  Isles.  These  young,  able-bodied, 
English-speaking  men  were  out  of  work 
simply  because  it  was  the  "slack"  season 
of  the  year.  Here  is  an  important  industrial 
problem  and  a  still  more  important  religious 
problem.  How  can  these  men,  each  year, 
be  fed,  clothed,  sheltered,  led  in  an  upward 
path;  in  short,  prevented  from  drifting  into 
that  condition  of  vagrancy,  despondency, 
and  finally  crime  that  awaits  to  welcome  the 
homeless  and  unfriended  ? 

NEBRASKA  NOTES 

North  Central  Nebraska,  with  its  many 
thousands  of  square  miles  of  sand  hills 
covered  with  waving  grass,  is  a  paradise  for 
stockmen.  The  people  live  in  little  settle- 
ments ten  or  twenty  miles  apart;  and  even 
in  the  settlements  their  cabins  are  far  be- 
tween,  for  the  Kinkaider  homesteads  are 
not  less  than  640  acres.  They  are  true 
Americans,  confident,  self-reliant,  kind- 
hearted  and  appreciative.  The  majority 
are  youngeriy  people  with  one  to  five  chil- 
dren who  are  bright,  healthy  and  ambitious. 
The  church  at  Chambers  is  in  the  midst  of 
this  region;  and  its  pastor.  Rev.  T.  H. 
Evans,  is  working  earnestly  both  at  home 
and  in  three  outstations,  two  of  which  are 
missions  and  one  a  church.  His  salary  at 
Chambers  is  liberal  and  he  is  permitted  to 
give  one  Sunday  in  each  month  to  the 
mission,  and  more  on  special  occasions. 
This  whole  region  needs  a  large  number  of 
resident  missionary  workers.  In  some 
places  the  public  school-teachers  are  doing 
much  to  uphold  the  standard  of  righteous- 
ness and  rightly  guide  the  children.  The 
week-night  dance  and  Sunday  base-ball  are 
prevailing  agencies  for  evil,  while  other  de- 
grading tendencies  also  exist.  A  good  work 
is  being  done  by  colporters,  who  are  gener- 
ally well  received  and  often  much  loved  by 
these  scattered  families.  Baptists  have 
gained  a  special  foothold.  Little  of  strictly 
missionary  work  is  being  done  except  by 


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MISSIONS 


Baptists  and  the  Free  Methodists.  "There 
is  much  confusion  caused  by  Advents, 
Mormons  and  nondescript  renegades." 
Many  of  the  people  are  poor  and  have  all 
they  can  do  to  support  their  growing  fami- 
lies; yet  from  these  families  will  come  the 
men  and  women  of  the  future.  They  need 
help  and  need  it  today.  Tomorrow  the 
twig  ynW  be  already  bent. 

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Russian  Work  in  North  Dakota 

BY  REV.  C.  E.  HEMANS,  GENERAL  MISSIONARY 

Just  when  our  minds  are  filled  with  the 
Baptist  conditions  and  prospects  in  Russia, 
it  may  not  be  amiss  to  say  a  word  through 
Missions  to  the  great  Baptist  host  of 
America  about  the  Russian  work  in  North 
Dakota.  There  are  from  3,000  to  5,000 
Russians  in  the  state.  Most  of  them  are 
adherents  of  the  Greek  church,  though  the 
ties  are  far  weaker  here  than  in  Russia. 
The  majority  are  nominal  rather  than  loyal 
subjeas  of  the  patriarch  of  Constantinople. 
When  once  the  Russian  sets  foot  upon  the 
free  soil  of  America,  like  all  other  nationali- 
ties he  begins  to  grow  independent  in  faith 
and  religion.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  200 
Baptists  have  come  to  North  Dakota  at 
different  times  direct  from  Russia.  Perhaps 
300  more  are  Stundists  scattered  among  the 
other  Protestant  denominations.  All  of 
these  are  more  or  less  favorable  to  us.  As 
yet  no  other  organized  religious  body  out- 
side the  Adventists  and  Mennonites  has 
done  any  work  among  them  and  these  veiy 
little.  More  than  ten  years  ago  we  entered 
the  field  through  our  Home  Mission  Society 
but  after  a  short  period  withdrew.  The 
people  seemed  to  be  suspicious  and  afraid 
of  us.  Dr.  Williams,  when  superintendent 
of  the  district,  helped  on  one  occasion  to 
secure  funds  to  buy  seed  to  sow  their  farms. 
It  was  proposed  about  this  time  to  build  a 
meeting  house  for  them  in  a  central  location, 
but  after  learning  that  it  would  only  help  to 
arouse  their  suspicions  the  project  was  not 
attempted.  But  all  this  time  and  since 
then  there  was  a  man  among  them  who 
was  directing  them  most  of  the  time  un- 
known to  them,  along  the  line  of  our  teach- 
ing. Seven  years  ago  this  man  was  or- 
dained by  the  German  Baptists.  His 
name  is  Rev.  A.  H.  Nikolaus,  and  he  lives 

t  the  present  time  at  Martin.    He  preached 


to  them  on  Sunday.  He  helped  them  to 
organize  churches  and  build  meeting-houses. 
Today  there  are  four  good  organizarions 
and  two  buildingiB.  Just  recently,  with  the 
aid  of  a  r^ularly  convened  council,  of 
which  I  was  a  member,  two  more  of  their 
number  were  ordained.  These  men  showed 
thorough  knowledge  and  proficiency  in  our 
doctrines  and  polity.  For  eveiy  question^ 
they  had  a  "thus  saith  the  Lord."  They 
will  hereafter  devote  much  if  not  all  their 
time  to  pastoral  work.  The  prospect  for  a. 
large  and  growing  work  is  not  more  prom- 
ising anywhere  among  these  people. 

Colorado  Hotes 

Rev.  F.  £.  Hudson  is  doing  faithful  work 
at  Arvada,  a  town  of  850  inhabitants,  near 
Denver.  A  spirit  of  true  brotherhood  is 
overcoming  former  differences.  Twenty- 
seven  new  members  have  been  received,  and 
an  entire  household  was  recendty  baptized. 

The  Second  Baptist  churth  of  Boulder 
(colored)  thrives  under  the  earnest  labors  of 
Rev.  Walter  Branson,  who  began  Chrisdan^ 
work  at  nineteen,  and  in  the  fourteen  years 
since  has  organized  seven  churches  and' 
erected  a  number  of  church  buildings.  He 
reports  97  converts  the  past  year,  and  a< 
meeting-house  at  Boulder.  He  has  three  or 
four  regular  outstations  and  devotes  August: 
to  tent-meeting  and  evangelistic  work. 

41 
''She  Hath  Done  What  She  Could" 

The  Home  Mission  Society  has  just. 
received  a  draft  from  the  estate  of  Miss- 
Angeline  Cutter,  of  Batavia,  New  York,, 
for  ^3,566.01,  in  accordance  vrith  the  terms 
of  her  bequest  to  the  Society.  The  ex- 
ecutor, in  transmitting  the  amount,  gives- 
the  following  interesting  facts  about  her: 
"She  was  bom  February  15th,  1838,  and- 
died  March  30th,  191 1.  She  became 
totally  blind  at  the  age  of  three  years.  She. 
was  educated  at  the  New  York  School  for 
the  Blind  in  New  York  city  and  became 
very  proficient  as  a  musician.  She  taught 
music  at  that  institution  for  many  years 
and  subsequently  was  employed  as  a  teacher 
of  music  at  the  State  School  for  the  Blind 
in  this  village  and  continued  here  until 
she  was  incapacitated  by  age.  She  was  a- 
woman  of  great  worth  and  greatly  beloved 
by  all  who  knew  her.     She  was  buried  aL 


MISSIONS 


699 


Greenwood  Cemetery,  Brooklyn.  She  united 
with  the  Baptist  church  at  an  early  age 
and  was  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  this  village  at  the  time  of  her 
death." 

The  Universal  Race  Congress 

One  of  the  most  distinguished  speakers, 
and  one  of  the  best  received,  at  the  Universal 
Race  Congress  in  London,  was  Dr.  W.  E. 
Burghart  DuBois,  A.M.  Ph.D.  (Harvard), 
a  professor  in  Atlanta  University  and 
author  of  the  remarkable  book,  "The 
Souls  of  Black  Folks."  Dr.  DuBois  boasted 
that  he  is  descended  from  five  generations 
of  mulattoes,  thus  proving  the  vitality  of 
that  racial  blood.  He  said  that  the  earth 
with  its  network  of  travel  is  continually 
shrinking  and  that  white  men  must  more 
and  more  live  in  contact  with  human 
beings  of  every  race.  If  they  choose  to 
say  that  existence  alongside  the  Chinese, 
the  Japanese  or  the  Black  Folks  is  in- 
tolerable, they  will  have  to  crush  the  whole 
of  colored  humanity. 

At  the  same  Congress  Dr.  Eastman, 
author  of  "The  Soul  of  an  Indian,"  main- 
tained the  spirituality  of  his  race.  Most 
white  people  will  be  astonished  at  his 
declaration  that  "Scalping  was  not  an 
American  Indian  practice  at  all.  It  was 
not  introduced  until  the  European  came 
and  settled  in  America  and  put  it  on  a 
commercial  basis." 

A  funny  yet  not  unreasonable  contention 
at  the  London  Race  Congress  was  that  of 
Mr.  Gayatilake,  of  Ceylon,  who  objected 
to  the  modem  use  of  the  verse  in  Bishop 
Heber's  ''Missionary  Hymn,"  which  alludes 
to  Ceylon's  isle  as  the  place  "where  every 
prospect  pleases  and  only  man  is  vile." 

•it 
Colorado 

Rev.  A.  C.  Blinzinger  has  been  at  Pagosa 
Springs  two  years  and  has  done  much  to 
set  the  discouraged  little  church  upon  its 
feet  again.  When  he  arrived  he  found 
an  unpainted  church  building,  no  singing 
books,  no  pulpit  chairs  and  a  half  dozen 
or  so  of  willing  members.  There  was  a 
debt  of  1^690  at  ten  per  cent  interest.  By 
the  aid  of  the  Home  Mission  Church  Edifice 
Fund  for  the  last  1^250,  the  debt  has  been 


paid.  The  building  is  painted,  books  and 
chairs  have  been  purchased,  matting  laid 
and  other  improvements  added,  among 
them  a  fine  bell.  Seven  converts  have 
been  baptized.  A  parsonage  is  the  next 
step  planned. 

The  Mt.  Olivet  Baptist  Church  of  Den- 
ver is  in  a  section  not  yet  closely  built  up, 
containing  many  Roman  Catholics  and 
foreigners.  Its  members  are  financially 
poor,  being  wage  earners,  and  few  are 
competent  as  leaders  in  Christian  work. 
But  they  are  earnest  and  active,  and  the 
church  is  steadily  growing  in  numbers  and 
influence.  One  of  its  members  is  a  mis- 
sionary in  Bavaria.  Two  are  in  Brown 
University  preparing  for  mission  work. 
One  has  b^en  licensed  to  preach,  and  an- 
other is  considering  the  ministry.  One 
young  woman  is  planning  to  enter  a  train- 
ing school  preparatory  to  missionary  labor. 
The  pastor,  Rev.  A.  A.  Layton,  is  leading 
his  people  nobly.  Missionary  oflFerings 
exceed  the  budget. 

The  Dalles,  Oregon 

The  Dalles  has  a  population  of  7,000 
and  is  growing  rapidly.  It  is  one  of  the 
oldest  towns  in  the  state,  and  yet  reminds  one 
of  a  frontier  city,  for  it  has  32  saloons  and 
many  evil  resorts.  The  saloon  element 
largely  runs  the  city  government  and  has 
cowed  the  business  men,  the  press  and 
others.  The  buildings  in  which  the  saloons 
and  brothels  are  kept  are  owned  largely 
by  influential  citizens,  some  of  whom  are 
church  members,  and  because  of  the  large 
rentals  received  they  are  content  to  let  the 
saloon  remain.  There  are  seven  Prot- 
estant churches  in  The  Dalles,  besides  a 
large  Roman  Catholic  church.  The  Prot- 
estant churches  are  all  small  in  comparison 
with  what  one  might  expect  in  a  city  of 
the  size.  The  Baptists  have  organized 
three  times.  The  present  organization 
in  February,  1910,  had  an  enrollment  of 
118  members.  There  was  a  resident  mem- 
bership of  about  60  members,  and  they 
were  scattered,  lacking  interest. 

Great  improvement  has  taken  place. 
The  people  generally  are  not  church-goers, 
yet  the  congregations  are  very  fair,  more 
than  double  the  church  membership.  The 
prayer  meetings   and   communion   services 


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MISSIONS 


are  well  attended,  and  the  Sunday  school 
now  averages  loo.  Twenty  new  members 
have  been  received,  the  meeting-house  has 
been  repaired  outside  and  inside,  and  the 
improvements  are  paid  for  and  all  the 
financial  obligations  of  the  church  have 
been  met.  The  difficulties  are  mainly 
the  lack  of  trained  teachers  for  the  Sunday 
school,  want  of  interest  on  the  part  of  some 
resident  Baptists,  and  lack  of  reverence  for 
God's  day,  house  and  book. 

New  Mexico  Notes 

James  H.  Davis,  general  evangelist  of 
the  New  Mexico  Baptist  Convention,  re- 
ports "heroic  work"  by  Colporter  Gorden 
in  the  mining  camp  of  Santa  Rita,  a  very 
rich  and  long-established  camp:  A  church 
of  fifteen  members  has  been  organized  and 
a  little  chapel  begun.  Three  persons  bap- 
tized by  Mr.  Davis  there  were  the  first  ever 
baptized  in  that  camp.  Rev.  R.  S.  Withrow 
of  California  has  become  the  pastor.  On 
a  recent  trip  the  evangelist  visited  twelve 
churohes  in  fourteen  days,  preaching  from  one 
to  three  times  every  day  and  driving  each  day 
ten  to  fifty  miles.  He  speaks  in  the  highest 
terms  of  the  pastors  who  are  laying  the  foun- 
dations and  "making  Baptist  history"  in  this 
territory.  The  churches  likewise  share  his 
praise.  Nearly  every  one  of  them  has  met 
its  apportionment  in  the  budget. 

Raton  is  a  large  town  (population  4,539), 
a  railway  center,  near  the  Colorado  bound- 
ary. The  population  is  very  transient, 
and  the  newness  of  the  life  leads  many  who 
were  active  in  religious  work  at  their  east- 
em  homes  to  forget  their  obligations. 
Pastor  £.  S.  Paddock  was  recently  assisted 
by  General  Evangelist  Davis  in  revival 
services  which  have  resulted  in  the  baptism 
of  38  converts. 

San  Juan  County  occupies  the  north- 
western comer  of  the  state.  Its  county  seat 
is  Aztec,  a  village  of  about  500  inhabitants, 
35  miles  south  of  Durango,  Colo.  Here 
are  three  churches,  Baptist,  Methodist  and 
Presbyterian;  "likewise  a  Mrs.  Eddy  or- 
ganization." Rev.  J.  W.  Falls  is  Baptist 
pastor.  He  finds  the  usual  conditions  of 
hustling  towns  in  that  region.  Unfortu- 
nately, the  editor  of  the  local  paper,  who  is 
a  prominent  "Eddyite,"  has  allied  himself 


with  Sunday  base-ball,  and  even  a  Baptist 
"has  been  known  to  win  fi^oo  worth  of 
goats  and  horses  in  a  Sunday  afternoon 
horse-race."  However,  the  faithfid  are 
faithful  here  as  elsewhere.  The  church 
expects  soon  to  dedicate  a  fine  new  building. 
The  membership  is  71.  There  will  be  no 
debt  except  a  $500  loan  from  the  Home 
Mission  Society,  and  it  is  hoped  that  this 
will  be  repaid  by  another  year.  The  Metho- 
dists have  a  building  of  nearly  equal  value 
(1^5,000),  and  the  Presbyterians  own  a 
valuable  tract  of  real  estate,  although  they 
still  worship  in  an  adobe  scmcnire. 

More  than  half  of  San  Juan  County  is 
covered  by  the  Navajo  and  Southern  Ute 
Indian  reservations.  Most  of  the  "towns" 
in  the  remainder  are  mere  post-offices  and 
centers  of  supplies  for  surrounding  farms 
and  stock  ranchers.  Cedarhill  has  a  popu- 
lation of  nearly  200;  Flora  Vista  about  250; 
and  Farmington,  the  largest  village  in  the 
county,  has  about  800.  The  last-named 
has  five  churches  —  Methodist,  Presbyte- 
rian, Episcopal,  and  a  new  little  Baptist 
church  just  formed  by  a  missionary  evan- 
gelist of  the  Southern  Baptist  Convention. 
The  total  population  of  the  county  is  about 
9,000.  Much  credit  is  due  the  brethren 
who  labor  faithfully  and  efficiently  in  these 
remote  strongholds  of  secularism,  where 
there  is  not  even  the  help  of  conservative 
Christian  tradition  to  reinforce  the  preach- 
er's message  and  give  approbation  to  a 
right  religious  life. 

Carlsbad,  a  beautiful  village  of  1,800  in- 
habitants, is  the  county  seat  of  Eddy 
County  and  the  chief  town  in  southeastern 
New  Mexico.  It  is  situated  on  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railway,  in  the  valley 
of  the  Pecos  River,  and  is  abundantly  irri- 
gated under  the  care  of  a  local  irrigation 
project.  In  June  the  saloons  of  the  town 
went  out  of  business  without  any  fight  on 
voting,  but  by  arbitration  only.  The  Bap- 
tist church  is  making  substantial  gains 
under  the  leadership  of  Rev.  Milton  Reese, 
who  became  pastor  about  eighteen  months 
ago.  Sixty-five  new  members  have  been 
received,  ^^  of  them  by  baptism.  The  con- 
gregation is  much  hampered  by  the  in- 
sufficient size  of  the  meeting-house  which 
was  built  sixteen  years  ago,  a  long  and 
changeful  period  in  these  growing  towns. 


MISSIONS 


CHAPEL     CAR     AND    COLPORTER 


Gift  far  the  Baptist  Russian  Work 
Pastor  Fetler  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  St.  Petersburg,  has  been  much  encouraged 
in  his  forward  movement  tn  Russia  by  the 
gift  of  {2,000  from  the  American  Baptist 
Publication  Society  for  the  purchase  of 
printing  machines  for  the  work  and  develop- 
ment of  "The  Spiritual  and  Ustful  Tract 
Society"  which  he  started  three  years  ago. 
This  publication  work  is  growing  rapidly 
and  ha$  proved  a  power  for  the  evangeliza- 
tion of  the  Russian  Empire.  Even  priests 
of  the  State  Church  are  applying  for  Chris- 
tian tracts  and  introducing  in  some  of  their 
parishes  the  International  Bible  reading 
which  Pastor  Fetler  publishes  every  year 
under  the  name  of  "Manna."  He  also 
publishes  a  monthly  journal  called  Goslj 
(The  Guest).  Through  help  received  he 
sends  this  to  several  hundred  priests  and 
Creek  Ghurx;h  teachers  all  through  Russia 
and  Siberia.  He  wishes  it  were  possible 
to  send  this  paper  to  every  priest  in  the 
Empire  and  to  all  the  prisons  and  hospitals. 
Americans  can  greatly  help  the  cause  by 
sending  to  Mr.  Fetler  the  subscription 
price,  75  cents  for  one  year,  so  that  the 
paper  can  be  mailed  not  only  to  those 
needing  it  in  Russia  but  also  to  Russians 
in  the  United  States.  This  is  a  practical 
and  cheap  method  of  evangelization.  Mail 
addressed  to  Rev.  Wm.  Fetler.  1701  Chest- 
nut Street,  Philadelphia,  will  always  reach 


The  Hew  Educational  Secretary 

The  American  Baptist  Publication  Society 
announces  a  change  in  Its  educational 
department.  Rev.  Hugh  T.  Musselman, 
who  for  the  past  five  years  has  been  edu- 
cational secretary'  with  special  charge  of 
Teacher  Training  work,  resigned  to  take 
effect  September  15th.  Rev.  W.  A.  Chal- 
mers, of  Morgan  Park,  111.,  has  been  elected 
educational  secretary,  as  successor  both  to 
Mr.  Musselman  and  Rev.  George  T.  Webb, 


who  has  been  for  years  the  efficient  Young 
People's  Secretary;  it  being  deemed  desir- 
able that  the  educational  work  of  the  Society 
should  be  unified  under  one  head  with 
competent  assistants  in  both  depat 
The  Society  greatly  regrets  to  I 
services  of  Mr.  Musselm 


of  < 


Tr; 


system,  edited  or  wrote  our  Teacher  Train- 
ing text  books  and,  by  most  faithful  and 
persistent  efforts,  has  so  advanced  Ttacher 
Training  in  our  Baptist  Sunday  schools 
that  there  are  now  upon  our  TeacherTrain- 
ing  rolls  nearly  twenty  thousand  names. 
As  is  well  known  Mr,  Webb  has  been  made 
Associate  Editor  of  periodicals  with  Dr. 
Blackall,  and  remains  with  the  Society  iii  a 
most  responsible  position.  ' 

We  bespeak  for  Mr.  Chalmers,  who  comes 
to  us  with  high  recommendations  and  under 
an  arrangement  which  is  heartily  approved 
by  the  Baptist  Young  Peoples'  Union  of 
America,  the  confidence  and  suppon  of 
all  Baptist  people.  — A.  J.  Rowland,  S^f'y. 
* 
Hungrjr  for  the  Word 

Meres  a  little  summer  Sunday  school  in 
a  schoolhouse  in  the  hills,  with  a  dozen 
families  around,  too  far  from  the  churches 
for  the  mothers  and  children  to  attend. 
Some  .said  thty  had  not  heard  a  sermon  for 
three  or  four  years.  I  had  been  asked  by 
the  superinrendtnt  to  stop  two  nights  on  a 

a  very  husv  season  but  the  people  came  out 
early  and  'filled  the  little  house.  A  farm 
wagon  load  of  voung  people  came  five  miles. 
Some  .if  the  older  women  walked  two  and  a 
half  miles.  Ihiy  brought  their  lanterns 
which  were  the  only  lights  we  had.  Seats 
were  improvised  of  boards,  tomato  crates  and 
blocks  of  wood,  to  accommodate  the  crowd, 
and  then  some  bad  to  stand.  Such  music, 
such  order  and  divotion  I  have  seen  in  few 
places.  The  oldtime  songs  rang  out  from 
the   little   school   as   I'd   never  heard   them 


702 


MISSIONS 


befoTc.  Two  nights  ?  That  was  not  enough.. 
I  did  stay  three  and  forfeited  a  much 
needed  rest  and  missed  a  meal  to  reach 
my  appointment  for  the  next  night.  — 
Rev.  a.  V.  Rowland. 


Three  Generatioiu  of  Sunday  School 

Hiwionwiea 
The  picture  represents  a  unique  feature 
in  the  Sunday  school  work  of  the  Publi- 
cation Society  in  West  Virginia.  The 
oldest  man  U  D.  T.  C.  Farrow  of  Parket»- 
burg,  who  served  twenty-five  years,  and 
the  "elderly"  man  opposite  him  is  Rev. 


Baptist  churches  into  Baptist  schools. 
He  also  organized  the  Slate  into  distria 
Sunday  school  conventions.  He  was  a 
great  singer,  and  caught  the  children  and 
young  people  with  his  sweet  singing.  He 
is  now  84  years  old,  and  almost  deaf  and 
blind,  but  full  of  leal.  He  is  the  "Grand 
Old  Man"  of  West  Vi^nia. 

Mr.  Peters  gave  hit  strength  to  im- 
proving the  tdioots,  introducing  normal 
class  work  and  holding  institutes.  H( 
arranged  the  meetings  of  the  district  con- 
ventions so  that  he  could  attend  every  ooe 
of  them  every  year.  He  always  earned 
Bibles  and  books  with  him  as  the  sure  way 


L.  E.  Peters  of  Clarksburg,  who  has  been 
in  the  service  21  years  this  November. 
He  served  with  Mr.  Farrow  in  his  last  year, 

period  of  fony-five  years.  The  one  in 
the  center  is  Rev,  A.  B.  Wiihers  of  Bridg- 
port,  who  entered  the  service  seven  years 
ago  as  a  colporter,  but  now  is  doing  the 
field  work  of  the  State  and  Mr.  Peters  the 
office  work. 

Mr,  Farrow  did  the  pioneer  work.    When 

he  entered  it  there  were  not  more  than  a 

dozen    Baptist   schools  in  the   Slate.     He 

organized  most  of  the  schools  in  the  State 

^•nd    changed    the    "Union "    schools    in 


to  sell  them.     He  often  says  he  literally 
had  the  "grip  on  both  aides"  for  seventeen 

Mr.  Withers  soon  developed  from  > 
colporter  into  a  successful  mission  an'. 
He  is  up  to  date  on  Sunday  school  psy- 
chology and  pedagogy,  is  doing  line 
work,  and  often  called  (o  give  lectures  in 
r  assemblies. 


Colporter  Roiriuid'a  Work 

Tlie  church  at  New  Prospect,  Ind.,  tt- 

ports  zi   conversion*  and   15  baptisms  as 

the  results  of  meetings  held  by  Rev.  A.  V. 


MISSIONS 


703 


Rowland,  colporter  of  ihe   Publication  So- 

•ciety.  The  church  was  greatly  blessed.  A 
pastor  b  now  on  the  field.  The  'church  in 
Elizabeth,  which  had  long  been   dormant, 

^nd  without  services,  was  awakened  by  a 
series  of  meetings  which  brought  twenty 
new  members,  including  six  heads  of  fami- 
lies. Rev.  1.  T.  Spillman  was  called  as 
pastor)  a  Sunday  school  has  been  organ- 
ized, also  a  young  people's  union,  and  the 

-outlook  is  entirely  changed.  This  is  the 
kind  of  help  the  evangelist  colporter  brings 

•*o  these  remote  fields. 


Chapel  Car  Hotel 


Wash- 
1  three 

which 
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.  The 
ra,  but 
chapel 
Evan- 


house 


I  have  Men  in  many  a  day.  Have  been 
preaching  all  week  to  the  church  people, 
and  die  other  night  had  them  on  their 
rkneet,  and  now  they  are  having  women's 
prayer  meedngs.  But  the  best  meetings 
arc  the  noonday  meetings,  and  yesterday 
wc  had  one  of  the  clearest  conversions 
-of  one  of  the  railroad  men  right  in  the  car. 
His  saving  is  vrorth  the  month.  The  meet- 
ings average  about  30  men  who  bring  theii 
dinners.  We  use  the  graphophone  while 
they  eat,  then  sing  several  pieces.  Mrs, 
K.  sings,  then  I  speak.  At  10.30  at  night 
a  caller  came  and  said,  "Please  sir,  we  men 
who  work  at  night  have  no  chance  to  go 
to  church;  these  day  men  can  go,  what 
-could  be  done  for  us  i"  And  I  said,  "Will 
he   ddi^tcd  to  have  the  same    kind  of 


for  hirr 


services  for  you  at  midnight,"  so  have  been 
holding  services  from  iz.05  to  11.50.  And 
think  of  it,  the  man  who  acted  as  spokesman 
is  not  a  Christian.  I  had  a  talk  with  him 
about  his  soul  and  told  him  we  would  pray 
.d  he  thanked  us.  Told  him  if 
jnsaved  man  had  such  interest 
1  surely  he  should  have  the  joy 
1.  When  the  graphophone  was 
,  I  thought  its  main  work  would 
be  at  children's  meetings,  but  it  is  in  the 
men's  meeting.  1  have  only  about  35 
records,  so  when  I  land  in  a  place  I  go  to 
one  of  the  dealers  and  tell  him  about  the 
meetings  and  suggest  that  if  he  will  keep 
me  supplied  with  the  records  1  want  to  use, 
I  will  tell  the  men  whose  records  I  am 
using.  They  are  eager  to  help.  The  rail- 
road men,  officers  and  all,  are  kindness 
itself.  Today  they  cleaned  the  outside  of 
car,  and  in  the  morning  will  "blow  it  out." 
They  clean  it  by  air  pressure.  They  keep 
coal  bin  full  and  ice  cooler,  then  ask  if 
I  want  anything  else. 


In  hi) 


Dr.  H&cArthnr's  Appeal 

appeal  for  immediate  aid  for  the 


work    in    St.    Petersburg,    Dr.    MacAithur 

says:  "In  helping  the  work  of  these  noble 
men,  we  are  advancing  the  cause  of  civil 
and  religious  liberty  for  men  of  every  name 
and  creed  around  the  globe.  This  is  a  time 
for  immediate  action;  to  wait  for  the  calling 
of  committees  may  mean  defeat  today  and 
disaster  tomorrow.  Both  of  these  appeals 
were  endorsed  repeatedly,  directly  and  in- 
directly, at  the  great  meetings  of  the  Bap- 
list  World  Alliance  recently  held  in  Phila- 
delphia. Shall  we  come  at  once  to  the  help 
of  the  Lord,  by  helping  these  beloved 
brethren?" 


What  a  Prominent  Chicago  Laymftn  Saya 
After  hearing  and  re-reading  Dr.  Clifford's 
noble  deliverance  it  is  a  question  in  my  mind 
whether  any  church  has  a  right  to  the  name 
of  a  Baptist  church  and  a  place  in  the  glo- 
rious heritage  outlined  by  Dr.  Clifford  if  it 
fails  in  the  earnest  performance  of  its  duty 
toward  support  of  the  missionary  enter- 
prises of  our  denomination. 

—  Andrew  MacLeish. 


MISSIONS 


Diaij  of  a  Medical  Hisiloiury 
Perhaps  there  is  no  more  interesting  form 
than  the  diary  in  which  to  put  a  missionary 
Btoiy  vividly  before  the  reader.  This  med- 
ical missionaty,  Dr.  Z.  S.  Loftis,  in  "A  Mes- 
sage from  Batang,"  describes  his  outgoing 
trip  on  the  way  to  his  field  in  Tibet,  where 
his  work  was  wholly  new  to  the  people  and 
greatly  needed.  It  is  a  hving  missionary 
book,  full  of  interest.  (Revell:  illustrated; 
75  cts.  net.) 

Fruk  Fteld  EUlnwood 
Miss  Maty  G.  EUinwood  has  wrinen  a 
fine  biography  of  her  father,  who  was  for  a 
generation  secretary  of  the  Presbyterian 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions  and  a  leader  of 
high  character  and  ability.  The  book  throws 
much  light  upon  the  work  of  missions  from 
thesectarial  point  of  view.  (Revell:  346  pp.; 
1 1  net.) 

Wliat  of  the  Church? 
This  is  the  question  asked  and  answered 
in  bright  and  suggestive  style  by  J.  Sherman 
Wallace,  B.D.,  professor  in  McMinnville 
College.  The  author  puts  the  church  in  the 
center,  where  she  belongs,  and  points  out 
what  needs  to  be  done  to  reclaim  supremacy 
for  the  church  in  the  life  of  the  world.  It  is 
a  good  book  for  preacher  or  layman.  Per- 
sonal evangelism  on  the  part  of  every  mein- 
her  is  the  declared  solution  of  our.  religious 
and  social  problems.  (Griffith  &  Rowland 
Press:    50  cts,  net.) 

The  Foreign  Doctor 
Robeit  E.  Speer  has  added  another  to  his 
missionaty  biographies.  This  one  tells  the 
story  of  Joseph  Plumb  Cochran,  M.D.,  of 
Persia,  a  noble  charaaer.  The  volume 
shows  dearly  the  value  and  peculiar  in- 
reach  of  the  medical  mission  work,  and  is 
thus  a  valuable  contribution  to  mission  liter- 


liis  is  a  volume  for  the  student  tA 
and  the  general  reader  as  well, 
written  by  a  man  who  knows  how  to  get  tht 
pith  and  point  of  his  subject.  (Revell: 
384  pp.;  ti.50  n«.) 

* 

Missions  in  the  Magazines 

The  North  Amtriean  Review  for  August 
gives  nine  pages  to  an  article  on  "The 
American  Temperament,"  by  Alain  Locke, 
a  negro  native  of  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Locke 
received  hb  degree  of  A.B.  from  Harvard  in 
1907,  after  which  he  was  Rhodes  scholar 
from  Pennsylvania,  at  Oxford,  for  three 
years.  He  is  now  engaged  in  study  abroad, 
preparing  to  devote  himself  to  race  educa- 
tion and  journalism.  His  article  is  in  the 
main  thoughtful  and  su^estive.  He  says 
"the  only  justification  America  has  yet  had 
comes  direct  from  the  self-satisfaaion  of  the 
individual  American."  Over  against  which 
we  may  put  the  words  of  British  Ambassador 
James  Bryce:  "An  impaitially  vigoroui 
censor  from  some  other  planet  might  say  of 
the  Americans  that  they  are  not  at  this  mo- 
ment less  priggishly  supercilious  than  the 
Germans,  less  restlessly  pretentious  than 
the  French,  less  pharisaically  self-satisfied 
than  the  English."  Mr.  Locke's  article  and 
his  career,  however,  are  proofs  of  the  in- 
tellectual possibilities  of  his  race,  if  proofs 


seded.    The   bes 


]  the 


revilers  of  the  negro  is  to  show  them  what, 
in  all  walks  of  life,  negroes  are  now  doing. 

Japan  has  a  lion's  share  of  this  month's 
material.  The  Westminster  Rn-ieu-  con- 
tains "Industrial  Problems  of  Japan,"  a 
serious  article  showing  present  industrial 
conditions  chaotic  and  the  outlook  threaten- 
ing. Hakusan  Ronin  is  the  author  of  "Re- 
ligious    Indifference     and     Anarchism     in 


MISSIONS 


705 


Japan."  He  denies  the  charge  of  religious 
indifference  and  ascribes  as  causes  of  the 
anardiistic  activity,  modern  education,  in- 
crease of  populadon,  growth  of  industrialism 
and  officialism.  The  last  the  author  thinks 
the  most  pernicious,  for  "it  is  to  our  political 
corruption  that  all  these  evils,  real  and  im- 
aginaiy,  are  due."  ''Intellectual  Life  in 
Japan/'  in  The  North  American  Review,  is 
a  careful,  scholarly  discussion  of  the  lit- 
erature of  Japan.  "A  strong  but  selective 
realism  in  literature,  delicate  word-painting, 
the  successful  search  for  mastery  over  the 
forces  of  nature,  a  grasp  of  social  and  political 
relationships — these  are  among  the  things 
we  may  expect  from  Japan  of  the  future." 
Yoshio  Markino,  the  artist,  continues  his 
series  "When  I  Was  a  Child,"  in  McClure's. 

The  best  article  from  a  missionary  view- 
point, however,  is  to  be  found  in  the  Century 
and  is  entitled  "Christian  Missions  in 
Japan;"  This  is  written  by  Adachi  Kin- 
nosuke,  who  prefaces  what  follows  by 
saying  it  is  "no  defense  of  the  foreign  mis- 
sions; not  even  a  Christian  view  of  the  work. 
I  am  a  Japanese  by  birth  —  a  mere  heathen. 
It  is,  therefore,  an  impression  of  an  outsider, 
pure  and  simple,  and  these  I  know  to  be 
facts."  Mr.  Kinnosuke  then  tells  the  in- 
spiring story  of  the  famous  Kumamoto  Band 
who  under  the  guidance  of  their  Christian 
teacher.  Captain  L.  L.  Janes,  helped  to  lay 
the  foundation  of  Christian  work  in  Japan. 
He  gives  also  the  story  of  Joseph  Hardy 
Neesima,  who  founded  the  Doshisha,  the 
greatest  Christian  university  in  the  country. 
The  author  declares  that  "the  great  fruit  of 
Christian  missions  in  Japan  is  the  gift  to 
Japan  of  a  new  national  ideal."  To  this 
stirring  article  is  appended  a  comment  by 
the  well-known  authority  on  Japan,  William 
Elliot  Griffis,  who  asks,  "Is  Japan  becoming 
a  Christian  nation  ?  If  the  answer  must  be 
given  to  mean  the  acceptance  of  the  theology 
made  in  Europe,  I  reply,  'Never!'  Chris- 
tianity in  Japan  will  develop  without  our 
traditions,  classifications  and  controversies. 
If  answer  must  be  by  statistics  in  terms  of 
mustard  seed  phenomena,  I  answer, 
'  Perhaps.'  If  in  terms  of  leaven  and  trans- 
formation there  can  be  no  other  answer  than 
an  empharic  *Yes!*  " 

The  current  number  of  the  Century  is 
indeed  a  treasure-trove  for  one  interested  in 
many  lands.  "Four  Giants  in  Brobdingnag" 


constitutes  an  impressionist's  studies  of 
real  life  in  South  Africa,  the  four  giants 
being  Blue  Tongue,  that  dread  disease  which 
lurks  in  the  thick,  white  mists  of  the  valleys; 
Drought,  which  brings  desolation  in  its  train; 
Coast  Fever,  which  steals  the  zest  from  man's 
ambition;  Rinderpest,  which  robs  the  owner 
of  his  cattle.  With  these  grim  tales  is  in- 
terwoven the  work  of  the  missionary. 

The  reader  will  also  tarry  over  "Eskimo 
Women  in  Greenland,"  written  by  the  wife 
of  its  Danish  Governor  and  well  illustrated; 
"India's  Restless  Neighbors  and  the  Khyber 
Pass;"  "A  Country  Fair  in  Moroland,"  an 
enlivening  description;  and  "Motoring  in 
Algeria  and  Tunis." 

The  strained  conditions  of  affairs  in 
Morocco  between  Germany  and  France  is 
dwelt  on  at  length  in  the  Fortnightly  Review 
and  in  Blackwood*s,  The  latter  magazine 
also  takes  up  the  problem  of  the  Copts  and 
the  Moslems  in  Egypt. 

"The  Revival  of  Jewish  Nationalism," 
Fortnightly  Review,  is  ably  dealt  with  by 
Isaac.  Goodman,  who  prophesies  ultimate 
success  in  the  Jew's  age-long  hope  of 
regaining  Jerusalem. 

India  finds  place  in  the  Nineteenth  Cen- 
tury in  "A  Religious  Fair  in  India,"  the 
description  of  the  fair  being  interrupted  by 
a  long  but  interesting  digression  on  the 
religion  of  the  Hindus,  their  epics,  etc. 

"The  Possibilities  of  Boy  Scout  Train- 
ing," by  Sir  Robert  Baden-Powell,  the  leader 
of  the  scout  movement  in  England,  is  printed 
in  this  magazine.  Its  theoretical  trend  has 
a  somewhat  sharp  contrast  in  "The  Boy 
Scouts  300,000  Strong,"  written  for  World* s 
Work  by  an  American.  This  latter  article 
is  a  vigorous  description  of  the  outdoor  life 
of  the  American  boy  scouts,  with  pictures 
of  real  interest. 

"An  Apostle  to  the  Sioux,  Bishop  Hare 
of  South  Dakota,"  in  the  Atlantic  Monthly, 
is  a  vivid  account  of  the  heroic  service  of 
this  great  home  missionary. 

The  stories  of  the  month  are  good  and  well 
worth  notice.  "Ten  Pieces  of  Silver," 
McClure*Sy  is  another  of  the  clever  series 
on  Syrian  immigrant  life,  while  "  Eva," 
another  Miss  Gregory  adventure,  is  the  tale 
of  Russian  patriots  who  gladly  sacrificed 
their  all  for  the  Great  Cause.  "Suzanne" 
{Atlantic)  by  Dr.  Grenfell,'b rings  Labrador 
close  to  the  heart. 


7o6 


MISSIONS 


Financial   Statements  of  the  Societies 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

Finanritl  Stetement  for  flTt  mondis,  cndinc  Aagatlt  31,  1911 

Bodnt  for  Kvoripts  for 

Sourco  of  Income  1911-1912  ftvo  montiu 

Churches.  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies  (apportioned  to  Churches)     .    .    .  $515,384.92  $51,564.28 

Individuals  (estunatod) 230.000.00  16.626.70 

Legacies,    Income   of  runds.    Annuity   Bonds. 

Specific  GifU.  etc.  (estimated) 178.332.00  50.206.61 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention $023,716.92  $118,396.59 

Compariflon  of  Raceipti  with  thoM  of  Last  Taar 
nrst  At*  mondis  of  Flnaadal  Taar 

Sourca  of  Income  1910  1911  la 
Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools $58,441.39  $51,564.28  .   .    .    . 

Individuals 9.350.66  16.625.70  $7,275.04 

L^acies.    Income   of   Funds.    Annuity   Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 30,160.65  50.206.61  20.045.96 

$97,952.70        $118,396.59  $27,321.00 


Balance 
Kaoomd  dt 
"    .31,1912 

$463.820.&4 
213,374.30 

128.125.39 


$805.320  33 


$6,877.11 


•       •      • 


$6,877.11 


The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  five  montfai,  eadiiic  Avgnit  31,  1911 

Budget  for  Reoiipta  for 

Source  of  Income  1911-1912  Ave  ««o«tfc« 

Churches,  Simday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies  (apportioned  to  churches)     .    .    .  $353,792.36  $86,458.01 

Individuals 150,000.00     •  2.102.79 

Legacies,    Income   of  Funds.   Annuity  Bonds. 

Specific  Gifts,  etc.  (estimated) 175,292.00  80.027.50 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northem  Baptist 

Convention $679,084.36  $118,583.39 

Comparison  of  Recelpti  with  those  of  Last  Year 
for  five  monttis  of  Fiscal  Year 

Source  of  Income  1910-1911  1911-1912 

Churches.  Yotmg  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools $33,893.37  $36,453.01            $2,550.64 

Individuals 1.678.92  2.102.79                 423.87 

Legacies.    Income   of  Funds,   Annuity   Bonds, 

Specific  Gifte,  etc 84.247.28  80.027.50              .    .    .    . 

$119,819.67        $118,588.39 


Balance 

Refluired  dt 

Mar.  31,  1912 

$317,339.35 
147,897.21 

95.264.41 


$56O..'iO0.07 


$4,219.69 
$1,236.18 


American  Baptist  Publication  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  fire  months,  ending  August  31, 1911 

Budget  for  Receipts  for 

Source  of  Income  1911-1912  five  months 
Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  churches)    ....  $111,304.25  $34,976.47 

Individuals  (estimated)      21,800.00  5.492.90 

Lemdes,    Income   of   Funds.    Annuity    Bonds 

(estimated) 51,273.88  20.169.10 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northem  Baptist 

Convention $184,378.13  $60,638.47 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Year 
First  five  months  of  Financial  Year 

Souroi  of  Income  1910-1911  1911-1912  la 
Churches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sxmday 

Schools  ...    . $36,068.66  $34,976.47           

Individuals 4.403.95  5.492.90  $1,088.95 

Leaades,   Income  of  Funds.   Annuity  Bonds, 

^iKIcWc  OlfU.  etc 15.461.02  20.169.10  4.708.08 

$55,933.63  $60,638.47  $5,797.08 


Balance 
Re^nnred  bf 
Mar.  31.  1912 

$76,327.78 
16,307.10 

31,104.78 


$123,739.66 


$1,092.19 


$1,092.19 


^banksafvino  Daig 


9  0it>e  tbanfis  unto  tbe  Xorb: 
foe  our  lant)  of  dospel  Ugbt  anb  liberty, 
for  our  Scbools,  Cburcbes  anb  Domes, 
for  tbe  K^r's  prospertts  anb  l^eace, 
for  Afsstonare  seal  fn  all  lanbs, 
praise  tbe  lorb,  all  s^  people. 


Striking  Points  of  the  Month 

CHINA  seems  to  be  in  a  state  of  revolutionaiy  out- 
break. Following  the  troubles  at  Ctaengtu  in 
Szechuan  Province  of  West  China  —  remote  and 
difficult  of  approach  as  Dr,  Dealing  shovs  in  his 
informing  article  elsewhere  given  —  a  formidable 
insurrection  is  now  reported  from  Hankow,  right 
in  the  heart  of  the  Empire.  Nothing'  would  be  sur- 
prising, not  even  the  rumor  that  a  Chinese  Republic 
has  been  proclaimed.  The  missionaries  and  all 
foreigners  appear  to  be  under  protection. 
5  In  piping  times  of  peace,  Italy  suddenly  brought 
the  nations  face  to  faca  with  war  poe^biUties  and 
indeed  actualities  on  a  small  scale.  Having  the  sea 
power,  Italy  simply  improved  a  good  chance  to  take 
Tripoli  away  from  Turkey,  and  the  Powers  acquiesced, 
EUiding  that  the  game  of  grab  should  stop  with  that 

1  Religion  Uovement  is  conducting  its  initial  campaigns 
in  many  cities,  in  the  effort  to  bring  religion  as  a  more  vital  force  into  the  lives 
of  large  numbers  of  men  and  boys  who  have  been  little  affected  by  the  churches, 
and  to  awaken  and  quicken  sleeping  members. 

^  In  onr  missionary  affairs  the  present  is  a  time  of  keen  concern  in  regard  to 
fTifilriTig  the  apportionment  effective.  Denominationally  the  urgent  movement 
is  to  secure  |2SO,000  for  the  Ministers'  Benefit  Fund  before  Christmas.  Per- 
sonally, the  interesting  event  of  the  month  is  the  actual  combination  of  Tidings 
with  Missions,  herewith  presented  as  an  accomplished  fact. 
^  We  are  just  Baptists  now.  We  are  all  free,  and  all  more  or  less  particular 
and  regular  and,  we  trust,  bent  on  being  and  doing  good  to  all  men. 


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MISS  IONS 


A  Real  Ruler 

IT  is  said  of  Lord  Kitchener,  who  has 
been  appointed  to  look  after  the 
British  interests  in  Egypt,  that  he  has 
two  attributes  of  a  ruler  —  absence  of 
hurry  and  unwavering  determination. 
A  firm  hand  is  needed  just  now  in 
Egypt,  and  under  the  new  consul  general 
there  will  be  a  policy  unmistakable  and 
unwavering.  Itwas  Lord  Kitchener  who 
planned  Gordon's  rescue  but  was  over- 
ruled, and  who  ultimately  avenged  his 
death.  Missionary  interests  in  the  Su- 
dan will  feel  more  assurance  with  such 
a  leader  in  the  Nile  valley. 

a 
The  Delbl  Durtwr 

King  George  and  Queen  Mary  are 
going  to  ancient  and  poverty-stricken 
India,  to  celebrate  the  Durbar  in  Delhi 
Dec.  12.  They  will  be  the  first  British 
rulers  to  present  themselves  tn  person 
to  their  Indian  peoples.  Nothing  will 
be  left  undone  to  impress  the  natives 
with  the  pomp  and  power  of  the  ruling 
nation,  although  the  expense  will  be 
kept  as  low  as  practicable  on  account 
of  the  famine  and  plague. 

D 
Facts  About  Tripoli 

Now  that  Tripoli  has  come  into  promi- 
nence,  the  following  facts  are  pertinent. 
We  cannot  all  keep  informed  on  geog- 
raphy, and  many  may  be  like  the  eleva- 
vator  boy  who  said  he  supposed  Tripoli 
was  in  India  somewhere  and  wasn't 
worth  much  anyhow.  The  400,000 
square  miles  of  territory  on  the  North 


Africa  Mediterranean  coast,  just  east 
of  Algiers,  ceruinly  ace  not  wonh  fight- 
ing for  on  the  basis  upcm  which  Italy 
is  doing  it.  The  entire  foreign  trade 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  March  13, 
191 1,  was  12,613,190,  of  which  ^772,- 
848  was  exports.  Besides  this  there  was 
a  trade  of  half  a  million  dollars  with  the 
rest  of  Turkey.  The  country  depends 
largely  upon  the  barley  crop,  and  raises 
lai^  flocks  of  sheep  and  goats.  Italy 
has  controlled  the  banking  and  steam- 
ship lines  and  engineered  some  manu- 
facturing schemes.  The  Arabs  have 
kept  on  in  the  primitive  way,  responding 
somewhat  to  the  foreign  srimulus  to 
enlarge  agricultural  operations.  An 
incidental  good  out  of  evil  is  the  aboli- 
tion of  slavery  in  Tripoli,  which  is  said 
to  be  the  last  port  where  this  trade  has 
held  on. 

□ 
Christian  Work  in  Trtpoll 

Two  Christian  agencies  are  at  work 
in  Tripoli  —  the  Roman  Catholic,  un- 
der direction  of  the  Patriarch  of  Algiers, 
and  the  North  African  Mission  of  Lon- 
don, supported  by  contriburions  from 
both  the  Free  and  Established  Church 
of  England.  The  Catholic  work,  like 
that  all  along  the  North  African  coast 
from  Morocco  to  Egypt,  is  almost  ex- 
clusively for  Italians  who  have  emi- 
grated thither.  -  Missionary  priests  to 
the  number  of  54  are  stadoned  in  Tnpoti 
proper,  almost  all  of  them  in  the  city 
itself  and  in  settlements  along  the  coast. 

Tripoli's  population  is  estimated  at 


MISSIONS 


7H 


1,500,000,  but  the  city  of  Tripoli  has 
30,000  inhabitants.  No  other  single 
city  has  above  5,000.  Catholics  have 
pretentious  churches  in  only  three 
centers,  -and  schools  in  Tripoli  itself. 
The  schools  are  under  the  Barefoot 
Carmelites,  who  have  charge  of  most 
Catholic  work  in  North  Africa.  Cath- 
olics in  North  Africa  as  elsewhere  have 
made  comparatively  small  inroads  into 
Islam  minds  and  ways. 


appreciated  their  responsibility  in  these 
matters  which  may  seem  trivial  to 
them  but  mean  everything  to  the  cause 
at  large.  If  the  pastors  were  all  as  in- 
terested in  getting  Missions  into  fami- 
lies as  District  Secretary  Maxwell  is  in 
Pennsylvania,  for  example,  or  as  Pastor 
Russell  is  in  Manchester,  or  as  Pastor 
—  well,  we  should  not  know  where 
to  stop  if  once  under  way  —  we  should 
be  printing  over  a  hundred  thousand 
magazines  a  month.    Why  not,  pastors  ? 


Both  Catholic  and  Protestant  mis- 
sionaries have  refused  to  depart  for 
safety  from  present  troubles.  American 
Methodists  have  recently  undertaken 
work  in  North  Africa,  and  with  some 
promise  of  success,  especially  among 
ancient  peoples  not  Moslems.  Their 
work  is  in  Algiers. 

D 

The  Pastor's  Responslbilit; 

Many  true  things  were  said  at  the 
convention  at  Bridgetown,  but  none 
truer  than  the  statement  of  Rev.  C.  P. 
Wilson  that  "the  people  will  not  rise 
higher  than  their  pastors  in  anything  — 
contributions,  the  salvation  of  men,  or 
anything  else,"  That  is  emphatically 
true  as  to  missions  —  both  the  cause 
and  the  magazine.  A  missionary  pas- 
tor makes  a  missionary  people;  and  a 
pastor  who  reads  Missions  leads  many 
members  to  do  likewise,  subscribing 
incidentally.     We  wish  all  our  pastors 


The  Ministers'  Benefit  Fund 

While  we  are  trying  to  start  a  Min- 
isters' Benefit  Fund  with  only  1250,000 
'  let  it  not  be  forgotten  that  the  Episco- 
palians already  have  a  fund  of  ten 
million  dollars  for  this  purpose,  and 
the  Presbyterians  a  fund  of  f  1,750,000, 
which  they  are  seeking  to  increase  to 
five  millions.  The  Baptist  fund  should 
be  ten  millions  at  least,  for  our  min- 
isters get  lower  average  salaries  than 
either  the  Episcopal  or  Presbyterian, 
while  there  are  thousands  more  of  them. 
Here  is  the  lifetime  chance  for  a  mul- 
timillionaire! 


The  Work  Before  Him 

President  Madero  led  in  the  over- 
throw of  a  military  despotism  and  the 
establishment  of  a  people's  government. 
His  development  under  trying  circum- 
stances has  won  him  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  the  Mexican  people  to  a 
marked  degree.  In  the  six  years  for 
which  he  has  been  unanimously  elected 
he  has  a  great  task  to  perform.  He  will 
be  expected  "to  reform  the  courts  of 
justice,  remove  all  trammels  from  the 
press,  secure  the  passage  of  intelligible 
election  laws,  improve  the  system  of 
public  education,  and  see  that  jusrice 
is  meted  out  to  all  men."  In  other 
words,  to  make  Mexico  in  reality  what 
she  has  been  only  in  theory,  a  republic 
like  her  northern  neighbor  in  liberty 


712 


MISSIONS 


and  opportunity.  If  Madero  can  give 
his  people  the  larger  measure  of  per- 
sonal liberty  which  forms  his  own  ideal, 
his  name  will  rank  with  Hidalgo, 
Juarez  and  Diaz. 

& 

The  Reappearing 

A  POWERFUL  indictment  of  mod- 
em society  has  been  drawn  by  a 
French  writer,  Charles  Morice,  in  a 
book  just  published  in  English  transla- 
tion by  the  George  H.  Doran  Company. 
Not  in  a  long  time  have  we  read  a 
volume  that  cuts  to  the  heart  of  things 
as  does  this.  The  author  imagines 
that  Christ  returned  to  earth  and  made 
Paris  his  residence  for  ten  days,  from 
December  14  to  Christmas  Day,  1910. 
Realistically  the  results  are  portrayed. 
Under  the  spell  of  Christ's  personality 
His  spirit  and  principles  become  opera- 
tive in  all  the  people,  and  as  a  result 
the  whole  structure  of  French  civiliza- 
tion —  commercial,  social  and  religious 
—  collapses  and  ruin  and  gloom  settle 
upon  the  people.  This  is  inevitable 
because  of  the  unbridgeable  chasm  be- 
tween things  as  they  are  and  things  as 
they  would  be  if  our  ethical  and  social 
standards  were  really  Christian  and 
were  lived  up  to. 

The  story  is  told  with  tremendous 
moral  earnestness.  The  spirit  of  the 
writer  is  sympathetic  with  Christianity. 
The  treatment  is  reverent,  not  sensa- 
tional. The  truth  pierces  the  hypoc- 
risy and  Pharisaism  and  mockery  of  a 
society  that  is  nominally  Christian  but 
actually  materialistic  and  self-centered, 
seeking  redemption  in  culture.  The 
reader  sees  how  far  we  are  from  the 
ideals  and  teachings  of  Jesus.  He 
knows  that  Paris  is  not  essentially  dif- 
ferent from  other  capitals,  France  from 
other  nations.  The  realization  is  forced 
upon  him  that  in  the  main  the  same 
results  would  follow  in  any  city  or 
country  were   Christ  to  reappear   and 


his  religion  suddenly  become  the  con- 
trolling power.  Here,  as  well  as  in 
France,  the  overturning  would  be  so 
great  as  to  create  chaos. 

It  is  said  that  this  book  has  roused 
the  conscience  of  France.  That  con- 
science needs  rousing.  France  has  not 
yet  recovered  from  the  religiously  par- 
alyzing effects  of  the  Revolution  and 
the  domination  of  Romanism.  Freed 
from  the  tyranny  of  ecdesiastidsm  the 
French  people  must  also  be  rescued 
from  skepticism,  indifferentism  and 
sin's  reign  of  selfishness.  A  pure 
Christianity  is  the  only  hope  of  redemp- 
tion for  the  nation. 

But  while  this  is  true,  it  is  equally 
true  that  only  a  pure  Christianity  every- 
where operative  can  redeem  our  own 
land.  The  gulf  here  between  the  ex- 
isting conditions  and  the  ethics  of 
Jesus  is  scarcely  less  startling.  Nations 
that  we  call  pagan  may  say  to  our  mis- 
sionaries, ''Physician,  heal  thyself." 
What  shall  arouse  the  conscience  of 
America  ?  We  wish  that  every  member 
of  the  Chrisdan  church  might  read  this 
revealing  book.  If  this  were  done,  and 
its  truths  were  taken  to  heart,  no 
special  appeal  would  be  necessary  to 
fill  our  churches  with  worshipers  or 
our  missionary  treasuries  with  money. 
And  this  is  the  simple  fact  —  that  if 
our  Christianity  is  not  a  ficdon,  we 
must  raise  our  standards  and  revolu- 
donize  our  practice.  We  have  so  long 
assumed  that  the  teachings  of  Jesus 
Christ  are  an  unrealizable  ideal  that  if 
He  reappeared  He  would  not  be  likely 
to  recognize  anywhere  the  insdtudons 
and  civilizations  which  bear  His  name. 

® 

That  Ministers'  Fund 

READ  what  Dr.  Tomlinson  has  to 
^  say  in  another  place  regarding 
the  Ministers'  Benefit  Fund.  This 
movement  must  have  the  right  of  way, 
because  it    is   now  or  lose  fifty  thou- 


MISSIONS 


713 


sand  dollars  I  Christmas  is  not  very 
far  off,  and  it  is  plain  that  unless 
pastors  and  churches  bestir  themselves 
it  will  not  be  possible  to  take  up  the 
generous  offer  of  the  "gentleman  from 
Pennsylvania"  to  start  off  with  fifty 
thousand  if  the  others  came  up  to  the 
$250,000  mark  by  that  blessed  Christian 
anniversary. 

Ministers  ought  to  have  a  share  in 
this  fund  raising,  since  they  are  to  have 
it  in  the  fund  raised.  Why  not  have  a 
popular  movement  among  the  minis- 
ters, as  one  means  of  inciting  the  laymen 
to  larger  things  ?  If  five  thousand  min- 
isters were  to  give  five  dollars  each,  that 
would  be  $25,000,  and  would  be  an 
earnest  of  their  spirit  that  ought  to  draw 
a  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars  from  young  business  men  in  the 
churches,  leaving  the  millionaires  to 
piece  out  the  balance. 

One  thing  is  certain,  that  this  Fund 
is  essential  to  our  denominational  self- 
respect  and  future  stability. 

(g) 

Latest  from  China 

THE  situation  in  China  is  recognized 
at  the  Mission  Rooms  as  involving 
a  serious  and  perhaps  prolonged  inter- 
ruption to  mission  work.  Present  con- 
ditions involve  suspension  of  the  work 
in  West  and  Central  China.  From 
communications  received  from  our  own 
missionaries  and  other  sources  it  is  be- 
lieved there  is  no  cause  for  grave  anxiety 
regarding  the  safety  of  missionaries. 

In  West  China  the  missionaries  from 
Siufu  and  Kiating,  and  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Shields  and  Mrs.  Salquist  from  Yachow, 
are  at  Chungking,  where  ample  pro- 
tection by  English  and  other  naval 
forces  is  assured.  So  far  as  known 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor,  Mr.  Dye  and 
Mr.  Foster  are  at  Chengtu,  Mr.  Open- 
shaw  is  at  Yachow,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Wellwood  and  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hum- 
phreys are  at  Ningyuen-fu. 


A  telegram  states  that  consular 
orders  have  been  given  directing  the 
removal  of  all  foreign  residents  from 
Hankow,  Hanyang  and  Wuchang  in 
Central  China.  It  is  learned  from 
Shanghai  that  Miss  Crawford,  Miss 
Roeder  and  Miss  Cody  have  reached 
Shanghai  and  that  the  other  members 
of  the  Central  China  mission  are  ex- 
pected there. 

The  new  outbreak  is  wholly  different 
in  character  from  the  old  troubles  which 
represented  an  imperial  policy  hostile 
to  foreign  residence  in  China.  The 
present  movement,  while  originating  in 
certain  local  troubles,  is  related  funda- 
mentally to  antagonism  to  the  ruling 
Manchu  Dynasty.  Both  the  insurg- 
ents and  government  officials  are  com- 
mitted to  the  protection  of  foreigners. 
But  control  of  popular  uprisings  is 
difficult,  and  the  safety  of  all  workers 
in  China  should  be  a  subject  of  earnest 
prayer.  The  revolt  is  likely  to  be 
widespread,  but  the  ultimate  result  will, 
like  that  of  the  Boxer  troubles,  be 
favorable  to  Christian  work. 

(8) 

Why  Not  Do  It  Here? 

THE  Maritime  Baptists,  having  a 
missionary  debt  of  some  fourteen 
thousand  dollars,  set  a  day  for  a  special 
appeal  to  the  churches  to  clear  it  oflF, 
so  that  the  work  of  the  year  might  not 
be  hampered.  Why  would  that  not  be 
a  good  idea  to  adopt  with  regard  to  the 
hundred  thousand  dollars  or  so  of  in- 
debtedness of  our  societies  ?  Something 
must  be  done  beyond  the  regular  meth- 
ods. There  is  to  be  a  big  gap  between 
the  total  raised  by  the  apportionment, 
even  if  all  the  churches  come  up  to  the 
apportionment.  As  the  announcement 
elsewhere  made  shows,  if  the  apportion- 
ment is  not  taken  as  a  minimum  and  ex- 
ceeded by  thousands  of  churches,  there 
must  be  raised  in  some  way  not  less 
than  ;$240,ooo  if  the  debts  are  to  be 


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paid  and  the  work  of  the  year  be  carried 
on. 

The  receipts  up  to  date  are  not  luch 
as  to  warrant  expectation  of  a  aurplui 
over  the  apportionment.  Some  sort  of 
special  effort  will  have  to  be  made.  Of 
course  the  best  way  to  make  it  is  for  the 
churches  to  set  diligently  to  work  to 


raise  the  apportiCMiment  with  a  splendid 
plus.  That  would  be  far  better  than  to 
be  obliged  to  resort  to  a  special  call.  But 
anything  would  be  better  than  late  of- 
ferings and  an  increased  indebtedness 
at  the  end  of  the  year.  We  are  con- 
vinced that  this  will  not  be  the  outcoi 
Now  is  the  time  to  b^n  to  avert  it. 


Note  and  Comment 


hai    never]  invited 
itn     to     a     richer 
By    the    new    addi- 
iti  circle  the   maga- 
II    gain    in    richneta 
ompletncn.         This 
he   reader  will   tour 
irom   rar  East  to  Far  West, 
and  will  be  callous  indeed  if  his  cympathies 
are  not  stirred  at  some  point  in  the  proces- 
sion of  the  pages.     Next  month,  however, 
we  shall  surpass  this  number,  having  had  to 
give  much  time  recently  to  setting  up  new 
housekeeping     arrangements.       Be    getting 
ready  to  mate  us  a  Christmas  present  by 
giving  as  one  of  your  presents  to  some  non- 
subscribing  friend   a  subscription  to  Mis- 
sions for  I9ti. 

^  Given  a  pastor  on  (ire  with  zeal  for  the 
evangelization  of  the  world,  and  you  have  a 
church  in  earnest  about  its  local  worlc. 

^  A  Christian  should  never  be  satisfied  with 
anything  less  than  a  world  horizon.  We 
rejoice  in  welcoming  the  TiJingt  readers  into 
Missions'  circle  because  nothing  but  the 
whole  is  enough  for  the  spiritual  develop- 
ment of  our  Baptist  men  and  women. 

^  The  Spirit  of  Missions  tells  of  an  Idaho 
vestryman  who  said:  "We  will  pay  our 
missionary  apportionment  even  if  we  don't 
heat  the  church."  And  it  adds  that  the 
church  was  plenty  warm  enough  every  Sun- 


day that  winter.  True  it  is  diat  warm  hearts 
in  a  cold  church  are  better  than  cold  hearts 
in  a  warm  church. 

y  The  spirit  of  the  West  in  its  bold  initiative, 
even  in  Christian  work,  is  reflected  in  the 
call  that  was  recently  sent  out  in  a  western 
city  for  a  "  Baptist  Builders'  Boosting  Ban- 

^  Through  the  kindness  of  Mrs.  J.  B.  Wil- 
son, who  heard  it  and  was  impressed  by  its 
strength,  we  have  in  hand  the  argument  in 
favor  of  the  combination  of  all  our  mission- 
ary magazines  in  one,  made  by  Mrs.  John 
Carey  Tilton  of  Concord  at  the  Woman's 
Missionary  Meering  held  in  connection  with 
the  New  Hampshire  State  Convention  ai 
Manchester.  The  question  was  brought 
up  far  discussion,  as  we  presume  it  will  be 
at  other  meetings  during  the  winter.  We 
shall  publish  the  argument  next  month. 
Meanwhile,  we  hope  that  the  appearance 
of  the  Woman's  Home  Mission  Department 
in  Missions  will  commend  the  TiJingi 
union  so  strongly  as  to  form  a  concrete  illus- 
tration difficult  to  overcome.  We  think 
that  the  argument  most  common  as  to  "loss 
of  our  identity"  will  be  effecrively  met  by 
the  magazine  itself. 

^  A  plan  for  a  Jewish  agricultural  colony 
□n  a  large  scale  in  Utah  is  aimounced  in  the 
American  Hehrew.  Two  rabbis  of  Phila- 
delphia are  sponsors  for  the  scheme,  which 


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715 


the  general  manager  of  the  Jewish  Aid  So- 
ciety pronounces  Utopian  and  apt  to  lead 
many  poor  people  into  distress.  If  the  plan 
is  workable  it  would  be  an  excellent  one. 
There  are  too  many  Jews  congregated  in 
the  great  cities,  and  they  would  make  an 
admirable  foil  to  Mormonism. 

^  Secretary  Wilson  takes  his  place  among 
humorists  of  a  peculiar  stripe  when  he  ex- 
cuses his  accepting  the  position  of  honorary 
president  of  the  Brewers'  Congress  on  the 
ground  that  the  farmers  are  so  greatly  in- 
terested in  raising  hops  and  barley  that  he, 
as  their  representative  in  the  nation's  cabinet, 
might  well  recognize  one  of  the  chief  con- 
sumers of  these  products.  It  is  a  sorry  sight, 
all  the  same,  to  see  a  cabinet  officer  in  such 
a  position,  and  the  farmers  would  be  the 
first  to  repudiate  such  a  linking  of  their  rep- 
utation with  a  traffic  that  is  the  deadliest 
enemy  of  human  progress  and  good  morals. 
The  public  protests  against  this  official  rec- 
ognition of  the  liquor  trade  have  been  none 
too  strong,  and  the  President  may  well  hope 
to  be  relieved  from  such  an  official  burden. 

^  Quoting  our  paragraph  on  the  need  of  a 
national  divorce  law  or  a  uniform  law  in  all 
the  States  the  Canadian  Baptist  says:  ''In 
Canada  we  have  but  one  divorce  law  for  the 
Dominion;  what  we  greatly  need  is  one 
marriage  law."  Certainly  the  position  of  the 
Catholic  Church  in  Canada  with  regard  to 
the  legality  and  recognition  of  marriages 
should  not  be  tolerated  by  the  government. 
Perhaps  the  new  administration  will  deal 
with  the  papal  decree  on  mixed  marriages 
in  a  different  manner  from  the  toleration  of 
the  Laurier  government. 

^  When  Governor  General  W.  Cameron 
Forbes  of  the  Philippines  was  troubled  with 
blackmailing  Chinese  he  promptly  de- 
ported them  as  "undesirable  aliens,"  and 
was  sustained  by  the  courts  in  his  aaion. 
We  wish  someone  with  backbone  would 
apply  the  same  treatment  to  blackmailing 
and  "blackhand"  Italians  in  this  country. 

^  A  Jewish  University  is  proposed  for  Jeru- 
salem, and  the  first  step  toward  establishing 
it  has  been  taken  by  Banker  Rabinerson  of 
Kieff,  Russia,  who  offered  before  the  Zionist 
Congress  to  finance  a  Jewish  steamship  line 
direct  from  Odessa  to  Jaffa,  thus  providing 


direct  means  of  transportation  from  Russia, 
where  the  Jews  are  most  numerous  and  se- 
verely oppressed,  to  Palestine,  their  ancestral 
home.  His  plan  is  to  establish  in  Jerusalem 
a  body  somewhat  similar  to  the  French 
Academy.  An  international  committee  of 
Jewish  educators  is  to  elect  scholars  and 
supervise  their  work,  each  scholar  to  have 
a  liberal  allowance  to  cariy  out  archaeological 
or  literary  investigation,  probably  in  Jeru- 
salem. There  are  already  schools  and  tech- 
nical institutes  in  Palestine.  To  start  the 
work  Mr.  Rabinerson  has  founded  two 
scholarships,  and  the  movement  has  the 
support  of  distinguished  Jewish  scholars  in 
Europe  and  America. 

^  The  merging  of  the  missionary  interests 
of  the  Free  Baptists  in  our  various  societies 
has  been  followed  by  the  union  of  the 
Morning  Star,  the  only  paper  of  the  Free 
Baptists,  with  the  Watchman.  We  shall  miss 
the  Morning  Star  from  our  list  of  ex- 
changes, for  it  has  been  an  unusually  read- 
able and  instructive  paper,  ably  edited. 
Since  its  editor,  Dr.  Mosher,  is  to  be  on  the 
Watchman  staff,  his  good  work  will  be  trans- 
ferred to  its  pages.  He  will  be  a  welcome 
addition  to  our  journalistic  corps. 

^  Minister  Lloyd-George  of  the  British 
Cabinet  promises  that  a  bill  for  the  dis- 
establishment of  the  Welsh  Church  will  be 
introduced  into  Parliament  and  pressed  to 
passage.  He  says  Welshmen  have  fought 
for  generations  to  win  this  measure  of  jus- 
tice, and  he  is  confident  that  the  next  year 
will  see  a  victory  that  will  mean  religious 
equality  in  Wales  and  a  restoration  of  the 
national  church  endowment  to  national  pur- 
poses. The  Welsh  will  support  Irish  home 
rule  and  ask  the  same  self-government  for 
Wales  and  Scotland. 

^  Rev.  Samuel  Russell,  pastor  of  the  Taber- 
nacle Baptist  Church,  Manchester,  N.H., 
where  the  State  Convention  met  this  year, 
has  entered  upon  the  twelfth  year  of  service 
there.  During  his  pastorate  596  have  been 
added,  53  during  the  past  year.  The  present 
membership  is  693.  In  connection  with  this 
fine  record,  it  may  be  said  that  it  was  Pastor 
Russell  who  introduced  the  church  plan  of 
giving  a  subscription  to  Missions  to  every 
member  contributing  ten  cents  a  week  to  the 
home  and  foreign  mission  work. 


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M  ISSIONS 


A  New  Chapter  of  the  Creative  Week  in 
the  West 

By  Field  Secretary  L.  C.  Barnes,  D.D. 


FIVE  great  factors  in 
making     a     new 
world    in    the    western 
half  of  the  United  States 
were  sketched  in  a  pre- 
vious   article    in     Mis- 
sions.     There    is    an- 
other factor  which  bids 
fair   to    be   among   the 
greatest,    standing    in 
efficiency    close     beside 
the    irrigation     of    the 
deserts,    though     it    is 
exactly  opposite  in  the 
means  used.     This  is  the  drainage  of 
the  lands  which  have  too  much  water. 
General   popular   attention   has   not 
been  called  to  this  yet,  but  the  Gov- 
ernment  has   done   much   preparatory 
work  in  this  direction  and  so  have  some 
of  the  states,  notably  Minnesota.     It 
means  even  more  to  the  country  at  large 
than  irrigation,  since,  vast  as  the  ter- 
ritory is  which  can  be  profitably  irri- 
gated, there  is   a   much   greater  area 
which  can  be  profitably  drained.    Some 
6^00,000  acres  are  irrigable.     At  the 


lowest  estimate  70,000,000  acres  are 
drainable.  Careful  students  believe 
that  a  full  inventory  of  the  latter  would 
show  more  than  100,000,000  acres. 
There  is  a  drainable  area  equal  to  all 
New  England,  New  York  and  Penn- 
sylvania combined.  This  land  being 
all  of  it  available  for  tillage  and  being 
the  richest  of  soils,  would  be  capable 
of  supponing  in  comfort  as  many  as 
one-third  the  entire  present  population 
of  the  United  States.  Lands  reclaimed 
by  drainage,  like  those  reclaimed  by 
irrigation,  provide  a  basis  for  the  high- 
est type  of  civilization,  because  small 
holdings  of  ten  acres  are  sufficient  for 
a  family,  and  people  will  live  so  neat 
together  that  they  can  have  the  con- 
veniences and  stimulation  of  close  fel- 
lowship. 

A  recent  visit  to  Northern  Minnesota 
enabled  the  writer  for  the  first  time  to 
see  this  creative  factor  in  operation. 
Vast  levels  which  were  marshes  not 
long  ago  are  now  dotted  with  settlers' 
cabins,  and  splendid  crops  are  growing. 
As   our  train  was  passing  through  a 


MISSIONS 


717 


great  stretch  of  drainable  country 
southwest  of  the  Lake  of  the  Woods, 
the  conductor  kindly  stopped  the  train 
that  I  might  alight  for  a  close  inspection 
of  the  ditching  process.  One  of  the  in- 
cidental benefits  of  drainage  is  that  it 
builds  good  roads  —  the  greatest  boon 
in  a  new  country  —  at  trifling  cost  out 
of  the  earth  thrown  up  on  one  side  of 
the  canal.  The  southern  half  of  Min- 
nesota is  largely  an  old  country,  though 
it  has  been  settled  scarcely  more  than 
half  a  century.  But  the  northern  half 
of  the  State  is  a  new  country.  In  the 
past  its  great  industry  was  lumbering. 
It  still  has  some  of  the  great  lumber 
mills  of  the  world,  but  the  cut-over 
country  is  now  being  occupied  for  farm- 
ing. It  has  characteristics  of  new  coun- 
try which  once  marked  Iowa,  before 
that  Michigan,  before  that  Ohio,  and 
before  that  Vermont.  Large  congrega- 
tions of  pioneer  farmers  greeted  us. 
Ox  teams  are  in  common  use.  But 
one  day  we  were  whirled  in  an  auto- 
mobile to  hold  meetings  at  three  widely 
separated  points,  yet  for  several  miles 
had  to  creep  over  corduroy  roads.  Only 
one  service  that  day  was  in  a  chapel. 
One  was  in  a  settler's  home.  He  was 
once  a  saloon  keeper^  but  now  in  apos- 
tolic fashion  has  a  church  in  his  house. 
Another  meeting  was  in  a  schoolhouse 
filled  with  stalwart  farmers,  who  left 
their  haying  at  a  critical  hour  in  order 
to  hear  the  gospel.  These  three 
churches  are  all  Swedish.  The  Swedes 
are  the  Yankees  of  the  future.  In  a 
somewhat  older  part  of  the  state  which 
we  visited,  where  home  mission  work 
among  the  Swedes  was  begun  with  the 
first  settlement,  a  whole  prosperous 
county  is  now  almost  exclusively  Bap- 
tist. 

The  settlement  of  the  cut-over  coun- 
try is  opening  a  wide  field  for  mission- 
ary work.  So  is  the  development  of 
the  mining  country.  Promising  towns 
shoot  up  almost  in  a  day.  We  saw 
them   doing  it.     The  American   Steel 


Company  is  putting  fifty  million  dollars 
into  great  reduction  works  near  Duluth. 
The-  first  "unit"  costing  ten  millions 
is  well  under  way.  This  Minnesota 
Gary  is  inevitably  to  have  phenomenal 
growth  like  its  namesake  in  Indiana. 
Both  Garys  have  a  valid,  tremendous 
claim  on  home  mission  money,  but  so 
far  there  is  none  in  the  budget  for  them. 

But  more  significant  than  either  the 
cut-over  or  the  iron-mining  country  is 
the  drainage  country.  The  iron  ore 
will  last  for  many  years  even  though 
steam  shovels  are  scooping  it  up  half 
a  carload  at  a  time.  But  the  deep 
muck  of  drained  lands,  properly  tilled 
will  last  forever.  One-fifth  of  the  most 
fertile  land  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland 
was  once  a  bog,  fen  and  morass.  Two- 
fifths  of  Holland  was  once  under  water. 
In  northern  Minnesota  one  drainable 
tract  of  400,000  acres  has  been  sur- 
veyed for  the  purpose  and  can  be  drained 
for  less  than  1^5  per  acre.  Another  tract 
of  2,500,000  acres  can  be  drained  at  a 
cost  of  only  ^[2.50  per  acre.  The  aver- 
age cost  of  irrigation  works  is  $^0  per 
acre.  In  1909  and  19 10  the  Minnesota 
Drainage  Commission  constructed  460 
miles  of  ditches  to  drain  and  reclaim 
545,085.44  acres  of  land  at  an  average 
cost  of  only  ^1.25  per  acre.  There 
probably  never  was  anything  equal  to 
this  before  in  human  history,  by  way  of 
swift  creation  of  habitable  earth.  This 
process  is  to  go  on  for  years  since  there 
are  10,000,000  drainable  acres  in  Min- 
nesota. 

Think  what  this  means  in  the  way  of 
the  pouring  in  of  permanent  population. 
It  means  the  coming  of  three  or  four 
million  people.  We  are  doing  next  to 
nothing  in  laying  the  foundations  of 
Christian  civilization  in  this  garden 
section  of  the  country.  When  directly 
before  our  eyes  God  is  creating  a  new 
earth  to  teem  with  humanity,  what 
right  have  we  to  withhold  from  it  the 
knowledge  of  His  love  ?  Are  we  large 
enough  for  large  things  ? 


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MISSIONS 


'From  the  Land  of  Sinim" 

By  John  L.  Dearli^,  D.D.,  of  Japan 


HEN  we  are  hearing  so  much 
of  uprisings  and  revolt  and 
danger  in  parts  of  China,  it  is 
interesting  to  locate  these 
places  again  and  call  to  mind 
where  Szechuan  Province  and 
Chengtu  are,  and  what  are 
the  conditions  characterizing 
these  places  which  to  some  may  be  little 

Geographically  we  may  say  that  Chengtu, 
the  capital  of  the  Szechuan  Province  and  the 
seat  of  the  recent  revolt,  is  on  a  parallel  with 
New  Orleans,  and  is  almost  the  exact  antip- 
odes of  El  Paso,  Texas.  As  regards  China, 
however,  il  is  difficult  to  realize  the  remote- 
ness which  characterizes  the  Province  and 
its  isolation  from  the  rest  of  the  country, 
Szechuan  Province  is  reached  by  means  of 
the  Yangtse  River,  which  is  easily  navigable 
for  I,0OO  miles  to  Ichang,  but  from  there  on 
progress  ii  perhaps  as  difficult  as  on  any 
^Huable  river  in  the  world.     During  the 


winter  when  the  water  is  low,  the  long  gorges 
and  swift  rapids  are  slowly  conquered  by 
means  of  hundreds  of  coolies  who  draw  the 
boats  up  over  the  swift  water  by  bamboo 
cables  which  have  worn  innumerable  marks 
in  the  rock  along  the  river's  banks.  For 
centuries  this  slow  mode  of  progress  has 
been  practically  the  only  way  of  connecting 
this  interior  Province  with  the  outer  world. 
Szechuan  thus  has  in  point  of  fact  become  a 
country  by  itself.  The  Province  is  larger 
than  France,  and  the  population  is  greater 
than  that  of  France,  and  because  of  its  pro- 
ductiveness it  is  peiliaps  the  wealthiest 
Province  in  China.  In  the  old  days  it  was 
called  a  ninety-two  days'  journey  from 
Chengtu,  the  capital,  to  Pekin.  It  is  no 
wonder  that  the  central  government  has 
little  control  over  this  remote  territoiy.  A 
peculiarity  of  the  people  of  the  Province  is 
that  there  are  few  who  are  natives.  Nearly 
all  are  immigrants  from  other  Pro 
many  of  them  or  their  ancestors  a 


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7'9 


having  come  in  many  years  ago  after  whole- 
sale destructions  of  the  people  in  the  Ming 
rebelhon.  There  is  everywhere  evidence  also 
of  the  mixed  blood  of  the  people  resulting 
from  the  mingling  of  the  Chinese  with  the 
warlike  wild  tribes  on  the  western  border, 
and  henCe  there  results  a  more  bold  and 
free-spirited,  a  lesi  easily  controlled  people 
than   are   found    among  the   pure-blooded 

est  cities  of  China. 

cleaner,  and  the 
:  attractive.  The 
n  every  respect  it 
prosperity.  It  is 
.  broad  rich  plain 
d  well  cultivated. 

the  most  thicLly 
oductive  piece  of 
.e.  When  it  is  re- 
this  city  of  half  a 
situated  far  to  the 
)  ranges 

the  water  is  low,  and  that  in  the  summer  the 
swift  current  of  the  river  makes  navigation 


nthe 


practically  impossible  —  and  this  year  with 
the  floods  and  unusually  high  water  espe- 
cially so  — the  difficulties  which  beset  the 
Chinese  Government  in  its  effort  to  suppress 
an  uprising  under  such  conditions  are  seen 
to  be  far  from  slight. 

The  cause  of  the  uprising  seems  to  be  the 
action  of  the  government  in  making  foreign 
loans  for  the  construction  of  railroads.  Tht 
very  strongly  patriotic  feeling  in  this  part  of 
China  leads  the  people  to  wish  to  develop 
their  own  land  without  foreign  help.  At 
Ichang  last  winter  the  writer  twice  visited 
with  deep  interest  the  work  of  building  a 
railroad  without  foreign  aid  or  direction. 
Ichang  is  the  eastern  terminus  of  the  pro- 
posed railroad  from  Ichang  to  Chengtu. 
From  here  to  Hankow  steam  navigation  by 
the  river  is  comparatively  easy,  and  in  time 
the  road  is  expected  to  be  extended  to  con- 
nect with  the  Pekin-Hankow  road  there. 
I  found  a  Oiincse  engineer  trained  in 
America  in  charge  of  the  construction.  Al- 
ready about  thirty  miles  of  road  had  been 
well  built.  Unlike  an  American  company, 
however,  they  had  begun  by  constructing  a 


7ao 


MISSIONS 


tplendid  terminal  consisting  of  car-shops, 
round-houses  for  engines,  and  everything 
that  was  necessary  for  the  terminal  of  a  great 
railroad,  together  with  the  finest  railroad 
station  to  be  seen  in  China  or  Japan.  This 
all  done  before  the  road  is  opened,  and  when 
some  of  the  Chinese  say  that  they  do  not 
expect  to  complete  the  road  for  at  least 
twenty  years.  Two  engines  were  in  run- 
ning order  and  were  puffing  back  and  forth 
upon  the  short  line  as  a  sort  of  object  lesson 
to  the  people,  and  frequently  through  the 
day  one  would  hear  the  blowing  of  their 
whistles  as  they  were  driven  up  and  down 
the  short  line  of  road.  Great  difficulty  was 
experienced  in  the  matter  of  be^nning  the 
tunnels.   Twoof  these  had  been  constructed, 


Lu  Shan,  about  three  hundred  miles  or 
more  up  in  the  foothills  of  the  great  western 
ranges,  I  talked  with  the  local  agent  of  the 
railroad.  He  t<Ad  me  that  he  had  sold 
sixty-three  shares  already  in  his  town  for 
the  road  at  fifty  taels  each.  When  I  ex- 
pressed surprise  he  explained  that  while  the 
people  generally  did  not  specially  care  to  own 
shar^  in  the  road,  yet  that  the  financial  con- 
dition of  the  people  was  very  careiiilly  esti- 
mated, and  when  it  was  determined  about 
how  many  of  the  gentry  were  able  to  buy 
shares,  then  a  sort  of  semi-official  pressure 
was  brought  to  bear  upon  them  to  buy  a 
share  or  two  each,  and  while  little  profit  was 
promised,  it  was  held  as  an  expression  of 
loyalty  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  prosperity 


Top  row,  Itlt  to  right :  Nornun  Ciw;  Dr.  Emilie  Brctthaucr;  Mr.  J,  H.  Demii>|;  Rev.  J.  H.  Df  ming;  Miu 
W.  Roeder.  Middle  row  i  W.  L.  Ferguioni  Dr.  G.  A.  Hunllej;  Mrt.  Huntley;  Dr.  J.  L.  Deiring;  Ret.  S. 
G.  Adame;  Mti.  S.  G.  Adimi;  Rct.  W.D.  Galei.     Lower  row:  Dr.  Barbour;  Mrt.  J.  S.  Adamt;  ReT.  J.  S. 


but  the  Chinese  coolies  did  not  like  the  idea 
of  working  in  the  dark  and  objected  to  this 
kind  of  work.  It  was  apparent  (hat  great 
difhculty  would  be  experienced  in  the  dig- 
ging of  the  many  tunnels  necessary  before 
the  other  side  of  the  mountains  can  be 
reached. 

The  work  appeared  lo  be  carried  on  most 
slowly  and  at  far  greater  expense  than  was 
necessary.  And  yet  one  could  but  admire 
the  loyalty  of  the  people  to  this  great  enter- 
prise. All  through  the  Province  of  Szechuan 
the  deepest  interest  in  the  railroad  was 
manifest.      Not  only  in    the   eastern    part 


through  which  the  road  is  to  run,  but  far  to 
the  west  on  the  borders  of  Tibet  as  well,  the 
interest  was  most  keen.  In  a  little  town  of 
of  the  country.  They  did  not  wish  their  land 
to  fall  into  foreign  hands  and  it  was  to  avoid 
this  that  they  responded  when  otherwise 
they  would  not  take  any  share  in  it.  Such  a 
widespread  interest  having  been  aroused  in 
the  project,  and  the  appeal  having  been  so 
strong  to  hold  the  road  from  the  control  of 
foreigners,  the  recent  riots  can  be  the  better 
understood  when  it  is  realized  that  the  people 
feel  that  foreign  control  is  certain  with  the 
completion  of  a  fore^  loan. 


MISSIONS 


T" 


le  the  attitude  of  the  people  through- 
i  Province  leems  unusually  tindly  and 
erate  towards  the  missionaries  and 
who  are  dwelling  among  them  —  and 
re  in  China  have  I  leen  the  people  so 
I  and  free  from  expressions  of  dislike 
as  regards  foreign  capital  or  govem- 
I  control,  they  are  not  only  afraid,  but 
;  anything  looking  towards  it  with 
spirit.  Inflammatory  posters  have 
ong  pasted  upon  the  city  walls  of 
dties,  calculated  to  arouse  the  people 
osition  to  any  act  by  the  government 
ig  the  loans.  Beyond  a  doubt  the 
>f  the  people  is  greatly  aroused  and  it 
:  difficult  for  the  government  to  cope 

serious  difficulties  with  the  mission- 
ire  not  to  be  apprehended.  If  any- 
Tt  occurs  it  will  be  either  the 
rumors  set  on  foot  by  evil- 
is  such  as  are  to  be  found 
because  the  people  know  that 
tmem  of  the  missionaries  will  arouse 
eign  countries  to  turn  upon  the  gov- 
it  of  China,  and  so  to  secure  this 
more  (juickly  they  may  cause  some 
:.  Any  really  deep-seated  hostilities 
owever,  not  to  ;  be  apprehended. 
Msible  interference  with  the  progress 
lion  work  is  one  of  the  deplorable  re- 
•f  the  present  uprising.  Work  has 
plendidly  organized  throughout  the 
ce.  Nearly  all  mission  work  here  is 
ratively  new.     The  men  sent  there 


jfthe 
of  fal: 


have  profited  by  the  mistakes  made  in  mis- 
sion work  in  other  parts  and  have  built  well. 
By  a  division  of  territory  and  careful  co- 
operation the  country  is  well  covered  without 
duplication.  Even  the  China  Inland  Mis- 
sion hai  so  divided  its  work  that  its  mission- 
aries in  the  eastern  pan  of  the  Province  are 
of  the  Episcopal  order  and  under  a  bishop, 
while  its  workers  in  the  western  half  are  of 
Congregational  polity  and  directed  by  a  su- 
perintendent. The  strongest  mission  by  far 
working  here  is  the  Canadian  Methodist, 
which  has  over  one  hundred  missionaries  in 
the  Province.  Splendid  mission  buildings, 
including  hospitals  and  printing  press  and 
residences,  girls'  school  and  theological 
schools,  are  to  be  found  in  Chengtu.  Out- 
side the  walls  of  the  city  is  the  new  Chengtu 
Union  University  in  which  nearly  all  de- 
nominations working  in  the  Province  are 
united.  A  splendid  beginning  for  a  univer- 
sity has  been  niade.  It  is  hoped  that  this 
uprising  will  not  materially  interfere  with  the 
carrying  on  of  this  work.  In  case  the  riots 
should  become  so  severe  that  missionaries 
are  compelled  to  leave  Chengtu  there  are  but 
two  ways  in  which  it  can  be  done.  First, 
by  chair  to  Chungking,  which  is  a  distance 
of  some  three  hundred  miles  and  takes 
nearly  a  week  to  accomplish.  This,  how- 
ever, at  this  time,  would  be  most  difficult, 
as  it  would  require  a  considerable  number  of 
eoolies  to  take  a  family  out  together  with  the 
necessary  provisions  for  the  trip.  When  one 
thinks  of  the  large  company  o~     *    ' 


722 


MISSIONS 


in  Chengtu  ■■  well  mi  the  fbmgnen  in  gov- 
emment  employ  in  the  poR  office  and  in  die 
government  colleget,  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  tecre- 
tarici  and  their  familie*,  the  Bible  Sodety 
and  Tract  Society  agenti  and  the  icveral 
coniuJR  of  Great  Britain  and  France,  making 
altt^ether  over  one  hundred  foreignen,  it 
appears  wellnigh  impottible  that  any  num- 
ber (hould  withdraw  in  that  way.  Tlie  oaiy 
way  left  ti  by  boat.  Very  imall  boatt  could 
past  down  the  imall  Min  river.  It  would 
be  difficult  to  get  the  number  of  boatt  nece»- 
lacy  for  lo  many  people  and  the  country 
through  which  they  would  paM  if  at  all  in- 
clined to  be  hoitile  could  be  made  veiy 
difficult.  It  would  be  a  trip  of  tome  three  or 
four  dayi  to  Kiating  where  slightly  larger 
boats  could  be  taken  to  Suifu,  two  days  fur- 
ther on,  and  there  laiger  boats  ttill  could  be 
taken  for  the  four  days'  trip  to  Chungking. 
One  would  then  be  under  the  slight  protec- 
tion of  the  small  gunboats  which  usually  are 
anchored  there.  Chungking  hai  a  contider- 
able  foreign  community  and  would  be  re- 
garded as  comparatively  safe  even  in  case  of 
a  dangerous  uprising.  From  here  it  would 
be  safe  to  descend  die  river  only  when  the 
waten  are  lower,  and  no  attempt  would  be 
made  at  this  time  of  the  year  unless  under 
extreme  conditions.  It  is  to  be  remembered 
that  an  attempt  to  ascend  the  river  at  this 
time  of  year  from  Ichang  may  require  sev- 
eral months,  so  that  the  reports  from  Pekin, 
of  the  officials  sent  from  the  outer  world  to 


tuppresi  the  tcbdlion  lound  more  imposii^ 
upon  paper  than  they  actually  are,  and  the 
people  of  the  Province  are  likdy  to  take  care 
of  uidr  own  aifairs  pretty  much  as  they  like 
for  some  rime  to  come,  even  as  they  have 
done  in  the  past. 

This  it  not  the  place  to  disctiss  the  work 
of  Baptist  mittiont  in  thit  wonderful  Prov- 
ince. It  should,  however,  be  noted  thai 
we  have  in  Chengtu  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor, 
who  are  connected  with  the  University,  also 
Mr.  Dye,  teaching  in  the  University,  and 
Mr.  Foster,  who  went  out  last  year  to  pre- 
pare to  take  charge  of  the  academy  at  Suifu. 
The  preaent  indications  are  that  friends  have 
little  cause  for  anxiety  either  for  these  or  for 
our  workers  at  Kiaring  or  Suifii,  while 
Yachow  and  Ningyuen-fu  are  so  far  to  the 
nest  that  the  uprising  is  not  likely  to  affect 
them.  It  is  well  that  we  all  remember  ear- 
nestly in  our  prayers  these  brave  workers 
who  are  so  far  away  from  all  help  even  if  it 
were  needed,  and  who  are  doing  a  work  that 
calls  (or  men  and  women  of  heroic  mold. 
And  such  they  are  who  are  standing  at  these 
outposts  of  die  church,  engaged  in  a  task 
that  may  well  challenge  the  admiration  of  all. 
I  found,  however,  as  I  passed  among  them  a 
few  months  since  that  no  one  was  conscious 
of  doing  more  than  his  duty  in  trying  to 
make  known  the  Saviour  to  those  in  such 


rokokama,  Jafxin. 


MISSIONS 


"he   Ministers'  and  Missionaries*  Benefit   Fund 

A  Statement  by  Secretary  Tomllnson 


gAST  June  at  Philadelphia  an 
"  offer  was  made  by  "a  man 
'  from  Pennsylvania"  to  give 
J  £50,000  toward  a  fund  for 
the  betietit  of  our  aged  or  dis- 
abled ministers  and  missiona- 
ries and  their  dependent  wid- 
ows and  children.  This  gift 
mditioned    upon 


WHAT  OTHERS  A 


;ing  1 200,000 
tmas  Day.  i. 
ist  Convention 
nted  a  Board  t 
und.    This  Board 


!    before    noon    of 

The     Northern 

^pted  the  gift  and 

ise  and  administer 

t  work  and 


lis  to  you  for  immediate  help. 

THE   NEED 

e  condition  is  appalling  and  tragic. 
r  of  our  old  soldiers  of  the  cross  are 
siting  their  wants  be  known.  They  die 
ui  complaint  and  in  silence.  It  would 
sy  to  describe  the  pitiful  condition  of 

of  these  heroes.  The  number  can 
be  understood  when  we  learn  that 
/ear  the  Presbyterians  had  1,197  °" 
-oil  of  honor.  That  denomination  is 
er  than  our  own.     All  that  we  have 

doing  has  been   done  through   a   few 

institutions  which  have  done  heroic 
e,  though  inadequately  supported. 
Board  plans  to  cooperate  with  all  ex- 

instiiuiions  and  greatly  to  enlarge  the 

GREATER  THINGS  AHEAD 
he  conditions  of  this  gift  are  met  there 
reater  things  in  store.  This  is  the  su- 
:  opportunity.  Is  there  anything  of 
^r  importance  just  now  than  making 
iion  for  those  who  faithfully  have 
1  us  and  their  Lord  and  now  are  in 
eed?  What  is  it  "to  receive  a  prophet's 
d"f 


There  is  at  the  present  ti 
awakening  to  this  conditi 


a  widespread 

among   other 

general. 

The  Presbyterians  are  adding  |6,ooo,ooo  to 
their  present  fund  of  £1,750,000.  The  Epis- 
copalians are  raising  a  fund  of  {5,000,000. 
Last  year  the  Methodists  exprndid  £800,000 
in  this  work.  If  others  can  do,  so  can  wel 
We  know  the  appeals  are  many;  but  just 
now,  in  view  of  the  need  and  the  opportunity 
afforded  by  this  conditional  offer  have  we 
anything  before  us  as  important  as  this  f 
Honor  (not  charity)  to  whom  honor  is  duel 
The  world  in  part  at  least  values  any  work 
in  proportion  to  the  valuation  placed  upon 
the  workers.  Is  not  this  in  accord  with  the 
teaching  of  our  Lord  ?  "  He  that  receiveth 
you  receiveth  me."  Give  the  movement  just 
now  the  right  of  way.  The  need  is  tragi- 
cally pitiful,  the  task  of  meeting  the  condi- 
'tion  is  appalling.    Your  help  is  implored! 

HOW  TO  HELP 

1.  By  plidgei  or  cash.    Payment  of  pledges 
may  be  made  in  instalments  and  so  be  not 

burdensome  to  any.  Pledges  as  well  as  cash 
count  in  meeting  the  conditions  of  the  prom- 
ise of  £50,000.  Don't  forget  that  tvery  cent 
of  every  dollar  pledged  goes  directly  into  the 
fund.  There  is  not  one  penny  deducted  for 
the  expenses  of  the  Board.    This  is  a  unique 

2.  By  informing  yourself  as  to  the  facts. 
The  Board  provides  literature,  pledge  cards, 


3.  Give  and  then  get  to  work.  "  How  shall 
I  work  t6  he!p  you?"  is  a  frequent  query. 
Here  is  the  plan  one  man  adopted:  he 
classified  the  men  and  women  in  his  church, 
making  a  separate  class  of  those  who  might 
give  £100  cash  if  payments  were  made  easy 


7H 


MISSIONS 


(as  they  are);  those  who  might  pledge  feoo, 
I500  and  upward.  His  veiy  first  appeal 
brought  a  response  of  |tiooo!  If  he  suc- 
ceeded, you  cannot  fail.  Will  you  tiy  this 
or  some  similar  plan?  ''They  first  gave 
their  own  selves." 

4.  You  can  help  the  Board  in  this  tre- 
mendous undertaking  by  sending  to  the 
secretary  the  names  of  those  who  might  be 
interested  if  they  knew  of  the  work  and  the 
need.  There  is  no  appeal  in  all  the  world 
that  is  so  certain  of  response  as  this. 

5.  We  need  large  gifts  and  many  of  them 
if  we  are  to  succeed.  But  his  best  is  all  that 
any  one  can  do.  Some  of  the  earliest  re- 
sponses have  come  from  missionaries  and 


lowly  workers.  Are  yoa  surprised  ?  After 
all,  what  is  money  good  for  except  to  use  ? 
Is  there  any  better  way  of  investing  money 
than  by  putting  it  directly  into  use  ?  If  you 
can't  do  the  "big  things"  then  read  the 
story  of  the  poor  widow.  What  was  it  the 
Lord  said  about  her  "two  mites"?  The 
might  of  the  mite  is  marvelous  1  But  what- 
ever you  do,  Do  IT  now! 

For  information,  literature,  pledge  cards, 
etc.,  address  Rev.  E.  T.  Tomlinson,  Execu- 
tive Secretary,  656  No.  Broad  St.,  Elizabeth, 
N.J. 

Dr.  H.  L.  Morehouse,  President  and 
Acting  Treasurer,  23  East  26th  St.,  New 
York  City. 


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Proportionate   Giving 

What  Dr.  O.  P.  Glfford  Says  About  It 


BAPTISTS  accept  the  Scriptures  as  in- 
spired. Baptists  practice  immersion 
of  believers  on  confession  of  faith,  because 
they  believe  the  Scriptures  teach  and  com- 
mand such  baptism.  Having  accepted  the 
Scriptures  as  authority  in  the  regulation  of 
conduct,  we  have  simply,  to  study  and  learn 
what  they  command,  and  obey.  First  Corin- 
thians is  accepted  as  part  of  the  inspired 
Scriptures.  In  the  fifteenth  chapter  Paul 
presents  the  arguments  for  the  resurrection 
of  Christ  and  consequent  resurrection  of 
the  believer.  The  fifteenth  chapter  is  a 
great  reservoir  of  truth;  the  sixteenth  chap- 
ter pipes  the  contents  of  the  reservoir  to 
the  dry  field  of  finance,  trying  to  make  the 
desert  blossom  as  the  ros^ 

Baptists  are  very  literal  in  one  command; 
principle  demands  literalness  in  others.  If 
Paul  is  an  authority  on  the  fact  of  the  res- 
urrection and  the  hope  springing  from  the 
fact,  he  is  an  authority  on  the  application 
of  the  truth  to  the  regulation  of  life.  We 
have  no  right  to  comfort  ourselves  with  the 
truth  and  the  hope  and  dodge  the  applica- 
tion. Let  us  either  change  our  Declaration 
of  Faith  concerning  the  Scriptures,  or  obey 
the  Scripture  order  as  well  in  money  as  in 
baptism. 

What  is  the  inspired  ritual  for  the  Lord's 
day?  "Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week," 
put  on  your  best  clothes  and  take  your  way 


to  the  church  service?  No.  "Upon  the 
first  day  of  the  week,"  lie  abed  undl  high 
noon  ?  No.  "Upon  the  first  day  of  the 
week,"  blanket  the  mind  with  the  Sunday 
paper?  No.  "Upon  the  first  day  of  the 
week  let  each  one  of  you  lay  by  him  in  store 
as  he  may  prosper."  Bring  your  business 
to  the  open  tomb  of  Christ.  Let  "the  light 
that  never  was  on  land  or  sea,"  save  from 
the  tomb  of  the  Lord,  flood  the  pocketbook 
once  a  week.  Do  not  divorce  six  days  of 
toil  from  one  of  worship.  Let  the  electric 
light  from  the  dynamo  of  the  resurrection 
flood  the  week  of  toil  and  struggle.  If  your 
methods  will  not  stand  the  light,  change 
them.  The  women  brought  their  spices  to 
the  dead  body  and  the  sealed  tomb,  to  find 
a  living  Christ  and  an  empty  tomb.  Bring 
your  money  to  the  empty  tomb  and  the  liv- 
ing Lord  to  be  changed  into  spices  that  shall 
sweeten  the  lot  of  the  living.  If  business 
men  knew  each  week  where  they  were  on 
the  sea,  there  would  be  fewer  wrecks  on  the 
reefs  and  sandbars  of  failure. 

We  accept  the  Scriptures  as  an  "  infallible 
rule  of  obedience."  I  have  called  attention 
to  an  order  of  Paul  for  the  churches.  If  we 
accept  the  gift  of  life  we  must  accept  the 
law  of  life.  Let  the  deed  honor  the  day. 
"Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week  let  each  one 
of  you  lay  by  him  in  store,  as  he  may  pros- 
per." 


MISSIONS 


725 


Devotional 


A  9nij)?r  af  9t  (Cobtmbatuts 

^E\J^^^y  g'^^  ^^9  I  beseech  Thee,  in  the 
VP^  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  Thy  Son,  my  God, 
that  love  which  can  never  cease,  that  will 
kindle  my  lamp  hut  not  extinguish  it,  that  it 
may  hum  in  me  and  enlighten  others.  Do 
Thou,  O  Christ,  our  dearest  Saviour,  Thyself 
kindle  our  lamps,  that  they  may  evermore 
shine  in  Thy  temple,  that  they  may  receive 
unquenchable  light  from  Thee  that  will  en- 
lighten our  darkness  and  lessen  the  darkness 
of  the  world.  My  Jesus,  I  pray  Thee,  give 
Thy  light  to  my  lamp,  that  in  its  light  the 
most  holy  place  may  be  revealed  to  me  in 
which  Thou  dwellest  as  the  eternal  Priest, 
that  I  may  always  behold  Thee,  desire  Thee, 
look  upon  Thee  in  love,  and  long  after  Thee. 
Amen. 

Prayer  of  St,  Columhanus,  Irish  Missionary  of  the 
sixth  century. 

PRAY 

That  the  Christian  church  in  Christian 
lands  may  be  purified  and  revived,  so  that 
the  missionary  forces  at  the  front  may  have 
behind  them  a  loving,  giving,  believing 
and  praying  church. 

That  a  special  blessing  may  rest  upon  our 
Laymen's  Campaign  and  upon  the  Women's 
Conferences  in  the  Far  West. 

That  the  union  of  Tidings  with  Missions 
may  bring  new  inspiration  to  the  whole 
cause  and  be  a  lasting  gain  for  unity  and 
strength.  ^ 

The  Holy  Spirit's  Missionary  Program 

CHRIST  outlined  a  program  for  the 
operation  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  it 
was  missionary.  He  told  His  disciples  that 
when  He  should  come  they  would  be  en- 
dued with  power.  And  this  power  which 
they  were  to  have  was  to  be  used  in  testify- 
ing of  Him,  beginning  at  Jerusalem,  then  to 
Samaria,  then  to  the  uttermost  parts  of  the 
earth.  That  was  the  program  which  the 
Holy  Spirit  found  waiting  for  Him  when 
He  came  to  earth.  That  was  the  use  which 
the  disciples  were  to  make  of  this  new  power 
when  He  came.    The  Holy  Spirit  adopted 


this  program,  for  when  He  came,  the  first 
thing  He  did  was  to  enable  these  waidng 
disciples  to  tesdfy  to  Christ  in  the  tongues 
of  the  nations  of  the  earth.  It  is  tremen- 
dously significant  that  the  initial  act  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  on  earth  was  missionary.  .  His 
first  manifestation  of  power  had  a  world- 
wide meaning.  Every  person  there,  what- 
ever his  nationality,  heard  of  the  wonderful 
works  of  God  in  his  own  tongue,  and  this 
because  of  the  Spirit's  power.  He  adopted 
this  missionary  program;  and  He  carried 
it  out.  A  church  was  organized  in  Jerusa- 
lem; but  the  members  became  narrow  and 
exclusive.  They  shut  themselves  up  to 
themselves,  and  cared  only  for  the  pros- 
perity of  the  church  at  Jerusalem.  All 
around  them  were  people  who  needed 
Christ,  but  they  did  not  care  for  that.  So 
under  the  supervision  of  the  Spirit,  that 
church  suffered  sore  persecution,  which  sent 
them  out  to  the  people  beyond.  They  went 
out  finally,  but  not  until  calamity  came. 
He  got  them  out  of  themselves,  but  only  by 
disaster  to  their  exclusiveness.  All  this 
served  the  Spirit's  purpose.  They  went 
everywhere  preaching  Christ.  A  church 
was  formed  at  Antioch.  Barnabas  and 
Saul  went  there.  They  stayed  more  than  a 
year.  The  church  prospered.  Barnabas 
and  Saul  were  the  leaders.  But  a  call  is 
made  for  these  two  men,  the  best  they  had. 
Five  hundred  thousand  people  in  Antioch, 
only  a  small  fraction  in  the  church,  and  yet 
someone  calls  for  these  two  men  to  whom 
the  church  looks  for  leadership;  and  called 
for  them  to  send  them  far  hence  when  so 
many  right  there  in  Antioch  were  yet  un- 
saved. This  someone  was  the  Holy  Spirit. 
He  is  carrying  out  the  missionary  program. 
Under  His  direction  and  by  His  power  the 
work  went  on  until  the  gospel  was  given  to 
what  was  then  the  farthest  ends  of  the  earth. 
Think  of  any  Christian  or  Christian  church 
praying  for  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
and  yet  opposed  or  indifferent  to  missions! 
Think  of  a  Christian  or  Christian  church 
desiring  the  fellowship  of  the  Spirit,  and  yet 
out  of  harmony  with  His  program!  —  J.  A. 
Maxwell. 


A  Genuine  Indian  Gamp  Meeting 

By  Charies  L.  White,  D.D. 


M^ 


fY  life  ha*  been 

irer  en- 

[  by  a  wcek't 

Blanket    Indian*    of 
Oklahoma  and  their 
devoted  missionariei, 
iriio    labor   lo   akil- 
fully    and    padently 
among    the    pet^le 
who  have  been  won- 
deifully  responsive  to 
the  metaage  of  salva- 
tion.    To  live  four 
days  in  a  tepee,  with 
its    environment   of  Indian  tradition   and 
customs,  was  a  change  at  least  from  what 
had  engaged  my  attention  for  the  last  few 
years.     There  was  no  suggestion  of  the 
academic     atmosphere,      and      the      living 
piaures,  changing  with  a  dramatic  effect 
which    was   all    the   more   wonderful    be- 
cause natural,  were  of  the  kind  to  make 
one's  eyes  grow  moist,  as  his  heart  felt  the 
pressure  of  the  constraining  love  of  Christ 
upon  these  Christian  Indians. 

A  SUNRISE  SERVtCB 
We  were  awakened  each  morning  by  the 
weird  voices  of  Indian  chiefs  long  ago  trained 
to  the  war-hoop,  but  now  calling  the  camps 
to  the  sunrise  service.  The  days  were  filled 
with  meetings  that  began  before  breakfast, 
and  with  slight  interruptions  for  refresh- 
ment and  conferences,  continued  until  late 
at  night,  and  once  until  nearly  one  o'clock 


in  the  moming.  Each  hoar  yielded  fresh 
evidence  of  the  nd  man's  linceiity,  and 
gave  full  proof  of  the  genuine  work  accom- 
plished by  hia  teachen,  who  have  so  beau- 
tifully interpreted  by  their  lives  and  lips 
the  measage  of  QiriM  to  these  children  of 
the  praitiei.  Aa  the  days  progressed,  the 
cumulative  evidences  of  the  Indian's  piety, 
as  he  offered  his  earnest  prayen  and  gave 
his  childlike  but  often  profound  testimonies, 
were  what  I  had  h^ied  to  obtain  at  the  As- 
sociation of  these  Blanket  tribes. 

AN   INTERESTING  CAMP 

The  occasion  called  together  about  seven 
hundred  men,  women  and  children,  who  all 
lived  in  tents  and  made  a  large  camp  ar- 
ranged in  a  most  interesting  form.  These 
belonged  mostly  to  the  Kiowa,  Arapahoe, 
Pawnee,  Comanche,  Apache  and  Cheyenne 
tribes.  The  majority  were  Cheyenne,  as 
these  Indians  entertained  the  Association. 
This  year  the  numbers  were  less  than  usual 
as  only  delegates  from  the  outside  churches 
were  invited. 

The  hospitality  of  the  hosts  was  of  the 
primitive  kind,  very  generous,  and  each  day 
included  the  killing  of  two  beeves  for  im- 
mediate consumption.  The  cutting  of  the 
meat  and  its  distribution  to  the  tents  oc- 
curred in  the  centre  of  the  camp,  and  was 
done  at  least  in  an  expeditious  manner,  and 
with  no  attempts  at  the  cold  storage  ripening 


Nearly  one  hundred  tents  were  well  filled 
with  quickly  movable  furniture,  but  with 


MISSIONS 


iron  and  brass  bedsteads  and  good  mat- 
iresses  and  springs  in  evidence.  It  was  clear 
from  the  first  that  while  the  social  element 
was  valued,  these  interesting  people  were 
drawn  together  by  a  distinctively  religious 
impulse. 

The  location  of  the  camp  was  very  pic- 
turesque, on  a  terraced  plain,  sloping  to  two 
ravines  skirted  with  oak  and  cottonwood 
trees,  and  near  a  little  river,  which  might 
well  be  called  the  Jordan,  for  here  the  first 
Cheyenne  Indians  were  baptized.  This  was 
what  greeted  us  the  first  moming  as  we 
walked  from  the  missionaries'  camp,  heed- 
ing the  call  of  the  aged  chiefs,  and  having 
hastily  prepared  for  the  sunrise  service. 

Already  the  Indians  were  moving  freely 
about.  Some  were  attending  to  their  horses 
here  and  there  in  the  nearby  pastures,  and 
others  were  slowly  approaching,  alone  or  in 
small  groups  of  friends  and  relatives.  Across 
the  creek  by  the  nearest  tent  stood  a  father, 
lovingly  holding  in  his  arms  a  baby,  while 
the  mother  was  preparing  their  meal  for  the 
new  day. 

AN  IMAGINARY  CONVERSATION 


Two  aged  chiefs  stood  for 
the  bank  of  the  creek,  and  I  imagined  I 
could  hear  one  say  to  the  other: 

"How  different  this  is  from  the  old  days 
when  you  and  I  fought  those  very  Indians 


across  the  divide.     Now  we  are  all  in  the 
Jesus  road  together." 

"Yes,"  said  his  companion,  "that  is  what 
the  missionaries  and  the  Great  Mission  So- 
ciety have  done  for  us.  If  it  had  not  been 
for  them,  we  would  be  still  standing  out 
there  with  our  faces  to  the  East  and  our. 
arms  stretched   out,  worshiping  the  sun  as 


"Yes,"  was  the  answer,  "and  yo 
ve  learned  a  better  way;  we  fight 
r  white  brothers,  and  we  have  takt 


ind  I 


last  scalps.  Ah  I  those  were  exciting  and 
wonderful  days,  but  these  are  better,  and  I 
am  glad  the  old  days  have  gone.  But  I  do 
wish  the  buffaloes  would  come  back  again. 
The  last  one  1  killed  fell  at  the  foot  of  that 
big  tree  down  the  creek." 

As  they  walked  along,  thinking  of  the  old 
war  days,  the  silence  was  again  broken  by 
the  older  man,  who  said: 

"When  1  heard  Buff'alo  Meat  call  the 
camp  this  moming,  and  stood  up  and 
walked  out  to  see  the  old  chief  pass  by,  I 
nbered  the  old  days.    How  many  times 


I  have  followed  hin 


1  the 


lathi    How 


many  nights  I  have  crept  in  the  darknt 
behind  his  silent  but  swift  steps  to  fall  upon 
the  camps  of  the  emigrants,  whom  we  killed 
and  scalpedl  How  often  I  used  to  fight  by 
his  side  against  some  of  the  Indian  chiefs 
who  are  in  this  very  camp  todayl 


728 

"Oh  what  a  man  this  BulFalo  Meat  wis 
in  those  old  war  days!  He  wai  the  moct 
luccessful  in  bringing  home  horses  and  cattle 
which  he  took.  He  was  the  best  hunter  and 
raider  of  all  his  tribe;  and  now  see  him,  a 
deacon  in  this  church,  and  as  gentle  as  a 
woman.  All  these  Indians  love  him.  Yes, 
even  the  Indians  he  used  to  light,  and  whose 
horses  he  used  to  steal,  love  him,  I  remem- 
ber the  day  he  was  taken  by  the  officers  and 
carried  away  and  put  in  chains  in  the  prison 
in  St.  Augustine,  and  I  saw  him  when  years 
after  he  returned  to  his  home  to  go  no  more 
on  the  war-path.  The  same  old  look  of  war 
was  on  his  face,  but  years  after,  when  he 
became  a  Jesus  Indian  and  was  baptized  in 
yonder  creek,  he  became  a  new  man.  From 
the  big  mountain  in  Colorado  to  the  Rio 
Grande,  and  far  into  old  Mexico,  from  the 
high  mountain  in  the  West  to  the  big  river 
in  the  East  we  roamed  and  fought  together, 
but  we  have  found  a  better  way.  We  now 
walk  the  Jesus  road  side  by  side  and  are 
glad  we  have  found  the  light." 

THE   INDIANS   WORSHIP 

They  have  now  reached  the  church  tent, 
and  the  old  men  take  their  places  under  the 
big  tepee,  and  the  aged  chief  who  has 
talked  of  the  past  years,  rises  and  lifts  his 
Indian  heart  to  God  in  a  prayer  that  will 
echo  forever  through  the  halls  of  memory, 
and  whose  spiritual  vibrations  one's  soul 
will  feel  as  long  as  life  lasts.  Testimonies 
translated  by  five  interpreters  to  their  own 
people,  mingling  with  frequent  prayers  and 
Indian  songs,  made  us  feel  that  here  at  last 
was  a  simple  proof  of  the  Indian's  capacity 
for  responding  to  the  love  of  Christ.  Yes, 
he  knows  the  Lord,  for  the  grace  of  Christ 
is  in  his  heart  and  the  Christian  graces  are 
in  his  life.  He  has  yet  to  attain  the  standard 
of  the  white  man  in  the  application  of  his 
religion  to  his  various  human  relationships, 
but  he  is  learning  each  day  the  secrets  of  the 
Lord  which  only  Christians  can  discover. 

The  meetings  lasted  from  Thursday 
morning  unril  nearly  one  o'clock  Monday 
morning.  Much  time  was  given  to  the  con- 
duct of  business  which  was  well  guided  by 
Moderator  Clouse  and  his  assistant  Jesse 
Bent,  an  Arapahoe  Indian.  Other  features 
of  the  meetings  were  prayer,  the  testimonies 
of  Indians  and  missionaries,  and  frequent 
sermons  by  missionaries  and  visiting  friends. 


MISSIONS 


THE  KIOWA  ARE  8INCEX9 

The  Kiowa  were  the  most  popular  singers 
of  all  the  tribes,  and  (he  whites  enjoyed 
their  hymns  as  much  at  the  Indians  did. 
We  often  heard  the  hymn  of  which  both  the 
words  and  music  were  composed  by  Gotebo, 


the  former  enemy  of  the  white  man,  but 
now  an  earnest  Chrisuan  deacon  of  the 
Rainy  Mountain  Baptist  church.  It  ii 
certainly  an  unusual  religious  service  which 
contains  singing,  prayer  and  tesrimony  in 
five  Indian  languages,  with  an  occasional 
prayer  in  English,  and  an  inspiring  hymn 
sung  by  a  quartet  of  missionaries. 

The  progress  in  the  services  was  neces- 
sarily slow.  The  prayers  were  not  trans- 
lated by  the  interpreters,  but  the  testimo- 
nies and  sermons  and  many  of  the  hymns 
were  all  repeated  by  the  five  interpreters, 
who  explained  to  the  groups  of  Indians  sit- 
ting near  to  them  the  meaning  of  all  that 
was  said.  Whichever  way  we  turned  the 
strange  and  unusual  were  everywhere  pres- 
ent. An  old  Indian  sitting  near  me  wipes 
his  glasses  with  his  fingers,  after  holding 
them  out  in  the  rain,  and  then  wears  them 
with  satisfaction,  assured  that  they  are 
clean. 


MISSIONS 


On  the  way  to  one  tervice  1  met  an  old 
chief  putting  on  a  pair  of  new  shoes,  but 
before  he  did  so  he  drew  on  a  pair  of  stock* 
ings,  carefully  washing  his  feet  with  wet 
grass,  which  he  broke  olf  and  used  as  both 
soap  and  towel.  A  half  hour  later  near  this 
Indian  in  the  morning  meeting  sat  another 
who  had  been  a  fierce  warrior.  His  locks 
were  gray  and  around  his  neck  was  a  silk 
handkerchief  neatly  tied  in  front  and  turned 
under  a  blue  military  coat,  bunoned  up  to 
his  throat,  but  with  the  handkerchief  hang- 
ing down  his  back.  Hit  hair  hung  in  front 
over  hi*  shoulders  in  two  braids  tied  with 
pea-green  cloth.    The  tips  of  the  braids  were 


split,  extending  several  inches  beyond  the 
point  where  the  hair  ended.  This  man 
wore  brown  striped  trousers,  a  broad  felt 
hat  with  a  leather  strap  that  held  several 
feathers,  and  a  little  cross  above  the  bow, 
around  which  were  small  designs  wrought 
in  fine  needlework. 

A  little  boy  of  three  years  is  ctying  lustily, 
and  the  mother  at  last  quiets  him  by  giving 
the  child  what  he  wishes.  A  boy  of  five  is 
standing  by  the  side  of  his  bronze-faced 
father,  who  is  rapt  in  attention.  The  child 
has  two  broad-brimmed  hats  on,  one  above 
the  other,  and  is  veiy  happy  in  his  play, 
which  distract!  no  one's  attention. 


On  Friday  the  Indians  continued  to  come 
in  goodly  numbers,  in  spite  of  a  heavy  rain, 
for  what  would  seriously  interfere  with  a 
meeting  among  the  whites  seems  to  have 
little  effect  upon  the  success  of  a  gathering 
of  red  men.  The  rain  kept  away  only  those 
who  were  accustomed  to  coming  late,  and 
especially  the  women,  who  had  the  major 
part  of  the  duties  in  the  tents  to  perform. 
One  woman  arrives  a  half  hour  after  the 
morning  service  began  and,  finding  it  diffi- 
cult to  secure  a  seat  on  the  ground  under 
the  tent,  sits  on  the  wet  grass  with  a  white 
sheet  around  her,  proieaing  herself  as  much 
as  possible  from  the  rain.  When  the  weather 
clears  for  a  moment,  two  little  girls,  weary 
of  the  confinement  of  the  meeting,  swing  on 
the  tent  ropes.  In  front  of  them  a  woman 
is  busy  chewing  gum,  intent  however  on  all 
that  is  being  said.  She  wears  a  blue  dress 
with  white  square  spots,  and  an  imitation 
camel's  hair  shawl  with  a  red  ground  and 
yellow  figures  predominating.  She  stands 
just  outside  of  the  tent  under  an  umbrella. 
By  her  side  under  the  same  covering  is  her 
neighbor,  a  portly  Indian  woman,  clad  in  a 
brown  dress  nrarked  with  a  white  stripe 
eight  inches  from  the  bottom,  and  distin- 
guished by  a  silk  belt  tied  with  long  ends, 
in  the  tassels  of  which  white  and  brown 
A  third  friend  joins  the  two 


gre< 


1  dress,  with  a  broad 
:ipal  colors  of  which  a 


By  theii 


side  are  thre 
md    red    dre 


striped  shawl,  the 
re  white  and  blue. 
;r  belt  two  inches 

girls  neatly  clad 
ses,    under   white 
"joying  what  proteaion  they 
can  secure  under  one  umbrella,  as  they  in- 
tently listen  to  the  service. 

Not  far  from  them,  and  evidently  anx- 
ious for  plenty  of  fresh  air,  are  two  large 
women  sitting  on  the  wet  grass,  protected 
by  one  umbrella;  one  wears  a  white  shawl; 
the  other  is  barefooted  and  evidently  in 
hei  hair  falls  unkempt  over 


mourn  mg, 

her  should! 
Under  a 

girl  with  hi 
a  baby,  fa< 


lother  umbrella  stands  a  little 
■  mother,  who  holds  on  her  back 
ened  in  a  red  and  white  shawl. 
attention  is  frequently  diverted 
by  the  playfulness  of  the  baby,  whom  from 
rime  to  time  she  stoops  to  pet.    Another  girl 


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MISSIONS 


prihapt  their  finer,  hu  arrived,  wearing  a 
wine-colored  dmt  and  a  yellow-dotted  orange 
(.■ulured  ihawl  with  bri^t  yellow  figure*  in 
ihv  cornen.  A  woman  who  has  pasted 
through  the  Indian  schools  and  ipeaks 
Knglish  fluently  siti  among  her  people  in 
the  front  row.  Behind  her  ii  an  interestiitg 
looking  neighbor,  clad  in  dark  blue. 

THB   BUSY  INTERraBTEKS 

The  simple  service  of  which  we  are  writ- 
ing is  progressing  with  the  usual  slowness 
which  results  from  the  repetition  of  every- 
thing by  the  interpreters.  An  Indian  has 
juft  said; 

"The  devil  has  for  a  ]<Hig  time  been  fight- 
ing against  God,  but  has  never  whipped  Him 
yet.  All  roads,  except  the  true  one,  change 
frequently.  When  the  devil  gets  to  the  end 
of  his  road  he  does  not  quit,  but  makes  a 
new  one." 

A  dog  outside  the  tent  barks  loudly,  but 
no  one  seems  to  hear  the  noise.  The  inter- 
preters repeat  another  Indian  testimony: 

"The  Jesus  road  is  the  only  road  that 
gets  off  the  earthly  road  into  heaven.  Don't 
let  the  devil  deceive  you  that  those  other 
roads  reach  heaven." 

1(  is  now  beginning  to  rain  very  hard,  but 
the  women  sitting  on  the  grass  show  no  signs 
of  moving.  The  missionaries  sing  the  hymn, 
"Come  every  soul  by  sin  oppressed,"  and  an 
old  wrinkle-faced  India 
a  member  of  the  Pawni 
is  "White  Eagle,"  comes  forward  and  sits 
in  the  penitent  chair,  thus  signifying  that  he 
desires  to  enter  the  Jesus  road.  The  Kiowa 
ace  singing  as  only  the  Kiowa  can,  and  a 
mother  with  her  baby  in  her  arms,  leading 
by  the  hand  a  little  girl,  perhaps  five  years 
old,  comes  forward  to  ask  for  the  prayers  of 
the  silent  worshipers.  The  older  girl  is  not 
happy  in  her  new  surroundings,  and  her 
father  comes  to  take  the  child  to  his  part  of 
the  tent.  The  baby  of  the  penitent  mother 
cries  lustily,  but  there  seems  to  be  no  con- 
fusion, and  nothing  that  has  happened  or 
evidently  can  happen  interferes  in  the  least 
with  the  solemnity  of  the  occasion. 

The  service  ended  with  a  prayer  by  Dr. 
Kinney,  who  tenderly  commended  these 
first  inquirers  at  the  Association  to  the  love 
and  mercy  of  God. 

By  this  time  fortunately  the  rain  ceased 
fat  m  little  while  as  the  Indians  returned  to 


their  tents.  A  few  minutes  later,  two  aged 
men  of  the  Arapahoe  tribe  in  a  very  dra- 
matic way,  after  calling  for  the  attention  of 
the  camps,  announced  at  the  top  of  their 
voices,  and  then  silently  in  the  sign  language, 
an  early  council  of  their  tribe. 

ANOTHER  aSRVICB 
Another  service  began  promptly  at  one 
o'clock,  after  the  announcement  by  the  mod- 
erator. Missionary  Qouse,  of  the  "road  for 
the  afternoon,"  by  which  he  meant  the  pro- 
gram for  the  meeting.  At  the  conclusion  of 
this  service  I  had  an  interesting  conversation 
with  Jesse  Bent,  the  interpreter  of  the 
Arapahoe,  who  also  speaks  the  Cheyenne 
language.  He  is  well  educated  for  a  man  of 
his  opportunities,  speaks  English  fluently, 
and  is  highly  esteemed  hy  the  Indians.  Sev- 
eral years  ago,  for  conscientious  reasons,  he 
relinquished  a  good  salary  and  became  a 


ind  the 


eofoi 


year.  He  is  a  fine  example  of  what  the  grace 
of  God  is  accomplishing  among  the  young 
men  of  his  tribe.    He  reports  that  the  tribal 


MISSIONS 


73' 


;  among  many  of  the 
people,  but  the  evil  features  are  being  grad- 
ually eliminated.  Occasionally  in  the  ser- 
vice one  can  see  the  scalp-lock  with  which 
the  old  Indians  still  dress  theit  hair.  One 
missionary  told  me  that  be  frequently  found 
a  number  of  his  congregation  shaving  during  two  week: 
the  services,  but  the  Indian  shaves  by  pulling     every  method. 

(concluded  next  month) 


out  his  beard  hair  by  hair  with  his  home- 
made pinceiB.  Spotted  Bird,  a  Kiowa  In- 
dian, assured  me  that  the  Indian  method  of 
shaving  is  much  better  than  the  white  man's 
way,  for  the  white  man  has  to  shave  every 
two  days,  and  the  Indian  only  about  once  in 
:  some  advantages  in 


City  Mission  Work  and  Workers 

By  Rev.  Frank  L.  Anderson 


AN  imponant  meeting  of  the  Association 
of  Baptist  City  Mission  Workers  was 
held  In  New  York  City  Sept.  21-2+.  All 
thesessions  were  in  the  nature  of  conferences, 
and  actual  observation  of  methods  success- 
fully used  in  New  York  and  Brooklyn. 

At  the  Friday  morning  session  Rev.  T,  E. 
Schulte  of  the  German  Conference,  in  the 
absence  of  Rev.  Jas.  M.  Bruce,  Home  Mis- 
sion Society  Superintendent  of  Foreign  Work, 
opened  the  discussion  on  church  edifice  work 
for  foreigners.  He  showed  the  tremendous 
need  among  the  Gen 


lade  clear  that 


1  the 


jrgc  c 


o  utilize  the  buildin 


conducted  in  several  languages, 
new  buildings  are  erected  this  demand 
should  be  considered  by  the  architects  and 
building  committees.  In  our  cosmopolitan 
centers  such  a  policy  would  guarantee  per- 
manency to  our  Protestant  work  in  any  part 
of  a  given  city.    There  was  a  difference  of 


opinion  regarding  the  advisability  of  having 
separate  church  organizations  of  the  various 
nationalities  meeting  in  the  same  building. 
A  committee  consisting  of  Rev.  Howard 
Wayne  Smith,  Rev.  H.  C.  Gleiss  and  Rev. 
Frank  W.  Padelford  was  appointed  to  report 
at  the  next  meeting. 

The  discussion  of  the  subject  "The  Prep- 
aration and  Distribution  of  Literature  in 
Foreign  Tongues "  was  opened  by  Rev. 
Howard  Wayne  Smith,  who  said  no  subject 

fart,  all  our  advance  work  among  foreigners 
will  depend  very  largely  on  the  wise  use  of 
literature.  The  supply  is  in  no  sense  com- 
mensurate with  the  demand.  The  greater 
part  of  the  literature  that  has  been  prepared 
is  of  such  an  inferior  quality  that  Its  distribu- 
tion will  hinder  rather  than  help  in  the  work 
of  evangelizing  the  strangers  within  our 
gates.  Rev.  John  M.  Moore  in  this  connec- 
tion  made  valuable  suggestions  regarding 


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MISSIONS 


the  preparation  of  programs  for  dasset  study- 
ing city  missions.  He  spoke  in  the  highest 
terms  of  appreciation  of  the  book  soon  to 
be  issued  by  the  Publication  Society,  The 
Ridemption  of  the  Citjy  of  which  Rev.  Chas. 
H.  Sears,  Secretary  of  the  New  York  City 
Baptist  Mission  Society,  is  the  author. 
Through  careful  study  and  wide  experience 
he  is  well  prepared  to  write  so  important  a 
volume. 

The  Friday  afternoon  session  was  devoted 
to  the  consideration  of  cooperation  with  the 
various  denominational  agencies.  The 
Woman's  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
Society  is  doing  a  great  work  in  our  cities 
through  its  representatives.  Miss  Frances 
Schuyler  expressed  satisfaction  with  the 
work  of  the  appointees  of  the  Board,  and 
the  city  mission  superintendents  expressed 
their  hearty  appreciation  of  the  most  excel- 
lent service  rendered  by  the  women  mission- 
aries in  the  cities.  As  the  city  problem  be- 
comes more  and  more  acute  the  denomination 
will  need  a  larger  corps  of  workers  in  order 
to  cope  with  existing  conditions.  Many  of 
the  downtown  English-speaking  churches 
are  facing  more  difficult  problems  than  are 
some  of  our  foreign-speaking  churches.  For 
this  reason  the  members  of  the  Association 
felt  that  especially  the  downtown  English- 
speaking  churches  will  need  the  assistance 
of  the  denomination  in  securing  women  mis- 
sionaries. Miss  Schuyler  said  the  Woman's 
Board  has  already  begun  to  realize  this  phase 
of  our  denominational  need.  Rev.  R.  M. 
West  of  Rochester  showed  how  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention,  which  is  a  "forensic 
world  of  an  academic  nature,"  —  a  forum 
where  delicate  questions  may  be  discussed 
free  from  local  prejudices,  —  gives  oppor- 
tunity for  the  treatment  of  our  city  problems 
in  the  spirit  of  a  larger  freedom  than  would 
otherwise  be  possible.  One  of  the  acute 
problems  of  city  mission  work  is  the  budget. 
Shall  the  national  organization  recognize 
the  budget  of  the  city  mission  societies  ? 

Dr.  L.  C.  Barnes  expressed  his  apprecia- 
tion of  the  great  problem  confronting  Chris- 
tianity in  the  large  cities.  The  Home  Mis- 
sion Society  in  cooperating  with  the  city 
organization  makes  impossible  sporadic  city 
mission  work.  While  more  money  is  needed 
for  the  large  cities  the  appropriations  are  as 
generous  as  possible  in  view  of  the  incomt 
of  the  Society.    Dr.  Padelford,  in  speaking 


of  the  relationship  of  the  city  organization 
to  the  Sute  Convention,  expressed  the  belief 
that  this  should  be  in  the  closest  possible 
cooperadon.  The  churches  in  the  large 
cities  should  contribute  to  the  work  of  the 
Sute  Convention,  and  the  State  Convention 
should  make  appropriations  for  the  weaker 
churches  in  the  metropolitan  centers,  as  well 
as  in  the  country  districts.  The  evangeliza- 
tion of  the  foreigners  is  more  of  a  problem 
in  the  large  dries  than  in  the  rural  commu- 
nities. This  places  a  larger  responsibility 
upon  the  Sute  Convention.  The  need  of 
the  more  general  adopdon  of  the  newer  and 
more  comprehensive  Sute  Convendon  organ- 
izadon,  on  the  general  plan  of  die  Northern 
Baptist  Convendon,  was  stron^y  urged  by 
several.  Rev.  Howard  Wajme  Smith  showed 
what  work  is  being  done,  espedally  through 
the  colporters  of  the  Publicadon  Sodety. 

Superintendent  Sears  hit  on  an  original 
idea  when  he  arranged  for  a  dinner  in  China- 
town. A  number  of  represenradve  Baptists 
of  New  York  City  were  present  and  enjoyed 
the  Chinese  course  dinner.  There  were  sev- 
eral brief  addresses  from  the  Baptists  of 
New  York,  including  Judge  Clinch  and  Dr. 
James  A.  Bennett,  and  also  from  the  visitors 
from  other  cities. 

No  subject,  perhaps,  created  more  interest 
than  that  of  the  denominational  responsi- 
bility for  the  training  of  foreign-speaking 
leaders.  Prof.  Antonio  Mangano,  head  of 
the  Italian  department  of  Colgate  Univer- 
sity, presented  this  problem.  He  did  not 
believe  that  workers  among  our  foreign 
population  should  be  trained  in  Europe. 
We  need  to  make  provision  in  America  for 
the  training  of  workers  among  our  foreign 
speaking  citizens.  He  showed  the  terrible 
lack  of  trained  men  in  our  foreign-speaking 
churches.  He  felt  it  an  unwise  policy  to 
appropriate  denominational  funds  for  un- 
trained men  and  women. 

On  Saturday  evening,  Sunday  afternoon, 
and  Sunday  evening  the  representarives 
spent  their  time  in  observation  work.  While 
the  formal  sessions  have  been  of  great  ser- 
vice to  the  representatives,  without  doubt 
the  study  of  the  actual  methods  used  among 
the  foreigners  and  in  the  downtown  sections 
were  of  the  largest  possible  significance  to 
the  superintendents  and  workers.  The  next 
meedng  of  the  Associadon  will  be  held  in 
Pittsburgh,  Sept.  3  and  4, 191 2. 


MISSIONS 


The   Free   Baptist  Transfer  of  Mission   Funds 


of  unusual  inter- 
I  in  the  Ford  Build- 
iisday  evening,  Oc- 
hen  a  company  of 
nd     Free    Baptists 
I  witness  the  formal 
the  mission  funds 
ana    properties    of  the    Free 
Baptist  General  Conference.     Official  rep- 
resentatives of  the  General  Conference  and 
the  Home,  Foreign  and  Publication  Societies 
were  present,  besides  leading  pastors  and 
l.ymen. 

The  spirit  of  the  meeting  was  sympa- 
thetic and  delightful,  a  genuine  evidence  of 
Christian  union,  and  it  is  a  pky  that  fifty 
thousand  Baptists  could  not  have  partici- 
pated. It  was  a  historic  occasion,  unique 
in  our  histoiy.  TTie  addresses  were  of  ex- 
aaly  the  right  temper,  and  all  seemed  to 
feel  that  the  transfer  of  missionary  opera- 
tions was  but  the  precursor  of  an  ultimate 
complete  union.  The  word  Baptist  is  suf- 
ficient for  us  alt  without  qualifying  adjec- 

The  prc^iam  was  carried  out  under  the 
direction  of  Col.  E.  H.  Haskell,  who  happily 
voiced  the  general   congratulations  on   an 


accomplished  work  of  large  importance. 
He  read  telegrams  of  congratulation  from 
President  Mauck  of  Hillsdale  College  and 
the  Maine  Baptist  State  Convention,  The 
first  address  was  made  by  George  F.  Mosher, 
LL.D.,  for  twenty-two  years  editor  of  the 
Morning  Slar,  who  now  becomes  an  associ- 
ate editor  of  the  0'atchman.  He  spoke  of 
the  two  great  movements  of  the  day,  the 
Laymen's  Missionary  and  the  Men  and 
Religion  Movement,  directed  to  the  awak- 
ening of  men  in  our  churches.  Referring 
tenderly  to  what  the  Free  Baptists  were 
giving  up,  he  said  they  did  it  because  the 
union  of  Christians  was  more  to  them  than 
sentimental  or  selfish  considerations. 

Secretary  Barbour  spoke  for  the  Foreign 
Society.  This  was  not  so  much  the  welcom- 
ing of  an  organization,  he  said,  as  of  indi- 
viduals who  furnished  splendid  samples  of 


laryc! 


n  India 


No 


>uld 


promote  Christian  unity  more  than  could  the 
Great  Commission.  The  Free  Baptist  con- 
stituency could  be  assured  that  the  work 
handed  over  would  be  sacredly  guarded.  It 
is  one  work,  and  we  are  all  one  in  it. 

Dr.  Hobart  responded  for  the  Home  Mis- 
sion Society,  alio  for  the  Committee  of  the 


734 


MISSIONS 


Northern  Baptist  Convention  which  for 
nearly  six  years  has  been  conducting  the 
negotiations  with  patience  and  tact.  He 
paid  the  highest  compliment  to  the  Free 
Baptist  brethren  for  the  courtesy  and  fine 
Christian  spirit  that  had  characterized  all 
conferences  and  said  he  had  never  experi- 
enced greater  satisfacdon  than  in  these 
gatherings.  He  told  of  his  personal  relations 
to  Ransom  Dunn,  the  great  Free  Baptist 
preacher,  and  of  his  boyish  wonder  why  the 
Free  Baptists  and  the  other  Baptists  should 
ever  have  got  separated.  He  gave  some  of 
,the  inside  history  of  the  conferences,  and 
effeaively  made  the  points  in  favor  of  com- 
plete union,  one  of  these  being  that  "Our 
Lord  will  be  glad  to  have  this  done." 

Dr.  Rowland  for  the  Publicarion  Society 
brought  also  the  greetings  of  the  Philadel- 
phia Association,  the  oldest  Baptist  organi- 
zation in  America.  He  said  the  Publication 
Society  was  already  publishing  a  number  of 
new  books  by  Free  Baptist  writers  and  was 
furnishing  Sunday  school  literature  to  the 
Free  Baptist  Sunday  schools,  and  was  ready 
to  do  so  to  any  extent.  More  than  that.  Dr. 
Mauck  had  already  sent  a  contribution  to 
the  missionary  work  of  the  society.  Dr. 
Rowland  was  happy  in  his  illustrations,  as 
in  his  conclusion  that  we  are  all  going  to 
work  together,  not  selfishly,  but  for  a  com- 


mon cause. 


It  remained  for  Dr.  Anthony,  who  in 
addition  to  being  the  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer of  the  General  Conference  has  been 
made  Special  Joint  Secretary  of  the  General 
Societies,  to  express  the  feeling  of  the  Free 
Baptists.  He  said  this  reunion  and  union, 
for  more  was  meant  by  it  than  cooperation, 
was  due  to  an  overruling  providence.  He 
had  been  profoundly  impressed  with  the 
way  in  which  the  seemingly  insurmountable 
difficulties  had  been  removed,  and  with  the 
spirit  of  gracious  charity  and  forbearance  on 
all  sides;  also  with  the  way  in  which  the 
Free  Baptists  had  kept  a  solid  front.  Provi- 
dence was  in  it  all.  He  warned  them,  how- 
ever, that  the  great  Baptist  brotherhood  was 
not  aware  of  what  was  taking  place,  and 
that  there  might  sometime  be  an  awakening 
and  some  disappointment  and  disturbance, 
so  that  patience  would  still  be  necessary. 
All  would  come  out  right  however.  No 
more  Free  Baptist  churches  would  be  or- 
ganized  in  the  home  mission  field.     The 


names  are  now  sjmonymous.  It  is  only  the 
form  that  has  been  abandoned,  and  we  shall 
soon  discover  that  we  are  all  represented 
without  distinction  in  the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention  and  in  all  the  societies.  What 
we  used  to  call  yours  and  mine  we  now  call 
ours  and  we  are  to  use  all  the  power  we  have 
to  make  this  more  effective.  He  knew  of  no 
movement  thus  far  except  this  where  we 
make  one  less  denomination  through  the  ex- 
tinction of  one  that  there  may  be  only  one. 
This  had  required  sacrifices,  but  these  were 
not  all  on  one  side.  The  future  was  full  of 
hope*. 

Then  the  transfers  were  made,  Rev.  Ar- 
thur Given,  D.D.,  of  Providence,  as  treas- 
urer of  the  General  Conference,  passing  the 
securities  in  turn  to  the  treasurers  of  the 
societies,  Mr.  Perkins  and  Mr.  Moulton, 
who  assured  all  that  the  trust  would  be  held 
sacred  and  that  something  of  far  greater 
value  than  the  money  was  recognized  in  this 
transfer  of  a  work  built  up  through  the 
years  by  sacrifice  and  consecration.  Ac- 
cording to  the  agreements  made,  the  actual 
present  transfers  are:  to  the  Foreign  Mis- 
sion Society,  securities,  ^62,775;  cash, 
^3,794,05;  a  total  of  {66,569.05.  To  the 
Home  Mission  Society,  securities,  {42,124.36; 
cash,  {7,288.95;  twentieth-century  loan 
fund,  {12,054.63;  a  total  of  {61^467.94. 
Other  transfers  will  follow  as  adjustments 
are  made. 

After  this  solemn  and  dignified  service, 
which  was  deeply  impressive,  with  a  hymn 
of  praise  and  prayer  of  benediction  the  com- 
pany dispersed.  Let  us  all  now  join  in  the 
suggestion  of  Dr.  Hobart  that  the  next  step 
is  to  get  our  churches  in  the  country  to- 
gether and  to  obliterate  as  rapidly  as  pos 
sible  all  distinctions  and  reminders  of  a 
divided  past.  This  union  of  missionary 
forces  certainly  should  not  mean  less  effort  for 
any  one  but  greater  effort  for  all,  made 
more  effective  through  union . 

nnDnnnnnnDDdDDDn 

JESUS  prayed:  "that  they  may  all  be 
one;  even  as  thou,  father,  art  in  me, 

AND  I  IN  thee,  that  THEY  MAY  ALSO  BE 
IN  us:  THAT  THE  WORLD  MAY  BELIEVE  THAT 
THOU  DIDST  SEND  ME. 

Dr.  Anthony  tells  on  the  next  page  of 
the  "  Bengal  Field." 


MISSIONS 


735 


The  Bengal  Field 

THE  Free  Baptist  Mission  Field  in 
India,  located  in  the  province  of  Ben- 
gal, directly  west  and  south  of  Calcutta,  was 
formally  and  officially  adopted  by  the  Board 
of  Managers  of  the  Foreign  Mission  Society 
as  "The  Bengal  Mission  of  the  American 
Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society"  on  Sep- 
tember 25,  191 1,  and  all  of  its  missionaries 
were  appointed  missionaries  oftlie  American 
Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society.  By  this 
action  the  field  and  its  workers  become  an 


Training  School  in  Chicago,  and  has  served 
for  a  short  time  as  home  missionary  in  Utah. 
Recent  letters  from  the  Bengal  field  teport 
a  threatened  famine.  Rains  have  been  scant. 
The  price  of  rice  is  becoming  prohibitive 
for  the  poor.  Much  suffering  is  feared. 
""  propose  to  institute  famine 

rious  kinds  to  g^ve  the  na- 
and  at  the  same  time  maLe 
permanent   Improvements.     Special 
itions  for  these  puqjoses  are  needed; 
desired  (hat  donors  will,  at  the  same 


relief  works  of 
tives  employ  me: 


oaDODDDDDanDDaaDaDnaDnDDDDaDDaaaDnaDnDaDaaDDDDnDDDDnnnDaDa 


integral  part  of  the  greater  Baptist  brother- 
hood, and  as  such  without  further  introduc- 
tion will  report  itself  and  seek  to  do  its  work 
faithfully  and  well  as  "one  of  us." 

Among  the  missionaries  who  sailed  from 
East  Boston,  September  15,  were  Rev.  and 
Mrs.  H.  I.  Frost  appointed  to  this  field;  and 
since  their  depailure  Miss  Clara  V.  Goodrich 
of  Bonny,  New  York,  has  been  appointed. 
It  is  expected  that  she  will  accompany  some 
missionaries  of  the  American  Board,  sailing 
from  New  York,  October  21,  on  the  Berlin 
of  the  North  German  Lloyd  Line  for  Naples, 
and  that  she  will  reach  India  soon  after 
November  20.  Miss  Goodrich  received  a 
part  of  her  training  in  the  Baptist  Missionary 


time,  permit  their  gifts  to  be  used  for  general 
purposes  as  soon  as  the  special  needs  are 
met,  if  the  famine  conditions  should  be 
assuaged  early. 

Beginning  October  1,  1911,  the  treasuries 
of  (he  Baptist  societies  were  opened  by  mu- 
tual agreement,  to  receive  contributions  from 
Free  Baprist  churches  and  individuals.  For 
legal  reasons,  and  also  to  accommodate 
those  whose  habits  and  preferences  do  not 
permit  sudden  changes,  the  treasury  of  the 
General  Conference  of  Free  Baptists  is  siill 
available,  and  funds  sent  to  the  treasurer, 
Prof,  A.  W.  Anthony,  Lewiston,  Me.,  will 
be  acknowledged  and  devoted  to  their  des- 
ignated objects. 


73* 


MISSIONS 


The  Critical  Time 


R«fld   Bulletin  Number  One  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  General 

Apportionment  Committee 


FACE  THE   FACTS 

£  fiscal  year  of  the  Nonhem 
Japtist     Convention    is    more 
han  half  gone.    It  is  very  im- 
lortant  that  at  this  time  the 
rhole  denomination  shall  fairly 
ind    squarely  face    the    facts 
if  the    present  apportionment 
situation.    Prompt  and  vigor- 
ous and  continuous  action  during  the  five 
months  that  lemain  will  do  more  perhaps 
than  at  any  other  period  during  the  history 
of  the  Convention  to  insure  the  future  suc- 
cess of  the  apportionment  plan. 

FACT  NUMBER  ONE 
We  have  not  yet  learned  how  ro  escape 
from  the  long-time  bondage  of  late  oFerings. 
The  financial  statement  for  the  first  half  of 
the  year  shows  only  19  per  cent  of  the  total 
budget  received  hy  the  three  general  socie- 
ties. The  offerings  from  churches,  young 
people's  societies  and  Sunday  schools  show 

period  for  the  preceding  year  for  the  three 


To  close  the  year  free  of  debt  there  must 
be  received  {2^9,000  more  than  has  been 
apportioned  to  the  churches  and  may  rea- 
sonably be  expected  from  other  sources  in 
the  light  of  the  receipts  of  preceding  years. 
*II3,ooo  is  the  deficit  carried  over  from  last 
year.  The  balance  is  the  margin  between 
what  the  General  Apportionment  Com- 
mittee was  able  to  apportion  on  the  basis  of 
reasonable  expectation  in  the  light  of  pre- 
vious giving  and  the  demands  of  the  budget. 
This  has  been  apportioned  in  previous  years 
with  the  result  that  the  apportionment  has 


eipt5. 


invariably  been  far  in  excess  of  ri 
For  example,  there  was  received  ■ 
apportionment  during  the  year  ending 
March  31,  1911,  almost  £400,000  less  than 
the  amount  apportioned  for  that  year. 
State  committees  were  declaring  their  un- 
willingness to  receive  and  apportion  amounts 
so  far  in  excess  of  what  might  reasonably  be 
expected.  There  was  serious  danger  that 
the  apportionment  would  come  to  be  re- 
garded simply  as  an  ideal  sum,  and  not  as  a 
practical  amount  which  every  church  should 
regard  as  its  minimum  objective.  The  Gen- 
eral Committee  therefore  concluded  that  the 
apportionment  ought  to  be  made  hencefonh 
on  the  basis  of  reasonable  expectation. 
This  left  a  considerable  sum  unprovided  for. 
To  help  close  this  gap  the  budget  was  re- 
duced, cut  down  indeed  to  the  bleeding  point. 
There  was  still  left,  however,  the  £126,000 
unprovided  for.  What  must  not  be  forgot- 
ten, however,  is  the  fact  stated  in  the  last 
annual  report  of  the  General  Committee, 
namely,  that  ihii  iV  by  no  meant  a  nru- 
problem.  "There  has  been  each  year  a 
large  sum  actually  unprovided  for  because 
state  committees  in  many  cases  have  been 
unwilling  to  apportion  the  entire  amount 
designated,  and  especially  because  the  ap- 
portionments sent  to  the  churches  have  been 
so  far  in  excess  of  what  they  could  be  ex- 
pected to  give.  This  year,  however,  the 
difference  between  the  budget  requirements 
and   apportionments   is  clearly   disclosed." 

Nate  vjtll  that  the  situation  is  not  changiJ. 
This  large  unprovided  sum  has  simply  been 
brought  out  into  the  open  where  it  may  be 
seen.  This  would  appear  to  be  the  wise 
course,  since  there  is  the  more  probability 
that  it  will  be  provided  for  when  the  facts 
are  all  known. 


MISSIONS 


!  Our  obvious  duty 
this  year  and  the  ear- 
nest hope  of  the  Gen- 
eral Committee  is  thai 
the  offerings  may  be 
increased  so  is  to  cover 
fully  the  budget  re- 
([uirements.  It  will  be 
desirable  then  that  the 
'budget  for  1911-1913 
be  kept  down  so  that 
the  amount  thai  may 
be  apportioned  on  tht 
basis  of  reasonable  ex- 
pectation and  f  h  e 
amount  required  from 
the  churches  on  the  ba- 
sis of  the  budget  adopt- 
ed may  exactly  coincide. 
There  will  be  great  in- 
spiration then  for  the 
churches  in  the  thought 
that  in  so  far  as  appoi"- 
tionments  ate  exceeded 
a  fund  is  provided  for 

FACT  NUMBER  THREE 

It  is  necessary  that  two  things  be  done 
now:  first,  an  inquiry  should  be  conduaed 
to  learn  just  whit  churches  are  in  danger  of 
falling  short  of  their  apportionment ;  and 
second,  a  campaign  of  htlpfulntss  ihould  be 
organic  J  to  riach  every  doubt  Jul  church. 
State  committees  will  shortly  make  an  in- 
vestigation of  the  situation  and  needs,  and 
it  is  hoped  that  all  churches  may  respond 
promptly.  The  campaign  of  helpfulness 
will  provide  literature  for  distribution,  edu- 
cational material  and  methods  for  the  crea- 
tion of  missionary  interest,  envelopes  and 
pledge  blinks  for  missionary  offerings;  and 
through  systematic  visitation  by  district 
secretaries,  and  state  and  associational  ap- 
portionment committees  and  the  work  of 
the  Baptist  Laymen's  Missionary  Move- 
ment, personal  help  may  be  rendered  to  a 
large  number  of  churches  needing  it. 


717 

a  problem  of  adequate 
missionary  education 
and  financial  methods. 
The  "standard  of  effi- 
ciency" adopted  by 
the  Northern  Baptist 
Convention  calls  for 
the  appointment  of 
a  church  missioHRry 
committee,  which  shall 
do  a  thorough  educa- 
tional work  and  the 
adoption  of  the  week- 
ly envelope  method  of 
missionary  finance. 
The  Forward  Move- 
ment educational  ma- 
terial is  strongly 
recommended  by  the 
Apportionment  Com- 
mittee for  use  in  all 
Baptist  churches.  The 


FACT    NUMB  I 

The  apportionment  p 


to  give  the  double  en- 
velopes free  for  the 
first  year  to  churches 
with  a  membership  of  less  than  two  hun- 
dred, who  are  introducing  weekly  giving  to 
missions  for  the  first  time,  and  will  agree  to 
conduct  an  "every  member"  missionary 
canvass.  To  larger  churches  the  envelopes 
arc  furnished  at  half  price. 

THE  APPORTIONMENT  AND  MORE 

Let  this  be  the  slc^an  in  every  church. 
Accept  the  ipportionment  as  the  foundation 
upon  which  a  structure  shall  be  built  as  high 
as  the  resources  of  the  church  make  possible. 
Let  all  offerings  now  in  the  hands  of  church 
treasurers  be  jotMiardeJ  immediately  to  the 
respective  missionary  treasuries.  Let  pas- 
tors who  are  in  doubt  as  to  the  ability  of 
rheir  churches  to  raise  or  exceed  the  appor- 
tionment report  their  needs  and  secure  the 
can  be  given.  Let  earnest  and 
prayer  be  offered  in  the  churches 
}rk  of  our  denomination  this  year 
nhy  of  our  history,  out  numbers, 
lal  position.  Let  us  come  up  one 
the  help  of  the  Lord  in  this  rime 


help   that 


that  the 


lally      ofnat 


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MISSIONS 


Baptist  Women  in  Home  Mission  Work 

By  Miss  Frances  M.  Schuyler 


THE  lesson  of  tetvice  u 
exemplified  in  the  live* 
of  the  miistonariei  of  the 
Woman's  American  Bap- 
tist Home  Mission  Society 
may  be  finingly  expressed 
in  the  words  of  our  Lord, 
"1  came  rot  to  be  minis- 
tered unto  but  to  minis- 
ter."    This  Society,  ever 
ready  to  respond  to  the  needs  of  suffering 
humanity,  began  at  an  answer  to  an  appeal, 
a    pathetic   ciy   for   assistance   from    Miss 
Joanna    P.   Moore:  "I    have    looked    and 
looked   until   my  eyes  are   dim  and  have 
called   until   my  voice  is  weary,"  she  said, 
as  alone  and  unrecognized  by  the  denomi- 
nation, she  had  toiled  for  years  among  the 
Freedmen  in  the  Southland. 

The  call  of  our  first  representative  with 
all  its  pathos  but  vaguely  expresses  the  sig- 
nificant appeals  that  were  coming  from  the 
Negroes,  who  asked  that  they  be  taught 
how  to  make  Christian  homes;  from  the 
Indians,  who  pleaded  for  "Jesus  women" 
to  teach  them  the  "Jesus  way";  and  from 
the  Immigrant,  that  the  welcoming  hand 
might  be  extended  to  "the  stranger  within 
the  gates."     In  answer  to  these  cries  of 


appalling  need,  the  Woman's  Baptist  Home 
Misiimi  Sodcty  came  into  being  in  Chicago 
in  May,  1877,  and  Miss  Moore  became  its 
first  mistionaty. 

The  general  officers  of  the  society  were 
Mis.  J.  N.  Crouse,  President;  Mrs.  Carios 
Swift,  CorTCip<Hiding  Secretary,  and  Mrs. 
R.  R.  Donnelly,  Treasurer.  Mrs.  Crouse 
continued  in  office  for  thirty  years.  Failing 
health  compelled  her  retirement  from  active 
participaticn  in  the  work  she  had  carried 
with  such  eminent  success,  and  at  the  an- 
nual meeting  in  May,  1907,  she  was  deaed 
honorary  president  for  life.  Mrs.  John 
Nuveen  succeeded  Mrs.  Crouse  as  presi- 
dent, and  for  two  years  and  a  half  led  the 
society,  with  marked  results.  Her  call  to 
higher  service  in  January,  1910,  was  an 
overwhelming  sorrow  to  the  Board  and  a 
distinct  loss  to  the  denominarion.  Mis.  A. 
G.  Lester,  an  active  member  of  the  Board, 
and  the  untiring  and  efficient  chairman  of 
the  Training  School  Building  Committee, 
was  chosen  Mis.  Nuveen's  successor.  Sht 
was  re-elected  in  June,  1911. 

Mrs.  Carlos  Swift  filled  the  office  of  Cot- 
responding  Secretary  most  creditably  for  a 
term  of  seven  yeais,  but  the  rapidly  growing 
duties  proved  too  heavy  for  her  frail  health, 


MISSIONS 


739 


and  in  the  year  1S84.  they  were  assumed  by  vision  of  the  Christ  in  His  relation  to  a  sin- 
Mb(  Maiy  G.  Burdette,  \riia  for  twenty-  ful  world  and  a  firm,  patient  penistence  in 
three  years  rendered  such  faithful,  conse-  well-dMng,  for  not  to  all  the  women  thirty- 
crated  service  in  this  capacity  as  is  rarely  five  year?  ago  had  come  the  vision  of  the 
equaled.  Following  her  death.  Miss  Rose  future,  the  fultilment  of  God's  wondrou* 
L.  Boynton  filled  the  office  for  a  year  and  a  plan  for  America  and  the  great  opportunity 
half,  resigning  because  of  physical  inability  in  the  winning  of  the  woiid  unto  Himself." 


to  carry  on  the  work.  Mrs.  Katherlne  S. 
Westfall,  the  present  efficient  and  aggres- 
sive incumbent,  was  appointed  by  the  Board 
ai  the  aaing  secretary  for  Miss  Boynton's 
unexpired  term  and  was  elected  to  the 
office  in  May,  1909.  She  has  been  continued 
in  office  to  the  present  time. 

Mrs.  R.  R.  Donnelley,  the  first  treasurer, 
was  divinely  ordained  for  such  a  trust  at 
such  a  time.  Writing  of  the  early  days  of 
woman's  work  in  home  missions,  she  has 
aptly  said:  "The  new  organizations  de- 
manded   loyalty    to    convictions  —  a    large 


For  thirteen  years  Mrs,  Donnelley  carried 
the  work  of  the  treasurer  and  upon  her 
resignation  Mrs.  A.  H.  Barber  was  pressed 
into  service.  In  igio,  at  her  urgent  request 
and  in  spite  of  the  strenuous  efforts  to  retain 
her  name,  Mrs.  Barber  withdrew  from  the 
office  she  had  carried  so  acceptably  for 
twenty  years.  A  third  in  honorable  success- 
sion  is  Mrs.  Emma  C.  Marshall,  whose  un- 
questionable ability  and  heroic  faithfulness 
to  the  daily  demands  of  the  position  place 
her  name  high  upon  the  roll  of  the  Society's 


MI SS IONS 


in  September,  iSSt,  with  sixteen  in  attend- 
ance, a  four-months'  course  being  required - 
It  was  soon  dcmonstnted  that  a  more 
thorough  training  was  essential  and  the- 
course  now  covers  two  years.  From  th^ 
small  beginning  the  School  has  grown  unti  X 
for  the  past  three  years  the  enrollment  fom- 
each  year  has  been  over  one  hundred  stu — 
dents.  During  the  thirty  years  of  its  ex~. 
istence  thirty-one  nationalities  have  been 
represented  in  its  student  body.  The  grad- 
uates are  filling  positions  as  home  and  foreign 
missionaries,  as  pastors'  assistants,  Sunday ~ 
school  visitors,  secretaries  of  various  philart. 
thropic  and  religious  organizations,  matrons 
of  schools  and  homes,  and  as  pastors'  wives. 


THE  TItAININC  SCHOOL 

Seldom  does  God  show  His  children  more 
than  one  step  at  a  time.  Out  of  the  recog- 
nized need  for  trained  women  to  be  sent  into 
the  mission  fields  represented  by  the  ap- 
peals, grew  the  Baptist  Missionary  Training 
School  in  Chicago,  which  opened  its  doors 


MISSION    SOCIETY 

"The  Woman's  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  was  organized  November 
i+,  1877,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  Tremont 
Temple,"  said  Mrs.  Grace  Coleman  Lathrop 
in  her  comprehensive  historical  sketch  of 
the  Society  and  its  work,  published  in  1909. 
"It  was  the  result  of  the  conviction  of  the 
two  hundred  women  assembled  to  discuss 
the  matter,  that  there  was  need  of  an  organi- 


1  the  Eas 


bead  quart! 


vith 
n  the  West,  in  order  that  the 


MISSIONS 


7+1 


needs  of  the  home  mission  work  might  be 
ptesentcd  adequately  to  the  women  of  all 
Baptist  churches." 

Mrs.  J.  Banvard  was  the  first  President 
of  the  Eanem  Society  and  Mrs.  Thomas 
Nickerson  the  first  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary. Subiequently  (1880)  an  agreement 
was  entered  into  with  the  Woman's  Baptist 
Home  Mission  Society  by  which  the  scope 
of  the  work  and  the  territoiy  of  each  were 
dearly  defined.  The  work  of  the  Woman's 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 
with  headquaitcrs  in  Boston  was  to  be  edu- 
cational and  its  territory  New  England. 
The  work  of  the  Woman's  American  Bap- 
tist Home  Mission  Society  with  headquar- 
ters in  Chicago  was  to  be  evangelistic  and 
its  territoiy  all  outside  of  New  England  in 
the  Northern  Stales. 

"During  the  first  few  years  of  its  eKist- 
ence,"  continued  Mrs,  Lathrop,  "the  work 
of  the  Woman's  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  was  chiefly  for  Negroes 
through  the  establishment  and  mainrenance 
of  schools  in  the  South,  although  some  work 
for  the  Indians  was  carried  on  as  well.  In 
1881  Spelman  Seminary,  acknowledged  to 
be  the  finest  school  for  the  education  and 
training  of  Negro  girls,  was  opened  by  Miss 
Packard  and  Miss  Giles,  and  has  ever  since 
depended  largely  upon  this  Society  for  its 
support. 

"Not  only  has  the  number  of  schools  and 
the  number  of  students  in  them  increased  in 


the  succeeding  years,  but  there  has  been  a 
steady  enlargement  of  the  curriculum,  until 
they  are  now  abundantly  qualified  to  give 
not  only  the  ordinary  elementary  education 
required  by  the  great  mass  of  colored  people, 
but  also  the  higher  training  required  by 
those  who  are  Co  be  leaders  of  their  race  in 
the  path  of  Chrisrian  civilization. 

"  From  time  to  time  the  work  among  the 
Indians  was  increased,  and  the  work  was 
added  in  Mexico  and  New  Mexico,  and  for 
the  Mormons,  Chinese  and  the  foreign  popu- 
lation. The  year  1893  was  marked  by  the 
establishment  of  a  mission  in  Alaska,  which 
has  ever  since  been  the  special  care  of  Mrs. 
James  McWhinnie.  The  close  of  the 
Spanish-American  War  was  followed  imme- 
diately by  the  beginning  of  work  in  Cuba 
and  Porto  Rico." 

"The  Society  has  been  spared  the  too 
often  hazardous  experience  of  frequent 
changes  in  its  management,"  wrote  Mrs.  A. 
E.  Reynolds  in  her  report  of  the  year  1908- 
1909.  "It  has  had  but  three  presidents  — 
Mrs.  Joseph  Banvard  four  yean;  Mrs. 
Thomas  Nickeison  nine  yearsi  and  Mrs. 
George  W.  Coleman  nineteen  years.  It 
has  had  but  five  corresponding  secretaries 


74* 


MISSIONS 


dcs  «f  Bapiin  i 
carrying  on  hom 
linet.  At  a  conference  of  a  joint  committee 
held  in  New  York,  March  17-18,  1908,  the 
CMcntial  piinciplei  of  a  union  were  outlined. 
Thit  union  wai  effected  April  i,  1909.  At 
the  lame  time  the  Woman'i  Baptist  Home 
MisiioD  Society  of  Michigan,  organized  in 
1873,  which  Mn.  Wm.  A.  Moore  had  led 
with  eminent  tucccn  for  fourteen  years,  be- 
came a  part  of  the  Woman*!  American  Bap- 
lin  Home  Mittion  Society. 

The  headqtuiten  of  the  new  organiza- 
tion are  in  Chicago.     Both  line*  <^  work 


— Mri.  Nickenon,  Miu  Packard  and  Mr*. 
Heueltine,  whoae  united  (ervicef  covered 
less  than  four  yean,  Mn.  Pollard  about 
five  years,  and  Mn.  Reynolds  twenty-three 
years.  It  has  had  but  four  tressurers  — 
Mn.  Pollard,  Miss  Margaret  McWhinnie, 
Miss  Stedman  and  Miss  Gertrude  Davis." 

Mrs.  George  W.  Coleman,  whose  rare 
leadership  has  given  her  a  national  promi- 
nence, is  now  the  first  vice-president  of  the 
present  society,  president  of  the  Woman's 
Council  for  Home  Missions,  and  the  Soci- 
ety's representative  upon  the  Publishing 
Committee  of  Missions.  Mrs.  A.  E.  Rey- 
nolds is  the  invaluable  Field  Secretary  of 
the  Society  and  Acting  Principal  of  the 
Training  School. 

The  name  of  Mrs.  Anna  Sargent  Hunt, 
vice-president  of  the  Society  for  many  ye; 
J^.i.™=.-  mnr^  .1,,^  .,  passing  notice.     ' 


r  the  c 


'  Her 
;  lavishly  be- 
e  of  her  Master. 


vas  conspicuous  tor  its 
;encrous,  unselfish  nat 
Dve  of  those  with  whot 


CONSOLIDATION 

than  thirty  years  the  two  si 


carried  on  by  the  former  societies  are  con- 
tinued, namely,  educational  and  missionary 
work;  and  also  the  Baptist  Missionary 
Training  School.  The  territory  is  divided 
into  three  districts  —  the  District  of  New 
England,  the  District  of  the  Middle  West 
and  the  District  of  the  Pacific  Coast.  Each 
district  is  in  charge  of  a  district  secretary 
appointed  by  the  Board.  The  two  magazines, 
Home  Million  Eehott  and  Tidings,  were 
consolidated  into  one  enlarged  magazine 
called  Tidings.  This  has  now  been  merged 
into  Missions. 


MISSIONS 


THE   PRESENT 


In  cvcij  living  organization  there  mun  be 
growth.  There  has  been  no  cessation  of  de- 
yelopmem, ,  and  the  increasing  demands  of 
the  work 'have  been  met  as  nearly  as  the 
fundi  and  workers  placed  at  the  disposition 
of  the  Board  would^ennit.  A  brief  survey 
of  the  field  shows  that  about  forty  devoted 
women  are  giving  their  best  efforts  to  Chris- 
tianizing and  elevating  the  women  and 
children  of  the  Negro  race  in  fourteen 
different  States  and  the  District  of  Columbia. 
After  year*  of  progress  well  known  to  the 
readers  of  Missions,  it  is  needless  to  give 
details  concerning  the  muliiplted  phases  of 
the  work  in  the  homes,  which  we  believe  is 
doing  much  to  stimulate  these  people  phys- 
ically,   intellectually,    morally    and    relig- 

The  Fireside  Schools  established  by  Miss 
Moore  have  been  a  means  of  reaching  many 
hornet.  This  work,  so  vital  to  the  uplifting 
of  the  Negro  race,  has  grown  too  heavy  for 
Miss  Moore's  failing  strength,  and  in 
March,  1911,  in  accordance  with  her  urgent 
request  for  release  from  the  burden.  Miss 
Lorilla  E.  Bush n ell  was  appointed  superin- 


tendent, Miss  Moore  to  be  honorary  super- 
intendent for  life.  "Hope"  is  still  sent  out 
from  Sunshine  Home,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  the 
headquarters  of  the  Fireside  Schools,  Miss 
Moore  preparing  the  Bible  lessons  •from 
month  to  month. 

Closely  related  to  the  work  in  the  homes 
is  that  accomplished,  in  and  through  the 
industrial  schools.  Many  of  these  are  not 
to  be  compared  with  the  finely  equipped 
schools  employing  a  large  force  of  teachers, 
but  to  those  which  are  organized  without 
expense  for  rent  of  building  in  any  place 
where  is  a  properly  qualified  woman  to 
take  charge.  They  are  schools  in  which 
children  may  gather  for  two  hours  each 
week  in  a  church,  schoolhouse,  or  some 
home,  and  be  taught  the  nobility  of  labor 
and  the  importance  of  doing  whatever  ta^k 
is  assigned,  consecutively  and  thoroughly. 

The  methods  employed  by  our  workers 
in  the  South  are  with  .fome  necessary  adap- 
tarion  those  that  prevail  in  all  our  fields. 
To  bring  Christ  into  the  homes  and  to 
teach  the  Women  and  children  of  Him  who 
is  the  Life,  the  Truth  and  the  Way,  is  the 
dominant  purpose  of 


MISSIONS 


ciety  of  the  West,  and  have  resulted  in 
changes  which  will  prove  beneficial  to  the 
work  as  a  whole. 

In    council    and    cooperation    with    the 


American    Baptist   Home   Miss 
the  Society  has  endeavored  so  i 
interests  in  the  Home  Mission 

ion    Societ)-, 
:o  relate  out 
fields  as  to 

make  the   largesi 
extension  of  Chri 

Progress   has 
among  young  w< 
young  women's  li 

:   possible   adv 
st's  Kingdom, 
been    made    ii 
>men.     Many 
laders  who  are 

ance   in  rhe 

1    our  wotk 
States  have 
now  known 

as  assistant  vice-p 
ber   of  our   auxj 
annual  repoits  is 

>residents.    The  total  num- 
iliaries    as    gathered    from 
about  4,736  inclusive. 

Our  miss  ion  aiy  fields  comprise  work 
among  American  populations  in  the  West, 
milt  and  mining  populations;  at  the  land- 
ing place,  among  Finns,  French,  Germans, 
Italians,  Jevn,  Syrian*,  Danes  and  Nor- 
wegians, Swedes,  Slavic  races,  mixed  races, 
Poles,  Indians,  Negroes,  Sp>nish-speakin)> 
people  in  Cuba,  Potto  Rico  and  Mexico, 
among  Chinese,  Japanese  and  Alaskans. 
Our  force  of  missionaries,  teachcra  and  ma- 
trons number  about  three  hundred. 

The  record  of  the  year  with  the  represent- 


The  summing  up  of  the  past  year  reveals 
the  iTianifest  blessing  of  God  on  the  efforts 
put  forth  by  our  Society,  in  the  transforma- 
tion of  hundreds  of  homes  of  the  peculiar 
people  of  our  land,  and  the  development  of 
strong  Christian  charaaer  through  the  in- 
fluence of  our  various   educational   institu- 

Cooperalion  with  Council  of  Women  for 
Home  Missions  has  continued.  Represent- 
atives of  the  Society  have  attended  the 
various  Summer  School  of  Missions  which 
have  been  conducted  under  the  Council. 
The  program  for  the  Day  of  Prayer  for 
Home  Missions  has  had  a  large  circulation 
and  the  observance  of  the  day  has  deepened 
the  interest  in  the  work.  Through  the  For- 
ward   Movement,    the    Society    has    joined 

with   other 

effort  t 

the  Sunday  Schools  and  young  people's 
organizations.  Conferences  have  been  held 
with  the  representatives  of  the  Woman's 
Baptist  Foreign  Missionary  Society  and  the 
JVoman's    Baptist   Foreign   Missionary  So- 


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arives  of  the  Woman's  American  Baptist 
Home  Mission  Society  is  one  that  thrills  the 
heart  of  every  loyal  servant  of  Jesus  Christ. 
A  perusal  of  its  pages  strengthens  our  weak 
faith  and  inspires  one  to  greater  activity  in 
the  extension  of  the  Master's  kingdom. 
Krom  the  Atlamic  Ocean  to  the  Pacific 
Ocean  and  from  Alaska  to  the  "Waiting 
Isles"  we  look  upon  fields  white  unto  the 
harvest  and  we  have  heard  the  cry  of  the 
needy  dying  ones  for  whom  Christ  died,  but 
who  have  not  yet  been  told.  We  catch,  too, 
the  note  of  triumph  and  victory  over  the 
forces  of  evil  as  by  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  hearts  have  been  changed,  lives  trans- 
formed, and  feet  turned  into  the  paths  of 
righte< 


though  we  record  with  pardonable  pride  the 
union  of  our  Baptist  women  of  the  North, 
from  Maine  to  California,  in  the  effort  to 
bring  America  to  Christ,  yet  we  may  not 
pause  as  though  we  had-already  attained, 
for  there  remains  much  land  to  be  possessed. 


THE   FirrURE 

While  with  grateful  hearts  we  pause  to 
recount  the  bleflsings  of  the  past;  while  we 
render  tender  tribute  to  those  who  as  pioneen 
of  the  Baptist  Home  Mission  Societies 
"launched  forth, with  dauntless  courage  and 
unswerving  faith,  believing  that  God  would 
guide  and  bless  their  endeavors";  and  al- 


Never  in  the  history  of  the  Society  have 
there  been  graver  problems  to  face  than  at 
the  present  time.  Never  was  there  greater 
need  for  the  faithful,  heroic  devotion  of 
Baptist  women  in  missionary  endeavor. 
May  the  God  who  has  led  us  thus  far  and 
whose  blessing  has  been  upon  the  efforts  of 
our  Society,  continue  to  guide,  as  in  His 
name  and  for  His  sake  we  render  this  serv- 
ice. May  He  inspire  every  woman  in  every 
local  Baptist  church  to  recognize  her  great 
privilege  and  responsibility  in  advancing  the 
cause  of  Christ  through  the  agency  of  the 
Woman's  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 


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Missionary  Program  Topics  for  1911 

Dectember  Subject:  African  MisslonB 

Hvmn:  "Faith  of  Our  Fathen."     Forward  MoTcment  Hymnal.     No.  2t. 

Reading:  Isaiah  Ui:  7-10,  13-15. 

Hymn:  "Jesus,  Still  Lead  On."     Forward  Movement  Hjmnal.    Na  14. 

Pxayer:  That  the  gloom  of  the  "Dark  Continent"  may  be  lightened;  dial  Africa  may  be 

freed  from  the  oppression  of  Islam  and  the  superstition  of  the  native  religion^. 
Brief  Discussion  of  CoNomoNa  (three  minutes  by  each  speaker). 
First  speaker:  brief  account  of  the  main  geographical  features,  describing  the  hcdd  of 

Christianity  in  each  section.    Point  out  on  a  map  of  Africa  the  places  mentioned. 
Second  speaker:  clear  but  concise  statement  of  political  situation,  the  countries  interested 

in  Africa,  the  sphere  of  influence  of  each,  dwelling  eipedally  on  changes  in  the  Congo 

Slate. 
Third  speaker:  emphasize  the  degradaiitm  of  woman  because  of  polygamy,  lack  of  home 

liftf,  etc.,  ignorance  of  people,  oppression  by  traders. 
Hymn:  "Carry  the  News  of  Jesus."     Forward  Movement  Hymnal.     No.  60, 
The  Religions  of  Africa.     Outline  the  fields  occupied  by  Christianity  (particularly), 

Islam,  and  Animism  and  Fctichism.    (Material  may  be  obtained  in  "Daybreak  in  the 

Dark  Continent"  by  Wilson  S.  Naylor.) 
Incidents  in  Our  Mission  Work.     (Material  may  be  obtained  in  c^ict  of  Missions, 

price  per  copy  5  cents,  and  in  the  Handbook,  price  per  copy  za  cents.    There  are  also 

a  number  of  pamphlets  published  by  the  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society.] 

Point  out  panicularjy  the  wonderful  prospects  for  Christianity  and  the  pressing  need 

of  many  vigorous  workers  imbued  with  a  heartfelt  love  of  Christ  and  mankind. 
Prayer:  That  sturdy  workers  may  be  raised  up  to  possess  Africa  for  Christ  in  this  generation. 
Hymn:  "All  Hail  the  Power."     Forward  Movement  Hymnal.    No.  38. 

I  applicatian  Co  the  LilerilurE  Depirtment,  American  BaptiM  Foreign 
irict  j5  cmti  piper,  50  centi  cloth,  plui  i  centt  for  poMmge). 


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Neglected-  Fields  Survey  by  the  Home   Missions 

Council 

COMPOSED  OF  TWENTY -TWO  GENERAL   HOME  MISSION  BOARDS  AND   SOCIETIES  OF 
PROTESTANT    DENOMINATIONS A  GREAT  COOPERATIVE  MOVEMENT 


I.     REASONS  FOR  THE   SURVEY 

1.  The  rural  church  problem  is  requiring 
such  a  study  as  it  has  never  had.  Especially 
in  the  West  the  rapid  development  of  irriga- 
tion projects  is  evolving  conditions  of  com- 
munity life  not  before  encountered  on  a 
lai^ge  scale  by  either  the  American  State  or 
the  American  Church.  It  is  an  unquesdoned 
fact  that  a  majority  of  the  strong  men  of 
God's  kingdom,  even  in  the  cities,  have  come 
from  country  churches.  It  is  equally  un- 
quesdoned that,  as  things  are  now  drifting, 
unless  a  way  is  found  of  re-invigorating  re- 
ligion in  rural  secdons,  the  sources  of  the 
kingdom's  strength  in  the  future  will  be 
wanting.  An  increasing  number  of  churches 
interpret  their  mission  in  terms  of  wide  com- 
munity service.  The  kingdom  of  God  is 
apprehended  as  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
upon  earth. 

2.  There  are  great  numbers  of  neglected 
fields.^  Htctnt  inveitigatipn  by  a  Joint  Com- 
mittee of  the  Home  Missions  Couqcil  and 
the  Federal  Council  of  the  Churches  of 
Christ  in  America  shows  this  to  a  degree 
surprising  even  to  those  best  acquainted 
with  condidons  in  the  West.  We  find  in 
one  western  state  133  towns  of  from  150 
to  1000  souls  without  any  Protestant  reli- 
gious work,  100  of  them  being  also  without 
Roman  Catholic  work.  In  addition  to  these, 
there  are  428  communities  of  sufficient  im- 
portance to  have  post  offices,  but  without 
any  churches.  If  the  same  rate  of  destitute 
communities  to  total  population  holds 
through  all  the  mountain  and  Pacific  states 
there  are  many  more  than  4,000  such  com- 
munities in  those  eleven  states.  Home  Mis- 
sion funds  have  been  so  limited  that  the 
Boards  have  all  felt  compelled  to  confine  their 
efforts  mainly  to  what  appear  to  be  the  most 
strategic  fields.  But  we  must  find  some 
way  of  establishing  Christianity  in  the 
thousands  of  utterly  neglected  fields.  They, 
too,  may  be  strategic  in  the  kingdom  of  God 
like  the  lonesome  Moravian  village  of  Harm- 
hut  and  William  Carey's  hamlet  of  Moulton, 


in    which    the    whole    modem    missionary 
movement  germinated. 

3.  A  knowledge  of  the  needs  is  the  first 
essential  in  order  intelligently  and  success- 
fully to  meet  them.  It  is  time  that  scattered 
facts  and  off-hand  representations  be  brought 
under  thorough  study.  Such  a  survey  has 
never  been  made.  It  is  an  immense  under- 
taking. It  is  possible  only  by  combined  en- 
deavor. It  is  the  legitimate  work  of  Home 
Missions  and  can  be  accomplished  if  all 
Home  Mission  agencies  both  local  and 
general  cooperate  in  an  energetic  way. 

4.  The  great  Home  Mission  Boards  have 
separately  taken  action  naturally  requiring 
such  a  survey.  General  Home  Mission 
Boards  which  are  aiding  five-sixths  of  the 
missionaries  aided  west  of  the  Mississippi 
river,  in  response  to  the  findings  and  sug- 
gestions of  the  Joint  Committee  above  re- 
ferred to,  have  taken  formal  action  in  favor 
of  seeking  by  cooperative  survey  to  find  some 
way  of  meeting  the  otherwise  unmet  needs. 
It  is  not  a -movement  to  curtail  denomination- 
al activity,  but  rather  gready  to  encourage 
and  increase  it  as  the  only  practicable  way 
of  overtaking  the  already  great  and  swiftly 
growing  needs  —  the  Neglected  Fields. 

II.     COMPLETE  SURVEY 

The  ideal  thing  would  be  a  study  of  every 
community  in  the  home  mission  field  in 
respect  to  the  organized  religious  activities 
in  it  in  such  a  way  as  to  be  able  not  merely 
to  tabulate  but  also  in  some  measure  to 
describe  the  situation.  The  field  is  now  as 
wide  as  the  continent  and  as  complex  as 
modem  life.  The  study  should  be  made  by 
those  who  are  on  the  ground  and  whose  busi- 
ness it  is  to  meet  the  conditions,  uniformity 
of  investigation  being  secured  by  the  Home 
Missions  Council's  plan. 

The  practical  thing  is  to  make  a  beginning 
in  certain  selected  states,  naturally  some  of 
those  which  are  in  a  formative  period. 

It  is  probable  that  in  the  mral  regions  of 
the  West  the  public  school  district  will  be 


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found  the  most  natural  civil  unit  of  study, 
since  it  is  already  equipped  with  available 
data,  is  organized  with  reference  to  the  rising 
generation,  is  unsectarian,  and  at  the  same 
time  is  concerned  with  the  higher  life  of  the 
community.  Detailed  plans  are  in  hand  and 
in  process  of  formation.  By  united  activity 
it  is  believed  that  in  one  year  or  less  vastly 
greater  knowledge  of  the  situation  can  be 
made  available  to  all  than  has  ever  before 
been  within  reach  of  any  one. 

III.     PRELIMINARY  SURVEY 

The  primary  essential  and  the  indispen- 
sable essential  in  achieving  such  a  survey  is 
large  cooperation  of  the  forces  concerned. 
The  first  step  therefore  is  consultation  in 
each  state  by  those  who  are  now  charged  by 
the  churches  with  the  responsibility  of  di- 
recting the  missionary  work  in  the  state. 
The  plan  of  the  reconnaissance  is  as  follows: 

1.  The  region  chosen  is  two  contiguous 
tiers  of  states  between  the  Mississippi  River 
and  the  Pacific  Ocean;  the  time,  a  month, 
beginning  the  middle  of  November. 

2.  The  Home  Missions  Council  invites  the 
field  officers  and  all  the  members  of  the 
boards  of  management  of  home  mission  work 
of  the  various  denominations  in  each  state  to 
come  together  for  a 

DAY   OF   CONSULTATION 

3.  The  visiting  deputation  is  to  consist  of 
one  general  executive  officer  from  the  head- 
quarters of  each  Home  Mission  Society  or 
Board  doing  extensive  work  in  the  West. 

4.  The  forenoon  (9.30  to  12.30)  will  be 
given  to  a  preliminary  survey  of  Neglected 
Fields  by  men  in  the  state  qualified  to  present 
concrete,  compact  papers,  giving  outstanding 
facts  as  to  unmet  needs  which  are  particu- 
larly urgent  in  that  state.  The  first  of  the 
following  topics  would  be  stressed  in  every 
state  and  a  varying  number  of  the  others. 
Unmet  Needs.  —  (a)  In  Rural  Districts; 
(b)  Among  Foreigners;  (c)  In  the  Small 
Towns;  (d)  In  Suburban  Districts;  (e) 
In  Congested  Urban  Districts;  (f)  In 
Lumber  Camps;  (g)  In  Mining  Camps; 
(h)  Among  Indians;  (i)  In  Social  Ministry; 
(j)    Among  Orientals. 

(It  is  possible  that  a  selection  of  a  few  of 
the  most  concise,  clear  and  complete  papers 
prepared    in   this    preliminary    and   topical 


survey  may  make  a  suggestive  hand-book 
in  advance  of  the  ultimate  regional  Survey.) 

5.  The  afternoon  (1.30  to  4.30)  will  be 
given  to  inquiiy  of  God  and  one  another  as 
to  how  to  meet  the  needs.  First  hour.  Prayer; 
second  hour,  Definite  Plans,  (a)  for  the  com- 
plete survey,  (b)  for  action  in  the  light  of 
the  survey;  third  hour.  Organization  for  the 
Survey. 

6.  If  the  way  be  clear  the  evening  is  to  be 
devoted  to  a  public  meeting  in  the  interest 
of  Home  Missions  to  be  addressed  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Deputation. 

7.  The  itinerary  already  outlined  covers  the 
period  from  the  middle  of  November  to 
the  middle  of  Deceniber.  The  gatherings 
proposed  for  the  several  states  named  are  to 
be  held  in  the  follovnng  cities  in  order: 

Minnesota  —  Minneapolis,  November  15, 
Wednesday. 

North  Dakota  —  Fargo,  November  16, 
Thursday. 

Wyoming  —  Sheridan,  November  19-20, 
Sunday,  Monday. 

Montana  —  Butte,  November  21,  Tues- 
day. 

Idaho  —  Boise,  November  23,  Thursday. 

Eastern  Washington  —  Spokane,  Novem- 
ber 27,  Monday. 

Western  Washington  —  Seattle,  November 
29,  Wednesday. 

Oregon  —  Portland,  December  i ,  Friday. 

N.  California  —  San  Francisco,  December 
5—6,  Tuesday,  Wednesday. 

California  —  Los  Angeles,  December  7, 
Thursday. 

Utah  —  Salt  Lake,  December  1 1,  Monday. 

Colorado  —  Colorado  Springs,  December 
13,  Wednesday. 

Kansas  —  Topeka,  December  1 5,  Friday. 

Nebraska  —  Omaha,  December  18,  Mon- 
day. 

South  Dakota  —  Huron,  December  20, 
Wednesday. 


^  The  Presbyterians  are  talking  of  creating 
a  Synod  of  New  England.  The  Primitive 
Methodists  are  said  to  be  negotiating  v^nth 
the  Presbyterian  leaders  with  regard  to  pos- 
sible cooperation  and  union.  Missionan' 
aggressiveness  explains  the  great  strides  of 
this  strong  denomination  within  the  last  dec- 
ade or  more.  Evangelism  at  home  and 
abroad  is  its  keynote. 


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A   Fortnight  on   the    Road 

By  Mrs.  Joe  P.  Jacobs 


ON  Friday  we 
left  Kansas 
City,  bound  for 
Tucumcaii,  .N.M., 
which  we  reached 
Saturday  night.  The 
scenery  across  the 
section  through 
which  we  traveled 
can     be    described 


.   fe« 


rards  - 
,andy 


stretches  covered 
with  tumble  weeds,  sage  brush  and  small 
cacti.  It  seemed  that  there  was  nothing 
to  attract  man  or  beast,  yet  every  now 
and  then  a  duster  of  windmills  and  a 
volume  or  two  of  smoke  indicated  that  we 

most  cases  gave  evidence  that  the  inhabitants 
were  a  thrifty,  hopeful  set.  However.  I 
could  not  help  being  thankful  that  my  home 
is  where  grass  and  trees  are  abundant  rather 
than  the  sand  and  cacti.  I  noted  in  Tucum- 
cari  a  few  small  trees  and  was  told  they  were 
planted  on  Arbor  Day  and  those  that  were 


irrigated  would  put  forth  leaves  in  the  spring 
and  those  that  were  neglected  would  die. 

On  Sunday  morning  the  day  dawned 
bright  and  comfortably  cool.  As  is  our  cus- 
tom we  went  to  the  Baptist  Sunday  school, 
which   we   found    comparatively   large   and 


The 


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nouneed  to  begin 
school,  remained,  and 
made  a  very  good  auc 
the  morning  prayer  mi 
the  afternoon  Bible  stt 
services,  and   by  Wedi 


Nearly  all  the 
;rs  coming  in 
We  kept  up 
:  in  the  homes, 
ind  the  evening 
■sday  night  the  in- 


At  the  evangeli.iit 
service  for  the  Sunday  school  about  dhy 
came  forward.  Our  short  stay  would  not 
permit  us  to  follow  these  up  and  <' 
how  many  of  chem  understood  ant 
sincere,  but  the  pastor  and  teachers  i^ 
do  so  and  their  estimate  was  that  a 
thirty  of  them  were  converted.  It 
pleasure  to  meet  several  traveling  sales 
who,  though  away  fro       '    '    ' 


1     Mis! 

isible. 


One  of  the: 


;  was  a  young  man 
It  Third  Church,  St. 


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LouU,  and  if  linnen  along  the  line  of  hii 
travels  are  not  uved  and  Baptiit  doctiinei 
implanted  and  *ome  Baraca  and  Amoma 
daiies  formed,  it  will  not  be  hit  fault,  for  he 
never  misiei  an  opportunity.  We  could  only 
ttay  ten  days  with  thit  people,  but  we  felt 
that  both  pastor  and  pe<^le  had  been  blcticd, 
some  new  souls  bom  into  the  Kingdom,  the 
church  awakened  to  more  activity,  and  that 
we  had  been  blessed  and  made  a  blessing. 

After  a  night's  ride  we  breakfasted  in  £1 
Paso,  Texas,  and  after  attending  to  a  little 
businessboardeda trolleyfor Juares,Mexico.  ' 
A  thiny  minutes'  ride  put  you  with  a  people 
and  (urroundings  so  different  that  you  won- 
dered why  Mexico  was  not  counted  a  for- 
eign instead  of  a  home  mission  field.  The 
fiiat  place  we  visited  there  was  the  old  Catho- 
lic mission  built  by  the  Indian*.  We  must 
confess  that  we  always  have  an  uncanny, 
awestricken  feeling  whenever  we  enter  a 
Catholic  church  and  see  the  statues  and  the 
candles  and  the  holy  water  fonts,  but  it  was 
intensified  when  we  were  told  that  the  statue 
of  the  Virgin  and  of  Christ  were  brou^t 
over  from  Spain  more  than  three  hundred 
years  ago  and  the  Indians  had  with  their 
own  hands  built  this  edifice  and  worshiped 
here.  Next  we  visited  the  market.  This 
indeed  seemed  foreign,  and  although  none  of 
them  understood  us,  nor  we  them,  we  were 
able  to  exchange  our  money  for  whatever 
we  wanted  to  possess  and  they  always 
seemed  to  get  full  value.  There  were  many 
queer-looking  fruits  and  vegetables,  but 
who  could  tell  us  what  we  wanted  to  know? 


■hawls  about  head  and  ahoulden,  and  the 
eveMiresent  dog,  ktvc  to  make  one  realize 
that  he  is  in  another  ctHintiy. 

While  we  were  eating  lunch  in  one  of  tht 
Menan  rcttauiant*  two  or  three  Mexican 
sddiers  entered  and  after  a  fin*  words  with 
the  cashier  and  proprietor  passed  out  into 
the  streets.  Soon  the  proprietor,  the  cashier 
and  the  waicen  left  the  renaurant  and 
nthered  in  a  group  on  the  pavement. 
They  seefiied  to  be  watching  something  up 
die  street  and  when  they  came  back  I 
asked  die  waiter  what  was  the  excitement. 
He  replied  a  "combat"  with  the  accent  on 
the  "bat."  We  visited  the  place  where  they 
have  the  bull  fi^ts,  but  as  it  was  not  Sunday 
tio  fi^t  was  in  progress,  and  the  place 
where  diey  hold  the  cock  fights  vras  quiet 
for  the  same  reastm,  also  the  laige  room 
which  they  say  is  filled  with  men  and 
women  every  evening  gambling  at  keno. 
I  do  not  mean  Mexican  men  and  women, 
for  the  game  is  played  largely  by  Americans. 
Just  this  one  litde  peep  into  Mexico  made 
me  feel  as  thou^  I  wanted  to  be  a  mis- 
sionary to  Mexico,  for  thou^  the  distance 
is  not  so  great,  it  seems  the  problems  would 
be  as  great  as  in  any  foreign  country. 

One  morning  at  breakfast  in  Tucumcari 
Mr.  Jacobs  had  said, "You  will  see  cactias 
tall  as  this  ceiling  when  we  cross  Arizona," 
and  I  replied,  "I  fear  you  have  them  too 
tall.  -Trim  them  down  a  little."  But  by 
Friday  I  was  willing  that  he  should  add  a 
few  feet,  for  Missouri-like,  I  had  been  shown. 
A  day  at  Tucson,  Arizona,  was  spent 
seeing  the  university  and  some  of  the  lovely 
homes,  many  of  which  are  of  the  Spanish 
style  of  architecture,  with  the  yards  and 
gardens  ornamented  by  palms  as  tall  as  the 
houses,  and  graceful  pepper  trees.  Here, 
too,  we  had  a  visit  from  Rev.  J.  O.  Bur- 
roughs, pastor  of  the  Baptist  church,  who 
repotted  the  work  progressing  nicely.  The 
University  of  Arizona  is  beautiful  for  situa- 
tion, with  line  buildings  and  lovely  campus. 

From  Tucson  we  journeyed  on  to  Los 
Angeles,  reaching  there  three  days  before 
the  opening  of  the  Southern  California 
Convention.  We  stopped  at  the  Watanga, 
known  as  the  Baptist  headquarters.  Mrs. 
Barnwell,  the  proprietress,  is  a  member  of 
the  Temple  Baptist  Church  and  takes  es- 
pecial pains  in  caring  for  her  guests.  One 
Sunday  morning  we  worshiped  at  the  First 


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Baptist  Church,  where  an  old  Indiana 
friend.  Dr.  C.  M.  Carter,  is  pastor.  Though 
it  was  a  rainy  moming  the  audience  was 
large  and  Dr.  Caiter  seemed  to  have  the 
sympathy  of  his  people  in  the  great  work  he 
has  planned.  In  the  evening  ne  went  to 
hear  Dr.  Brougher  at  the  Auditorium.  Our 
landlady  was  kind  enough  to  see  that  we  had 
an  invitation  to  a  box  rented  by  a  friend. 
The  main  part  of  the  auditorium  was  re- 
served that  evening  for  men  only.  As  we 
were  quite  early  we  got  a  view  of  the  im- 
mensity of  the  auditorium  with  only  a  few 
seated,  and  I  must  confess  I  doubted  if  they 
would  have  the  full  house  so  much  talked 
of;  but  they  kept  coming  by  twos  and  by 
fours  and  when  it  was  time  for  the  service 
to  begin  it  looked  as  though  there  was 
scarcely  a  vacant  seat.  Dr.  Brougher 
preaches  the  gospel  so  plainly  that  no  man 
can  mistake  ii.  The  faithfulness  of  hi« 
preaching  is  evidenced  by  the  hands  raised 
for  prayer  and  the  number  of  inquirers  who 
push  their  way  through  that  vast  crowd  and 
come  to  the  front  for  the  after- meeting. 
That  night  there  were  more  than  fifty  and  a 
number  of  these  made  clear  professions. 
The  remainder  were  to  be  labored  with  and 
helped  to  understand  the  Way  more  per- 
fectly. This  is  a  great  plant  and  I  could  but 
wish  there  was  some  one  doing  the  same 
work  for  the  down-town  masses  in  each  of 
our  large  cities. 

Monday  we  took  the  kite-shaped  trip 
through  Pasadena,  Redlands  and  Riverside. 
This  was  my  hrst  trip  to  Southern  California, 
and  perhaps  you  can  imagine  my  ecstasy 
when  I  beheld  the  beautiful  callas,  roses, 
nasturtiums,  daisies,  geraniums,  etc.,  bloom- 
ing in  such  beauty  and  profusion,  and  the 
acres  and  acres  of  dark  green  trees  laden 
with  golden  oranges  and  lemons.  Gera- 
niums grow  as  tall  as  houses  here  and  bloom 
the  year  round.  There  are  many  things  of 
interest  and  beauty,  but  1  will  take  time  to 
speak  of  only  one,  the  Baptist  University  at 
Kedlands.  This  institution  is  just  a  few 
years  young,  recently  having  completed  a 
line  administration  building  and  a  home  for 
the  president  on  the  summit  of  a  hill  over- 
looking a  beautiful  valley,  much  of  which 
belongs  to  the  institution.  The  income 
from  the  orange  groves  covering  a  large 
part  of  the  campus  is  no  small  item,  besides 
adding  to  the  beauty.     The  student   body 


numbers  something  more  than  one  hundred, 
and  the  faculty  is  excellent.  It  was  a  pleas- 
ure to  hear  President  Fields  at  the  Conven- 
tion, and  I  am  sure  a  man  with  such  lofty 
ideals  and  such  earnestness  of  purpose  will 
be  heartily  supported  in  his  efforts  to  place 
the  best  educational  advantages  in  reach  of 
the  Baptist  young  people  of  California. 

On  Tuesday  afternoon  the  Baptist  women 
of  Southern  California  held  their  meeting  in 
the   Methodist  church,  while  the  ministen 
held  fotth  just  across  the  way  in  Calvaiy 
Baptist    Church.      1    heard    some    of   the 
brethren  say  they  had   a  veiy  interesting 
session,  but  it  could  not  have  been  any  more 
so  than  the  women's  meetings.    At  5.30  the 
women  had  a  banquet  and  after  dinner  six 
or  eight  hundred  dollars  ws* 
raised.    The  convention 
gram     was     excellent. 
One    of    the    best 
speeches  c 


gram 


the 


delivered  on  the  Amer- 
ican Baptist  Publica- 
tion Society  by  my 
husband,  and  I  am 
sure  you  will  partially 
agree  with  me  when 
I  tell  you  that  the  next 


said  she  had  never 
dreamed  the  Society 
doing  such  a  great  mis: 
aiy  work  and  she  wantt 
nd  dol- 
Let  us 
hope  that  others  who 
heard  will  place  some 
of  their  store   at   the 


give  a 


ciety  s 


iai. 


The  Society  n 

in  Southern  California 

oneSunday    school    mi; 


all   < 


veil,  ; 


s  the  p< 
pie  are  willing  to  gii 
more  of  their  means  ' 
Society  cannot  do  wh; 
needed.  Saturday  w; 
given    up    to    a    trip    1 


th 


751 


MISSIONS 


Catalina.  If  you  have  never  been  there, 
go  the  fine  opponunity.  The  little  ocean 
voyage  is  pleaiant  and  exhilarating;  the 
mountains  dropped  into  the  sea  are  beauti- 
ful; the  submarine  gardens  where  you  see 
the  bottom  of  the  tea  by  means  of  the  glass- 
bottom  boats,  and  the  aquarium  are  inter-  ' 
ening  and  instnictive;  and  should  you  run 
through  a  school  of  porpoises  whidi  it 
seemed  numbered  6ve  hundred,  it  would  but 
add  one  more  pleasure  to  the  already  full  day. 

Sunday  morning  we  went  to  Pomona, 
where  Mr.  Jacobs  talked  to  an  interested 
audience  in  Calvary  Church  about  Chapel 
Car  work.  After  dinner  in  the  home  of  the 
pastor.  Rev.  Etnen  Quick,  we  started  for 
Riverside.  Here  we  were  met  by  Mr.  J.  M. 
Davidson  and  his  family,  recently  of  Kansas 
City,  in  their  auto  and  taken  to  their  beau- 
tiful home  in  Arlington  for  supper.  In  the 
evening  we  came  to  the  First  Church,  where 
Dr.  Holt,  formerly  pastor  and  friend  of  our 
dear  Uncle  Boston,  is  now  pastor,  and  Mr. 
Jacobs  again  talked  on  Chapel  Car  woilc. 
How  interested  the  people  are  in  hearing 
about  this  workl 

It  was  with  some  regret  we  took  the  train 
late  that  night,  knowing  that  every  hour 
carried  us  farther  away  from  that  land  of 
beauty  and  from  some  of  the  most  hospitable 
people  in  the  world.  The  next  day  we 
crossed  the  barren  hills  and  valleys  of  Ne- 
vada, but  we  had  heard  of  Nevada  and  its 
needs  through  Rev.  William  McCan,  and 
as  we  passed  the  humble  towns  our  hearts 
went  out  to  the  people  of  this  great  mining 
State,  and  we  could  but  wish  we  could  go 
and  labor  with  these  people  and  try  to  win 
more  of  them  for  Christ.  We  hope  that  in 
the  near  future  some  one  will  help  to  make 


it  poMible  for  our  Society  to  (cud  a  Sunday 
school  missimiaTy  and  a<HTie  colporteis  to 
them,  Tuesday  morning  we  breakfasicil 
at  Salt  Lake  City,  the  great  Mormoa  center, 
and  like  almost  every  one  else  saw  die  si^ts 
Mormon.  We  were  ^ad  to  find  that  the 
Mormons  have  not  the  full  swing,  for  our 
own  Baptist  people  will  have  one  of  the  best 
churches.  Then,  too,  we  have  located  here 
our  genial  Home  Mission  Secretary  for  Utah 
and  Wyoming,  and  every  one  vibo  knows 
him  knows  that  he  is  out  for  everything  he 
can  get  for  the  Baptists  and  the  ituih.  1 
do  not  believe  he  covets  or  steals,  bu<  if 
there  is  anything  good  that  he  can  procure 
for  these  two  States  he  tries  lo  take  it  to  thent. 
He  never  stopped  telling  Utah's  needs  and 
pleading  until  he  got  Chapel  Car  No.  4 
"Good  WUI,"  and  Rev.  I .  T.  Barkman  and 
wife,  the  missionaries,  at  work  in  the  Stale, 
besides  two  new  colponage  wagons. 

I  will  not  attempt  to  tell  of  the  beautiful 
scenery  between  Salt  Lake  City  and  Denver 
via  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande,  for  I  have 
known  better  writeti  to  try  it  and  fail.  We 
reached  Denver  at  about  7  r.H  and  spent 
the  night  and  part  of  the  neat  day  there. 
Mr.  Jacobs  improved  the  time  by  seeing 
some  railroad  man  with  a  view  to  having 
colpottage  wagons  and  teams  shipped  free 
of  charge.  He  also  had  a  conference  with 
the  Colorado  State  Mission  Secretary,  and 
Colorado  is  pleading  for  more  colponers. 
TTie  cries  are  coming  up  from  all  these 
western  States;  the  needs  are  great  and 
pressing,  but  unless  more  people  of  means 
are  willing  to  make  more  generous  gifis. 
how  heavily  the  burden  must  rest  on  our 
great  Society  and  how  slowly  the  work 
must  progress. 


MISSIONS 


Some   Vital    Questions 

By  Secretary  W.  T.  Stackhouse,  D.D. 


the 


people   that 
attention  th^ 


nonths  to  deal  with 
'eiy  practical  issues  in  the 
irticles  that  appear  on  this 
>age.  Many  questions  of 
rital  importance  to  the  prc^- 
'ess  of  missions  are  being 
asked  and  answered  by  our 
should 


1  ther 


s  given 
these  <]uestions  are  common  to  all  churchi 
and  are  usually  answered  in  the 
And  every  reasonable  question  di 
sideration  and  should  find  an  an: 
Moreover,  every  church  ha 
■problems  today,  and  others   ar 


Ther 


^   likely   t 


problems    facing   our   churches   today   that 
•cannot  by  the  grace  of  God  and  the  united, 
consecrated    actii 
speedy  solution. 
Now   the    Bar 


■sionary  probler 


I   of  His   people   find    a 

SI  Laymen's  Missionary 
)  help  the  churches  and 
0  solve  their  mis- 
We  believe  that  in  the 
•constituency  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Con- 
vention there  are  workers  enough  and  money 
enough  to  establish  and  maintain  our  share 
of  the  mission  work  to  be  done  in  America; 
and  for  the  evangelization  of  our  share  of 
the  foreign  world. 

We  are  assured  that  an  additional  force 
of  about  two  thousand  more  missionaries 
wisely  distributed,  given  the  funds  necessary 
«o  command  such  narive  assistance  and 
equipment  as  are  needed,  could  in  twenty- 


five  or  thirty  years  reach  with  the  gospel  of 
Christ  at  least  sixty-one  million  souls;  or 
in  other  words,  the  people  in  India,  China, 
Japan,  Africa  and  the  Philippines,  for 
which  the  Northern  Baptists  ought  to  con- 
sider themselves  directly  responsible. 

Again,  if  our  national  Home  Mission  and 
Publication  Societies,  our  State  Boards  and 
City  Mission  organizations  are  adequately 
to  meet  the  claims  placed  upon  them,  they 
must  find  and  put  into  service  hundreds 
more   of  pastors,    missionaries   and    evan- 

Now  some  of  us  believe  that  the  workers 
both  for  the  home  and  foreign  fields  can  be 
found.  But  suppose  they  appeared  before 
our  boards  today  desiring  appointment. 
Some  of  our  Boards  could  only  answer 
their  request  for  appointment  by  one  word; 
namely,  "Deficit."  The  word  "deficit," 
when  put  in  the  form  of  an  acrostic,  means 
poUtrly,  "Dear  Earnest  Friend,  Inquire 
Concerning  it  Tomorrow."  At  the  same 
rime  it  means  pointedly,  "Delay  Entering 
Field  iNDEFtNiTELV,  Indebtedness  tram- 
mels us." 

Some  of  us  are  convinced  that  our  grealrst 
problem  is  to  get  the  funds  necessary  for  the 
task  before  us. 

But  we  are  asked,  "How  much  money 
do  you  want?"  We  answer,  we  want  an 
annual  income  for  missions  from  all  sources 
in  the  congregations  (except  legacies,  which 
we  consider  as  special)  of  the  Northern  Bap- 
tist Conventions,  of  six  million,  five  hundred 
thousand  dollar*,  to  be  divided  and  admin- 


754 


MISSIONS 


ifcend  according  to  the  needs  of  die  fields 
dependent  upon  our  societies  and  boards. 
The  monej  should  be  recctred  and  ex- 
pended by  the  regular  societies  and  other 
missionaiy  organizations  of  the  denomina- 
tion. As  a  lajrmen's  morenient  we  do  not 
administer  mission  funds.  We  stand  behind 
the  ryjsring  oigantzations. 

We  admit  at  once  that  six  million^  fire 
hundred  thousand  dollars  per  annum  is  a 
lot  of  money  when  put  imo  a  heap;  but  it 

ONLY  MEANS  TEN  CBNTS   PBR  MBMBBa  PBE 

WBBKy  on  an  averagey  when  divided  among 
the  million  and  a  quaner  church  members 
in  our  Convention.  In  the  bulk  it  looms 
laige,  but  from  the  angle  of  the  average  in- 
dividual responsibility  it  looks  shamefully 
small. 

We  have  no  hesitation  in  believing  that 
the  task  can  be  done,  and  the  victoiy  cam 
be  won,  if  all  go  at  it.  And  we  promise 
right  now  to  do  our  share  of  the  work,  and 
give  our  share  of  the  funds.  Our  hope  of 
victory  is  based  upon  years  of  experience  in 
missionary  campaign  work.  We  have  seen 
the  standard  set  by  the  movement  (ten 
cents  per  member  per  week  to  missions) 
exceeded  by  congregations  both  large  and 
small;  by  the  congregations  of  towns  and 
cities;  and  by  whole  associations  of  churches. 
And  what  has  been  done  as  a  rule  can  be 
outdone. 

But  how  get  all  our  churches  to  go  to 
work  ?  Yes,  that  is  the  problem.  To 
reach  this  objective  means  Work! 

We  have  in  mind  a  church  of  about  sixty 
members  that  complains  about  "the  ex- 
cessive" total  apportionment  of  about  $2^. 
We  have  in  mind  another  church  of  less 
than  thirty  members,  and  with  no  more  if 
as  much  wealth,  that  is  giving  annually  to 
missions  from  {300  to  ^500.  The  general 
conditions  relative  to  local  expense,  church 
debts,  etc.,  arc  similar. 

We  have  in  mind  a  country  church  that 
has  over  one  hundred  members;  pays  its 
pastor  ^00  per  annum  and  feels  that  no 
appeal  should  be  made  for  missions,  and  in 
fact  gives  little  or  nothing  to  the  benevo- 
lences. 

We  contrast  this  church  with  another 
country  church  that  we  know,  with  twenty 
members  (or  six  families)  and  less  wealth, 
which  pays  its  pastor  I700  a  year, 
and    gives  to  missions,   whether   appealed 


to  or  not,  from  f  125  to  faoo  per  annum. 

We  am  name  a  city  cfamdi  wkfa  a  big 
membetthip  that  gjhres  but  little  to  mjisiffm 
and  does  not  want  the  Laymen's  Mofonent, 
lest  money  be  gathered  lor  missions  that 
mi^  be  needed  for  local  woik.  And  we 
can  name  another  city  chuich  with  less 
than  half  the  membership  and  weakh,  and 
more  debt,  that  introduced  the  methods  of 
the  Laymen's  Movement  and  has  increased 
its  missionary  offerings  from  ^350  to  1(1,550, 
and  its  income  for  current  expenses  by  over 
f  joo  in  the  last  ]rear. 

Now  what  is  die  difference  between  these 
fields  ?  The  difference  is  found  in  the  adop- 
tion by  some  of  them  of  the  methods  advo- 
cated by  the  Laymen's  Movement. 

These  methods  are  simple  and  workable 
and  are  in  brief  as  follows: 

1.  The  carrying  into  effect  of  a  campaign 
of  education  along  all  lines  of  our  missionary 
work,  including  the  adoption  of  a  program 
of  mission  study  and  prayer. 

2.  The  appointment  of  a  strong  mission- 
ary committee  ^o  will  do  their  work. 

3.  An  evety-member  canvass  carried  out 
on  a  S3rstenuitic  comprehensive  scale,  for 
the  securing  of  larger  and  regular  contribu- 
tions to  missions,  and  to  current  expenses  if 
necessary. 

4.  The  adoption  of  a  worthy  financial  ob- 
jective toward  which  the  congregation  in  all 
its  branches  of  missionary  activity  is  led. 

These  are  some  of  the  measures  that  ac- 
count for  the  success  of  many  of  the  churches 
that  might  be  named.  In  subsequent  arti- 
cles we  shall  discuss  in  detail  the  methods 
above  indicated. 


A  Case  in  Point 

A  brother  from  Homer,  N.Y.,  writes: 
"The  supper  was  Friday  night.  Tlie  church 
had  been  districted,  and  committees  were 
announced  that  night,  who  were  to  go,  two 
by  two,  and  finish  their  work  and  repon  at 
the  next  Thursday  night  prayer  meeting. 
The  committees  did  their  work,  and  were  all 
ready  with  their  reports. 

"The  canvass  increased  the  number  of 
regular  contributors  from  125  to  225.  The 
pledges  aggregate  ^60,  which  is  consid- 
erably more  than  we  contributed  from  all 
sources  last  year,  and  more  dian  forty  per 
cent  more  than  we  had  in  si^t  a  year  ago." 


MISSIONS 


COironCTED  BT  SECRETART  JOHH  H.  HOOBE 


Is  Your  Church   Efficient  ? 


according  to  the  North- 
L  Baptist  Convention's 
ndatd,  unless  it  is  con- 
cting  a  vigorous  educa- 
nal  campaign  for  creat- 
—o  gf tcr  m  i  s  s  i  o  i^a  r  y 
interest  on  the  part  of  eveiy  member. 

We  are  discovering  that  in  the  last  analy- 
sis our  apportionment  problem  is  essentially 
a  problem  of  missionary  education. 

The  program  meeting  as  a  method  of 
missionary  education  has  been  employed  for 
many  years.  Unfortunately  it  has  not  solved 
the  problem. 

It  is  a  well-It nown  fact  which  even 
mission! ly  enthusiasts  cannot  deny  that 
missionary  meetings  have  oftentimes  been 
insufferably  dull. 

The  mission  study  class  has  been  empha- 
sized during  the  last  few  years. 

The  chief  limitation  here  has  been  in  the 
comparatively  small  number  of  people  af- 
fected. 

Somehow,  only  a  few  people  in  only  a' 
few  churches  have  been  willing  to  give  time 
to  the  enlargement  of  their  fund  of  mission- 
ary   knowledge   through    a    mission    study 

Here  is  the  situation  then:  An  occasional 
mission  study  class  with  few  people  in  it, 
and  frequent  missionary  meetings  with  the 
people  present  but  not  interested. 

The  idea  of  yoking  together  these  two 
methods  to  their  mutual  advantage  was 
surely  a  "happy  thought." 

The  people  who  will  not  join  a  mission 
study  class  merely  for  the  sake  of  acquiring 
knowledge  can  be  led  to  do  so  for  the  sake 
of  qualifying  themselves  to  render  a  distinct 


and  imponant  missionary  service  to  the 
church  through  the  presentatiot)  of  four 
bright  missionary  programs. 

On  the  other  hand  the  missionaiy  pro- 
gram meetings  find  in  this  plan  a  solution  of 
their  most  serious  problem,  since  thoae  who 
pardcipite  come  to  their  task  with  the  fine 
preparation  which  the  study  dan  aSbrdi. 

Try  this  in  your  church. 

The  preliminary  program  for  use  in 
launching  the  campaign  in  connection  with 
the  new  foreign  mission  book,  India  Awak- 
tning,  was  published  in  this  departnynt  last 
month. 

As  an  illustration  of  the  other  programs 
in  the  series  we  publish  Program  One  this 
month. 

The  references  given  are  all  to  the  text- 
book, India  Awakening.  Tliis  book  con- 
tains abundant  material  of  an  interesting 

The  other  programs  in  the  series,  "Sug- 
gestions to  Leaders,"  and  needed  denomina- 
tional leaflets,  may  be  secured  free  of  charge 
by  classes  enrolling  with  the  Baptist  Forward 
Movement,  Ford  Building,  Boston,  Mass. 

TOURISTS    IN    INDIA 


Id  prcKntiog  ihii  progtim  the  memben  ti  the  icudj 
claM  ire  SFited  upon  the  plitfona.  The^  are  luppoied 
CO  hue  juit  completed  ■  periODillf  coaducttd  tour 
through  India,  and  ire  reportiiig  their  trip  to  ■  com- 
piQj  oF  frieada.  Very  ureFul  prcparition  muit  be 
made.  On  do  iccoual  muit  putidpinti  i»d  from 
(be  [e^I-book  or  miQuacript;  the  itoriei  mutt  be  told 
in  a  brighti  informal  ^  breezy  fiihioa,  each  partidpaol 
entering  heartilT  into  the  ipitit  of  the  impertonition 
and  Bpeaking  withauc  heDIatioa  ■■  though  the  thingi 
reported  had  been  actually  aeen. 

I.  Openihc  WoaiHir. 

I.  Mat  Exiiciai.    Tbii  tbould  peihapi  be  giTcc 


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MISSIONS 


by  the  leader,  wlio  tbawn  the  Kcboo  of  the  country  Tit- 
ited.  Raikoadt  now  ooonect  Mtdrat,  Bombay  and 
Calcutta,  thus  making  a  trian^^  over  which  the  party 
may  have  joumejred.  The  teit-book  ronfamt  little 
concerning  the  geography  of  the  country  and  other 
■ourcet  mutt  be  consulted.  Outline  route  to  India; 
suggest  shape  and  itze  of  continent;  describe  climate 
and  scenery;  especially  locate  our  leading  stations  with 
red  seals. 

3*  Contrasts  between  India  and  Am saiCA.  Chap- 
ter I  contains  material  for  striking  contrasts  in  respect 
to  patriotism  (p.  4  f.);  intercommunication  (pp.  4,  19, 
ao]^  population,  cities,  etc.  (pp.  5,  19);  illiteracy  and 
conservatism  (pp.  9-11);  language  (pp.  7-9). 

4.  Caste  (pp.  iz-18).  Compare  with  our  national 
social  divisions  (p.  17).  Describe  it  as  greatest  hin- 
drance to  all  Christian  work.  Mention  resulting  perse- 
cutions and  raise  question  how  many  of  us  would  be 
kept  away  from  this  meeting  if  attending  meant  loss  of 
boiDe,  family  and  means  of  earning  a  living. 

5.  Povertt  (pp.  ao-26).  Give  concrete  instances  as 
though  actually  seen,  or  reported  by  missionaries  vis- 
ited. Prove  that  the  difference  in  the  day*s  wage  or 
purchasing  power  of  money  means  that  what  we  give 
to  India  is  multiplied  many  fold  in  its  investment 
value  for  the  kingdom.  Contrast  high  cost  ol  living 
here  with  *^ simple  life**  there. 

6.  Reucions  (Chapter  a).  Do  not  attempt  com- 
plete statement,  but  Klect  die  more  striking  and  in- 
teresting phases,  as  for  instance,  **  baneful  results** 
(p.  41).  Try  to  make  this  account  clear-cut  and 
striking.  Mention  devil  shrines,  fakirs,  superstitions, 
etc  Bring  out  point  that  Hinduism  countenances  im- 
morality and  superstition.  Her  moral  reforms  all 
spring  from  contact  with  Christian  civilization.  America 
is  not  perfect,  but  we  deplore  and  attack  our  evil, 
while  the%church  is  the  source  and  fwce  for  all  uplift 
and  reform. 

7.  A  Hindu  Festival  (pp.  47,  48,  199).  Describe 
vividly. 

8.  A  Visrr  to  one  or  our  own  Mission  Stations. 
Describe  one  of  our  own  stations.  Find  material  in 
Missions,  special  leaflets,  or  report  letters. 

9.  Closing  Devotional  Exercises.  If  you  were 
going  to  India  as  a  missionary  what  passages  of  scrip- 
ture do  you  think  would  help  you  most  f  Close  with 
service  of  sentence  prayers. 


Christmastide 

We  are  not  going  to  be  satisfied  to  allow 
your  Sunday  school  to  miss  our  Bne  Christ- 
mas missionary  concert  program  unless  you 
will  at  least  examine  it. 

If  after  trying  the  music  and  considering 
carefully  the  literary  supplement  you  find 
this  program  unsuited  to  your  school  we 
will  be  content. 

Drop  a  post  card  today  to  the  Forward 
Movement,  Ford  Building,  Boston,  for  a 
sample. 

Please  remember  that  while  this  is  a 
missionary  program  the  spirit  of  Christmas 
permeates  every  part  of  it. 


The  subjects  of  the  songs  are,  "Every 
Land  shall  join  the  Song,"  "See  the  Lord 
of  Earth  and  Sky,"  "Under  the  Surs/^ 
"The  Bethlehem  Babe,"  "The  Manger 
Stoiy."  "Take  the  Light,"  which  precedes 
the  closing  tableau,  is  a  fine  processional 
song  from  the  Pageant  of  Darkness  and 
Light,  given  in  connection  with  the  World 
in  Boston.  The  music  is  good  enough  for 
any  school  and  not  too  difficult  for  any. 

The  subjects  of  the  literary  exercises  are: 
"Christmas  is  for  Children"  and  "Freelv 
Give"  for  the  primary  department;  "India, 
a  Christmas  prophecy";  "A  Christmas  Con- 
trast," an  exercise  for  three  juniors  in  cos- 
tume; "Seethama's  Two  Christmas  Days,'* 
showing  how  much  more  Christmas  dar 
meant  to  Seethama,  the  Christian  school- 
girl than  to  Seethama,  the  little  widow.  In 
connection  with  this  exercise  a  group  of 
junior  girls  sing  "Jesus  Loves  Me"  in 
Telueu.  "Sundram's  Story"  as  told  by 
himself  to  the  missionaries  one  Christmas 
eve,  the  story  of  a  young  man  who  through 
great  tribulation  entered  into  the  kingdom; 
"The  Missionaries'  Christmas  in  India." 

This  program  will  make  a  very  fine  con- 
tribution  to  the  missionary  life  of  the  Sun- 
day school  and  the  church.  Incidentally^ 
you  know,  it  will  help  the  church  to  raise  or 
exceed  its  apportionment  for  foreign  missions. 

Do  not  forget  that  we  also  have  material 
on  India  for  five  minutes  a  Sunday  in  the 
Sunday  school,  and  a  bright  responsive 
service  for  monthly  use  containing  the 
"India  Sunset  Song"  set  to  music,  arranged 
from  "Juanita,"  which  everybody  knows 
and  likes  to  sing. 

All  this  is  free  to  Sunday  schools  taking  a 
special  Christmas  offering  for  foreign  mis- 
sions, which  may  be  sent  either  to  the  gen- 
eral Society  or  to  either  Woman's  Society. 


^  Owing  to  murders  of  Americans  in  Min- 
danao and  Jolo,  in  the  Philippines,  the 
government  has  decided  to  disarm  the  entire 
Moro  population.  The  Moros  do  not  possess 
guns,  but  use  knives.  They  were  formerly  the 
pirates  of  the  region,  are  fanatical  and  igno- 
rant Mohammedans,  and  the  most  difficult 
to  bring  within  the  pale  of  civilization. 
They  number  about  280,006.  The  Congre- 
gationalists  have  one  station  in  Moro  Prov- 
ince. 


MISSIONS 


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The  Methodist  Ecumenical 

The  Ecumenical  Methodist  Conference  at 
Toronto  has  drawn  together  a  large  number 
of  delegates  from  all  parts  of  the  world.  The 
denomination  in  this  country  has  made  won- 
derful advances  in  the  last  ten  years  in  mis- 
sionary giving  and  work,  as  well  as  in  num- 
bers and  general  aggressiveness.  The  re- 
ports presented  at  Toronto  show  that  during 
the  last  year  there  were  2,528  Methodist 
foreign  missionaries.  These  Included  918 
ordained  men  and  120  physicians,  53  of  the 
doctors  being  women.  Native  workers 
numbered  20,847,  "hile  the  number  of  mis- 
sionary stations  and  sub-stations  was  6,762. 
These  missionaries  represented  708,105  bap- 
tized Christians  and  1,444,292  adherents,  of 
whom  458,165  were  Sunday  school  teachers 
and  scholars.  The  ordained  ministry  of 
f'.cumenical  Methodism  at  the  beginning  of 
iqio  was  52,978,  of  whom  but  2,322,  or 
five  per  cent,  counting  foreign  and  natives, 
were  in  the  mission  fields. 

"Of  our  total  numberof  ministers  through- 
out the  world,"  said  one  speaker,  "the 
average  is  one  to  every  174  church  members. 
In  heathen  countries  (he  ratio  is  one  Metho- 
dist minister  to  every  303  mernbers.  Our 
means,  as  expressed  by  the  income  of  the 
missionary  societies  in  1910,  totaled  about 
^7,000,000,  a  sum  which  represents  about 
lighty  cents  to  each  of  the  8,751,434.  Metho- 
dists." ^ 

Protestftnt  Episcopal  Missions 

The  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  has 
but  one  society  for  its  domestic  and  foreign 
missionary  work  and  proceeds  on  the  theory 
that  every  church  member  belongs  to  this 
society,  which  has  varied 


reports  of  the  past  year  show  that  the  mis- 
sionary interests  as  a  whole  have  gone  ahead 
rapidly.  Receipts  were  f  122,000  larger  than 
the  previous  year.  Of  this  840,000  was 
given  by  women  and  children,  leaving  an 
increase  from  the  churches  and  general 
givers  of  882,000.  The  total  receipts  were 
81,107,000.  Besides  this  sum,  Episcopalians 
give  for  additional  work  in  the  domestic 
^eld  8450,000  a  year.  The  total  lacks  only 
89,000  of  being  exactly  three  times  the  re- 
ceipts of  iqoi  — ten  years  ago. 

Episcopal  women  give  large  sums  for 
support  of  women  workers  in  many  fields, 
and  make  a  united  offering  every  three 
years.  Besides  these  gifts  they  have  worked 
for  a  decade  or  so  to  raise  an  additional 
8100,000  a  year  to  hand  over  to  the  general 
society.  Last  year,  for  the  first  time,  they 
reached  the  8iOO,000  mark. 
Children  ir 


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amount  last 
than  they  ever 

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8i+,ooo  beyond  it. 
Sunday  schools  give  in   boi 
615  5,800.      TTiis    was    their 
spring  and  it  is  8il,tOO  more 

The  society  appropriated  ti 
last  year  81,286,700,  partly  because  of  the 
exigencies  of  the  work,  and  partly  because 
it  expected  increased  gifts  beyond  what  it 
actually  received.  While  its  receipts  in- 
creased by  $122,000,  it  begins  its  new  year 
with  a  deficit  of  8172,000.  The  society  is 
not  compelled  to  borrow,  however,  since  it 
possesses  reserve  funds,  given  for  just  such 

The  Forward  Movement  launched  last 
year  by  the  Domestic  and  Foreign  Society 
asked  the  laymen  for  8500,000,  under  the 
impetus  of  the  Laymen's  Missionaty  Move- 
ment;  but  only  830,000  was  received. 


758 


MISSIONS 


A  Ho^l  Way  to  Get  Subteriberi 

In  tome  things  undoubtedly  the  Roman 
Catholics  hare  the  advantage  of  us.  Traf- 
ficking in  "masses/'  for  example,  is  a  source 
of  revenue  beyond  our  reach.  The  most  in- 
genious use  of  this  traffic  yet  devised  per- 
haps is  oflFering  masses  as  premiums  for 
subscribers.  We  learn  from  the  Canadian 
Baftist  that  the  "  Bulletin/'  a  monthly  paper 
published  by  the  Eudist  Fathers,  who  con- 
duct the  College  of  Sacred  Heart  at  Bathurst, 
N.B.,  offers  a  fortnightly  mass  as  an  induce- 
ment to  new  and  delinquent  subscribers. 
The  offer  is  as  follows: 

"Two  masses  will  be  celebrated  each 
month  for  our  subscribers.  Further  sub- 
scribers, being  considered  as  benefactors, 
have  an  interest  in  the  mass  said  each  day 
by  a  Eudist  Father  for  the  benefactors  of  the 
congregation.  In  order  to  have  an  interest 
in  the  two  masses  celebrated  each  month  it 
is  necessaiy  to  be  actually  a  subscriber,  that 
is  to  say,  to  have  paid  the  price  of  the  sub- 
scriprion  or  at  least  its  equivalent.  It  is, 
therefore,  to  your  advantage  to  subscribe,  or 
to  renew  your  subscripdon,  from  the  begin- 
ning. The  longer  you  delay  the  more  3rou 
lose,  because  it  is  quite  clear  that  you  can 
have  an  interest  only  in  those  masses  which 
still  remain  to  be  said." 

When  we  remember  that  the  Catholics  are 
taught  that  poor  souls  in  purgatory  are  de- 
pendent upon  these  masses  for  relief  or 
release  the  true  nature  of  making  cheap 
business  out  of  ignorant  credulity  is  apparent. 
There  is  room  for  a  twentieth-century  Luther. 


World  Parliaments  on  Liquors  and  Opium 
in  Mission  Fields 

BY  WILBUR   F.   CRAFTS,  PH.D. 

The  Hague  Opium  Conference  is  now 
fixed  for  December  i.  Unless  Christian  and 
humane  sentiment  is  strongly  expressed  by 
pedtions,  the  forces  of  "internal  revenue" 
and  private  cupidity  that  have  caused  the 
conference  to  be  postponed  three  times  are 
likely  to  defeat  the  high  object  President 
Taft  has  named,  "the  suppression  of  the 
opium  evil,"  either  by  postponing  the  "sup- 
pression" for  ten  years,  on  the  discredited 
theory  that  there  must  be  a  long  "tapering 
off","  or  by  adopring  the  policy  of  "  restric- 
uon"  by  increased  taxation  which  has  proved 


a  tragic  failure  wherever  tried.  The  Ameri- 
can Opium  Commission,  which  studied 
opium  restricdon  all  over  Eastern  Asia,  re- 
ported that  wherever  there  was  revenue 
there  was  no  real  restricdon,  and  that  onlj 
in  Japan  where  there  was  absolute  prt^ibi- 
don  was  there  any  success  in  combadng  the 
evil.  The  Commission  advised  prohibidon, 
to  uke  eff^ect  in  three  years,  which  Congress 
accordingly  decreed  for  the  Philippines. 
There  was  no  tapering,  however,  undl  the 
last  eight  months,  and  one  year  is  surely 
enough  for  reasonable  adjustments  to  put 
"suppression"  into  force,  as  is  customary  in 
the  case  of  State  prohibitory  laws  in  the 
United  States.  Every  missionary  society  in 
the  worid  should  express  its  fracdon  of  sen- 
dment  in  favor  of  the  speediest  possible 
"suppression  of  the  opium  evil"  the  world 
over,  and  send  copies  of  its  action  to  its  own 
foreign  office  and  to  the  press.  And  let  a 
resoludon  be  passed  at  the  same  dme  asking 
that  "  Fourth  Brussels  Conference  on  Spirits 
in  Africa,"  soon  to  meet,  shall  abandon  the 
ineffecdve  method  of  restriction  by  an  in- 
creased tax  and  subsdtute  prohibitory  zones 
wherever  the  population  is  mostly  composed 
of  nadve  races. 


A  Capital  Plan — Why  not  Try  it  in 
Your  Church? 

The  calendar  of  the  Temple  Church,  Dr. 
J.  Whitcomb  Brougher  pastor,  announces 
the  following  missionary  plans  for  the  fall 
and  winter:  "Each  month  hereafter,  public 
copies  of  our  missionary  publications  will  be 
found  near  the  prayer-meeting  bulletin  board. 
After  each  communion  service*  missionary 
ammunition  will  be  distributed  to  the  home- 
going  church  members.  Four  times  a  year, 
with  the  quarterly  statements  to  the  mem- 
bers, will  be  enclosed  a  *dckler'  on  giving, 
or  on  tithing.  At  the  monthly  covenant 
meetings,  missionary  features  will  be  intro- 
duced. A  mission  study  class  on  'India's 
Awakening'  may  be  held  each  Wednesday 
night,  through  the  winter,  for  forty-five 
minutes  before  the  prayer-meeting.  The 
Young  Women's  Missionary  Circle  will  re- 
new its  activities  at  once.  The  funds  for  the 
periodicals  and  leaflets  are  provided  by  the 
Women's  Union,  the  generosity  of  certain 
members  of  the  church  and  an  allowance  in 
the  church  treasury.' 


If 


M  IS  S  I  ONS 


MINISTERIAL  SUPPORT 
"Journal  and  Messenger:  If  a  man  is  called 
of  God  to  enter  the  ministry  and  preach  the 
gospel,  it  follows  as  the  night  the  day  that 
the  church  is  called  to  support  him  finan- 
cially in  his  work.  If  all  cannot  preach,  they 
can  do  something  for  the  support  of  those 
who  do.  Duties  of  this  sort  are  reciprocal. 
God  calls  men  into  the  ministry  and  he  lays 
the  duty,  plainly  and  positively,  upon  the 
people  of  listening  to  and  providing  for  the 
temporal  needs  of  the  preacher. 


A  UNION  AND  A  REUNION 
The  Watchman:  It  is  with  a  great  sense 
j(  satisfaction  that  the  editors  send  forth 
:his  first  issue  of  the  united  Watchman  and 
Morning  Star;  a  profound  satisfaction  be- 
:ause  the  union  is  a  mark  of  a  substantial 
and  delightful  step  in  the  warm  and  hearty 
ciplesofour  Lord  Jei 


Christ.     It  is  a 

cause  for  deep  thankfulness 

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way  that  permits  no  doubt  about  the'feeling 
of  the  country.  It  does  not  mean  that  there 
is  an  unneighboily'feelingtowards  the  United 
States;  it  means  that  the  electorate  believes 
that  the  reciprocal  trade  arrangements  pro- 
posed would  not  be  advantageous  to  Canada, 
nor  promotive  of  the  interests  of  the  Empire. 
(A  leading  merchant  of  St.  John  who  visited 
the  sanctum  recently  said  that  there  was  no 
feeling  whatever  against  our  people  in  the 
Provinces;  and  the  attempts  to  arouse  anti- 
American  hostility  had  no  effect.  This  we 
thoroughly  believe.  —  Ed.) 


The  Standard:  With  the  October  num- 
ber. Tidings,  the  special  organ  of  the 
Woman's  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 
Society,  ceases  lo  exist.  Hereafter  the 
society,  in  coiiperation  with  the  other  general 
societies,  will  present  its  news  and  informa- 
tion concerning  its  missions  and  missionaries 
through  Missions.  Thus  another  forward 
step  in  conservation  of  denominational 
energy,  in  coordination  of  denominational 
organizations,  and  in  economic  administra- 
tion of  denominational  affairs  is  taken. 
There  has  been  steady  pr<^ress  in  the  right 
relationship  of  the  various  parts  of  our  de- 
"  lational  machinery  since  the  Northern 
it  Convention  was  organized.  The 
n  of  the  foreign  mission  societies  will 
next  to  give  a  "  helping  hand  "  to  the 
of  cooperation.  The  usefulness  of 
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Then,  it  is  perfectly  legitimate  to  take  the  financial  matter  into  the  ac- 
count. The  societies  are  striving  in  every  way  to  reduce  the  home  expenses, 
so  that  every  dollar  and  cent  possible  of  funds  contributed  may  go  to  the 
prosecution  of  the  work  in  the  field.  Missionary  information  is  essential 
to  missionary  giving,  and  literature  must  be  put  out  as  a  means  of  infor- 
mation. The  magazine  is  by  far  the  chief  medium  of  this  information 
stimulus.  Its  value  is  inestimable  and  unquestionable.  It  is  known  that 
a  million-dollar  legacy  came  to  a  neighboring  missionary  society  as  the 
direct  result  of  the  reading  of  its  magazine  by  a  deaf  man  who  could  not 
hear  sermons  or  appeals  but  could  see  them  on  the  printed  page.  He 
announced  in  his  will  that  it  was  the  reading  of  the  magazine  that  led  to 
his  bequest.  That  magazine  has  a  deficit,  and  has  had  for  fifty  years ;  but 
the  interest  on  the  million-dollar  bequest  for  a  single  year  would  settle  up 
that  account  for  a  quarter  century,  while  the  income  will  go  on  perpetually. 
Missions  is  published  at  a  loss,  because  a  wide  circulation  is  considered 
essential  to  the  cause  and  worth  securing  at  some  loss  if  necessary.  But 
this  is  to  be  remembered,  that  the  deficit  of  MISSIONS,  combining  four  of 
our  publications,  will  not  be  half  as  large  as  the  combined  deficits  of  the 
formerpublications,  while  it  reaches  fully  twice  as  many  homes  and  fam- 
ilies, when  our  people  become  willing  to  pay  a  dollar  a  year,  as  the  Episco- 
galians  do.  Missions  will  pay  its  way  and  something  more.  As  it  is,  we 
ave  to  put  forth  every  effort  to  get  the  meager  fifty  cent  rate.  But  the 
number  is  increasing;  and  with  the  Home  Mission  women  putting  their 
well-known  enthusiasm  and  energy  into  the  effort  in  the  churches,  we  shall 
expect  to  chronicle  seventy-five  thousand  subscribers  this  year. 

For  every  reason,  therefore,  we  welcome  the  Tidings  constituency  of 
noble,  faithful,  devoted  women  to  MISSIONS'  family  circle.  Here  they 
are  not  guests  but  **at  home."  Familiar  names  and  faces  will  be  found  by 
them,  and  we  feel  sure  that  soon  the  larger  new  will  win  their  approval  and 
favor,  and  be  all  to  them  that  the  familiar  old  was.  Every  month  MISSIONS 
will  bring  them  tidings  of  their  special  work  and  of  the  great  realm  outside. 
And  out  of  the  wider  horizon  (rod  grant  that  great  enlargement  of  indi- 
vidual view  and  combined  effort  may  come  I 

Now  for  the  goal  — ONE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  SUBSCRIBERS. 


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Five  Reasons  for  Uniting 
Tidings  with  Missions 

Because  the  Woman's  Home  Mission 
Department  will  retain  every  salient 
feature  of  Tidings  —  field  notes,  letters 
from  missionaries.  Workers'  Page,  Baby 
Band,  Work  for  Juniors  and  Young 
Women ;  with  Miss  Frances  M.  Schuyler 
as  departmental  editor. 

Because  MISSIONS  with  TIDINGS  in- 
cluded will  go  into  fifty  thousand  homes, 
or  more  than  twice  as  many  as  TID- 
INGS now  reaches. 

Because  every  woman  should  have 
the  broader  outlook  and  information 
which  mSSIONS  will  bring. 

Because  a  single  Baptist  Missionary 
Magazine  giving  the  whole  work  under 
one  cover  is  the  denominational  desire 
and  ideal;  and  is  more  convenient  and 
instructive  than  a  number  of  smaller 
magazines  presenting  only  one  phase  of 
the  work. 

Because  the  union  will  mean  a  saving 
to  the  Woman's  Society  of  several 
thousand  dollars  which  can  go  to  mission 
work  instead  of  into  a  magazine  deficit. 


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Editorial  Notes 


The  class  of  nineteen  hundred  and  eleven, 
graduated  from  the  Baptist  Missionary 
Training  School  in  June,  selected  as  their 
class  motto  the  significant  words,  "Chosen 
to  bring  forth  Fruit." 

During  the  busy  months  of  preparation 
the  thought  of  fruit  bearing  for  the  Master 
was  often  expressed  in  word  and  action  and 
an  eagerness  to  be  out  in  the  service  was 
most  apparent.  The  closing  days  of  schotd 
life  winged  themselves  away,  commence- 
ment came  and  went  and  the  large  class 
separated  to  go  their  several  ways. 

Ahhough  but  few  weeks  have  elapsed 
since  the  goodbyes  were  said,  yet  widely 
indeed  are  these  young  women  separated. 
Under  the  appointment  of  the  Board  Miss 
Olive  Jeffrey  and  Miss  Nellie  Wallet  are 
assigned  as  teachers  to  Cuba.  .Miss  Edna 
Miller  will  wort  with  Spanish-speaking 
people  in  Los  Angeles,  California.  Miss 
Eva  FrwcU  has  been  sent  to  Buffalo,  New 
York,  to  begin  work  with  the  Italians. 

MiM  iltitrude  Mithoff  will  do  the  work 


i»f  »   misxiimat 

V   among   Kiowa   Indians  at 

Saddle    Mourn 

ain,    Oklahoma,    and    Miss 

Marv   Blown 

is   the   actepiahlc   associate 

wwrker  ..f  Mis 

s  Mjry  Ja>-ni-  at  Watonga. 

Mis.  IWitlu  ll< 

•.man  has  gi'ne  ti>  the  Second 

Mrsa.   loivva. 

Ati/oiu,  to  the  liilJ  in  which 

Mi»  Muiv  MJ  .an  has  d.Mie  such  clficient 
W»Tk  anuttiK  the  H.«(>i  InJijns.  Miss  Anna 
H.  NelsiHi.  Chss  I*-,  will  k-  ass.viat.d 
with  Mrs.  IWnun  in  this  dirticult  fi.lJ. 
Mi**  EJiU  <>din  is  sent  js  an  ass.viate 
lltiuionar\-  wwker  with  Miss  Blanche  Sim, 


a  teacher,  to  Wyola,  Montana,  a  station 
among  the  Crow  Indians. 

Miss  Blanch  Waite  will  be  a  city  mis- 
sionary in  South  Omaha,  Nebraska.  Miss 
Clara  Flint  began  work  as  a  general  mis- 
sionary in  Colorado,  while  Miss  Lauta 
Merrill  will  make  Dcadwood  and  Lead, 
South  Dakota,  the  field  of  her  activities. 

City  Mission  woHc  in  New  York  City  finds 
in  Miss  Sarah  Noyes  an  cnthtisiastic  helper 
with  Second  Avenue  as  her  headquarters. 
Mather  Industrial  SchocJ,  Beaufoit,  South 
Carolina,  welcomes  Miss  Anna  Phelps  as 
an  assistant,  while  Miss  Freda  Goebel  is 
pushing  the  societies'  interests  in  Idaho 
and  Miss  Helen  Tencate  is  added  to  (he 
Citv  Mission  forces  of  Detroit,  Michigan. 
The  First  German  Church  of  Chicago  hai 
the  service  of  Miss  Bertha  Koch,  who  takes 
the  place  so  long  filled  by  Miss  Anna  Knop. 
The  Swedish  interens  have  been  strength- 
ened by  the  addition  of  Miss  Sigrid  Edquist 
at  Grafton,  North  Dakota,  and  Miss  Alice 
Olson  at  Kansas  City,  Kansas.  Work 
among  Italians  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
has  been  begun  by  Miss  Mary  Traver.  Miss 
Hazel  Schick  fills  the  place  made  vacant  by 
the  resignation  of  Miss  Mears  in  Trenton, 
New  Jersey.  Miss  Ida  May  Pope,  a 
trained  kindeiganner,  will  have  charge  of 
our  Chinese  kindeigatten  in  San  Francisco, 
tilling  the  place  of  Miss  Alice  Morton. 

U'iih  ardent  love  for  the  Master  and  a 
fervent  desire  to  bring  forth  fruit  for  Him 
these  voung  women  have  gone  into  these 
nti'Jy  districts.  Shall  not  the  earnest  in- 
tercession of  our  constituency  f<Jlow  the 
viHin^  nussionaries  as  thev  volumarilv  as- 
sume these  responsibilities  ?    Mav  thev  in- 


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deed  tealize  thai  ihe  promise  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  to  His  disdples/'Lo  1  am  with  you 
all  the  days,"  is  verified  as  they  minister  in 
His  name  to  those  to  whom  they  have  been 


A  Word  from  Mrs.  Alice  B.  Coleman 

'■  Doe  the  nexte  thynge."  The  old  English 
motto  is  a  suggestive  one  for  those  who  seek 
to  Icnon  the  puq>ose  of  God  and  to  express 

Three  years  ago  we  believed  that  "the 
nexte  thynge"  for  the  home  mission  women 
of  our  denomination  was  the  consolidation 
of  the  two  societies  then  existing  into  one 


which  should  strongly  and  efficiently  rep- 
resent them  on  the  field  and  in  our  denomina- 
tional life.  But  before  that  union  could  be 
consummated  another  step  appeared,  so 
evident  and  so  close  at  hand  that  we  could 
not  draw  back,  and  by  taking  it  the  Woman'* 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 
became  a  cooperating  body  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention. 

With  this  issue  of  Missions,  for  the  third 
time,  we  "doe  the  nexte  thynge"  to  which 
we  believe  the  Lord  has  led  us  and  relinquish 
the  magazine  which  was  exclusively  our  own. 
1  believe  that  a  broader  knowledge  of  the 
world's  mission  field,  a  deeper  interest  in 
its  needs,  and  a  more  intelligent  devotion 
to  its  work  will  result  from  this  new  union. 


MISSIONS 


764 

and  thyt  the  .women  of  our  denomination 
whether  specifically  allied  with  the  home  or 
foreign  work,  will  soon  realize  that  with  the 
loss  of  TiJings  there  has  come  a  great  and 
compensating  gain.  In  this  faith,  1  say 
"All  hail!"  to  Missions  and  pledge  to  it 
the  allegiance  of  heart  and  hand. 


In  the  Mining  Region 

Sowing  and  Reaping  in  Novingek,  Mo. 

by  minna  a.  matthews 

In  viewing  the  work  here  I  may  say: 
"Not  finished,  but  begun."  The  evening 
we  returned  from  our  vacation  our  hearts 
were  made  happy  by  one  of  the  hardest 
drinkers  of  the  town  telling  us  that  he  has 
given  up  the  habit.  We  have  long  been  in- 
terested in  this  man  and  pray  that  he  may 
not  rest  until  he  has  surrendered  to  Christ, 
who  alone  is  able  to  keep  him  from  falling. 

Our  Sunday  school  at  Mine  Number  One, 
organized  a  little  over  a  year  ago,  is  a  constant 
reminder  of  God's  goodness  as  we  mark  the 
improvement  in  the  boys  and  girls  and 
older  ones  as  well.  One  of  our  pupils,  a 
girl  of  fifteen,  went  visiting  with  her  parents 
one  Sunday.  She  sent  us  a  note  staling  the 
cause  of  her  absence  and  enclosed  an  oRer- 
ing.  The  next  Sunday  her  first  words  to  us 
were;  "I'll  never  go  visiting  again  and  miss 
Sunday    school.      I    wasn't   happy    a    bit." 


homes,  sometimes  two  or  three  weeks  in  ad- 
vance, and  we  are  delisted  to  accept,  know- 
ing it  will  give  us  a  bne  opportunity  to  talk 
with  the  parents.  Seldom  a  meal  is  begun, 
even  in  the  non-Christian  homes,  without 
being  asked  to  return 
Sunday  we  were  at  a  French 
r.  We  feel  that  the  parents 
I  the  light  and  are  training 
aright.     In  another  nnining 


;ir    childre: 


MISSIONS 


camp  the  parents  and  six  childfcn  live  in 
one  room  which  is  kept  spotlessly  dean. 
It  was  a  privilege  to  dine  with  them,  al- 
though the  bill  or  fare  was  but  tea,  bread, 
potatoes  and  salt  meat  with  not  a  vestige 
of  lean  about  it.  The  mother  thought  it 
necessary  to  delegate  one  of  her  children  to 
borrow  a  tablecloth  from  a  neighbor's  house. 
This  family  has  received  many  articles  of 
clothing  from  barrels  that  have  been  sent 
ro  us  and  they  know  how  to  use  them  and 
take  care  of  them  too.  The  grandfather 
has  recently  become  a  Christian  and  been 
baptized.  He  does  not  need  to  say  a  word, 
for  his  face  tells  the  glorious  news  that  he 
has  Ibund  the  Saviour. 

Lan  Friday  morning  we  gathered  at  the 
watenidc  at  7.30  o'clock  to  witness  the 
baptism  of  one  of  our  dear  young  women. 
For  two  years  she  has  struggled  against 
opposition  from  her  parents  and  other 
memben  of  the  family,  but  now  that  she 
is  twenty-one  she  believes  it  her  duty  to 
obey  Christ's  commands  in  the  face  of  all 
odds.  Not  one  of  her  people  would  come 
to  see  her  baptized,  but  she  feels  that  she  is 
not  alone,  for  "underneath  are  the  ever- 
latting  arms." 

A  family  that  used  to  live  in  one  of  the 
camps  has  lately  moved  to  town.  The 
father  gets  but  little  work  and  the  mother 
is  soidy^ afflicted.    There  are  6ve  children 


nost  promismg 
was  transferred 

brocher  of  five 


765 

in  the  home  and  they  are  often  on  the  verge 
of  starvation.  We  have  helped  them  with 
clothing  and  provisions  and  the  reward  has 
come  in  four  of  the  children  attending  our 
Sunday  school  in  town. 

One  of  our  dearest 
little  girls  of  about  six 
to  the  heavenly  home  : 
less  than  a  week  her 
months  joined  her  and  the  parents 
to  sorrow  alone.  The  mother  was  baptized 
and  came  into  our  church  less  than  two 
years  ago  and  oh,  how  heroically  she  has 
borne  these  trials,  never  once  murmuring. 
Her  simple,  childlike  faiih  is  a  beautiful 
lesson  to  many.  If  her  husband  can  be  won 
to  the  Saviour  she  feels  that  no  sacrifice  will 
be  too  great,  and  to  this  end  we  are  all 
praying. 

We  have  organized  a  Young  Ladies  Mis- 
sionary Society,  auxiliary  to  the  Woman's 
Mission  Circle.  Six  are  enrolled  and  we 
are  looking  for  it  to  grow. 

The  first  session  of  the  Christian  Culture 
Course  was  held  in  our  cottage  on  Septem- 
ber 29.  We  feel  sure  that  "Truths  that 
Abide"  will  be  a  veiy  profitable  study. 


Hinjng  Populations  of  Southeastern  Kansas 

BV  OLLIE  J.  COWLES 

During  about  seven  months  of  the  year 
work  has  been  carried  on  among  mining 
populations  of  southeast  Kansas  in  connec- 
tion with  our  Baptist  churches  in  four  im- 
portant localities. 

This  work  is  largely  house-to-house  vis- 
itation and  special  effort  for  the  Sunday 
school.  In  many  cases  the  visitor  is  met  at 
the  door  by  the  mistress  of  the  house,  who 
confesses  that  she  seldom  enters  a  church, 
has  never  made  a  profession  of  faith  in 
Christ,  but  expects  to  become  a  Christian 
sometime,  or  thinks  that  is  the  right  thing 
to  do.     If  it  is  not  possible  to  hold  a  longer 

or  not  being  invited  to  enter,  a  tract  is  left 
and  a  few  words  of  invitation  to  Christ  and 
to  his  house  are  spoken,  and  1  pass  on, 
praying  God  to  bless  the  message.  There 
are  those  who  ate  willing  to  sit  down  and 
listen  to  the  reading  of  the  Scriptures  and 
bow  while  the  missionary  prays.  My  hean 
yearns  for  these  lo«t  souls,  who  might  be  in 


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MISSIONS 


the  kingdom  if  they  would.    Some  have  ac- 
cepted the  offer  of  salvation  thus  proclaimed. 

One  young  woman,  not  long  a  home- 
keeper,  rejoiced  greatly  as  she  rose  from  her 
knees  with  a  new-found  hope,  and  as  she 
threw  her  arms  around  the  bearer  of  the 
good  tidings  she  said,  "You  are  the  best 
friend  I  have."  None  of  her  friends  and 
relatives  are  Christians. 

As  frequently  occurs,  I  found  a  home 
where  the  young  people  in  moderate  cir- 
cumstances had  never  supplied  themselves 
with  a  copy  of  God's  Word.  They  were 
willing  to  pay  a  small  price  for  a  Testament, 
which  I  promised  to  bring  on  my  next  visit. 
After  the  book  had  been  in  the  home  for 
two  weeks  or  more,  I  asked  the  young 
mother  what  progress  she  had  made  in 
reading  it.  She  had  read  it  half  through, 
and  before  I  left  her  had  accepted  the 
Christ  as  her  own  personal  Saviour. 

The  opportunities  are  abundant.  As  an 
example  I  mention  a  French  woman  who 
speaks  our  language  well  and  whose  chil- 
dren attend  the  Baptist  Sunday  school  at 
times.  This  woman  does  not  seem  to  have  a 
personal  hope  in  Christ,  but  had  attended 
Protestant  meetings  in  France  and  was 
quite  friendly.  She  does  not  now  attend 
church  anywhere,  but  I  urged  her  to  come 
to  ours  and  to  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side. 
I  learned  her  difficulty  in  the  brief  expres- 
sion, **It  is  well  you  are  not  a  preacher,  for 
my  husband  would  not  allow  one  to  come 
into  the  house.  It  would  not  be  best  for  a 
preacher  to  come  here." 

The  work  is  very  interesting  and  also 
very  encouraging  if  we  take  into  account  the 
promises  of  God. 

41 

Greenville,  South  Carolina 

BY   HENRIETTA    H.   WRIGHT 

This  has  been  a  very  busy  year,  and  I 
have  enjoyed  the  work  in  all  departments. 
Somewhat  out  of  the  usual  has  been  visiting 
the  public  schools  in  the  villages  and  speak- 
ing to  the  children  in  the  several  grades,  and 
at  other  times  to  them  in  one  room,  assem- 
bled for  the  occasion.  The  kindergarten 
classes  are  always  interesting.  In  all  this 
work  we  are  dealing  with  people  of  our  own 
states. 

There  is  an  increasing  interest  in  all  the 
urch  work,  and  recently  one  of  the  W.  M. 


^^u 


S.  entertained  a  quarterly  meeting  of  our 
Union  with  unbounded  hospitality.  A  good 
program  was  well  carried  out,  and  a  chami- 
ing  feature  of  it  was  the  part  the  Sunbeams 
took. 

This  has  been  the  best  year  in  some  of  the 
societies  for  benevolence  and  progress  in 
Bible  study  class,  also  intense  interest  in 
Sunday  school  class  work. 

I  would  also  mention  development  in  the 
willingness  of  several  to  be  of  assistance  in 
looking  after  families  who  are  sick  in  their 
communities.  To  get  others  even  interested 
in  such  is  a  task,  but  to  secure  their  effons 
is  a  greater  one,  so  I  rejoice  in  the  assistance 
I  have  had. 

The  prospect  is  bright  and  the  work  is 
responding  well. 


Ftanees  M.  Schuyler 

BY  MRS.  A.    E.   REYNOLDS 

To  many  of  our  Baptist  women  the  merg- 
ing of  Tidings  into  Missions  is  a  source 
of  deep  regret.  We  have  cause  for  gratitude, 
however,  that  as  corresponding  editor  of 
Missions  the  former  editor  of  Tidings 
will  have  her  hand  upon  our  Society's  De- 
partment in  our  combined  magazine.  We 
have  been  justly  proud  of  Tidings  as  it  has 
come  to  us  from  month  to  month,  and  it  is 
fitting  that  we  bring  to  the  readers  of  Mis- 
sions some  mention  of  the  genial,  cultured 
editor  who  has  made  the  magazine  a  success. 

Miss  Frances  M.  Schuyler  was  brought 
up  in  a  Christian  home  and  early  in  life 
became  a  follower  of  Christ.  A  wide-awake, 
fun-loving  girl,  she  was  led  out  into  active 
service  through  the  pledge  of  the  Christian 
Endeavor  Society.  The  definite  solemn 
pledge  appealed  to  her  and  she  entered 
hean  and  soul  into  work  for  the  Master  in 
local  church,  district  and  state  organiza- 
tions. She  was  very  successful  in  missionary 
work,  especially  with  Junior  societies.  It 
was  her  large  boys'  missionary  club  that 
attracted  Miss  M.  G.  Burdette,  and  soon 
we  find  Miss  Schuyler  giving  up  a  lucrative 
position  in  the  city  schools  to  accept  that 
of  a  State  Secretary  for  Pennsylvania.  For 
nearly  six  years  she  was  the  efficient  repre- 
sentative of  the  Women's  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society,  laying  foundations  deep 
and  broad  for  future  state  workers.    In  IQOO 


MISSIONS 


the  Philadelphia  Training  School  was  in 
need  of  a  leader  and  Miss  Schuyler  became 
for  five  years  the  preceptress  of  this  institu- 
tion. During  this  time  she  was  not  officially 
connected   with  our  Society.      It  was   Miss 


Burdeti 


,  that 


t  sometime 
e  Editorial  Secretary.  The 
fatal  illness  of  her  mother  compelled  Miss 
Schuyler  to  retire  from  the  Philadelphia 
Training  School  in  1905,  and  for  many 
months  she  tenderly  ministered  to  this  be- 
loved parent  who  was  her  inspiration  intel- 
lectually and  spiritually.  When  she  was  free 
to  accept  the  position  Miss  Schuyler  was 
called  by  the  Board  in  1907  to  assume  the 
duties  of  Editotial  Secretary,  a  position 
which  she  has  so  acceptably  filled.  This 
means  much  more  than  editing  TiJtngi. 
She  prepares  leaflets  and  articles  for  papers, 
edits  and  arranges  reports,  besides  design- 
ing and  planning  programs  and  helps  for 
mission  study.  Her  new  duties  will  not 
lessen  her  work,  but  they  will  broaden  it 
by  bringing  her  messages  into  many  thou- 
sands of  homes  that  have  not  had  Tidings. 
It  was  a  sore  trial  to  this  faithful  worker 
to  give  up  Titlingt  and  see  it  pass  out  of 
existence  as  a  distinaive  periodical.  With 
a  sweet  Christian  spirit  she  has  accepted 
the  decision  of  the  Board  and  is  planning 
large  things  in  connection  with  the  new 
magazine.  We  ask  the  women  of  our 
churches  to  remember  this  consecrated 
worker  in  the  new  relation  in  which  she 
has  been  placed. 


767 


lur  nation;  church, 
state,  school  and  home  are  all  involved. 
With  Indians  and  Negroes  here,  and  immi- 
grants coming  by  the  millions,  we  may  well 
pause  long  enough  to  ask  what  would  be 
the  results  were  it  not  for  the  work  of  our 
great  Societies,  civilizing.  Christianizing 
and  uplifting  the  lives  of  these  classes. 

As  to  our  part  in  this  work,  we  may  rest 
assured  that  our  Master  wishes  to  use  every 
one  of  us;  that  much  of  the  work  of  inter- 
esting those  who  know  little  about  missions 
and  who  care  less,  and  of  teaching  the  young 
people  and  children,  lies  with  the  women. 
Much  has  been  said  about  each  woman 
tiying  to  reach  one  other  and  interest  her 
in  missions.  Some  have  tried  and  failed, 
while  others  have  worked  successfully.     If 


MisB  Huston' 
I  take  thi 
of  greeting 


HessHge 
opportunity  to  send  a  word 
:he  circles  and  workers  of  our 


missionary  teaching  t 
tria   Secretary. 


ciety.    It  has  be 
luctance  that  I  ha 

become  Acting  Dis- 
When  William  Cary  was 
o  the  foreign  field  he  said 
to  the  home  churches,  "I  will  go  down  into 
the  mine,  but  you  must  hold  the  ropes." 
Just  why  I  have  been  called  out  of  the  mine 
to  become  one  of  the  rope-holders  is  not 
quite  clear  to  me,  but  since  it  is  the  case,  I 
rejoice  that  it  is  among  such  tried  and  true 
missionary  workers  as  the  women  of  New 
En^and. 

Our  Home  Mission  Societies  are  dealing 
with  tremendous  problems  which  are  affca- 


s  right,  by  asking  God  t 


rious   Stat 


L>  our  office  by  the  v 


apportionment  committees  : 
as  follows;  Connecticut,  14,720.50;  Maine, 
^3,915;  Massachusetts,  ^19,540;  New 
Hampshire,  ^2,566;  Rhode  Island,  83,- 
923.75;  Vermont,  11,718.51;  total  for  New 
England,  ^36,403.76.  This  total  is  less  than 
was  aaually  given  last  year,  but  of  course 
does  not  include  legacies  or  special  gifts. 
It  is  also  stated   by  the  general  Apportion- 


768 


MISSIONS 


ment  Committee  that  the  amounts  specified 
for  the  States  are  the  minimum,  and  you  are 
asked  to  make  your  contributions  as  much 
larger  as  possible. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  meet  you  in  the  churches, 
in  your  circles,  and  in  the  Boston  office.  It 
is  my  desire  that  you  ask  freely  for  any  help 
I  can  give.  I  cannot  hope  to  be  to  you  at 
first  what  your  own  loved  Mrs.  Peckham 
would  have  been,  had  she  lived  to  take  the 
office,  but  I  trust,  as  we  come  to  know  each 
other,  our  relations  will  be  mutually  pleas- 
ant and  helpful  and  that  we  may  cany  on 
in  the  spirit  of  Jesus  the  work  He  has  given 
us  to  do. 

May  Huston,  Acting  District  Sec'y. 


The  Work  of  Baptisti  among  Italians  in 
Utioa,  New  York 

BY  ANNA  M.  8TUERMBR 

UTICA  has  a  large  colony  of  Italians  in 
the  eastern  section  of  the  city.  Out  of 
the  four  million  Italians  in  America  18,000 
are  residents  of  Utica.  Udca  has  the  largest 
foreign  population  of  any  city  of  its  size  in 
the  countiy  outside  of  Manhattan;  one  in 
every  four  is  an  Italian.  Outside  of  the 
large  Italian  colony  there  are  ^bout  9,000 
Poles  among  whom  Christian  work  ought 
to  be  done.  Sixty  per  cent  of  the  population 
of  Utica  is  Catholic.  You  will  find  many 
of  the  adherents  of  this  faith  as  teachers  in 
the  public  schools.  Some  of  them  are  in- 
telligent and  broad-minded  people  who 
from  much  contact  with  Protestants  have 
become  liberal  in  their  views.  Others  are 
very  circumscribed  and  expect  the  priest  to 
do  all  their  religious  thinking  for  them. 

Seven  weeks  and  a  half  were  spent  in  a 
daily  Vacation  Bible  School  this  past  sum- 
mer. We  met  five  mornings  of  the  week 
from  9.30  to  12,  and  three  afternoons  — 
Monday,  Wednesday  and  Friday.  The 
afternoons  were  all  spent  in  the  playground, 
as  was  one  hour  every  morning  before  session 
of  the  school.  Our  playground  was  fur- 
nished by  different  classes  of  the  Bible 
schools,  consisting  of  basket  ball,  a  large 
garden  swing,  a  hammock,  sand  pile,  teeter 
board  and  ball  game.  A  deep  lot  in  the 
rear  of  the  church  served  admirably  as 
playground.  We  had  about  forty  individual 
gardens.  Many  bouquets  of  flowers  were 
sent   to   sick    mothers   or    lonely   children 


who  had  to  take  the  place  of  mother  in  the 
home.  The  pleasure  which  the  children 
derived  from  the  flowers  more  than  repaid 
the  good  teacher  who  had  charge  of  this 
part  of  the  work,  llie  children  would  say 
to  their  teachers,  "Come  quickly,"  mean- 
ing come  early.  "We  will  be  here  at  7 
o'clock."  Young  and  old  enjoyed  the  swing 
and  cool  grass.    It  was  delightful. 

In  the  schoolroom  the  curriculum  of  the 
Narional  Vacarion  Bible  School  was  fol- 
lowed. Through  the  kindness  of  Dr.  Bo- 
ville  we  were  enabled  to  do  many  things 
that  without  his  help  would  have  been  ino- 
possible.  All  the  teaching  had  to  be  done 
with  volunteer  help,  which  made  it  exceed- 
ingly diflBcult.  We  hope  another  year  the 
school  may  be  carried  on  with  the  regular 
staflT  of  teachers. 

The  members  of  the  committee,  both  pas- 
tors and  laymen,  helped  in  the  teaching  of 
the  Bible  lessons.  Mr.  Symboli  and  many 
of  the  young  women  assisted  in  the  teaching 
of  kindergarten,  sewing,  drawing,  bag- 
making  and  raflia  work.  Several  little  par- 
ties and  ice  cream  treats  were  given  the 
children.  Not  too  much  can  be  said  in 
favor  of  the  song  book  used  in  the  schools. 
The  songs  and  music  are  of  the  best.  The 
children  sing  them  with  a  will.  One  of  the 
pretty  exercises  is  the  salute  to  the  flag,  "I 
swear  allegiance  to  the  flag  and  to  the  re- 
public for  which  it  stands.  One  nation  in- 
divisible, with  liberty  and  justice  for  all." 
Wish  you  might  have  heard  tiny  ones  with 
their  little  bird-like  voices  joining  with  the 
older  children.  We  invited  them  to  take 
part  in  the  reading  of  the  Scripture,  teaching 
them  to  find  the  places  in  the  Bible.  After 
prayer  they  quickly  and  quietly  gathered  up 
the  Bibles  before  the  tdling  of  the  Bible 
story.  We  read  the  nineteenth  psalm  often 
and  repeated  the  last  verse  together. 

Mothers  brought  their  children.  Fathers 
were  interested  and  visited  the  school. 
Children  tell  us,  "Everybody  used  to  tell 
mother  not  to  send  us."  Now  every  one  says, 
"Do  send  them.  It  is  a  good  place."  The 
total  attendance  for  the  seven  weeks  and  a 
half  has  been  about  1,600.  Prejudice  is 
being  broken  down  and  confidence  is  slowly 
being  established.  Many  hard,  happy  hours 
have  been  spent  in  the  school,  and  as  I  now 
look  back  I  thank  God  for  them  every  one, 
and  take  courage. 


Baptist   Missionary   Training   School 

A  Tribute  to  Hiss  Henrietta  Stassen 


BV  MRS.  JAN1E   r.   DUGGAN 

WE  saw  her  first  in  1907,  exactly  four 
years  ago.  She  had  arriveti  with 
Mrs.  Troyer  and  the  two  little  boys  and 
"Grandma  Troyer"  in  Pono  Rico,  just  in 
time  to  attend  the  closing  meetings  of  our 
Association  of  Porto  Rican  Baptist  Churches. 
The  tired  travelers  came  the  long  way 
around  horn  the  port  of  arrival,  so  as  10 
pass  through  Yauco,  where  I  his  annual 
meeting  was  being  held.  For  a  night  after- 
ward I  had  the  pleasure  of  having  her  as 
my  guest.  Then  with  the  indefatigable 
Troyers  she  passed  on  to  Coamo  the  first 
week  after  arrival  and  rook  up  her  part  of 
the  mission  school  work  in  that  little  town. 

During  the  three  years  of  her  life  as  mis- 
sionaiy  among  us  1  saw  her  only  at  long 
intervals  and  for  short  periods.  1  knew 
her,  however,  to  be  untiring  in  her  efforts 
in  the  g;irls'  school,  as  directress  of  the  sew- 
ing and  other  needlework  which  formed  the 
basis  of  the  industrial  feature  of  that  school's 
work.  During  one  month,  in  her  first  year, 
I  was  in  daily  contact  with  her  in  the  school, 
as  sickness  in  the  Tioyer  family  required 
this  shon  period  of  aid  from  me  in  the 
family  and  schoolroom.  1  came  thus  to 
know  her  admirable  preparation  for  her 
particular  branch  of  work,  while  her  energy 
and  zeal  were  known  by  all  the  mission  force. 

Of  course  she  overworked.  Almost  all 
the  missionaries  I  have  known  have  done 
this.  And  she  was  not  very  strong  when 
she  came  to  Porto  Rico.  Also,  in  Coamo, 
unwholesome  winds  sweep  down  between 
the  mountains  upon  the  town  in  the  spring 
of  the  year,  which  severely  aggravate  any 
chest  or  throat  weakness  we  may  have;  and 
Miss  Stassen  very  early  became  affeaed  by 
the  chilling  draughts. 

After  two  years  of  service  she  went  to  her 
home  in  the  United  States  fo 
returning  to  the  island  howeve 
session  of  school  work  after  1 
During  much  of  this  time  she  was  100  frail 
and  suffering  to  be  engaged  in  any  work  at 
all,  but  again  like  almost  all  the  mission- 
aries I  have  had  the  honor  of  knowing,  she 


remained  at  her  post  till  almost  incapaci- 
tated— whether  wisely  or  unwisely  let  God 
be  the  judge. 

She  came  through  Ponce  on  her  last  em- 
barkation for  the  homeland  a  year  ago,  and 
spent  the  few  hours  before  her  ship  sailed 
at  my  house.  The  old-fashioned  daily 
stage  had  brought  her  away  from  Coamo 


in  the  early  dawn  for  the  last  time.  The 
ship  was  to  leave  at  noon,  and  after  break- 
fasting there  was  but  a  short  time  for  talk. 
She  had  brought  with  her  the  keys  of  the 
school  presses  and  wardrobes  to  be  given 
over  to  me.  I  learned  from  her  the  names  of 
promising  girls  who  might  be  admitted  as 
day  pupils  in  the  school,  if  applying.  Many 
items  useful  to  me  in  the  past  year  of  serv- 
ice in  the  school  were  gleaned  in  that  short 
time.  And  she  left  with  me  a  complete  list 
of  the  school  effects  to  the  smallest  kitchen 

I  think  that  both  she  and  I  felt  that  her 


Jrk  i 


I   I 


r  off 


for  her  ship  a  little  later,  and  since  then 
had    from    her   only   a    Christmas    remem- 

But  there  were  in  her  last  words  and  tetters 
always  the  characteristic  brightness  and 
hope  that  led  her  constantly  to  look  on  the 
best  side  of  things.  Then  came  tidings  of 
her  acute  illness  in  the  late  winter,  then  of 
the  lingering  suffering  until  the  end  came 
here,  and  she  entered  into  the  new  life  and 
eternal  health. 


770 


MISSIONS 


For  eight  months  of  the  past  year  I  was 
in  Coamo,  the  field  of  her  faithful  labors  for 
three  years,  and  among  the  other  cherished 
names  on  the  lips  of  the  schoolgirls  and  of 
the  members  of  the  little  church,  Miss 
Stassen's  name  was  always  mentioned  with 


affection  and  even  enthusiasm.  May  the 
call  for  each  one  of  us  to  leave  our  caithly 
strivings  for  other  service  be  as  dear  and  as 
God-given  as  was  Henrietta  Stassen's 
heavenward  I 

Ponce,  Porto  Rico. 


Light   Bearers'  Department 


Dear  Girls  and  Boys:  What  a  happy 
time  you  have  had  this  summer,  haven't 
you  ?  Now  you  are  busy  in  school,  but  not 
tOQ  busy  to  think  quite  often  of  the  delightful 
junior  meetings  you  are  going  to  have  this 
winter.  Have  you  decided  upon  your  study 
book  ?  What  do  you  say  to  Star  49?  or  The 
Story  of  Happenings  in  Porto  Rico?  We 
gave  you  a  part  of  the  first  chapter  in  the 
August  number  of  Tidings,  page  42.  The 
remainder  of  the  book  is  just  as  interesting 
as  that.  Do  you  not  want  to  know  what 
became  of  Teresa,  Isabella  and  little  Juan  ? 

Pioneers  is  another  book  written  by  Miss 
Katherine  Crowell  for  Juniors.  It  is  simply 
fascinating.  "Good  as  one  of  Carpenter's 
Geographical  Readers,"  said  a  bright  boy 
who  knows  a  good  thing  when  he  sees  it  and 
reads  it.  Traces  discoveries  and  settlements 
from  New  England's  rock-bound  coast  to 
the  waters  of  the  Pacific  Ocean.  Splendid 
maps,  programs  and  suggestions.  Can't 
help  getting  up  good  meetings  with  such 
material.   Try  it. 

Alaska  for  Juniors.  Thrilling!  Exciting! 
Full  of  information  "as  an  egg  is  full  of 
meat."  A  picture  of  our  own  Orphanage 
on  page  36,  and  by  the  way,  suppose  you 
send  to  our  literature  depanment  for  our 
helps  on  .\laska!  Be  sure  to  ask  for  the 
charming  booklet  **My  Trip  to  Alaska"  by 
Mrs.  lames  McWhinnie.  It  has  an  inci- 
dental  account  of  her  visit  to  the  Orphanage 
on  Wood  Island  and  it  is  illustrated  with 
cuts  made  from  the  photographs  taken  at 
that  time.  One  of  these  is  the  picnic  party 
giTen  in  honor  of  Mrs.  McWhinnie  and  the 
other  guests  who  were  having  a  delightful 


visit  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leam  and  the  chil- 
dren. You  will  want  also  to  have  the  reprint 
of  Mrs.  Leam's  interesting  letter  telling  of 
the  pranks  of  the  boys  and  the  life  in  the 
home. 

Oh,  yes]  You  must  have  our  **  Polar 
Bear"  folder  to  use  as  a  souvenir,  or  as  a 
cover  to  your  program.  Send  a  two-cent 
stamp  for  a  sample.  You  will  want  more,  I 
am  certain. 

Best  Things  in  America  —  the  best  of 
all!  This  is  the  way  the  book  opens:  "Our 
story  begins  at  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
in  the  big,  cheerful  kitchen  of  the  minister's 
house  and  on  a  lovely  midsummer  morning. 
It  is  indeed  the  brightest  and  the  freshest  of 
mornings  and  coming  through  the  door  from 
the  garden  is  the  brightest  and  the  freshest 
of  linle  maidens.  Her  dress  is  of  quaintly 
cut  blue  homespun,  but  therint  of  the  home- 
spun brings  out  the  gold  of  hair  and  the  pink 
in  her  cheeks  and  her  happy  heart  shines 
out  from  her  blue  eyes,  so  what  matters  the 
tight  and  queer-shaped  gown  ?  Her  name 
was  Clarissa."  Send  for  the  book  and  follow 
this  dear  little  giri  undl  you  see  what  became 
of  her. 

Write  to  our  literature  department,  2960 
Vernon  Avenue,  Chicago,  111.,  and  get  our 
new  catalogue  and  use  our  Baprist  helps  in 
planning  these  meetings.  I  wonder  who 
have  it  in  their  hearts  to  make  this  the  best 
year  in  the  history  of  their  Junior  Society 
or  Missionary  Club  ?  Write  us  and  tell  us 
of  your  plans.  We  are  interested,  you  know, 
and  should  like  to  pass  these  good  things  on 
to  other  giris  and  boys.     Your  friend, 

Frances  M.  Schu^t.er. 


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MISSIONS 


Young  Women's  Societies 


A  Greeting  from  Headquarters 
My  Dear  Young  Women  and  Girls: 
As  (he  vacaiion  days  are  now  over  and  all 
departments  of  church  work  are  opening  up, 
1  should  be  glad  to  hear  from  every  young 
woman's  society  an  account  of  what  you  are 
doingand  what  your  plans  ate  for  the  coming 
year.  If  you  have  not  a  .society  for  young 
women  in  your  church,  will  you  not  call  a 
meeting  of  all  the  younger  women  and  girls 
at  once,  and  with  the  help  of  some  one  from 
the  woman's  circle,  if  you  so  desire,  organize 
for  aggressive  work  and  systematic  study  ? 
The  hope  of  the  future  for  our  woman's 
work  is  in  our  girls.  Will  you  not  interest 
all  within  your  circle  of  acquaintances  and 
enlist  them  for  the  coming  yearf  Put  into 
this  enterprise  the  same  enthusiasm  you 
manifest  in  other  undertakings  to  make 
them  attractive  and  successful. 

I  shall  be  glad  both  to  receive  and  pass 
along  suggestions  for  developing  the  De- 
partment in  the  interests  of  the  Woman's 
1  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society. — 


Clara 

DirfClOr 


E.       NORCUTT,      Tl 


November  28.  —  Miss  Hannah  Seils, 
missionary  among  Germans,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

November  19.  —  Mrs.  Daisy  E.  Har- 
vey, matron.  Atlanta  Baptist  College, 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

DECEMBER 

December  1.  —  Miss  Mary  O.  Lake, 
missionary  among  Porto  Ricans,  Ponce, 
Porto  Rico. 

December  4.  —  Miss  Lvdia  Lawrence, 
field  worker  in  Tampa,  Florida. 

December  5.  ^  Mrs.  Marie  Coltorti 
lissionary  among  Italians 
York  City;  Miss  Anna 
ary   among  Germans,   In- 


C0NVER8ANO, 

and    Jews,    N^ 

December  6. 


-  Miss  E.  M.  Nix,  teacher 


n  Mather  School,  Beaufort,  S.C. 


■ung 


Prayer  Calendar  for  Hovember 

The   names   of  the   missionaries   of  ihe 

Woman's  American  Baptist  Home  Mission 

Society  occur  on  their  respective  birthday 

November  II.  —  Mlss  HaNNAH  Neve, 
missionary  among  Germans,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Miss  Alma  Wallin,  missionary  among 
Scandinavians,  Iron  Mountain,  Mich. 

November  23.  —  Miss  Lucv  H.  Upton, 
teacher  in  Spelman  Seminary,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Novemberif.  —  Miss  Mary Abby  Tefft, 
teacher  in  Hartshorn  Memorial  College, 
Richmond,  Va. 


772  MISSIONS 

The  Workers'  Department 

ConBenration  of  National  Xdeali 

CHAPTBR  ONB:  A  CON8BRVING  PORCB 
A  Suggetted  PMgram  (for  the  bufj  leader  with  limited  time  for  preparing  programs). 

Hymn. 
Prayer. 

Scripture  Reading:  John  4:  27-35,  39~A^*  hukt  21:  1-4;  Acts  9:  36-39. 
Prayer. 

Papers  (five  minutes  each) :  i.  The  Advent  of  our  Baptist  Women's  Home  Mission  Societies. 

Embody  the  history  of  Michigan's  noble  work  (1873)  and  the  records  of  Eastem  and 

Western  Societies  now  forming  the  Woman's  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society. 

2.  Looking  Backward  on  American  Home  Life  (1800). 

3.  The  Present  or  the  American  Home  Life  of  Today.    Is  the  Ideal  Christian  Home 

Preserved  ? 

4.  Sketches  of  our  Earlier  Missionary  Workers  and  Burden- Bearers. 

A  Conserving  Force 
Bible  Lenon:  Isaiah  52:  7-15. 

OVTUNB 
W0MAN*S   FOURFOLO  IdSAL  FOE  AmBRICA: 

I.  Christian  Homes,  Schools.  Churches*  a  Christian  State. 

Woman's  Help  in  ths  Fulpilmbnt  op  Her  Ioeau 
I.  Self-sacrifice.     %.  Organisation.     3.  Gifts. 

Development  op  Woman*s  Work  por  Home  Missions: 

I.  In  her  own  home.     i.  In  her  town  and  locality.     3.  In  her  whole  country  as  she  saw  its  needs. 

Denominational  Organixations. 

Interdenominational  Organizations. 

suggestions 

Woman's  Fourfold  Ideal  (psj^s  17,  18).  —  Have  brief  papers  on  this  and  the  next  general  topic,  adding  to 
the  discussion  of  the  text,  if  time  permits,  additional  studies  as  in  the  following  outline: 

Christian  Homes. —  Have  papers  on  the  home  and  family  as  maintained  about  the  year  1800  —  when  wom- 
an's work  for  Home  Missions  began  —  and  on  the  home  and  family  of  today;  consider  the  differences  brought 
about  in  family  occupations  and  customs  by  altered  industrial  conditions;  the  bnnging  up  of  children  in  hotels, 
apartments,  "two-family**  houses,  tenements,  etc.  Follow  these  papers  by  discussions  on  the  theme,  '*Is  the  ideal 
Christian  home  in  danger  in  these  days  ?**  Give  practical  answer  to  the  question,  **  How  can  Home  Missionary 
women  help  to  preserve  this  most  precious  of  American  institutions  r"  Note  the  necessity  of  training  the  children, 
through  Sunday  schools,  leagues,  and  missionary  societies,  in  intelligent  care  for  the  presenration  of  national  ideals. 

Christian  Schools. —  Give  concrete  examples  of  the  planting  of  Christian  homes  in  America  —  on  the  ever- 
advancing  frontier  and  among  the  ** exceptional  peoples**  —  mountaineers,  Negroes,  immigrants,  etc  Dwell  on 
the  necessity  for  rescue  of  the  Christian  home  from  Mormon  attack. 

Reyiew  woman  s  share  in  nuking  America  *'an  intelligent  nation**  through  the  establishment  of  missionarr 
schools.  If  possible,  give  brief  but  spirited  biographies  of  men  and  women  whose  life-work  is  the  result  and  reward 
of  the  educational  work  of  Home  Missionary  women. 

Christian  Churches. —  Results  of  woman*s  Home  Missionary  work  in  the  organization  of  churches.  Present 
the  missioiury  work  of  these  churches.    The  missionary  societies  of  Indian  women  are  of  special  interest. 

A  Christian  Statt. —  Develop  this  topic  with  special  reference  to  Mormonism. 

Place  on  a  blackboard.  <»*  use  as  cardboard  mottoes  or  as  responses  to  roll-call,  some  of  the  terse  sentences  found 
in  this  chapter,  such  as: 

**Make  and  keep  America  God*s  country.** 

**  Ignorance  is  the  mother  of  degradation.^ 

**  Onlv  that  nation  whose  God  is  the  Lord  can  serve  the  highest  needs  of  the  world.** 

Elaborate  on  the  topic  of  o\ir  own  Baptist  work.  Give  a  brief  outline  of  the  Council  of  Women  for  Home  Mif- 
sions,  naming  its  principal  lines  of  wwk. 

Suggested  Literature:  HistoHcal  Sketches,  Annual  Reports,  Conservation  of  National 
Ideals,  Chapter  One;  The  Peril  and  Preservation  of  the  Home  (Kiis);  The  Leaven  in 
a  Great  City  (Mrs.  Betts);  Western  Women  in  Eastern  Lands  (Chapter  One). 

Outline  as  given  in  Text- Book  Helps. 


MISSIONS 


773 


Kahiai  —  Stitmati  FalUy  Aiitcialita,  tin.  Lcwii 
PicknU.  Mimieipoltt.  rm  Mn.  C.  C.  Hutchiiuaa,  re- 
djcDcd-  Upptr  Silamtw  Fallty  ^iikubhh,  Un.  Con 
MUn  HuDm,  RuBcU.  mcr  Mrk.  W.  A.  Burt,  re- 
■if^d.  WaktiKty  Aimiiaun.  Mn.  W.  Y.  Hemck, 
Wikecacf.  vui  Mrs.  Lfdii  HUl  ^mltta.  niigned. 

Maihi  —  Fiiiaaquh  Jiietiamn,  Min  MiuiJ  B. 
Cole,  Cambridge. 

MiCHKAN  —  Uarpiiai  Jsitciaian,  Mn.  Edward 
Lte,  Liunum,  vKt  Miu  Sourvioc,  rciifcfied.  Alftna 
AiittuBiim,  r.  W.,  MiH  Mirtb*  Linlc,  ii6  SiiR 
Street,  Alpeiu.  Mutktgn  Aiiociaia*,  T.  If.,  Mn. 
Jabn  Stopplet,  R.  F.  D.  6,  Muikegon.  ja/man  Falliy 
AiitciaitH,  Mri.  A.  C.  Clark.  41b  and  BiTDej  tireeti. 
Bar  Ciif,  DJn  Mn.  C.  T.  Millet.  .Saitinaw.  reiiKned. 
SafKOui  Vallfj  Asuciaian,  r.  W.,  Miu  Anna  Moore, 
laiv  S.  HaiTi(on  Sireri,  Saginaw,  W.  S.,  via  Mn. 
AUm  McEwan,  reiijnied. 

\'iw  Von  —  G«H»r  Aiitdaiitn.  >..  Mn.  Elliott 
Snuth.  Wariaw,  put  Mn.  C.  F.  Maiihewi,  Le  R07, 

Peknitivania  —  AHngan  AimiaiiiH,  Miu  Mar; 
E.  BevaD,  Clark  >  GrecD,  retjj^ed. 

Hew  AuziUarleB 

Ihpiana  —  Siymaur. 
Iowa  —  BhnmfiU. 


DOaDDDaDnDnDDaDDDDDDDDnDaDaD 

Wb;  Indeed? 
Homi  Misswn  Monthly  (Pres.):  Polyg- 
amy is  again  "forbidden"!  The  president 
of  the  Murmon  Church  has  lately  said  that 
it  must  slofil  But  did  not  this  same  autohor- 
ity  lell  us  repeatedly  that  there  were  no 
polygamous  marriages  among  Mormons  f 
Then  why  not  refute,  by  proof  positive  — 
easily  obtained  if  it  exists  —  the  long  list  of 
two  hundred  marriages  of  the  kind  pub- 
lished in  the  Salt  Lake  Tribunt  during  the 
past  ffW  months  (a  list  which  is  manifestly 
but  a  fragment  of  the  whole,  since  Mormon 
marriages  are  performed  in  secrecy);  why, 
in  fact,  command  a  thing  to  stop  which  does 
not  exist  ?  The  very  command  acknowledges 
the  pranice. 

Rew  Directors 

CnHNicncDT  —  Fairftid  Aiiociahn.  tin.  G. 
Walter  Aiken,  Norwalk.  Hanlwd  Jimiamn.  Mn, 
aarcDce  F.  R.  Jeniie,  Hartlord. 

iLiJHOii  — Rocit  hlanil  Aiitciiaioti,  Mn.  G.  E. 
Majhew,  Rfjooldi,  vici  Mn.  G.  W.  Ragen,  resigned. 

Iowa  —  Dantnptn  Aimciaien,  Mrt.  Homer  Joho- 
■on,  Iowa  CitT,  R.  F.  D..  v,a  Miit  Enelli  Evani,  re- 
aigned.  Da  Uainii  AiiPtiann,  Mn.  Hal  Fudge,  re- 
(igned.  Edn  AtucmtH,  Mrt.  H.  F.  Moore,  Cbaiitoo, 
vict  Min  McMaiter,  redgned.  Ktahik  Aiiaciawn, 
Miu  Birdie  LindqiuK,  Sot  Slandeau  Street,  Keokuk. 


Doiutioiis  to  Training  School 

AMA  —  Framkfen,  ooe  box  jcUj  from  Mn.  A.  R. 


Wants  of  MisBlonarlei 


:r  Maithiw)  —  ClottuDg  of  all  kind 


Mi»  Gali  —  Fifty  BibI 


I  (or  UK  in  MimJob  Sun 


*AM  —  Literature  for 


puntj 


Mias  RicHAiDioN  —  aoihiog. 

Mm  Va>ian  —  Chriitmat  bcoei,  nnall  ihimblet. 

Mus  Ghii  —  Chriitmai  boiei,  material  for  tewing 
Khool  and  bedding. 

Mri,  PiTTui  —  Quilti,  clothing,  ihoei,  matErial  for 
lewing  school,  Christmai  hoi  or  hanel. 

Boxes  and  Supplies  sent  to  Hlsslonarfes 

CAuro.MA  -  Far,  Brau.  qnUt  block,  and  calico  for 
four  quilii  and  oioe  ipooli  of  thread  to  C.  E.  Petiua. 

NtBkAiKA  —  Li'rmJn,  E>n  Lincoln  Baptin  Church, 
one  baited  quilt  and  calico  to  Miu  Lfdia  P.  Lawrrnce. 
YoHE  —  Elba,  one  barrel  clothing  to  Mn.  Ghee, 


Talue  «io 


Ftufun, 


calico  n 

)  Mn.  German] 

Pehh 

quilt, 

Talue  Si. 

WilcONliN  —  Da/in 

.onecomfona 

and* 

smetoweli 

to  Mix 

Emma  Miller. 

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MISSIONS 


Canadian  Baptist  Missions 


t^ji^ff^f^M'^f^f^^^^f^f^ff^^ff^^/f^f^^^f/^^f^^^f^M^^M 


'*MMtvM^*ffM*fM*f^fM^Mff^**wsfM0i^»0MN>f«MifMM^'»MfMtmfimtmiim0ammtmmii 


Field  Notef 


The  Baptists  are  doing  the  chief  work  in 
evangelizing  the  Scandinavians  of  Canada, 
having  fourteen  missionaries  among  them 
in  the  West  and  about  twenty  churches  and 
mission  stations.  Brandon  College  has  a 
Scandinavian  department  for  preparing  men 
for  the  ministry.  There  are  four  Swedish 
missionaries  in  Ontario,  and  one  of  them 
has  the  remarkable  record  of  sustaining 
monthly  services  at  half  a  dozen  stations 
scattered  along  300  miles  of  railway  lines. 

A   NBW  WORK  FOR   WOMEN 

There  are  twenty-five  girls  in  the  boarding 
department  of  the  Caste  Girls'  School  among 
the  TeluguSy  of  which  Miss  Bessie  M. 
Churchill  has  charge.  The  Rajah's  school 
is  a  strong  competitor  and  takes  many  of 
the  girls  after  they  have  been  well  started 
toward  an  education  and  the  church.  Of 
the  boarders  eight  are  church  members. 
Miss  Churchill  pleads  for  a  refuge  for 
women,  and  the  United  Baptist  Women's 
Maritime  Union  has  appropriated  jf500  to 
start   this    needed    work    in    woman's   in- 


terest. 


A    FINE    IDEA 


The  young  people  of  Canada  have  a  mis- 
sion study  text-book  No.  i  entitled  The 
Bafftists  of  Canada,  It  is  published  for  the 
B.  Y.  P.  U.  of  Ontario  and  Quebec,  and  is  a 
concise,  comprehensive  history  of  Canadian 
Baptist  life.  The  Northern  Baptists  need  a 
similar  text-book. 

A    HELPER    NEEDED 

Dr.  Pearl  Smith  Chute  is  medical  mis- 
sionary at  Akidu,  India,  where  she  began 
work  in  1896,  with  a  wall  cupboard  for  a 
dispensary.  A  small  hospital  was  opened 
two  years  later  and  the  "Star  of  Hope"  has 
been  true  to  its  name  to  the  sick  ever  since. 
During  the  more  than  fifteen  years  85,000 
treatments  have  been  given,  and  650  persons 
received  as  patients,  while  the  medical  work- 
ers have  passed  heroically  through  cholera 
and  smallpox  epidemics.  Akidu  has  over 
2,000  Christian  converts,  a  large  boarding 
school,  and  there  is  no  other  hospital  than 


the  Baptist  within  40  miles.  As  Dr.  Smith 
must  leave  on  furlough,  worn  out  as  she 
might  well  be  after  carrying  such  a  burden, 
the  hospital  must  close  unless  a  medical 
missionary  can  be  secured. 

THE   UNION  MOVEMENT 

The  Free  Baptists  and  Baptists  are  united 
in  Canada,  and  with  happiest  results.  The 
action  of  19 10  looking  to  a  single  foreign 
agency  for  all  Canadian  Baptists  has  now 
been  consummated,  and  the  Canadian 
Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Board  has  been 
incorporated,  and  is  prepared  to  carry  on  all 
the  foreign  mission  work  of  the  denomina- 
don  in  the  Dominion.  The  new  Board, 
with  headquarters  at  Toronto,  assumed 
charge  of  the  work  after  the  Toronto- 
Quebec  Convention.  It  is  believed  that 
this  movement  will  make  larger  work 
possible.  A  United  Conference  in  India  will 
be  one  result. 

HOME  MISSIONS 

Home  Mission  work  in  the  Provinces  would 
be  known  as  State  missions  in  the  United 
States.  The  Board  looks  after  the  weak 
churches  in  the  three  Provinces  and  Prince 
Edward  Island.  The  fact  that  134  churches 
out  of  a  total  of  577  require  aid  proves  the 
need  of  the  work.  The  total  membership 
is  about  65,000,  having  doubled  since  1875. 
In  addition,  there  is  the  Grande  Ligne 
Mission,  and  «ome  frontier  work  in  the 
Canadian  West.  The  year's  receipts  were 
jio,o8o,  and  a  deficit  of  ^1,478  was  reported. 
Church  edifice  gifts  amounted  to  ^1,691. 
The  women  gave  ^1,750  to  the  Home  work. 
There  are  ten  colored  churches,  which  re- 
ceive special  attention.  About  $2,000  is 
expended  in  this  work.  An  immigration 
chaplain  is  maintained  at  Halifax,  the  prin- 
cipal port.  He  welcomed  712  Baptists  last 
year  among  the  42,000  arriving  passengers. 
The  superintendent  of  Home  Missions  is 
Rev.  I.  W.  Porter,  of  Wolfville,  who  has  been 
six  years  in  this  service  and  done  a  large 
amount  of  hard  work.  The  churches  on  his 
list  have  6,228  members;  there  were  290 
baptisms  and  87  other  additions;  and  the 
total  amount  given  in  aid  was  {6,419. 


MISSIONS 


Sir  Frederick  Nicholson,  who  has  been 
all  his  life  a  British  official  in  India  and  for 
the  last  few  years  in  charge  of  the  Madras 
fisheries  department,  recently  had  a  confer* 
ence  at  Kodaikanal  with  Rev.  Samuel  D. 
Bawden  of  our  Industrial  Experiment  Sta- 
tion at  Ongole  regarding  a  plan  of  his. 
"  His  plan  in  brief  is  to  supply  funds  up  to 
an  amount  of  Rs.  500  (about  {167)  a  year 
for  the  next  five  to  seven  years,  in  order  to 
secure  at  least  four  cultivators  of  the  soil 
who  will  take  directions  from  him  and  by 
means  of  deep  cultivation  and  improved 
methods  which  he  will  suggest  in  detail  will 
secure  so  much  better  crops  from  the  land 
that  each  man  will  become  a  pattern  for  his 
neighbors.  Sir  Frederick  has  asked  me  to 
secure  four  missionaries  in  four  different 
districts  who  will  undertake  the  adminis- 
tration of  Rs.  125  (about  {42)  a  year,  each 
securing  a  cultivator  to  whom  the  money 
can  be  paid,  so  that  the  man  is  practically 
on  monthly  wages  while  he  has  all  the  prod- 
uce from  the  land,  thus  making  a  start 
somewhat  along  the  line  of  the  demonstra- 
tion work  in  the  Southern  States  in  America. 
The  whole  oppottunity  seems  to  be  thor- 
oughly in  line  with  the  thing  that  we  have 
been  praying  for  in  connection  with  our 
work,  and  I  praise  the  Lord  for  the  oppor- 
tunity to  help  in  so  practical  a  way  through 
the  generosity  of  Sir  Frederick."  Mr. 
Bawden  then  goes  on  to  tell  of  his  own 
preparation  ofl^nd  according  to  Sir  Freder- 
ick's method.  "We  took  a  strip  across  the 
end  of  one  of  our  fields  and  marked  it  otf 
into  cross  strips  about  six  feet  wide.  Every 
alternate  strip  I  had  the  top  soil  which  had 
been  cultivated  in  previous  years  thrown 
ofF  upon  the  alternate  strip,  and  then  with 
pickaxe  or  crowbar  the  men  dug  down  a 
foot   deep  into    the    subsoil,  broke  it  up. 


then  put  it  back  into  place  and  distributed 
the  top  soil  over  the  surface  again  without 
mixing  it  with  the  subsoil.  Some  showers 
interfered  with  the  finishing  of  the  task  in 
the  way  that  I  had  intended,  but  we  have 
succeeded  in  getting  the  plot  properly  cov- 
ered again  and  have  harrowed  across  all 
the  plot,  both  that  which  has  been  dug  and 
that  which  has  not,  and  we  shall  plant  them 
all  alike  so  as  to  have  the  opportunity  of 
seeing  the  advantage  to  the  crop  which  the 
breaking  up  of  the  subsoil  may  give.  The 
greatest  difficulty  in  this  country  is  to  get 
men  to  put  in  their  own  time  and  labor  in 
doing  such  hard  work,  but  I  am  hoping  that 
a  few  examples  may  succeed  in  showing  the 
benefit  from  putting  in  some  work," 


A  Pertinent  Question 
A  religious  paper,  not  Baptist,  asks  this 
question:  "Who  would  think  of  going  to  a 
richly  furnished  store  and,  dropping  a  small 
coin  into  a  box,  take  whatsoever  he  might 
like  and  find  fault  with  the  rest.  And  yet 
that  is  the  way  some  people  go  to  church." 
Just  so.  Think  it  over  when  the  next  mis- 
sionary collecrion  comes  around. 


Week  of  Prayer  Topics 

Following  are  the  general  topics  announced 
by  the  Evangelical  Alliance  for  the  week  of 
prayer,  beginning  Sunday,  January  7,  next: 
Sunday  sermons,  The  Kingdom's  Ceaseless 
Advance;  Monday,  January  8,  Personal 
Faithfulness;  Tuesday,  the  Church  of  Christ; 
Wednesday,  Foreign  Missions;  Thursday, 
Home  Missions;  Friday,  Interests,  Domestic 
and  Educational;  Saturday,  Interests,  Na- 
tional and  International;  Sunday  sermon, 
January  14,  The  Supreme  Desirableness  of 
the  Kingdom's  Triumph. 


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MISSIONS 


FROM  THE  FAR  LANDS 


•TRAWBERRIES   IN   BURMA 

We  had  a  very  pleasant  company  at 
SiiOum  and  found  the  climate  there  as  de- 
liflhlful  and  bracing  as  ever.  One  attraction 
Wi^  found  before  was  an  abundance  of 
«l  I  a  wherries  raised  in  the  government's  ex- 
prrimrntal  garden.  We  were  glad  to  renew 
ac4|uaintance  with  strawberry  shortcake  in 
this  far-off  land.  On  the  journey  up  the 
luountain  Mrs.  Safford  and  several  others 
wrre  thrown  from  their  elephant  owing  to 
the  slipping  of  the  howdah,  but  very  provi- 
dentially this  happened  alongside  of  a  high 
bank  instead  of  above  the  precipices  just 
passed,  and  as  the  animal  stood  perfectly 
tjuict  no  one  was  hurt. — H.  E.  Safford, 
Rangoon,  Burma. 

IT    PAYS 

During  the  last  week  of  the  school  Mr. 
Ki,  our  Shantung  teacher,  had  repeated 
hemorrhages  and  is  now  confined  to  his 
bed.  We  are  nursing  him  ourselves  in  our 
home  and  hope  that  his  valuable  life  will  be 
spared.  In  any  case  we  shall  have  to  re- 
place him,  for  he  will  go  home  as  soon  as  able 
to  move.  His  influence  has  transformed 
the  school  from  what  it  was  under  heathen 
teachers;  among  the  pupils  are  those  who 
give  promise  of  making  better  helpers  than 
any  we  have  thus  far  had.  The  whole  at- 
mosphere of  the  school  is  aggressively 
Christian.  It  pays  to  get  a  man  thoroughly 
equipped  and  of  strong  Christian  character. 
Mr,  Ki  is  a  graduate  of  the  Union  College 
at  Wet-sKien  in  Shantung  and  a  fine  scholar 
qf  unusuil  teaching  ability.  We  have  to 
piy  him  at  least  double  what  we  could  get 
an  inferior  man  ibr«  but  he  is  wonh  several 
times  as  much.  This  )*ear«  since  he  has 
become  fluent  in  the  local  dialect,  he  is 
quke  capable  of  carT}nng  forward  the  work 
of  the  adiool  by  htmsrIC  thus  frreing  a  mis- 
sioiianr  far  other  work.  1  have  only  taught 
Entlith  in  the  Academy  this  rrar.  We  pay 
Kun  tiSfi  9i  months  equivalent  to  a  little  over 
#150  goM  per  year..    He  lircs^  sleeps  and 


eats  with  the  scholars  and  touches  their  lives 
far  more  indmately  than  any  foreigner 
could.  —  Geo.  Campbell,  Kaying,  South 
China. 

AN  AFRICAN   MONARCH 

If  you  want  to  see  a  real  African  king,  all 
you  have  to  do  is  to  travel  by  boat  to  the  end 
of  Lac  Leopold  II  and  continue  up  the  litrle 
creek  to  Ibeke,  where  lives  this  monarch, 
Ilenge  by  name.  He  has  never  been  con- 
quered by  the  State,  but  because  he  was  a 
great  man,  a  treaty  was  made  with  him  and 
he  became  the  big  chief,  —  in  very  truth 
monarch  of  all  he  surveyed.  Later  the  State 
broke  the  treaty  with  him,  depriving  him  of 
the  three  medals  which  had  previously  been 
presented  to  him.  However,  he  still  rules 
his  own  people  with  great  dignity,  more  es- 
pecially his  seventy  wives.  Formeriy  in 
case  of  insubordination  he  would  have  a 
subject  chief's  head  removed;  now,  he  can- 
not do  this,  but  does  the  next  best  thing  — 
has  the  hat  on  the  man's  head  slashed  into 
bits  with  a  sharp  knife.  In  his  love  for  cer- 
emony and  pomp  he  can  equal  any  civilized 
ruler  —  he  receives  visitors  attended  by  a 
court  of  honor  consisting  of  seventy  men;  a 
native  must  salute  before  approaching  His 
Majesty,  and  if  the  king  does  not  respond 
to  the  greeting,  the  audience  is  refused  and 
the  poor  native  can  only  withdraw.  The 
State  is  now  trying  to  break  up  his  great 
harem  by  requiring  a  tax  of  him  for  sixty  of 
his  wives,  and  the  church  at  Ibeke  is  nobly 
seconding  the  effoit  by  winning  a  number 
of  his  wives  and  slave>womcn. 

COSTUMES   WANTED 

In  conrinuarion  of  the  work  of  "The 
World  in  Boston**  and  "The  Orient  in 
Pro\ndence  **  the  Foreign  Mission  Society 
needs  a  large  number  of  costumes,  rep  re- 
setning  China,  Japan,  Burma,  India  and 
.Assam,  to  loan  to  churches,  Sunday  school 
classes  and  young  people's  sociedes.  We 
appeal  to  our  friends  who  have  costumes. 


MISSIONS 


777 


especially  those  who  have  acted  as  stewards 
in  the  expositions,  to  help  by  donating  them 
to  the  Society  for  this  important  service.  Will 
those  who  are  willing  to  give  their  costumes 
send  them  to  the  American  Baptist  Foreign 
Mission  Society,  800  Ford  Building,  Boston. 
They  will  be  most  gratefully  received. 

The  Judson  Centennial  Commission 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Judson 
Centennial  Commission  held  its  first  meeting 
Sept.  22,  in  the  Ford  Building,  Boston.  Per- 
manent organization  was  postponed  until 
the  next  meeting,  but  plans  for  the  work  of 
the  Commission  were  thoroughly  discussed. 
The  question  of  a  centennial  volume  was 
considered  and  the  sentiment  of  the  com- 
mittee was  found  to  be  in  favor  of  two  vol- 
umes, one  an  exhaustive  historical  work,  the 
other  a  popular  story  of  the  century.  Steps 
were  taken  to  secure  authors  for  these  vol- 
umes. The  question  of  sending  one  or  more 
deputations  to  Burma  as  well  as  of  bringing 
to  America  for  the  campaign  of  191 3-14 
representatives  of  the  native  peoples  of  our 
mission  fields  was  also  discussed.  Cam- 
paign literature  and  other  details  were  also 
given  attention.  Another  meeting  is  to  be 
held  in  the  near  future. 


Wanted:  A  Man 

Just  above  Assam  is  a  great  region,  a 
sort  of  "no  man's  land,"  lying  between 
Assam  and  China  and  between  Assam  and 
Tibet,  and  inhabited  by  savage  tribes. 
England  has  not  been  willing  to  bear  the 
additional  expense  of  annexing  and  fortify- 
ing this  region,  but  has  been  lying  low  to 
see  what  China  would  do.  Quietly,  but 
steadily,  China  has  been  working  its  way 
toward  the  Daphla  Hills,  and  now  England 
is  ready  to  sit  up  and  take  notice.  Mr. 
Thompson,  for  many  years  Assistant  Com- 
missioner at  North  Lakhimpur,  has  been 
vitally  interested  in  the  Daphlas  and  is 
anxious  to  have  Christianity  presented  to 
them.  Rev.  John  Firth  of  North  Lakhim- 
pur, Assam,  writes  regarding  Mr.  Thompson: 
"He  said  to  me  a  few  days  ago:  *I  am 
shortly  to  be  appointed  Political  Agent  to 
the  Daphla  Hills,  and  I  want  a  missionary 
sent  also.  A  man  —  not  a  woman  —  a 
young,  strong,  energetic  man.    If  he  were  a 


doctor,  so  much  the  better.  I  want  him  to 
go  with  me  the  next  cool  season  on  my  first 
tour  into  the  Daphla  Hills.  If  your  society 
cannot  send  a  man,  I  propose  writing  to  the 
Bishop  of  Calcutta  to  send  me  a  man.*  " 

The  Committee  of  Reference  for  Assam 
has  recommended  that  Rev.  L.  W.  B.  Jack- 
man  on  return  from  his  furlough  make  the 
first  visit  to  the  Daphlas  with  Mr.  Thomp- 
son. It  is  possible  that  a  mission  station 
cannot  be  established  there  for  years,  but  it 
might  be  well  to  make  a  beginning.  Unless 
the  members  of  our  churches  will  help  more 
than  ever  before  to  carry  on  the  work  we 
now  have,  it  will  be  impossible  to  meet  the 
expenses  of  this  undertaking  among  the  hill 
people.  It  rests  with  each  one  of  us  then 
as  to  whether  the  Daphlas  are  to  have  the 
blessing  of  Christian  teaching  or  not.  Will 
not  you  and  you  and  you  double  —  no, 
rather  treble  —  your  contribution  to  foreign 
missions  this  year  ? 

The  Telugu  Baptist  Convention 

Tlie  fifteenth  annual  meeting  of  the  Telugu 
Baptist  Convention  was  held  at  Cumbum, 
August  17-21.  At  the  first  session  more 
than  150  Telugu  delegates  were  enrolled, 
and  besides  these  a  goodly  number  of  mis- 
sionaries was  in  attendance. 

A  comprehensive  paper  reviewing  the 
general  condition  of  the  work  in  the  various 
associations,  with  carefully  arranged  sta- 
tistics for  each,  was  presented  by  P.  Sadhuvu 
Garu  of  Podili,  and  was  very  inspiring.  At 
the  same  session  Dr.  Huizinga  gave  a 
graphic  description  of  the  present  state  of 
the  work  in  the  field  comprising  our  Mis- 
sion. By  the  aid  of  charts  hung  upon  the 
wall,  the  proportion  of  Christians  in  com- 
parison with  the  non-Christian  population 
of  the  various  caste  and  outcaste  peoples, 
and  the  number  of  converts  from  year  to 
year,  were  kept  vividly  before  the  Conven- 
tion. 

One  evening  session  was  devoted  to  a 
memorial  meeting  to  Dr.  Clough.  After 
addresses  of  reminiscence  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Baker,  Vidudhala  Jonah  and  others,  some 
time  was  spent  in  receiving  voluntary  sub- 
scriptions toward  the  fund  for  the  Clough 
Memorial  Hospital  which  it  is  proposed  to 
build  in  Ongole. 

Another  session  was  devoted  largely  to 


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MISSIONS 


iht  wttrk  of  the  Seminaiy  at  Ramapatnam. 
'HifidQgical  Education  was  presented  by 
HfV,  J.  Heinrichs,  who  set  foith  the  scope 
of  such  training  and  its  necessity  as  grounded 
in  the  spiritual  condition  of  the  people. 

'Iht  session  devoted  to  the  Mission  So- 
i'irty  was  one  of  the  most  interesting  meet- 
ings of  the  Convention.  The  name  of  the 
SM^irty  has  heen  changed  by  omitting  the 
word ' '  Swadhesha ' '  (Home).  Some  changes 
are  also  being  made  in  the  constitution.  A 
plan  was  further  proposed  looking  toward 
the  co-ordination  in  convention  of  the  Mis- 
sion Society  and  the  Publication  Society  so 
that  delegates  from  the  churches  to  the  con- 
vention would  by  reason  of  such  appoint- 
ment be  regular  members  of  those  societies. 
It  was  also  decided  to  urge  upon  the  mis- 
sionaries in  Natal  the  desirability  of  quar- 
terly reports,  and  that  these  be  published  in 
brief  in  the  Telugu  Baptist. 

The  sermon  Sunday  morning  by  Rev.  J. 
A.  Curtis  was  from  2  Timothy  2:15,  and 
was  an  inspiration  to  the  workers  present. 
Special  emphasis  was  laid  upon  some  points 
of  contact  between  Hindu  beliefs  and  Chris- 
tian teachings.  The  annual  convention 
sermon  was  delivered  by  Rev.  T.  Samson 
Rangayya  from  Matthew  25:19. 

The  organization  of  the  Mission  Pan- 
chayat  which  was  proposed  at  the  Nellore 
Conference  last  February  was  completed 
at  Cumbum  by  the  appointment  of  Rev.  D. 
Narsayya  for  one  year,  and  P.  Abraham 
(laru  for  two  years,  to  serve  with  the  Rev. 
Messrs.  Baker,  Boggs  and  Newcomb,  the 
three  missionary  members  appointed  by 
conference.  Tliis  Panchayat  is  a  council  of 
five,  a  village  institution  for  settling  all 
grievances,  and  has  now  been  adopted  by 
our  mission  in  South  India  for  the  same  pur- 
pose —  that  of  deciding  all  grievances. 

Three  invitations  were  extended  for  the 
meeting  of  the  convention  in  191 2,  the  vote 
resulting  in  favor  of  the  Nellore  Church. 
K  W.  Stengbr,  Nandyal,  South  India. 


A  Royal  Farewell 

When  Captain  I.uke  Bickel  of  the  Fukuin 
A/«rM|  the  little  mission  ship  which  sails  the 
Inland  Sea  of  Janan,  was  about  to  leave  on 
AirlQll|h  in  April,  the  principal  and  thirty 
of  tk«  Hudentt  at  the  Yuge  Island  Mercan- 
lilt  Martnt  School,  which  is  under  govern- 


ment administration,  traveled  thirty  miles 
by  iKNit  and  ten  miles  on  foot  over  the  moun- 
tains to  bid  him  farewell.  Boarding  the 
ship  they  stood  on  the  deck  and  sang  to  a  Jap- 
anese nidody  the  original  of  the  lines  given 
in  translation  bdow.  After  a  few  months 
at  home  Captain  Bickel  returned  to  Japan, 
sailing  from  Boston  Sept.  26. 

DnDDDDDDDnDDDnnn 
IN  FAREWELL  TO  CAPTAIN  BICKEL 

Todaj  it  tiic  jtar  in  fuD  flood, 

And  the  winds  from  the  wann  ocean  readies 

Sing  loud  with  the  answering  pines. 

Sing  low  through  the  green  drooping  willows. 

Again  on  our  fair  island  slopes, 

In  a  glory  of  purple  and  crimson 

The  azaleas  haTe  spread  their  brocade. 

Rich  as  gown  of  a  maid  at  her  marriage. 

But  our  Captain,  more  bravely  adorned, 
In  brocade  of  the  honors  past  telling 
Wherewith  Heaven  hadi  rewarded  his  tofl. 
To  the  homeland  in  triumph  retumeth. 
Full  li^t  rides  his  bark  on  the  waves. 
Set  wide  are  his  sails  to  the  breeses,  — 
Our  Captain,  beloved  of  the  Isles, 
Of  the  fair  white  ship,  The  Evangtl, 

*Twas  for  Jesus,  His  sake,  that  he  came 

To  our  Islands  forgotten,  forsaken. 

Bringing  us  riches  more  rare 

Than  the  costliest  bales  of  the  merchant; 

Bringing  that  Heavenly  Law 

Which  is  lifting  the  life  of  the  nations, 

The  Blessed  Evangel  of  love 

Which  the  Father  hath  sent  to  His  children. 

How  holy  the  Message,  and  high  I 

And  with  reverence,  heart-lowly,  we  greet  it. 

How  divine  is  its  lofty  behest! 

But  our  souls  leap  to  life  at  its  challenge: 

**  Repay  thou  thy  foe  with  thy  love; 

And  deny  not  thy  cheek  to  the  smiter. 

Remember  thy  Lord  on  the  Cross 

^Tien  He  prayed  for  His  slayers,  'Forgive  them!' " 

Such  is  the  message  he  brought. 

That  by  love  we  be  sons  of  our  Father, 

Who  alike  on  the  evil  and  good 

Sends  the  gift  of  His  rain  and  His  sunshine; 

That  by  love  are  we  brothers  of  Christ, 

Who  gave  up  Himself  for  His  haters; 

That  only  to  love  is  to  live, 

And  of  love  is  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven. 

Ah,  honored  Teacher  and  Friend, 
>^*ho  hast  uught  us  to  love  by  thy  loving, 
\^liat  gifts  —  but  no  hands  can  repay, 
.And  no  lips  our  thanksgiving  can  fashion. 
Today  must  we  say  the  farewell  f 
Must  the  purple  expanse  of  the  ocean 
Rise  boundless  betwixt  us  and  thee  ? 
Wliat  tears  —  but  thine  own  is  our  sorrow! 


MISSIONS 


779 


Hisaioiutfj  Personak 

Rev.  Charles  B.  Tenny  of  Tokyo,  Japan, 
has  been  appointed  to  the  fellowship  for 
graduate  work  under  the  direction  of  Pro- 
fessor Anderson,  awarded  by  Newton  The- 
ological Institution,  and  will  begin  work  at 
Harvard  this  fall. 

At  midnight  of  August  24,  Rev.  and  Mrs. 
H.  E.  Dudley  of  Meiktila,  Burma,  were 
awakened  to  find  their  school  building  in 
flames.  The  fire  had  made  such  progress 
that  the  impassibility  of  extinguishing  it 
was  immediately  recognized,  and  all  efforts 
were  turned  towards  saving  the  other  build- 
ings, which  were  threatened.  The  school 
building  and  all  its  contents  were  utterly 
destroyed,  the  loss  being  heavier  because 
new  chairs,  desks  and  charts  had  just  been 


Foreign  Missionary  Record 


Misc  Siella  Relje*,  from  Kiohwi,  Ein  Cliini,  11  Ncw- 

burgh,  N.Y.,  September  6. 
Rev.  W.  S.  Swnl.Mri.  Sweet  ind  lOD,  fiom  Hingchow, 

Ean'ChiDi,  at  Chicigo,  September  11. 


Rf.  W.  AihiDOte,  Jr.,  D.D.,  and  Mri.  Athmote,  fi 

SiD  FrindKO,  September  6,  for  Switow,  So 

Cbina. 

Mid  F.Ej\7er>, from  Boiion,SeptemhMi5,for  Bun 

Mill  Lucy  L.  Autlin,  from  Boston,  September  15, 

Rev.   A.  C.   Boweri,   Mrt.  Boveri  and  cbUd,  fr 

Boiton,  September  15,  for  Aium. 
Capt.  L.  W.  Bickcl,  from  BostOD,  Septembei 


^(or 

ReT.   C.  L.  Bromlej  and  Mri,   Bromlej  Itom   San 

Franciica,  October  4,  for  Eait  China. 
Mill  LouiK  Campbell,  Irom  San  Franciuo,  October  4, 

for  Kijiog,  South  China. 
Mits  Irene  M.  Chambert,  from  San  Francisco,  October 

4,  for  W«t  China. 
Mill  M.  E.  Gruff,  from  Sao  Francisco,  October  4,  for 

South  China. 
Mill   F.    E.   Doe,  from    Bolton.  September    :;,  for 

Nowgoa|,  A  nam. 
Mill  L.  M.  DouDton,  M.D.,  from  Boiton,  September 

15,  fat  South  India. 
ReT.  F.  H.  Eveleth,  D.D.,  and  Mri.  Eieletb,  from 

BoUon,  September  15,  for  Burma. 


Rer.  Url  M.  Foi  and  Mn.  Foi,  from  BoMon,  Septem- 
ber ij.  for  Aium. 

Rev.  B.  I.  FiiMt  and  tin.  Fimt,  (ram  Boitcin,  Sep- 
tember 1 5,  for  Bengal. 

Min  M.  E,  Farbar,  M.D.,  from  Botton,  September  15, 
for  South  India. 

F.  W.  Goddard,  M.D.,  Mn.  Goddard  and  two  chU- 
dren,  from  San  Franciico,  October  4,  for  Shaoli- 
aag,  Eait  China. 

Rev.  D.  C.  Graham  and  Mri.  Graham,  from  San 
Franciico,  October  4,  for  Well  China. 

Miu  H.  E.  Hawltei,  from  San  Frandico,  October  4, 

Hill  Margaret  Hilliard,  from  Sin  Frindico,  October  4, 


Rei.  J.  C.  Jeniea  and  Mn.  Jeniei 

October  4,  for  Wett  China. 

Miu  M.  D.  Jeiie,  from  San  Fra, 


0,  October  4.  for 


Mill  Mar;  Kurti,  Irom  Borton,  September  15,  for 

South  India. 
Mid  A.  M.  Lemon,  from  Boiton,  September  15,  for 

Rer.  H.  I.Marihall,  Mrt  ManhaU  and  three  chil- 
dren, from  Bonon,  September  30,  (or  Tharra- 
widdf.  Burma. 

Mr.  S.  E.  Miner,  Mra.  Miner  and  cbOd,  from  Boiton, 
September  15,  for  Rangoon,  Burma. 

Mill  C.  E.  Putnam,  from  Boitoa,  September  15,  lor 
Burma. 

Mill  F,  P.  Page,  from  San  Franciico,  October  4,  for 
West  China. 

Mill  G.  L.  Pennington,  from  BoNOD,  September  15, 
for  Burma. 
W.  H.  Robert!  and  ion,  from  Bonon,  September 


Re». 


15.  for 


wpoot,  September  : 


E.  Stephen,  froi 

,  S.    E.  Sonnichien  and   Mn.  Soimicliwn,  from 

Boston,  September  15,  for  Burma. 

H.  W.  Smith  ind  Mn.  Smith,  from  Bonon,  Sep- 


irMin 


I.  L.  C.  Smith  and  Mri.  Smith,  Irom  Boiton,  Sep- 
tember IS,  for  Nellore,  South  India. 

'.  F.  N.  Smith  and  Mn.  Smith,  from  Sin  Frincitco, 
OclDber  4,  for  Weit  China. 

E.  Tompkini,  M.D.,  and  Mri.  Tompldni,  from 
San  Franciico,  October  4,  for  Wett  Chrni. 

s  Lena  Tillman,  from  Boiton,  September  15,  for 


San  FrindKO,  October  4, 
three  children,  from 


Mou 
MiH  Agnei  W 

for  Burma. 
ReT.  W,  E.  Wiatl,  Mn.  Wiati 

Boiton,  September  15,  fi: 
Mn.  Prudence  C.  Worlej,  from  SiD  Frandico,  Oc 

ber  4,  for  Swatow,  South  China. 
Mill  Daitj  Woods,  from  San  Frandico,  October 

for  East  China. 


MISSIONS 


FROM  THE  HOME  LANDS 


v)UK;ON'8  growth 

)  ^^^ptt  Ae  State  Convention  has  had 
.J  ^MoM^NMTM  at  work,  serving  51  churches 
^  ii  vMiotations.  The  expenditures 
..^^Kic^  t^  about  117,750-  Rev.  F.  C.  W. 
%ii^.  >  ;iHr  tiScient  secretary. 

CAlirORNIA  CONVENTION 

»%^  \^th«m  California  Convention  is 
^  livvt  ^»th  the  First  Church  of  San  Fran- 
.  Xi^^uber  I4~I7-  The  fine  new  church 
%ill  itTord  the  best  of  accommoda- 
_  W  th<  convention,  and  Pastor  George 
\.  ^iiu^4me  is  >  genial  host. 

KALIAN   WORK  IN   MONSON 

^(M^  among  the  Italians  in  Monson, 
%^^^  U  in  charge  of  Mr.  Gaetano  Lisi,  a 
^VM'HK  wan  of  good  intellectual  quality 
vKi  4>«bi*ion.  There  is  a  church  of  25 
M<o»Ni'««»  *"^^  *"  average  congregation  of 
4><j^«  \<\  During  the  summer  Mr.  Lisi 
<v?th)uv^*"d  an  Italian  school  for  children 
^^h;K  v^Mumended  him  greatly  to  his  people 
ukI  uwrrascd  the  attendance  at  Sunday 
^h«x4.  1  he  budget  is  raised;  the  church 
^^s)ui|l  has  been  repaired;  a  faithful  and 
^im>M>  spirit  has  been  fostered  among  the 
yij^«  and  now  prevails.  The  outlook 
it  fiK^u  raging. 

VIRIT   PRIZE   FOR  SCHOOL   EXHIBIT 

Rfv.  T.  O.   Fuller,   Principal  of  Howe 
bMiUutc,    Memphis,    Tenn.,    writes:     "It 

ea  me  pleasure  to  inform  you  that  Howe 
itute  hat  been  awarded  first  prize  for 
^  bett  school  exhibit  in  the  Negro  Build- 
\§m  at  the  Appalachian  Exposition  at  Knox- 
X^k  Tenn.  A  number  of  secondary  schools 
mm)  colleges  competed.  In  fact  we  were 
NtriiDd  tour  prixci,  as  follows:  First  prize 
iha  moat  unique  piece  of  furniture; 
priae  for  the  most  artistic  table;  first 
for  ba«krtry;  second  prize  for  center 
1    fine  priie  on  the  collection  as  a 


COLORADO  S  TRANSFORMATION 

Irrigation  has  transformed  Colorado  from 
a  mining  to  a  farming  State.  Think  of 
nearly  three  million  acres  under  irrigation, 
producing  the  most  remarkable  crops.  By 
the  time  the  government  has  expended  the 
nearly  ten  millions  of  dollars  appropriated 
for  irrigation,  with  the  srill  greater  sums 
expended  by  private  enterprise,  Colorado 
will  indeed  be  one  of  the  marvelous  pro- 
ducing States  of  the  Union.  The  Baptists 
have  a  fine  field  here  for  home  mission  work, 
and  are  among  the  vigorous  religious  forces 
at  work. 


The  New  England  District 

BY   DISTRICT   SECRETARY   J.    E.    NORCROSS 

THE  annual  tour  of  the  New  England 
Associations  has  ended  for  the  year 
1911-12,  and  their  statistical  records  and 
official  reports  will  soon  be  in  permanent 
form.  The  Interdenominational  Laymen's 
Missionary  Movement  and  The  Men  and 
Religion  Crusade  are  under  full  swing  in 
golden  New  England,  with  a  speedy  mil- 
lennium as  an  objeaive  and  with  religious 
experts  to  point  the  way. 

A  state-wide  campaign  in  Massachusetts, 
under  the  leadership  of  Secretary  Stack- 
house,  has  been  carefully  planned  by  Dis- 
trict Secretaries  Witter,  Norcross  and  Lam- 
son  and  State  Secretaries  Padelford  and 
Main,  and  the  November  rallies  in  the  Old 
Bay  State  are  bound  to  bear  fruit.  Insti- 
tutes, Conferences,  Reunions,  Basket 
Meetings,  Canvasses,  Study  Classes 
AND  FoLLOW-up  N0VBLTIE8  in- a  bewilder- 
ing array  are  pressing  close  upon  the  heels 
of  the  time-honored  fall  gatherings  of  Bap- 
tist churches,  and  are  scheduled  for  months 
to  come. 

When  you  add  an  "Orient  in  Providence" 
with  an  attendance  of  thousands,  a  prohibi- 
toiy  campaign  in  Maine  with  public  interest 
at  a  white  heat,  county  fain  and  industrial 


MISSIONS 


781 


carnivals  bigger,  better  and  bolder  than  all 
their  predecessors,  thousands  of  tourists 
clinging  tenaciously  to  their  bungalows  or 
seeing  the  mountains  and  seashore  at  a  hop, 
skip  and  jump  pace,  life  in  New  England 
in  the  autumn  of  191 1  has  been  far  from 
the  proverbial  slowness  which  is  supposed 
to  characterize  this  Yankee  section  of  cul- 
ture, granite  and  sand. 

Stopping  long  enough  to  brush  the  cinders 
from  our  eyes  and  to  consider  our  ways, 
there  are  some  things  which  are  projected 
into  our  vision. 

Joint  representation  of  the  diversified 
missionary  interests  of  our  great  denomina- 
don  has  been  tried  for  the  third  successive 
season,  and  the  churches  from  Aroostook 
to  Fairfield  and  from  Barnstable  to  Lamoille 
have  registered  their  unqualified  approval 
of  the  plan.  This  idea  is  manifestly  capable 
of  expansion  and  its  further  application 
cannot  fail  to  make  for  greater  economy 
and  efficiency. 

State  work  is  better  organized  than  ever 
before  and  they  are  statesmen  who  direct 
the  forces  and  distribute  the  funds.  Every 
unchurched  hamlet  is  being  studied  with  a 
view  to  its  betterment,  and  rural  conditions 
are  being  met  with  the  only  panacea  for 
their  solution,  but  the  present  gospel  is  not 
limited  to  a  narrow  groove.  The  problem 
of  the  foreigner,  which  is  the  weightiest 
question  where  the  Pilgrim  and  Puritan 
once  ruled,  is  being  grappled  bravely  by 
wise  heads  and  great  hearts.  The  voice  of 
God  is  speaking  unmistakably  through  the 
steerage.  Opportunity  stands  on  the  prow 
of  every  steamer  that  reaches  Boston  Light. 
The  Man  of  Nazareth  stands  in  disguise 
where  the  incoming  millions  wait  for  Gov- 
ernment Inspectors.  There  is  no  isolated 
Italian  quarter,  Jewish  quarter,  Polish  quar- 
ter or  Syrian  quarter  to  the  consecrated 
New  England  Baptist.  These  are  integral 
parts  of  a  marvelous  whole.  The  New 
England  State  Conventions  are  signally 
honored  in  their  unique  stewardship  and  in 
cooperation  with  the  national  societies  are 
seeking  to  make  the  brotherhood  of  man  a 
regal  and  dominant  issue. 

Our  religious  newspapers  are  catching 
the  spirit  of  unity,  and  Watchman  and 
Morning  Star  will  tell  us  in  a  nobler  vein 
"What  of  the  Night?"  and  herald  more 
surely  the  coming  day.    There  is  a  growing 


sense  of  pride  in  our  splendid  missionary 
magazine  and  a  fresh  recognition  of  the 
vital  part  it  plays  in  local  church  success. 
It  is  one  of  the  best  pastor's  assistants  that 
any  church  could  engage  and  given  a  fair 
chance  will  help  perform  miracles.  The 
close  cooperation  between  Baptists  and  Free 
Baptists  is  one  of  the  significant  signs  of  the 
time  and  is  bound  to  crystallize  in  New  Eng- 
land one  of  the  most  beautiful  exhibitions 
of  Christian  unity  the  present  era  has  wit- 
nessed. If  the  year  upon  which  we  have 
entered  proves  to  be  a  hard  one  financially, 
it  will  not  be  due  to  a  lack  of  interest  in  the 
best  things  nor  to  a  dying  out  of  the  Baptist 
spirit  which  has  lifted  our  denomination  to 
its  place  of  preeminence.  All  over  the  dis- 
trict there  are  loyal  groups  of  noble  men  and 
women  who  are  determined  to  plant  the 
cross  in  every  land,  and  willing  to  back  their 
purpose  with  their  children  and  their  cash. 
A  survey  of  the  next  decade  will  prove  the 
truth  of  this  prophecy  and  show  New  Eng- 
land still  in  the  van  of  all  that  makes  for  the 
highest  type  of  civilization  and  Christianity. 

On  a  Missionary  Tour 

BY   REV.    L.    L.    ZBORAY 

Through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Underwood, 
President  of  the  Erie  Railroad,  the  writer 
was  able  to  visit  certain  Hungarian  and 
Roumanian  missions  from  the  East  as  far 
West  as  West  Pullman  and  Milwaukee,  in 
company  with  two  other  of  our  Hungarian 
delegates,  who  came  here  to  the  World's 
Congress  from  Budapest,  Hungary.  Our 
trip  was  well  advertised  by  the  missionaries 
at  each  of  these  places  a  few  weeks  in  ad- 
vance, and  the  result  was  that  not  only 
those  who  have  been  accustomed  to  attend 
services,  but  many  curiosity  seekers  through 
the  advertisements  came  to  see  what  we 
were  going  to  do.  We  did  not  do  much,  but 
the  Lord  did  beyond  our  expectations. 
Some  of  the  earnest  workers  like  Brother 
Orosz  of  Cleveland,  Brother  Igrison  of  Cin- 
cinnati, Brother  Balogh  of  West  Pullman, 
Brother  Leber  of  Newcastle,  and  others 
who  have  learned  how  Americans  are  con- 
ducting revivals,  have  not  only  prayed  but 
worked  hard  for  great  success. 

We  have  had  services  from  two  to  six 
nights  at  each  place.  We  have  preached  to 
from  fifty  to  a  thousand  people  during  our 


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MISSIONS 


seven  weeks'  journey,  until  we  have  ended 
at  West  Pullman  in  a  tent,  where  the  gospel 
was  preached  for  six  nights  in  three  lan- 
guages, and  several  hundreds  could  not  enter 
the  tent  which  had  a  seating  capacity  of 
about  three  hundred. 

There  were  about  one  hundred  conver- 
sions. Our  Hungarian  delegates  have  not 
only  gained  in  strength  and  in  some  knowl- 
edge of  the  greatness  of  our  countiy,  but  as 
they  have  expressed  it  themselves,  they  have 
gained  much  in  knowledge  as  how  to  con- 
duct revival  services.  We  have  noticed  this 
—  that  after  a  few  nights  of  their  experiences 
they  began  to  change  their  attitude  in  their 
manners,  and  after  they  have  seen  people 
rise,  as  many  as  nineteen  at  once,  for  prayers 
and  we  have  given  them  an  invitation, 
they  get  somewhat  fired  and  inspired  by  it. 
They  forgot  their  old  ways,  and  began 
swinging  their  arms  and  raising  their  voices 
in  their  preaching,  and  by  this  they  have 
become  more  effective.  Our  trip  was  a 
great  blessing  to  ourselves,  and  we  have 
been  given  assurance  on  every  side  that  they 
all  were  benefited  by  it. 

There  was  a  young  man  in  Cleveland  who 
was  prejudiced  against  the  Baptists,  and 
when  he  saw  me,  barefaced  and  another 
man  with  a  full  beard,  both  speaking  Hun- 
garian, he  came  to  the  mission  out  of  curi- 
osity. He  came  to  see  what  we  were  going 
to  do.  He  was  one  of  the  men  who  rose  for 
prayers,  and  after  the  service  he  came  to 
me  with  tears  in  his  eyes,  saying,  "Brother 
Zboray,  I  always  had  religion,  but  I  now 
know  what  Christianity  is."  There  are 
many  such  incidents. 

Thirty-second  Anniversary  of  the  Swedish 
Baptist  General  Conference 

BY   REV.   ANDREW  JOHNSON 

In  the  opulent  little  city  of  Kiron,  Iowa, 
the  General  Conference  of  the  Swedish  Bap- 
\  lists  held  its  thirty-second  anniversary,  Sept. 
v^-^.  About  250  delegates  and  visitors  gath- 
efed  to  discuss  and  meet  critical  issues.  The 
denomination  is  manfully  grappling  with 
new  problems  consequent  on  its  rapid 
growth.  Present  contingencies  must  be 
provided  for,  and  our  people,  realizing  the 
gravity  of  the  situation,  are  bending  all  their 
energy  toward  a  speedy  and  happy  solution. 


This  meeting  was  of  more  than  ordinary 
importance;  questions  in  regard  to  educa- 
tion, literature,  mission  work,  and  expansion 
in  general,  were  inteUigently  discussed.  The 
work  is  still  in  its  formative  stages;  until  a 
few  years  ago  nothing  but  preaching  was 
done,  now  the  body  has  several  other  lines 
of  activity  —  schools,  literature,  charitable 
institutions,  etc 

The  following  figares  show  the  present 
status:  There  are  21  state  conferences,  361 
churches,  29,271  members;  1,307  were  bap- 
tized during  the  year,  544  of  whom  came 
from  the  Sunday  schodl.  There  are  372 
pastors,  preachers  and  missionaries;  334 
church  edifices,  with  a  seating  capacity  of 
84,271.  The  value  of  all  diurch  propeny 
is  12,274,544.  Contributed  for  all  purposes 
^51,421.73,  or  a  little  more  than  {15.42  for 
each  member.  The  American  socieues  re- 
ceived of  this  sum  {24,170.15,  or  nearly  83 
cents  for  each  number.  The  denomination 
now  controls  one  theological  seminary,  two 
academies,  three  homes  for  the  aged,  one 
children's  home,  two  papers,  several  benev- 
olent associations,  etc.  The  literature  de- 
partment has  made  steady  gains.  The  new 
denominational  paper.  The  Swedish  Baptist 
Standard  is  an  assured  success. 

The  General  Conference  is  now  working 
in  United  States  and  Canada.  It  employs 
several  missionaries  in  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tain states,  and  several  more  in  Canada.  A 
church  has  recently  been  organized  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah. 

The  different  educational  institutions,  the 
Theological  Seminary,  Bethel  Academy  and 
Adelphia  College,  are  doing  creditable  work 
and  have  many  students.  Ten  were  grad- 
uated from  the  seminary  last  spring,  and 
nine  in  each  of  the  two  preceding  years. 

The  gavel  was  admirably  and  successfully 
wielded  by  Rev.  G.  A.  Hagstrom  of  St.  Paul. 
Officers  elected:  Moderator,  G.  A.  Hag- 
strom; vice-moderator,  A.  Sjolauder;  cor- 
responding secretary,  £.  S.  Lindblad.  The 
next  anniversary  will  be  held  in  Chicago. 

Revival  Tent  Work 

Tent  Evangel  No.  One,  under  the  care 
of  Rev.  F.  M.  D.  Hill,  has  just  seen  a  gra- 
cious revival  at  Kanza.  Mr.  Hill  baptized 
22  and  received  26  into  the  little  church, 
which  is  two  months  old. 


MISSIONS 


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The  Pixto  lUcan  AwoclAtion 

BY  SUPERINTENDENT  A.   B.  RUDD 

From  the  I4.th  to  the  17th  of  September 
the  Baptist  Association  of  Poito  Rico  held 
its  ninth  annual  meeting  in  Adjuntas.  Ad- 
juntas  is  a  mountain  town  of  a  thousand  or 
more  souls  about  four  hours'  drive  from  the 
south  coast  and  the  same  distance  from  the 
railroad.  This  relative  inaccessibility  mili- 
tated against  a  full  attendance  of  delegates, 
as  carriage  travel  is  very  much  dearer  on 
the  island  than  by  train.  However,  of  our 
42  churches  of  last  year  nearly  all  were 
represented  by  delegates  and  all  by 
letter. 

Twelve  years  ago  the  writer  took  his  fam- 
ily to  Adjuntas  for  the  warm  months  of 
August  and  September,  On  the  day  after 
his  arrival,  a  service  was  arranged  for  in  a 
small  schoolhouse  in  the  town  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  American  soldiers,  who  were  con- 
siderably in  evidence.  Seeing  chat  the  at- 
tendance was  about  evenly  divided  between 
Americans  and  Porto  Ricans  it  was  decided 
to  divide  the  service,  and  so  the  missionary 
preached  and  sang  and  read  both  in  English 
and  Spanish.  This  was  the  first  evangelical 
service  ever  held  in  this  little  town. 


During  the  family's  stay  of  two  months, 
Mrs.  Rudd  held  every  Sunday  a  Sunday 
school  for  the  little  folks,  who  crowded  the 
tiny  house  in  which  the  family  lived,  while 
the  missionary  attempted  to  supplement 
these  efforts  by  a  visit  every  two  weeks  foi 
a  public  preaching  service.  These  were 
small  beginnings. 

We  now  have  in  Adjuntas  a  church  with 
a  membership  of  81,  a  flourishing  Sunday 
school  with  an  average  attendance  of  about 
75,  a  neat  ^4,000  chapel,  and  a  constantly 
growing  circle  of  friends  of  the  gospel. 
Many  were  the  congratulations  received 
during  the  Association  by  the  native  con- 
secrated young  pastor  when  it  was  learned 
that  his  field  had  led  all  the  others  of  our 
Mission  in  the  number  of  baptisms  during 

Rev.  C.  S.  Detweiler  was  unanimously 
chosen  moderator  and  showed  us  how  to 
despatch  the  Lord's  business  promptly  and 
wisely.  A  better  choice  could  not  be  made. 
The  letters  from  the  churches  showed  some 
200  baptisms  for  the  year,  three  new  churches 
organized,  a  total  membership  of  2,150,  56 
Sunday  schools,  and  contributions  for  all 
purposes  amounting  to  a  little  more  than 
{3,600. 


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The  MIowing  notu  rang  out  dear  and 
nnmg  during  the  meetingt: 

Fim:  The  tniwionaiy  note.  Brother 
Velez  Lopez,  the  retiring  moderator,  in  hii 
opening  addreti  made  a  ringing  missionaiy 
appeal.  He  lought  to  lay  the  world  on  the 
heart*  of  the  salnu.  Ai  a  reiult,  a  miuion- 
aty  committee  of  five,  who  are  to  hold  office 
for  three  yeart,  wat  appointed  with  full 
authority  to  act  in  all  matten  relative  to 
home  and  foreign  miaiiont.  During  the 
year  our  own  home  miuionaty**  talaiy  has 
been  paid  by  the  churches  and  about  ^6 
left  in  the  handi  of  the  treasurer.  Thit 
mi»ionary  comminee,  at  its  fim  meeting, 
appointed  two  of  iti  members  to  viiit  Santo 
Domingo  and  Haiti  in  the  near  future  at 
the  e^ipense  of  the  churches  with  a  view  to 
establishing  mission  work  there. 

Second:  The  note  of  harmony  and 
bratheriy  love.  The  writer  has  rarely  at- 
tended a  meeting  where  this  was  so  promi- 
nent, nor  can  he  recall  a  single  discordant 
note.  The  discussions  were  free,  and  the 
opinions  expressed  often  widely  diverged, 
but  a  Christian  counesy  held  all  within  safe 
limits  and  it  was  evident  that  we  were 
brethren. 

Third:  The  note  of  seriousness.  From 
the  first  meeting  it  was  evident  that  the  pas- 
tors and  delegates  were  taking  the  Lord's 
work  seriously;  their  looks,  their  prayers, 
their  talks,  eveiything  indicated  this.  The 
writer  wat  deeply  moved  as  he  looked  into 
the  ftcet  of  these  men  and  women  who  had 
r  from  all  pnu  of  the  island 
e  Lord  had 
le  enension 
lit  busine*t, 
idcnt. 

t  noticeable 
r  diurchet. 
From  about 


M  I  SS I ONS 


Sut  of  their 
their  liber- 
t  the  spirit 
1  are  devel- 
'  that  does 
riaster. 


Dr.  Honhotua'a  Ma  wag* 

TO  THE  BAPTIST  ASSOCIATION  OF  PORTO  UCO 
DtOT  Brrthrm:  On  behalf  of  The 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  1 
send  you  greeting,  hoping  that  your  annual 
meeting  may  contribute  mudi  to  the  ad- 
vancement of  our  cause  in  Porto  Rico. 
God  has  greatly  blessed  our  trark  hitheito. 
He  has  given  us  devoted  and  capable  men 
as  leaders  and  as  master-builders  in  a  field 
where  foundations  had  to  be  laid,  and  then 
the  work  of  building  up  had  to  be  done. 

This  constructive  work  b  what  1  wish  to 
say  a  few  words  about  to  our  brethren  in 
Porto  Rico.  It  means,  first,  the  building 
up  of  strong  individual  character:  men  and 
women  of  noble  aims  and  lives,  well 
grounded  in  the  Word,  who  will  not  easily 
be  carried  away  by  evety  wind  of  doaiint. 
It  means  strong  Christian  churches,  knit 
together  in  love,  in  which  every  member  is  i 
living  stone  thai  fills  an  important  place  in 
the  spiritual  structure.  Each  church  should 
grow  in  liberality  and  do  its  utmost  for  the 
support  of  its  pastor  and  to  give  the  gospel  to 
others  also.  Every  true  church  of  Jesus 
Christ  is  a  missionary  church. 

This  constructive  work  also  includes  the 
union  of  our  churches  in  an  Association. 
We  must  learn  how  to  work  tc^ether.     In 


,    ther 
largei 
engage  thi 


nragdi.     In 

than  those  which  usually 

'if  local  churches  are 
considered.  Tht  excellent  program  of  your 
Association  ought  to  give  an  uplift  to  all  who 
attend,  and  must  tend  to  unify  and  make 
more  efficient  our  whole  work  in  the  Island. 
Remember,  also,  that  you  are  a  pan  of  the 
great  denomination  of  Baptists  in  the 
United  States  and  the  world. 

We  were  glad  to  have  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  The  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  our  highly  esteemed  brethren 
Dr.  Rudd  and  Bro.  Cepero,  who  wete  heard 
with  great  interest  as  they  told  of  the 
triumphs  of  the  gospel  and  of  the  needs  of 
the  field.  We  hope  that  it  will  not  be  long 
before  we  shall  have  a  well-established 
school  at  Rio  Piedras,  especially  for  the  train- 
ing of  young  men  for  the  ministry.  May 
the  meeting  of  your  Association  be  of  greai 
spiritual  blessing  to  all  present  and  to  all 
our  churches  in  Porto  Rico. 

Fraternally  youra, 

H.  L.  MOKBBOUIB,  Cor.  Stc'j. 


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CHAPEL  CAR  AND  COLPORTER 


ProgiesB  under  Difflcultiea 

BY  T.  H.  BAXTER,  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  MISSION- 
ARY  IN   WYOMING 

The  work  goes  steadily  on  in  Jackson  in 
spite  of  opposition  and  inditference.  The 
Sunday  school  attendance  has  been  very 
good.  1  attribute  it  in  part  to  the  effect  of 
the  Young  Reaper  series  of  buttons  which  we 
are  using.  Another  incentive  is  a  little  pany 
which  Mrs.  Baxter  gives  for  her  class  of  boys 
each  Friday  evening.  TTiey  study  the  Sun- 
day schod  lesson  for  a  half  hour  and  then 
play  games  for  an  hour,  after  which  light 
refreshments  are  served.  This  has  proved 
a  veiy  good  plan,  and  has  drawn  about  as 
many  Monnon  boys  as  gentiles.  When  we 
intimated  that  the  patty  was  only  for  those 
who  attended  Sunday  school,  they  nearly  all 
began  coming  to  Sunday  school  and  preach- 
ing service  also.  While  the  Mormons  here 
are  not  as  much  Mormon  as  in  Utah,  they 
are  infected  with  the  cunning  peculiar  to 
their  cull.  As  an  example,  the  women's 
auxiliary  of  the  Woodman  Lodge  teased  the 
club-house  for  the  coming  year.  Leading 
members  of  this  auxiliary  are  Mormons  or 
warm  friends  of  theirs,  and  the  majority  of 
the  others  are  opponents  of  religion  or  in- 
different to  it.  Once  in  the  management 
they  announced  a  children's  dance  every 
other  Saturday  evening.  This  would  not 
have  been  so  far-reaching,  but  the  Monnon 
element  then  told  certain  children  that  they 
could  not  dance  if  they  kept  on  attending 
the  Bapdit  Sunday  school,  for  the  Baptists 
were  strictly  against  it.  This  is  a  sample 
of  the  efforts  to  take  the  children  from  our 
school.  But  truth  and  right  must  prevail. 
While  the  battle  here  will  not  be  easy  or 
short,  we  shall  conquer.  One  man,  a  rancher, 
has  been  strongly  and  openly  opposed  to 
religious  work.  When  he  brought  his  little 
twelve-year  old  giri  to  Jackson  to  put  her  in 
scho<d,  we  asked  him  if  she  couldn't  attend 
our  Sunday  schod.  He  replied,  "No,  I 
don't  want  her  to  take  any  nock  in  any  kind 


of  religion,  but  if  she  must  go  to  any  Sunday 
school  she  can  go  to  the  Mormon,  for  they 
don't  teach  anything  out  of  the  Bible."  He 
put  her  in  a  strict  Mormon  family  to  board, 
but  she  soon  began  attending  both  our  serv- 
ices and  seldom  misses.  We  are  praying 
for  the  father's  conversion  and  expect  to  see 
it  some  day.  When  the  manager  of  the  club- 
house put  us  out  he  also  stopped  his  two  boys 
from  attending  our  Sunday  school.  They 
were  such  bright  children  that  we  regretted 
to  lose  them.  But  they  came  back  two  weeks 
ago  and  are  going  to  attend  regularly  again. 
Thus  our  work  continues  to  gain. 


From  the  Diary  of  a  Wisconsin  Sunday 
School  Missionary 

THE  privilege  of  meeting  some  of  the 
heroic  men  and  women  in  Wisconsin 
and  sharing  with  them  their  plans  and 
hopes  and  dreaming  with  them  their  dreams 
is  one  of  the  joys  of  the  Sunday  school  man. 
Related  of  course  to  these  things  are  the 
waste  places,  broken  walls  and  awakening 
of  the  dreamers,  but  it  is  certainly  a  great 
joy  to  have  a  part,  small  though  it  may 
sometimes  seem  to  be,  in  rallying  the  forces 
and  helping  rebuild  the  walls.  Here  are 
some  gleanings  from  my  diaiy: 

Thursday.  A  visit  to  Mauston  was  made 
with  the  hope  of  resurrecting  the  Sunday 
school.  The  only  Baptist  church,  so  far  as 
I  know,  in  the  state  holding  preaching  serv- 
ices without  a  Sunday  school  is  here  and  it 
has  been  on  my  heart  for  some  time.  The 
day  was  spent  visiting  among  the  members 
and  the  evening  train  took  me  to  the  home 
of  the  pastor  who  supplies  the  pulpit,  where 
the  matter  was  stron^y  urged.  A  letter 
came  later  saying,  "The  school  starts  nen 
Sunday  and  we  will  do  our  best  to  build 
it  up." 

Sunday.  Day  was  delightfully  spent  at 
Omro,  where  Pastor  McFarlane  preaches. 
At  the  morning  hour  and  the  dose  of  the 
Sunday  school   period   messages  were  pre- 


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•ented  urging  the  best  methods.  The 
afternoon  service  at  three  brought  out  a 
good  attendance  to  hear  the  "Chalk  Talk." 
At  the  young  people's  service  a  song  was 
given  by  request,  as  well  as  a  few  words  on 
the  lesson.  The  evening  meeting  was  a 
union  service  held  in  the  First  Methodist 
Church.  Possibly  400  people  greeted  the 
speaker  and  it  warmed  his  heart  to  have 
the  pastors  say»  "This  is  the  most  helpful 
service  we  have  been  in  for  a  long  time." 

Monday.  Today  195  letters  were  ad- 
dressed and  mailed  relative  to  the  budget. 

Tuesday.  A  visit  was  made  to  Neenah 
to  look  into  new  openings  for  schools  at 
Dale  and  near  the  city.  Pastor  Clapp  has 
a  desire  to  do  a  large  work  for  the  Master 
and  requested  the  visit. 

Wednesday,  A  special  call  waited  me  to 
come  to  North  Freedom  and  make  an  ad- 
dress at  the  Sauk  County  Sunday  School 
Convention.  It  was  a  crowded  house  that 
welcomed  me  at  8  p.m.  and  listened  to  the 
address  on  "The  Teacher  and  That  Boy." 

Friday,  For  some  time  a  little  town  in 
the  La  Crosse  Valley  has  urged  itself  upon 
me.  A  former  visit  revealed  the  fact  that 
there  was  no  evangelical  church,  although 
there  seems  to  be  a  large  opening  for  such 
work.  By  request  our  Superintendent  of 
the  Dano-Norwegian  work  in  Wisconsin, 
Rev.  N.  K.  Larsen,  met  me  at  La  Crosse 
and  we  visited  the  town  together.  It  is 
strongly  Norwegian  and  he  was  interested 
in  its  possibilities  for  work  among  his  people. 
Saturday,  Sunday  and  a  part  of  Monday 
found  us  here.  The  people  very  kindly 
gave  permission  to  use  the  hall,  which  was 
centrally  located,  and  they  also  furnished 
lights  and  a  piano  for  the  service.  It  was  a 
good  day  and  at  the  Sunday  evening  service 
all  the  planks  which  Brother  Larsen  and  I 
arranged  across  nail  kegs  and  boxes  were 
occupied.     A  possible  preaching  point  here. 

Sunday,  It  is  but  a  day's  journey  in 
Wisconsin  to  get  into  the  "foreign  mission 
field."  Pound  is  the  largest  Polish  com- 
munity in  the  state  outside  of  Milwaukee 
and  Kenosha.  It  holds  the  largest  Polish 
Baptist  church  in  the  United  States,  and 
one  of  the  noblest  pastors  in  the  denom- 
ination. He  is  brave  and  sincere  and 
yearns  for  souls.  The  Publication  Society, 
with  itf  usual  desire  to  render  the  largest 
service    possible,  has    a    Polish    colporter 


whose  home  is  here.  It  was  infCTesting  to 
visit  and  speak  to  these  people.  In  the 
school  the  unique  plan  of  teaoiing  appeals 
to  the  visitor.  The  teadier  takes  each  diDd 
in  turn  and  explains  a  verse  to  him.  The 
others  meanv^fle  wait  their  turn  and  before 
and  after  their  recitation  maintain  the  ut- 
most quietness.  To  speak  in  the  large 
church  is  also  an  experience.  The  afternoon 
was  spent  in  a  ride  into  the  country  to  the 
Second  Polish  Church  and  the  evening 
brought  the  service  where  the  entire  con- 
gregation were  young  people  and  it  was 
filled  with  possibilities  for  the  Kingdom. 

Thursday,  Leaving  Pound  a  trip  was 
made  to  New  Richmond,  where  the  little 
church  is  vacant.  It  has  been  for  some 
time  and  the  people  need  encouragement. 
Several  of  the  people  were  visited  and  the 
hope  left  for  the  opening  of  the  work  again. 
An  engagement  was  made  for  a  meeting  of 
the  church  to  consider  reorganization.  After 
discussion  the  church  voted  to  reopen  the 
church  and  reorganize  the  school.  The  date 
was  set  for  the  annual  meeting  and  election 
of  officers  and  prayer  was  made  for  direc- 
tion. Plans  were  set  in  motion  which  will 
probably  lead  to  the  calling  of  a  pastor  and 
the  development  of  the  work. 

F.  A.  Hayward. 

A   GREAT   SERMON 

The  sermon  preached  by  President  W. 
H.  P.  Faunce  before  the  Northern  Baptist 
convention  in  Philadelphia,  Sunday,  June 
18,  has  been  printed  for  gratuitous  distribu- 
tion, and  will  be  sent  to  any  address  upon 
the  payment  of  postage.  The  postage  on  a 
single  copy  is  one  cent;  on  ten  copies  4 
cents;  on  25  copies  9  cents.  Pastors  of 
churches,  or  any  other  persons,  can  secure 
copies  by  sending  request  with  postage  to 
the  American  Baptist  Publication  society, 
1 701  Chestnut  street,  Philadelphia. 

NEW   HAMPSHIRE    CONVENTION 

State  Secretary  O.  C.  Sargent  reported 
882  additions  to  membership  in  the  churches 
as  compared  with  394  last  year;  248  bap- 
tisms; 87  churches  in  the  state  with  8,5g6 
members,  and  104  Sunday  schools  with 
enrolment  of  9,434;  average  attendance, 
4,565.  Announcement  was  made  of  Colby 
Academy's  gift  of  a  ^100,000  building. 


MISSIONS 


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A  Storehouse  of  Good  Tblngs 
The  Urge  octavo  volume  which  < 
the  tepon  of  The  Baptist  World  Alliance, 
Second  Congress,  published  by  the  Local 
Committee  in  Philadelphia,  is  a  treasure 
trove  for  the  Christian  leader.  The  book 
is  one  to  be  read  aside  from  its  official 
character  or  the  denominational  features 
of  the  world  meeting.  It  is  filled  with  in- 
spiring material  for  the  Sunday  school 
teacher,  the  preacher,  the  lay  worker,  the 
man  and  woman  who  would  be  abreast  with 
the  progress  of  Christendom,  There  are 
discussions  of  great  value.  What  was  said 
in  the  congress  should  not  be  permitted  to 
pass  unheeded  save  by  the  fortunate  ones 
present.  It  is  good  to  know  that  the  first 
edition  was  exhausted  by  advance  orders. 
Missions  has  had  to  borrow  a  copy  for 
review  purposes.  The  450  page  volume, 
with  portraits  of  the  principal  speakers  and 
the  officers,  is  of  permanent  value.  We 
purpose  to  pick  out  the  brightest  sayings 
of  speakei?  and  give  them  from  time  to 
time,  thus  providing  them  wider  circulation, 
and  increasing  interest  in  the  Report.  The 
price  is  only  {1.15.  Orders  may  be  sent, 
we  suppose,  to  the  Publication  Society. 


.  Hissions  in  the  Magazines 

7kt  Contemfmrary  Revievi  for  Septembe 
le  article  on  "Indian  Law  ani 
by  the  Hon.  Mr.  Justice  Sar 
Written  as  it  is  by  a  Hindu,  i 


LegisI: 


h  it  by  its  earnest, 
forceful  style.  The  wHtei  pleads  for  an 
Indian  Succession  Act  or  a  Marriage  Act 
which  shall  release  a  reformed  Hindu  from 
the  native  law  and  nevertheless  make  it  pos- 
sible for  him  to  retain  his  rank  among  his 


fellow-men.  Such  legislation  is  desired  by 
all  liberal  Hindus  and  Indian  reformers.  A 
Civil  Marriage  Bill  which  would  legalize 
marriage  between  individuals  of  any  castes 
is  believed  indispensable  in  the  interests  of 
morality  and  progress.  Legislation  against 
child  marriage  the  writer  believes  to  be  of 
the  utmost  importance.  A  healthy  home 
life  demands  an  educated  mother,  and  this 
is  not  possible  under  the  child-wife  system. 
Again,  the  government  might  restrict  though 
not  wholly  abolish  polygamy  by  forbidding 
a  second  marriage  without  the  consent  of 
the  first  wife.  Though  the  writer  does  not 
advocate  government  interference  in  reli- 
gious matters,  he  believes  that  it  should  pro- 
hibit the  excommunication  of  any  Hindu 
because  he  has  taken  advantage  of  a  civil 
marriage. 

"Native  Life  in  the  Andaman  Islands," 
an  article  in  the  Century  for  October,  is  a 
vivid  account  of  life  in  the  penal  settlement 
of  the  Colonial  Indian  Government  on  the 


Andai 
There  a 


nds,  650  n 
;  1 700  persi 
«  are  wot 
The  first  ! 


all   : 


:  there  for 


months  are  spent  in 
.n  the  cellular  jail, 
known  as  "hell,"  on  Viper  Island;  then 
there  is  a  period  of  hard  labor  for  one  and  a 
half  years  with  separate  cells  at  night,  after 
which  they  became  slaves,  sleeping  in  well- 
guarded  barracks.  After  five  years  they 
may  join  the  colony  of  "self-supporters," 
live  in  the  village,  earn  their  living  as  they 
choose,  and  send  for  their  families  or  marry 
convict  women.  Curiously  enough,  caste 
is  always  rigorously  preserved.  There  is  no 
possible  escape,  for  if  by  chance  a  prisoner 
eludes  the  guard,  he  is  sure  to  meet  his  death 
by  fever  or  starvation,  or  through  the  na- 


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MISSIONS 


''The  Pictorial  An  of  Japan**  is  a  well- 
written  historical  and  crirical  sketdi  of  Jap- 
anese paindng,  from  earliest  times  up  to  the 
present  date,  by  Count  S.  C.  de  Soissons  in 
The  Contemporary  Review, 

The  Nineteenth  Century  devotes  nineteen 
pages  to  an  article  on  "Alcohol  in  Africa." 
Though  long,  the  paper  is  worthy  of  atten- 
don.  Especially  notable  is  the  statement 
that  the  use  of  alcohol  among  negroes  paves 
the  way  for  tuberculosis  and  other  more  or 
less  dangerous  diseases.  The  Brussels  Con- 
ference, dealing  with  this  and  other  Africam 
quesdons,  is  to  meet  again,  and  it  is  believed 
that  the  restrictions  on  the  use  of  liquor  now 
in  force  in  Central  Africa  may  be  extended 
to  West  Africa  and  possibly  even  to  South 
Africa  and  the  Sudan. 

Those  fond  of  tales  of  adventure  will 
enjoy  "Into  the  Libyan  Desert"  in  The 
World  Today  for  September.  This  is  a 
lively  narradon  of  a  trip  through  the  desert 
to  Kharga  Oasis,  where  were  found  many 
traces  of  the  early  Christians,  chief  of  which 
was  the  Christian  necropolis  with  its  innu- 
merable crumbling  tombs. 

Roger  Cheyne  has  a  pathetic  story  of  the 
cruelties  praaiced  by  a  witch  doctor  in 
Central  Africa  on  an  innocent  girl  who 
scorned  his  repeated  offers  of  marriage.  "The 
Custom  of  the  Country"  in  Blackwood's  for 
September  is  worth  reading. 

"Silver  and  the  New  Chinese  Factor"  in 
the  Forum  for  October  deals  with  the  reform 
of  the  Chinese  currency  system.  The  rail- 
roads are  an  important  factor  in  knitting 
together  the  loosely  bound  provinces  of 
China,  making  possible  a  common  language 
and  common  ideas  and  ideals.  In  The 
World  Today  an  article  endtled  "The 
Railroad  in  China"  states  that  the  Kowloon 
Railway  together  with  the  Canton-Hankow 
will  on  completion  furnish  rail  communica- 
don  with  Europe  via  Peking,  Manchuria, 
and  Siberia.  Because  of  the  twenty-two 
miles  of  almost  continuous  cuts  and  tunnels, 
costing  about  ^250,000  (U.  S.  gold)  per  mile, 
this  will  be  the  most  expensive  piece  of  rail- 
road construction  in  the  East. 

"The  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor," 
by  its  founder,  Francis  E.  Clark,  D.D.,  in 
the  Century  gives  a  brief  history  of  the  or- 
gariizadon,  its  development  in  other  coun- 
tries, the  work  done  by  individual  societies, 
and   the  motive-^ "to   reveal   the   funda- 


memil  coocepcioiit  of  Chriirian  life  to  ill 
people,**  aside  from  creed. 

An  impressive  ardde  is  wiitteu  by  Geoige 
Parkin  Atwater  for  The  Atlantic  Monthly^ 
entided  "The  Ministry:  an  Overcrowdd 
Profession.'*  He  claims  that  the  profession 
is  overcrowded  because  the  countiy  is  over- 
churched,  and  he  suggests  as  remedies  (i) 
church  reunion  and  (a)  a  more  thoroughly 
equipped  ministry.  Two  strong  diuidies 
are  better  than  ten  struggling  ones,  he  says, 
concluding  with  a  call  for  many  to  share  die 
pastor's  work,  leaving  him  free  to  minister 
to  the  spiritual  needs  of  an  increasing  num- 
ber of  people. 

All  friends  of  boys  will  be  dad  of  J.  Adams 
Puffer's  ardde  on  "Bo/  Gangs  and  Boy 
Leaders"  in  McClure*!  for  October.  The 
gang  is  a  force  for  good  as  well  as  for  evil;  it 
teadhes  the  boy  cooperadon,  self-sacrifice, 
lo3ralty,  and  team-play.  The  insdnct  for 
leadership,  so  strong  between  the  ages  of 
ten  and  sixteen,  is  helped  to  devdop  in  the 
gang,  where  the  boy  must  fig^t  his  way  to 
independence.  "Hdped  at  the  right  time 
and  in  the  right  way,  the  budding  leader 
forms  the  habit  of  success  and  goes  from 
strength  to  strength.  Hindered,  the  im- 
pulse aborts,  and  the  boy  remains  a  follower 
to  the  end.  " 

"The  Insurgent  Sunday  School"  is  the 
title  of  an  article  by  George  Creel  in  Etfery- 
body's.  The  paper  includes  a  brief  history 
of  the  Sunday  school  movement,  explains 
the  system  of  grading  and  the  means  of  in- 
teresting the  younger  children,  mendoning 
the  plan  of  "Community  Study  by  Groups" 
for  older  pupils  outlined  by  the  Missionary 
Education  Movement.  "Speaking  out  of 
well-grounded  hopefulness,  it  is  safe  to  say 
that  the  Sunday  school  of  the  future  will 
make  Chrisdanity  and  Good  Citizenship 
interchangeable  terms.  Social  condidons; 
the  need  and  agencies  for  betterment;  the 
obligations  of  cidzenship;  polidcal,  'indus- 
trial and  social  duties  and  responsibilides  — 
all  these  will  be  included  in  the  rdigious  in- 
struction of  the  future.  Under  the  new 
regime  the  Sunday  school  class  has  the  same 
expert  tutelage  that  the  public  schoob  af- 
ford. It  means  the  re-making  of  the  church 
the  reestablishment  of  Christ's  rdigion;  for 
how  can  it  be  doubted  that  those  who  are 
used  to  a  live  Sunday  school  will  refuse  to 
stand  for  a  dead  churdi  ? " 


MISSIONS 


789 


790 


MISSIONS 


Financial  Statements  of  the  Societies 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  liz  months,  ending  September  30, 1911 

Balance 

Bodset  for                Receipts  for  ReQuired  br 

Source  of  Income  im-1912  six  months  Mar.  31, 1912 
Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Simday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  Churches)   ....                 $515,334.92                  $05,020.51  $450,364.41 

Individuals  (estimated) 230,000.00                   18,944.77  211.055.23 

Legacies,   Income  of  Funds,   Anntiity  Bonds, 

Specific  GifU.  etc  (estimated) 178.332.00                   56,220.85  122.111.15 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention $923,716.92  $140,186.13  $783,530.79 

Compariion  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Year 
First  six  months  of  Financial  Year 

Source  of  Income  1910  1911  Increase  DecresM 
Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Stmday 

Schools *$65.0e6.61  $65,020.51         $46 10 

Individuals 21,605.44            18.944.77         2.660  67 

Legacies,   Income  of  Funds,   Annuity  Bonds. 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 43.987.41            56.220.85  12,233.44         

$130,659.46        $140,186.13        $12,233.44  $2,706.77 

^Previous  to  1910  the  receipts  from  individuals  were  not  reported  separately  from  thoee  from  churches, 
young  people's  societies  and  Sunday  schools.     A  snmll  amount  of  specific  gifts  is  included  in  this  figure. 


The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  six  mondis,  ending  September  30,  1911 

Budget  for  Receipts  for 

Source  of  Income  1911-1912  six  months 
Churches,  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies  (apportioned  to  Churches) .    .    .    .  $353,792.36  $44,521.51 

Individuals 150.000.00  2,448.07 

Legacies,    Income  of  Funds,   Annuity  Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc.  (estimated) 175.292.00  86.089.69 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention $679,084.36  $133,050.27 

Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Year 
for  lix  monus  of  Fiscal  Year 

1910-1911  1911-1912  Increase 

Churches.  Stmday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies $42,526.19  $44,521.51  $1,995.32 

Individuals 1.901.81  2.448.07  546.26 

Legacies 87.577.41  86.089.69         

$132,005.41         $133,059.27  $1,053.86 


Balance 
Required  b? 
.  31.  1912 

$309,270.85 
147.551.93 

89.202.31 


$546,020.09 


Decrease 


$1,487.72 


American  Baptist  Publication  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  six  months,  ending  September  30,  1911 

Budget  for  Receipts  for 

Source  of  Income  1911-1912  six  months 
Churches,  Stmday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies  (apportioned  to  Churches) .    .    .    .  $111,304.25  $38,598.82 

Individuals  (estimated) 21.800.00  6.362.54 

Legacies,    Income   of   Funds,    Annuity   Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc.  (estimated) 51,273.88  20.447.14 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 

Convention $184,378.13  $65,408.50 

Comparison  of  Recdpts  with  those  of  Last  Year 
First  six  months  of  Financial  Year 

Source  of  Income  1910-1911  1911-1912  Increase 
Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools $39,724.50  $38,598.82         

Individuals 4.403.95              6.362.54  $1,958.59 

Legacies,    Income   of  Fimds.    Anntiity   Bonds. 

^>ecific  GifU,  etc 15,603.94  20.447.14  4.843.20 

$59,732.39  $65,408.50  $6,801.79 


Balance 

Required  by 

Mar.  31.  1912 

$72,705.43 
15,437.46 

30.826.74 


$118,969.63 

DecresK 

$1,125.68 


$1.125  68 


"iof  to  0)1  scoria,  He  lotD  fs  come, 
let  dEattift  wcetoe  5et  fifngi" 


704 


MISSIONS 


Tht  diatiict  of  the  three  cities,  Hankow,  Hanyang  and  Wuchang,  is  a  chief  center 
of  the  preaent  conflict.  The  Imperialiatt  seem  to  have  regained  posisssion  of  Hankow 
amid  horrible  scenes  of  murder  and  conflagration.  The  city  is  reported  as  two-'thirdi 
burned,  with  loss  over  fifty  millions,  and  the  masses  homeless.  Hanyang,  where  the 
body  of  our  work  is  found,  and  Wuchang,  are  still  in  the  hands  of  the  revolutionaxy  party. 
It  is  believed  that  all  the  Central  China  missionaries  are  now  at  ShanghaL 

In  Eastern  China,  among  other  important  cities  which  have  passed  with  little  re- 
sistance to  the  revolutionary  party,  three  centers  of  our  work  —  Shanghai,  Hingpo  and 
Hangchow  —  are  mentioned.  In  Southern  China  the  establishment  of  the  new  govern- 
ment at  Canton  is  just  now  announced,  this  action  having  been  delajred  for  a  period 
surprisingly  long  in  view  of  the  well-known  identification  of  Kwangtung  province  with 
all  forms  of  anti-imperialist  agitation.  The  present  movement  undoubtedly  most  invoWe 
our  fields  in  Southern  China.  All  but  two  of  the  stations  in  Eastern  and  Southern  Chins 
are  in  close  communication  with  a  port  city. 

We  have  profound  reason  for  gratitude  in  view  of  the  safety  thus  far  enjoyed  by  our 
missionaries.  There  is  no  doubt  that  both  parties  in  the  conflict  are  committed  to  pro- 
tection of  foreigners.  The  letters  from  West  China  emphasize  this  strongly:  **No  foreigner 
has  been  assaulted  at  any  place."  ''Bulletins  were  issued  charging  the  people  by  no  means 
to  touch  foreigners  or  mission  buildings."  An  attempt  at  anti-foreign  propaganda  at 
Chengtu  was  punished  by  the  immediate  execution  of  the  offender.  Thus  the  element 
of  official  hostility  to  which  the  terrible  massacres  of  Boxer  days  were  due  is  eliminated. 
Whatever  room  for  question  there  may  be  as  to  the  ultimate  attitude  of  an  imperialist 
or  a  constitutional  government  toward  foreign  interests,  the  present  attitude  of  both 
parties  is  that  of  desire  for  the  friendship  of  the  foreigner.  The  obvious  peril  of  the  sit- 
uation for  those  in  isolated  situations  is  that  of  inability  on  the  part  of  officials  or  leaders 
to  control  the  disorderly  element  in  the  populace.  But  against  this  may  be  set  the  fact 
of  local  friendliness  toward  missionaries  which  as  a  rule  may  be  counted  upon  not  only  to 
discourage  attack  upon  them  but  to  secure  for  them  active  defense  in  case  of  need.  In 
the  terrible  slaughter  at  Pao-ting-fu  in  which  Mr.  Pitkin  lost  his  life  it  is  said  that  <nbe 
students  wept  as  though  their  hearts  would  break."  The  aggressors  were  mainly  from 
outside  the  town  and  represented  the  official  movement.  In  Shensi,  the  scene  of  the 
butcheries  of  Viceroy  Yu,  the  people  brought  coffins  for  those  who  had  been  slain.  While 
the  mob  element  constitutes  a  real  peril,  this  fact  of  personal  favor  with  which  God  has 
rewarded  miMionary  work  carmot  be  forgotten.  Many  are  ready  to  save  the  missionary, 
if  need  be,  at  the  cost  of  their  own  lives. 

All  signs  are  indicating  that  this  struggle  for  the  overthrow  of  a  corrupt  rule  is  to 
constitute  another  great  episode  in  the  momentous  movement  in  the  East:  that  while 
involving  temporary  interruption  to  mission  work,  perhaps  serious  property  losses,  it  is 
to  lead  on  to  a  new  era  of  liberty  and  progress  for  China  and  a  great  enlargement  of  Chris- 
tian opportunity.  The  time  is  one  for  prayer  for  our  true-hearted  workers  in  China  and 
for  a  new  and  still  more  confident  facing  of  the  task  to  which  their  work  is  related. 

Boston,  Mass.,  November  9,  1911. 


^r*»K' 


MAKE  A  CHRISTMAS  GIFT  TO  THIS  GOOD  CAUSE 

Has  your  church  begun  to  lay  plans  for  taking  part  in  the  effort  to  raise 
$250|000  in  order  to  help  needy  ministers  and  their  families?  ^*A  man  from 
Pennsylvania"  has  given  $50,000  for  this  noble  purpose.  WHAT  BO  YOU 
INTKNli  TO  DO? 


^jOcV^^r. 


MISSIONS 


Chri&tzDas  All  the  Year 

THIS  would  certainly  be  a  different 
world  if  all  Christians  were  to 
resolve  —  and  be  given  grace  enough 
to  keep  the  resolution  —  to  manifest 
through  the  entire  year  the  same  spirit 
that  characterizes  them  on  Christmas 
Day.  We  all  Icnow  the  glad  and  kindly 
and  generous  Christmas  spirit.  "On 
that  day  all  the  feeling  and  expression 
of  our  life  is  love  —  why  not  every 
day?"  That  is  the  question  put  by 
some  writer,  and  it  is  a  good  one  to 
ponder.  Why  not  wear  the  smiling 
and  happy  Christmas  face  every  morn- 
ing? Why  not  cherish  the  same 
charitable  and  thoughtful  temper  to- 
ward the  less  fortunate  P  Why  not 
move  on  a  more  magnanimous  and 
beautiftil  plane,  and  thus  make  our 
religion  a  compelling  power  for  good  P 
It  is  well  to  celebrate  the  coming  of 
Jesus  Christ  into  the  world  in  His 
earthly  form,  and  to  make  much  of  that 
event  which  is  the  center  of  human  his- 
tory and  destiny.  It  is  well  to  strive 
to  realize  more  fully  what  the  religion 
of  Jesus  has  wrought  in  civilization  and 
essential  indi- 
real  spirit  of 
it  a  permanent 
of  daily  living, 
result  is  accom- 


plished in  all  Christ's  disciples,  Chris- 
tianity's conquests  will  be  swift  and 
sure  in  every  land. 

The  spirit  of  Christmas?  Love; 
unselfish  service  to  others;  self-giving 
that  counts  no  cost  too  great.  This  is 
the  secret  of  a  happy  life,  as  well  as  a 
blessed  one. 


"May  e- 


ill  that 


get  therefrom  ioiik 

Some  litilf  gri<c,  one  kiadly  thought. 

One  aipiracioa  yet  uofrltt  one  bit  of  courage 

For  the  darkening  tky,  one  gleam  o[  faith 

To  braTc  the  (hickeaing  itii  of  life, 

One  glimpic  of  brighter  ilcy  bejoad  the  gather] 

To  make  thit  life  «otth  while 

And  heaTCD  ■  lurei  heritage." 


Send  the  Glad  Tidings 

WHILE  we  are  singing  "Joy  to  the 
world,  the  Lord  is  come,"  and 
quoting  the  Glad  Tidings  from  the 
Book  of  books,  let  us  remember  that 
there  are  millions  on  millions  of  men 
and  women  and  children  who  have 
never  heard  the  Glad  Tidings  of  the 
Christmas  morn  and  the  Saviour  born 
in  Bethlehem.  Upon  them  the  Light 
has  not  yet  shined.  The  greater  por- 
tion of  the  people  of  the  earth  do  not 
know  of  a  Merry  Christmas. 
This  constitutes  the  missionary  o^- 


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MISSIONS 


j^^ctuntcv  ind  obligation.  We  are  to 
cAcr*  oc  send  the  Christmas  news  and 
^\i:«ttptU'v  And  inculcate  the  Christmas 
sviCTC  until  the  Lord  Christ  shall  receive 
-Vf  h^Jthen  for  His  inheritance  and 
H-^rwi  upon  His  universal  dominion. 

(8) 

Measuring  Up  to  the  Age 

|T  is  a  great  thing  to  be 
alive  in  an  age  of  great 
enterprises,  of  colossal 
changes,  of  reformation 
and  transformation.  It 
is  a  great  thing  to  have 
part  in  the  activities  of 
such  an  age.  Life  is 
vuicharged  with  potentialities,  over- 
wKrhncd  with  opportunities,  rich  in 
mrturnce,  for  those  who  have  sight  to 
N\x^  Awd  will  to  do. 

What  a  magnificent  thing  the  mis- 
\i\»narv  enterprise  is  when  we  grasp  its 
swrrp  and  significance.  A  hundred 
wMis  A^o  foreign  missions  had  scarcely 
uUi  acted  attention  outside  of  a  very 
Innitcd  circle.  The  Far  East  was  a 
H'fKi  incognita,  China,  Japan,  India, 
\fiica,  were  mere  names  on  the  maps 
studied  more orless  in  school.  "National" 
WAS  a  word  not  much  in  use,  and  **in- 
trrnational"  was  merely  to  be  found 
in  the  dictionary  if  one  were  looking  for 
long  words.  The  heathen  nations  were 
irgarded  as  altogether  benighted  and 
contemptible  from  the  point  of  view  of 
civilization,  and  if  there  was  any  feeling 
it  was  one  of  pity.  All  heathen  peoples 
were  hopelessly  inferior.  Ignorance 
of  the  peoples  of  the  earth  was  almost 
inconceivably  prevalent  and  dense.  The 
world  was  far  apart,  and  our  people 
dwelt  in  serene  consciousness  of  divine 
favor  and  unparalleled  blessings  of 
librrry  and  enlightenment. 

A  century  of  missionary  endeavor  has 

pHNHrd,  and  the  face  of  the  world  is 

fc    vIlHnged.     We  do  not  mean  to  imply 

^^Ikm//  rhar  has  come  \o  pss  that  is 


marvelous  is  due  to  missions;  but  it  is 
suggestive  that  the  period  of  mis- 
sionary undertaking  and  achievement 
is  coterminous  vnth  the  world  advances 
and  changes;  and  it  is  not  too  much  to 
say  that  the  radically  changed  condi- 
tions in  the  oriental  lands  and  the  new 
world-relationships  and  sense  of  brother- 
hood are  in  no  small  degree  the  outcome 
of  missionary  exploration  and  influence. 

China  is  undergoing  a  revolution 
more  extraordinary  and  complete  than 
has  been  seen  before  in  any  nation. 
We  cannot  as  yet  begin  to  appreciate 
what  it  means  for  this  ancient  civiliza- 
tion to  pass  as  by  lightning  change 
into  a  modern  republic  or  limited  con- 
stitutional monarchy.  Either  would 
be  at  the  furthest  remove  from  the 
irresponsible  Manchu  dynasty  endured 
for  more  than  two  hundred  years.  The 
Chinese  reformers  would  be  the  first 
to  confess  that  the  work  of  the  Christian 
missionaries  in  China,  and  the  educa- 
tion of  thousands  of  young  Chinese  in 
Christian  lands,  had  prepared  the  wav 
for  the  wonders  that  are  occurring. 
Greater  than  commerce  in  its  influence 
upon  the  development  of  China  has 
been  the  power  of  missions.  The  new 
China  can  never  be  a  pagan  land  as  the 
old  China  was.  The  Chinese  Emperor 
has  already  ceased  to  be  the  sole  repre- 
sentative of  God  in  the  minds  of  mil- 
lions of  the  Chinese.  The  power  of 
superstition  is  still  strong  and  wide- 
spread, but  the  chains  of  captivity 
have  been  broken,  and  the  progress  ol 
Christian  truth  is  as  certain  as  is  the 
gradual  elimination  of  idolatr)'. 

What  is  true  of  China  is  true  ot 
other  peoples.  Christian  missions  have 
undermined  the  pagan  faiths  in  Japan 
and  India,  and  find  but  one  living  and 
aggressive  foe  in  missionary  Moham- 
medanism, which  gains  its  strength 
from  its  missionary  zeal.  But  faiths 
are  judged  by  their  fruits.  Discounting 
all  the  faults  and  failures  of  Christian 
civilization,  it  nevertheless  shines  with 


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797 


a  white  light  against  the  dark  back- 
ground of  Mohammedan  civilization. 
To  the  Cross,  not  the  Crescent,  belongs 
the  dominance  in  the  life  of  the  world 
that  is  to  be.  And  the  work  of  Christian 
missions  is  to  establish  this  dominance. 

We  are  sharing  therefore  in  world- 
movements  of  unimagined  grandeur 
and  moment  when  we  throw  ourselves 
into  the  cause  of  world  missions.  The 
movement  is  vast  enough  to  inspire  and 
invigorate  us. 

But  it  is  not  so  vast  that  it  can  spare 
one  of  us  without  loss.  Every  church 
and  every  Christian  counts  in  this 
world-evangelizing  enterprise.  Our  de- 
nomination has  a  rich  heritage  in  its 
missionary  history,  but  there  is  a 
mighty  call  upon  us  of  today  to  measure 
up  to  that  history.  We  are  not  doing 
our  share  of  world  evangelization  at  the 
present  time.  We  are  thinking  and 
talking  about  little  things  when  we 
ought  to  be  doing  large  ones.  We  are 
rich  and  powerful,  but  our  riches  and 
power  are  not  consecrated  to  the 
advancement  of  the  greatest  cause  on 
earth  —  the  missionary  cause  that 
means  the  flooding  of  the  whole  earth 
with  that  Light  which  first  shone  on 
that  Christmas  morning  twenty  cen- 
turies ago. 

Great  days  bring  great  duties  and 
demands.  If  the  Baptists  have  the 
work  to  do  which  we  profess  to  have, 
as  witnesses  of  the  truth,  it  is  time  we 
were  up  and  at  it,  with  abounding 
liberality  and  largeness  and  surpassing 
zeal. 

(8) 

Two  Years  Old 

THIS  number  completes  the  second 
volume  of  Missions.  A  review 
will  be  made  in  January,  with  the 
opening  of  a  new  year  and  volume.  It 
is  fitting  here  to  acknowledge  the  wide- 
spread favor  and  kindliness  with  which 
Missions  has  been  received,  and  to 
express   grateful    thanks   to   the    large 


number  of  men  and  women  in  the 
churches  who  have  worked  so  faith- 
fully to  extend  the  circulation  of  the 
magazine.  We  all  rejoice  in  the  fact 
that  the  incoming  of  Tidings  has 
given  Missions  a  list  of  almost  sixty 
thousand.  The  number  of  new  sub- 
scribers is  steadily  increasing,  and  if 
the  renewals  come  in  as  we  expect,  the 
seventy-five  thousand  mark  will  soon 
be  within  hailing  distance.  But  that 
is  only  a  way-station,  not  the  goal,  as 
we  say  of  the  apportionment.  One 
Hundred  Thousand  in  1912!  That 
is  worth  working  for. 

To  make  that  possible,  it  is  our  task 
to  make  Missions  ever  better  and 
more  interesting;  and  to  that  end 
nothing  within  our  ability,  mental  and 
financial,  will  be  spared. 

To  each  individual  reader  of  the 
great  host  of  readers.  Missions  wishes 
a  Merry  Christmas  and  Happy  New 
Year! 


(8) 


Hankow  Burned  and  Devastated 

It  seems  to  be  certain  that  Hankow 
has  suflFered  greatly  in  the  revolution. 
More  than  two  miles  of  the  city  are  re- 
ported as  burned,  and  thousands  of  the 
people  have  perished.  The  Methodist 
mission  was  destroyed,  and  the  wounded 
men  who  had  taken  refuge  there  were 
victims  of  the  flames.  War  is  cruel, 
but  many  things  connected  with  the 
revolution,  both  at  Hankow  and  further 
west,  such  as  the  massacre  of  women 
and  children  at  Ichang,  have  been 
shocking,  and  have  led  to  protests  by 
missionaries  and  others. 

Evil  Times  at  Tripoli 

The  reports  from  Tripoli  of  Italian 
massacres  of  Turks,  including  indis- 
criminately women  and  children,  have 
stirred  Europe.  Allowing  for  exag- 
geration, it  is  evident  that  Italy  will 
have  to  pay  dear  for  her  military  incur- 
sion into  Africa. 


798 


MISSIONS 


Note  and  Comment 


01 


ISSIONS  wishes  Meriy 
Christmas  to  eveiy  reader, 
evety  missionary,  every 
minister,  every  member  of 
every  Christian  church  —  T!  In  thi: 
yes,  to  everybody  every- 
where! That  is  the  Christ- 


ing  In  kindness  and  sympathy  and  helpful 
desire.  The  number  bnngs  an  effective 
message  to  old  and  young.  There  is  a 
Junior  Page,  distinrtively,  for  the  first  time, 
and  we  hope  to  make  Missions  so  interest- 
ing that  every  member  of  the  family  will 
look  for  it.  Gratifying  expressions  come 
from  various  sections  of  the  new  interest 
added  bythe  enlarged  spacegiven  to  woman's 
work.  This  department  will  grow  in  value 
as  plans  are  developed.  The  two  aiticles 
on  China  will  give  an  idea  of  the  situation. 
Dr.  White's  conclusion  of  his  Indian  En- 
campment sketch  will  be  read  with  increaS' 
ing  pleasure.  Mr.  Cressy's  first  experiences 
as  a  missionary  will  be  followed  fay  others, 
and  as  he  has  had  to  leave  his  work  in  China 
owing  to  the  revolution,  he  should  have 
something  of  unusual  kind  to  tell.  If  there 
is  not  something  within  the  covers  of 
Missions  to  interest  every  reader,  we 
should  like  to  know  what  is  missing. 

H  "When  China  awakes  she  will  shake  the 
world,"  said  Napoleon.  China  is  awake. 
We  shall  see  what  kind  of  a  prophet  the 
little  Cocsican  was. 

11  We  give  two  missionary  programs  this 
month,  both  for  use  in  January.  The 
general  subject  for  the  first  three  rnonths 
of  the  new  year  is  to  be  "TTie  Transforma- 
tion Regeneration  of  the  City."  City 
evangelization  is  unquestionably  a  pressing 
matter,  and  we  have  a  fine  book  by  Super- 
intendent Sears  of  New  York  on  that 
subject.  As  an  alternate  program  we  give 
'fce  rural  problems  as  presented  \>y  iV\e\ioTt\e 


mission  text-book  on  that  subject, 
program  for  the  year  will  be  given  i 
Januaiy  number. 


11  aid  ir 


prepanng  the  missionary  programs 
outlined  by  the  Young  People's  Baptist 
Union.  As  far  as  possible,  there  will  be 
special  articles  dealing  with  the  special 
subject  for  the  month,  so  that  our  sub- 
scribers will  find  Missions  a  storehouse 
of  good  things  for  missionary  meeting  jse. 


^  A  wide  circle  of  friends  will  join  in  cwi- 
gratulations  to  Dr.  W.  C.  Bitting  and  Mrs. 
Bitting  (Ml  the  celebration  of  their  silvei 
wedding,  Nov.  17.  As  unsalaried  secretary 
of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  from 
its  organization,  Dr.  Bitting  has  rendered 
a  service  which  the  denomination  thoroughlv 
appreciates.  May  he  be  as  useful  and  in- 
fluential when  the  golden  wedding  comes. 
We  could  wish  for  both  nothing  better  than 
that  they  may  realize  the  happiness  they 


11  We  call  special  attention  to  the  a: 
ment  on  one  of  our  advertising  pages  of  the 
forthcoming  Intemation^  Rtvletu  of  Mis- 
sioni,  to  be  published  quarterly  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Edinburgh  Conference 
Continuance  Committee.  This  will  meet 
the  requirements  of  the  special  student  of 
missions,  and  of  ministers  and  workers  who 
desire  a  broad  treatment  of  mission  fields 
and  world  conditions.  The  names  of  the 
editorial  corps  at  once  indicate  the  value 
of  the  quarterly.  The  Missionary  Edu- 
cation Movement  has  taken  charge  of  the 
subscriptions  in  this  country,  as  the  most 
available  inter-denominational  organization. 
It  is  significant  that  this  Review  will  repre- 
sent the  entire  Protestant  missionary  forces 
of  the  earth.    We  commend  it  most  heaitily 


MISSIONS 


799 


Letter  from  Chengtu,  West  China 

Rct.  Joseph  Taylor  telb  of  First  Days  of  the  Rev- 
olutlon  that  promiMS  to  make  China  a  Republic 


West  China  Union  University,  Chengtu,  West  China,  Sept.  i8,  1911. 


DEAR  DR.  BARBOUR:  When  I  lasc 
wrote  you  we  were  living  outside  the 
city  on  the  university  grounds.  In  that  letter 
1  told  you  of  the  beginning  of  the  agitation 
about  the  Szchuan-Hankow  Railroad.  The 
shops  closed  on  August  14,  and  this  was  the 
beginning  of  passive  resistance.  I  said  then 
that  both  ihe  viceroy  and  the  leaders  of 
the  "  Railroad  Protection  League"  were 
desirous  of  giving  protection  to  the  for- 
eigners, and  we  were  expecting  to  open  the 
univereity  and  the  middle  school  on  the 
day  Mt  —  Sept.  4.  However,  the  move- 
ment grew  apace  and  on  Sept.  1,  we  who 
were  living  outside  the  city  were  requested 
to  move  into  the  city,  but  were  told  that 
until  matters  became  more  pressing  we 
could  live  at  any  place  we  wished.  We  were 
very  kindly  invited  to  stay  at  the  Metho- 
dist Mission  compound  and  went  there. 

During  the  next  few  days  the  articles  in 
the  papers  and  the  cartoons  took  on  a  dis- 
tinctively anti-foreign  tone.  We  began  to 
organize  with  a  view  to  leaving  the  city  and 
boats  were  hired  by  some  of  the  missions. 

On  Wednesday,  Sept.  6,  a  notice  came 
from  the  viceroy  by  way  of  the  British 
Consul,  asking  all  foreigners  to  concentrate 
at  the  Canadian  Methodist  Mission  Hos- 
pital, and  we  came  over  that  same  after- 
noon. The  next  moming  Dr.  Kilbom  of 
the  C.M.M.  called  a  meeting  to  announce 
that  the  British  Consul  and  the  viceroy 
deemed  it  wise  for  nearly  all  the  missionaries 
to  leave  for  Chungking  on  the  following 
day  (Sept.  8).  It  was  voted  to  do  so  and 
preparations  were  made  to  cany  out  the 
decision  0/  the  meeting.  That  day  noon 
(Sept.  7)  Mrs.  Taylor  and  I  went  out  to  the 
university  to  get  our  trunks  otF  to  the  boat 
as  it  was  felt  that  we  should  come  home  to 
America  (instead  of  wailing  for  furlough 
next  spring)  unless  there  was  hope  of  our 
being  able  to  open  school. 

When  we  returned  to  the  city  gate,  we 
found  it  shut  and  were  confronted  by  a 
howling  mob.     However,  through  the  effi- 


cient help  of  the  police  we  were  gotten 
safely  away  and  returned  to  the  university 
grounds.  We  were  later  joined  by  two  other 
missionaries  who  had  failed  to  get  into  the 
city  before  the  gates  were  closed.  We  spent 
that  night  and  the  next  day  out  at  the  uni- 
versity. Meanwhile  I  had  succeeded  in 
getring  a  letter  in  to  Mr.  Dye.  He  with 
some  other  men  organized  a  rescue  party 
and  with  aid  given  by^the  viceroy  succeeded 
in  pulling  us  up  over  the  city  wall  under 
cover  of  darkness  and  we  made  our  way 
safely  to  this  place. 

During  the  evening  of  Sept.  7  the  viceToy 
arrested  the  leaders  of  the  Railroad  Pro- 
tection League  and  now  has  them  in  custody. 
There  was  bloodshed  in  the  streets  of  the 
city  and   outside  the  walls  the  "militia" 


AHiticAM  wrniocitr  ■oirrtAt,  caman 


8oo 


MISSIONS 


began  to  assemble  and  to  attack  the  city. 
But  the  viceroy  hid  moved  twenty-four 
hours  before  the  other  party  was  ready,  so 
has  the  upper  hand  inside  the  city.  On 
the  outside  there  is  fighting  every  day  and 
wi'  hardly  know  the  real  state  of  affairs  as 
rf/iiiblf  ncwa  is  ditficuh  to  obtain.  One  thing 
is  certain;  it  is  that  we  are  safer  inside  the 
city  than  we  would  be  outside.  The  viceroy 
does  not  wish  us  to  leave  here,  but  to  \  ait 
patiently  until  he  clears  the  surrounding 
country  of  the  militia.  This  he  is  doing 
slowly  but  surely,  and  the  area  of  attack  is 
widening.  It  may  be  weeks  or  it  may  be 
days  before  we  can  go  back  to  our  work  at 
the   school,    and    our   students   have    gone 

Just  how  the  people  in  the  other  stations 
are  faring,  1  do  not  know.  Yachow  seemed 
to  be  quiet  when  Mr.  Openshaw  last  wrote, 
as  did  Kiating.  We  hiar  that  Suifu  is 
disturbed,  but  cannot  vtrify  the  rumor. 
The  British  Consul  told  us  that  there  is  a 
Btitish  gunboat  at  Suifu.  It  is  safe  to  say 
that  all  districts  are  more  or  less  disturbed 


and  there  will  be  little  opportunity  for 
effective  Christian  work  for  a  few  weeks. 
If  we  can  get  our  schools  opened  by  Oct.  i 
we  can  get  in  a  good  tcmi's  work.  This 
we  hope  to  be  able  to  do. 

It  is  too  early  to  give  a  careful  estimate 
of  this  agitation,  yet  one  is  safe  in  saying 
that  the  railroads  are  the  occasion  and  n« 
the  cauir  of  it.  It  lies  deeper,  and  even  if 
the  question  of  railroad  ctmirol  could  be 
settled  tomorrow  the  people  would  c<»tinue 
to  agitate.  They  are  tired  of  unjuit  taxa- 
tion without  due  representaliMi.  They 
believe  that  the  present  government  has 
been  false  to  its  promises  and  the  end  is 
not  yet.  The  Christian  church  thoald  n« 
fear  this  unrest,  for  while  we  can  in  no  wiic 
sympathize  with  some  of  the  methods  used, 
we  are,  in  a  measure,  responsible  for  the 
dawning  hope  of  a  new  era  of  constitulionil 
government  which  lies  back  of  all  these  days 
of  stress  and  struggle. 

Cordially  you  is, 

Joseph  Taylor. 


DDGDaDnDDDDDaDanDnDnnnGDDnaaDnDannaoa 
J.  CAMPBELL  WHITE'S  ARTICLE,  **  ILLUMIHATIHG 
IHPRESSIOnS  OF  CHINA,"  IH  JANUARY  NUMBER 

DanaDDnDnoaDaDDDDnaDaD^DDnDnnnaaDaaDa 


MISSIONS 


apture  of  Hanyang, 
Hankow  and  Wu- 
hang  by  the  revo- 
utionisis  marks  the 
bird  time  in  Chi- 
lese  histoiy  that 
hese  three  great 
iti«s  of  Central 
!^hina  have  been 
leld  by  an  invading 
If    rebel    anny. 

They    wete     first 
aptured      in      1274 
A.D.,   by  'the   wesi- 
DucoM  tma  OH  ern  Tartars  or  Mon- 

gols, when  that  invading  army  swept  south- 
ward in  their  conquest  of  the  empire.  They 
were  captured  and  held  by  Tai  Ping  Wang, 
leader  of  the  Tai  Ping  rebellion,  when  in 
1852  that  leader  tnoved  northward  in  his 
march  toward  Peking.  Now  after  sixty  years 
they  have  again  fallen,  their  capture  giving 
to  the  recent  rebellion  its  first  victory. 

The  conflia  which  has  recently  arisen  is 
not  a  surprise  to  those  who  know  China's 
history  and  who  have  followed  carefully  the 
events  of  the  last  few  years.  The  cause  of 
the  conflict,  in  one  respect,  goes  back  about 


s    an    interesting      250  years;  in  another  respect  it  is  peculiarly 
;  that  the  recent      modem.    At  the  root  of  the  conflict  may  be 
discovered  three  definite  and  distinct  ele- 
ments which  may  be  characterized  respect- 
:ly  as  anti-Manchu,  anti-reactionaty,  and 


The 


nti-Manchu  character  of  the  move- 
is  shown  at  the  very  outset  by  the 
;  of  Manchus  in  the  first  cities  taken. 
In  this  respect  the  movement  has  recalled 
the  Tai  Ping  rebellion  of  1B50.  But  thf 
difference  between  the  two  has  been  shown  in 
that  the  Tai  Ping  rebellion  had  as  its  chief 
objea  the  expulsion  of  the  Manchus,  while 
the  present  rebellion  has  had  a  far  larger 
program,  of  which  the  Manchu  expulsion 
has  been  only  one  of  the  elements. 

The  second  element  may  be  called,  for 
want  of  a  better  term,  anti-reactionary. 
The  movement  has  been  directed  against 
the  present  government,  not  merely  because 
it  is  Manchu,  but  because  it  is  believed  to  be 
reactionary. 

The  revolutionists  comprise  the  pn^res- 
sive  party  in  China,  "Young  China,"  the 
party  that  has  desired  industrial,  adminis- 
trative and  constitutional  reform.  This 
movement  for  reform  has  been  steadily 
gaining  ground  since  Marquis  Tseng  in 
1865    established    arsenals    and    shi^yards^ 


MISSIONS 


The  vic- 


THl  AMEHAL  At  HAMTAHG,  A 

and  Li  Hung  Chang  in  1876  established  the 
telegraph  and  created  the  China  Merchants 
Steam  Navigation  Co.  In  1889  Chang  Chih 
Tung,  Viceroy  of  Hufep  and  Hunan,  founded 
the  great  iron  works  at  Hanyang,  the  pride 
of  New  China  and  the  wonder  of  the  visitors 
from  the  West.  From  those  iron  works, 
thoroughly  equipped  with  the  most  modem 
machinery,  have  gone  the  rails  for  China's 
railways,  and  from  it  are  going  hi 
tons  of  iron  to  the  United  States, 
tory  of  Japan  over  China  in  1895  gave 
mendous  stimulus  to  the  efforts  of  the 
reform  party.  The  movement  found  an 
able  ally  in  the  young  emperor,  Kwang  Hsu, 
who  issued  edict  after  edict  inaugurating 
sweeping  reforms.  Unfortunately,  as  it 
turned  out,  the  reforms  were  too  sudden 
and  too  sweeping.  The  people  were  fright- 
ened, the  officials  alienated,  and  when  the 
young  emperor  gave  way  to  the  party  of  re- 
aaion  under  the  empress  dowager,  the  re- 
forms came  to  an  end.  The  Boxer  War, 
which  immediately  followed,  was  the  effort  of 
the  reactionaries  to  end  reform  by  driving 
out  foreign  influence  with  the  foreigner. 
This  uprising  was  put  down  and  the  move- 
ment for  reform,  more  conservative  this 
lime,  began  again.  Then  came  the  victoiy 
of  Japan  over  Russia,  with  far-reaching 
consequences  for  Japan,  China  and  the 
Asiatic  world.  It  restored  to  the  Asiatic  his 
faith  in  himielf  and  in  his  future,  faith  in 


his  ability  to  hold  his  own  with  the  Itmg 
dreaded  Westerner.  By  one  imperial  edict 
the  old  system  of  education  in  China,  a 
system  daring  back  to  the  eailiest  years,  the 
very  center  of  China's  conservatism,  wai 
thrown  overboard,  and  in  its  place  was  es- 
tablished western  education. 

At  the  same  time,  in  December,  1905,  an 
imperial  commission  was  sent  to  fore^ 
countries  to  study  canstiturional  govenmient 
The  report  of  this  commission  gave  impcnu 
to  the  movement  for  representadTC  govern- 
ment, and  in  September,  1906,  an  imperial 
edict  ordered  reform  of  the  official  tyttaa, 
revision  of  the  laws,  regulation  <^  finance 
and  revenue,  reorganization  of  the  army, 
and  the  adoption  of  conilitutional  govem- 
menl  in  the  near  future.  Edict*  Mknred  in 
September  and  October,  1907,  enabUahing 
a  government  council  and  creating  ptorin- 
cial  assemblies.  Then  came  a  pause.  The 
emperor  and  empress  dowager  suddenly 
passed  away  and  a  child  emperar  cante  to 
the  throne  under  a  prince  regent.  0)ina 
waited  in  suspense  to  Ke  the  attitude  of  the 
new  govetnment  toward  the  refoim  move- 
ment. Like  a  flash  out  of  a  dear  >ky  came 
the  edict  dismissing  Yuan  Shih  Kai  and 
Tuan  Fang,  the  ablest  and  moat  progressive 
of  China's  leaders.  In  their  places  were  ap- 
pointed conservative  and  reacrionaty  men, 
and  the  policy  of  the  government  was  clear. 
From  that  time  the  sincerity  of  the  govern- 


MISSIONS 


803 


ment's  promises  of  constitutional  refonn 
have  been  doubted  by  the  people,  and  the 
government  has  lost  the  confidence  of  the 
progressive  patty.  There  have  been  con- 
tinual pedtions  and  protests,  continual  small 
revolts,  while  underneath  the  surface  the 
spirit  of  rebellion  has  been  working,  and  now 
at  length  it  has  broken  out  into  organized 
TCnk.  Thus  the  movement  is  a  part  of  that 
great  wave  of  protest  against  absolutism  in 
government  iriiich  has  swept  over  the  entire 
Asiatic  world,  stirring  Young  Turkey, 
Young  Persia  and  Young  India  into  revolt. 
In  dw  diird  place  the  movement  has  had 
a  distinct  anti-foreign  character.  One  must 
be  caicful  here  not  to  misinterpret  that  term. 
It  has  not  been,  up  to  the  present,  anti- 
forei^  as  was  the  Boxer  outbreak.  There 
has  been  not  only  no  desire  to  injure  resident 
'  foreigners;  there  has  been  a  very  strong  de- 
sire not  to  do  so.  But  the  movement  has 
been  anti-foreign  in  a  legitimate  way,  for  it 
has  been  the  protest  of  Qiini's  growing  na- 
tionalism a^inst  foreign  encroachment  and 
foreign  controL  As  never  before  in  her  his- 
tory, there  has  developed  recently  the  con- 


race  solidarity.  The  new 
patriotism  has  meant,  not  loyalty  to  the 
present  rulers  or  affection  for  the  national 
capital,  but  loyalty  to  the  present  and  future 
interests  of  the  race.  The  slogan  of  the 
movement  has  been, "  China  for  the  Chinese." 
In  this  way  the  movement  is  exactly  parallel 
to  the  recent  movement  in  Canada,  when 
reciprocity  was  defeated.  There  was  no 
hostility  to  resident  Americans,  but  there 
was  a  determination  to  prevent  the  possi- 
bility of  American  domination  and  control. 
The  cry  of  "Canada  for  the  Canadians" 
carried  the  electitm.  What  Canada  feared 
China  has  felt.  For  years  the  Chinese  have 
seen  the  country  invaded  by  foreigners  who 
have  exploited  the  national  resources  and 
taken  the  cream  for  themselves.  The  rate  of 
import  duty  has,  by  foreign  agreement,  been 
fixed  at  five  per  cent,  just  enough  to  pay  the 
foreign  debt,  and  the  government  has  re- 
ceived practically  nothing.  The  railway 
loans  constituted  the  last  straw.  No  sooner 
had  the  Peking  government  over  a  year  ago 
ratified  the  loan  agreement  than  a  wave  of 
protest  arose  all  over  the  empire.    Indigna- 


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MISSIONS 


tion  meetings  were  held  in  the  cities  and  peti- 
tions poured  into  Peking  demanding  that  the 
agreement  be  abrogated.  At  first  light  it  may 
seem  absurd  to  make  so  much  uproar  over 
the  mere  matter  of  borrowing  money.  But 
Young  China  knows  that  the  great  powers 
have  frequently  obtained  their  colonial  pos- 
sessions through  debt.  Young  China  knows 
tht  sad  history  of  some  of  the  Central  Ameri- 
can republics  and  the  significant  stoiy  of 
Egypt.     Kven  if  ignorant  of  these  striking 


China's  ancient  agricultural  civilization  it 
replaced  by  the  modem  industrial  civiliu- 
tion  of  the  West.  China  is  today  rapidly 
introducing  modem  machinery  and  in  h«i 
own  factories  is  beginning  to  supply  her  own 
needs.  The  next  step  will  be  her  entrance 
into  the  arena  as  competitor  for  the  matktts 
of  the  world. 

China  is  beginning  to  develop  her  in- 
exhaustible resources  of  coal  and  iron,  ind 
those  resources  will  supply  the  needs  of  htr 


lisMins  1 
pcLiincc 

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wi.h   K 

rn  history,  the  painful  ex- 
ussia  ovt-r  the  construction 

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KTlitl'tV 

would  1 

1.1-  sutticiini.     ^oung  China 

.l.HS  nn. 

tanjiliini 

[.ro,urty 

Wlial 

lit  thro 
on  Chi 
is  the 

ny  possibility  of  foriign  i-n- 
iifih  foreign  dcbi   or  foriign 

mi'jnin;;  of  this  movement 

lor  tlu-  w<sr<rn 

world  ■    What  interest  have 

l^J^J' 

■      Hw 

^'i!!l'^' The'world  has  seen 

ibis    am 
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■itnr    pf. 
poli.ica 

LipK-  arousi-d  and  reaching 
1  ideals  of  the  WVst.    VVhat- 

i-vtr  out 

privioi 

is  ideas,  it  is  clear  now  that 

iht:  day 
1^  fndtd 

of  Chin 

.    Thti 

ese  ignorance  and  weakness 
reform  movement  has  seized 

future  army  and  navy.  In  short,  China  will 
be  a  world  power,  one  whose  territory  will 
no  lonner  be  appropriated,  one  whose  atti- 
tude in  world  politics  will  no  longer  be  ig- 
nored. What  kind  of  an  inauence  will  ht 
wielded  by  this  future  world  power?  It  is  a 
serious  question. 

China  has  been  for  years  a  menace  to  tin 
phv^iciil  health  of  the  world.  It  has  bnii 
the  originating  source  of  infection,  tht 
breeding  ground  of  dreaded  diseases.  Bui 
with  the  development  of  sanitation,  anJ 
education  of  native  physicians,  this  condi- 
tion will  pass  away.  Will  China  then  b.- 
come  a  menace  to  the  moral  health  of  the 
world  ?  If  China  merely  gets  westetn 
efficiencv,    western    science    and    westiTti 


MISSIONS 


power,  without  those  ethical  and  spiritual 
ideals  which  s^tegjud  western  civilization, 
she  will  indeed  become  a  moni  menace. 
Sheer  power  may  prove  ihe  greatest  possible 
curse  to  an  individual  or  to  a  nation.  In 
the  famous  Sherlock  Holmes  stones,  recently 
translated  into  Chinese  and  read  by  the  lit- 
erati, it  will  be  remembered  that  the  arch 
criminal.  Professor  Moriarty,  was  a  man  of 
supreme  mental  efficiency,  a  mathematician 
of  the  first  rank.  In  like  manner  it  is  pos- 
sible for  the  nation  with  the  greatest  efH- 
ciency    to   prove   the    most    dangerous   to 

On  the  shores  of  the  western  ocean  a 
giant  has  recently  awakened  from  the  sleep 
of  centuries.  He  is  now  exercising  his 
muscles;  he  will  soon  put  on  his  armor. 
Has  western  civilization  done  its  duty  by 


805 

to  come  he  may  use  his  mighty  power  for 
good  and  not  for  ill. 

There  are  those  who  speak  as  if  the  chief 
work  of  missions  were  the  introduction  of 
higher  standards  of  living,  as  if,  in  China 
for  instance,  the  chief  object  of  the  mission- 
ary were  to  persuade  the  Chinese  to  live  in 
foreign  houses  instead  of  mat  huts  and  ride 
in  railway  trains  instead  of  on  wheelbarrows. 
Important  as  may  be  this  elevation  of  the 
material  standards  of  living,  that  is  only  one 
of  the  incidental  results  of  missions,  one  of 
the  by-products.  The  chief  work  of  mis- 
sions is  not  material,  it  is  spiritual,  it  is  the 
development  of  chaiacter  and  the  training 
of  conscience.  It  is  the  introduction  into  the 
developing  material  civilization  of  the  East 
of  those  ethical  principles  and  spiritual  ele- 
ments that    have  made  western  civilization 


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MISSIONS 


J_ 


By  Charles  L.  White,  D.D. 


A    TOUCH    or    SENTIMENT 

DURING  the  lim  two  days  the  church 
tent  was  pitched  on  the  same  spot 
where  the  tirst  meeting  among  the  Cheyenne 
was  held  in  July,  1S95.  At  that  early  day 
the  Indians  came  lightly  clad,  but  there  were 
no  Christians  present.  When  it  was  decided 
to  have  the  Association  at  Kingfisher  this 
year,  the  Indians  urged  Mr.  Hamilton,  their 
missionary,  to  have  the  ttnt  placed  under  the 
same  tree  where  they  had  held  their  first 
meeting  sixteen  years  before. 

The  general  custom  among  the  Christian 
Indians  is  to  pray  in  their  homes,  the  head 
of  the  family  oiFering  a  prayer  at  each  meal. 
It  is  not  a  brief  blessing,  but  a  petition  of 
some  length.    One  missionary  repotted  tha 


V  India 


:,  where  the  heads 


[>f  the  families  arc  not  professing  Chris- 
tians, prayer  is  offered  before  food  is  taken. 
The  older  Indians  seem  to  be  naturally 
religions,  and  it  is  not  dilficult  for  them  to 


Nl 


Lcmg  a 


nan  poorly  di 

lary  whispers  that  sorrow 
has  recently  come  to  her  home,  and  the 
mother  is  following  the  custom  of  her  people. 
This  leads  her  to  lay  aside  her  good  dress,  to 
let  her  hair  fall  loosely  over  her  shoulders, 
and  to  put  on  the  poorest  clothing  that  she 
can  get,  for  thus  she  shows  her  grief,    When 


a  death  has  occurred  in  an  Indian  home,  the 
mother,  if  possible,  leaves  the  house  for  sev- 
eral weeks.  Upon  the  loss  of  a  child  the 
grief-stricken  parent  returns  to  her  own 
mother  for  a  long  visit,  and  if  her  husband 
has  died,  the  widow  arranges  for  a  series  of 
visits  with  her  relatives  and  friends. 

Until  the  messengers  of  Christianity  came 
to  these  tribes,  those  in  sorrow  proved  their 
grief  by  cutting  off  their  fingers  and  cutting 
their  flesh.  The  missionaries,  however. 
found  in  the  Bible  a  passage  covering  this 
need,  and  instructed  their  people  that  thev 
must  "make  no  cuttings  for  the  dead."  The 
mourning  at  the  graves  is  sincere  and  ftt~ 
qucnt,  and  often  occurs  at  periods  covering 
two  and  three  years.  One  missionary  told 
me  that  the  only  Indian  he  had  ever  seen 
who  had  showed  signs  of  fear  in  death  was  a 
Cheyenne  convert,  who  departed  from  (ht 
Jesus  road  and  made  one  hundred  cuts  on 
his  arms  and  legs  to  appease  the  spirits  who 
were,  he  believed,  offended  by  his  profession 
of  Christianity.  While  dying  he  begged  the 
missionary  to  save  his  life,  but  gave  no  indi- 
cation of  repentance. 

MORE   RAIN 

On  Friday  night  the  heavy  rains  ttoodrd 
the  ground  where  the  services  had  been 
held,  and  on  Saturday  morning  the  creeks 
were  impas.sable.  After  a  conference  be- 
tween   the    missionaries    and    the    leading 


MISSIONS 


807 


the  missionaries  for  twenty  years,  and 
young  people  who  had  been  under  the  in- 
fluence of  Christian  teachers,  just  now 
deciding  to  enter  the  Jesus  road. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  converts  was 
Fighting  Bull  of  the  Cheyenne  tribe.  When 
he  took  his  seat  among  the  inquirers,  old 
Iron  Shirt,  a  blind  Cheyenne  Indian,  ap- 
pealed to  his  people  to  come  to  Christ,  and 
Buffalo  Meat,  in  a  sharp  resonant  voice, 
which  gained  its  first  carrying  power  in 
battle,  very  effectively  and  almost  with  a 
divine  authority,  urged  his  own  people  to  do 
their  duty  and  come  into  the  camp  of  Christ. 
After  Fighring  Bull  finished  his  testimony,  a 
scene  occurred  which  is  seldom  duplicated 
even  among  the  Indians,  as  this  Indian's 
wife,  slowly  walking  to  the  center  of  the 
tent,  signified  to  one  of  the  older  men  that 
she  desired  to  pray.  No  one  present  will 
ever  forget  that  prayer  as  this  woman, 
whose  husband  had  long  resisted  the  en- 
treaties of  the  missionaries,  standing  behind 
him,  stretched  out  her  hands  to  heaven, 
and  with  a  voice  trembling  with  emotion, 
poured  out  her  soul  to  God  in  words  of 
thanks^ving  that  made  the  hearts  of  all 
thrill  with  an  emotion  which  must  have 
approached  the  joy  of  the  angels  idio  re- 


Meanwhile  a  large  cottonwood  tree  was 
felled  by  the  axes  of  two  missionaries  and  a 
bridge,  all  too  dangerous,  but  from  which 
fortunately  no  one  fell  during  the  meetings, 
was  made  by  the  slippery  trunk  and  the 
branches  of  the  prostrate  giant.  Over  this 
bridge  the  missionaries  and  their  guests 
passed  back  and  forth  to  the  meetings. 

FORTV    INQUIRERS 

The  ode  of  religious  feeling  rose  rapidly 
from  Saturday  morning  until  Sunday  noon, 
and  at  these  services  there  were  forty  or 
more  inquirers  of  all  ages  representing  sev- 
eral tribes.  The  youngest  was  seven  and 
the  oldest  probably  over  seventy  years  of 
age.  Atnong  these  were  tierce  old  warriors, 
women  who  had  resisted  the  entreaties  of 


8o8 


MISSIONS 


joked  that  one  more  Indian  was  taved. 
Under  the  power  of  that  prayer,  the  ttrong 
man  whom  she  loved  was  melted  to  tears. 
When  this  good  wife  took  her  seat  among 
the  Indian  women.  Chief  Gram  Left  Hand, 
the  successor  of  his  great  father  in  the 
headship  of  the  Arapahoe  tribe,  came  for- 
ward and  shoolc  hands  with  the  members 
of  his  tribe  who  had  publicly  made  their 
profession. 

A  MEMORIAL  SeitVtCB 

One  of  the  most  interesting  meetings  was 

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if  .we  want  to  fee  her  fact  again  we  will 
have  to  walk  very  ttraight  in  the  Jesus  road." 
The  tributes  paid  to  Chief  Left  Hand, 
who  had  died  since  the  last  meeting,  assured 
us  that  a  great  Indian  and  a  noble  Christian 
had  gone  to  his  eternal  reward.  This  cJd 
chief  who  had  been  so  terrible  in  war  that 
his  veiy  name  inspired  fear  among  the 
whites  and  the  Indians  alike,  when  stepping 
into  the  water  and  walking  out  to  Missionary 
King,  who  was  about  to  baptize  him,  said 
to  his  pastor:  "  Before  you  baptize  me  I 
want  to  pray  to  God."     And  those  who 


DaaDDDaDDDaDanDDoaDanaDnnDaDDnDnanDDDDDDaDDanDDDaDaDaDDJDc 


'hich  the  mission- 
ik  part.    One 


who  had  died 


aries  and  the  InJi 

after  another  spoke  of  thi 

during  the  year,  and  sever 

tenderly   Mrs.    Deyo,   the   faithful   wife   of 

Missionary  Deyo,  who  for  more  than  eight- 


^ed  her 


iche  India 


with  a  devotion  which  h: 
been   surpassed   by  a   whi 
long    history    of   missions 
cominent.     An  old  India 

IS  probably 

'^    woTk^on 
,n   at   her  h 

n  the 
,    this 
incral 

remarked  to  her  husband: 

"You  loved  her  becausi 

e  she  was  of 

■your 

flesh;  we  loved  her  for  what  she  has 

done 

Another,  standing  near. 

continued:  ' 

■Yes. 

were  present  on  that  occasion  often  speal: 
of  the  sacred  impressions  received  at  that 
moment.  The  memorial  service  concluded 
with  a  prayer  by  Chief  Grant  Left  Hand 
and  the  singing  of  the  hymn,  "We'll  soon 
be  at  home  over  there," 

One  who  was  present  at  this  Association. 
and  who  took  i:opious  notes  of  all  that  was 
said  and  done,  might  write  almost  indefi- 
nitely concerning  his  impressions  of  these 
Indian  religious  gatherings.  But  a  few 
Indian  testimonies  may  well  be  included  in 
this  article. 

SOME  TESTIMONIES 

Fighting    Bull    of   the    Cheyenne    trik: 


MISSIONS 


"Vou  missionaries  tell  us  ihat  which  is  very 
good.    Before  I  became  a  Christian  1  thought 
I  was  all  ri^t  without  Jesus.    The  old  cus- 
tom of  the  Indians  was  to  wear  good  clothes 
and  have  the  best  things.    They  were  satis- 
fied with  that.    1  tried  to  do  that  too.    But 
while   I   was   trying   to   be   contented   with 
these  things,  my  boy  entered  the  Jesus  road. 
He   had   thought   of  it   a   long   time.      My 
friends  talked  against  him,  but  he  went  for- 
ward well.     From   this   day  1   shall  try  to 
help  all  along  in  this  toad,  and  we  are  both 
giving  our  aid  to  others.     You  missionaries 
are  making  a  new  way  for  the  Indians." 
Mrs.  Shotwell,  a  Pawnee:    "As  I  stand 
ly  for  my  boy. 
I  St  depend  on 
:  today.    1  put 
aelings  in  His 
now.    That  is 
rting  today.     1 
e  will  help  me 

I  what  I  have 

II  others." 


a    interpreter: 
:h    other    and 

1  do  not  select 

■  love  to  yout 
ver,  and  he  is 

ravel,  but  you 
fe.  that  can  go 
lould  not  wait 

nd  weak,  and 

you  give  it  to 
mr  young  life, 
strength,  with 
who  gave  His 

lind  some  who 

hours   before 

lish:    "There  are  those  in 

;  said  in  Eng- 
this   tent   who 

think  they  are  full  of  courage  now.    They 
have  plenty  to  eat  and  plenty  to  wear,  and  a 
good  tent  in  which   to  live,  but  when  you 
get   sick,   and   know  you   are  going  to   die, 

holler  for  God." 

One  of  these  old  Comanche  said:  "1  see 

now  veiy  clearly  that   I   ne^ 
found  this  road  if  I  had  never 

come  to  church. 

The  Indians  who  go  to  iht 
hear  about  this  Jesus  Road 

:  meetings  and 
are  those  who 

make  progress  in  the  good  way." 
Abraham    Mattox,  whose  Christian    life 

8og 

has  been  carefully  nurtured  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Deyo,  is  a  shining  example  of  what  a 
Comanche  Indian  may  become.  He  is 
probably  about  sixty  years  of  age,  and  re- 
calls the  days  of  war  and  bloodshed.  He 
described  to  me  some  of  the  expeditions  on 
which  he  went  when  a  boy,  and  of  the  days 
full  of  peril,  excitement,  war  and  fire  later 
in  his  lire.  Today  he  is  a  gentle,  refined 
Indian,  well  dressed,  an  Industrious  farmer, 
one  of  the  strongest  men  in  his  tribe,  and 
respected  by  all.  I  regret  ihat  I  did  not 
take  down  his  interesting  testimony,  but 
that  which  impressed  me  greatly  in  connec- 
tion with  whai  be  said,  was  that  the  inter- 
preter who  repeated  his  words  was  himself 
a  young  convert  of  only  a  few  months.  His 
immediate  interest  is  traced  to  a  conversa- 
tion with  Dr.  Barnes  on  his  last  visit  to 
Oklahoma.  Finding  himself  with  this 
young  man  for  a  few  moments  at  the  door 
of  the  mission,  our  Field  Secretary,  ever 
alett  for  an  opportunity  to  preach  the  gospel 
to  the  multitudes  or  to  the  single  soul, 
spoke  kindly  to  this  young  man  of  his  need 
ofChrist  and  ofChrisi's  needofhim.  The 
result  was  that  from  that  hour  the  youth 
sought  for  the  light  and  not  many  weeks 
after  made  his  open  profession  before  the 

Abraham  Mattox  cannot  read,  and  is  en- 
tirely dependent  on  the  interpreter  and  the 
missionary.  The  eagerness  with  which  he 
listened  to  all  that  was  said,  constantly 
nodding  assent  as  his  pastor.  Brother  Deyo, 
interpreted  day  after  day  the  words  which 
red  and  white  men  spoke,  will  ever  make  a 
picture  to  inspire  the  writer  to  make  plain 
and  simple  the  message  ofChrist.  A  con- 
versation with  this  brother  and  his  com- 
panions easily  proves  that  God  has  given  to 
some  of  the  Indians  great  capacity  of  mind 
and  heart.  As  I  stood  face  to  face  with  a 
group  of  these  Comanche,  whose  names  a 
few  years  ago  were  synonyms  for  war  and 
trtacliery,  I  realized  that  the  conversion  of 
these  people,  and  the  results  achieved  by 
Mr.  r>eyo  and  his  wife,  furnished  a  new 
chapter  in  the  a«s  of  the  apostles. 

Since  returning  to  my  desk  and  going 
over  these  impressions  with  Dr.  Morehouse, 
he  told  me  the  story  of  the  establishment  of 
the  mission  and  of  his  long  ride  over  a  rough 
prairie  road  with  Mr.  Deyo,  when  he  went 
out  to  begin  the  work,  and  of  his  feelings  of 


gio- 


MISSIONS 


pity  in  saying  good-bye  to  the  brother, 
realizing  how  lonely  he  would  be  in  the 
liesolate  place  where  he  mun  live.  And 
yet.  from  that  small  beginning,  a  strong 
churi-h  has  been  established,  and  the  fruits 
of  the  earliest  seed  arc  found  in  many 
hearts.  1  was  reminded  again  and  again  of 
the  words  of  the  Psalmist  as  1  heard  the 
Indians  and  realized  the  few  years  that 
faithful  missionaries  had  been  laboring 
among  them: 

"And  He  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by 
the  rivers  i>f  water,  thai  bringeth  forth  his 
fruit  in  his  seasnn;  his  leaf  also  shall  not 
wither,  and  whatsoever  he  doetb  shall 
pri^per." 


(.In  Sim.lav  niominj;  we  had  an  excellent 
sermon  bv  Dr.  Itruee  kinnev.  on  rhe  te\t, 
•■  Ihv  «..id  is  a  lantern  to  my  feet."  and  in 

w.'ie  ijuliillv  exami.ua  bv  committees 
funn  the  se\eial  ohutcbe*.  At  hve  o'cUvk 
in  the  Kinshshet  Cte^k  thinv-K>tir  InJians. 
men,  women  and  cbiUten.  i.>i"  jj:t?  tunnini; 
from  seven  to  pn^bablv  s<\entv.  were  bap- 
li<eij  inik*  the  membership  ol  the  ehurches 
looatrJ  intong  ti^Ht  ot"  the  tribe*  present  at 
the 


The  banki  of  the  ■tream  and  a  ne^hbor- 
ing  hill  were  densely  corcred  with  the  In- 
dians from  the  camp  and  several  hundred 
□f  the  whites,  whose  presence  in  la^r 
numbers  during  the  day  was  rather  an 
embarrassment.  The  weather  was  perfect; 
all  of  the  Indians,  and  with  few  exceptions 
the  numetous  camp  vistton,  were  reverent, 
and  the  baptismal  scene  was  exceedinglv 
impressive. 

THE   FINAL  SEKVICG 

The  last  meeting  was  devoted  entirely  lo 
the  testimonies  of  the  Indians.  The  peoplr 
were  slow  in  gatherii^  and  the  service  did 
not  begin  until  about  a  quarter  to  nine.  I( 
was  the  farewril  fellowship  gathering,  and 
leit  a  profound  impnssion  upon  all  wiio  were 
present.  Mr.  Halvoiscn  led  the  senicc, 
whteh  lasted  until  a  quarter  to  one  in  the 
mciming,  and  probaUv  would  have  been 
ci^ntinued  much  Eoager  had  not  the  ttiis- 
sionaties  feh  tt  was  ben  to  end  it.  At  nine 
o'clivk  Brother  Clouse,  pastor  of  the  Rainy 
Mountain  Kiowa  Chuirh,  announced  thai 
the  wit*  of  one  of  his  dcacooi  was  ill  in  btr 
tent,  and  the  piarcn  of  all  the  people  were 
asked.  Mrv  Looe  Wolf  kneh  down  anJ 
otTeied  a  praret  which  toncfaeal  the  hearts 


MISSIONS 


8ii 


of  the  GiBt  to 
■aid,  "I  want 
««iinony  was 

ih  to  mention 
Inud,  and  in 
,  they  will  be 
e  Kiowa  and 
!  were  horses 
the  city.  We 
fed  well  with 
for  our  souls, 
all  the  hungiy 
we  go  home. 
h  yeiy  often, 

ler  of  Lucius, 
rs  as  the  in- 
1.  He  said: 
I  the  miscion- 
lat  they  have 
annot  be  im- 
gave  me  ears 
not  expecting 
was  not  my 
My  work  has 
and  another 
and  another. 

"Tomorrow  we  return  to  our  homes. 
Three  of  these  tribes  irill  go  out  through  the 
one  gate  and  go  in  different  directions  to 
our  houses.  That  one  gate  is  a  picture  of 
the  one  road  along  which  we  are  all  goinf; 
together,  separating  now  in  different  direc- 
tions, but  we  will  all  reach  the  same  home 
at  last." 

Announcement  was  made  that  the  wife  of 
Deacon  Wynn  at  Rainy  Mountain  was  im- 
proving, and  that  two  missionaries  had  just 
held  a  prayer  meeting  in  her  tent.  Then  he 
continued:  "The  Holy  Spirit  moved  a 
brother  to  ^ve  land  for  the  Foutth  Kiowa 
Church  at  Red  Bank.  His  name  was  Light. 
He  had  been  one  of  the  old  ghost  dance 
chiefs,  and  was  often  on  the  war-path.  In 
the  old  way  of  the  ghost  dancers  he  made 
a  god  of  everything.  He  said  to  me  once: 
'I  prayed  to  the  trees  and  rocks  and  every- 
thing, and  once  went  out  and  prayed  to  the 
turkey  gobbler.'  Now  he  is  one  of  the  best 
workers  and  preaches  when  he  can  to  the 
ghost  dancers.  They  hate  him  as  they  do 
the  snakes.  He  preaches  to  the  Mescal 
caters  who  worship  all  night.  He  goes  in 
the  moining  and  tells  them  of  the  true  Jesus. 


This  is  the  work  he  does.  Let  us  ask  God 
to  make  us  brave  to  do  as  He  wants." 

Some  commotion  was  caused  about  10.30 
by  the  discovery  of  a  snake  just  outside  the 
tent,  but  the  boys,  who  all  the  evening  had 
been  playing  in  the  camp,  killed  it,  and  the 
excitement  subsided.  The  older  Indians 
paid  no  attention  to  this  slight  interruption. 

Buffalo  Meat's  testimony:  "If  I  could 
read,  and  have  my  Bible,  1  could  carry  it  in 
my  pocket  and  repoit  what  it  tells  to  the 
other  people  in  my  tribe,  but  I  want  to  say 
that  I  always  keep  walking  toward  the  light. 
I  don't  forget  to  pray  in  my  house  when  I 
eat.  I  pray  at  every  meal,  and  night  and 
morning,  and  I  intend  to  walk  in  the  Jesus 
.  road  as  long  as  1  live." 

An  old  Pawnee  warrior,  who  after  a  long 
life  of  bloodshed,  superstition  and  heathen- 
ism, had  been  convened  during  the  meetings 
and  baptized  in  the  afternoon,  gave  this  tes- 
timony: "I  have  been  a  drunkard.  I  went 
to  the  ghost  dances;  1  ate  the  Mescal,  and 
all  these  things  put  me  in  the  bad  way. 
TTiese  wrong  roads  led  me  into  the  mud. 
When  I  used  to  fight  these  same  Indians 
whom  I  love  now,  I  could  not  sleep  but  a 
little  while  at  a  time,  because  I  used  to  have 
to  watch  so  that  they  would  not  kill  me. 
Now  I  lay  down  in  my  tent  here  at  this  meet- 
ing with  these  same  old  warriors,  in  tents 
near  me.  They  are  now  my  Christian 
brothers,  and  my  sleep  is  sweet." 

The  Apache,  Kiowa  and  Comanche  were 
always  friends  in  the  old  days  of  war,  fight- 
ing together  against  the  other  Indians  and 
the  soldiers.  In  the  new  Christian  relations 
they  too  are  now  very  closely  associated  in 
the  bonds  of  friendship. 

This  is  the  testimony  of  the  wife  of  Lone 
Wolf,  president  of  Elk  Creek  Mission  Cir- 
cle: "1  am  also  one  of  the  workers  for 
Christ.  I  am  trying  to  be  very  thankful  to 
God  for  all  he  has  done  for  me.  I  was  a  very 
sinful  woman  before  I  became  a  Christian. 
When  the  missionaries  first  came  all  they 
said  was  meant  for  me.  They  told  me  if  I 
would  believe  1  could  be  saved,  and  that  I 
could  meet  my  little  children  who  had  died, 
if  I  gave  my  heait  to  Christ.  1  thought  1 
was  too  great  a  sinner,  and  that  Christ 
would  not  save  me,  but  I  at  once  decided  to 
become  a  follower  of  His  and  work  for  Him. 
It  is  fifteen  years  since  I  came  into  the  Jesus 
road.      The    missionaty    tells   me   what    I 


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MISSIONS 


ought  to  do  and  what  I  ought  not  to  do,  as 
he  reads  the  Bible  and  understands  it,  and 
I  believe  what  he  says,  and  obey  the  words 
of  Christ.  I  am  very  happy  now  and  I  ex- 
pect to  get  my  reward  at  the  end  of  my  life. 
I  have  been  trying  to  be  very  careful  to  learn 
what  He  wants  me  to  do,  and  to  ask  Him  to 
help  me.  When  I  hear  of  a  religious  meeting 
I  prepare  to  go,  and  when  I  go  I  don't  re- 
main quiet,  but  I  work." 

While  she  was  speaking  an  old  Kiowa 
chief  walked  over  and  welcomed  the  Pawnee 
warrior  who  had  spoken  of  the  muddy  road. 
The  hearts  of  the  old  warriors  were  at  last 
in  unison. 

About  11.30  o'clock  Bird  Chief,  an 
Arapahoe,  said:  **I  know  it  is  very  late,  but 
I  have  a  few  words  that  I  want  to  say.  Only 
five  days  ago  I  lost  my  little  boy.  (It  was 
his  last  of  five  children,  all  of  whom  had  died 
in  infancy.)  I  am  glad  I  came  as  it  has  made 
me  forget  my  sorrow.  Three  years  ago  I 
turned  away  from  the  wicked  world,  and 
since  then  the  meetings  have  strengthened 
me  for  my  Christian  life.  I  need  not  mention 
my  past  life  of  sin,  for  you  all  know  how  I 
lived.  When  I  now  see  the  old  Indians 
drinking,  I  want  them  all  to  come  into  the 
Jesus  road.  I  try  to  do  my  duty  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board,  and  as  an  inspector 
of  the  government  school.  I  think  we  all 
ought  to  remember  to  pray  for  our  inter- 
preters that  their  lives  may  be  spared  till  our 
next  Association.'* 

These  are  sample  testimonies  given  by  a 
large  number  of  Indians  who  related  their 
Christian  experience.  At  length,  somewhat 
after  half-past  twelve,  it  seemed  best  to  the 
missionaries  to  suggest  that  the  meeting  ter- 
minate. After  the  Association  adjourned 
to  meet  one  year  hence  at  Rainy  Mountain, 
the  writer  made  a  brief  closing  address  and 
pronounced  the  benediction.  Then  the 
tribes  freely  intermingled,  vigorous  hand- 
shaking followed,  and  this  was  accompanied 
with  kind  words  of  greetings  and  the  ever- 
present  sign  language.  Slowly  and  with 
evident  reluctance  the  Indians  returned  to 
their  tents,  all  in  animated  conversation, 
and  the  stars  that  looked  down  on  these  red 


men  yesterday  at  war,  beheld  them  that 
night  at  peace  with  men  and  God.  Then 
the  missionaries  and  their  guests  silently 
walked  through  the  camp,  deeply  impressed 
by  the  prolonged  service,  climbed  once 
more  over  the  slippery  trunk  of  the  cotton- 
wood  tree  that  made  the  bridge  over 
the  creek,  and  went  to  their  tepees  and 
their  rest. 

But  this  meeting  was  the  culmination  of 
so  many  strange  sounds  and  sights  that  I 
did  not  fall  asleep  until  three  o'clock,  to  be 
awakened  two  hours  later  by  the  departing 
missionaries,  who  were  besrirring  themselves 
under  threatening  clouds  to  make  an  early 
start  for  home.  Soon  the  rain  poured  from 
the  heavens,  but  these  hardy  men  and  their 
families,  easily  adjusting  themselves  to  con- 
ditions that  to  me  seemed  very  distressing, 
with  happy  faces  and  joyful  farewells  started 
on  their  return  journeys. 

As  I  was  to  spend  several  days  visiting 
the  missionaries  in  their  homes  and  meeting 
the  Indians  in  the  churches,  it  was  planned 
that  the  first  stop  should^  be  at  Watonga, 
twenty  miles  away.  The  journey  was  to  be 
taken  with  Rev.  and  Mrs.  King  and  their 
little  girl,  six  years  old. 

After  breakfast  the  rain  continued  to  de- 
scend even  more  copiously,  and  as  Watonga 
was  twenty  miles  distant  and  the  journey 
was  to  be  made  on  a  wagon  without  springs, 
and  with  iron  wheels,  there  seemed  to  be 
nothing  to  do  but  to  wait  until  the  weather 
cleared.  From  eight  to  nine  o'clock,  sitting 
in  the  tepee  where  I  had  tried  to  sleep  for 
four  nights,  I  had  my  final  talk  with  Mr. 
Hamilton  about  the  conquests  of  Christ 
a'Tiong  the  Indian  tribes.  Soon  the  wind 
increased  in  fury  until  to  a  tenderfoot  it  gave 
some  indications  of  a  cyclone  that  might 
severely  test  the  poles  of  the  tepee. 

Suddenly  it  ceased  to  rain,  the  clouds 
rolled  away  to  the  south,  and  quick  prep- 
arations were  made  for  the  beginning  of  a 
journey  that  ended  at  6.10  o'clock  that 
evening,  when  we  had  our  first  food  since 
an  early  breakfast  and  after  a  long  chapter 
filled  with  new  pictures  and  stanling  expe- 


riences. 


MISSIONS 


813 


pllsiMMgii!BIBIBISygiai§llg§l§lMMBl§IBlB^^ 

Devotional 


Jot  t(e  CbriKtmu  Ikpirit 

JR  Heavenly  F other ^  we  praise  and 
bless  Thy  Holy  Name  for  the  unsfeak- 
lift  of  Thy  love  which  we  commemorate 
iristmas  Day.  For  the  coming  of  the 
t  into  the  world,  to  be  its  Life  and  Light 
Salvation,  we  thank  Thee,  For  all  that 
>een  wrought  in  character  and  achieved 
filixation  through  the  birth  of  Thy  Son, 
ord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  we  praise 
For  the  devotion  of  life  to  the  spreading 
f  knowledge  of  His  truth  and  saving 
'  among  the  peoples  of  the  earth,  we 
*  Thee,  And  we  humbly  pray  that  the 
tmas  spirit  —  the  spirit  of  love,  peace, 
faith  and  hope  —  may  permeate  the 
'j  life  with  regenerating  power.  Grant 
his  spirit  may  possess  and  control  us, 
it  we  may  do  our  part  to  bring  in  Thy 
iom  of  righteousness  upon  the  earth, 
*n  the  day,  O  Lord,  when  Christ  shall 
fully  into  His  inheritance  and  reign 
'ry  heart,     Amen. 

PRAY 

at  the  outcome  of  the  present  revolu- 

n  China  may  be  the  swift  progress  of 

:al  and  religious  liberty,  and  the  birth 

truly  Christian  democracy  in  the  land 

nfucius. 

at  the  Christian  leaders  in  this  country 

be  more  deeply  imbued  with  the 
;elistic  spirit;  that  our  academies, 
es  and  seminaries  may  be  permeated 
t  spirit  of  Christ,  so  that  men  may  come 

them  fully  fitted  for  ministerial  and 

)nary  service. 

at  our  own  denomination  may  do  its 

in  home  and  foreign  evangelization, 
nd  deeper  joy  in  outgiving  service 

The  Blessing  of  God 

w  little  we  realize  what  it  means  to  re- 
from  God  the  answers  to  our  prayers! 
nswer  must  come,  not  in  the  small  way 
ich  we  look  for  it,  but  in  the  large  way 


which  is  in  keeping  with  the  character  of 
God.  If  I  ask  God  to  bless  my  friend,  a 
missionary  on  the  other  side  of  the  globe, 
shall  not  the  answer,  accumulating  and  en- 
riching itself  as  it  comes  back  to  me,  be  as 
treasure  laid  up  in  heaven  for  both  my  friend 
and  myself?  There  is  no  limit  to  the 
amount  and  richness  of  the  blessing  God 
will  send  in  answer  to  our  prayers.  —  Mrs. 
Cora  C,  Morse, 

Thoughts  to  Feed  Upon 

The  way  to  secure  a  new  Pentecost  is  to 
enlarge  our  gifts.  Those  of  us  who  are  in 
any  degree  partakers  of  the  spirit  of  power 
must  put  God  to  the  proof  for  a  wider, 
a  larger  blessing.  \(  we  expect  him  to 
grant  us,  for  the  sake  of  the  church  yet  un- 
consecrated  and  the  world  yet  unsaved, 
some  new  and  surprising  access  of  spiritual 
power,  we  must  make  to  him  some  demon- 
stration of  our  faith,  daring  in  its  heroism, 
splendid  in  its  measure,  uncalculating  in  its 
generous  denial  of  self.  —  John  Humpstone, 

Love  never  asks.  How  much  must  I  do  ? 
but  How  much  can  I  do  ? 

A  man  may  give  without  loving,  but  he 
cannot  love  without  giving. 

Christianity,  I  say,  was  missionary  from 
the  start.  That  is  the  very  idea  of  the  thing; 
that  is  the  genius  of  the  machine.  It  wasn't 
made  to  run  on  any  narrow  gauge.  You 
will  need  a  broad-gauge  track  for  it  to  run 
on.  —  J.  A,  Broadus, 

We  cannot  localize  our  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ.  —  E.  H.  Bonsall, 

After  all,  missions  may  be  called  the  meas- 
ure of  Christian  vitality. —  John  fF,  Wood, 

If  you  and  your  church   fail   in  this  — 
the  philosophy  of  Jesus,  the  serving  of  man- 
kind —  then  you  and  your  church  will  fail 
—  J,  A.  Mac  Donald. 


8i4 


MISSIONS 


Impressions  of  a  New  Missionary 

By  Earl  H.  Cressy,  Hanyang,  China 


I 

N  a  Sunday  afternoon 
during  the  conference 
for  outgoing  mission- 
aries at  Boston,  some 
of  us  went  to  the 
Common,  where  we 
found  eight  or  ten 
open-air  meetings  in 
:ialist  was  talking  con- 
group  which  crowded 
around  him,  while  another  near  by  show- 
ered impassioned  oratory  on  the  passers-by 
from  the  eminence  of  a  soap-box.  Beyond 
a  group  of  young  men  who  were  quietly 
conducting  a  gospel  meeting,  a  seeming 
sanctimonious  band  vainly  sought  hearers 
by  the  stentorian  praying  of  one  of  their 
number  who  was  kneeling  in  the  dust  upon 
his  hymn-book.  Fanher  up  the  line  four 
solemn  looking  men  in  whiskers  were  hold- 
e  of  the  obscure  "isms"  for 


progress.      A 
utiaily    to 


sfan 


e  shall  appear  I 


ilhei 


"This 


;  the  wa 
r  fields. 


1  found  food  for  much  thought. 

In  the  Public  Library  Sargeant's  repre- 
sentiiiion    of    the    genius    of   Christianity 


seemed  more  than  merely  a  splendid  ex- 
ample of  art  of  the  Byzantine  fashion  — 
here  in  the  once  stronghold  of  Puritanism,  it 
was  to  me  a  reminder  of  the  unchanging  con- 
tinuance of  Catholicism,  which  we  like  to 
think  of  as  rendered  obsolescent  by  the  Ref- 
ormation, but  which  is  rapidly  becoming  a 
factor  to  be  reckoned  with  in  ihe  most  Prot- 
estant of  countries.  1  wandered  toward  the 
water-front,  where  it  seemed  to  me  that  one 
need  go  no  farther  to  be  a  foreign  missionary. 
Everywhere  were  landmarks  and  tablets 
reminding  me  that  here  the  Puritans  had 
dwelt  and  wrought  out  liberty.  Here  still 
stood  their  houses,  but  their  children  had 
departed. 

I  asked  myself  where  thnr  descendants 
were.  Some  of  them  I  found  when  I  was 
sent  to  speak  in  a  church  in  the  suburbs. 
These  suburbs  were  very  ditFerent  from  the 
foreign  quarters,  but  the  slums  are  not  a 
circumstance  to  a  Chinese  city.  TTiese  — 
and  thousands  like  them  in  other  cities  — 
are  the  Christian  men  and  women  who  are 
sending  my  wife  and  me  to  live  in  much 
worse  surroundings  than  they  have  moved 
out  of,  leaving  their  churches  to  a  slow 
death,  or  more  often  removing  them  and 
abandoning  the  new-comers  who  need  their 


MISSIONS 


American  ciaea  will  not  be  solved  until  aur 
Christian  men  and  women  are  ready  ta  do 
what  they  ask  us  to  do,  and  move  back  to 
take  up  die  burden  of  the  city.  In  so  doing 
they  would  find  the  same  joy  that  comes  to 
us  out  here. 

Our  trip  across  the  continent  was  twelve 
days  and  thirteen  meetings  long,  and  this 
on  top  of  various  farewells  at  home,  four  at 
Boston,  and  a  week  of  conference.  These 
were  busy  days.  It  was  a  privilege  to  enter 
into  the  fellowship  of  the  older  inissionaries 
as  we  did  at  the  conference,  and  to  come 
before  gatherings  of  people  from  the  Atlan- 
tic to  the  Pacific,  of  whom  we  came  to  think 
as  a  host  of  friends  who  were  supporting  and 
praying  for  out  work.  It  is  uplifting  to 
become  a  citizen  of  the  world. 

At  last  it  was  sailing  time.  The  Chinese 
prince  for  whose  convenience  the  ship  with 
its  hundreds  of  passengers  had  been  de- 
layed two  days  came  aboard  in  state.  We 
were  already  under  the  Japanese  flag,  the 
friends  on  the  dock  blended  into  a  distant 
crowd  which  fluttered  handkerchiefs,  and 
we  looked  silently  back  as  it  came  over  us 
that  it  would  be  long  before  we  should  see 
our  orwn  land  again.    Soon  we  were  heading 


II 
We  did  not  have  long  to  wait  for  our  first 
new  experience.  It  was  rough  outside  the 
harbor,  and  1  had  barely  finished  with  soup 
when  1  had  a  premonition  that  I  was  wanted 
above  on  deck.  For  the  next  day  or  two  I 
realized  the  utmost  meaning  of  a  sign  that 

'as  delightfully  quiet  after 
k-ing  home,  and  with  vege- 
a  deck  chair,  promenading 
ilight  evenings,  and  sports 
id  entertainments  under  the  fat  and  gra- 
patTonage  of  the  pnnce,  the  time  sped 

We  steamed  into  the  harbor  of  Yokohama 
followed  by  two  men  of  war  which  had  come 
out  to  meet  us  in  honor  of  the  prince,  and  as 
we  came  to  anchor  the  warships  in  the  har- 
bor fired  salutes.  Immediately  we  were 
surrounded  by  launches.  Some  carried 
police  who  first  came  aboard,  others  were 
covered  with  frock-coated  notables  and  gor- 
geous officials  in  uniform.  Still  others  loaded 
with  friends  of  passengers  were  vocal  with 
greetings  and  queries  as  to  the  well-being  of 
the  auto  and  the  baby.     From  all  sorts  of 


the  bustle  of  le 

lating  by  day  ii 

dreamy 


all  t. 


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MISSIONS 


native  craft  the  coolies  swarmed  onto  the 
gangway  so  thickly  that  one  fell  into  the 
harbor  to  the  great  joy  of  every  one  else. 
As  more  and  more  officials  gathered  to  re- 
ceive the  prince  we  were  almost  dazzled  by 
the  immense  quantities  of  gold  braid,  and 
rested  our  eyes  by  looking  often  upon  the 
beautiful  snowy  summit  of  Fujiyama. 

The  American  who  is  moderately  familiar 
with  his  own  country  will  find  little  abroad 
that  is  a  complete  novelty.  Indeed,  unless 
one  is  chiefly  concerned  in  seeing  everything 
that  the  ingenuity  of  the  ones  financially  in- 
terested succeed  in  cataloging  as  sights,  and 
in  the  vanity  of  being  known  to  be  traveled 
—  in  a  word,  if  one's  interest  is  primarily  in 
people,  he  will  find  in  the  foreign  colonies  of 
any  of  a  half  dozen  American  cities  the 
material  for  a  trip  abroad  that  will  compare 
in  cultural  opportunity  with  the  average 
brief  foreign  tour.  My  experiences  in  Japan 
and  China  are  not  more  interesting  than  my 
summers  in  Chicago  or  Pittsburgh. 

We  had  a  delightful  trip  into  the  country 
up  winding  roads  over  hills  terraced  with 
gardens.  We  went  by  train  to  Tokyo,  rode 
about  in  electric  street  cars,  and  saw  plenty 
of  modern  store  buildings  and  as  many  ad- 
vertising signboards  as  at  home.  We  visited 
numberless  tiny  shops  and  examined  many 
queer  kinds  of  food  and  wearing  apparel. 
We  spent  a  night  in  a  native  inn  where  for- 
eigners seldom  came,  took  off  our  shoes  at 
the  door  with  much  inward  trepidation  and 
shouts  of  laughter,  when  one  stocking  re- 
vealed an  infinitesimal  hole,  and  sat,  ate 
and  slept  on  the  floor  of  diminutive  rooms. 
Then  when  we  were  half  dressed  in  the 
morning,  in  came  the  maid  and  carried  off 
the  screens  which  were  the  only  partition 
between  two  couples  of  us.  Then  by  way  of 
a  happy  ending  of  our  stay,  one  of  the  men, 
arriving  at  the  station  just  as  his  train  was 
leaving,  leaped  the  low  railing  and  started 
after  it,  only  to  be  promptly  arrested  by  the 
order-loving  Japs. 

We  were  especially  interested  in  the  re- 
ligion of  the  country,  and  while  in  Tokyo 
visited  a  temple  of  the  common  people,  said 
to  be  the  most  popular  in  Japan.  Its  ap- 
proaches were  lined  with  the  stalls  of  ven- 
dors of  sweetmeats  and  curios,  and  there 
were  many  side  shows  in  the  vicinity,  so 
that  the  whole  neighborhood  formed  a  great 


amusement  park.  The  temple  was  a  large, 
open  structure,  set  in  spacious  grounds  and 
of  a  cenain  architectural  dignity,  but  filthy 
from  the  swarms  of  doves  overhead  and  the 
crowds  of  people  below.  All  sorts  of  folks 
came  in  an  endless  stream  to  make  their  bow 
to  the  idols  and  throw  their  offerings  into 
the  great  box  that  occupied  a  central  posi- 
tion. The  sight  almost  moved  some  of  us 
to  tears,  and  we  all  strove  to  comprehend 
the  meaning  of  a  religious  life  which  reached 
its  highest  expression  in  such  a  scene. 

At  a  once  famous  country  temple  the  most 
potent  thing  on  the  premises  was  a  cannon 
captured  in  war.  We  looked  at  the  idols 
freely,  but  were  charged  a  few  sen  for  going 
through  the  temple  museum.  Here  the 
weapons  which  had  belonged  to  national 
heroes  of  long  ago  were  displayed  as  curi- 
osities of  a  merely  antiquarian  interest,  while 
the  gods  of  that  ancient  day  were  still  doing 
duty  out  in  front.  Some  day  the  people  will 
awaken  to  the  absurdity  of  this  and  put 
the  old  gods  into  the  museum  where  they 
belong. 

Another  temple  was  magnificently  situ- 
ated on  a  hill  overlooking  the  sea.  Here  — 
again  for  a  consideration  —  the  attendant 
took  us  in  behind  the  great  folding  doors 
which  only  open  on  state  occasions,  and  we 
found  ourselves  at  the  foot  of  the  statue  of 
the  goddess  which  loomed  vaguely  above  us 
in  the  darkness.  The  priest  lit  a  candle 
which  he  hoisted  by  a  cord  over  a  pulley  in 
the  roof.  Slowly  the  light  crept  upward 
through  the  mysterious  gloom  of  the  place, 
lighting  momentarily  the  gold  and  jewels 
which  bedecked  the  idol,  until  its  beams 
fell  upon  the  stolid  face  some  sixty  feet 
above  us.  Out  in  front  we  found  two  or 
three  old  country  people  who  were  worship- 
ing. An  old  woman  mumbled  the  paper 
prayer  which  she  had  just  purchased,  until 
she  had  a  good  spitball,  and  with  much 
anxiety  and  little  skill  launched  it  at  one  of 
the  lesser  idols.  It  failed  to  stick  —  no 
answer  to  that  prayer.  Meanwhile  an  old 
man  was  taking  medical  treatment  from 
another  idol.  He  solemnly  rubbed  the  idol's 
stomach  and  then  his  own.  I  saw  such  an 
idol  in  Tokyo  which  was  worn  to  a  shapeless 
block  of  wood.  The  Japanese  can  not  be 
troubled  with  corns,  for  these  idols  sit 
cross-legged  with  no  feet  visible. 


□onocaDDDnDDnananaanaDDnnDnnnDD 


MISSIONS 

The    Lake   Mohonk    Conference 


8.7 


Conference  of  Friends  of 
:  Indian  and  other  De- 
ident  Peoples  was  largely 
ended,  as    usual,   and    im- 

iscd    from  the  expert   puinC 
view.    Vice-President  Sher- 
man  presided.      The   Indians 
had  the  first  two  sessions,  the  Philippines 
followed,  and  then  Porto  Rican  conditions 
were    considered.      Considerable    attention 


was  paid  to  the  Alaskan  Indians.  "The 
Economic  Side  of  the  Philippine  Problem," 
"Government  Education,"  and  "Sanitation," 
were  three  topics  presented,  and  "Tuber- 
lulosis"  was  also    treated  —  this    by    Mrs. 


1  Egan  of  M: 
Philippine  Anti-Tuber 
M.  G.  Brumbaugh,  e 
Dr.    Edwin   G.    Dexti 
sioner   of  education 
scribed    the 
American  occupation. 


,   president   of  the 
OSLS  Society.      Dr. 


spoke,  earnestly  asking  for  justice  in  tht 
matter  of  citizenship.  "It  must  be  statehood, 
self-government,  or  independence,'  said  one 
native  speaker;  "the  Porto  Ricans  prefer 
the  first;  the  last  would  be  the  refuge  for 
their  honor  if  the  others  were  denied."  An 
exhibit  of  the  Porto  Rico  school  work  was 
made  by  Dr.  Dexter  and  aroused  great 
interest,  as  it  showed  the  capabilities  of  the 
native  children. 

The  platform  urged  that  religious  boards 
and  societies  assume  the  duty  of  reli^ous 
training  until,  through  mutual  comity, 
there  remain  not  one  tribe  of  Indians  not 
brought  out  fully  from  paganism  into  the 
life  of  Christianity.  All  the  agencies  of  law 
should  be  used  by  the  Department  of  the 
Interior  to  enforce  the  prohibition  of  the 
sale  of  hquor  to  the  Indians,  and  punish- 
ment for  violation  should  be  as  energetically 
sought  as  in  the  case  of  tampering  with  the 
mails  or  counterfeiting.  The  policy  of 
reducing  the  number  of  government  Indian 
•chools  and  transferring  the  pupils  as 
rapidly  as  practicable  to  the  public  schools 
is  approved;  also  that  of  breaking  up 
tribal  lands  and  funds.  Certain  tribes 
should  be  vigorously  protected  against 
violent  dispossession  of  lands  they  have 
cultivated  for  centuries.  The  Pueblos  es- 
pecially are  in  danger.  The  Pima  Indians, 
also,  should  not  be  removed  without  their 
Alaska  special  care  should  b 


taker 

popula 


a  guard  the 


Grateful  appreciation 


"Noti 


of  the  aboriginal 

s  expressed  of  the 
ens  in  the  Philip- 
:al  society  is  being 


rabat 


progress  ar 
rapidly  dev 


as  a  subject  community  o 
iccome  subject  either  to  a  foreign 
domestic  oligarchy."  Reports  of 
e  gratifying,  progress  assuring  the 
omplete  self-government  of  this 
eloping  people.  "To  that  end  we 
^e  the  power  of  the  Insular  Gov- 
ncreased,  present  hindrances  to 
industrial  development  removed,  capital 
encouraged  to  undertake  needed  enterprises, 
but  under  such  regulations  by  the  Insular 
Government  as  will  prevent  the  exploitation 
of  the  islands.*' 


8i8 


MISSIONS 
Echoes  from   Eastern   Cuba 

By  Rev.  Juan  McCarthy,  of  Baracoa 


SOME  people  are  inclined  to 
mistic  when  they  see  the 
crease  in  conversions  as  (he  result  of  much 
preaching.  But  in  the  Eastern  Cuban 
Mission  our  hearts  are  filled  with  gratitude 
to  God  for  the  manifestation  in  a  special 
way  of  His  divine  presence  in  our  work. 

Nearly  three  years  ago  the  gospel  in  its 
purity  was  preached  in  the  district  of  Bara- 
coa  (a  very  large  distria,  which  reaches 
right  up  to  Cape  Mays!)  for  the  first  time. 
People  told  us  about  the  difficulties  we 
should  have  to  meet.  But  our  strength  was 
in  the  Lord,  and  we  knew  He  was  able  to 
take  care  of  His  cause.  From  the  very  be- 
ginning the  watchword  has  been  Onward! 
Satan  has  done  all  he  could  to  impede  the 


progress  of  the  gospel,  but  heaven's  power 
was  in  the  messages  given  to  the  people, 
hence  Satan's  efforts  could  not  avail  against 
the  Spirit's  power.  Week  after  week  our 
work  was  extended  into  places  outside  of 
the  city  of  Baracoa,  until  now  in  the  dis- 
trict of  Baracoa  we  have  fifty-five  mission 
stations  open,  where  the  teachings  of  Jesuj 
are  regularly  taught. 

We  now  have  in  this  field  five  lempln 
and  five  missionaries,  doing  their  best  to 
carry  the  news  of  the  Kingdom  to  those  in 
darkness.  So  far  we  have  been  slow  in  the 
administration  of  baptism  to  our  candi- 
dates; nevertheless  we  have  baptized  over 
150  persons. 

The  success  in  this  field  has  been  due  in 


MISSIONS 


819 


We  are  attll  Aiming  mt  the  Ideal;    Uiuiona  ia  Every  Baptlat  Home 
Help  lu  to  Hit  that  Target  exactly  in  the  Middle  of  the  Bnll'a  Eye 


a  special  way  to  the  benevolence  of  Mt. 
Treat  of  Pennsylvania,  who  has  so  gener- 
ously sustained  the  work  in  Baracoa. 
Without  this  help  we  could  never  have  ad- 
vanced with  such  rapidity. 

One  result  of  the  work  done  here  is,  that 


i  ther 


1  spare 


enter  the  new  fields  as  they  were  opened 
up  we  were  compelled  to  give  out  converts 
rapid  instruction  in  evangelical  truths  and 
then  send  them  out  to  preach.  Their  suc- 
cess has  been  marvelous,  taking  into  con- 
sideration their  lack  of  training.  TTiey  have 
developed  in  a  remarkable  way,  and  are 


there  for  the  first  dme  he  heard  the 
message  of  salvation,  and  in  obedience  to 
Jesus'  commands  followed  the  Master  in 
baptism. 

A  third  convert  was  previously  the  great- 
est drunkard  in  the  whole  district.  I  have 
been  told  upon  good  authority  that  he  was 
in  the  habit  of  drinking  three  or  four  bottles 
of  rum  every  day.  He  certainly  was  rarely 
sober,  was  d^raded  to  the  rank  of  a  beast 
and  looked  down  upon  as  a  vile  creature. 
He  so  ill-treated  his  wife  and  children  that 
they  abandoned  him.  He  sold  everything 
he  had  for  drink.    At  last  the  sound  of  the 


MISSIONS 


Tour 

By  Robert  G.  S^mour,  D.D. 


is  a  great  thing  to  make 
1  touT  of  over  ten  thousand 
miles  and  visit  eight  State 
Conventions  in  seven  weeks, 
_  ves  one  a  glimpse 
of  things  baptistic  which 
could  not  otherwise 
re.  I  have  been  several 
les  across  the  continent, 
d  so  large  as  it  did  this 
t  plains  and  fields,  its 
abounding  wealth, 
and  the  immense  possibilities  which  are 
here  for  all  people.  1  was  greatir  impressed 
with  the  vital  relation  between  thwe  fer- 
tihzing  streams — "The  streams  in  the 
desctt,"  the  product 
the  ote-tilled  mou 
riches  of  secret  plai 
of  God! 

We  are  fat  from  awake  to  our  opportu- 
nities in  these  great  western  fields  of  use- 
fulness, in  these  wiJe-(^>en  doors  for  the 
mterini;  in  ttf  the  King's  messengers,  ttliat 
a  shame  that  we  should  be  ciwipelled  to 
cut  down  our  appottionments  where  thcv 
»h«Hlld  be  enlji)^,  and  let  others  with 
p>Klett  handfuU  s<.>w  thi-se  waitii^;  fields 
wbilr  we  should  Iw'^h  sow  and  reap!  It 
Wj»»  a  meal  h^v  t\*  mini;lr  with  out  bt«hrct»; 
t«  hrai  iheit  stwjp  of  vi^totv;  to  j^i  theii 
vtew-potiw  W"  gTv»«ins  lirlds,  to  ov>me  into 
KVm(«alhHK-  tt<u<)\  with  theii  no 
iKUnr  M«»e  tv>  f:<t  uitdei  ihei 
\Vc  "ifiAeJ  out  U>ttten  tn  theit  ovwixm 
MMvnt  cttuiv-ltn  could  »ee  and  lix! 
<kt\IkU 


plains  and  vallew. 
ins  — "the  hidden 
'  and  the  kingd(»n 


Montana,  a  mining  town  of  some  importance. 
The  Baptists  have  a  comfortable  meeting- 
house, with  land  enough  for  future  growth. 
Pastor  F.  W.  Crawford  gave  a  real  welcome, 
and  Rev.  J,  F.  McNamee,  president  of  'he 
Convention,  made  true  response.  We 
greatly  enjoyed  the  spirit  of  song  vAtifh 
an  excellent  choir  awakened  in  the  con- 
vention. Sometimes  a  choir  is  depressing. 
There  were  capital  addresses  upon  prac- 
tical topics  by  men  who  knew  their  subjects. 
Dr.  C.  B.  Allen  of  Missoula  preached  the 
opening  sermon  and  set  the  keynote  of  the 
convention,  from  Philippians  iii,  11.  Tlie 
western  leaders  were  present  in  the  petson; 
of  Drs.  Wooddy,  Proper  and  Cook,  and 
Rev.  Joe  P.  Jacobs. 

Two  things  we  enjoyed  in  all  these  con- 
ventions: first,  the  wide  sweep  given  to 
Missions  in  all  its  branches;  second,  the 
time  given  to  men  in  the  fidd,  tdling  of 
what  their  wxtA  has  been  and  what  its 
outlook  is.  Otie  gets  in  this  session  devoted 
to  the  workeis  a  real  view  of  conditions  as 
in  no  other  way.  The  Secietaiy  of  the 
Montana  Conrentiaa,  Rev,  Tbos.  Stephen- 
son, is  a  man  of  iteriii^  wonh,  alive  to  the 
situation.  The  need  in  Momana  ii  more 
help,  so  that  strategy  points  shtwld  at  once 
be  occupied. 

Through  the  tiiwtiii-«  of  the  ConTcntion, 
time  was  aUowctl  so  that  we  couU  get  to 
^ah  Lake  Ckr  and  ipctMl  a  little  dme  in 
the  I'tah  ConTcmiaa.  h  was  well  attended, 
and  I'tah  Baptists  show  a  conunendable 
i:i\>inh.  The  spitk  of  ifae  meetiRg  was 
.heerv  and  agiessire.  They  spent  three 
.-.11-1  '.p  rrcvHiminplheirwofk  and  in  planning 


MISSIONS 


821 


for  new.  A  marked  anion  of  ihe 
was  a  resolution  of  lov*  for  the  Mormon 
people,  not  for  their  iJoctrines  or  teaching, 
but  for  themselves  in  their  spiritual  needs. 
This  resolution  called  for  a  response  from 
one  of  their  leaders,  Brigham  Roberts,  in 
the  Tabernacle  on  the  next  Sunday.  No 
great  inroads  are  made  in  Mormon  life  and 
in  converts;  but  the  leaven  of  Christianity 
is  at  work  even  in  Salt  Lake  City.  There 
are  twenty  or  more  Christian  churches  here. 
Baptists  have  erected  a  beautiful  edifice 
and  are  waiting  for  money  to  finish  the 
interior.  It  is  a  credit  to  our  denomination 
to  plant  in  theae  centers  of  influence  build* 
ings  worthy  of  us  as  a  people.  There  are 
five  mission  churches  under  the  fostering 
care  of  the  Home  Mission  Society,  besides 
the  Immanuel  church.  Rev.  L.  S.  Bowerman 
pastor.  It  was  my  privilege  to  preach  on 
Sunday  evening  to  a  laige  congregation. 
This  churdi  hat  500  members,  and  has  a 
financial  record  of  which  it  may  well  be 

From  Sak  Lake  we  journeyed  to  Twin 
Falls,  Idaho,  where  the  Southern  Idaho 
Baptist  Convention  was  in  session.  Twin 
Falls  is  a  thriving  town.  Seven  years  ago 
there  was  nothing  here  but  sage  brush,  now 
it  is  a  prosperous  town  of  7,000  inhabitants, 
with  several  flourishing  churches,  a  fine 
courthouse,  high  school  and   other  public 


buildings.  The  reason  for  growth  is  irriga- 
tion. The  soil  is  richly  productive  when  h 
receives  water.  There  is  an  excellent  Bap- 
tist church,  with  a  live  and  intelligent  pas- 
tor, Rev.  W.  E.  Henry.  The  Convention 
was  well  attended,  and  considering  the  great 
distances  which  some  of  the  delegates  trav- 
eled this  was  remarkable.  One  pastor  and 
five  delegates  came  400  miles.  Judge  F.  S. 
Dietrich,  of  Boise,  is  the  President  of  the 
Convention.  Vice-President  W.  N.  Witty 
presided  in  his  absence.  Two  especially  in- 
teresting meetings  marked  this  Convention 
—  the  B.  Y.  P.  U.,  which  opened  its  ser- 
vices, and  the  Men's  Movement  banquet, 
which  came  in  between.  Rarely  have  we 
heard  such  a  high  order  of  practical  speaking 
as  at  this  supper.  Dr.  W.  B.  Hinson  of  Pott- 
land  was  a  special  feature,  and  delivered 
three  or  four  excellent  addresses.  Rev.  Mr. 
Barkman  was  a  power  in  an  evangelistic 
service.  He  and  Mrs.  Barkman  in  Chapel 
Car  "Good  Will"  have  been  a  great  help  in 
Idaho,  and  their  praise  is  everyi^ere.  Con- 
versions are  multiplied  wherever  they  labor. 
It  was  joy  to  meet  here  Rev.  E.  It.  Hermiston 
and  wife  of  Chapel  Car  "Immanuel,"  and 
also  Mr.  W.  B.  Hopper,  the  colporter  of  the 
Publication  Society  in  this  section  of  the 
State.  He  drove  his  horses  a  hundred  miles 
to  be  here.  Rev.  W.  H.  Bowler,  the  General 
Missionary  of  Idaho,  is  a  most  enthusiastic 


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leader,  tireless  in  his  efforts  and  tactful  in  his 
management.  He  believes  in  Idaho  and  its 
future,  and  pleads  most  earnestly  for  help  to 
carry  out  his  plans. 

One  morning  was  set  apart  for  a  visit  to 
Shoshone  Falls,  and  over  four  miles  of  the 
dustiest  of  roads  we  went,  and  saw  one  of 
the  great  wonders  of  nature,  grand  and 
beautiful.  It  is  a  great  source  of  power  as  it 
has  been  electrically  harnessed.  What  a 
pity  the  great  things  of  nature  cannot  re- 
main teaching  their  lessons  of  beauty  and 
sublimity  without  having  attached  a  thought 
of  mercantile  value! 

Think  of  the  great  distances  in  this  great 
West.  We  must  double  back  and  make  a 
circuit  of  1600  miles  in  order  to  attend  the 
Wyoming  Convention  at  Casper.  We 
stopped  on  Sunday  and  worshipped  with  the 
Saints  at  Cheyenne,  finding  a  good  house  of 
worship,  an  interested  congregation,  and 
a  most  excellent  leader  in  Rev.  Geo.  Van 
Winkle,  who  is  President  of  the  Convention. 
At  the  Convention  we  found  a  small  com- 
pany, but  an  earnest  body  of  men  and  women, 
who  with  Pastor  Hopton  gave  us  a  gracious 
welcome.  Here  were  Dr.  Proper;  the  new 
Superintendent  of  Missions,  Mr.  Fudge; 
Mr.  Jacobs,  and  with  him  Mr.  M.  C.  Treat 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  his  friend,  Mr.  Smalley. 
It  is  a  great  thing  for  these  generous  laymen 
to  go  out  and  survey  the  fields,  discover  the 
needs  and  find  the  true  dividends  of  their  in- 
vestments. Mr.  Treat  is  one  of  our  large 
laymen  who  knows  how  to  combine  religion 
and  business  in  the  highest  sense.  It  was 
a  great  pleasure  to  travel  a  day  or  two  in  his 
company.  We  found  a  small  church,  but 
well  situated  in  a  growing  section  of  the 
town.  The  Convention  was  full  of  interest 
and  had  the  evangelistic  spirit.  A  twilight 
street  meeting  was  a  marked  feature,  and 
many  heard  the  gospel  who  were  not  ascus- 
tomed  to.  Rev.  J.  L.  Rupard,  our  Sunday- 
school  missionary,  is  beginning  to  get  hold 
of  this  new  field;  he  knows  pioneering  work, 
and  has  good  courage  and  ability.  The  Pub- 
lication Society  has  eight  workers  in  this 
State.  We  met  Rev.  Arthur  Sangston  and 
wife,  who  in  chapel  car  "Messenger  of 
Peace,"  are  not  oniv  sowing  wisely  but 
beginning  to  reap  bountifully. 

On  the  wav  back  to  the  extreme  west,  we 
stopped  a  few  davs  at  Boise,  Idaho,  beautiful 
for  situation,  in  a  rich  valley  teeming  with 


fruit.  Rev.  Geo.  L.  White  and  I  addressed 
a  gathering  of  about  125  men,  at  a  men's 
banquet  on  a  Friday  evening — a  fine  body. 
It  was  my  privilege  to  preach  to  this  strong 
church,  to  a  fine  congregation  which  filled 
the  house  on  Sunday  morning,  while  Mr. 
White  went  twenty  miles  away  and  preached 
at  Caldwell.  Rev.  C.  L.  Trawin  is  pastor 
at  Boise  and  has  already  won  golden  opin- 
ions as  pastor  and  preacher.  There  is  a 
large  Sunday  school  under  the  leadership  of 
Dr.  S.  R.  Rightenour. 

From  Boise  we  took  a  journey  of  a  day 
and  a  night  to  Pullman,  Washington,  to  at- 
tend the  East  Washington  and  North  Idaho 
Convention.  There  we  found  a  goodly  num- 
ber of  delegates  with  men  of  marked  ability 
in  the  lead.  Rev.  F.  P.  Agar  is  the  ener- 
getic Secretary  of  the  Convention  and  the 
general  missionary  of  the  Home  Mission 
Society  for  this  district.  Some  addresses  of 
marked  ability  were  delivered  by  J.  W. 
Johnson  of  Spokane,  H.  A.  Boardman  of 
Yakima,  W.  B.  Hinson  of  Ponland,  and 
D.  D.  MacLaurin  of  Walla  Walla. 

On  our  way  to  the  next  Convention  we 
stopped  a  day  or  two  at  Spokane,  and  had 
the  privilege  of  attending  a  Gypsy  Smith 
meeting  in  a  tent  filled  with  5,000  people. 
He  preached  the  gospel  with  clearness,  sym- 
pathy and  power,  and  at  the  end  of  the 
meeting  there  were  many  inquiries.  He  is 
to  make  a  tour  of  coast  cities,  and  with  the 
preparation  being  made  for  his  coming  in 
many  cities  there  will  be  rich  results. 

We  spent  a  Sunday  in  Seattle,  that  grtat 
coast  city  of  marvelous  growth  and  possi- 
bility. I  preached  for  the  Temple  people  in 
the  morning,  and  Mr.  White  for  the  Taber- 
nacle people  in  the  evening.  Wc  heard  Dr. 
Whitman  give  one  of  his  excellent  sermons, 
and  our  visit  to  his  home  will  not  soon  be 
forgotten.  The  new  church  building  of  the 
First  Church  is  up,  and  will  soon  be  com- 
pleted. It  is  a  building  of  which  mil  Biqitists 
can  be  pioud.  This  people  have  had  a  long 
struggle  but  victory  is  assured. 

We  found  a  fine  attendance  of  delegates 
at  the  Western  Washington  Convention  at 
Bcllingham.  J.  F.  Corp  is  the  pastor  of 
this  live  church.  Mr.  H.  F.  Compton,  one 
of  our  livr  laymen,  was  President  of  theCon- 
vtntion.  The  representatives  of  the  societies 
were  hert-  in  full  force.  We  were  glad  to 
grett  the  noble  women  who  are  making  a 


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tour  of  the  Coasi  Stales  —  Mrs.  Lester,  Mrs. 
MacLeish,  Mrs.  Westfall  and  Mrs.  McLau- 
rin.  As  the  representative  of  the  Northern 
Baptisi  Convention  1  was  graciously  granted 
an  entire  evening  to  present  the  work  of  the 
three  societies.  Space  will  not  allow  my 
presentation  here  of  the  notable  work  of  this 
Convention.  In  a  separate  article  we  give  the 
efficiency  of  one  coiporter  on  this  field —  Rev. 
J.  N.  Day.  Rev.  L.  W.  Terry  retires  from 
(he  secretaryship  of  the  Convention  and 
Rev.  Joseph  N.  Beaven  takes  his  place. 
The  true  spirit  of  service  is  here,  as  we 
witnessed  in  sitting  with  the  Board  pre- 
sided over  by  Hrai.  Coiwin  S.  Shank. 

On  our  way  to  the  last  Coast  Convention 
we  spent  a  few  days  in  Portland,  the  beau- 
tiful city  of  the  coast.  We  were  in  the 
midweek  meeting,  speaking  to  the  Sunday- 
school  teacheis,  and  hearing  Dr.  Hinson 
tell  about  the  church  in  the  Acts  to  150 
people.  Dr.  Hinson  is  doing  a  great  and 
solid  work  at  the  White  Temple,  There  are 
throngi  at  the  Sunday  services. 

We  met  a  fine  body  of  people  at  the 
Or^on  Convention  at  McMinnville,  fifty 
miles  from  Portland.  This  Convention, 
under  the  leadership  of  Rev.  F.  C.  W. 
Parker,  is  moving  forward  in  line  shape. 
Hon.  O.  P.  Coshow  is  the  president,  a 
leading  lawyer  of  the  Nonhwest,  and  he 
knows  how  to  preside.  Every  hour  was 
full  of    interest  and  every  department  of 


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work  had  its  share  of  time.  Missions  have 
a  large  place  in  those  western  conventions 
and  they  are  stimulating  for  home  work. 
The  great  interest  to  us  in  this  Convention, 
as  in  others,  was  the  view  given  of  work  by 
the  field  workers.  We  had  a  most  delightful 
visit  to  McMinnville  College,  and  esteemed 
It  a  pnvilege  to  address  this  body  of  students 
—  upwards  of  two  hundred;  and  we  never 
felt  more  honored  than  when  faculty  and 
students  arose  to  greet  us,  recognizing  what 
we  represented.  This  college  is  doing  a 
really  great  work  under  President  L.  W, 
Riley;  it  needs  the  strong  support  finan- 
cially and  otherwise  of  every  Baptist. 

On  our  western  tour  we  had  the  company 
of  Rev.  George  L.  White,  who  was  on  an 
introductory  tour  to  the  seven  states  in 
which  he  is  Superintendent  of  the  Publica- 
tion Society's  work.  It  was  good  to  see  how 
everywhere  he  was  heartily  welcomed  in  his 
new  office.  He  is  one  of  God's  true  noble- 
men. We  were  glad  to  meet  in  several  con- 
ventions Dr.  C.  M.  Hi!l,  President  of  the 
Theolt^ical  Seminary  of  Berkeley.  Cal.  He 
gave  Bible  expositions  each  day  and  (hey 
were  worthy  of  the  man  and  the  hour.  We 
are  finishing  our  tour  as  we  write,  speeding 
eastward,  where  we  love  to  be,  but  with  a 
new  and  broader  conception  of  our  denomi- 
national work  in  the  West,  and  a  high  regard 
for  every  man  who  is  out  there  on  "the 


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Christmas  in  Burma 

By  Alfred  W.  Anthony,  D.D. 


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THE   DAY   IN   RANGOON 

OW  can  there  be  a  Christ- 
mas celebration  in  a  land 
in  which  neither  pine  nor 
fir  tree  grows,  and  none 
but  those  who  come  from 
across  the  seas,  with  the 
message  of  Christ,  and  those 
few  ^ho  have  been  won  to 
Him,  know  of  the  Day!  Christmas  1910  fell 
on  Sunday.  In  the  great  city  of  Rangoon 
carpenters  hammered  as  on  any  day;  coolies 
staggered  beneath  heavy  burdens  just  as  they 
had  done  all  the  week>  and  business  con- 
tinued, uninterrupted. 

But  the  house  of  Rev.  David  Gilmore,  pro- 
fessor of  English  Literature  in  the  Baptist 
College,  Rangoon,  sheltering  at  the  time 
Prof.  J.  E.  Smith  of  the  College,  Rev.  T.  S. 
Barbour,  Foreign  Secretary  of  the  American 
Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society,  and  the 
writer,  celebrated  the  Christmas  Day  within 
its  own  walls. 

The  table,  arranged  for  the  7  o'clock 
"Chota  Hazri,"  or  early  breakfast,  was 
decorated  appropriately  for  Christmas. 
From  the  "Punkha"  (the  swinging  fan  sus- 
pended above  the  table)  hung  lanterns  con- 
taining little  candles,  a  tissue  paper  Christ- 
mas Bell,  and  a  stocking  for  each  of  the 
guests,  with  brave  poems  composed  by 
Profussor  Gilmore. 

An  inventory  of  one  stocking  comprised 
the  following  articles:  (1)  the  mate  to  it, 
so  that  the  possessor  had  a  pair;  (2)  a  nest 
of  lacquer-ware  boxes;  and  then  the  follow- 
ing toys  bought  in  the  Bazaar,  which  serve 
as  models  of  real  things  in  the  land:  (3)  a 
dancing  monkey,  (4)  a  necklace  of  beads, 
(5)  a  pair  of  brass  cymbals,  (6)  bells  fitting 
the  fingers  to  be  used  in  dancing,  (7)  a 
mortar  in  which  seeds  and  grains  are  ground, 
(8)  a  measure  for  oil,  shaped  like  an  old- 
fashioned  cocoanut  dipper,  (9)  a  lunch  tray 
on  which  were  placed  three  broad-based  jars 


for  food,  (10)  a  pair  of  tweezers,  used  by 
the  natives  in  pulling  out  the  stray  spears  of 
their  beards,  (11)  a  Chinese  spoon,  (12)  a 
complete  suit  of  clothes,  of  diminutive  size, 
for  a  Burmese  woman,  made  out  of  silk 
especially  for  this  occasion  by  one  of  the 
school  girls  at  Kemmendine,  a  suburb  of 
Rangoon;  and  (13)  a  tiny  lime,  the  emblem  of 
royalty.  This  surely  was  a  stocking  well  laden ! 
Attached  to  each  stocking  were  poems 
written  by  Professor  Gilmore  in  honor  of  his 
guests.    One  read  as  follows: 

TO  THE   REV.   DR.    BARBOUR 

My  wife  expects  a  poem  full  of  fun. 

To  help  her  make  the  Doctor^s  Christmas  merry; 
But  who  am  I  to  crack  my  jokes  upon  — 

The  Secretary? 

For  he^s  our  **  hurra  sahib  ,^  who  has  come 
To  see  what  we  are  up  to;  he's  a  Tcry 

Important  personage,  and  Fm  a  hum- 
Ble  Missionary. 

But  no,  he  has  not  come  out  here  to  bend 

Upon  "subordinates"  a  brow  judicial;  ^ 

We  sec  the  man,  the  Christian,  and  the  friend  — 
Not  the  official. 

YouVe  shared  our  work,  our  problems,  and  our  care; 

Six  strenuous  weeks  youVe  labored  without  measuir ; 
And  now  we  bid  you  rest  awhile,  and  share 

Our  Christmas  pleasure. 

Accept  these  trifling  gifts;  this  fact  alone 

May  make  them  worth  your  while  to  go  away  with; 

They're  toys  that  Burmans  buy  at  Shwedagon, 
For  kids  to  play  with. 

Another  expressed  its  cordial  greeting  in 
this  wise: 

TO   THE   REV.    DR.   AMTHONY 

Hang  up  the  Doctor *s  stocking, 

Be  sure  you  don*t  forget, 
The  dear  little  Free-will  Baptist 

Has  never  seen  Christmas  yet. 

That  is,  he  has  never  teen  it 

As  we  see  it  in  Burma  here, 
Where  the  funny  jostles  the  holy. 

And  the  smile  is  dose  to  the  tear. 


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8Z5 


Where  The  heathen 


Where  eiilei  iroiii  their  counny 

Are  keeping  Christnut  tliy  — 
The  latin]  of  the  children  — 

With  their  children  f  u  iwaj. 

And  jet  it  i*  "Menj  Chriumat," 

Fdr  the  Ion  of  Chrin  ii  near, 
And  in  the  land  of  our  dQe 

Tbete  are  heuti  that  hold  u>  dear. 

We  kxdi  upon  the  bright  ride, 

And  poUih  the  dark  aide  up, 
And  count  the  manj  bleuiogi 

With  «hkh  God  Blleth  our  cup. 

Be  mcny;  be  ntttrj,  Doctotj 

Aa  an  aid  to  your  meninieDl 
JuM  take  a  peek  at  your  nocking. 

And  lee  what  Santa  hai  Knl. 

The  real  pathos  of  sacrifice  in  the  mission 
fiald  relates  to  the  children.  Often  there  is 
no  ot'':r  sacrifice,  but  joy  and  gladness  in  the 
service.  Professor  Gilmore's  son  and  daughter 
were  in  America  at  school  and  college.  Pro- 
fenoc  Smith's  three  children  were  also  in  the 
home  land,  and  his  home  in  Burma  was 
closed.  As  wc  gathered  about  that  table 
voicet  choked,  and  one,  who  was  asked  to 
invoke  the  blessing,  was  so  overcome  by  the 
loneliness  due  to  the  absence  of  children  that 
he  was  unable  to  speak,  and  anochei  took  up 
the  voice  of  petition.  Tlie  occasion  gave 
rise  to  the  following  verses  from  Professor 
Smith's  hand: 


Ii  it  not  much  like  Chriitnut, 

To-diy  indeed  is  Christmai  — 
And  here  alone  1  nt. 

Aye,  'til  not  much  like  Chiiitmai, 

Without  not  child  nor  wife; 
But  tender  [riendl  and  thouf^lthll 

Put  joy  into  my  life. 

Though   'tit  not   much  like  CbiiKnui, 

It  might  be  votae,  I  know. 
Then,  thankful  for  my  bleningii 

To  ladneit.  111  lay  "Cal-' 

When  'ti*  not  much  like  Chrittmai, 

Afai  from  thote  I  tore, 
111  chink  whence  came  our  ChtiMnua, 

And  lift  my  heart  aboie. 

Each  guest  also  had  by  his  plate  a  specially 
designed  and  dedicated  Bill  of  Fare,  the 
output  of  Professor  Gilmore'i  friendly 
ingenuity.  The  one  preserved  by  the  writer 
set  forth  the  viands  as  follows: 


much  1.: 


■  ChiisI 


With  wife  i 
And  with  do  baby  laughter, 

To  waken  me  al  dawn- 
It  ■•  not  much  like  Chriumat 


Coffee  Ice  Cream 

ihklu  Lodge  Rangoon 

What  would  this  Christmas  have  been 
thout  a  genial  Professor  Gilmore  to  act 
E  part  of  a  bounteous,  poetic  Santa  Claus! 


were  given   by  the 

School  in  Bassein  on 

December   ai.      A 


pupils  of  the  Bur 
Wednesday   aften 


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MISS  IONS 


company  of  about  four  hundred  and  fifty 
pupils  was  gathered,  about  fifty  of  whom 
were  girls.  Many  recitations,  chiefly  of 
Scripture  passages,  were  given  by  bright,  dark- 
skinned  Bunnan  bo)'5  and  girU,  and  songs 
were  sung.  A  litlle  later  in  the  same  day 
the  guests  attended  a  pubUc  exercise  g;iven 
by  three  hundred  I'wo  Karen  children  in 
their  school  chapel.  It  was  a  particularly 
pleasant  sight  to  see  the  museum,  gathered 
by  the  missionary  in  charge,  fitted  into  cases 
around  the  school-rooms,  such  as  an  Esqui- 

cutios,  representing  Burma  and  other  lands. 

On  (he  following  evening  in  the  school 
administered  by  Dr.  C.  A.  Nichols,  for  Sgaw 
Kaicns,  an  even  more  impressive  service  was 
rendered  by  the  eight  hundred  pupils  in 
attendance.  In  the  large  hall,  named  the 
"Kothah-byu  Memorial  Hall,"  in  memory 
of  the  first  Karen  conveit,  who  was  baptized 
by  Missionary  Boardman,  ntarly  a  thousand 
persons  were  assembled.  A  band  on  an  out- 
side porch  played  two  selections.  There 
were  three  piano  duets  given  by  children; 
choruses,  glees  and  anthems  i  and  the 
kindergarten  tots  gave  an  admirable  drill 
accompanied  by  a  charming  song.  Near 
the  close  of  the  exercises  a  little  Karen  girl 
came  forward  and  in  a  Beautifully  modulated 
tone  recited  the  following  greeting,  a  copy 
of  which  was  presented  to  each  of  the  guests : 

"We  the  Sgaw  Karen  Christians  of  this 
community  are  very  glad  that  you  have 
come  so  far  to  see  us  —  away  from  America. 


We  all  love  you  both  very  much.  We  love  you 
much  more  than  this.  But  please  take  our 
little  Christmas  gift  —  with  our  best  wishes 
for  a  pleasant  Christmas,  and  many,  many 
happy  New  Years.  Now  please  come  again." 
litis  greeting  was  accompanied  with  the 
gift  of  a  Burmese  cymbal  and  hammer,  and 
a  silver  cup  for  each  of  the  absent  wives. 

A  CHRISTMAS   IN    HEMZADA 

In  the  Karen  compound  presided  over  by 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  C.  Phelps,  a  Christmas 
exercise  with  two  trees  was  held  on  Fridav 
evening,  December  ij.  (Jaily  festooned 
decorations  hung  about  the  walls  of  the 
school  chapel.  Many  songs  were  rendeicJ 
and  many  recitations  of  Scripture  passaces, 
both  in  English  and  Karen,  were  given. 
Then,  among  the  two  hundred  and  seven 
pupils  in  the  school,  gifts  were  distributed, 
many  of  which  had  come  all  the  way  from 
America,  as  a  token  of  Christian  love  for 
the  far-off"  children  of  the  East. 

In  this,  as  in  the  other  schools,  the  most 
welcomed  Christmas  announcement  came 
in  the  statement  that  twelve  of  the  childmi 
were  to  be  baptized  on  the  following  Sunday 
—  on  Christmas  Day  itself. 

The  spirit  of  Christmas  is  spreading- 
Where  the  missionary  goes  there  the  Chrin- 
mas  cheer  follows.  Though  he  sacrifice  his 
comfort,  leave  his  home  land,  and  must  be 
patted  from  his  children,  yet  he  carries  to  the 
heathen,  otherwise  groping  in  a  supei- 
sritious  and  often  malevolent  darkness,  the 
light  of  [he  Christmas  Star! 


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The  Montreal  Convention 


preaching  places;    in  1871,  51  missionaries, 

of  On-  The  past  year  rhe  Board  aided  in  the  support 

11  Mon-  of  14.2  pastors  who  suppUed  232  preaching 

ith    ihe  stations    and    38    students    supplying    61 

I.     The  churches.     In  1858  the  incoine  was  »i^76; 

1  to  the  in   1911    it  was  ^36,684.     The  baptisms  in 

of  the  1858  numbered  mi  in  1911,  552.     In  1871 

.   C.   J.  [here  were  iig  churches;  this  year  480,  with 

Busi-  a    membership    increased    from    1 6,600   to 

vith  the  53,000,     Between  1900  and  igii  there  were 

which  8,000  baptisms,  80  churches  organized,  105 

(32,300,  chapels  built,  50  fields  became  self-sustaining 

)tolit  of  and  over  ^1350,000  was  contributed  for  home 

cription  missions.    The  problems  before  the  Board 

icrease,  are  lack  of  pastors,  the  city  problem,  and  the 

ig  busi-  foreign  population.    City  missions  are  taking 

1  head-  on  new  life,  and  in  Toronto,  Montreal  and 

Hamilton  work  has  been  begun  for  Bulga- 

>[ted   a  rians,  Kuthenians,  Slavs  and  Macedonians. 

19  is'  in  This  home  mission  work  of  the  provinces 

lurches.  compares  with   our  stale  convention  work. 

after  a  Rev.  John  KolesnikotT,  formerly  one  of  our 

es  have  workers   in   Scranton,  was  enthusiastically 

Seven  received  as  he  told  of  his  present  work  in 

;ar;    91  Montreal  and  Toronto. 

;  ^839;  The  Sunday  School  Board   reported  468 

Sunday  schools   in   the   507  churches,  with 

Board  enrolment    of  43,538    scholars    and    4,870 

ibution,  teachers    and    officers,   a   total   of  48,418; 

?l8o,  average  attendance  29,981,  or  65  per  cent. 

K  funds  Of  the  scholars  9,063  are  church  members, 

glected,  of  whom  1,308  joined  during  the  year;   thus 

60  per  cent  of  the  baptisms  come  from  the 

ited  its  Sunday  school.     The  schools  gave  to  mis- 

I51    the  sions  ^8,030;    for  school  purposes,  834,375, 

)y    sec-  an  increase  of  ^5,089  over  last  year.    Aver- 

and   by  age    contribution   to   missions    for   enrolled 

ganiza-  members,   22  cents;    for  members   in   at- 

Canada  tendance,  49  cents.    Among  the  recommen- 

183  the  dations  one  was  for  the  establishment  of  a 

re  three  chair  of  Sunday  school  pedagogy  in  McMas- 

ing    50  ter  University, 


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MISSIONS 


The  Laymen's  Movement  was  presented 
"as  an  inspiration xo  men  to  give  themselves 
as  well  as  their  money,  to  lead  men  to  Ohcist 
in  the  heathen  world,  the  priest-ridden 
world,  the  foreigner  within  our  gates."  Can- 
ada has  been  at  the  forefront  in  this  move- 
ment, but  feels  keenly  the  loss  of  Dr.  Stack- 
house,  for  whom  it  is  not  easy  to  find  a 
successor. 

Colonial  Western  Missions  set  forth  the 
problem  of  a  population  ever  moving  west- 
ward in  Manitoba,  and  the  frontier  and 
foreign  work  in  Saskatchewan,  Alberta  and 
British  Columbia.  In  the  latter  55,000 
immigrants  settled  last  year,  making  heavy 
demands  upon  the  churches.  The  foreign 
work  is  among  the  Germans,  Scandinavians, 
Russians  and  Galicians,  and  there  is  also  a 
Negro  work,  colonies  having  recently  come 
into  Alberta,  including  many  Baptists. 
Immigration  is  recognized  as  the  serious 
problem,  as  212,854  immigrants  arrived  in 
Canada  between  April  and  September  last, 
an  increase  of  18  per  cent  over  the  year  pre- 
ceding, and  a  proportion  greater  than  that 
of  the  million  coming  into  the  United  States, 
when  Canada's  7,000,000  are  put  against 
our  90,000,000.  From  each  western  province 
comes  the  ciy  for  men  and  money  to  meet 
this  ever-enlarging  opportunity.  In  educa- 
tional work  the  western*  work  has  Brandon 
College,  a  strong  institution,  with  367  stu- 
dents. 

Chancellor  McCrimmon,  the  new  head  of 
McMaster,  presented  the  educational  report 
and  was  warmly  received.  The  enrolment 
at  McMaster  during  the  year  was  260  in 
arts,  42  in  theology;  Moulton  College  en- 
rolled 163,  Woodstock,  175.  The  spiritual 
conditions  were  regarded  as  favorable.  Dr. 
Bates,  Educational  Field  Secretary,  gave 
this  record:  1,368  students  since  1881;  665 
of  these  have  entered  the  ministry;  45  have 
gone  to  foreign  mission  work;  160  have 
become  teachers;  136  were  accepted  last 
year  for  the  ministry.  In  the  discussion 
Mr.  Allan  Donovan  said  the  whole  denomi- 
nation gave  last  year  only  {2,500  to  Christian 
education.  A  sum  of  J5io,ooo  a  year  for  this 
cause  is  proposed. 

The  election  of  officers  resulted  in  the 
choice  of  A.  L.  Therrien,  D.D.,  of  Montreal, 
as  president,  and  Rev.  C.  £.  MacLeod, 
secretary  and  treasurer. 

The  report  on  the  state  of  religion  gave 


these  statistics:  Ordinations  to  the  ministiy, 
21;  new  edifices  dedicated,  7;  in  process  of 
erection,  5;  number  of  churches,  513,  6 
new  during  the  year;  membership,  53I9365, 
a  net  gain  of  629;  baptisms,  2,149,  a  de- 
crease of  502  and  smallest  number  since 
1903;  members  lost  through  erasure  and 
exclusion,  1,288,  more  than  half  the  number 
received  in  baptism;  no  baptisms  reported 
by  250  churches.  Substanrial  progress  has 
been  made  in  contributions.  The  average 
giving  per  member  for  home  work  is  f  11.23; 
for  work  abroad,  $3.25;  total,  f  14.48,  a 
gain  of  1 1. 40  per  member.  Total  contribu- 
tions for  work  at  home,  {609,602;  for  work 
abroad,  {180,520. 

Foreign,  educational  and  home  mission 
sermons  were  preached  at  the  three  services 
on  Sunday.  Monday  brought  an  excursion 
to  Grand  Ligne,  a  most  interesting  feature  of 
the  convention  week.  We,  too,  have  a  spe- 
cial interest  in  the  institution  udiich  Madame 
Feller  founded,  and  the  delegates  looked 
with  veneration  upon  the  little  log  school- 
house,  now  used  as  a  hospital,  where  Mad- 
ame Feller  began  her  work,  comparing  that 
with  the  present  fine  building.  The  repon 
of  the  Board  said  that  on  account  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  Budget  mak- 
ing no  provision  for  a  Grand  Ligne  offering, 
the  income  from  the  United  States  is  likely 
to  vanish  and  the  Canadians  would  have  to 
assume  a  greater  burden.  The  work  is 
growing  and  prosperous. 

Foreign  missions  occupied  the  afternoon 
session,  and  Dr.  J.  G.  Brown,  the  secretary, 
made  a  stirring  report.  Of  the  {25,000 
pledged  last  year  in  special  contributions, 
{15,766  has  been  paid.  The  income  for  the 
year  was  {73,190,  an  increase  of  f  11,122; 
but  of  this  amount  {15,766  was  received  on 
account  of  the  Forward  Movement,  so  that 
the  regular  receipts  were  less  than  last  year. 

The  Canadian  Baptist  Foreign  Society 
reports  the  following  results  of  the  last  year's 
work  in  India:  Baptisms  669;  total 
additions  837;  losses  306;  net  gain,  531. 
The  total  membership  is  now  7,161.  The 
village  schools  number  187,  with  3^79 
pupils,  and  165  teachers.  In  the  seminary 
at  Samulcotta,  there  were  311  students  in 
five  departments. 

The  native  ministry  includes:  Ordained 
pastors  39,  evangelists  61,  colporters  12, 
Bible    women    53,    teachers    172,    medical 


M  IS  SIGNS 


assistants  i6i  total  361.  These  preach  in 
848  villages,  besides  caring  for  a  flock  of 
7,000  persona  in  446  villages.  Sunday 
schooU  are  354  with  7,304  scholars.  Tlie 
native  contributions  were  ^1,070,  and  10 
churches  are  self-supporting.  In  the  Med- 
ical E>epattinent  15,000  patients  were  treated. 

The  work  in  Bolivia  is  decidedly  moie 
encouraging.  The  country  is  expanding 
industrially,  the  government  is  enacting 
bills,  giving  a  larger  measure  of  civil  liberty, 
and  the  trend  is  toward  the  separation  of 
Church  and  State.  This  movement  is 
making  the  way  of  the  missionary  easier, 
and  our  brethren  are  fully  using  their 
opportunity. 

Outgoing  missionaries,  Dr.  £.  G.  Smith 
and  wife,  and  Miss  Susan  Hinman,  were 
introduced  at  the  evening  session,  and  ad- 
dresset  were  given  by  two  foreign  mission- 
aries on  fiirlou^  —  Rev.  R.  E.  Smith,  of 
India,  and  Rev.  C.  N.  Mitchell,  of  Bolivia. 
The  next  convention  will  be  held  at  Brant- 
ford,  Ont.,  in  October,  1911. 
* 
CuindUn  Women's  Work 

The  WcMnen's  Foreign  Missionary  Society 
of  Eastern'  Ontario  and  Quebec,  Canada, 
held    its    thirty-fifth    annual    meeting    in 


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Ottawa,  October  4.  The  sessions  were 
full  of  interest.  ,  Among  the  speakers  Miss 
Susie  Hinman,  who  has  since  gone  out  to 
India,  and  Rev.  Ralph  Smith,  of  India, 
who  said  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  kingdom 
of  God  is  coming  in  that  vast  land.  The 
treasurer's  report  showed  no  deficit,  but  a 
balance  of  ^6.48,  with  receipts  of  ^3,136, 
and  disbursements,  {3,130.  The  Society 
provides  teacheis  for  the  schools,  and 
supports  Bible  women  and  zenana  work 
in  India. 

The  Women's  Society  of  Ontario  West 
reported,  at  its  convention  in  Hamilton, 
November  9,  receipts  of  {11,484  from 
Oaober  11,  1910  to  Oaober  15,  191 1,  and 
expenditures  of  {12,789,  leaving  a  deficit 
of  {1,305. 

An  Indian  Woman's  Conference  —  it 
has  a  strange  sound  in  our  ears.  But  there 
has  really  been  one  held  in  Allahabad, 
and  attended  by  upwards  of  5,000  Hindu, 
Mohammedan  and  Christian  women.  Th^ 
were  discussing  such  questions  as  "Sodal 
and  Marriage  Reforms,"  "The  Education 
of  Women"  and  "The  Necessity  of  a 
Special  Curriculum  for  Girls'  Schools." 
This  is  surely  another  sign  of  the  awakening 
of  India.  —  Miiiionary  Link. 


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MISSIONS 


The  Every-Member  Canvass 

By  Secretary  W.  T.  Stackbouse.  D-D. 


EKE  is  no  more  important 
[uestion  of  a  practical  nature 
"gaging  the  attention  of  a 
r  churches  than 


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mber 
and  vhtt  does  it 


n  honest  endeavor  in  a 
systematic  way  to  interview  every  member  of 
the  church  and  congregation  with  a  view  of 
creating  greater  iniercsr  in,  and  securing 
larger  contributions  toward,  the  work  of  the 
kingdom  of  Christ.*  In  many  churches  a 
weekly  system  of  giving  for  current  ex- 
penses prevails,  while  the  funds  for  missions 
are  gathered  monthly,  <|uanerly  or  annually, 
with  little  or  no  system. 

The  Laymen's  Movement  advocates  a 
weekly  system  for  both  current  expenses 
and  missions.  And  our  experience  of  the 
past  few  years  has  demonstrated  beyond  a 
doubt  the  value  of  a  systematic  personal 
canvass  of  the  membership  with  a  view  of 
securing  weekly  subscriptions  lo  missions. 

I.  In  the  first  place  the  Canvassing  Com- 
mittee should  be  wisely  chosen.  It  should 
be  chosen  by,  or  at  least  nominated  by,  the 
Missionary  Committee  of  the  church.  Of 
course  the  Missionary  Committee  should  be 
a  part  of  the  Canvassing  Committee. 

I.  The  Canvassing  Committee  should  go 
out  in  pairs.  Two  can  do  better  work  than 
one  alone.  This  method  has  worked  so 
well  in  so  many  churches  that  we  strongly 
recommend  it.  As  far  as  possible  an  experi- 
enced worker  should  take  with  him  one  of 


the  younger  members.  The  value  of  this  as 
a  matter  of  education  to  the  younger  mem- 
ber is  obvious. 

3.  The  members  of  the  Canvassing  Com- 
mittee should  decide  upon  the  amounts  they 
will  give  per  week  to  the  various  missionary 
objects  before  they  start  out.  When  ctm- 
vicrion  has  foimd  expression  in  a  definiTe 
fashion  in  the  life  of  the  canvasser,  his 
appeal  will  have  far  greater  weight  with  ihr 
one  canvassed. 

4.  The  committee  should  hold  a  meeiing 
or  two  for  preparation  before  beginning  the 
canvass.  Tlie  members  should  acquaint 
themselves  with  the  Missionary  Committee 
and  work  of  the  churchy  and  also  with  (he 
mission  fields  and  missionary  needs  of  the 
denomination  to  which  they  belong.  They 
should  study  carefully  the  financial  ability 
of  those  to  whom  they  go.  In  short  they 
should  be  able  to  present  the  missionaty 
work  comprrfiensively  and  to  suggest  to  the 
giver,  when  necessaiy,  a  weekly  offering 
commensurate  with  his  ability  and  the  needs 
under  consideration. 

5.  The  membership  list  should  not  be  di- 
vided geographically,  but  by  voluntaty 
selection.  This  method  provides  for  the 
consideration  of  all  personal  and  business 
relationships  that  will  make  the  canvass  in 
the  main  congenial  to  both  'canvassers  and 
those  canvassed.  If  the  committee  is  made 
large  enough,  a  congregation  can  be  worked 
in  a  few  days.  A  week  or  ten  days  is  ample 
time  in  which  to  cover  the  largest  congrega- 
tions.   The  committee  may  be  composed  of 


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men  and  women,  but  the  men  should  be 
canvassed  by  the  men. 

6.  Announcements  should  be  made  of  the 
canvass  from  the  pulpit,  a  week  or  two  in 
advance,  if  possible.  The  earnest,  sympa- 
thetic attention  of  the  audience  should  be 
called  to  the  work  of  the  canvassers  by  the 
pastor.  The  people  should  be  urged  to 
help  the  committee  in  their  work.  It  will 
save  time  for  the  committee  if  the  members 
will  subscribe  when  first  visited. 

7.  The  committee  should  meet  regularly 
for  prayer  and  conference  during  the  cam- 
paign, and  should  report  progress  at  such 
church  meetings  as  may  be  held  during  the 
canvass. 

8.  The  committee  may  canvass  for  both 
missions  and  current  expenses,  if  the  church 
so  decides,  and  thus  make  the  one  canvass 
for  the  year  do.  If  the  local  expenses,  how- 
ever, are  being  met,  then  the  canvass  should 
be  for  missions  only. 

9.  Set  a  financial  objective  before  the 
people.  We  want  ]t6,500,ooo  from  the 
Baptists  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Conven- 
tion annually  for  a  number*of  years  to  come. 
With  this  amount  we  can  overtake  our 
share  of  world  missions.  In  other  words 
we  can  finance  the  missionary  work  for  all 
our  City,  State  and  National  Missionary 
Societies  in  America,  and  reach  with  the 
gospel  the  sixty-one  million  souls  on  the 
foreign  field  for  whom  our  Foreign  Mission 
Society  must  assume  responsibility.  On  an 
average  it  means  ten  cents  per  week  per 
member  only.  Many  are  giving  many 
times  ten  cents  per  week,  and  must  increase 
their  gifts  if  the  money  is  to  be  raised. 

We  know  it  can  be  raised  if  we  as  Bap- 
tists set  ourselves  earnestly  to  the  task. 
One  church  with  195  members,  all  laboring 
men  with  but  a  few  exceptions,  made  the 
every-member  canvass.  They  succeeded 
thereby  in  raising  the  missionary  offerings 
from  jRioo  to  Jli,300  per  annum  and  the 
offerings  to  local  expenses  from  ;$  1,900  to 
tSJOO.  When  it  is  remembered  that  this 
church  was  facing  an  annual  deficit  in  cur- 
rent expenses  and  had  a  building  project  on 
hand,  you  can  understand  their  gratitude 
for  the  assistance  rendered  them  by  the 
Laymen's  Movement  leading  up  to  these 
results.  More  than  that,  165  of  195  mem- 
bers became  weekly  subscribers  both  to 
missions  and  current  expenses.    The  pledges 


ranged  all  the  way  from  five  cents  per  week 
to  two  dollars  per  week. 

Try  the  Eve ry-M ember  Canvass  for 
Missions  this  Year. 


iH 


The  Source  of  Intelligence 

THE  work  of  the  Laymen's  Movement 
and  all  other  inspirational  effort  is 
bound  to  be  temporary  and  short-lived  in  its 
results  unless  it  awaken  an  interest  in  mis- 
sions that  will  lead  to  increased  information. 
This  information  and  intelligent  under- 
standing of  the  world  evangelization  move- 
ments can  be  secured  by  the  regular  reading 
of  Missions,  a  monthly  that  covers  the 
whole  field  of  missionary  effort  and  that 
deals  in  a  large  way  with  the  subject  —  a 
way  that  will  interest  men.  Missions  has 
primarily  to  do  with  our  Baptist  world  work, 
but  does  not  confine  its  attention  to  that. 
It  purposes  to  take  the  reader  into  the  wider 
range  of  world  interests,  as  they  are  related 
to  the  kingdom  of  God. 

The  regular  reader  of  Missions  will  give, 
not  in  response  to  a  special  appeal  or  a 
sentiment  aroused  at  some  particular  meet- 
ing, but  in  response  to  the  conviction  bom 
of  an  intelligent  comprehension  of  condi- 
tions that  make  it  incumbent  upon  us  to 
extend  the  blessings  of  Christianity  to  less 
favored  peoples  who  are  still  bound  in 
heathen  superstitions.  Personal  service, 
too,  will  result  from  the  new  vision  of  im- 
mediate surroundings  that  call  for  Christian 
consecration  and  effort  to  make  our  own 
communities  really  Christian. 

There  is  every  reason  why  a  subscription 
to  Missions  should  be  urged  as  a  part  of 
the  work  which  the  Missionary  Committee 
and  the  Every-Member  Canvass  Committee 
is  set  to  do  in  the  local  church.  Such  a 
subscription  would  mean  but  little  addi- 
tional giving  of  money,  but  we  believe  it 
would  mean  the  most  effective  "follow  up** 
work  possible,  and  do  more  than  any  other 
single  agency  to  deepen  and  perpetuate  the 
impressions  made  by  the  Laymen's  meet- 
ings and  subsequent  committee  work. 

Every  man  in  the  church  a  sub- 
scriber TO  Missions  is  a  good  motto  for 
the  Laymen's  Movement.  If  the  men  in 
our  churches,  under  lead  of  the  Missionary 
Committee,  would  put  Missions  into  every 


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family   in   the   church, 
r^ular  part   of  the   mei 

not  only  mate  easy  rht  r; 


MISSIONS 


sing  of  the  budget. 


Dr.  Stackbou£e  in  Hassachuietts 
l>r.  Siackhousi 
in  Massai-husLiis 
will  be  devoted  to  Boston.  The  city  and 
State  have  been  si>  divided  as  lo  reach  the 
largest  number  of  churches  during  the 
month.  At  the  present  time  three  group 
meetings  have  been  held.   At  Wakefield,  130 


men  were  present;  at  Dorchester,  280;  at 
Newton  Centre,  165.  Meetings  have  ilso 
been  held  in  scvetal  individual  churches. 
.A  splendid  interest  was  manifest  in  all  ot' 
the  groups.  Definite  plans  have  been  made 
for  vigorous  campaigns  in  following  up  the 
meetings  by  an  every-member  canvass  in 
nearly  all  of  the  churches.  The  District 
and  the  State  Secretaries  are  giving  a  largr 
part  of  their  time  to  the  work  and  it  h 
hoped  to  demonstrate  that  an  entire  State 
can  be  brought  into  line.  There  are  other 
denominations  engaged  in  similar  work  in 
Boston  at  the  same  time,  following  up  the 
interest  aroused  in  the  "World  in  Boston." 


Read  What  Deao  Farrar  Saya  to  English  Laymeo 

mHE  mass  of  laymen  Eeem  to  think  that  they  have  little  (x  nothing  to  do  with  the  work 
~  of  the  Cburch,  and  that  if  they  occasionally  put  a  reluctant  penny  «r  careless  shiUinc 
into  the  offering  bag,  they  have  quite  magnanimouslT  dischargea  their  divine  obligations 
to  the  Church.  It  is  an  abject  delusion  and  it  causes  creepin|r  paralyaia  from  wtiicb  it  is 
vitally  important  that  the  Church  should  be  aroused.  What  u  the  matter  with  oar  age, 
■aid  one  of  the  greatest  recent  writers,  is  that  we  have  forgotten  God.  The  people  are  Uie 
Church,  and  1  have  no  hope  whatever  for  the  Church  of  England  until  h«r  members 
generally  learn  that  the  work  of  God  must  not  be  shuflBed  off  upon  the  ahouldari  of  the 
clergy,  but  must  be  done  by  the  members  of  the  Church." 

These  words  apply  equally  to  indifferent  laymen  everywhere. 


MISSIONS 


833 


annnnnnanDDDDDDnDannnDnDaDnnnnnDDDaaaaaaannaanaananaaaanaa 

Opening  of  the   Home   Mission   Schools 


Prayer  for  Our  Schools 

IN  the  schools  supported  in  part  or  in  whole 
by  the  Home  Mission  Society,  among 
the  Spanish,  Chinese,  Indians  and  Negroes, 
about  8,000  pupils  are  in  daily  attendance. 
The  presidents,  principals  and  teachers  of 
these  thirty  or  more  schools  have  been 
selected  for  two  reasons;  first,  because  they 
are  qualified  educationally  for  the  task  in 
hand;  and  second,  because  they  could  enter 
upon  this  work  with  the  realization  that 
the  spiritual  needs  of-  those  under  their 
charge  are  their  first  care. 

The  majority  of  these  schools  began  about 
October  i,  and  already  reports  are  coming 
of  deq>  religious  interest  and  conversions. 
It  is  hoped  dbat  all  the  readers  of  Missions 
vnll  individually  pray  that  a  spiritual  re- 
vival may  spread  through  all  these  institu- 
tions, and  that  the  year  so  auspicously 
begun  may  register  many  hundreds  of  con- 
versions. Prayer  circles,  women's  societies, 
brotherhoods,  young  peoples'  societies,  and 
all  organizations » in  the  church  are  asked 
to  remember  these  schools  in  their  prayers, 
and  pastors  are  urged  to  present  the  spiritual 
needs  of  the  schools  as  special  objects  for 
prayer  in  the  mid-week  meetings  of  the 
church  and  not  to  forget  them  in  their  public 
devotions  on  the  Lord's  Day. 

These  schools  are  the  training  ground  for 
Christian  leaders  among  backward  peoples. 
They  have  already  sent  forth  many  thou- 
sands of  men  and  women  to  mould  the  in- 
tellectual and  spiritual  life  in  the  com- 
munities where  they  have  resided.  The 
task  calls  for  many  thousands  more  who  can 
influence  their  people  along  the  highest 
lines  of  Christian  usefulness.  And  let  us 
not  forget,  while  we  are  praying  for  the 
pupils,  to  pray  also  for  the  teachers  and 
heads  of  the  schools,  who  are  devoting 
their  lives  with  rare  consecration  to  a  task 
surrounded  with  great  difficulties  and  daily 
discouragements.  —  C.  L.  W. 

VIRGINIA   UNION    UNIVERSITY 

The  University  is  steadily  growing  in  popu- 
lar favor.  Last  summer  for  the  first  time  a 
Summer  Normal  School  was  held  in  its  build- 


ings under  the  auspices  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education  and  the  University  faculty.  The 
State  Board  requested  the  University  to  hold 
a  summer  normal  for  the  training  of  the 
higher  class  of  colored  teachers  in  the  State, 
those  who  desired  the  highest  grade  of  State 
certificates,  the  professional  certificates,  or 
the  first-grade  certificates.  Courses  for  the 
professional  certificates  were  not  given  for 
colored  teachers  in  any  other  school,  and  for 
white  teachers  only  at  the  famous  University 
of  Virginia  at  Charlottesville.  The  request 
that  we  give  such  courses  was,  therefore,  a 
very  gratifying  recognition  of  the  University 
on  the  part  of  the  State  authorities.  The 
school  was  very  successful,  no  students  tak- 
ing the  professional'  courses,  and  about  30 
taking  subjects  for  the  first-grade  certificates. 
The  industrial  classes  in  sewing,  raffia,  can- 
ing, wood-work,  and  household  industries 
were  very  popular  and  did  remarkably  good 
work.  The  teachers  of  the  University  con- 
sented to  give  instruction  at  the  summer 
school  for  very  small  compensation,  believ- 
ing that  they  coiild  do  a  real  service  to  the 
colored  people,  and  indirectly  help  the 
University  in  this  way. 

The  regular  session  opened  with  a  large 
attendance  from  all  parts  of  the  country. 
The  college  department  shows  a  slight  in- 
crease over  last  year,  the  theological  depart- 
ment a  decided  increase,  and  the  academy 
about  the  same  attendance.  At  our  formal 
opening  the  speakers  were  Prof.  J.  C. 
Metcalf  of  Richmond  College,  one  of  the 
most  cultured  and  popular  educators  in  the 
South;  Rev.  William  H.  Stokes,  Ph.D.,  a 
graduate  of  the  University,  and  pastor  of 
one  of  the  largest  churches  in  the  city,  and 
Dr.  H.  L.  Morehouse,  who  never  fails  to 
strike  a  strong  inspiring  note  in  what  he 
says  to  our  students. 

For  a  year  past,  efforts  have  been  made  to 
secure  money  for  a  new  dormitory  and  two 
teachers'  houses.  The  General  Education 
Board  in  New  York  has  promised  |i  1,500 
in  case  ^(34,500  in  addition  can  be  raised 
before  the  end  of  next  year.  Very  gratifying 
success  has  attended  the  efforts  of  the  presi- 
dent in  this  direction.    It  is  hoped  that  the 


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MISSIONS 


colored  people,  and  especially  the  former 
students  of  the  school,  will  contribute  about 
one-quarter  of  the  whole  amount  needed. 
Many  of  these  students  and  many  of  their 
churches  have  already  made  generous  prom- 
ises and  in  some  cases  large  contributions. 
It  has  been  a  delightful  experience  for  the 
president  to  visit  his  old  students  in  their 
fields  of  labor.  They  are  doing  a  great  work 
for  the  advancement  of  the  race.  They  have 
erected  attractive  meeting  houses,  are  im- 
proving the  home  conditions  of  the  people, 
and  they  are  leaders  in  temperance  work, 
education  and  every  other  effort  for  better- 
ment. Almost  without  exception  they  have 
the  hearty  respect  and  cooperation  of  the 
white  people  in  their  communities.  They 
are  evidently  doing  a  most  effective  service, 
both  for  their  own  people,  and  in  the  matter 
of  racial  adjustment.  Their  loyalty  to  their 
school  is  also  most  gratifying.  Men  who  are 
doing  such  noble  work,  and  who  are  sacri- 
ficing to  help  themselves  and  their  children 
secure  an  education,  are  worthy  the  help  of 
any  who  have  means  to  assist  the  needy. — 
George  Rice  Hovey,  President. 

SHAW    university 

The  new  year  began  Sept.  28  with 
bright  prospects.  On  October  30  there 
are  in  attendance  460  students,  fine  types 
of  young  men  and  women,  from  almost 
every  section  of  the  United  States,  from 
Porto  Rico,  the  West  Indies,  and  West  and 
South  Africa.  In  the  professional  schools 
the  enrollment  is:  Medical  students,  122; 
Pharniaceutical,  27;  Theological,  li;  and 
Law  4,  Uaving  196  students  in  college  and 
preparatory  departments.  The  enlarge- 
nuiit  ot  the  dining-hall,  made  possible  by  the 
erection  of  the  new  kitchen  during  the 
suininer,  relieves  the  congestion  and  makes 
it  possible  to  receive  a  few  more  boarding 
students  than  usual.  There  are  more 
boarders  in  attendance  at  this  time  than 
were  received  during  last  year,  the  number 
being  334  this  year  as  against  325  last  year. 
The  new  hospital  is  almost  ready  for  the 
reception  <)f  patients,  for  clinics  and  surgical 
operations.  The  hospital  is  said  to  be  one 
of  the  finest  and  most  modem  in  the  State. 
At  the  State  Asswiation  last  week  a  move- 
ment was  launched  for  a  new  Theological 
Hall,  and  about  ^1,000  was  pledged  for  that 
The  graduates,  friends  of  the  city 


and  other  friends  in  the  State  and  denomina- 
tion are  interested  in  Shaw  as  never  before, 
and  every  effort  is  being  put  forth  to  bring 
the  University  into  close  touch  with  the 
people.  —  Chas.  Francis  Meserve,  Presi- 
dent. 

BENEDICT  college 

The  fortieth  annual  session  opened  Ort.  4, 
with  the  largest  number  recorded  for  a  first 
day,  there  being  about  125  boarders  in  the 
dining-hall  that  evening.  After  a  little  more 
than  two  weeks  we  have  on  the  grounds  503 
persons  at  work  and  there  is  a  fine  Christian 
spirit  pervading  the  whole  body.  Benedict 
has  always  been  a  real  Christian  school, 
and  the  new  administration  seeks  to  make  it 
even  more  thoroughly  Christian,  devoting 
much  of  its  energy  to  intensifying  the  Chris- 
tian life  and  hope.  Several  improvements  in 
material  equipment  have  been  made,  in- 
cluding some  new  and  attractive  rooms  for 
the  college  girls.  Morgan  Hall  has  been 
thoroughly  renovated.  Through  the  kind- 
ness of  the  Woman's  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society  we  now  have  a  matron 
for  the  boys'  dormitories.  Miss  House  has 
made  her  influence  felt  at  once  and  is  fast 
winning  her  way  and  doing  much  good. 
The  college  department  shows  an  increase. 
The  school  enjoys  the  respect  and  good-will 
of  its  neighbors  and  the  outlook  is  very 
bright.  —  B.  W.  Valentine,  President. 

SPELMAN    seminary 

Spelman  has  had  one  of  the  best  openings 
in  her  history,  with  every  promise  of  a  suc- 
cessful year.  We  have  an  excellent  corps  of 
teachers,  an  earnest  body  of  students,  and 
quickly  and  quietly  the  work  of  organization 
has  been  completed.  Gaining  wisdom  from 
last  year's  crowded  condition,  we  planned  to 
limit  the  registration  of  boarding  students 
this  year  to  350,  the  number  we  can  reason- 
ably accommodate.  Two  weeks  before 
opening  day  the  news  was  sent  abroad  that 
we  could  accept  no  more  applicants.  In 
spite  of  well-laid  plans,  before  the  close  of 
the  first  month  we  have  380  boarders  en- 
rolled, and  are  anxiously  asking  '* Where 
shall  we  put  the  next  arrival?"  One 
teacher  has  given  up  her  room  to  students, 
two  schoolrooms  have  been  utilized  for 
dormitories,  and  not  less  than  one  hundred 
girls  have  been  obliged  to  go  elsewhere  or 


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835 


remain  at  home.  It  is  hard  indeed  to  turn  a 
deaf  ear  to  the  urgent,  repeated  appeals  that 
we  are  daily  receiving.  One  of  these  waiting 
ones  wrote  yesterday  for  the  third  time, 
"Please  don't  forget  me,  as  soon  as  there  is 
a  chance;  my  trunk  is  all  packed,  I  can 
come  at  once,  or  I  will  wait  until  Christmas 
if  I  must."  A  father  came  with  his  daugh- 
ter, a  motherless  girl,  and  when  told  we  had 
no  bed  for  her,  he  said,  "If  you  will  take  her, 
she  can  sleep  on  the  floor;  she  isn't  safe  at 
home  alone  when  I  am  at  my  work.  Please, 
ma'am,  take  her."  Our  entire  registration 
to  date  is  582.  Twenty-one  boarding  stu- 
dents entered  who  were  not  Christians. 
Two  have  professed  conversion  since  coming 
to  us.  Our  Sunday  school.  Young  Women's 
Christian  Association,  and  Christian  En- 
deavor societies  are  well  organized  and  at 
work  and  we  trust  our  school  motto,  "Our 
Whole  School  for  Christ,"  may  soon  be 
realized.  —  Lucy  Hale  Tapley,  President. 

ATLANTA   BAPTIST  COLLEGE 

The  college  opened  Oct.  3.  Our  enrol- 
ment is  now  227,  and  of  these  162  are  board- 
ing students.  This  is  the  largest  enrolment 
and  largest  number  of  boarding  students  the 
college  has  ever  had  at  so  early  a  date.  Our 
dormitory  is  so  completely  filled  that  we  are 
making  temporary  arrangements  for  room- 
ing students  in  the  old  chapel.  The  outlook 
for  the  year  is  unusually  bright.  A  few 
days  ago  the  students  had  a  mass-meeting 
in  chapel  and  raised  $158  in  cash  as  a  con- 
tribution to  the  building  fund,  besides  giv- 
ing pledges  that  will  bring  the  amount  be- 
yond ^200.  —  John  Hope,  President. 

JACKSON   COLLEGE,  MISSISSIPPI 

Under  conditions  most  favorable  Jackson 
College  began  its  thirty-fifth  year's  work 
Oct.  4.  Representative  people  from  Jackson 
and  adjacent  cities  were  present  to  welcome 
the  students  new  and  old,  and  offered  words 
of  encouragement  and  cheer.  Prominent 
among  these  were  W.  J.  Latham,  Esq., 
president  of  the  alumni  association;  Rev. 
E.  B.  Topp,  Rev.  E.  P.  Jones  of  Vicksburg, 
and  Prof.  E.  H.  McKissack  of  Holly  Springs. 
It  was  reassuring  to  have  these  men  speak, 
frankly  appreciating  the  work  of  the  Home 
Mission  Society  for  Negroes  in  Mississippi, 
and  to  have  them  heartily  endorse  the  recent 


changes  here  made.  While  many  of  the 
schools  in  this  section,  because  of  the  rav- 
ages of  the  boll-weevil,  have  smaller  enrol- 
ment of  boarders,  our  number  is  larger. 
With  a  total  enrolment  of  280  and  students 
arriving  every  day,  boarding  accommoda- 
tions will  soon  be  over-taxed.  A  faculty  of 
capable  and  cheerful  teachers,  nearly  all 
new,  carries  the  work  forward  with  ease  and 
precision.  A  present  need  is  an  infirmary. 
Two  members  of  the  faculty  have  experience 
as  trained  nurses,  and  with  an  outlay  of  J250 
fairly  good  accommodation  could  be  had. 
—  Z.  T.  Hubert,  President. 

BACONE  (iNDIAN)  COLLEGE,  OKLAHOMA 

Opened   Sept.   5,  with   bright  prospects. 
In  the  first  six  weeks  we  enrolled  as  many 
students  as  were  registered  during  the  last 
year.     Our  rooms  are  all  occupied  and  we 
have  four  in  some  of  the  rooms.    Applica- 
tions are  coming  all  the  time  and  we  shall 
have  to  refuse  admission  soon  for  lack  of 
room.    Our  students  are  of  a  more  quiet  and 
studious  disposition  and  in  every  way  there 
is  a  marked  improvement.     The  religious 
life  of  the  school  is  most  encouraging.     A 
number  of  the  new  students  have  taken  a 
firm  stand  as  Christians  and  the  old  students 
have  taken  up  the  Christian  work  in  the  very 
beginning   of  the  term.     Already  six  new 
students    have    confessed    Christ.      Above 
everything  else  we  strive  to  develop  in  the 
boys  and  girls  strong  Christian  character. 
Our  faculty  has  lost  Miss  Irene  Chambers, 
who  has  gone  to  West  China  to  teach  in  a 
girls'  school.    Our  students  are  all  interested 
in  her  work.    We  were  fortunate  in  securing 
for   our   English  department.    Prof.   W.    J 
Pack,  formerly  principal  of  Cherokee  Acad- 
emy and   later  professor  of  history  in  the 
State   Normal   at   Tahlequah.    During  the 
summer  we  erected  a  fine  new  building  for 
dining-room  and  dormitory  for  the  Murrow 
Indian  Orphans'  Home.    Our  greatest  need 
now  is  a  new  building  for  a  chapel,  class 
rooms,  music   rooms,  domestic  science  and 
manual  training  and  offices.     Such  a  build- 
ing would  give  us   modem   equipment   for 
our  school  work  and  leave  our  present  build- 
ings free  for  dormitory  use.    Without  a  new 
building    we    cannot    grow.  —  J.    Harvey 
Randall,  President. 

(reports  CONCLUDED  NEXT  MONTH) 


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MISSIONS 


A   Woman's   Plea  for   Union 


ARGUMENT  MADE  BY  MRS.  JOHN  CAREY  TILTON,  OF  CONCORD,  AT  THE 
woman's  missionary  meeting  held  in  CONNECTION  WITH  THE  NEW 
HAMPSHIRE    BAPTIST    STATE    CONVENTION.       PUBLISHED    BY    REQUEST 


RESOLVED,  that  it  is  for  the  best  in- 
^  terest  of  the  cause  that  the  woman's 
missionary  magazines,  Helping  Hand  and 
Tidings  be  merged  into  Missions,  thus 
having  one  good  missionary  magazine. 

The  proposition  is  to  unite  the  two 
woman's  missionary  magazines.  Helping 
Hand  and  Tidings^  with  Missions,  in  order 
that  all  of  our  Northern  Baptist  missionary 
work  may  be  presented  under  one  cover. 
To  this  end  Missions  has  made  the  follow- 
ing proposition:  To  create  separate  wom- 
an's departments,  home  and  foreign,  in 
which  will  be  given  the  specific  field  news 
and  any  other  matter  desired  by  the  two 
fiocieties;  these  departments  to  be  prepared 
as  at  present  by  the  editorial  secretaries  of 
the  women's  societies,  who  become  corre- 
sponding editors  of  Missions.  These  so- 
cieties will  be  given  twelve  pages  each.  In 
case  the  twelve  pages  are  not  sufficient  for 
special  news,  etc.,  the  societies  may  add  an 
eight  or  a  sixteen-page  form  by  paying  the 
extra  printing  cost.  In  addition,  general 
articles  concerning  the  woman's  work  will 
be  given  in  the  general  portion  of  the  maga- 
zine. Under  such  an  arrangement,  our 
women  can  turn  to  the  same  kind  of  matter 
as  now  in  Helping  Hand  and  Tidings^ 
without  any  loss  of  identity  of  the  woman's 
work;  while  they  will  be  getting  the  breadth 
and  the  survey  of  the  whole  work  in  the 
other  pages  of  the  magazine. 

To  repeat,  let  me  say  that  this  does  not 
mean  loss  of  distinctive  and  compact  pre- 
sentation of  the  woman's  work.  This  does 
not  mean  a  "woman's  page"  or  even  a 
page  or  two  for  woman's  work.  It  means 
that  the  material  of  the  three  magazines  will 
be  united  in  one  magazine,  and  that  the 
material  of  each  society  will  be  presented  in 
the  same  way  as  it  is  at  present.  It  means 
that  all  Baptist  missionary  readers  will  get 
the  whole  of  our  missionary  work  and  not 
merely  sections  of  it. 


This  is  the  day  of  eflFective  cooperation 
and   combination.     A  great   advance  was 
made  when  the  separate  magazines  of  the 
home  and  foreign  societies  were  united  in  a  * 
single    magazine,    Missions.      For    years 
numerous  arguments  were  raised  against  the 
combination.    The  apprehensions  have  not 
been   realized.     Tlie  success   of  the  joint 
magazine  is   recognized   by  all  denomina- 
tions.   The  societies  themselves  feel  that  a 
step  along  the  line  of  progress  has  been  made. 
Missions  now  has  fifteen  thousand  more 
subscribers  than  either  of  the  former  maga- 
zines had,  and  with  Tidings  and  Helping 
Hand  in  the  combination,  it  might  reason- 
ably be  expected  that  its  list  would  surpass 
any  mark  ever  reached  by  any  Baptist  period- 
ical of  this  class.    If,  instead  of  spending  our 
energies  in  gaining  subscriptions  for  three 
magazines,  we  could  unite  our  efforts  in  pro- 
curing subscriptions  for  the  one,  might  we 
not  ultimately  attain  the  ideal  of  placing 
Missions   in   every   Baptist  home  ?     With 
one    magazine    and    the    same    enthusiasm 
now  displayed.  Missions  would  have  over 
sixty  thousand  readers.    Thus,  information 
concerning  the  woman's  work  would  reach 
several  times  the  number  now  reached   by 
Helping  Hand  and  Tidings. 

It  is  a  recognized  fact  that  the  growth 
and  efficiency  of  missionary  work  depends 
upon  the  interest  aroused;  and  that  interest 
is  again  dependent  upon  the  knowledge  of 
missions  that  we  possess.  Would  we  not  be 
extending  a  knowledge  of  missions  and  thus 
creating  a  greater  interest  in  the  cause  by 
sending  a  presentation  of  the  whole  work 
into  a  greater  number  of  homes  ?  Let  us 
look  at  the  field  and  who  can  deny  that  our 
work  there  is  feeling  the  effect  of  this  move- 
ment of  the  day  along  the  lines  of  coopera- 
tion. We  see  even  the  boards  of  the  differ- 
ent denominations  cooperating,  especially  in 
their  maintenance  of  schools.  They  are 
seeing    that    cooperation    produces    results. 


MISSIONS 


Shall  weliere  at  home  refuse  to  lake  a  step 
which''is  cettainly  in  fine -with  the  whole 
misslonaiy  advance  movement  ? 

As  a  matter  of  economy  we  say  that  it 
would  be  well  for  the  magazines  to  unite. 
It  may  not  be  generally  known  that  our 
missionary  magazines  are  not  self-support- 
ing. Such,  however,  is  the  case.  The 
proposition  that  Missions  made  was  to  enter 
the  combination  upon  equal  terms  with  the 
three  general  societies  thai  formed  the  origi- 
nal combination.  This  means  that  hnan- 
.  cially  the  societies  share  the  deficit  according 
to  their  apportionment  totals.  It  is  the  ex- 
pectation that  advertising  would  increase 
with  the  larger  circulation  and  that  the  de- 
ficit Would  decrease  proportionately.  Thus, 
a  goodly  sum  would  be  saved  each  year  for 
the  Work. 

issiONS  was  put  as  a 
You  will  doubtless 

nan,  she  does  not  lose 
ally  has  something  to 
lly  the  case  that  the 
elp  and  inspire  each 
s  new  united  magazine 
prove  more  helpful  and  inspiring  because  of 
this  union  P 

Surely  women  need  enlarged  vision.  Let 
mc  quote  the  position  of  Tidings  in  accept- 
ing the  proposition  of  Missions,  for,  as  you 
already  know,  TiJings  has  accepted  it. 
Mrs.  Smith  Thomas  Ford  says: 

"Tlw  lloiui  a(  Ihc  Womiii'D  Homt  Mission  Societv 
hit  UV171  been  piDgrcu,  1  conttinl  canxrvaimn  of 
forca  lA  order  thiC  ^irer  thiofrt  miy  be  iccompli^hrJ 
hit  been  out  policj.  ContoliJiiion  wiih  aur  eastern 
society  vii  ID  epoch  11 


No« 


>K  to  1. 


ut  tad  with  *  firm  belief  in 
10  I  wider  diitnbution  o( 
for,  lad  by  women,  lod  with  iti  eye  .ingle  tg  the 
kIott  of  God,  we  ihall  tike  it."  She  goes  on  to  ay 
that  "a  nn^  migaiine  in  jour  home,  which  contains 
intelligeiice  of  all  branchei  of  mitiionaty  work,  and 
which  erer;  member  of  the  famil)'  may  read  with 
intemt,  it  infinitely  more  informing  than  a  number 

prCKDII  only  one  especial   phase." 

As  a  general  thing,  do  not  women  feel 
satisfied  if  they  read  their  own  side  of  the 
missionary  question  ?  A  woman  has  been 
heard  of  who  felt  that  the  women  were 
doing  about  alt  the  missionary  work  that 
was  being  done.    She  would,  doubtless,  have 


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been  surprised  to  li«m.  for  example,  thai 
out  of  the  146  missioitaiiea  sent  to  China  by 
the  Baptists,  only  31  were  supported  by  the 
woman's  societies.  Ete  we  not  feel  that  we 
are  limiting  ourselves  in  our  reading  and 
interest  to  the  narrow  circle  of  woman's 
work  ?  However  imponant  this  is,  do  we 
not  need  for  our  own  mental  and  spiritual 
growth  and  stimulation  the  full  scope  of  the 
work  ?  It  is  possible  for  women  to  read  alt 
three  of  our  missionary  magazine*  and, 
doubtless,  some  of  them  do,  but  without 
question  most  of  us  have  formed  the  habit 
of  narrowing  our  reading  to  that  which  per- 
tains to  our  woman's  work.  If  we  had  the 
whole  work  presented  under  one  cover,  even 
if  at  first  we  should  glance  only  at  the  pic- 
tures in  the  general  portion,  would  not  the 
tendency  be  for  us  to  grow  more  interested 
in  the  whole  cause  of  missions  P  Would  not 
we  find,  both  men  and  women  —  for  surely 
men  as  well  as  women  need  enlarged  vision 
—  would  not  we  find  our  minds  expanding 
and  would  not  the  cause  of  minions  ai  a 
whole  receive  a  new  inspir;idon  I 

It  must  not  be  a  matter  uf  mere  sentiment 
with  us.  This  is  an  age  of  progress.  Things 
need  no  longer  be  as  they  are  because  they 
have  always  been  so.  Nor  is  it  enough  for 
us  to  say  that  ihings  must  be  as  they  are 
because  we  prefer  them  so.  Let  us  arise  to 
the  question,  which  eliminates  all  minor 
selfish  interests,  and  let  us  in  our  choice 
look  to  the  vital  question,  the  question  of 
what  is  best  for  the  great  cause  of  missions. 

Therefore,  because  nothing  vital  to  our 
inntesls  would  be  sacrificed;  because  of 
economy;  becausf  of  the  added  inspiration 
which  would  rcsuh  from  the  union;  because 
this  is  the  day  of  cooperation,  and  coopera- 
tion means  progress  —  advance;  because  all 
missionary  readers  would  get  the  whole  of 

of  it;  because  such  a  united  magazine 
would  reach  several  times  as  many  as  Help- 
ing Hand  and  Tidings  now  reach;  because 
this  union  would  give  our  women  broader 
vision,  anil  broader  vision  means  increased 
interest,  and  increased  interest  in  the  cause 
of  missions  means  more  study,  more  prayer 
and  more  work;  therefore  we  believe  that  it 
is  for  the  best  interest  of  the  cause  of  mis- 
sions, that  these  three  magazines.  Helping 
Hand,  Tiding!  and  Missions  be  united  in 
one  magazine  —  Missions. 


838 


MISSIONS 


WammCs  dUfxiebaaa 

"for  unto  us  a  child  is  born" 

SfOT,  Mary,  unto  thee  alone, 

^  Though  bleued  among  women  thou: 

Not  thine,  nor  yet  thy  nanon'e  own. 

With  that  large  gloir  on  Hii  brow. 
Thou  bend'tt  in  awe  above  the  child, 

The  cradled  Hope  of  all  the  race; 
The  perfect  One.  the  Undefiled, 

A  laved  world  shining  in  His  face. 

Thou  bendest  in  awe ;  we  bend  with  thee* 

Forgetting  bjrgone  loneliness. 
Our  heart's  desire  fulfilled  is  He ; 

Our  solitude  He  comes  to  bless. 
By  the  close  bond  of  womanhood. 

By  the  prophetic  mother-heart. 
Forever  visioning  unshaped  good, 

Mary,  in  Him  we  claim  our  part. 

This  baby's  Face  is  as  the  sun 

Upon  the  dimness  of  our  way; 
This  child's  Arm  ours  to  lean  upon 

When  mortal  strength  and  hope  decay. 
Our  jpath,  erewhile  so  desolate. 

His  dear  beatitudes  adorn  ^ 
Earth  is  a  heavenward-openmg  gate, 

Since  unto  us  this  Child  is  bom. 

Bom  unto  us,  who  vainly  seek 

The  fair  ideal  of  our  dreams  * 

Among  its  mockeries,  blurred  and  weak: 

He  crowns  the  manhood  He  redeems. 
To  us,  who  trust  that  men  will  grow 

Grander  than  thought  or  guess  of  ours. 
When  this  pure  Life  through  theirs  shall  flow, 

This  Health  divine  stir,  all  their  powers. 

O  Hebrew  maiden,  even  to  us, 

Thy  sisters,  scattered  over  earth, 
God  sent  this  Infant  glorious. 

This  one  divinely-human  birth. 
What  were  our  poor  lives  worth,  if  thence 

Flowered  forth  no  world-perfiiming  good. 
No  love-growth  of  Omnipotence? 

The  childless  share  thy  motherhood. 

All  holy  thoughts,  all  prayer  and  praise. 

Wherewith  our  Chnst  hath  made  life  sweet. 
Through  us  undying  voices  raise. 

One  Name  —  His  Father's  —  to  repeat. 
Breathe,  weary  women  everywhere, 

The  freshness  of  this  heavenly  mom  1 
The  blessing  that  He  is,  we  share. 

For  unto  us  this  Child  is  bom! 

—  Lucy  Larcom. 


MISSIONS 


839 


HotM  from  Our  Hisaion  FleMi 


A    GLIMPSE    OF     I 


AT  this 


of  the 


keenly  anticipaiing  ihe 
approach  of  the  holi- 
d.y.™K,n.  ,..„„- 
pecially  interested   in 
everything  that  is  re- 
lated  to  the  child.   In 
this  light  we  present 
our  glimpses  of  work 
Ids. 
With  the  highest  good  of  the  child  in  con- 
sideration, embracing  his  spiritual,  mental, 
tnoral  and  physical  needs,  the  representa- 
tives   of  the    Woman's    American    Baptist 
Home  Mission  Society  gather  the  little  ones 
into  Gospel  Kindei^artens  and  the  juniors 
into  Industrial  Schools  and  eventually  into 
Sunday  Schools.     No  adequate   record  can 
be  kept;    no  report  presented   that  can   so 
illuminate  this  phase  of  our  work  as  to  show 
its  true  value  to  the  Christianizaiion  and 
elevation  of  hundreds  of  neglected  children 
on  the  fields  in  which  our  beloved  Society 
is    operating.      We   give    a    few    fragments 
gathered  from  recent  letters,  but  only  the 
loving  Father  knows  of  the  vicarious  suFer- 
ing  that  attends  the  ministration  of  the  mis- 
sionary as  she  -patiently  labors   among  the 
little  one«  striving  so  to  present  Jesus  as  to 
cause  the  young  hearts  to  long  to  know 
Him  too,  while  at  the  same  time  she  may 
be  teaching  the  nimble  lingers  to  ply  the 
needle  or  to  form  some  article  that  may  be 
carried  to  the  home  as  an  evidence  of  their 
skill  and  ability  to  learn.     May  the  earnest 
prayers  of  God's   people   ascend   for  this 
branch  of  our  work,  and  that  great  grace. 


id  patience  may  be  granted  out 
heir  noble  endeavors. 


Miss  Marie  Groenig,  from  her  field  among 
Germans  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  wiitei: 

"Many  mothers  and  children  were  made  - 
happy  by  our  Sunday  school  picnic,  when 
all  enjoyed  the  day  in  God's  beautiful 
out-of-doors  away  from  the  city.  We  also 
helped  a  number  of  children  who  could  not 
otherwise  go,  to  spend  a  week  in  the  country 
during  the  hottest  weather. 

One  of  my  special  delights  has  been  the 
sewing  school.  Just  to  see  and  meet  the 
bright,  hippy  faces  of  the  children  as  they 
come  to  meet  one,  is  a  joy,  and  they  always 
seemed  anxious  to  have  Saturday  come. 
We  all  enjoyed  not  only  the  work  but  also 
the  gospel  songs  and  stories  from  the  life 
of  Christ.  One  little  girl  said  she  loved  to 
come  because  she  heard  the  stories  about 
Jesus.  At  the  close  a  pleasing  and  in- 
teresting program  was  rendered  by  the 
children,    and    many    of  the    mothers   who 


childre 


sed   thei 


take 


appreciation    for   the 


Miss    Wanda    Feder 


children,  sends  the  foil 
"Taking  a  peep  into 


of   Pittsburgh, 
losed  of  German 


will  s 


and  the  other  at  the  miss! 
that  the  majority  of  the  children  come  from 
Catholic  homes.  The  parents  welcome  the 
missionary  when  she  calls.  That  these 
schools   are   appreciated   by   the   children. 


840 


M  1  SSIONS 


chey  made  known  by  coming  three  or  four 
Saturdays  before  we  began  our  work  thii 
Fall,  dcfpite  the  fact  that  I  had  promised  to 
infonn  them  of  the  opening  day.  It  is  with 
joy  that  I  notice  the  quiet  reverence  with 
which  they  listen  to  the  lesson  stories  and 
sing  the  gospel  songs.  How  1  long  to  sec 
them  learn  not  only  to  do  something  with 
their  hands,  but  that  thete  boys  and  girb 
may  learn  to  know  Jeiui  as  their  Saviour, 
and  that  their  homes  may  be  made  happy 
by  His  presence.  In  our  Sunday  school  we 
have  lately  organized  a  Cradle  Roll,  which 
we  hope  may  be  a  help,  fot  already  mothers 
in  no  way  connected  with  our  school,  show 
some  interest,  as  they  have  nothing  for  the 
small  babies  in  their  own  churches." 


Miss  Minnie  Gebhardt,  whose  report  i: 
sent  from  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  she  1: 
laboring  among  her  people,  the  Germans 
sends  a  hoptful  message: 

"Our  Sunday  school  has  not  yet  come  u[ 
to  the  avvragt^  aticndance  of  last  year.  I 
find  that  many  of  the  Catholic  children  hav. 
Itft.  Our  sewing  school  begins  this  week 
This  always  mians  an  enlarged  aliendanci 
at  Sunday  school.  Our  junior  meeting 
average  twenty  boys  and  girls.  We  an 
studying  the  Psalms,  which  have  not  mud 
r  children,  hut  when  rhcv  ari 


year.  The  Cradle  RoU  hai  added  die 
names  of  thirty  babiec  thi<  year.  The  sewing 
school  began  yesterday  during  a  pouring 
rain  with  twenty  girls.  This  cchool  did 
some  very  good  work  last  year,  for  which  the 
ladies  encouraged  them  by  allawing  them  to 
take  home  the  beautiful  prize  picture  for 


e  year. 


noil  FAROO 


Miss  Jettie  Jensen,  a  graduate  of  the 
class  of  1910  Baptist  Missionary  Training 
School,  Chicago,  now  in  Fargo,  N.D.,  re- 
ports progress: 

"The  work  among  the  children  has  Wen 
a  great  joy  to  me.  I  have  charge  of  tht 
Primary  Department  in  the  Sunday  school 
with  about  twenty  bright  little  tots.  What 
a  rare  privilege  it  is  to  stand  before  thesF 
little  ones  for  whom  Christ  died,  and  impan 
to  them  the  living  Word,  helping  to  lay  i 
foundation  for  their  spiritual  life. 

The  work  among  the  Juniors  is  also  veti' 
promising.  We  meet  evety  Saturday  after- 
noon to  study  God's  Word,  and  also  have 

Some  of  our  boys  and  giiis  have  given 
their  hearts  to  the  Saviour  atid  our  prayer 
the    whole  class    may  very   soon 


ved." 


t  3 AN   FRANCISCO 


baptized  in  < 


they  have   be-  On  the  Pacific  Coast  our  faithful  workers 

:,  [heir  eyes  arc  opt-ned  to  set  are  reaching  many  of  the  Chinese  and  Jap- 

nd  hope  which   ihey  anese  who  are  located  in  that  section.    Our 
school  work   has   been  productive  of  gnu 

1  girls  were  recently  good  and  visits  upon  the  pupils'in  the  homis 

\venue  church.    Our  has  presented  opportunities  for  the  petson:il 

;er  than  it  was  last  touch    with    the    mtxhers.      Miss    Manhi 


MISSIONS 

t  of  years      belonged  i 


841 


for 


sing 
graded 
Bnd  the 
tcrested 
'  hands, 
troths." 


to  work  in  classes.  Fre<fuent]y  the  children 
come  to  the  mission  schools  because  they 
think  they  can  still  hold  to  their  old  customs 
and  habits  that  they  know  they  should  have 
to  relinquish  in  the  public  schools.  1'hen 
when  we  get  them  ready  to  do  fair  work, 
many  leave  to  go  to  the  public  schools  or  to 
work.  A  goodly  number  of  these  children 
have  bright  minds  and  it  would  be  a  great 
advantage  to  our  work  if  we  had  the  facili- 
ties to  do  more  advanced  teaching  and  so 
could  keep  them  longer  imder  Christian  in- 
fluence, and  increase  the  prospects  for  larger 
results.  Yet,  as  about  the  only  opportunity 
of  reaching  the  Chinese  boys  and  girls  with 
the  gospel  is  in  the  day  schools, 


e  them  for  a 


if  « 


have  them  longer. 

In  my  department,  which  is  for  boys  froi 
nine  to  sixteen  years  of  age,  five  who  hai 


her  work.     Regarding  the  children's  intet- 

"Effons  have  been  put  forth  to  build  up 
the  Sunday  school  and  church  and  they  have 

Our  primary  has  increased  from  an  enrol- 
ment of  25,  until  we  are  wishing  for  still 
more  room,  and  instead  of  two  workers 
in  that  department  we  now  have  seven. 
We  expect  to  have  promotion  day  soon, 
as  a  great  number  have  finished  the  be- 
ginners' course.  Some  non-Chtistian  par- 
ents have  said,  'I  would  rather  have  my 
children  in  the  Baptist  primaty  department 
than  any  kindcrganen  1  know  of,  as  it  does 
us  good  to  bear  them  tell  the  stories  and 
songs  ihey  learn  there.'  Surely,  '  a  little 
child  shall  lead  them.' 

The  Light  Bearers  have  become  very 
missions.     They  have 


841 


MISSIONS 


•ent  away  seven  lai^  packages  of  baited 
quill  blocks  and  are  eager  to  do  otbcr  help- 
ful tbings." 

IN  THE   CITIES 

Space  forbids  mote  extensive  quotations 
at  this  tinie.  In  the  great  metropolis  of  our 
country  our  missionaries  are  telling  tbe  glad 
story  of  redemption  to  the  children  of  the 
Italian,  Syrian,  Jew,  Scandinavian,  German, 
and  other  nationalities  as  represented  in 
Industrial  School,  clubs  for  boys  and  girls. 
Mission  Bands  and  Sunday  schools.  Similar 
work  is  done  by  others  who  are  representa- 
tives of  our  society  in  Boston,  Taunton,  New 
Haven,  in  three  of  the  larger  cities  of  New 
Jersey,  in  the  great  centers  of  the  Middle 
West  and  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  among  N^ro 
children  in  fifteen  States  and  the  Indians  of 
the  far  West.  Mill  and  mining  regions  are 
reached  by  our  brave  young  women,  and 
boys  and  girls  arc  learning  to  so  know  Him 
that  out  of  gratitude  for  the  transformation 
that  has  come  into  their  lives  they  gladly 
surrender  all  to  the  Lotd  Jesus  Christ.  The 
manifest  blessing  of  God  has  been  upon  this 
its  inception.  May  He  continue 
He  has  led  for  the  glory  of  His 


to  lead 
great  n; 


The  TrMiiafoniiing  Powor  of  the  Goipel  Id 
Aubeny,  CmL 


Have  two  years  really  passed  since  work 
was  begun  here  among  the  Mono  Indians  ? 
It  does  not  seem  possible  and  yet  it  is  true. 
Two  years  go  swiftly  when  hands,  head  and 
heart  are  busy  all  the  day  and  all  days. 
The  days  of  these  two  years  have  not  been 
days  of  doing  great  things,  but  days  that 
have  been  just  full  of  little  commonplace 
duties.  Days  full  of  planning  for  future 
work,  of  letter  writing,  of  visiting;  of  long 
trips  in  wagons  and  on  horseback  over 
steep  mountain  roads,  of  sewing  and  giving 
instruction  to  Indian  women  in  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  orderly  housekeeping:  of 
teaching  children  the  first  lessons  in  reading, 
writing,  spelling  and  arithmetic,  and  in 
clean  living;  days  full  of'great  problems. 
Great,  because  they  have  had  to  do  with  the 
destiny  of  immortal  souls. 

.Great  changes  have  taken  place  during 
these  two  years  and  all  have  come  from 
small  b^innings.  At  first,  only  visiting  the 
Indians  in  their  hornet  atid  telling  the  sepa- 
rate families  of  the  One  who  came  to  eanh 
in  the  form  of  man,  ^o  gave  Himself  that 


MISSIONS 


843 


leant  the  way  of  salvation.  Since  then  — 
it  ii  now  almost  a  year  —  a  church  of 
twenty-three  members  has  been  organized. 
Then  the  missionaries  hved  in  a  two-room 
board  house.  Now  the  mission  home  of 
four  rooms  is  nearing  completion.  T^en  we 
met  for  worship  in  the  tent.  Now  the 
lumber  is  on  the  grounds  for  our  new  chapel, 
in  which  we  hope  soon  to  worship  God. 
Then  there  was  only  one  Indian  who  could 
read  at  all  Now  several  can  read  whole 
chapters  from  God's  word  without  much 
Then  none  of  them  had  heard 
r  Son,  Jesus  Christ, 
from  the  lips  of  pro- 
e  speaking  the  name 
brawl. 

One  Indian  was  asked,  "Did  you  not 
know  it  was  wrong  to  swear  f"  "Yes,  we 
knew  swearing  was  not  good,  that  people 
swore  i^cn  they  were  mad,  but  we  did  not 
know  what  the  words  meant," 

Then  little  children  who  knew  not  an- 
other Elnglish  word,  would  be  heard  taking 
the  Blessed  Name  in  vain.  But  since  then 
children  have  been  taught  the  sin  of  it.  and 
swearing  by  cither  great  or  small  is  never 
heard  whni  the  missionaries  are  near. 

Then  nearly  all  the  Indiansdrank  whiskey; 


of  God,  or  of  His  dea 
except  as  they  heard  it 
fane  persons  who  v 
in  anger  or  a  dru 


so  far 
back  that  we  could  not  go  to  them;  but 
every  Lord's  Day,  Bill  Sherman,  their  loyal 
interpreter  and  deacon,  has  gathered  hit 
people  about  him,  has  talked  to  them  of 
God  during  the  morning,  and  in  the  after- 
noon had  prayer  meeting  and  song  service. 

Now  the  people  are  working  in  the  fruit 
sections  down  in  the  valley.  In  a  letter 
from  Bill  Sherman  I  find  this  expression: 
"We  all  meet  here  at  Mr.  Cook's  ranch  on 
Sunday  and  I  give  the  people  a  talk.  In  the 
afternoon  prayer  meeting  all  your  children 
prayed  for  you"  (meaning:  all  the  Christian 
Indians  prayed  for  the  missionaries). 

Just  think  of  it  I  The  first  time  this  man 
was  asked  to  pray  after  his  conversion  he 
answered,  "what  shall  I  do  and  what  shall 
I  say?"  How  I  wish  you  might  hear  him 
now.  He  prays  with  great  earnestness,  and 
often  with  tears  streaming  down  his  face 
does  he  plead  with  God  for  those  of  his 
people  who  know  not  Jesus  as  their  personal 
Saviour.  Not  only  does  he  pray,  but  nearly 
all  ihe  church  members  are  taking  part  in 
the  services. 

Do  missions  to  Indians  pay  ?  Are  they 
worth  saving  ?  Yes,  they  do  pay.  Eternity 
only  can  tell  us  fully  how  well  they  pay. 
But,  surely,  if  one  soul  was  of  such  value 


844 


MISSIONS 


that  God's  Son  should  give  His  life  for  it 
ought  not  we  to  lay  down  our  lives  and  ou 
means  in  His  service  and  for  our  brother 


and  sisters  who  are  in  darkness,  even 
though  these  brothers  and  niten  be  "onl^ 
Indians  i" 


The  History  and  Object  of  our  Baby  Band  Hoveioent 


THE  Baby  Band  is  that  department  of 
the  mission  band  or  missionaiy  circle 
which  enrolls  the  babies  who  are  too  young 
to  attend  the  regular  sessions  of  the  society. 

WUBRB  AKE  THEV? 

These  little  ones  are  found  in  the  homes 
of  the  members  of  the  congregation  of  the 
local  church,  in  the  neighborhood,  and 
right  in  your  own  city  or  town.  It  is  quite 
possible,  in  some  cases,  that  the  parents 
have  never  entered  your  church  doors, 
never  attend  Sunday  school,  or  come  to  the 
missionary  meeting.  To  call  upon  them 
with  the  little  card  prepared  for  the  en- 
rollment of  baby's  name  is  a  very  trifling 
thing  in  itself,  but  through  it  you  have 
established  an  interest  in  (hat  home  that  i^ 
invariably  productive  of  the  highest  good 
to  all  concerned. 

HOW  TO  INCREASt  VOUR  LIST 
Our  Baby  Band  sucretarie^  and  primary 
teachers  have  very  often  gathered  long 
lists  of  names  apparently  without  great 
effort.  They  have  gone  into  the  Sunday 
school  and  asked  the  children  if  they  have 
a  baby  in  their  homes.  Perhaps  they  know 
of  a  baby  in  the  neighborhood.    It  is  very 


easy  to  enlist  the  pupils  in  the  crusade 
give   them    an    additional    interest    in 


New 

all  the 


It 


o  this 


ionh  while 


>ld  world 


the  mother  when  you  hear  of  the  birth  o 
little  one,  ot  to  have  some  of  your  helpers 
call,  or  to  send  the  pretty  application  card 
with  loving  congratulations  on  the  arrival 
of  baby.  Little  difficulty  is  found  in  getting 
the  name  and  the  ten  cents  if  the  object  is 
clearly  understood.  The  little  certificate*! 
are  dainty  and  unique  and  greatly  prized 
by  the  parents. 


WHAT   IS 

THE    PRACTICAL   PURI 

'OSE 

OF    THE 

First: 

To  enlist  the  parents 

and 

entwine 

about  th( 

rliest 

infancy 

an  influei 

ICC  for  Christ. 

Second 

:    To  arouse  in  the  child 

a  desire 

to   help   i 

n   the  cause  of  miss 

ions 

through 

the  childl 

en's  organizations. 

Third: 

To  link  the  child's 

horn. 

:  to  the 

missionary    society    and    event 

ually 

to   the 

Kourth 

To  open  doors  oth 

erwis. 

e  closed 

to  Chrisri 

an  influence. 

Fifth: 

To   reach   men   and 

women    who 

MISSIONS  845 

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DDDDnDanDDanaanooaaaonaDDnDDanooDnnanaaDDnanDaaanDaanaDaDD 

are  not  Christians  and  win  them  for  Christ. 

The  Baby  Band  is  the  link  between  the 
home  teaching'  and  that  of  the  Sunday 
school  or  the  Junior  Society.  It  might  be 
called  the  first  round  in  the  missionary 
ladder,  baby's  certificate  of  membership 
being  the  first  step  in  mission  study,  and 
the  dime  he  may  be  helped  to  drop  in  the 
basket,  at  the  annual  roll-call  or  Baby 
Band  party,  his  first  sweet  lesson  in  mis- 
sionary giving.  But  these  first  lessons 
should  form  but  the  introduction  to  the 
missionary  teaching  of  the  Sunday  school. 
Junior  Society  or  mission  band,  and  the 
superintendent  of  the  Baby  Band  should 
see,  if  pocsible,  that  when  that  age  is  reached 
the  child  is  promoted  to  the  next  grade. 

The  Baby  Band  should  be  under  the 
care  of  the  missionary  circle  of  the  church, 
the  superintendent  being  a  member  of  the 
circle  or  of  the  Young  Woman's  Mission 
Circle.  The  ideal  Baby  Band  superiniendent 
is  first  of  all  enthusiastic,  social  and  devoted 
r  purpose.     She  ki 


she  loves  her  subject  and  the  babies.  Her 
real  work  is,  however,  with  the  mothers, 
upon  whom  she  calls  to  sohcit  the  names 
of  the  little  ones  for  her  list  which  she  has 
determined  to  make  as  large  as  possible. 
Ten  cents  each  year  is  the  annual  fee;  one 
dollar  paid  at  once  makes  the  child  a  -'life 
member"  of  the  Baby  Band.  This  money 
should  be  sent  to  Mrs.  Emma  C.  Marshall. 
2969  Vernon  Avenue,  Chicago,  III.  A 
pretty  certificate,  bearing  the  face  of  a 
beautiful  child,  js  given  every  one  who 
becomes  a  member  of  Baby  Band.  A  life 
membership  certificate  is  very  attractive, 
■howing  the   faces   of  thirty   little   people 


ranging  from  a  few  months 

of  age,   and    representing   Anient 

dians,    Europeans,    Chinese,    Negroes    ana 

Mexicans,  all  members  of  Baby  Band. 

HISTORY  OF  EABY  BAND 
The  end  and  aim  of  Woman's  Missionary 
Work,  aside  from  the  personal  salvation 
of  those  brought  under  its  infiuence,  is  to 
uplift  the  homes  of  the  nation  and  thereby 
its  citizenship.  The  proud  distinction  of 
America  is  that  it  is  a  land  of  homes  and  the 
center  of  the  home  is  the  mother.  The 
key  to  every  mother's  heart  is  her  child. 

Early  recognition  of  this  fundamental 
law  resulted  in  the  development  of  the 
Baby  Band  in  the  yeari883.  A  letter  came 
to  headquarters  containing  a  dime  with 
the  request  that  it  should  be  used  where 
it  would  do  the  most  good.  It  served  as  a 
nucleus  for  the  fund  which  has  since  been 
applied  to  work  for  neglected  children. 

The  first  application  was  toward  the 
support  of  the  "Home  School"  foe  poor 
colored  children,  in  Raleigh.  North  Caro- 
lina. These  pupils  were  gathered  from 
miserable  homes  where  the  mothers  either 
had  not  the  time  or  lacked  the  knowledge 
to  care  for  them.  The  home  school  kept 
many  of  these  little  ones  from  growing  up 
on  the  strerts  of  the  city.  At  one  time  when 
it  seemed  as  if  the  school  must  dose  for 
lack  of  support,  the  principal.  Miss  Petti- 
grew,  sent  an  urgent  request  10  the  board 
to  keep  it  open.  She  said,  "We  have  forty 
children  in  regular  attendance  and  very 
happy  in  this  clean,  pleasant  home.  I  do 
not  like  to  have  them  go  back  to  the  filthy 
hovels  and  the  streets.    Many  of  the  children 


MI  SSIONS 


846 

are  comprlling  their  mothers  to  wash  their 
clothes  and  change  them  frequently,  instead 
of  wealing  them  without  washing  until. 
they  were  worn  out.  The  children  are. 
taught  many  good  and  useful  things  here, 
and  some  of  them  have  already  leahied  to 
love  Jesus." 
At  the  close  of  the  first  year  it  was  found 


that  the  Baby  Band  had  sent 
the  sum  of  seventy-thi 


dollar 


Owing  to  changes  that  we 
necessary,  the  support  was  given  to  a  similar 
school  in  Utah  for  a  brief  time  and  then 
was  transferred  to  the  fund  supporting 
our  kindergarten   work  in    "       ~ 


California,    among   Chincfe    children.     It 
now    aids    the    kindeigaitens    in    Mexico, 
and  Cuba,  also.     E}uiuig  the  first  ei^teen 
years  of  its  history,  or  from  Januaiy  1883 
until  March  31st,    1904,  the    Bal^  Band 
put    into   the    treasury    of  the    Woman's 
Baptist   Home  Mission    Society  {8,671.98. 
In  the  last  nine  years,  it  has  given  over  6ve 
-  thousand  dollars  (I5.000).     Is 
it  too  much  10  ask  that  evety 
one  interested  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  missionary  spirit 
in  the  little  ones    secure   and 
send  us  a   lonf  list  of  names 
and    a    corresponding    number 
of  dimes  or  dollars  P 

The  Juniors  supported  the 
kindergarten  in  .Mexico  until 
1900,  <n^en  Baby  Band  was 
asked  to  take  care  of  i(  as 
well  as  of  the  Chinese  kinder- 
garten. To  do  this,  it  was 
necessaiy  to  have  twice  m 
many  little  folks  in  our  band 
as  when  we  had  but  one  kin- 
dergaiten  to  suppon.  But  this 
was  easy  when  the  mothers  and 
f  older  sisters  saw  that  each  child 


and 


was  represented  by  a 
Who  will  now  be  a  recruiting  officer  ? 
mks  many  thousands  of 


deemed      little  folks.     Of  these,   hundreds   : 


Can  we  not  have  the  list  increased 
to  thousands  by  the  end  of  the  fiscal 

YEAR? 


A  Letter  to  the  Girls 

BY  MRS.  ALBERT  WESLEY  KAHLE 
The  following  lener  was  written  at  the 
request  of  Mrs.  John  H.  Coxhead,  director 
of  Westem  New  York,  and  is  used  in  leaflet 
fomi  by  Mrs.  Coxhead  and  Mrs.  L.  K. 
Barnes  in  the  state  work  generally.  It  is 
intended  primarily  for  the  young  women  of 
New  York  State,  but  the  message  is  capable 
of  wider  application  and  we  pass  it  on  to 
our  readers  trusting  it  may  inspire  a  deeper 
imerest  in  the  Lord's  work  and  in  the  needy 
lister  republic  with  her  unsaved  millions. 

Dear  Girls:  1  have  a  message  in  my 
bean  that  1  want  to  give  you,  but  before  I 
give  it  let  me  tell  you  a  linle  story. 

Yean  ago,  1  called  one  day  at  a  little 
house,  in  a  dty  far  away.  In  the  house  was 
a  little  parlor,  an  old-fashioned  one,  and  as 
I  entered  the  linle  room  it  was  like  a  garden 
—  all  abloom.  Everywhere  were  flowers  — 
lilies  and  roses  —  Bowers  of  every  form  and 
hue,  clusters  of  them  on  shelves  and  tables, 
and  in  every  nook  and 


but  those  waxen  bios- 
perfect  and  ornate  ir 
false  to  the  tips  of  thei 

Now  thai 
and   you   are   pla: 
the  wint     ■ 
waste  your  enei^ies  o 

There  is  so  much  I 
—  so  much  that   net 


form  and  color,  but 

days  are  over,  girls, 
>  enihusiastically  for 
let  me  beg  you  not  to 
ghost  gardens, 
be  done  in  the  world 
'i  to  be  done  —  real. 


1  comet.    As  I  looked 

were  not  real  flowers 

I  said  to  the  lady  of 

:     "Why,  how  long 

lake  all  these  flowers! 

cr  do  it?"    She  an- 

daughcer  made  them 

e  —  she   has   always 

How  poor   Father 

WOBKIBl  IN  IVANITOH,  WTOHIHO 

n  such  modem  im- 

lere    1   turned   those 

not  imitation  things,  work  that  means  some- 

me in  the  face.     It 

thing.    Would  you  not  like  a  little  share  in 

death.    The  mother 

ii  ?    And  let  me  tell  you  a  secret.    There  is 

hter   had    given    up 

nothing  thai  will  bring  to  you  more  real  joy 

lie  work  had  injured 

—  joy   that   is   free   from   every  particle   of 

alloys  than  (he  consciousness  of  a  day's 

en  health  and  weak- 

work  well  done.    It  matters  not  at  all  what 

for   what?      For    a 

the  work  is,  so  long  as  you  do  it  well,  and  it 

ilies  and  ghost  roses. 

is  something  that  needs  to  be  done.     It  may 

be  behind  the  counter  or  at  the  desk  or  in  the 

child,  that  were  far 

schoolroom  —  it  may  be  doing  the  humblest 

'   were   honest    little 

work  of  the  home  —  but  let  it  be  something 

ind  done  their  little 

real  —  not  imitation  work.     And  now  that 

le  world  a  bit  gayer. 

the  cool  days  are  coming,  throw  your  surplus 

one  child  happy  — 

energy  and  enthusiasm  into  the  work  of 

848 


MISSIONS 


your  own  home  church,  identify  yourself 
with  its  organizations. 

The  Young  Women's  Societies  of  our 
churches  arc  doing  splendid  work,  hdping 
in  city  mission,  church  settlement  and  hos- 
pital work  as  well  as  other  mission  work. 

If  you  have  no  Young  Women's  Society 
in  your  church,  start  one.  Just  now  the 
eyes  of  the  world  are  turning  toward  down- 
trodden, romantic  old  Mexico.  The  im- 
portant work  of  educating  the  young  girls  of 
that  ancient  land  has  b^un.  In  Mexico 
City  a  Christian  boarding-school  for  girls  is 
soon  to  be  opened,  but  the  rooms  are  not 
yet  equipped;  and  listen,  girls,  the  furnishing 
of  rhese  rooms  for  the  little  dark-eyed  Mex- 


chamber  of  waxen  shams,  but  into  a  garden 
of  living  bloom,  tilled  with  growing  blossotni 
of  usefulness  and  the  fragrance  of  an  un- 
selfish life. 


Young  Women's  Rally  and  Banquet  at  Ilioo 
An  occasion  of  much  inspiration  was  the 
Young  Women's  Missionary  rally  and  ban- 
quet in  the  Baptist  Church  at  Ilion,  N.Y. 
l"here  were  present  nearly  150  young 
women  representing  the  missionary  circles 
and  study  classes  of  the  Baptist  churches 
in  this  seaion  of  Central  New  York.  The 
post-prandial  exercises  opened  with  a 
selection  by  the  Young  Ladies*  Choral  Club 
of  Ilion.  Mrs.  Marie  Convetsano,  a  native 
Italian  missionary  who  works  among  the 
immigrants  at  Ellis  Island,  held  the  close 
attention  of  her  audience  as  she  told  of  her 
experiences  and  of  the  needs  of  the  foreign- 
ers who  are  detained  there.  Especially 
pathetic  were  her  tales  of  mothers  with 
little  children  and  of  the  little  ones  them- 
selves, many  of  whom  are  often  found  alone. 
She  told  of  the  immigrants'  appreciation  of 
all  gifts  received  by  the  missionaries,  and 
urged  the  churches  to  continue  in  their 
good  work  of  furnishing  clothing,  etc.,  for 
the  mission. 

LiUian  Corwin  of  Reno,  Nev.,  a  mis- 
sionary among  the  Indians,  said  that  such  a 
gathering  of  young  girls,  all  interested  in  the 
s  an  inspiration.  She 
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Missionaries  take  Hotice 

Missionaries  of  the  Woman's  American 
Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  wilt  pl.-a^^c 
send  "Wants"  for  their  work  earlier  than 
previously.  They  should  reach  the  office 
of  the  Corresponding  Secretary  by  the  third 
week  of  the  month.  Copy  for  MissroNS 
must  be  in  the  hands  of  the  editor,  Dr, 
(irosc,  by  the  first  of  the  month.  Time 
must   be  allowed  for   necessary  preparation 


MISSIONS 


TlM  Tear'B  Work  In  pTogress 

With  bright  faces  and  cheerful  voices  the 
splendid  senior  class  of  the  Baptist  Mis- 
sionaiy  Training  School  welcomed  the  la^e 
incoming  junior  division  early  in  September. 
In  an  incredibly  short  time  the  machineiy  in 
the  acholastic,  domestic,  and  practical  de- 
paitments  was  running  so  smoothly  and 
noiselessly  one  would  have  thought  it  had 
not  ceased  for  the  vacation  period  of  weeks. 

The  fine  junior  class  numbers  fifty-seven, 
and  others  still  expect  to  enter.  A  more 
earnest,  intelligent  company  of  young  women 
it  would  be  difficult  to  find  in  any  institution. 

To  the  corps  of  teachers  have  been  added 
Mrs.  Matthews,  an  eminent  and  inspiting 
leader  in  sociological  study;  Miss  Florence 
Cheyney,  iHiose  subjects  are  History  and 
nineteenth  century  poetry;  and  Miss  Edith 
Culver,  whose  work  has  opened  auspiciously 
in  domestic  science,  industrial  work  and 
English. 

Personal  work  it  again  assigned  to  Rev. 
David  MacGill,  and  the  students  are  finding 
it  increasingly  helpful  and  practical.  The 
study  of  missions  is  conduaed  by  Dr.  W.  H. 
Taylor,  and  is  broad  and  thorough.  The 
general  outline  includes  methods,  principals 
and  history  of  missions.  This  will  be  fol- 
lowed by  a  funher  study  of  distinctively 
Baptist  missions,  making  a  course  definite 
and  complete. 

Eighteen  States  and  the  countries  of 
Mexico,  Cuba,  China  and  the  Dominion  of 
Canada  are  represented  in  the  studem  body. 
Fourteen  nationalities  are  included. 


BY   ESTHER   PALACIOS 

The  days  were  so  full  during  Miss  Martin's 
absence  from  the  field  that  I  feel  sometimes 
as  though  I  had  been  in  a  dream.  Sickness, 
deaths  and  weddings  were  so  frequent 
that  when  the  time  came  for  me  to  go  home 
for  a  rest  1  felt  as  though  I  had  been  a 
prisoner  somewhere.  It  is  needless  to 
say  that  my  visit  in  the  States  was  more 
than  beneficial  to  me.    1  am  glad  however, 


to  be  back  and  put  my  hands  to  the  plough 
again.  I  had  never  realized  how  much 
some  of  the  people  had  become  a  part  of 
my  life.  1  have  in  my  mind  one  home  — 
the  home  of  Inocencia,  the  little  child  whcrni 
I  have  helped  in  one  way  or  another,'  She 
is  no  longer  a  little  hungry  child,  but^a 
young  woman  in  her  first  high  school  year. 


The  story  of  this  child  is  beautiful  to  me, 
because  of  the  growth  in  every  sense  of  the 
word.  I  think  our  Luisa  and  Inocencia 
are  the  best  results  of  our  poor  efforts. 
Others  have  responded,  but  these  two  arc 
the  best  investments. 

Miss  Martin  said  to  me  the  other  day 
that  our  reports  now  are  not  as  large  as 
they  were  three  years  ago.  Of  course  she 
meant  in  numbers  but  our  work  today  is 
organized.  We  each  have  five  regubr 
classes  weekly.  Miss  Martin  has  a  mis- 
sionary meeting  and  I  have  a  mother's 
meeting  once  a  month.  We  also  have  a 
prayer  circle  with  the  young  women  of  the 
church  each  week  before  the  regular  meeting. 
So  you  see  regular  work  gives  us  little  time 
to  play. 


850 


MISSIONS 


Our  Alaska  Orphanage 

An  urgent  call  for  clothes  for  the  winter 
has  come  from  our  Alaska  Orphanage  at 
Kodiak,  Wood  Island.  There  are  twenty- 
two  girls  there  at  present  whose  ages  range 
from  six  to  sixteen.  Among  some  of  the 
things  needed  are:  Long  winter  coats, 
woolen  dresses,  summer  dresses,  aprons  of 
dark  heavy  material  with  sleeves,  dark 
petticoats,  under-waists  of  unbleached 
coarse  goods  at  least  fifteen  inches  long, 
blouses  of  dark  flannel  or  of  Shaker  flannel, 
and  warm  carpet.  Many  smaller  articles  are 
also  needed,  such  as:  Sewing  cotton,  hair 
ribbons,  buttons,  tape,  elastic,  hooks  and 
eyeSf  tooth-brushes,  combs,  soap,  roller 
towels,  absorbent  cotton,  etc.. 

All  articles  may  be  sent  to  the  Training 
School,  2969  Vernon  Avenue,  Chicago,  111., 
and  should  be  there  at  the  earliest  possible 
moment.  Articles  may  be  sent  to  the  or- 
phanage direct  if  you  so  desire,  rlease  pre- 
pay all  freight  charges  for  articles  sent. 

It  is  hoped  that  our  Baptist  churches  will 
heartily  respond  to  this  earnest  appeal. 

Purchasing  Committee  for  Alaska, 

Woman^s  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society. 

Conservation  of  National  Ideals 

CHAPTER    II 

What  to  Do  for  the  Immigrant  —  A  Home  Mis- 
sionary Chapter,  or  Foreign  Missions  in  the  Home 
Land. 

Bible  Lesson:  Isaiah  55:  5»  10-13;  5^*  7»  ^• 
Prayer:  That  America  may  recognize  the  larger  needs 
and  the  rights  of  each  individual;  that  those  who 
crowd  through  its  gates  may  be  given  those  more 
precious  things  which  shall  lead  to  the  highest 
citizenship. 

OUTLINE 

World  Movements: 

I.  Social  unrest.     2.  Emigration. 
Immigrants: 

I.  Reasonable    demands.      2.  Opportunity    for    de- 
velopment. 
Our  Duty: 

I.  To  know  the  immigrant  racially,  nationally,  per- 
sonally, constructively. 

QUIZ   ON    CHAPTER    11    IN   TEXT    BOOK 

I.  Give  the  cause  of  social  disquiet.  Which  do  you 
consider  the  chief  cause  ? 

1.  What  is  the  immigrant  seeking?  Name  two 
principal  things. 


3.  Will  the  immigrants,  who  come  here  today,  prove 
a  valuable  addition  to  our  citizenship  ?    Why  ? 

4.  What  do  you  consider  the  leading  nationalities 
among  our  foreign  population  ?    Give  your  reasons. 

5.  Name  some  apparent  changes  that  are  being  prt^ 
duced  by  a  residence  in  tJiis  country.  Describe  them 
and  state  the  cause. 

6.  Has  house-to-house  visitation  produced  beneficial 
restilts  f  Describe  this  phase  of  work  as  done  by  die 
missionaries  of  the  Woman^s  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  3odety  and  the  students  in  the  Baptist  Bli»> 
sionary  Training  School  of  Chicago. 

7.  What  should  be  the  attitude  of  Christian  people 
toward  the  "" Stranger  widiin  the  gate?** 

8.  Is  not  our  attitude  toward  the  representatives  of 
foreign  countries  here  in  Ameri^  a  test  of  our  real 
interest  in  his  brother  across  the  sea  ? 

9.  How  is  the  work  of  the  Woman*s  American  Bap- 
tist Home  Mission  Society  helping  to  solve  the  fnoblem 
of  inmiigration  ? 

10.  Describe  the  work  of  our  missionaries  at  the 
Landing  Places.    Trace  practical  results. 

SUGGESTED    UTKRATURE 

To  be  obtained  from  the  Literature  Department, 
2969  Vernon  Avenue,  Chicago,  HI. 

At  the  Landing  Place S0J03 

Our  Missionaries  Receiving  Strangers .oa 

The  First  Touch  at  Americans  Gateway    ....     .05 
Our  Foreign  Populations oa 

Send  a  stamp  for  a  Catalogue  of  Publications  and 
select  from  lists  on  pages  2  and  3. 

REFERENCE    BOOKS 

Aliens  or  Americans  ? ^35 

Incoming  Millions 35 

Ci.izens  of  Tomorrow  (a  study  of  conditions  of 

child-life) 30 

Coming  Americans  (Junior  book) 25 

For  those  who  have  access  to  public  libraries,  the 
following  list  may  be  interesting: 

The  Immigrant  Tide  (Steiner). 

Hull  House  (Jane  Addams). 

Undistinguished  Americans  (Holt). 

How  the  Other  Half  Lives  (Reis)! 

On  the  Immigrants*  Trail  (Steiner). 

•it 
Pra3rer  Calendar  for  December 

The  names  of  the  missionaries  of  the  Woman*s 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  occxir  on 
their  respective  birthday  dates. 

December  9.  —  Miss  Minnie  Matthews,  mis- 
sionary among  mill  and  mining  populations,  No- 
vinger.  Mo. 

Dec.  10.  —  Miss  Martha  Ames,  teacher  among 
Chinese,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Dec.  16.  —  Miss  Mary  P.  Jatne,  worker  among 
Indians,  Watonga,  Okla.;  Miss  Mabel  Starcst, 
missionary  among  Italians  and  Jews,  New  York  City; 
Mrs.  Bertha  Beeman,  field  worker  among  the  Hopis, 
Toreva,  Ariz. 


MISSIONS 


851 


Dec  22.  —  Ms8.  Ko  Yuen,  teacher  among  Chinese, 
San  FrandacOy  Calif.;  Mrs.  Myrtle  Harrison  Bar- 
ber, nutrionary  among  Indians,  Reno,  NeT. 

Dec  25.  —  Miss  S.  £.  Owen,  teacher  in  Mather 
School,  Beaufort,  S.C. 

Dec  26.  —  Miss  Belle  Chisakofskt,  missionary 
among  the  Jews,  New  York  City. 

Dec  27.  —  Miss  Ella  Knapp,  field  worker  among 
negroes,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

Dec  28.  —  Mrs.  S.  A.  Caret,  field  worker  among 
negroes,  Muscogee,  Okla. 

JANT7ART 

January  i.  —  Miss  Mart  Merriam,  missionary 
among  Cubans,  £1  Cristo,  Cuba;  Miss  Mae  B. 
Peckham,  teacher  in  Spclman  Seminary,  Atlanta,  Ga.; 
Mrs.  Darthula  Ghee,  field  worker  among  negroes, 
Clarksrille,  Tenn.;  Miss  Leith  R.  Rice,  missionary 
among  Porto  Ricans,  San  Juan,  P(Hto  Rico. 

Jan.  6.  —  Miss  Marie  Meereis,  missionary  among 
Slavic  races.  Homestead,  Pa.;  Miss  Eppie  Purdy, 
missionary  among  Cubans,  Manzanillo,  Cuba. 

New  Auxiliaries 

lowA  —  Lockridge, 

Michigan  —  Hillsdale,  First  Baptist  Church, 
Light  Bearers. 

Rhode  Island  —  Pt,  Judith,  Junior  Missionary 
Sodety. 

Wants  of  Missionaries 

CUBANS 

Miss  Maggie  Howell,  Apartado  151,  Guantanamo 
Cuba,  —  Lesson  Picture  Rolls. 
Miss  Gabriela  Jimenez,  San  Luis  de  Oriente,  Cuba, 

—  Patchwork  thread. 

GERMANS 

Miss  Elsie  Hueni,  189  Clinton  \yc.,fVest  Hoboken, 
N.J.,  —  Basted  aprons  for  Industrial  school,  children's 
clothing. 

Miss  Hanna  Neve,  590  Mendota  St.,  St.  Paul, 
Minn,,  —  Remnants  in  outing  flannel,  ginghams  and 
muslins. 

Miss  Mat  Neuss,  305  Elgin  Ave.,  Forest  Parky  III., 

—  Basted  material  for  Industrial  school. 

JEWS 

Miss  Belle  Chisakofsky,  213  £.  123d  St.,  Nru> 
York  City,  N.T.,  —  Skeins  of  yam  for  crocheting 
class,  pieces  of  silk  for  special  work  with  girls. 

INDIANS 

Miss  Mary  Jayne,  Watonga,  Okla.,  —  Christmas 
boxes. 

Miss  Mary  Brown,  fVatonga,  Okla.y  —  Christmas 
boxes  and  prick  card  materials. 

Miss  Lilue  Corwin,  91  Bell  St.,  Reno,  Nevada, 

—  Christmas  boxes. 

Miss  Maud  Edwards,  Lodge  Grass,  Mont.,  — 
Drawing  paper,  simple  design  prick  cards. 

Mrs.  H.  H.  Treat,  Anadarko,  Okla.,  —  Patchwork, 
calico,  thread  No.  40  and  needles  No.  7. 

Miss  Abigail  Johnson,  (P.O.)  Polacca,  (freight 
and  express)  fVinslozv,  Ariz.,  —  Patchwork,  caHco 
and  thread. 

MEXICANS 

Miss  Beulah  Hume,  International  School,  Monterrey, 
Mexico,  —  Blackboard,  maps  and  chart  for  school. 
Miss  Ana  Garza,  Doncellas^No.  8,  Puebla,  Mexico, 


—  "The  Garden  Game"  and  other  songs.     **What 
and  How." 

Miss  Paula  Tooms,  Doncellas  No.  8,  PuehUff 
Mexico,  —  The  Multiple  Perforator  No.  i  and  Kinder- 
garten Review. 

NEGROES 

Miss  Anna  Boorman,  1700  N.  15th  Ave.,  Bir- 
mingham,  Ala.,  —  Christmas  boxes  of  home  dressed 
dolls,  Bible  story  pictures  (colored)  books. 

Miss  Rebecca  Carter,  322  N.  Wood  St.,  Chicago, 
III.,  —  Clothing  for  women  and  children,  sewing 
supplies  and  Christmas  boxes. 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Coleman,  Coleman  Academy,  Gibsland, 
La.,  —  Books,  towels,  sheets,  pillow  cases,  quilts, 
blankets,  oil  cloth  and  other  table  cloths,  second-hand 
clothing  for  girls,  boys,  men  and  women. 

Miss  Jessie  Holman,  307  W.  S.  St.,  Longview, 
Texas,  —  Tracts. 

Miss  Wiluana  Young,  1019  St.  John  St.,  Rich- 
mond, Fa.,  —  Ginghams  for  aprons,  clothing. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Germany,  748  S.  Roman  St.,  New 
Orleans,  La.,  —  Clothing  and  shoes  for  men,  women 
and  children.  Basted  aprons  for  Industrial  school 
Children's  articles  for  Christmas. 

Miss  Mathe  Walker,  Baton  Rouge  Academy, 
Baton  Rouge,  La.,  —  Barrels  of  winter  clothing, 
Christmas  bags  or  boxes,  bedding,  needles  and  thread, 
books. 

Mrs.  Belle  C.  Mebane,  814  London  St.,  Ports- 
mouth.  Fa.,  —  Bed  linen  and  calico  for  joining  quilts, 
children*8  clothing. 

Mrs.  S.  a.  Mial,  435  N.  Salisbury  St.,  Raleigh, 
N.C.,  —  Clothing  and  dioes. 

Donations  to  Training  School 

Illinois  —  Chicago,  20  glasses  jelly  and  butter  from 
Windsor  Park  Baptist  church. 

El  Paso,  one  barrel  and  one  box  of  canned 

fruit. 
Sandwich,  one  barrel  of  pears. 
Indiana  —  Aurora,  one  box  canned  fruit. 
Dana,  one  barrel  canned  fruit. 
Lebanon,   one   bor  canned   fruit   from 
Miss  Ivy  Caldwell. 
Iowa  —  Boone,  one  barrel  of  cherries. 

Yarmouth,  two  barrels  of  apples. 
Kansas  —  Ottawa,  one  barrel  canned  fruit. 
Michigan  —  Benton    Harbor,    grapes,    pears    and 
turnips  from  Mrs.  C.  E.  McClane. 
Benton    Harbor,   two   barrels    canned 

fruit. 
Lawton,  ten  baskets  of  grapes  from 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  K.  Lave. 
New   York  —  Lockport,  one   barrel   canned   fruit, 
value  $13.00. 

West  Virginia  —  Oak  Hill,  four  volumes  of  poems 
for  library  from  Miss  Elizabeth  Carr. 

Wisconsin  —  Walworth,  two  barrels  fruit  and 
vegetables. 

Boxes  and  Supplies  Sent  to  Missionaries 

Colorado  — ^  Denver,  two  quilts  and  material  for 
finishing  same  to  Mrs.  H.  H.  Clouse 

New  Jersey  —  New  Market,  one  box  for  Alaska. 

Ohio  —  Norwood,  two  quilts  to  Mrs.  Clouse,  two 
to  Miss  Freeman  and  one  to  Miss  Walker. 

Reno  —  Patchwork  to  Mrs.  Clouse,  Miss  Neuss 
and  Miss  Johnson,  value  $3.00. 


852 


MISSIONS 


COHDDCTBD  BT  SECKBTART  JOHH  K.  HOOKB 


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generally  carried  out  would  solve  out  mis- 
siotiary  problems. 

"The  matter  of  missionary  education  and 
giving  has  been  presented  by  our  committee 
to  the  church  and  various  organizations  and 
has  been  received  with  great  enthusiasm. 
The  following  is  a  general  statement  of  what 
has  been  done:  Our  pastor  will  deliver 
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Missionary  Society  has  also  organized  study 
classes  of  small  congenial  group's  to  consider 
India,  Our  Men's  Uluh  will  hold  in  No- 
vemhir  a  men's  banquet  at  which  the  subject 
of  Men  and  M  isslons  '  will  be  presented  by  an 
able  speaker.  The  Bible  school  is  assisting  in 
unifying  niissionaty  education  by  adopting 
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T&s  Lait  CkU 

In  spite  of  the  fan  that  we  are  all  urged 
nowadays  to  do  our  Christmas  shopping 
early,  some  of  us  still  come  up  to  the  twenty- 
fourth  of  December  with  the  task  unfinished. 
In  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  Christmas  foreign 
mission  program  has  been  advenised  since 
September,  there  are  doubtless  some  schools 
that  have  been  so  busy  with  other  important 
work  that  they  have  not  yet  ordered  their 
Christmas  supplies.  There  is  still  time  for  a 
creditable  Christmas  concert  if  you  write 
immediately.  Each  district  secretary  hat 
been  supplied  with  a  small  stock  of  the  pro- 
grams for  rush  orders.  Larger  quantities 
have  been  furnished  Secretary  A,  W. 
Rider,  906  Broadway,  Oakland,  Cal.,  fot 
the  Pacific  Coast;  Secretary  C.  A.  Cook, 
l>.D.,'  Box  1,  Station  A,  Spokane,  Washing- 
ton, for  the  Yellowstone  District,  and  Sec- 
retary J.  Y,  Aitchison,  D.D.,  440  S,  Dearborn 
St.,  Chicago.  The  Woman's  Baptist  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  of  the  West.  450  East 
30th  St.,  Chicago,  also  has  the  programs, 
and  the  Forward  Movement,  Box  41,  Bosnn, 
Mass.,  handles  them  for  the  East.  Write 
today  for  your  supplies,  indicating  exactly 
how  many  programs  will  be  needed.  Re- 
member that  these  programs  are  free  to 
schools  taking  a  Christmas  offering  for 
foreign  missions  and  that  the  t>fFering 
applies  on  the  apportionment  of  the  church 
either  for  the  work  of  the  American  Baptist 
Foreign  Mission  Society,  or  for  the  work  of 
the  Woman's  Society, 


MISSIONS 


853 


Advance  Information 

llie  home  mission  campaign  of  the  For- 
ward Movement  does  not  begin  until  after 
Christmas.  It  has  been  discovered,  how- 
ever, that  many  Sunday  school  workers  are 
already  beginning  to  plan  for  the  home 
mission  period  and  will  be  glad  of  advance 
information  as  to  what  material  will  be 
available.  The  general  topic  for  the  period 
The  Redemption  of  the  City." 


is 


FOR   MISSION   STUDY 


The  new  home  mission  book  "The  Re- 
demption of  the  City,"  by  Rev.  Charles  H. 
Sears,  superintendent  of  the  New  York  City 
Mission  Society,  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 
publishers  and  is  promised  not  later  than 
December  15.  Suggestions  for  leaders  will 
be  provided  in  connection  with  this  course 
and  popular  programs  for  presentation  by 
the  class  in  meetings  of  the  church  or  young 
people's  society. 

FOR  THE    SUNDAY   SCHOOL 

There  will  be  a  monthly  responsive  service 
including  a  fine  city  mission  hymn. 


There  will  also  be  suggestions  by  which 
phases  of  the  city  work  may  be  brightly 
presented  each  Sunday,  if  desired,  in  five 
minute  exercises. 

This  period  will  close  at  Easter  Day, 
April  7,  for  which  there  will  be  prepared  a 
Sunday  school  concert  program.  It  is  too 
early  to  say  more  concerning  this  than  that 
it  will  be  up  to  the  standard  generally  and 
that  it  contains  some  of  the  finest  kind  of 
Easter  carols. 

FOR   THE    PASTOR 

For  such  pastors  as  may  wish  to  unify 
the  work  of  the  period  by  the  presentation 
from  the  pulpit  of  the  outstanding  phases 
of  the  city  problem,  there  will  be  provided 
sermon  topics  with  printed  matter  and 
references  to  books  generally  available,  con- 
taining information  for  the  setting  forth  of 
this  outstanding  problem  and  work  of 
American  Christianity.  We  cannot  promise 
any  of  these  supplies  before  Christmas. 
Orders  may  be  sent  in  at  any  time,  however, 
and  they  will  be  placed  on  file  and  filled 
when  the  supplies  are  ready. 


THAT  OTHER  TWENTY-FIVE  CBMTS 

IT  was  to  be  expected  tbat  some  Tidings'  subscribers 
would  regard  the  rise  fron  twenty-five  to  fifty  cents 
as  an  obstacle  to  renewaU  Tbey  were  getting  one  nag- 
azine,  and  now  are  getting  only  one^  at  double  prit^e* 

BUT  WBAT  ABE  THB7  GETTING?  Two  nagazines  like  Tid- 
ings in  one,  and  much  lore*  Getting  for  only  fifty 
cents  a  96  page  magazine,  covering  the  sission  world. 
All  this  for  only  twenty-five  cents  nore  than  before  I 

That  is  the  true  way  to  look  at  it»   Surely  the 
extra  quarter  could  not  be  better  expended  by  a  wosan 
who  would  have  a  broad  conception  of  Dissions*   And 
when  our  Baptist  women  can  get  a  nagazine  like  MISSIC^S 
for  fifty  cents,  we  do  not  believe  one  will  hesitate 
to  pay  tlie  extra  quarter,  after  once  seeing  UISSlONS. 
If  so,  that  will  be  a  dear  quarter  in  the  end* 


m 


854 


MISSIONS 


Student  Gatharing  at  Andom 


A  notable  meeting  of  Student  Volunteere 
and  many  other  student  delegate*  from  the 
numerous  institutions  of  higher  learning  in 
and  about  Boston,  including  Brown  Uni- 
versity, was  held  at  Andover,  Oct.  18-29, 
The  meeting  was  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Student  Volunteer  League  of  Greater 
Boston. 

The  first  session  was  in  the  Free  Church 
(Congregational),  Saturday  afternoon,  when 
a  powerful  address  was  given  on  "Prayer 
and  Missions"  by  Mr.  W.  E.  Doughty, 
Educational  Secretary  of  the  Laymen's 
Missionary  Movement.  In  the  evening,  in 
Davis  Hall  of  Abbott  Academy,  Prof.  E. 
G.  Hincks  welcomed  the  conference.  Prof. 
J,  W.  I'latner,  of  Harvard  University,  gave 
an  address  on  "The  Inspiration  and  Chal- 
lenge from  the  Historic  Missionary  As- 
sociations of  Andover,"  and  Rev.  J.  C. 
Kobbins  of  the  Philippines,  Traveling 
Secretary  of  the  Student  Volunteer  Move- 
ment, and  Dr.  Edward  H.  Hume  of  China, 
gave  apptals  from  the  foreign  lands.  Music 
was    rendered   by   the   Harvard   University 

At  the  Sunday  morning  service  in  the 
South  Congregational  Church,  the  speakers 
were  Mr.  Wilbert  B.  Smith,  Mr.  }ohn  G. 
McGee  and  Miss  Anna  Brown,  traveling 
secretaries  of  the  Student  Volunteer  Move- 
ment, and  Mr.  Mornay  Wiljiams.  vice- 
president  of  the  Laymen's  Missionary  Move- 
ment, whose  theme  was  "The  Responding 
Manhood  to  World  Appeal."  In  the 
afternoon,  at  Phillips  Academy  chapel, 
addresses  were  given  by  Rev.  Jacob  A. 
Reis  of  Africa  and  Mr.  J.  Campbell  White 
of  the  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement. 


The  closing  service  was  the  crowning 
feature  of  (he  conference,  when  between 
two  and  three  hundred  students  and  friends 
gathered  around  the  famous  missionary  rock 
where  Adoniram  Judson,  Samuel  Nott. 
Samuel  J.  Mills,  Samuel  Newell,  Gordon 
Hall,  James  Richards  and  Luther  Rke 
were  accustomed  to  meet  a  hundred  years 
ago  to  pray  for  foreign  missions.  This 
service  was  in  charge  of  Mr.  Robbins. 
Several  student  volunteeis  gave  brief  mes- 
sages, the  last  being  by  Miss  Fneda  Appel, 
just  about  to  sail  to  die  Philippines  under 
the  Woman's  Baptist  Foreign  Mis5i<Hi 
Society, 

In  the  aftemoMi  Dr.  Stackpole  conducted 
the  students  around  the  many  historical 
places  in  Andover.  A  visit  was  paid  <o 
the  chapel  cemetery,  where  so  many  of  the 
trustees,  professors,  instructors,  benefacton 
and  others  associated  with  Phillips  Academy 
and  Andover  Seminaty  are  buried.  Among 
a  long  row  of  graves  of  early  students  dyinj; 
at  Andover  during  their  course  of  study 
was  the  lamented  Congar,  Judson's  room- 
mate, who  died  in  Januaty,  1810,  and  who 
was  credited  to  have  given  Judson  the 
book  which  had  such  a  powerful  influence 
upon  him  in  his  decision  to  become  a  mis- 
sionaty.  The  American  house  was  shown, 
in  the  lower  room  of  which  Samuel  F.  Smid) 
wrote  "My  Country, 'tis  of  Thee,"  in  1831, 
when  a  student.  And  also  Room  Numbet 
Six  in  Phillips  Hall,  where  the  same  author 
wrote  "The  Morning  Light  Is  Breaking," 
"Yes,  my  Native  Land,  I  love  Thee,"  and 
others. 

It  is  confidently  expected  by  the  officeis 
of  the  League,  of  which  Mr.  T.  V.  Witter 
of  Newton  Theological  Seminary  is  presi- 
dent, thai  a  number  of  new  recruits  for 
home  and  foreign  missions  will  result  from 
this  impressive  conference. 


MISSIONS 


855 


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FROM  THE  FAR  LANDS 


RAIN  BRINGS  RELIEF 

The  manager  of  the  Ongole  Industrial 
Experiment  Station,  Samuel  D.  Bawden, 
writes  under  date  of  September  20  that 
things  look  vastly  brighter  since  a  nice 
downpour  of  rain,  a  regular  tropical  storm, 
which  made  the  parched  fields  revive  as 
by  magic.  In  32  minutes  1.35  inches  of 
rain  fell.  By  irrigation  Mr.  Bawden  hopes 
to  prevent  such  terrible  drouths  and  crop 
failures  as  make  India  desolate. 

CHINESE   IN   BURMA 

• 

The  Chinese  in  Burma  number  many 
thousands  and  are  steadily  increasing  in 
numbers,  wealth,  influence.  Hundreds  in 
the  city  have  Burmese  wives.  The  car- 
penters, blacksmiths,  carriage  builders, 
gardeners,  are  almost  all  Chinese;  and 
many  merchants,  brokers,  mill-owners,  etc., 
are  also  Chinese.  Within  twenty-five  years 
we  shall  have,  at  the  veiy  least,  a  half  a 
million  of  Chinese  in  Burma  and  subse- 
quently the  number  will  rapidly  grow  into 
a  million.  The  Methodist  Episcopal  Mis- 
sion works  among  the  Amoy  (Tukien) 
people  in  Rangoon  and  the  Cantonese  in 
Pegu.  We  require  a  Chinese-speaking 
missionary  to  have  charge  of  the  Chinese 
work  in  Burma,  to  do  it  justice. —  Ernest 
Grigg,  Rangoon. 

BREAKERS   AHEAD 

Three  Roman  Catholic  priests,  Italians, 
have  been  here  for  about  two  weeks.  I  do 
not  know  what  they  plan,  whether  there  is 
much  danger  of  their  attempting  work  here 
later  or  not.  They  are  from  Toungoo  and 
Loikaw  Catholic  Missions.  From  what 
they  say,  the  Roman  Catholic  bishops  at 
Rangoon  and  Mandalay  are  French,  and 
the  Toungoo  and  Karen  Hills  Catholic 
workers  are  Italian.  If  they  come  in  I  am 
afraid  they  will  work  havoc  among  our 
Hillpeople.  The  heathen  Sahu  are  much 
given  to  the  spectacular,  and  the  show  of 


the  Catholics  may  take  with  them  readily. 
—  W.  M.  Young,  Kengtung,  Burma. 

WIND  AND   WATER   AT  JORHAT 

On  the  eve  of  the  first  of  May  a  severe 
wind  and  rain  storm  visited  Jorhat  and  blew 
down  one  dormitory  and  the  boarding 
department  cook-house  as  well  as  doing 
more  or  less  damage  to  several  of  the  other 
buildings  on  the  compound.  As  my  funds 
for  repairs  had  all  been  used  up  before  this 
dme,  I  was  compelled  to  pay  for  the  re- 
erection  of  the  dormitory  and  cook-house 
from  other  funds  I  happened  to  have  in 
hand  at  the  time.  It  was  absolutely  neces- 
sary that  these  buildings  be  repaired  at  once, 
so  work  was  begun  the  next  morning  and 
carried  on  to  completion  as  rapidly  as 
possible.  Just  recently  our  bamboo  bridge 
broke  down  while  we  were  carrying  the 
paper-cutting  machine  across  it,  and  seven- 
teen or  eighteen  of  us  fell  into  the  stream 
with  the  machine,  and  one  young  man,  a 
Hindu,  died  from  the  injuries  received. 
The  rest  of  us  escaped  miraculously  with 
bruises,  from  slight  to  severe.  —  S.  A.  D. 
BoGGS,  Jorhat,  Assam. 

DAME    RUMOR   IN  CHINA  TERRIFYING 
THE  IGNORANT  PEOPLE 

As  usual,  Dame  Rumor  is  in  fine  spirits 
and  is  bustling  through  the  towns  and  vil- 
lages of  China  with  all  kinds  of  ridiculous 
stories.  Here  is  a  sample  of  some  of  the 
tales  she  impishly  whispers  in  the  ears  of 
several  of  her  old  standbys:  "King  George 
of  England  is  on  his  way  up  the  Yangtze 
with  an  army  to  invade  Szchuan,"  or,  "A 
large  British  force  is  coming  from  India  by 
way  of  Thassa  and  Tachienhe,  west  of 
Yachow,  and  the  troops  are  reported  to 
have  reached  that  town."  As  Dame  Rumor 
flits  along,  her  supporters  "get  busy"  and 
spread  these  and  many  other  stories.  The 
people,  overcome  by  terror  and  pathetic 
in  their  ignorance,  hasten  to  erect  ia  tVve. 


856 


MISSIONS 


Streets  temporary  shrines  to  the  spirit  of  the 
late  Emperor.  While  he  lived,  he  exerted 
hut  little  influence  over  the  people,  but  now 
that  he  is  dead  he  is  one  of  the  great  powers 
of  China  —  and  all  because  he  exhorted 
the  people  to  build  railroads.  Meanwhile, 
Dame  Rumor  laughs  in  her  sleeve  because 
she  has  hoodwinked  the  people  so  that  they 
do  not  know  what  all  the  disturbance  is 
about.  And  the  missionaries  ?  Well,  they 
are  the  messengers  of  a  greater  Power  than 
Dame  Rumor  even,  and  in  Him  they  put 
their  trust. 

FAMINE   IN    BENGAL 

From  our  new  mission  in  Bengal,  India, 
Rev.  George  H.  Hamlen  of  Balasore  writes : 
*'From  our  magistrate  I  learned  yesterday 
that  the  northern  end  of  our  district  and 
part  of  Midnapore  district  is  hard  hit  for 
lack  of  rain  up  to  date.  The  early  rice  crop 
is  practically  a  total  failure  and  the  chief 
crop  is  damaged  so  much  that  with  the  best 
possible  conditions  from  now  on  only  a 
quarter  crop  may  be  reaped.  If  the  rains 
continue  poor  there  will  be  practically  no 
rice  in  the  worst  sections.  This  means  that 
there  is  sure  to  be  great  suffering  at  best,  for 
the  stock  of  old  rice  is  low  all  through  this 
region.  And  at  worst  only  lavish  giving, 
and  provision  of  work  for  all  who  can  work 
will  keep  off  starvation  from  multitudes. 
Our  people  at  Ujurda  are  already  starving 
and  by  the  time  this  reaches  you  some  of 
them  will  be  fair  famine  specimens,  unless 
we  can  help  them." 

DORMITORY   FOR   YOUNG   WOMEN 

With  the  growth  and  development  of 
institutions  for  higher  education  for  girls  in 
Japan,  a  new  and  serious  problem  has  come 
to  the  missionaries  —  that  of  protecting 
these  young  girls  from  temptations  and  pro- 
viding for  them  suitable  homes.  To  solve 
the  problem  our  mission  opened  a  Young 
Women's  Dormitory  in  Tokyo.  One  of  our 
missionaries  writing  of  this  work  says:  **A 
Christian  woman  of  years  and  experience 
in  dormitory  work  is  already  at  the  home  as 
a  new  matron.  She  gives  promise  of  being 
a  good  woman  for  the  place.  During  the 
summer  about  eight  hundred  announce- 
ments of  the  dormitory  were  sent  to  mis- 
sionaries and  Japanese  pastors  of  all  de- 
nominations.     As    soon    as    possible    such 


announcements  will  be  placed  in  all  the 
girls'  schools  in  Tokyo  where  there  are  not 
dormitories  connected  with  the  schools. 
Christians  in  America  may  well  pray  for 
the  young  women  of  Tokyo  and  that  God 
may  give  grace  and  power  to  those  that  work 
among  them." 

"before  and  after" 

In  the  "school  of  the  minor  prophets,"  as 
Rev.  J.  Heinrichs  calls  the  school  for  pri- 
mary education  as  Ramapatnam,  South 
India,  the  entering  class  is  especially  needy. 
"Thirteen  of  the  number  were  made 
orphans  by  the  terrible  cholera  scourge, 
which  has  been  raging  all  around.  Mrs. 
Heinrichs'  great  mother  heart  has  already 
included  them  among  her  'ninety  brown 
children.'  Five  unusually  interesting  chil- 
dren were  received  into  the  boarding  school 
by  Mrs.  Heinrichs  this  month.  The  first 
three,  a  girl  and  two  boys,  lost  their  parents 
within  a  few  weeks  of  each  other.  They 
had  wandered  from  place  to  place,  begging 
living  anyhow,  looked  after  in  a  fashion  by 
an  old  decrepit  grandfather,  who  said  to 
Mrs.  Heinrichs,  pathetically:  'Would  1 
not  feed  them  if  I  had  food  ?'  The  children 
are  exceptionally  bright  and  pleasing  and 
give  promise  of  great  usefulness  in  the 
future.  Two  little  girls  were  sent  to  us 
from  our  neighboring  station,  Kandukuru. 
The  mother  died  of  cholera,  leaving  four 
little  children.  The  heathen  father  kept 
the  baby,  because  he  was  a  boy,  and  the 
oldest  girl  to  care  for  him,  but  willingly 
relinquished  the  other  two.  Poor  little 
frightened  tots  they  were  when  they  came  to 
us,  but  now  after  one  week  they  are  as  much 
at  home  in  our  midst  and  more  completely 
content  and  happy  than  they  would  ever 
have  been  with  their  heathen  parents.  The 
change  in  the  life  and  character  of  these 
children,  after  they  come  into  our  school, 
is  wonderful.  One  needs  to  see  them  before 
and  after  in  order  to  understand  fully  these 
modern  transfigurations." 

ill 
Missionary  Personals 

Rev.  G.  N.  Thomssen  and  Mrs.  Thomssen 
returned  to  their  work  at  Bapatia,  South 
India,  on  Sept.  24,  after  a  much  needed  trip 
to  Australia  for  rest  and  recuperation.  Mr. 
Thomssen  writes:    "Although  wt  both  had 


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857 


fever  in  Australia  we  ha?e  returned  with  new 
health  and  new  strength,  and  we  hope  to 
spend  a  number  of  years  more  here  in  the 
service  of  our  Lord  and  Master." 

On  Sunday,  Sept.  17,  Rev.  E.  Carroll 
Condict,  of  Trenton,  N.J.,  and  Miss  Isabel 
M.  Adams,  of  Post  Mills,  Vt.,  were  united 
in  marriage  direaly  after  the  regular  morn- 
ing service  of  the  Congregational  church  at 
Post  Mills.  Later  in  the  week  a  reception 
was  tendered  them  at  the  Grace  Baptist 
church  in  Trenton.  The  Trenton  Baptist 
Association  has  pledged  its  support  to  Mr. 
Condict's  work.  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Condict 
sailed  for  Burma  the  latter  part  of  Novemher. 


The  Hoving  Picture  Film 

For  a  plea»nt  evening's 
which  will  give  both  pleasure  and  instruction 
to  young  and  old,  you  can  get  nothing 
better  than  the  moving  piautes  of  West 
China  which  the  Foreign  Mission  Society 
has  to  loan.  One  thousand  feet  of  film, 
showing  the  Chinese  at  home,  in  church 
and  on  the  street,  — -  a  good  glimpse  of  the 
real  life  of  the  Chinese,  The  film  is  accom- 
panied by  some  excellent  colored  still 
slides  of  West  China,  These  pictures  will 
make  the  life  of  both  the  missionary  and 
the  native  very  real  and  vivid  to  all  who  see 
(hem.    The  fee  is  (10,  plus  carriage. 


I  Bible  reading  class  for  the  Si 
jighbots.  — P.  H.  j.  Lerrigo,  P.I. 


Foreign  Hiwionaiy  Record 


A  Converted  Cripple 

Cripples  are  usually  supposed  to  be  good 
because  they  are  cripples,  but  Juan  Gonzaltz 
was  both  a  cripple  and  a  sinner.  He  went 
around  upon  his  knees,  the  lower  part  of 
his  legs  being  paralyzed  and  undeveloped, 
and  was  a  member  of  a  band  of  professional 
beggars.    Conversion  changed  Juan  (o  such 

instead  of  begging  for  a  living  he  1 
to  grind  rice,  sweep  floors  and  do  many  other 
tasks  as  lay  within  his  power.  Although 
over  thirty  years  of  age  he  learned  to  read 
the  New  Testament  and  talked  simply,  but 
effectively,  about  Christ  to  whomsoever 
would  listen.  In  the  last  cholera  epidemic 
Juan  was  attacked  by  the  dread  scourge  and 
died  a  triumphant  death.  After  his  death 
we  learned  that  he  had  been  conducting 


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D.  C.  Hollom  and  Mrs.  Holtom,  of  Tokyo, 
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MISSIONS 


FROM  THE  HOME   LANDS 


THE  SCHOOL  AT  RIO  PIEDRAS 

The  school  began  on  Sept.  15.  The  first 
week  was  largely  given  up  10  the  examina- 
tion of  the  young  men  and  to  the  adjustment 
or  our  classes  with  the  work  of  the  Nonnal 
School.  At  present  there  are  17  ttudents, 
and  atl  of  these  take  music  at  the  Nonnal. 
Six  others  atiend  classes  there  as  well;  two 
of  these  are  members  of  the  first  year  Nor- 
mal class,  the  others  special  students. 
The  academic  work  in  our  own  school  b 
divided  into  two  classes.  In  the  lower  class 
there  are  four  students,  in  charge  of  three 
of  our  older  men.  The  other  dass,  which 
contains  ten  men,  is  in  charge  of  Mr. 
Ctpero.  Last  year  the  majority  of  the  men 
with  us  were  members  of  the  lower  class. 
This  year  the  situation  is  reversed  and  the 
majority  of  the  men  are  in  the  higher  class. 
Dr.  Kudd  has  charge  of  the  theological  work, 
giving  an  huur  each  day  to  the  men.  He 
conducts  classes  in  Old  Testament  History, 
Acts  of  the  Apostles  and  Homiletics.  We 
are  looking  forward  to  a  very  enjoyable  as 
well  as  profitable  year.  —  Rev.  D.  P. 
Woods,  Principal. 


A  Sourh  Dakot 


's  the 


State. 


ailure  generally  over  the 
will  be  felt  most  by  those 
who  arc  tenters,  and  the  new  settlers  west 
of  the  Missouri.  For  them  this  means  the 
second  year  of  failure,  and  people  are  leav- 
ing by  trainloads.  One  man  at  Presho 
counted  thiny-five  prairie  schooners  that 
passed  his  place  in  two  hours.  The  railway 
companies  gave  settlers  transporialion  out 
of  that  part  of  the  Slate.  I  was  lold  that  a 
man  came  into  Lemmon  the  other  day  with 
a  load  of  chickens.  He  could  not  get  fifteen 
or  ten  cents  apiece  for  them,  and  not  having 
any  feed  for  them  at  home  he  turned  the 
whole  bunch  loose  in  the  street.  People 
who  have  lived  here  for  many  years  say  it 
has  been  the  worst  season  since  the  drouth 
of  1894. 


(Sregrm  |Ba}ittst  §^At  QZonbentioti 

REV.  F.  C,  W.  PARKER 

Onopondinf  SeaTUty  ud  Ccnenl  Misnonarr 

308  Y.  M.  C.  A.  BUILOINO 

PORTLAND.  OREGON 


NEW  MEXICO 

Rev.  T.  Y.  Atwood  is  pastor  at  Taibau 
and  cares  also  for  LaLand  and  Indepeii' 
dence.  He  has  in  addition  to  these  regular 
stations  two  others  that  he  visits  from  time 
to  time.  Special  meetings  at  LaLand  it- 
suited  in  several  "inquirers"  and  the  recep- 
tion of  four  persons  by  letter.  An  epidemic 
of  typhoid  stopped  the  meetings  at  LaLand. 
1'he  next  in  turn  is  Independence,  a  fine 
farming  country  some  twenty  miles  north. 

COLORADO  IMMIGRANTS 
Rev.   Richard   Peterson,  Swede,  who  re- 
sides in  Greeley,  a  town  of  over  8,000  popu- 
lation, devotes  half  of  his  time  to  the  Swedish 
church  in  that  place  and  half 
travel  in  the  State.     The  local  chi 
only    about    twenty-five    members 
building,  but  has  purchased  a   lot 
tends   to   go   forward.      Mr.    Peter 
recently   done   missionary   work    i 


MISSIONS 


county,  a  prosperous  fruit-growing  region 
where  many  of  his  nationality  have  settled. 
One  woman  told  him  she  had  not  heard  the 
gospel  in  her  own  language  foi  twenty-nine 
years,  and  all  agreed  that  this  was  ihe  first 
time  a  Swedish  preacher  had  visited  that 
community.  The  audience  was  attentive 
and  appreciative  and  wished  the  missionary 
to  "come  back  again;"  but  it  will  be  long 
before  he  can  do  this  if  he  goes  first  to  other 
neglected  regions.  "The  harvest  truly  is 
great  and  ihe  laborers  few." 


ganization  is  now  able 
society's  assistance.  Mod* 
nearly  5,000  inhabitants,  : 
able  house  of  worship  w 
strengthen  our  " 
community,  tht 
County. 


Rev.  W.  C.  King  reports:  "Several 
months  ago  1  asked  for  special  prayer  for 
the  work  at  Cripple  Creek,  and  am  happy 
to  report  that  marvelous  results  have 
followed.  Fifty  persons  have  been  added 
to  the  church,  a  pastor  is  settled,  and  the 
outlook  is  bright.  In  answer  to  prayer, 
revival  after  revival  has  been  seen,  and 
scores  of  converts  are  rejoicing."  He  con- 
tinues; "I  asked  that  all  interested  in 
Christian  work  in  Colorado  join  me  in 
prayer  for  the  coming  days  for  the  con- 
tinued prosperity  of  the  work  in  the  State 
and  that  gracious  revivals  of  religion  may 
spring  up  everywhere." 

CALIFORNIA 

The  fruits  of  a  series  of  years  of  help  from 
the  Home  Mission  Society  comes  to  us  in  a 
letter  from  Rev.  James  Gore,  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Modesia,  announcing  that  the  or- 


859 

Mont.,  where  our  mission  work  is  prosper- 
ing. We  are  evidently  to  have  a  very  great 
opportunity  at  Wyola,  where  the  new  mis- 
sion station  and  school  ate  being  estab- 
lished. Our  missionary.  Rev.  W.  A. 
Petzoldt,  is  a  full-fledged  carpenter,  con- 
tractor, architect,  bricklayer,  mason,  painter, 
president  of  the  Wyola  Federation  of 
Labor,  and  a  walking  delegate." 

FRENCH   WORK  IN  WORCESTER 

The  services  in  our  French  Mission  in 
Worcester  are  well  attended,  and  the  in- 
terest is  deep.    The  Sunday  school  work  is 


lalk  without  the 
ita  is  a  town  of 
nd  the  comfort- 
ill  do  much  to 
that  important 
at   of  Stanislaus 


At  GreybuII,  Rev.  Charles  M.  Cobb 
found  a  difficult  task  when  he  went  there 
last  June.  A  complete  reorganization  of  the 
church  seemed  necessary  and  he  has  worked 
faithfully  toward  that  end.  The  Oia  pel  Car 
assisted  him  for  a  time  in  August. 

A   MISSIONARY  OF  ALL  WORK 

Dr.    D.    D.    Proper,    Superintendent    of 

Missions,  writes:     "I  have  returned  from 

a    veiy  impressive    visit   at   Lodge  Grass, 


very  encouraging.  Brother  Adrian  Blair 
works  as  a  colporter  of  the  American  Tract 
Society  with  good  results.  Rev.  Jean 
Jacques,  of  Haiti,  has  recently  visited  the 
mission,  and  his  preaching  was  greatly 
appreciated.  A  good  winter's  work  is 
expected  at  Worcester.  Rev.  S.  C.  Delag- 
neau  divides  his  time  between  the  work  at 
Worcester  and  giving  instruction  in  the 
French  language  to  the  students  jn  Boston. 


86o 


MISSIONS 


CHAPEL  CAR  AND  COLPORTER 


RECOGNITION   OF   SERVICE 

When  Rev.  D.  P.  Ward,  for  many  years 
Sunday  school  missionary  of  the  Publication 
Society  in  Southern  California,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Baptist  Assembly,  left  that 
field  for  New  Mexico,  he  received  such 
recognition  as  comes  to  few  men.  The  reso- 
lutions of  appreciation  were  accompanied  by 
a  purse  and  a  shower  of  letters.  Among 
other  things,  the  resolutions  said  that  "not 
only  the  Assembly  but  the  Baptists  of  South- 
em  California  owe  Brother  Ward  unstinted 
praise  and  unmeasured  thanks.  He  has 
wrought  by  his  abounding  energy  and  un- 
swerving integrity,  his  great  heart  of  love,  his 
faithful  ministry,  a  work  for  our  people  that 
cannot  be  overestimated,  and  for  which  we 
may  only  express  our  profound  appreciation. 
We  pray  the  blessing  of  God  upon  David  P. 
Ward,  his  family,  and  his  coming  ministry." 
In  him  the  Publication  Society  has  certainly 
had  one  of  its  most  indefatigable  and  energetic 
field  workers,  and  the  same  spirit  will  mark 
his  new  and  important  service. 

SUNDAY    SCHOOL    WORK    IN    SOUTH    DAKOTA 

In  his  annual  report.  Superintendent  T. 
H.  Hagen,  of  the  Publication  Society  for  ten 
years,  says  six  teacher-training  classes  were 
organized  during  the  year,  and  literature 
was  sent  to  each  pastor  and  superintendent 
regarding  this  important  work.  Twelve 
institutes  were  held  with  fine  success,  and 
more  of  this  work  will  be  done  the  coming 
year.  A  school  of  B.Y.P.U.  and  Sunday 
school  methods  is  proposed  for  191 2,  at 
Sioux  Falls  College.  Adult  classes  show  33 
organizations,  and  boys*  and  girls'  classes 
are  also  being  formed;  eight  home  depart- 
ments and  214  cradle  rolls  are  reported. 
Eight  new  schools  were  organized,  some  of 
them  having  classes  in  German  as  well  as 
English.  Many  special  evangelistic  meet- 
ings were  held,  and  81  conversions  resulted. 
From  52  schools  reporting,  186  baptisms 
were  recorded.     A  new  standard  has  been 


adopted,  similar  to  chat  adopted  in  a  num- 
ber of  other  states.  The  superintendent 
traveled  14,485  miles,  visited  63  diurches 
and  58  Sunday  schools;  gave  335  sermons 
and  addresses,  visited  409  families,  and 
wrote  2,483  letters. 

NORTH   DAKOTA 

The  Publication  Society  has  recently  added 
two  more  workers  to  its  staff  in  the  State. 
Rev.  E.  E.  Bamhart,  of  Ohio,  will  devote  all 
his  time  to  the  work  of  Sunday  school  mis- 
sionary, while  Rev.  A.  A.  Orhm  will  become 
colporter  to  the  Norwegians,  dividing  his 
time  between  this  State  and  Minnesota. 

NO   INTERFERENCE 

It  having  been  reported  that  the  Publica- 
tion Society  had  offered  to  take  Mr.  Fetler 
and  his  St.  Petersbui^  work  under  its  wing. 
Secretary  Rowland  writes  to  the  Standard, 
which  questioned  the  report,  that  the 
Society  has  never  had  any  such  idea,  nor 
made  any  overtures  to  Mr.  Fetler.  What 
it  did,  as  announced  at  the  time,  was  to 
make  Mr.  Fetler  a  donation  of  ^2,000  to 
procure  a  press  for  his  publishing  depan- 
ment,  just  as  it  had  aided  Mr.  Wiberg  in 
establishing  the  Baptist  cause  in  Sweden, 
and  the  Chinese  Baptist  Publication  Society, 
giving  the  latter  J>8,ooo  last  year. 

ON  THE  COLPORTAGE  WAGON 

One  who  has  been  with  the  colporter  on 
Wagon  No.  8,  in  Iowa,  has  this  to  say  of  his 
experiences: 

I  have  always  had  great  regard  for  the 
work  our  Publication  Society  has  been  doing 
with  the  colporter  and  his  wagon  simply  be- 
cause I  have  read  of  the  work  and  a  few 
times  have  had  the  privilege  of  listening  to 
the  colporter  at  the  conventions,  but  during 
the  past  two  weeks  it  has  been  my  privilege 
to  ride  in  the  wagon  with  Brother  Byram, 
hear  him  talk  and  pray,  see  him  put  the 
Bible  into  the  hands  of  some  who  had  none 


MISSIONS 


—  some  given  away  while  others  were  sold 

—  and  see  the  tears  of  fathers  and  mothen 
and  of  inquirers  after  Christ.  It  was  in  a 
community  surrounding  the  little  Baptist 
church  at  Fair  View,  a  farming  community 
about  eight  miles  from  Eldon.  The  church 
has  been  closed  for  about  two  years  and  the 
members  were  discouraged  and  thought 
there  was  no  hope  of  trying  any  more;  but 
Brother  Byram,  with  his  wagon,  spent  over 
two  weeks  there  and  as  a  result  there  is  a 
live  body  of  Baptists  in  that  community  and 
five  convetts  are  ready  to  be  baptized.  As 
I  watched  Brother  Byram  telling  the  folks 
goodby  and  saw  many  people  weeping  and 
the  colporter's  heart  heavy  because  he  had  to 
close  the  meeting  with  some  unsaved,  I 
thought,  surely  this  is  one  of  the  greatest 
works  a  man  can  be  in  and  I  will  always 
say,  God  bless  our  Publication  Society   in 

They  are  doing  all  that 
It  half  enough.    "" 


this  great  V 
they  can  do  but 


,    for   1 


Mgons 


I   this    Stat 


:  Publica 
•re  of  ihi! 


&  N.  Co.  He  has  one  of  the  big  engines 
and  is  one  of  the  best  men  on  the  line.  He 
made  the  decision  after  a  hard  struggle  and 
will  have  a  great  influence.  The  people  of 
Tekoa  are  glad  the  car  came  to  town,  for 
they  are  now  planning  a  new  f  ;,ooo  meeting 
house,  and  the  Sunday  school  has  doubled. 

At  Garfield  there  were  zo  conversioni 
within  a  few  days  after  the  meetings  opened 
and  II  were  received  for  baptism.  Three 
girls  came  from  the  high  school  and  through 
Mrs.  Hermiston's  influence  were  brought  to 
Christ.  God  is  blessing  us  wonderfully, 
and  the  calls  for  us  are  confusing,  they  are 


Fair  View  church  is  going  to  have  Sunday 
school   every   Sunday   and   preaching  e 
other  Sunday  ; 
being  with  ther 


r  offerings  for 
Society  that  they  may  do 
tk  ?  —  Chas.  E.  Bryden. 


CHAPEL  CAR      EMMANUEL 

Rev.  E.  R.  Hermiston  of  car "  Emmanuel," 
repoits  that  the  meeting  at  Tekoa,  Wash, 
closed  with  great  power,  and  many  were 
converted  and  baptized.  Among  the  number 
was  one  of  the  oldest  engineers  on  the  O.R. 


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Of  Special  Interest  to  the  Juniors 


MISSIONS  Is  now  read  by  more  than  104,000  BaptUts 


MISSIONS 


Echoes  from   the  Oriental   Press 


South  China  Unrest 
The  North  China  Daily  Nnui,  writing 
on  the  present  situation  in  Soucli  China, 
cannot  be  said  to  take  a  very  optimistic 
view  when  it  writes  in  the  following  strain: 
"The  only  thing  of  which  experience  has 
taught  us  to  be  sure  in  China  is  that  serious 
trouble,  not  the  sporadic  outbunt  of  a  day 
or  two,  comes  as  a  thief  in  the  night  and 
for  the  most  frivolous  teasons.  Yet  it 
cannot  be  disputed  that  China  as  a  whole 
and  the  Southern  provinces  in  particular 
are  and  have  for  some  time  been  in  a  most 
dangerous  frame  of  mind.  The  descriptions 
given  recently  by  our  Canton  correspondent 
of  the  methods  of  revolutionary  propaganda 
are  extremely  significant.  On  one  occasion 
the  steamer  on  which  our  correspondent 
was  traveling  was  boarded  by  a  young 
man  who  harangued  the  ship's  company 
in  impassioned  strains,  calling  on  them  to 
cast  off  the  Manchu  yoke  and  deliver  the 
land  from  centuries  of  misrule.  News- 
papers, which  find  their  way  among  the 
masses  in  spite  of  rigorous  censorship,  are 
never-wearying  in  fierce  denunciations  of 
the  dynasty.  Public  opinion  is  still  further 
molded  by  the  number  of  Chinese  re- 
turning from  abroad  who  can  bring  the 
wei^t  of  comparative  criticism  to  bear  on 
the  government's  deficiencies.  And  under- 
neath all  is  the  traditional  loyalty  of  the 
South  towards  the  long  dethroned  Mings, 
and  the  strong  sense  of  nationality  which 
the  ManchuB  have  never  trodden  out  of 
the  proud  Southerners.  In  such  a  powdcr- 
mine  of  feeling,  the  least  incident  will  strike 
a  spark  to  fire  an  explosion,  and  the  as- 
sassination of  Tartar-General  Fu  Chi  was 


no  small  incident.  The  manner  in  which 
that  murder  was  committed,  the  bravery 
with  which  the  murderer  met  his  death, 
were  exactly  calculated  to  inflame  popular 
passion.  He  died  for  his  country,  making 
war  on  the  Manchus  and  glorying  in  his 
death;  and  many  persons  'sighed  deeply 
and  shed  tears  when  they  saw  his  blood 
on  the  ground.'  " 

* 
Official  Praise  of  Hlssionarles 

Mr.  Sekiya,  Japanese  director  of  Edu- 
cation in  Korea,  recently  attended  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  annual  conference 
in  Seoul  and  made  a  long  address  of  apprecia- 
tion of  the  work  of  the  missionaries  and 
endorsement  of  their  methods  in  education. 
He  closed  with  these  words:  "I  beg  to 
express  my  sincere  thanks  and  deep  respect 
towards  the  Christian  missionaries  for  the 
meritorious  work  achieved  by  them  in  the 
education  of  Koreans  after  many  years' 
hard  eflforts,  and  I  want  to  add  that  I  believe 
you  will  be  pleased  to  hear  from  me  that 
his  excellency  Count  Tcrauchi,  the  Governor 
General,  is  most  enthusiastic  and  interested 
in  the  education  of  Koreans." 
* 
Changing  China 

The  Pacific  Monthly  for  September  eon- 
tains  an  imponam  article  entitled,  "The 
Transformation  of  China  and  Its  Signifi- 
cance to  the  Pacific  Coast,"  by  Fletcher 
S.  Brockman.  He  says  that  "From  the  day 
the  Portsmouth  treaty  was  signed  by  Russia 
and  Japan,  China  has  been  a  new  nation 
committed  to  the  pathway  of  reform  and 
modem  development.    With  the  awakening 


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of  Japan,  China,  Korea  and  the  Philippinei, 
the  problem  it  one  of  building  a  new  civil- 
zaiion  around  the  Pacific.  It  is  a  civiliza- 
tion that  will  be  neither  Asiatic  nor  Euro- 
pean, but  for  the  first  time  in  the  history  of 
the  world  a  real  mcning  of  the  East  and  the 
West.  In  the  disintegration  that  follows  the 
safeguards  of  both  civilizations  are  lost  and 
the  first  tendency  will  be  for  both  of  us  to  be 
worse.  A  wealthy  Orient  means  a  wealthy 
Pacific  Coast.  A  low  moral  standard  for  wo- 
men in  Japan  is  today  a  moral  peril  to  Amer- 
ica and  china,  and  the  transformation  of  the 
peace-loving  millions  of  China  into  a  war- 
thirsty  horde  is  a  matter  of  profound  con- 
cern to  Asia  and  America.  Race  prejudice 
in  California  means  an  answering  race 
prejudice  in  China  and  Japan.  It  is  the 
part  of  forctboughted  patriotism,  on  the 
part   of  both   American   and   Asiatic   alike, 

to  render  our  accelerating  intercourse  a 
mutual  blessing  and  not  a  curse."  In  these 
matters  tbc  Christian  church  has  much  to 
do  to  spread  the  spirit  of  sonship  and  brother- 
hood, of  peace  and  good-will. 


American  Example  the  Cruz 

'American  example  counteracts  the  Ameri- 
can missionary's  influence  abroad.  This 
thought  is  impressed  anew  by  the  words  of 
Rev.  C.  J.  Ryder,  Secreiary  of  the  American 
Missionary  Association  (Congregational), 
which  raises  ^400,000  annually  for  mission- 
ary work  among  the  Indians,  Negroes  and 
other  dependent  peoples.  Returning  from 
Hawaii  the  secretary  says: 

"The  conflict  between  the  Occident  and 
the  Orient  is  to  be  tried  out,  not  in  China 


or  Japan,  but  in  the  Hawaiian  Itlands, 
Children  of  Chinetc  and  Japanese  parents 
are  Tocere  in  Hawaii  when  they  reach  theii 
majority.  In  ten  year?  the  great  body  of 
voters  in  the  islands  will  be  Oiieatals. 
Christian  civilization  —  will  it  dominate  or 
not  ?  And  if  it  does  not  in  Hawaii,  will  ii 
do  so  in  China  and  Japan  ^ 

"It  is  absolutely  necessary  that  American 
cities.  East  and  West,  clean  up  their  moral 
conditions.  Orientals  coming  here  and  see- 
ing the  unspeakable  vice  and  vileness  that 
obtain  in  far  too  many  places,  return  home 
and  describe  conditions  in  a  Christian  coun- 
try. We  know  such  conditions  are  not 
Christian,  but  Orientals  do  not.  How  much 
permanent  effect  can  our  earnest  mission- 
aries produce  in  China  and  Japan  when 
some  of  their  own  people,  coming  here  and 
seeing  for  themselves,  return  and  tell  such 
tales  as  we  ourselves  must  admit  they  can 
truthfully  tell.  Our  own  expressions  of  civi- 
lization must  be  reformed  before  we  can 
hope  to  do  the  large  and  permanent  work 
for  the  rest  of  mankind  which  Jesus  Christ 
lays  upon  us.  I  always  knew  this  fact.  I 
am  convinced  and  convicted  of  it,  now  thai 
1  have  seen  the  working  of  it." 
• 
The  True  View 

The  Intercollegian:  Mission  study  ought 
to  issue  in  service,  so  there  ought  to  be 
planned  at  once  some  outlet  for  the  energies 
of  those  who  are  considering  the  needs  of 
their  fellowmen.  Every  association  mav 
have  its  part  in  both  the  foreign  and  home 
mission  fields,  and  nothing  will  help  to  cure 
us  of  parochialism  more  than  this  personal 


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The   Book   Table 


Some  Interesting  Books 

THERE  arc  some  unusually  interesting 
books  on  the  reviewer's  table  just 
now.  To  begin  with.  Prof.  Edward  A. 
Steiner  adds  another  to  his  enviable  list  of 
stories  about  the  strange  folks  who  are 
coming  into  our  country.  Readers  of  On 
the  Trail  of  ihf  Immigrant,  and  Tht  Immi- 
grant TiJi  will  be  sure  to  wish  for  this  new 
book,  Tht  Broken  fVdl.  The  author  not 
only  knows  his  people,  he  knows  how  to 
tell  about  them  and  make  them  real.  He 
is  never  dull.  And  he  makes  you  think 
kindly  of  all  the  newcomers.  In  spite  of 
yourself.  Do  not  miss  this,  for  we  shall  not 
be  too  kind  to  any  of  God's  creatures. 
(Kevell  Company;  illustrated;  ti.  net.) 

The  Revell  Company  also  gives,  just  in 
time  for  a  Christmas  present  to  a  boy.  Dr. 

Grenfell's  new  book,  Down  North  on  the 
Labrador.  Rare  sketches  are  these.  If  our 
Sunday  school  libraries  only  had  plenty  of 
books  of  this  kind  for  the  boys  and  girls, 
there  would  be  a  living  interest  in  missions, 
as  well  as  a  bias  toward  Christianity.  These 
are  genuine  stories  of  life,  told  by  a  master 
who  writes  out  of  what  he  lives.  (Illus- 
trated; tl  net.)    Speaking  of  the  boys,  there 


1   father 


>uldn't 


absoriied  ii 


this  book. 


We    doubt 

if   . 

our    readers 

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valuable  book) 

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put  fonh  by 

the  Mission- 

ary  Education 

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the 

Council 

of  Women  for 

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ne  Missions, 

for 

example: 

this 


National  Utah  (published  by  Revell  for 
the  Women's  Council;  50e,  cloth;  35c. 
paper),  now  being  read  and  studied  by  the 
home  mission  circles,  with  analysis  and 
program  studies  in  our  Woman's  Home 
Mission    Depanment    each    month.      The 


work  is  of  exceptional  (quality  and  value, 
touching  on  the  greatest  issues  now  before 
our  people.     It  might  well  lind   a  place  in 

By  the  way,  a  capital  book  to  give  to  a 
man  who  is  not  a  church-goer  and  whom 
you  would  Mke  to  influence  toward  the 
church,  is  J,  Sherman  Wallace's  What  of 
the  Church  f  (Griffith  &  Rowland  Press, 
50c.  net.)  The  matter  is  put  in  such  a 
readable  way  that  a  man  will  become  in- 
terested, and  if  he  reads  it  through  he  will' 
be  sure  to  feel  difletently  and  belter  about 
some  things  of  importance. 


How  different  the  1 
is  from  what  it  used  to  be,  and  how  much 
more  attractive  and  efFeaivel  Zigiag 
"Journeyi  tn  the  Camel  Country,  or  Arabia 
in  Picture  and  Story,  by  Samuel  M.  and 
Amy  E,  Zwemer,  is  a  model  of  its  class. 
Appealing  to  the  children,  it  appeals  almost 
equally  to  the  grown-ups,  who  are  "children 
of  an  older  growth."  Mr.  Zwemer  is  known 
as  a  scholar  and  expert  in  r^ard  to  Islam 
and  Arabia.  He  has  the  literary  gift,  and 
you  will  not  go  amiss  in  reading  anything 
that  has  his  name  attached  to  it.  This  is 
another  of  the  good  books  for  Christmas. 
(Revell  Co.;  illustrated;  «I  net.) 

Another  book  of  true  missionary  stories 
for  the  young  folks  is  The  Happiest  Girl  in 
Korea  and  other  stories  from  real  life,  by 
Minerva  L.  Guthapfel,  a  missionary  with 
a  human  touch.     {Revell;  60c.  net.) 

Turning  to  a  more  serious  subject.  Prof. 
Heniy  B.  Robins  gives  us  a  clearly  thought 
out  monograph  of  150  pages  on  Aspects  of 
Authority  in  the  Christian  Religiort 


indards    of    authority 


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MISSIONS 


Judaism,  the  New  Testament  Church,  the 
Scriptures,  and  in  Dogma,  and  dealing 
fairly  with  the  various  views  regarding 
authority  in  the  Bible,  in  reason,  conscience. 
Christian  consciousness,  and  the  church, 
he  reaches  the  conclusion  that  the  only 
final  authority  which  Christianity  knows 
is  the  authority  of  God  in  Christ.  Con- 
structive, scholarly,  worth  reading.  (Grif- 
fith-Rowland Press;    75c  net.) 


Missions  in  the  Magazines 

"Why  India  Lags  Behind,"  is  the  title 
given  to  a  splendid  article  in  the  October 
number  of  The  Nineteenth  Century.  The 
writer,  Saint  Nihal  Singh,  discusses  at  some 
length  the  two  qualities  of  the  native  people 
which  go  far  towards  counteracting  any 
good  the  English  government  can  do  — 
suspicion  and  jealousy.  He  maintains  that 
the  British  policy  of  depending  to  a  great 
extent  on  secret  reports  is  helping  to  develop 
these  weaknesses.  Jealousy  and  suspicion 
together,  according  to  the  writer,  are 
throttling  public  life  and  injuring  the 
evolution  of  the  country. 

The    October    number  of   The  Contem- 
porary Review  contains  a  powerful  plea  for 
a  fund  of  ;{^250,ooo  to  be  used  in  establishing 
good  schools  for  children  whose  parents  are 
Europeans  forced  to  live  in  India  for  busi- 
ness or  other  reasons.     Up  to  the  present 
time  the  Church  of  Rome  has  been  practi- 
cally the  only  organization  in  India  meeting 
this  need,  and  for  that  reason  many  Euro- 
pean  children   have   been   sent  to   Roman 
Catholic  schools.     But  teachers   belonging 
to    French,    Belgian    or   German    Brother- 
hoods are  scarcely  qualified  to  give  European 
children  the  training  suited  to  their  racial 
characteristics  and  traditions.     The  writer. 
Sir    Andrew    Fraser,    formerly    lieutenant- 
governor  of  Bengal,  closes  with  an  invita- 
tion to  all  the  churches  in  India  to  join  in 
this  great  work.  Inter-denominational  com- 
mittees    have     been     appointed     for    each 
province,  and  Sir  Andrew  ends  with  these 
words:     "This   effort   presents   one  of  the 
finest  exhibitions  of  recent  date  of  the  spirit 
of  Christian    unity    in    a    great    beneficent 
undertaking." 

Travelers    in     Japan    should     read    the 
humorous  pointers  given  by  E.  Bruce  Mit- 


ford  in  the  paper  entitled  "In  Japanese  By- 
ways" in  the  October  number  of  the 
National  Review.  The  same  magazine  con- 
tains a  discussion  of  affairs  and  problems  in 
South  Africa  by  Voortreker.  It  is  chiefly 
concerned  with  the  question  of  party 
supremacy  —  Progressive  (British)  party  or 
Nationalist  (Dutch)  party  ?  The  matter  of 
the  best  site  for  the  Capital,  whether  at 
Pretoria  or  at  Cape  Town,  is  also  discussed 
at  length. 

Full  of  local  color,  bubbling  over  with 
wit,  is  the  paper  by  Norman  Douglas,  "The 
Stones  of  Gafsa,"  in  the  North  American 
Review  for  November.  With  its  vivid 
descriptions  of  the  people  of  the  great 
Sahara,  a  ragged,  filthy,  non-talkative  and 
unsociable  lot,  and  its  breezy  chatter  of  in- 
scriptions and  tablets  from  Hadrian's  time, 
it  is  an  article  well  worth  reading. 

The  Outlook  for  November  4  sets  fonh 
in  plain  terms  the  duty  of  the  United  States 
to  the  Philippines  in  "The  Flag  in  the 
Philippines."  Briefly  it  tells  of  some  of  the 
wonderful  improvements  made  in  these  last 
twelve  years.  "There  is  nothing  to  which 
the  saying,  'By  their  fruits  ye  shall  know 
them,'  more  clearly  applies  than  to  govern- 
ment." Accordingly,  the  United  States 
must  not  only  promote  the  physical,  in- 
dustrial and  intellectual  life  of  the  people 
but  must  also  teach  and  inspire  them  with 
a  desire  for  higher  and  nobler  things. 

"Outside  the  Pale  of  the  Law"  in  Black- 
wood's and  "Helping  to  Govern  India"  in 
the  Atlantic  Monthly  are  amusing  stories, 
giving,  however,  a  fine  insight  into  the 
nature  of  the  people  of  Bengal. 

The  October  Outlook  might  almost  be 
called  a  Pacific  number,  for  it  devotes  much 
space  to  California  and  adjoining  states. 
An  editorial  contribution  by  Theodore 
Roosevelt  is  entitled  "The  People  of  the 
Pacific  Coast."  President  Benjamin  Ide 
Wheeler  has  seven  pages  of  "A  Forecast  for 
California  and  the  Pacific  Coast."  Then 
follow  photographs  from  Portland,  Oregon, 
and  a  story  of  the  Sierras  by  Charles  Howard 
Shinn,  entitled  "The  Land  of  Silent  Men." 
Even  the  prehistoric  condition  of  the 
country  receives  attention  from  Charles 
Frederick  Holder,  who  writes  of  "A  Saber- 
tooth-Tiger  Hunt"  in  the  asphaltum  lake 
near  Santa  Monica,  where  there  is  one  of 
the  most  curious  fossil  deposits  in  the  world. 


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Program  for  Missionary  Meeting 

General  Topic  for  January,  February  and  March:  **The  Redemption 

of  the  City" 

January  Subject:  Social  Forces  that  Make  for  Moral  Uplift 

Hymn.    Scripture:    Isaiah  i.    Hymn.    Prayer. 

Introductory  Address,  "What  is  the  Outlook  for  the  City  ?"  (seven  minutes). 

Debate  or  Discussion:  "Which  promises  most  for  the  moral  uplift  of  the  city:  Public 
Education,  Public  Sanitation,  or  the  social  work  of  such  agencies  as  Charity  Organiza- 
tions and  Social  Settlements  ?" 

Closing  Service. 

NOTES 

1.  This  program  is  the  first  of  three  based  upon  the  new  home  mission  study  book,  **Thi  Redemption  of  the 
Cityr  ^J  Rev*  Charles  H.  Sears.    (Publication  Society,  50  cents  and  35  cents;  postage  8  cents.    Ready  Dec.  15). 

2.  For  the  best  presentation  of  these  programs  a  study  class  is  needed  for  the  training  <^  those  who  participate. 
For  helps,  etc.,  write  the  Forward  Movement,  Ford  Building,  Boston.  This  course  is  especially  well  suited  for 
men^s  organizations. 

3.  The  ** introductory  address**  should  present  the  thought  in  Chapter  I.  of  the  text-book,  comparing  the  moral 
development  and  dangers  of  the  city  with  those  of  a  boy  of  sixteen,  and  showing  that  the  situation  is  both  serious 
and  hopeful. 

4.  For  the  debate  two  speakers  may  present  each  <^  the  three  phases  of  the  question  in  four-minute  talks;  or, 
three  speakers  may  introduce  the  subject  in  five-minute  talks,  with  general  discussion  following.  Material  will 
be  found  in  Chapters  11  and  III  of  the  text-book. 

5.  It  will  sometimes  be  possible  to  secure  for  this  service  the  presence  of  local  representatives  of  these  municipal 
departments  and  welfare  organizations.  Everything  that  tends  to  show  the  interest  of  the  church  in  the  work  of 
these  public  servants  helps  to  improve  their  service. 


ALTERNATE    PROGRAM 

Based  upon  Chapters  I  and  II  of  the  new  Home  Mission  study  book,  "The  Church 

of  the  Open  Country." 

January  Subject:  The  Farmer  and  His  Church 
Opening  Services. 
Four  Addresses  (ten  minutes  each). 

1.  The  Pioneer  Farmer  and  His  Religion. 

2.  The  Household  Farmer  and  the  Well-filled  Church. 

3.  When  the  Farmer  Gets  Rich:   Perils  and  Possibilities. 

4.  The  Scientific  Farmer  and  the  Coming  Country  Church. 

NOTES 

1.  Abundant  material  for  these  addresses  will  be  found  in  the  text-book.    (Publication  Society,  50  cents  and 
35  cents;  postage  8  cents). 

2.  Where  possible  those  who  participate  in  this  program  should  meet  twice  in  advance  to  study  together  the  first 
two  chapters  of  the  book.    Secure  helps,  etc.,  for  this  study  from  the  Forward  Movement,  Ford  Building,  Boston. 

3.  It  will  (tften  be  found  practicable  in  rural  churches  to  present  these  programs  at  the  Sunday  evening, '«k.v%>!^- 


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Financial   Statements  of  the  Societies 


American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission  Society 

Fiiuuiclal  Statement  for  teren  months,  ending  October  31, 1911 


Source  of  Income 

Churches.  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 
Schools  (a|>portioned  to  Churches)  .... 

Individuals  (estimated) ,  •  •  .   . 

Legacies  (estimated) 

Income  of  Funds.  Annuity  Bonds,  Specific  Gifts, 
eic.  (estimated) 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 
(Convention 


Budget  for 
1911-1912 

$615,384.92 

230.000.00 

79.570.00 

98.762.00 
$023,716.92 


Receipts  for 
seven  months 

$112,626.77 
19393.00 
22.029.23 

41.966.41 


$196,515.41 


Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Year 
First  seven  months  of  Financial  Tear 


Source  of  Income 
Churches.  Young  People  s  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools 

Individuals 

Legacies 

Income  of  Funds.  Annuity  Bonds,  Specific  (vifts, 

etc 


1910 

$85,918.49 
23.298.63 
34.259.55 

63.538.84 

$207,015.51 


1911 

$112,626.77 
19.893.00 
22.029.23 

41.966.41 


Increase 
$26,708.28 


Balance 
Required  by 
Mar.  31. 1912 

$402,758.15 

210.107.(10 
57,540.77 

56.795  .:.9 


$727,201.51 


Decrease 


$3.405.ai 
12.230.32 

21.572.43 


$196,515.41       $26,708.28        $37,208  38 


The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  seven  months,  ending  October  31,  1911 


Source  of  Income 
Churches.  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 

Societies  (apportioned  to  churches)      .    .    . 

Individuals 

Legacies,    Income    of    Funds.    Annuity    Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc.  (estimated) 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 
Convention 


Budget  for 
1911-1912 

$353,792.36 
150.000.00 

175.292.00 


$679,084.36 


Receipts  for 
seven  months 

$63,907.69 
2.547.75 

119.237.16 


$185,692.60 


Comparison  of  Receipts  with  those  of  Last  Year 
First  seven  months  of  Financial  Year 


Source  of  Income 

Churches,  Sunday  Schools  and  Young  People's 
Societies 

Individuals 

Legacies,  Income  of  Funds,  Annuity  Bonds, 
Specific  Gifts,  etc 


1910-1911 

$56,566.54 
3,021.62 

101,818.19 


1911-1912 

$63,907.69 
2,547.75 

119,237.16 


Increase 

$7,341.15 

17.418.97 


Balance 

Required  by 

Mar.  31,  1912 

$289  884.07 
147.4o2.2:> 

56.0.54^4 


$493,391.76 
Decrease 


$161,406.35         $185,692.60         $24,286.25 


American  Baptist  Publication  Society 

Financial  Statement  for  seven  months,  ending  October  31,  1911 


Source  of  Income 
Churches,    Young    People's    Societies,    Sunday 

Schools  (apportioned  to  Churches)    .... 

Individuals  (estimated) 

Legacies,    Income    of    Funds,    Annuity    Bonds. 

etc.  (estimated) 

Total  Budget  as  approved  by  Northern  Baptist 
Convention 


Source  of  Income 
Churches,  Young  People's  Societies  and  Sunday 

Schools 

Individuals 

Legacies.    Income    of   Funds,    Annuity    Bonds, 

Specific  Gifts,  etc 


Budget  for 
1911-1912 

Receipts  for 
seven  months 

Balance 
Required  by 
Mar.  31.  1912 

$111,304.25 
21,800.00 

$43,681.96 
6,362.54 

$67.622  2^.* 
15.437.4b 

51,273.88 

23.947.84 

27.32fv04 

$184,378.13 

$73,992.34 

$110.385  79 

>ts  with  those  of  Last  Year 
ths  of  Financial  Year 

1910-11 

1911-12 

Increase 

Decrease 

$46,096.76 
4.403.95 

$43,681.96 
6.362.54 

'$1,958.59 

$2,414.80 

22.199.06 

23.947.84 
$73,992.34 

1.748.78 
$3,707.37 

$72,699.77 

$2,414.80 

MISSIONS 


869 


Index   for    1911 


Missions,  Vol.  2 


January-December,  191 1 


Africa: 

North,  Baptists  in 105-8 

An  African  Convention 134 

Aliens  —  see  Immigrants;  Foreign  Populations. 

American  Indians: 

Indian  Women  as  Nurses  and  Needleworkers  37 

Missionary's  Farewell  Charge  to  his  Indian 

Converts      48 

Among  the  Blanket  Indians 103,  104 

Crow  Indian  Mission 135 

Journey  to  the  Crows 180, 181 

Sane  Fourth  at  Rainy  Mountain  ....  611,612 
A  Genuine  Indian  Camp  Meeting  .726-31,806-12 
See  also  Home  Mission  Notes. 

Anderson,  Rev.  F.  L. 

City  Mission  Workers 731 

Angell,  Mrs.  J.  E. 

The  Orient  in  Waverly 683-5 

Anthony,  Prof.  A.  W.,  D.D. 

Strong  Points  in  Burma 166-8 

Chief  Characteristics  of  Some  Baptist  Fields  514-16 
Christmas  in  Burma 824-6 

Apportionment  —  sec    Northern  Baptist  Con- 
vention. 

Arizona,  A  Look  Ahead  in      419-22 

Arkansas  Baptist  College 113 

Assam  —  see  Burma  and  Assam. 

Baptist  Beginnings  in  Germany 615 

Baptist   Forward    Movement   for   Missionary 
Education:  Programs,  Objectives,  and  Prac- 
tical Methods  in  Missionary  Education,  56,  57,  124 
125,  199,  200,  276,  277,  347,  348,  432,  433,  493,  494 
547,  618,  689,  690,  755,  7561  852;    also  pp.  169,  247, 
248. 

Baptist  Missionary  Societies,  Historical  Sketch     391-5 
Annual  Reports 465-79 

Baptist  World  Alliance 3*5~7 

See  also  Philadelphia  Convention. 

Barnes,  Rev.  L.  C,  D.D. 

On  the  War  Path  among  Blanket  Indians       103,  104 

Uplift  in  Arkansas 113 

A  Neglected  Neighbor  ....  ^  ...  .  228-35 
A  New  Chapter  of  the  Creative  Week  in  the 

West 716-17 

Bible  Day  Discontinued 67 

Bible,  of  Filipino  Manufacture 57i~4 

BiGELow,  Rev.  A.  E. 

Self  Support  in  the  Philippines -^iz-i^ 

Book  Reviews: 
An  American  Bride  in  Porto  Rico,  Marian 

Blythe 288 

Autumn  Leaves  from  Assam,    Mrs.  P.  H. 

Moore 215 

Children  of  Foreign  Lands      632 

Christian  Movement  in  Japan 69 

The  Country  Church  and  the  Rural  Problem, 

K.  L.  Butterfeid 361 

Doctor  Apricot,  Kingston  DeGrouche  .  .  .  288 
The  Efficient  Layman,  F.  H.  Cope  ....  141 
The  Foreign  Doctor,  Robert  E.  Speer  .  .  .  704 
Immigrant  Races   in  North   America,  Dr. 

Peter  Roberts 142 

In  Kalis  Country,  Mrs.  E.  T.  Sheets     ...         215 


A  Message  from  Batang,  Dr.  Z.  S.  Loftis  .  704 
The  Modern  Missionary  Challenge,  Dr.  J, 

P.  Jones 141 

John  C.  Paton,  A.  K.  Langridge 361 

Recruiting  for  Christ,  Dr.  J.  T.  Stone  ...  141 

With  Christ  in  Russia,  R.  S.  Latimer    ...         361 
The  Moslem  World  —  a  quarterly  magazine        274 
Missions  in  the  Magazines,  pp.  69,  142,  216,  290 
362,  363,  560,  633,  704,  705,  787,  788,  866. 

Bradford  Monument,  Dedication  of 39 

Briggs,  Rev.  C.  W. 
A  Transformed  Village 532,  533 

Brock,  Rev.  G.  W.  H. 

Uplifting  the  Non-Caste  Madigas ^38-45 

Bruce,  Rev.  J.  M. 
A  Labor  Evangelist 158-62 

Burlingame,  Rev.  G.  E.,  D.D. 

The  Newest  Immigration  Problem    ....  49 

Burma  and  Assam: 

The  Shaw  Mission 43»44 

Camping  Snapshots  in  the  Garo  Hills  .   .    .       82-6 

Diversity  of  the  Burma  Field      166-8 

Characteristics  of  Burma  and  Assam  .  .  .  514-16 
Christmas  in  Burma 824-6 

Camp  Crook,  Pioneering  at 600-2 

Canada: 

In  the  Maritime  Provinces .     650-3 

Canadian  Missions  in  India 678-80 

Field  Notes 774 

Montreal  Convention 827-29 

Caste  —  see  India. 

Chapel  Car  and  Colporter: 

Day,  with  "Glad  Tidings'' 23-5 

Among  the  Mormons 67,68,139 

Shop  Meetings 109-11,139,140,605-7 

"Evangel"  at  Wichita,  Kans 138,140 

Calling  of  William  Shaughnessy 259 

Siege  of  Shawneetown 302-6 

Jottings  from  Notebooks  of  Field  Workers  .      357-9 

Chapel  Car  "Accident'* 503,  504 

Two  Leaves  from  Chapel  Car  Journals    .    .         556 

Chapel  Car  and  its  Field.    . 605-7 

Chapel  Car  Notes 703 

Colporters  and  their  Work: 

In  New  Mexico,  137;  In  Montana,  138;  In  New 
York  City,  213,  214;  Col  portage  Wagon,  Value  of, 
556;  Arrangement  of,  557;  Col  portage  among 
Foreigners,  63 1 ;  Sunday  school  Missionary  Work, 
785,  786. 

China:  ' 

Swatow  Baptist  College 33»  34 

Educational  Progress  in 70 

Conditions  in      307"9 

Journey  to  Yachow,  West  China 644-7 

Railroads  in  Szechuan  Province  ....  719,720 
Mission  Work  in  Szechuan  Province.  ...  721 
Revolution  in,  709,  718-22;  799,  805;  793,  799- 
805. 

Church,  that  Serves  its  Community 485-88 

City  Missions: 

The  Downtown  Church ^9*3^ 

Work  in  Pittsburg 40~42 

What  a  Local  Church  Can  do 128 


870 


MISSIONS 


Conference  of  Bapdtt  Workers,  N.Y.    .  .        731 

Clouch,  ReT.  J.  E.y  D.D. 
Biographical  Sketch  of S^~S4 

Clouse,  Rev.  H.  H. 

A  Journey  to  the  Crows 180, 181 

A  Sane  Fourth  at  Rainy  Mountain   ...     611,611 

Colored  Race  —  see  American  Negro. 

Colportage  —  see  Chapel  Car. 

Comity  and  Cooperation 3^f  39 

Congo: 

Advance  on  the 111-13 

As  seen  by  Sudan-Congo  Commission,  147-56,    375-9 

Connecticut,  Evangelism  in 25, 26 

Country  Church,  What  can  we  do  for  the   .  .     655-8 

Cresst,  E.  H. 
Impressions  of  a  new  Missionary 814-6 

Cross  or  Crescent  ? 4S^~3 

Crozier,  Rev.  G.  G. 
Camping  Snapshots  in  the  Garo  Hills  .   .   .      82-6 

Cuba  and  Porto  Rico: 

A  New  Porto  Rico 88-97 

Pastors*  Institute  in  Porto  Rico aoo 

A  Woman^s  Bible  Class  in  Porto  Rico     .   .        270 

Baptist  Belt  in  Porto  Rico 316-24 

Cuban  Convention 4i4~i^ 

Sample  Sunday  in  Porto  Rico 648, 649 

Porto  Rican  Association 784 

Work  in  Eastern  Cuba 818,819 

Also  p.  117. 

Current  Comment  of  the  Press,  275,  345,  425,  691,  759 

Dearing,  Rev.  J.  L.,  D.D. 

On  the  Rim  of  the  World 644-7 

From  the  Land  of  Sinim 718-22 

DeBlois,  Rev.  A.  K.,  D.D. 
An  Open  World 27, 28 

Deming,  Rev.  J.  H. 
The  Conflict  in  China 801-5 

Departure  of  Missionaries 661-3 

Devotional,  47,  114,  182,  246,  315,  398,  484,  534,  622 

654»  725,  813. 

Editorials: 
The  Year  19 10,  6;  Good  Things  Coming,  7;  Cheap- 
ening Religion,  8;  As  to  Comity,  9;  A  Job  Worth 
While,  76;  An  Ideal  —  a  Single  Magazine,  77;  The 
Financial  Outlook,  78;  Great  Men  and  Good,  79; 
The  Last  Month  (financial),  185;  Lay  Preaching, 
185;  Time  to  Call  a  Halt,  186;  Mormonism  in  True 
Light,  187;  The  Adaptable  Church,  221;  A  Mis- 
sionary Pastor,  222;  Missions  and  the  Budget,  223; 
Apportionment  a  Guidepost  not  a  Goal,  224;  The 
Laymen''s  Banquet  and  Reaching  Men,  225;  Presi- 
dent Taft's  Peace  Pacts,  296;  The  Mexican  Situa- 
tion, 298;  Under  the  Debt  Burden,  299;  To  the 
Baptists  of  the  World,  368;  A  Plea  for  Time,  369; 
Welcome  to  our  Guests  from  Abroad,  370;  The 
Baptist  Anniversaries,  453;  A  Pertinent  Question 
(Have  we  too  many  Church  Members?)  456;  The 
Right  Resolution,  509;  Look  out  for  the  Proportions, 
511;  No  Sectarian  Use  of  Public  Funds,  511; 
The  Lordship  of  Christ,  566;  The  Deputation  to 
Russia,  566;  Nearing  the  Goal  (union  of  Tidings), 
567;  Now  is  the  Time  to  Help  Russia,  569;  Latest 
News  from  West  China,  637;  The  Cost  of  Stimu- 
lation, 640;  Some  Remarkable  Beginnings  in  Bul- 
garia, 641;  Concerning  Tripoli,  710;  The  Re- 
appearing, 712;  That  \iinisters*  Fund,  712. 

Edmunds,  E.  B. 

On  the  Untraveled  Road 173-77 

*^'  SMlrtdor,  Work  begun  in xiX-j^S 


Europe  as  a  Baptist  Missioa  Field 330-2 

Farnham,  Rev.  E.  P.,  D.D. 

The  Downtown  Church 29-32 

First  Italian  Baptist  Church  of  Brooklyn.  .  417-19 

Fetur,  Wilhblm,  Russian  Evangelist    .    .   .  664-S 

Financial  Statements  of  the  Societies,  71,  144,  z  18,  292 
449»  45o»  S^f  562,  634,  706,  790,  868. 

Flanders,  Rev.  C.  K. 

Evangelism  in  Connecticut 25, 26 

Foreign  Mission  Notes: 
Death  of  Rev.  E.  O.  Stevens,  D.D.,  of  Insein, 

Burma 59 

Baptists  Increasing  in  Europe 60 

Marriage  Custom  in  Burma 60 

Dr.  Barbour  and  Prof.  Anthony  arrive  in 

Rangoon 130 

Appointments i3^>55^ 

Foreign  Missionary  Record,  134,  206,  207,  281,  353 

437»  49^1  5S3>  ^»7,  696. 

Telugu  Baptist  Natal  Biission 132 

Great  Burman  Christian  Gathering  ....  132 

Emigration  of  the  Telugus 132 

Lack  of  Hygiene  in  the  Philippines  ....  133 

A  Missionary's  Reception 134 

Christmas  in  Bassein 204 

Rangoon  Baptist  College  .* 204 

Bible  Women  Needed 204 

Contributions  by  Telugu  Churches    ....  205 

New  Buildings  for  Japan 205 

A  Trip  to  Banuyan,  P.L 205 

Missionary  Schools  the  Models 271 

Value  oi  Medical  Missions  in  China     ...  271 
Government  Oppression  the  cause  oi  Turkish 

Emigration 271 

The  Arya  Samaj  and  Christianity     ....  273 

Aim  of  Christian  Missions 273 

Nellore  Diamond  Jubilee 279 

Study  of  French  in  the  Congo 279 

Missionary  Personals,  281,  282,  353,  437,  498,  627 

696,  779. 

Kennedy  Bequest,  The 343 

Railroads  for  Persia  and  Turkey 344 

Protestant  Missions  in  China,  Summary  .   .  344 

Russia,  Missionary  Possibilities  in     ....  350 

Tura  Hospital  Dedicated 351 

Belgian  Missionaries  for  the  Congo  ....  351 

A  China  Triennial 351 

The  Shanghai  College 351 

Special  Committee  for  Central  China    ...  352 

Thirty  Happy  Chins 352 

Touring  in  Africa 352 

At  the  Chapel  in  Hanyang 435 

Touring  by  Mission  Boat 436 

Present  Opportunity  in  Japan 436 

Chief  Asks  for  Teachers      496 

Sudras  Awakening 496 

Training  Native  Workers 497, 498 

Resolutions  in  Behalf  of  Russia 549 

Good  News  from  Banza  Manteke     ....  550 

Bargaining  in  Burma 551 

Samoa  a  Christian  Land 551 

Mohammedans  Accepting  Christianity      .    .  624 
An  Association  Meeting  in  India    ....     624, 625 

Footbinding  Reform  in  China 625 

Garo  Christian  Pioneers 626 

A  Sunday  Morning  Boat-trip  in  China.   .    .  663 

Anti-Cigarette  Campaign  in  China    ....  693 

The  Training  of  Native  Workers 694 

X^iC^uckQ.  Season  in  Burma 695 


MISSIONS 


871 


The  Gramaphone  as  a  Grosp«I  Agency     .    .         696 

Telugu  Baptist  Convention 777 

An  African  Monarch 776 

Also  pp.  197,   198;  203  f!.,  34off.,  349  ff.;  682, 

692-6,  855-7. 

See  also  Sermon  Illustrations. 

Foreign  Populations: 

Saving  the  Foreign  Children 256-8 

First  Italian  Baptist  Church  of  Brooklyn.   .  417-19 

Syrians  in  the  United  States 658 

See  also    Immigrants    and    Immigration; 
Home  Mission  Notes. 

Frankun,  Rev.  J.  H. 

"The  White  Man's  Grave'' 147-56 

Commissioning  on  the  Congo 37S~9 

Free  Baptists: 

Mission  Work,  Outline  of i^S'S 

Action  of  Free  Baptist  Conference     ....   608-10 

Facts  and  Figures         672 

Transfer  of  Mission  Funds 733 

The  Bengal  Field 735 

From  the  Home  Lands  —  see  Home  Mission 
Notes. 

From  the  Far  Lands  —  sec  Foreign  Mission 
Notes. 

Frontier  —  see  West,  The. 

Galena,  Kans.,  Work  at 4S5-8 

GiBBENS,  Rev.  H.  C,  M.D. 

Shan  Mission,  Burma 43, 44 

Gleiss,  Rev.  H.  C. 
A  Model  Missionary  Association 40-2 

Great  Britain,  Conditions  in,  During  1910  .  .  98-101 

Hainxr,  Rev.  L.  M. 
Trained  Pioneering  at  Camp  Crook  ....     600-2 

Hamilton,  Rev.  Robert. 
A  Farewell  Charge 48 

Harrar,  Rev.  £.  A. 

Vacation  Bihle  Schools 19-22 

Hascall,  Rev.  W.  H.  S. 

Mrs.  Ingalls*  Burma  in  Boston 335 

Heart  Touch  that  Makes  us  all  Akin    ....         434 

Hermiston,  Rev.  £.  R. 

Chapel  Car  Shop  Evangelism 109- 11 

Hermiston,  Rev.  W.  £. 
The  Calling  of  William  Shaughnessy    .    .    .         259 

Hindus  in   U.S.  —  see   Immigrants   and   Im- 
migration. 

Ho  luster.  Rev.  W.  H. 

A  Million  for  Industrial  Educational  Work     1^-18 

Home  Mission  Notes: 

New  Mexico  Convention 62 

A  Sunday  Among  the  Arapahoes 63 

Second  Slavic  Baptist  Convention      ....  64 

Virginia  Union  University 64,  65 

Rev.  F.  L.  Walker,  a  Veteran  Home  Mis- 
sionary      66 

Gospel  Work  in  Oklahoma 136,  137 

Danish  Baptist  Conference      137 

A  Remarkable  Missionary  Record 208 

Plenty  of  Work  in  Wyoming 208 

Italian  Work  in  St.  Louis 208 

Swedish  Work  in  Portland 109 

Poles  in  New  Jersey 209 

Idaho  Settling  at  Five  Thousand  a  Month  .         210 

South  Dakota  Destitution 210 

Pastorless  Churches  in  North  Dakota  ...         210 

Among  Nebraska  Sand  Hills 209 

Oregon  Progress 211 

Russian  Baptist  Church  at  the  Golden  Gate        183 


Work  in  Washington 284 

Publication  Society  in  New  Mexico  ....         285 

Additional  Gospel  Wagons 287 

A  Porto  Rican  Sunday  School 287 

The  South  as  a  Home  Field 344 

Mission  to  Hindus  in  San  Francisco  Proposed        348 

Poles  in  Newark 354 

Italians  in  Barre,  Vt.,  and  Pittsburg,  Pa.     .         355 

Utah  Notes 356 

Chinese  in  Butte,  Mont 356 

Progress  in  Mexico 438 

Porto  Rican  Dedication,  A 439 

A  Traveling  Convention 440 

Church  Edifice  Campaign 499 

Porto  Rican  Progress 500-2 

Outlook  in  East  Washington 501 

New  Church  in  Salt  Lake  City 555 

New  Work  in  Pennsylvania 558 

A  True  Missionary  in  Alaska 628 

The  Dark  and  Bright  Side 628,  629 

Echoes  from  South  Dakota 629 

Notes  from  Nebraska 697 

Russians  in  North  Dakota 698 

Oregon  and  New  Mexico 699-700 

Italian  Work  in  Monson,  Mass 780 

The  New  England  District 780,781 

Tour  Among  Hungarian  and    Roumanian 

Missions 781 

See  also  207  f!.,  354  flF.,  438  ff.,  442,  443,  858-9. 
Home  Mission  Schools,  Reports  of,  535-42;  553,  554; 

835-5- . 
Home  Missions  Council: 

Neglected  Fields  Survey 747, 748 

Illustrations: 

Africa,  (Congo): 

106;  107;  146,  148, 149;  150-6;  hi;  375»  378,  379- 
American  Indians: 

Missionary  Clouse  and  Kiowa  Evangelists,  135; 

Encampment  and   Full  Bloods,  407;    A  Kiowa 

Deacon,    612;     Veteran    Missionaries,    727-29; 

Encampment  Views  in  Oklahoma,  806-10. 
Bradford  Monument: 

39- 
Burma  and  Assam: 

43;  82-6,  89;  166,676,695,733,  825,  826. 
Canadian: 

650,  651,  653. 
Central  America  (El  Salvador): 

220,  228-32. 
Chapel  Car  and  Col{>ortage  Work: 

24,  109,  no,  III,  138, 139,  i73»  I75»»>3»*H»»86, 

287,  302-6,  443,   503,  557,  601,  605,  607,  702, 

821,  823. 
China: 

33,    168,  294,   303,  636,  644-47,   708,   718,  719, 

720-22,  799-805;  Oct.  cover. 
Church  Bulletin  for  Literature: 

397- 
Church  Edifices: 

42,  95,  184,  248,  268,  323,  328,  355,  485,  555,  600, 

655,  670,  840. 

Model  plan  of,  422. 
Country   Church    Problem    (Jordan's   Grove,   la.), 

655,  666,  668. 
Expositions: 

Waverly,  N.Y.,  683-5;  World  in  Boston,  260,  261, 

366,399,400-8,410,411. 
Free  Baptist  Leaders: 

608-ia 


872 


MISSIONS 


Uluttrationt  —  Continued: 
Hindu  Laborers  in  California: 

Immigration  (Work  among  foreign  population): 

29,  40-2,  49,  159,  160,  256,  258. 
India: 

4.  iS»  53»  i65»  »38»  H*.  a43»  »45»  »S5»  336»467,5«5» 

825-9;  April  cover. 
Indians  —  sec  American  Indians. 
Italian  Churches: 

335.  417. 
Japan: 

604,  814,  815. 
Laymen^s  Meetings  and  Men^s  Classes: 

34,45,119,264,342. 
Negro  Baptists  at  World  Alliance: 

598. 
New  Mexico: 

184,  214,  749. 
Outgoing  Missionaries: 

660. 
Penn.  Miners: 

157,  158,  161,  162. 
Philadelphia,  Penn.  and  Convention: 

177,  i33»  365*  380-4,  3*6-94,  45 «»  46o-3»  S©*; 
517,  522,  564,  578,  581,  582,  584,  587,  596,  598, 
635;   June  cover;  July  cover. 

Philippine  Islands: 

115,  116,  178,  179,  312-14,  571;  Feb.  cover;  Sept. 
cover. 

Porto  Rico: 

14,  74,  88,  89,  90-7,  316-19,  320-4,  439,  648,  783. 

Portraits^ 

Prof.  A.  W.  Anthony,  202,  610;  Dr.  B.  K.  Ash- 
ford,  89;  Dr.  Mary  Bacheler,  735;  Rev.  O.  R. 
Bacheler,  735;  Mrs.  A.  H.  Barber,  741;  Rev. 
L.  B.  Barrett  and  wife,  541;  Rev.  L.  S.  Bowerman, 
555;  Messrs.  Brock  and  Brahmin,  official,  240; 
Miss  Mary  G.  Burdett,  740;  Rev.  C.  T.  Byford, 
591;  Norbert  Fabian  Capek,  591;  L.  F.  Carrier, 
329;  Rev.  Juan  Cepero  and  Family,  322;  John 
Clifford,  D.D.,  452;  Dr.  J.  E,  Clough,  52;  Rev. 
H.  H.  Clouse,  717;  Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Coleman,  431, 
742;  Mrs.  J.  N.  Crouse,  740;  Dr.  G.  G.  Crozier 
and  Family,  83;  Mrs.  R.  R.  Donnelley,  740; 
Peter  Doycheff,  592;  Ed.  B.  Edmunds,  174; 
Mrs.  M.  Grant  Edmands,  426;  Miss  Harriet  S. 
Ellis,  428;  Rev.  Wilhelm  Fetler,  593,  664;  Miss 
Eva  Fewcll,  763;  Henry  M.  Ford,  D.D.,  609; 
J.  H.  Franklin,  377;  Miss  Giles,  743;  Howard  B. 
Grose,  1 24;  Rev.  Stephen  Grosza,  438;  L.  M.  Hainer 
and  wife,  601;  Rev.  Robert  Hamilton,  727;  Baby 
Helen,  434;  Rev.  and  Mrs.  E.  R.  Hermiston,  no; 
Rev.  Wilbcrt  R.  Howell,  440;  Miss  Beulah  Hume, 
763;  Pres.  E.  W.  Hunt,  461;  Miss  May  Huston, 
767;  Rev.  J.  Frank  Ingram,  255;  Thomas  Jef- 
ferson, 507;  Miss  Olive  A.  Jeffrey,  763;  Mrs. 
Wm.  Keech,  234;  Rev.  Wm.  Keech,  233,  234;  Mrs. 
and  Rev.  J.  C.  Killiam,  606;  Rev.  F.  L.  King 
727;  Rev.  Guy  C.  Lamson,  442;  Mrs.  A.  G. 
Lester,  744;  R.  D.  Lord,  D.D.,  610;  Rev.  Eric 
Lund  and  Fernandez,  572;  Robert  Stuart  Mac- 
Arthur,  D.D.,  563;  J.  Mcllravy,  90;  Mrs.  Andrew 
MacLeish,  429;  Rev.  A.  Mangano,  418;  Mrs. 
Emma  C.  Marshall,  745;  Misses  Alice  and  Minna 
Matthews,  764;  Joseph  W.  Mauck,  LL.D.,  608; 
Rev.  Juan  McCarthy  and  family,  818;  Hon.  E. 
P.  Metcalf,  609;  F.  B.  Meyer,  D.D.,  590;  Miss 
Edna  Miller,  763;   Miss  Joanna  P.  Moore,  739; 


Illustrations  —  Continued : 

U.  L.  Morehouse,  LL.D.,  395;  Miss  Ada  Morgan. 
773;  H.  R.  Moselej,  D.D.,  415;  John  K.  Mott. 
124;  Mrs.  John  Nuveen,  741 ;  A.  C.  Osbom.  D.D., 
536;  Miss  Packard,  743;  Mrs.  H.  W.  Peabodj, 
339;  Chas.  W.  Perkins,  201;  Rev.  F.  J.  Petcn, 
12;  Rev.  G.  Lee  Phelps,  728;  M.  Pitchiah  and 
Family,  239;  J.  T.  Proctor,  307;  Mrs.  A.  E.  Rey- 
nolds, 742;  Mrs.  Carrie  A.  Robinson,  427;  Supt. 
A.  B.  Rudd,  D.D.,  90;  Mrs.  H.  C.  Safford,  427: 
George  Sale,  D.D.,  90;  B.  Samuel  and  famiy,  244; 
Miss  Hazel  Schick,  771;  Rev.  D.  L.  Schultz,  i5q: 
Miss  Frances  M.  Schuyler,  745;  R.  G.  Seymour, 
D.D.,  in  group,  214;  William  Shaughnessy,  2^9; 
Rev.  Howard  Wayne  Smith,  596;  Mrs.  G.  H. 
Soule  (Dorothy  King),  481;  Chas.  H.  Spalding, 
D.D.,  253;  T.  H.  Stacy,  D.D.,  608;  Sec\  Stack- 
house,  D.D.,  423;  Miss  Henrietta  Stassen,  769; 
Rev.  E.  M.  Stephenson,  558;  Rev.  K.  Takahashi 
and  Children,  357;  Rev.  £.  T.  Tomlinson,  Ph.D., 
659;  Prof.  Tong  Tsing-en,  514;  Miss  Mary 
Traver,  763;  Andreas  Udvamoki,  599;  Rev.  Mr. 
Umbcrger  and  wife,  487;  Neketa  Esajowitcli 
Voronin,  594;  Miss  Nellie  Waller,  763;  F.  A. 
Wells,  523;  Mrs.  Katherine  S.  Westfall,  744; 
Chas.  L.  White,  D.D.,  807;  Geo.  C.  Whitnev,  35; 
Rev.  W.  A.  Wilkin,  729;  Cornelius  Woelfkin, 
D.D.,  548. 

Russia: 
331,332,664-8. 

Schools,  Theological,  in  Porto  Rico: 
96. 

Swedish  Baptists: 
Baraca  Class,  St.  Paul,  477. 

Vacation  Bible  Schools: 
19-22. 

Western  (Home  Mission  Frontier  Work): 
135,  328,  419  (Arizona  mining  town);  420, 
421,  443, 476,  485-7  (Galena,  Kans.),  600, 
602,  606;  (Camp  Crook,  N.D.),  631,  655, 
656,  658,  716,  764,  765;  Nov.  cover. 

Women  Speakers  in  Jubilee  Campaign: 
338.   ^ 

Woman^s  Work  in  Home  Missions: 
763-5,  767,  769,  771,  77a. 

World  Alliance,  Philadelphia: 

563,  578,  581,  58»»  584,  5*71  590-4- 
Immigrants  and  Immigrationr 

Canada^s  Carefulness  in  Regard  to    ...    .  2S 

The  Downtown  Church ^9-3  2 

Russian  Baptists  of  Pueblo 45, 46 

Hindu  Invasion  of  the  Pacific  Coast     ...  49 

Conversion  <A  Italian  Catholic  Immigrant    .  50 

Ciimnial  Immigrants 346 

See   also   pp.  42;  Home   Mission    Notes; 
Foreign  Populations. 
India: 

Industrial  Education  in 15-18,775 

Model  Village  Church,  A iS 

Power  of  Caste 51 

Missionary  Career  of  Dr.  Clough 52-4 

Uplifting  Non-Caste  Madigas 238-45 

Canadian  Missions  in 678-So 

See  also  Foreign  Missionary  Notes;    Bur- 
ma and  Assam. 
Indian  —  see  American  Indian. 
Industrial  Education: 

In  India 15-18,  206 

Among  American  Indian  Women     ....  37 


MISSIONS 


873 


Institutes  in  Vermont 116,117 

International  Missionary  Union 464 

Italian  Baptist  Church,  First,  of  Brooklyn  .   .  417-19 
Jacobs,  Mrs.  J.  P. 

A  Fortnight  on  the  Road 749~52 

Japan: 

Hopeful  Conditions  in 603, 604 

Impressions  of  New  Missionary 814-16 

Judson  Centenniad 344, 777 

Judson  House 131 

KiLLiAN,  Rev.  J.  C. 

The  Chapel  Car  and  its  Field 605-7 

King,  Dorotht. 

Cross  or  Crescent  ? 480-3 

Kurtz,  Rev.  Frank. 

Model  Village  Church,  A 18 

Lake  Mohonk  Conference 817 

Lajmen^s  Missionary  Movement: 

Inter-denominational  Meetings 35 

Rochester  Meeting 36 

A  Cowboy's  Interest  in  the  Laymen's  Mis- 
sionary Banquet 68 

Buffalo  Meeting 1 18-20 

At  Fall  River 172 

At  Springfield 262, 263 

How  the  Movement  Helps  the  Whole  Church        170 

Baptist  Laymen*s  Rally  Song 262 

How  the  Movement  Converted  One  Pocket- 

Book 165-7 

West  Virginia  Meetings 341 

Campaign  in  Minnesota 424 

In  Chicago 489 

First  Annual  Report  of  Sec.  Stackhouse  .    .         543 

A  Strange  Conversation 613-15 

Victories 686,  687 

Some  Vital  Questions 753,  754 

Every-Member  Canvass 830,  831 

Source  of  Intelligence 831 

Also  pp.  423  ff.;  543  ff. 
Lerrigo,  Rev.  P.  H.  J.,  M.D. 

A  Bible  of  Filipino  Manufacture 57i~4 

McCarthy,  Rev.  J.  H. 

Echoes  from  Eastern  Cuba 818,819 

McCouRTNEY,  Rev.  T.  F. 

A  Look  Ahead  in  Arizona 4i9~22 

MacLeish,  Mrs.  Andrew. 

Woman^s  Part  in  Christianizing  the  World   .     673-6 
Max  FIELD,  Rev.  C.  L. 

The  Philippine  Conference      178-80 

Ministers*  Benefit  Fund 659,  723 

Minister's  Waste  Basket 396,  397 

Missionary  Expositions: 

Burma  in  Boston 335 

Orient  in  Providence 623 

Orient  in  Waverly ^^3~5 

World  in  Boston 58,  260,  261,  399-411 

Missionary  Programs  for  1911,  55,  126,  196,  268,325 

494»  S4S»  621,  681,  746,  755»  756»  758- 

Missionary  Spirit,  Unity  of  the 278 

Moo  RE,  Rev.  J.  M. 

See  Baptist  Forward  Movement. 

Mormons  Growing  in  Power 272 

Need  of  Men  on  Mission  Fields     .    .    .    120,  121,  281 
Neglected  Fields,  Survey  by  Home  Missions 

Council 747, 748 

Negro  —  see  American  Negro. 
N0RCROS8,  Rev.  J.  E. 

A  Fine  Example  of  Missionary  Unity   .   .     116,  117 


Northern  Baptist  Convention: 
General  Apportionment  Committee: 
Rounding  up  the  1910-1911  Budget  Campaign,  loi, 
102;  Raising  the  Budget  in  the  Local  Church,  129; 
Conference  with  Laymen''s  Movement  and  Forward 
Movement,  Asbury  P^^rk,  191,  192;  Proposed 
Modifications  of  Apportionment  Plan,  236,  237; 
Suggestions  for  a  Better  Way,  247;  Beyond  the 
Budget  —  What?  249,  250;  The  Societies  and 
the  Budget,  250,  251.  The  Budget  —  Apportion- 
ment Plan,  333;  Interview  Concerning  Apportion- 
ment, 412-14;  Bulletin  of  Year's  Financial  Show- 
i°gi  435;  Bulletin  No.  i,  736,  737. 

Ministers'  Benefit  Fund 659, 723 

See  also  Philadelphia  Convention. 

Opening  the  World  to  Missions 27,  28 

Opium  Conference  at  the  Hague 758 

Oriental  Press,  Echoes  from,  122,  123,  183,  273,  546, 

688,  863. 
Padeltord,  Rev.  F.  W.,  D.D. 

A  Significant  Missionary  Conference.   .    .     191,  192 
Parshley,  Rev.  W.  B. 

Hopeful  Conditions  in  Japan      603,  604 

Perkins,  C.  W.,  Service  as  Treasurer  of  the 

Foreign  Society 201 

Peters,  Rev.  F.  J. 

The  Cuban  Convention 4i4~i6 

Peters,  Rev.  F.  J.,  Work  of,  in  Cuzco,  Peru  .     12-14 
Philadelphia  Convention: 

Preliminary  Announcements 194, 195 

Scope,  Place,  Subjects,  Rates,  etc 310,311 

Information  as  to  Delegates 327 

World  Alliance:    Letter  of  Dr.  E.  Y.  Mullins        349 
The  City:    Its  Churches;  Baptists  in  .    .   .   380-91 
The  Philadelphia  Meetings:    Opening  Ses- 
sions, 460-63;    Annual  Reports,  465-79; 
Annual  Meetings,  517-31;    General  Con- 
vention, 576,  577;  World  Alliance,  578-97; 
Jottings,  598,  599. 
Philippine  Islands: 

Hospital  News  from  Iloilo 115,116 

The  Philippine  Conference      .......    178-80 

Self  Support  in  the 3**~I4 

A  Transformed  Village 53*»  533 

Bible  of  Filipino  Manufacture 57i~4 

Pittsburg,  Baptist  Mission  Work  in 40-2 

Poetry: 

Baptist  Laymen's  Rally  Song 262 

Beautiful  Easter 219 

Call  of  the  Christ 87 

Christian  Mother's  Prayer 434 

Door  of  the  New  Year 3 

How  the  Baptist  Laymen's  Movement  Con- 
verted One  Pocket-Book      156-7 

Prayer,  A 398 

Search,  The 293 

Woman's  Christmas      838 

Polyglot  Page 361,446 

Porter,  Rev.  H.  A.,  D.D. 

Modern  Macedonian  Cry 330~2 

Porto  Rico  —  see  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico. 
Proper,  Rev.  D.  D.,  D.D. 
A  Missionary  Itinerary  in  North  Dakota    .     127,  128 
Paying  a  Church  Debt  Fifty-five  Years  Ago    328, 
293. 

Proportionate  Giving 724 

RuDD,  Rev.  A.  B.,  D.D. 
A  Sample  Sunday  in  Porto  Rico    ....     648,  649 


874 


MISSIONS 


Russia: 

Census  of x?! 

'     Fetler*s  Work  in 664-8 

Gift  for 701 

Russians  in  U.S.  —  stt  Immigrants  and  Immi- 
gration. 

RisiNGCR,  Rev.  W.  E. 

On  the  Northwestern  Frontier 669-72 

Saillcns,  Rev.  R. 

Baptist  in  North  Africa 105-8 

Sale,  Rev.  Gkorce,  D.D. 

A  New  Porto  Rico 88-97 

The  Baptist  Belt  in  Porto  Rico 316-24 

ScHULTZy  Rev.  D.  L. 

Making  the  Children  Happj 156-58 

ScHi'LTZ,  Rev.  D.  L.,  Work  of 156-61 

Schuyler,  Miss  F.  M. 

Baptist  Women  in  Home  Mission  Work  .    .  738-45 

Sermon  Illustrations: 

Conversion  of  an  Italian  Catholic  Bigot   .   .  50 

Giving  the  Best 50 

Power  of  Caste 51 

Confucianist^s  Testimony  to  Christianity  .   .  51 

Remarkable  Japanese  Letter 61 

How  the  Light  Came  to  Annie 65 

Two  Bootblacks  and  Opportunity     ....  117 
HoflPman*s  Christ  Unveiled  in  Japanese  Pub- 
lic School 130 

Buddhist *6  Confession 1334 

How  a  Rancher *s  Wife  gets  her  Missionary 

Money 136 

Traveled  a  Hundred  Miles  for  Baptism.   .  179-80 

Influence  oi  Example 343 

The  Bible  as  a  Force 344, 442 

When  "Loss  of  Face"  Does  not  Matter  .   .  350 

A  '*  Happy  Family**  in  Burma 488 

A  Chinese  Prodigal  Son 495 

"I  Never  Knew  it  Before" 496 

At  the  Hanyang  Hospital 497 

With  an  .American  Doctor  in  China  ....  549 

.An  Incident  in  the  Russo-Japanese  War  .  .  551 
A  Spanish  Soldier*s  Transformation  .  .  .  554,  555 
"One  That  Loves  Like  Anondi"  ....     626,617 

.A  |rwcl  from  a  Mine       630 

Finding  the  People 630 

"She  h.iih  done  what  she  could** 698 

Himgrv  for  the  Word 701 

See  also   Foreign   Mi#>ion  Notes:    Home 
Mission  Notes. 

Seymoir.  Rev.  R.  G.,  D.D. 

A  Ten  Thousand  Milr  Tour      820-3 

Shop  Mi'cimgs  tor  Mon 109-11,605-- 

.'^iege  of  ShAwnc*fto"wn 502-6 

Smith.  Rev.  R.   X. 

What  *>'jn  We  Do  Kv»r  the  Countrv  Church  ?  t»>5-S 

Spmoim;.  Rrv.  V.\  H.,  D.D..  Ser\i»:es  as  Dis- 

ttivt  SrvtrMrv  ot  the  A.B.P.S -5 '"4 

Sr<Rv.!t.  W.  J. 

The  Sii'^e    ot  Sh.i\\:!oi':own ;ci-6 

Sr\v"Mioi  ^r.  Ri"v.  \V.  W,  P.P. 

See  I.avmrn's  Missionarv  Movo::u'n:. 

Sr\vT.  Rev.  T.  H..  DP. 

i  hit  line   oi    Free    Ba  prist    F»>rr:jcr.    M:<>:on 

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Statiatics: 

Miwioiu  in  China 344 

Some  Baptist  Figures 345, 561 

Episcopal  Missions 757 

Swedish    Baptist    Confcrenoey    ThatT-accood 
AnniTersary  of 782 

Thomas,  R.  C. 
An  Event  in  Hollo,  P.L 1159116 

Tidings-Missions  Merger,  677;   Weloome  Tid- 
ings, 760. 

Tilton,  Mrs.  J.  C. 
A  Woman\  Plea  for  Union tjt,  837 

TlTTERINOTON,  S.  B. 

A  Day  with  "GUd  Tidings" 13-5 

Vacation  Bible  Schools I9>ai 

Vennont,  Educational  and  InspiratiiHul  Cana- 

paign  in 116^  117 

West,  The: 

Day,  with  **Glad  Tidings*'  at  Fdwril,  Wjd- 

naing »3-i5 

Anecdotes  of  a  Fhmtier  Missinnaiy  ....         44 

Russian  Baptists  of  Pueblo 451416 

Missionary's  First  Visit  to  a  New  TcMm  •  •  50 

Sunday  School  Work  in  South  Dakota     .  •  67 

Missionary  Tour  Through  North  Dakota  .  127,  ill 
Reminiscences  of  a  Veteran  Colporter  •  •  .  I7l~7 
The  Church  at  Strawberry  Pointy  Iowa  .  3at»  319 
Trained  Pioneering  at  Camp  Qtook  •   .   •   .    fao-i 

On  the  Northwestern  Fhmtier 669  71 

Draining  Marshlands  in 716^717 

Neglected  Fields 747t74> 

Tour  Througji  New  Mcaioo,  Arnsona^  and 

Southern  California 749~5* 

Ten  Thousand  Mile  Tour 
See  also  American  Indians;   Home  Mitritin 
Notes. 
White,  Rev.  C.  L.,  D.D. 
Saving  the  Foreign  Children 

The  Minister's  Waste  Basket 396, 397 

A  Genuine  Indian  Camp  Blieeting,    726-31;  806-ia 
WiLLMARTH,  Rev.  J.  W.,  DJ>.,  LLJ>. 

Concerning  Comity  and  Cooperation    ...     38^  39 
WoKLrnN,  Rev.  Corn eu us,  D.D.^  Gveetinga 

from ^ 

Woman^s  Foreign  Societies,  Annual  BCeetingB  436-31 
Woman^s  Home  Missioa  Sodety,  Annual  Re- 

p<>" •.:•"::••••   49"i4i» 

.Announcement  of  Tidings-Missions  BdLerger        €77 
Woman^s  Home  Mission  Woric: 

Notes 616^;  139-44 

In  Mining  Regions 7^76$ 

Miss  Huston's  Message 747 

Baptist  Missionary  Training  School  .  .   .     769, 770 

Light  Bearer *s  Department 770 

Young  Women's  Societies 771,147 

The  Workers'  Department 771,850 

Hbtorr  of  Baby  Band t44-6 

Woman's  Part  in  Christianizing  the  World  .    .     673-6 

Woman's  Plea  for  Unioa f  j6,  837 

Women's  Jubilee  Meetings  in  Wadungton,   193;    in 
Butf  alo,  269;  New  England  and  New  York  Meetings, 

Women,  Baptist,  in  Home  Mission  Work  .   .  738-45 
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AMERICAN   BAPTIST   FOREIGN    MISSION   SOCIETY 

FORD  BUILDING.    BOSTON.   MASSACHUSETTS 

General    Offkwra 

E.   n.   BRYAN.   I.1..D..   Now  York.   President  KEV.  C.  A.  WALKER.  Penn..  Recording  Secretary 

1.    W.    CARPENTER.    Neb..    Ist    Vlte-Pre».  THOMAS   8.    BARBOUR.    D.D..    Foreign    Sec'y 

GEO.  i\    WHITNEY.   Mass..   2d  Vlcc-Prca.  FRED   P.    HAG«3ARD,    D.D..    Home   Sec'y 

ANDREW   MacLEISH,    111..   3d  Vlce-Pres.  CHA8.    W.    PERKINS.    Treasurer 

District   SecretariM 

NEW   ENGLAND — W.    B.   Wittek.   D.D..  LAKE— B.    W.    LorwRBiET,    D.D., 

Ford    Buildinf?.    Boston.    Muss.  3'.'4  Dearborn  Street.  Chlcairo.   IIL 

NEW  YORK — Ri:v.  (Miableh  L.  Riioaoxs,  CENTRAL — Hknbt   Wiluams.    D.D., 

LM   KnHt  2«th   Stro<t,    Now   York.  4114  Utlca  Bulldin«r.  Des  Moines.    la. 

SOUTHEASTERN— Rev.  Frank  8.  Dodbinh.  SOUTHWESTERN— I.   N.   Cr^BK.   D.D., 

1701  Chestnut  Street,   Philadelphia.   Pa.  614  Massachusetts  Building.  Kansas  City.  Mo. 
PACIFIC — Rev.   A.   W.    Riukb.   006   Broadway.   Oakland.   CaL 

Joint  District  Secretaries:  Home  and  Foreicn 

KANAWHA — Rev.   Joiix  8.   Stimp.  WABASH — Rev.   S.  C.  Filmkb. 

1705  Seventeenth  Street,  Parkersburg.  W.  Va.  1738  Ruckle  Street.  Indianapolis.  Ind. 

OHIO — Rev.   T.   G,   Field.  SUPERIOR — Fbank  Pbtkb^om.  D.D.. 

Granville,   Ohio.  407  Evanston  Bulldlnir.  Minneapolis.  Minn. 

YELLOWSTONE — C.    A.    Cook.    D.D..    1501    Mission    Ave..    Spokane.  Washington. 

ML^SOURI    (Spoclnl    District) — Rev.    H.    R  Tbuex,  Metropolitan  BuIIdlngr.  SL   Louis.   Mo. 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

23   EAST  20TH   STREET.   NEW   YORK 
Oemeral    Offlcers 

FRED    A.    WELLS.    Illlnola    President  H.  U  MOREHOirSE.  D.D..  LL.D..  N.  Y..  Corr    Sec 

B.  K.    P:DWARDS.    Calif..    Ist    Vlce-Proa  W.    M.    WALKER,    D.D..    Penn.,    Recordlni?  Sec'y 

C.  C.    BARKY.    Mass..   2d   Vlco-Pns.  C.  L.  WHITE,  D.D..  New  York.  Assoc.  Corr.  Sec'y 
CHAS.    T.    LEWIS.    Ohio,    3d    Vlce-Prea  FRANK  T.   MOT'LTON.  New  York,   Treasurer 

L.  C.   BARNES,  D.D..  New  York.  Field  Sec'y 

General  Saperintendents 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF    EDUCATION— Oboboi  PACIFIC  COAST— C.  A.  Wooddt.  D.D.,  SOS  T.  M. 

Sam.   D.1>..    107  Park  St.,  Atlanta.  Ga.  C.   A.    BulldinK.   Portland. 

CENTRAL    DIVISION— D.    D.    Pbopeb,    D.D..    413  FOREIGN        POPULATIONS — Rev        James      M. 

N.    Y.    LIfo    Building.    Omaha.    Neb.  BniCK.   2.3   E.    26th   St..    New   York. 

SOITTHWESTERN— Rev.  Bbucb  Kinnbt.  Topeka,  THE  GERMANS — Rev.  G.  A.  Sohultb. 

Kans.  410  So.  Belmont  Ave..  Newark.  N.  J. 

District   Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND — Rev.  Jambs  E.  Nobcbohs.  Ford  I^AKE — Rev.  J.  Y.  AiTCHisoN.   324  I>ear1>orn  SL. 

Bulldini;.    Rnston.    Mass.  Chicago. 

NEW   YORK— Rev.   F.   H.   Divine,   23  E.   20th  SL,  CBNTRAI. — D.   D.   Proper.  D.D..   Omaha. 

N.'\v   York.  SOUTHWESTERN — Rev.  Bbltb  Kinxet.  Topeka. 
SOUTHEASTERN — Rkv.   Jameh   A.    MAXWELL,    1701  Kansas. 

Ch.'stnut   St..    Philadelphia.  PACIFIC — Rev.   A.   M.   Petty.   Los  Angrcles,  Cal. 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION   SOCIETY 

1701    CHESTNUT   STREET.    PHILADELPHIA 
General    Officers 
SAMURTi    A.    CROZER.    Penn.,    President  A.    J.    ROWLAND.    D.D..    LL.D.,    Secretary 

W.    HOWARD    DOANE,    Ohio,    Ist    VIoe-Pres.  J.    G.   WALKER.    D.D..    Recording   Secretary 

W.    G.    BRIMSON.    Ills..    2nd    Vlro-Proa.  R.   O.   SEYMOUR.    D.D..   Mlss'y  and  Bible  Sec'y 

FUA.VK   STRONG,    LL.D.,    3d   Vlce-Pres.  REV.    HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH.   Asst.  Sec'y 

H.  S.   HOPPER,  Treasurer 

District  Secretaries 

NEW   ENGLAND — C.  H.   Spaldi.vo.   D.D..  MIDDLE  WEST — T.  L.  Ketmak.  D.D., 
10  A8hl)urton  Place.  Boston.  Mass.  lOS  Wabash  Ave..  Chicago. 

NEW   YORK— W.   W.    Pratt.   D.D..  WESTERN — Rev.  Joe  P.  Jacobs. 

23   East   2«Uh   Street.    New  York.  627  W.  3ft th  St..  Kansas  City.  Mo. 

MIDDLE— Rkv.  .S.  G.   Neil,  SUPT.    OF   WORK   AMONG   THE   NEaRQBS: 
1701  Chestnut  St..  Philadelphia.  8.  N.  Va88.   D.D..   Ralelflrh.  N.   C. 


BAPTIST  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  FOR  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

Rkv.    JOHN    M.    MOORE.    General    Secretary,    Ford   Bulldiner,    Boston 

WOMAN'S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

2ftC0   Vernon   Ave.,    Chicago,    Illinois 

MRS.    A.   G.    LESTER.   Chloiipo.   Pngid^^nt  MRS.   J.    N.    CROUSE.    Honorary    PniSident 

MR.«!.   G.    W.    (^OLRMAN.    Br.sf.n.    Ist    V.    Pros.  MRS.    KATHERINE     S.     WESTPALL,      Chicairo. 

MRS.    L.    A.   CRANDALL,    Minneapolis.   2d   V.   P.  Corr.    Sec'.v 

MRS.   T.    S.    TOMPKINS,    Pasadena.   .3d   V.    Pres.  MRS.    A.    E.    REYNOLDS.    Chicapo.    Field    Sec'y 

MRS.    E.    C.    MARSHALL.    Chicago.    Treasurer 


WOMAN'S  BxVPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Ford  Duildlng,  Boston,  Mas.s. 
MRS.  M.  G.  EDMA.ND.>^.  President  MISS  11.  F.  ELLI.^.  Home  Sec'y 

MR.:J.   II.  CJ.  SAFFORD,  Foreign  Sec'y  MRS.  C.  A.  RC^BINSON,  Field  Sec'y 

MI.'^S  AIJCK  E.  STEDM AN.  Treasurer 


WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WEST 

450  £.  30th  St..  Chicago 
MRS.  ANDREW  MacLEISH.  President.  MISS  MARY  E.  ADKINS.  Forelffa  Sec'y. 

MlfiS  CARRIE  E.  PERRINE.  Home  SeCy.  MISS  ELLA  D.  MacLAURIN.  Geol  Field  Seo'y. 

MRS.  KEMPSTER  B.  MILLER.  Treasurer. 


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FORD  BUILDING.   BOSTON,    MASSACHUSETTS 

General    Offlcera 
E.   B.  BRYAN.   I.L.D.,   Now  York.   I»r*»8ldent  REV.  C.  A.  WALKER.  Penn..  Recording  Secretary 

I.    W.    CARPENTER.    Neb..    1st    Vloe-Pres.  THOMAS   S.    BARBOUR.    D.D..    Foreign   Sec'y 

GEO.   C.    WHITNEY.   Maa».,   2d   Vlce-Pre».  FRED   P.    HAGGARD.    D.D.,    Home    8ec> 

ANDREW   MacLEISH.   111.,   3d  Vice-Pre«.  CHAS.    W.   PERKINS,    Treasurer 

District  Secretaries 

NEW   ENGLAND— W.    E.   Witter.   D.D.,  LAKE— E.    W.    LouKBBrBT.   D.D.. 

Ford    Huildirifr.    Boston.    Mass.  324   Dearborn  Street.   Chicago.    IlL 

NEW  YORK— Rk.v.  ('iiarlks  I...  Riioadbs,  CENTRAI> — Henky  Williams.   D.D., 

2.1   East   'jr.th   Str«'ot.   Now  York.  424  Utlca  Building,   Des  Molnea.   I*. 

SOUTHEASTERN— Rev.  Frank  S.  Dobbins.  SOUTHWESTERN— I.   N.  Clabk,   D.D.. 

1701   Chestnut  Street,   Philadelphia.   Pa.  614  MassachusetU  Bulldlnff.  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

PACIFIC — Rev.   a.   W.   Rider.  90«   Broadway,   Oakland.   CaL 

Joint  District  Secretaries:  Home  and  Forelsn 

KANAWHA — Ri:v.   JonN  S.    STrMP,  WABASH— Rev.  S,   (\   Fri.MKa. 

ITOri  Seventeenth  Street,  Parkersburg.  W.  Va.  1738  Ruckle  Street.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

OHIO — Rev.   T.   G.    Field,  SUPERIOR — Frank  Peterson,  D.D.. 

Gr.invllle.   Ohio.  407  Evanscon  Building.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

YRT,l.OWPTONE — T.    A.    Cook.    D  D..    l.'iOl    Mission    Ave..    Spokane,  Wash  I  njrton. 

MISSOURI    (Special    District) — Rev.    H.    H.  Truez.  Metropolitan  Building,  St  IjOuIs,   Mo. 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

23   EAST   2CTH   STREET.    NEW    YORK 
General    Officers 
FRED    A.    WELLS.    Illinois.    President  H.  L.  MOREHOUSE.  D.D..  LL.D..  N.  T..  Corr    Sec 

B.  K.    EDWARDS.    Tallf.,    Ist   Vice-Pres.  W.    M.    WALKER.    D.D..    Penn..    Recording  Sec'y 

C.  C.    BARRY.    Mass..    2d   Vice-Pros.  C.  L.  WHITE.  D.D..  New  York.  Assoc.  Corr.  Sec'y 
CHAS.    T.    LEWIS,    Ohio,    3d    Viee-Pres,  FRANK  T.   MOULTON,   New  York.    Treasurer 

U  C.  BARNES.  D.D..  New  York,  Field  Secy 

OenernI  Superintendents 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF    EDUCATION— G»OR01  PACIFIC  COAST— C.  A.  WoODDT,  D.I>.,  90S  T.  M. 

Sai,i:.    D.U..    1U7  Park  St.,   Atlnntn,  Ga.  C.    A.    Building.   Portland. 

CENTRAL   DIVISION— D.    D.    PROPER.    D.D.,    ^2'.*  FOREIGN        POPULATIONS — Rkv.       Jakes      M- 

ouan.i  .Nat  I  iiunk  Huildint;.  Oinanu.  .\e«  BnrcK.   2.3   E.    26th   St.,   New   York. 

SOUTHWESTERN— Rev.  Bruce  Kinnet,  Topeka,  THE  GERMANS — Rev.  G.  A.  Schtlte; 

Kans.  419  So.  Belmont  Ave.,  Newark.   N.  J. 

District   Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND — Rev.  James  B.  NoRraoHa,  Ford  LAKE] — Rev.  J.   Y.  Aitchibon.   S24  I>earbom  St., 

BuihliriK.    Boston.    Mass.  Chicago. 

NEW   YORK— Rev.   F.   H.   Divine,   23   B.   26th   St.,  CENTRA!,— D.   D.   Proper.  D.D..   Omaba. 

NVw    York.  SOUTHWESTERN — Rev.  Brucb  Ki3V3fXT.  Topeka. 
SOUTHEASTERN — Rev.  James   A.   Maxwell.   1701  Kansas. 

Chestnut   St..   Philadelphia.  PACIFIC — Rev.   A.   M.  Pettt,   Los  Angeles.  CaU 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION   SOCIETY 

1701    CHESTNUT   STREET.    PHILADELPHIA 
General    Officers 
SAMUEL    A.    CROZER.    Penn..    President  A.   J.    ROWLAND.   D.D..    LL.D..    Secretary 

W.    HOWARD    DOANE.    Ohio,    Ist   Vlce-Pres.  J.    G.   WALKER.    D.D..    Recording   Secretary 

W.    G.    BRIMSON.    Ills..    2nd    Vloe-Pres.  R.  G.   SEYMOUR.   D.D..  Miss'y  and  Bible  Sec'y 

FRANK   STRONG,    LL.D.,   3d  Vice-Pres.  REV.   HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH.  Asst.  Sec'y 

H.   S.   HOPPER,   Treasurer 

District  Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND— C.  H.  Spaldino.  D.D.,  MIDDLE  WEST— T.  L.  Ketman,  D.D., 
10  Ashburton  Place.  Boston.  Mass.  lOS  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

NEW  YORK— W.   W.   Pratt,   D.D..  WESTERN— Rev.  Joe  P.  Jacobs. 

23   East  20th  Street.   New  York.  627  W.  Stith  St..  Kansas  City.  Mo. 

MIDDLE — Rev.   S.  G.  Neil.  SUPT.    OF  WORK   AMONG  THB   NEiaROBS' 
1701  Ch«?stnut  St..  Philadelphia.  8.  N.  Vabs,  D.D..   Raleigh.  N.   C. 


BAPTIST  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  FOR  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

Rkv.   JOHN   M.    MOORE,   General   Secretary.    Ford  Building,    Boston 


WOMAN'S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

2909   Vernon   Ave.,    Chicago,    Illinois 

MRS.   A.   G.   LESTER.   Chicago.   Prosldent  MRS.  .T.    N.    CROL'SE.    Honorary    President 

MRS.   G,    W.    COLEMAN.    Boston,    lat    V.    Pres.  MRS.    KATHERINE     S.     WESTFALU      Chicago 

MRS.    U   A.   CRANDALL,   Minneapolis.   l!d  V.   P.  Corr.    Sec'y 

MRS.  T.   S.   TOMPKINS,   Pasadena.   3d  V.    Pres.  MRS.   A.    E.    REYNOLDS,    Chicago,    Field   Sec'y 

MRS.   E.    C.    MARSHALL,   Chicago.   Treasurer 

WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Ford  Building,  Boston,  Mass. 
MRS.  M.  G.  EDMANDS,  President  MISS  H.  F.  ELLI.S.  Home  Sec'y 

MR3.  H.  G.  8AFFORD,  Foreign  Sec'y  MRS.  C.  A.  ROBINSON.  Held  Sec'y 

MISS  ALICE  E.  STEDMAN.  Treasurer 


WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WEST 

450  E.  30th  St..  Chicago 

RS.  ANDREW  MacLEISH.  President.  MISS  MARY  E.  ADKINS.  Foreign  See'y. 

*%  GARRIE  EL  PEaBINB.  Home  Sec'y.  MISS  ELLA  D.  MacLAURIN,  GflDl  Field  Bo^w, 

MBS.  KEMFSTER  B.  MILLER,  Treunirer.  ' 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN    MISSION  SOCIETY 

FORD  BUILDING.    BOSTON.    MASSACHUSETTS 

General    Officers 
E,   B.   BRYAN.   T.L.D..  N-w   York.   l»n'iilrtont  REV.  O,  A.  WALKER.  Penn..  Recording  Secrttaxy 

T.    W.    rARPENTEU.    Nt*b.,    Int    Vliv-Pren.  THOMAS  S.    BARBOUR.    D.D..    Foreign   Qec'r 

GEO.   ('.    WHITNEV.    Mass.   LM    V  loo -Pros.  FRED    I*.    HAGGARD.    D.D..    Home    Sec> 

ANDREW    MArLEISH.    III..   3d   Vicf-Pros.  CHAS.    W.    PERKINS,    Treasurer 

District  Secretaries 

NEW   ENGr^AND— W.   E.   Witter.   D.D.,  LAKE— E.   W.    T^rxfiBrBT.   D.D., 

Kord    Bulldliif:.    Buston.    Mass.  324   Dt^arborn  Street.   Chicago,    IlL 

NEW  YORK — Rev.  Cii.^bi.ks  L.   Rikudks,  CENTRA li — Hk.srt   Wii.liauh.    D.D., 

'S.l   K:iHt   'JUth   St  I t.    Niw   York.  4L'4  Utlou   Building.   Des  Moines.    la. 

SOUTHEASTERN— Rkv.   Fba.xk  S.   Doubixh.  SOUTHWESTERN— I.    N.   Clabx,    D.D., 

1701   Chestnut  Street.   Philadelphia.   Pa.  A1 4  Massachusetts  BulldlniT,  Kansas  Cltjr,  Ma 

PAi'lKIC — Ri;v.   A,    W.   Ridkb.  906   Broadway.   Oakland,   CaL 

Joint  District  Secretaries:  Home  and  Foreign 
KANAWHA — Ri:r.    Joiix   .«?.    Stimi-.  WABASH— Rkv.   S.   C.   PrLMm. 

170.".  Seventeenth  Street.  ParkersburiT.  W.  Va.  1738  Ruckle  Street.  Indianapolis,   Ind. 

OHIO — Rkv.   T.   G.    Fiki.h.  SUPERIOR — Fbank  Pbtkbsok,  D.D., 

Gr:invilli>,   Ohio.  407  Evanston  Building,  Minneapolis.  Minn. 

YELLOWSTONE— r.    A.    Cook.    D.D..    1503    Mission    Ave.,    Spokane.  Washington. 

MLSSOURI    (Special    District) — Rkv.    H.    E.  Tbuex.  Metropolitan  Building,  SL  Louis,   Mo. 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

23   EAST   20TH    STREET.    NEW   YORK 

General  Officers 

FRED    A.    WELLS.    Illinois.    President  H.  L.  MOREHOUSE.  D.D..  LL.D..  N.  T.,  Corr. 

B.    K.    EDWARDS.    Uallf..    ist  Vlce-Prea  W.    M.    WALKER.    D.D..    Penn..    Recording  Sec'y 

U.    (\    BARRY.    Mass..   2d   Vic*'-Pivs.  U.  L    WHITE.  D.D.    New  York,  Assoc.  Corr.  Sec'y 

UHAS.    T.    LEWLS.    Ohio.    3d    Vl«e-Prea  FRANK  T.   MOULTON.   New   York.   Treasurer 

L.  C.   BARNES.  D.D..  New  York,  Field  Secy 

Genenil  Superintendents 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF    EDUCATION— Gbobob  PACIFIC  COAST— C.  A.  Wooddt,  D.D.,  808  T.  M. 

Sai.k.    DA)..    107   Park  St..   Atlanta.  Ga.  C   A.    Bulldlngr.   Portland. 

CENTRAL    DIVISION— D.    I).    Proikb.    D.D..    429  FOREIGN        POPULATIONS— Rev.       Jamcs      M. 

Omarm  .NAt'l  Hank  HiilldlnK.  Otnahsi,  .Net).  Bnni"..    23    E.    26lh    St..    New    York. 

SOUTHWE.STERN— Rev.  Bbicb  Kinnbt.  Toi>eka,  THE  GERMANS— Rk%-.  G.  A.  Schfltk, 

Kans.  411)  So.   Belmont  Ave.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

District   Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND — Rkv.  James  B.  Nobcbohr.  Ford  LAKE — Rev.  J.  Y.  Aitoiiisos,   824   Dearborn  St-, 

BuMdiii^r.    Boston.    Mass.  Chicago. 

NEW   YORK— Rkv.   F.   H.   Divine.   23   B.   20th   St.,  CENTRAL— D.   D.   Proi-eb.   D.D..    Omaha. 

N.w   York.  SOUTHWESTERN — Rev.  Bbuce  Kixney.  Topeka. 
SOT'THEA.STERN — Rev.  James   A.   Maxwell.   1701  Kansas. 

t'hestnut   St..   Philadelphia.  PACIFIC — Rev.  A.   M.  Petty.   Los  Angeles.  CaL 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION   SOCIETY 

1701    CHESTNUT    STRRKT.    PHILADELPHIA 
General    Officers 
SAMUEL    A.    CROZER.    Penn..    President  A.    J.    ROWLAND.   D.D..    LL.D..    Secretary 

W.    HOWAHD    DOA.VE.    Ohio.    1st    VIce-Pres.  J.    G.   WATiKER.    D.D..    Reoordinjr   Secretary 

W.    G.    BKIMSON.    Ills..    2n(l    Vlee-Prr-s.  R.   C.   SEYMOUR.   D.D..   Mlss'y  and   Bible  Sec'y 

FRANK  STRONG.    LL.D..   3d   Vlce-Pn-s.  REV.   HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH.  Aswt.  Sec'y 

H.   S.    HOPPER.   Treasurer 

I>lstrlct  Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND — C.  H.  Spalding.  D.D.,  MIDDLE  WEST— T.  L.  Kethan,  D.D., 
10  Ashburton  Place,   B«»8tun.   Mass.  His    Wabasli   Ave..  Chicaffo. 

NEW   YORK — W.   W.    Pratt.    D.D..  WESTERN — Rkv.  Joe  P.  Jacob.-*. 

23  East   2r,th   Street.   New  York.  027  W.  3!Kh  St.,   Kansas  City.   Mo. 

MIDDLE— Rev.  S.  G.  Neil,  SUPT.    OF   WORK   AMONG   THE   NEGROES: 
1701  rhestnut  St..  Philadelphia.  8.  N.   Vasb.  D.D..   Raleigh.  N.   C. 

BAPTIST  FORW.ARD  MOVEMKXT  FOR  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

Rkv.    JOHN    M.    MOORE,    General    St-creiary,    Ford   Building.    Boston 

WOMAN'S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

21)00   Vernon   Ave.,    Chicago,    Illinois 

MRS.   A.    G.    LESTER,   ChlraKO.    PresUbnt  MRS.   J.    N.    CROT'SE.    Honorary    President 

MRS.    G.    W.    COLEMA.N,    B<..st..n.     1st    V.     Pn-s.  MRS.    KATHERLVE     S.     WESTFALL.      ChlcaBO, 

MRS.    L.    A.   CRANDALL.    MlTin.-apoll.s.   LM    V.    P.  Corr.    See'y 

MRS.   T.    S.    TOMPKINS.   Pasaden^i.   3d    V.    I»res.  MRS.    A.    E.    REYNOLDS.    Chicago.    Field    Sec'y 

MIIS.    E.    C.    MARSHALL.    Clikagu.    Treasurer 

WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MLSSION.VRY  SOCIETY 

Ford  Building.  Hoston.  &la.s.<t. 
MRS.  M.  O.  EDMANDS.  President  MISS  H.  F.  ELLI.S.  Ihtme  Sec'y 

MR.4.   H.  G.  SAFFORD,  ForelRn  Sec'y  MRS.  C.  A.  ROBINSON.  Field  Sec'y 

MISS  ALICE  E.  STEDMAN.  Treasurer 

WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WEST 

450  E.  30th  St.,  Chicago 
MRS.  ANDREW  MacLEISH.  President.  MISS  MARY  E.  ADKINS.  F^irelgn  Sec'y. 

MIS8  CARRIE  E.  PERRINE,  Home  HeCy.  MISS  ELLA  D.  MacLAU&IN.  Geo*!  Field  See'y. 

MBS.  KEHFSTBR  B.  MILLER.  Treasurer. 


AMERICAN   BAPTIST  FOREIGN   MISSION   SOCIETY 

FORD  BUILDING.    BOSTON.    MASSACHUSETTS 

General    Officers 
E.   B.  BRYAN.   I.L.D..   New   York.   T'rcsident  RKV.  CT.  A.  WALKER.  Penn..  Recordlnr  Seentarr 

I.    W.    CARPENTER.    Neb..    Ist    VIce-Pre«.  THOMAS   8.    BARBOUR,    D.D.,    For«lcn  a%&r 

GEO.   C.   WHITNEY.   Mass..   2d  Vitv-Pres.  FRED   P.    HAGv:aRD.    D.D..    Home  Sec'y 

ANDREW   MArLEIsn.   111.,   3d  Vice- Pro*.  CHAS.    W.    PERKINS,    Treasurer 

District  Secretaries 

NEW   ENGLAND— W.   E.   Witter.   D.D..  LAKE— E.    W.    Ix^rxserBT.   D.D., 

Funl    HulldiiiK.    Huston.    Muss.  3L'-I   Dearborn  Street.   Chlcaco.  IIL 

NEW  YORK — Rkv.  (Miablkh  L.  RiioADKS,  CENTRA  I.. — Henby   Williaua,   D.D., 

L*.*)   EuHt   IT.th  Stn>it.    Ni-w   York.  4'24   I'tlou  HulldlriK,  Des  Moines.   la. 

SOUTHEASTERN— Ukv.    Frank  S.   DuDBINS,  SOUTHWESTERN— I.    N.    Clabk.   D.D., 

1701  Chestnut  Street.   Philadelphia.   Pa.  614  Massachusetts  Building.  Kanaaa  Citj.  Xa 

1»ACIFI«' — Kkv.   a.   W.   Rii>kb.  906   Broadway,   Oakland,   CaL 

Joint  District  Secretaries:  Home  and  Foreign 

KANAWHA — REr.   John  8.   Stimp.  WABASH — Rkv.   S.  (\   Fri.UKB. 

1705  Seventeenth  Street.  Parkersburg.  W.  Va.  17:i8  Ruckle  Street.  Indianapolis.  Ind. 

OHIO — Rev.  T.   O.   Fieij>,  SUPERIOR — Fbavk  Prrnsoiv,  D.r  , 

Granville,   Ohio.  407  Evanston  Building.  Mlnnetipolla,  Minn. 

YELLOWSTONE — C.    A.    Cooic.    D.D..    150S    Mission    Ave..    Spokane.  Washinjpton. 

MISSOURI    (Special    District) — Rkv.    H.    K.  Tbukz.  Metropolitan  Building.  8L  Lonta,  Mo. 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

23   EAST   2flTH   STREET.    NEW    YORK 
tieneral    Officers 
FRED   A.    WELTiS.    Illinois.    Prf'sident  H.  I...  MOREHOUSE.  D.D..  LL.D..  N.  T.,  Corr   Bee. 

B.  K.   EDWARDS.   Calif.,   1st    Vlce-Prea  W.   M.    WAI^KER.   D.D..   Penn..   Recordlna  sic'y 

C.  «\   BARRY.    Mass..   2d   Vlce-Pres.  C.  L   WHITE.  D.D..  New  York.  Assoc.  Corr.  8eo*y 
CHAS.    T.    LEWIS,    Ohio,    3d    Vice-Prea  FRANK  T.   MOULTON,  New  York,  Treaaurer 

L.  C.   BARNES.  D.D.,  New  York,  Field  Sec'y 

GenemI  Superintendents 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF    EDUCATION — Gbobob  PACIFIC  COAST — C.  A.  WooDDT.  D.D.,  808  T.  M. 

Salk.   D.D..    107  Park  St..  A I  Ian  la,  Ga.  C    A.    Building.   Portland. 

CENTRAL   DIVISION— D.    D.    PRiU'EB,    D.D..    429  FOREIGN        POPULATIONS — ^Rav.       Jambb      M. 

Om.sha  Nat'l  liank  ItulldlnR.  Omahu.  Neb.  I3Kr«'K.    23    E.    26th   St.,    New   York. 

SOUTHWESTERN — Rev.  Bbucb  Kin  net.  Topeka.  THE  GERMANS — Rev.  O.  A.  Sobdltb, 

Kans.  4 It)  So.  Belmont  Ave.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

District   Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND — Rkv.  Jambs  E.  Nobcbohb.  Ford  LAKE — Rev.  J.   Y.  AiTCBisoN,   824  Dearborn  8l. 

Bulliliiii;.    K'lHton,    Mass.  ChicaKo. 

NEW   YORK— Rkv.   F.    H.   Ditinb.   23   B.   20th   St..  CENTRAL- -D.   D.   Pbopeb.  D.D..   Omaha 

Now   York.  SOUTHWESTERN — Rev.  Bbicb  Kinnet,  Topeka, 
.SOUTHEASTERN— Rev.  James   A.    Maxwkll.   1701  Kansas. 

(M)08tnut   St..   Philadelphia.  PACIFIC — Rkv.  A-  M.  Pettt,   I.k>8  Angeles.  CaL 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION   SOCIETY 

1701    CHESTNI'T    STREET.    PHILADELPHIA 
General    Officers 
SAMUEL   A.    CROZER.    Penn..    President  A.   J.   ROWLAND.   D.D..   LL..D.,   Secretary 

W.    HOWARD   DOANE.    Ohio.    Ist    Vlre-Pres.  J.   G.  WALKER.   D.D.,   Recordins   Secretarr 

W.    G.    BRIMSON.    Ills..    2nd   Vlce-1'res.  R.  G.  SEYMOUR,  D.D..  Mlss'y  and  Bible  Sec'y 

FRANK   STRONG,    LL.D.,    3d   Vice-Pres.  REV.   HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH.   Aaat.  Sec*/ 

H.   S.   HOPPER.  Treasurer 

District  Secretaries 

Nb^W  ENGLAND— C.  11.  Spaldino.  D.D.,  MIDDLE  WEST— T.  L.  KlTMAir.  D.D., 
10  Ashburtim  Place,  Bostim.  Mass.  1«S  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

NEW   YORK — W.   W.    Pbatt.   D.D..  WESTERN — Rev.  Job  P.  Jacobs, 

2«   East  2(5th  StriMt,   New  York.  627  W.  3«Jth  St..  Kansas  City.  Mo. 

MIDDLE— Rev.  S.  G.  Neil,  SUPT.    OF   WORK   AMONG  THB   NBQRQBS: 
1701  Chestnut  St..  Philadelphia.  8.  N.  Vabs.   D.D.,   Raleigh,  N.   C 


BAPTIST  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  FOR  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

Rkv.    JOHN    M.    MOORE.    General    Secretary,    Ford   Building,    Boston 

WOMAN'S  AMERICAN'  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

21)00   Vernon   Ave..    Chicago,    Illinois 
MRS.  A.   G.   TiESTER.   Chicago.   Prosld^-nt  MRS.  .T.    N.    ("ROUSE,    Honorary    President 

MRS.   Ci.    W.    COLEM.VN,    Ro.«»t<.n.    1st    V.    Pres.  MRS,   KATHERINE     S.     WESTFAL.U      ChlcaCVk, 

MRS.    Ti.   A.   ('RANDALL,   Minn-apoMs.   LM   V.    1\  Corr.    Se<:'y 

MRS.   T.   S.   TOMPKINS,  Pasadena.   .'M   V.    Pros.  MRS.   A.    E.    REYNOLDS.    Chicago.    Field   8ec*y 

MItS.   E.    C.    MARSHALL,   Chicago,   Treasurer 


WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Ford  Building.  Boston.  Mass. 
MRS.  M.  G.  EDM.\ND.S.  President  MISS  U.  F.  ELLIS,  Roknc  Sec'y 

MRS.  H.  G.  SAFFORI>,  Forelipi  Sec'y  MRS.  C.  A.  ROBINSON,  Field  SeCy 

MISS  ALICE  K.  STEDMAN,  Treasurer 


WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WEST 

450  K  30th  St.,  Chicago 
MRS.  ANDREW  MacLEISH.  Prosldcnt.  MISS  MARY  E.  ADKIN8.  IVvvlcn  866*7. 

MISB  GARBIE  E.  PERRINB.  Home  See'y.  MISS  ELLA  D.  MacLAUBIJN,  Q<o1  FMd  8«^«l 

MRS.  XEMPSTEa  B,  MILLER.  TrsMurar.  ^ 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN   MISSION  SOCIETY 

FORD  BUILDING,   BOSTON.   MASSACHUSBTTB 

General    Offloera 

B.  B.  BRTAN.   LL.D..  New  Tork,  President  REV.  C.  A.  WALKER.  Penn.*  Recording 

I.   W.    CARPENTER.    Neb.,    lat   Vloe-Prea.  THOMAS  a   BARBOUR,   D.D..    Foretcn   Sm&w 

GEO.  C.   WHITNEY.   Man..  2d  Vlce-Pres.  FRED  P.    HAGGARD.   D.D..    Home   Seo'F 

ANDREW   MacLEISH.   111..   3d  Vlce-Pree.  CHAS.    W.    PERKINS.   Treaeurer 

DIttrlet  SeereUriee 

NEW   ENGLAND— W.   B.   Witto.   D.D.,  LAKE— R.   W.   TxtUNRBCIT.    D.D.. 

Furd   Building.    Boston.    Mass.  440  So.  Dearborn  Strert.  Chloaso.  IIL 

NEW  YORK— Ukv.  Artiiur  L.SNKLL,  CENTRAL — Hkmkt  Wiluamh.    L».U., 

'23  Euflt  20th  Ktri^i't.   Nt^w  York.  424  Utlca  Building.  Des  Moines.   la. 

SOUTHEASTERN— Rkv.  Fbank  8.   DodbiNI,  SOUTHWESTERN— I.   N.   Clamk,   D.D.. 

1701  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia.  Pa.  614  Massachusetts  Bulldlnr.  Kanaaa  City, 
PACIFIC — Kev.   a.   W.   Rjdeb.   906  Broadway.   Oakland.  CaL 

Joint  District  Secretaries:  Home  and  Foreign 
KANAWH\ — Rkt.   John  8.   arrMP.  WABASH — Rbv.  8.  C.  VruntL, 

170r»  Seventeenth  Street.  Parkersburff.  W.  Va.  1738  Ruckle  Street.  Indlanapolia,  Ind. 

OHIO — Rbv.  T.  G.   Fiblo.  SUPERIOR— Fbank  Pbtbbsoit.  D.D., 

Granville,  Ohio.  407  Evanston  Building.  Minneapolis,  Mtam. 

YELLOWSTONE — C.    A.    Cook,    D.D..    IBOS    Mission    Ave..    Spokane.  Washington. 

MISSOURI    (Special    District )— Rbv.    H.    E.  Tbubz.  Metropolitan  Building,  St  LoniB,  Mo. 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

23  EAST  20TH   STREET.   NEW   TORK 
General    Offlcers 
FRED   A.    WELLS.    Illinois.    President  H.  L.  MOREHOUSE.  D.D..  LL.D.,  N.  T.,  Corr.  See. 

B.   K.   EDWARDS.   Calif..   1st   Vice-Prea.  W.   M.   WALKER.   D.D..   Penn..    Recording  Sec'y 

i\   C.   BARRY.    Mass.,   2d  Vlce-Pres.  C.  L.  WHITE,  D.D..  New  York.  Aaaoc.  Corr.  Sec'F 

CHAS.    T.    LEWIS.    Ohio,    3d    Vice-Prea  FRANK  T.   MOULTON,   New  Tork,   Treaaurer 

L.  C.  BARNES.  D.D..  New  York,  Field  Sec'y 

General  Superintendents 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF    EDUCATION— Gbobgb  PACIFIC  COAST— C.  A.  WooDDT.  D.D.,  SOS  T.  M. 

Salk.   D.D.,   107  Park  St..  Atlanta,  Ga.  C.   A.    Building.   Portland. 

CENTRAL   DIVISION— D.    D.    Pbhi-eb.    D.D..    429  FOREIGN        POPULATIONS — Rev.      Jaicna      X. 

Omaha  Nat'l  Ranlc  HulldlDR.  Omaha.  Neb  DRrrie.   23   E.   26th   SL.   New   Tork. 

SOUTHWESTERN- Rbv.  Bbucb  Kinnbt,  Topeka,  THE  GERMANS — Rbv.  G.  A.  Schultb, 
Kans.  410  So.  Belmont  Ave..  Newarlc.  N.  J. 

District   Secretarlee 

NEW  ENGLAND — Rbv.  Jambs  B.  NoBrBOBS.  Ford  LAKE— Rev.  J.  Y.  ArrcHUoif.  440  So.  I>earl>om  St.. 

BiiildinR.    Boston.    Mass.  Chieaffo. 

NEW   YORK— Rbv.   F.   H.   Di  inb.   23  E.   26th  St.  CENTRA!.,— D.   D.  Pbopbb.  D.D..   Omaha. 

N**w   York.  SOUTHWESTERN — Rbv.  Bbuob  Kinnbt,  Topeka, 
SOUTHEASTERN — Rev.  Jambs  A.   Maxwbll,   1701  Kansas. 

rhPBtnut  St..   Philadelphia.  PACIFIC — Rbv.  A.  M.  Pbttt,   Los  Anfireles.  CaL 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION   SOCIETY 

1701   CHESTNUT   STREET.   PHILADELPHIA 
General    Officers 
SAMUEL   A.    CROZER.    Penn..    President  A.   J.   ROWLAND,   D.D.,   LL.D.,   Secretary 

W.    HOWARD   DOANE.   Ohio,    Ist   Vlce-Pres.  J.   O.  WALKER.   D.D..   Recording  Secretary 

W.    G.    BRIMSON.    Ills..    2nd    Vlce-Pres.  R.  G.  SEYMOUR,   D.D.,  Mlss'y  and  Bible  Sec'y 

FRANK  STRONG,    LL.D.,   8d  Vlce-Pres.  REV.  HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH.  Aast.  Sec'y 

H.  S.  HOPPER,  Treasurer 

District  Secretarlee 

N1S.W  ENGLAND— Rkv.  Guy  C.  Lamson.  MIDDLE  WEST— T.  L.  Kbtman.  D.D., 

16  Ashburton  Place,  Boston,  Mass.  1B8  Wabash  Ave..  Chicago. 

NEW   YORK — W.  W.    Pbatt,   D.D..  WESTERN — Rev.  Job  P.  Jacobs. 

23  East  20th  Street.   New  York.  627  W.  30th  St..  Kansas  City.  Mo. 

MIDDLE— Rev.  S.  G.  Nbil,  SUPT.   OF  WORK   AMONG  THE   NEGROBS: 

1701  Chostnut  St..  Philadelphia.  8.  N.  Vabb.  D.D.,  Raleigh,  N.   C. 

BAPTIST  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  FOR  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

Rkv.   JOHN   M.    MOORE,   General    Secretary,    Ford  Building.    Boston 

WOMAN'S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

20G9   Vernon  Ave..    Chicago.   Illinois 

MRS.   A.  G.   LESTER.  Chicago.  Presldont  MRS.  J.    N.    CROUSE.   Honorary   President 

MRS.   Q.    W.    COLEMAN,    Boston,    Ist    V.    Pres.  MRS.   KATHERINE     S.     WESTFALU     Chicago, 

MUS.    L.   A.   CRANDALL,   Minneapolis.   2d  V.   P.  Corr.    Sec'y 

MRS.  T.  S.  TOMPKINS,  Pasadena.  3d  V.   Pres.  MRS.   A.    E.    REYNOLDS,   Chicago.    Field   Sec'y 

MRS.   E.   C.   MARSHALL.   Chicago,   Treasurer 

WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Ford  Building.  Boston,  Mass. 
MRS.  M.  G.  EDMANDS,  President  MISS  H.  F.  ELLIS,  Home  Sec'y 

MRS.  H.  Q.  SAFFORD,  Foreign  Sec'y  MRS.  C.  A.  ROBINSON,  neld  ScCy 

MISS  ALICE  E  8TEDMAN,  Treasurer 

WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WEST 

460  E.  80th  St.,  Chicago 
MRS.  ANDREW  MacLEISH.  Fretfdent.  MISS  MART  R,  ADEINS,  ¥oN^n  8ee*y. 

MISS  OARRIB  E.  PERRINB.  Homa  SeeTy.  MISS  ELLA  D.  MacLAURIN.  Q«n*l  Fldd  Se^y. 

MBflL  KEMFSTBB  B.  MILLER.  Tn$msnt, 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN   MISSION   SOCIETY 

FORD  BUILDING.   BOSTON,   MASSACHUSETTS 

General    Offlcera 

E.   B.   BHYAN.   LL.D..   Niw   York.  Pr*^8lilent  UEV.  (\  A.  WALKER.  Penn..  Recording  Seermtmrr 

I.    W.    CAKPENTEK.    NeK.    lut    Vlce-I»H!«.  THOMAS   S.    BAHBOUR,    D.D..    Foreign    860*7 

GKO.   r.    WHITNKY.    Muss.,   '2yl    VUf-Vn.B.  FRED    P.    UACSOARD.    D.D.,    Home   800*7 

ANDREW   MacLEISH.   111.,   3d   Vlce-Prc*.  CHAS.    W.    PERKINS,    Treasurer 

District  SecreturlM 

NEW   ENGLAND— W.   E.   WiTTKR.   D.D.,  LAKE     E.    W.    T^in«bubt.    D.D.. 

I'\)nl    HulhllniT,    Boston.    Moss.  440  So.  Doarbom  Stiwt .  rhicofio,  HI. 

NEW  YORK-- Hkv.  Aktour  I-#.Snkll.  CENTRAL— Hknjiv   Williauh.    U.U., 

'2:i    KiiHi    L'Cith   i^trt'.l.    Niw    York.  4'J4  VUai  lluIldliiK.   Des  Molnea.    la. 

SOUTHEASTERN— Hkv.   Frank  S.   Dohbins,  SOUTHWRSTERN      I.    N.    Cl.ABK.    D.D.. 

1701   ChfStnut  Street.   Phtlad-lphla,   Pa.  614  MnsBachusotts  BuildlniT.  Kansas  Clt7.  Xo. 

PACIFIC — Hi:v.   A.    \V.   RiDEB.  906   Broadway.   Oakland.   CaL 

Joint  niittrirt  8errc>tiiric«;  Home  and  Foreign 

KANAWHA— Rkv.   John-   S.    Stimp.  WAHASn--RKV.   S.   r.   Fi.lmei. 

170r»  Seventeonlh  Street.  Parkersburgr.  W.  Va.  IT.'iS  Ruckle  Street.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

OHIO— Rkv.  T.   O.    Field.  SUPERIOR  -Frank  Pbtebsoh.  D.D.. 

GranvUlf.   Ohio.  407  Evanston  Bulldlncr.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

YELLOWSTONE-r*     A.    rtu^K.    D.D..    IBOI    MIiw»l»»n    Avo..    Spokani*.  WanhlnRtnn. 

MISSOrRi    (Spcclnl    Diatrii't) — Rev.    H.    E.  Tbuex.  Metropolitan  Bulldlngr.  St  Lotils,  Mo. 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

23   EAST  2«TH   STREET.    NEW   YORK 

Onierai  Officers 

FRED    A.    WELLS.    Illlnolii.    ProBld.^nt  H.  L.  xMOREHOURE.  D.D..  LL.D.,  N.  T..  Corr.  Bee. 

B.    K.    EDWAHEiS.   Oillf .    l«t   Vlce-Pres.  W.    M.   WALKER.   D.D..   Penn..   Recording  Sec'y 

('.    c\    BARRY.    Mass..    I'd   Vlo.«-l»r.'8.  C.  L    WjriTE.  D.D..  Now  York.  Assoc.  Corr.  SeCy 

1:11  AS.    T.    LEWIS.    Ohio.    3d    Vl«e-Pro8.  FRANK  T.    MOULTON.   New   York.    Treasurer 

L.   r.    BARNES.   D.D..  New   York.   Field  Sec'y 

(lenernl  Superintendents 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF    EDUCATION— Geobok  PACIFIC  TOAST— <:.  A.  WoonoT.   D.D.,  308  T.  IC 

Sam;.    D.1>..    H»7  l*ark  St..   AilJintii.  Ga.  C    A.    Building.    Portland. 

CENTRAL   DIVISION— D.    I).    PRori:R.    D.D..    429  FOREIGN         POPULATIONS — Rev.      Jambs      X. 

Om.ili.i  Nnfl  M;ink  Hulldlnir.  OuiaJia.  Neli.  Humk.    23    E.    2Gth   St..    New    York. 

SOUTHWESTERN— Rev.  Bruck  Kinnet,  Topeka,  THE  GERMANS — Rev.  G.  A.  SnirLTK, 

Kuns.  410  So.  Belmont  Ave.,  Newark,   N.   J. 

DIfftriet    Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND— Rev.  James  E.  Norcrohh.  Ford  LAKE — Ili:v.  J.  V.  .Xitciiwox.  440  So.  l>earl)oni  St.. 

Hiir.iJMijr.    H.it«t"n.    MuBfl.  ChlonRO. 

NEW    YORK    -Rkv.    F.   H.   Di  ine.   23   E.   26th  St..  CENTRAL— D.   D.   Proper.   D.D..    Omaha. 

N.w    Yi.rk.  SOl.'THWESTERN — Rev.  Brick  Ki.vxky,  Topeka. 
S(>U'I'HRASTF':RN — Rev.   Jamkr   a.    maxwell.    1701  KaiiHas. 

«'!i.stiuit   St..    Philadelphia.  PACIFIC — Rkv.   A.   M.   Petty.    Lob  Angeles,  CaL 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION   SOCIETY 

1701    CHESTNUT    STREET.    PHILADELPHIA 
Genenil    Officers 
SAMUEL    A.    rROZKK.    P.nn..    Prosl.l.-nt  A.    J.    ROWL.AND.    D.D..    LL.D..    Secretary 

W.    HOWAIID    DOANE.    Ohio,    IhI    Vlo-PreB.  J.    G.   WALKER.    D.D..    Recording    Secretary 

W.    G.    lMtI.\1Sf.)N.    Ills..    L'nd    VIo.- Pr-s.  R.   G.   SEYMOUR.   D.D..  Mlss'y  and   Bible  Sec'y 

FRANK   STRONG.    LL.D.,    3d    Vlce-I»n  8.  REV.    HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH.    Asst.   Sec'y 

H.   S.   HOPPER.   Treasurer 

District  Secretaries 

NtW  ENGLAND— Ri;v.  Guy  C.  LwwoN,  MIDDLE  WEST— T.  L.  Ketmax.  D.D., 
H»  A.ihl»urti»n  Place,   Boston.   Mass.  !••><   Wahash   Ave..  <'hk-aKO. 

NEW    YORK    -W.   W.    I'katt.    D.D..  WESTERN — Rr.v.  Joe  P.  Jacobr. 

L'::    East    JtJth   Strr.  t.    N.-w    York.  fi27  W.  3t»th   St.,   Kansas  City,    Mo. 

MIDPLE  -Uk\.   S.  G.   Nf.il.  SUPT.    OF   WORK    AMONG   THE    NEGROES: 
1701   I'll,  stmii  St..   Philadelphia.  S.   N.  Vasb.   D.D..   Raleigh.  N.    C. 


B.VPTLSr  1^'()R\V.\RD  MOVK.Ml^NT  FOR  MTSSIOXARY  EDUCATIOX 

Ri;v.    .loUX    M.    MOOKIO.    General    Sientary,    Ford   Building.    Boston 

WOMAWS  AMKRrC.W  IVMn^ST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

L'JHV.)    Vi-rnon    -\ve.,    Chl<\igo,    Illlnola 

MTiS.    A.    G.    r.KSTMP..    Uhj.  ;i;;.i.    Pn  siil-nt  MRS.   .T.    N.    CROUSE.    Honorary    President 

MRS.    <;.    W.    CO  I.  KM  A. v.    n...«*i..i!.    1st    V.    Prrn.  MRS.    K  AT  HER  IN  B     S.     WESTFALL,     Chicago. 

MRS.    r,.    A.    <'RAX1).\LL.    Minn.-a  jj.li^.    IM    V.    T».  «'orr.    Si-i.-'y 

MRS.   T.    S.    TO.MPKINS,    I'asa.l.ii  1.    ;'..l    V.    I'ns  MRS.    A.    E.    REYNOLDS.    Chicago,    Field    Sec'y 

Ml:S.    1:.    C.    MAliSHALL.    Chicago.    Treasurer 

WOMA.VS  BAPTIST  EOREIGN  MISSI().\ARY  SOCIETY 

Ford  UulldlnB.  Ho.slon.  Mass. 
MRS.  M.  G.  ED.MANDS.  Pr.sJrlcnt  MIS.S  H.  F.  ELLIS.  IlomcSee'y 

MRS.   H.  <J.  S.\FIX)UI>.  PorelBn  Sor'y  MRS.  (\  A.  UOHIXSGN.  Flelil  Sec'y 

MISS  ALICE  E.  STEDMAN.  Trea.surer 


WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MLSSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WEST 

45U  E.  30tb  St..  Cblcago 
ANDREW  MacLEISH.  President.  MISS  MARY  EL  ADKINS.  Foreign  Seo'y. 

iCARaiE  £.  PEKRINE.  Home  SoCy.  MISS  ELLA  D.  MacLAURIN.  Oeol  FMId  Se^y. 

UBS.  KEMFSTEB  B.  MILLER.  Treasurer. 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 

FOHD  HUIl.DlNr,.  MOSTOX.  MASSACIIUSKTIS 

Generml  Olflc«m 

CoRNTMrS  WOKLFKIX.  D.D..  N>w  York.  lit.*.       THOMAS  S.   KAUHOl'K.  D.D..  Foroiim  See'y. 
I.   W.  CAKIMINIKK.  Nj-Ii..  Nt   \  i.t-PivH.  FKKI>  V.   IIA(illAHl).   i).l>..  Home  Secy. 

(;i:n.  C.   Wnir.SKV.  Mu.***..  J.i  \  ict-Prfj*.  (JKO.   K   HI'NTINCTON.  AMi»tant  Sec'y. 

AM)HI:VV  MMLi:isn.  in..  :i<l  \  ii-«>-I'ri>:4.  Ki:v.  STA('V   K.  WAKHUH'lUN,  AMiatantSec'y. 

<  ;i:u.  li.  HLN  riNiiTON.  Ma-w,..  U.-«onliiiK  Sft'y.  t'HAS.  \V.  PKKKIXS.  Treasurer 

filstriot  Secretaries 

NKW  i:\<;i.AM)       \V.   i:.   Whtik.  D.D..  LAKK       K.   W.  LouNHrrRv.  D.D.. 

Full]  hiiiMiiiK.  hoMoii.  Mu^>M.  tto  S<».  IVnrbuni  Stn>et.  Chirajso.  lU. 

NKW    \•^ll\\        Kfv.  Aimirii  L.  Snkix.  (TONTUAL     -  Hk.nky   Wii.i.iamh.  U.D., 

\!.\  '>i>f  lNviIi  .<tr«"«'t.  .Ni'w  York.  -WiA  Vt'ini  HuiliiiiiK.  lies  Moines.  la. 

snr  rm;.\srKi{N    -  lu-v.  Fuvnks.  dohhink.  sr)rTH\VRSTi:u.s      i.  n.  (Yakk,  d.d.. 

1701  ('h«'sinut  Str«*«>t.  lMiil.'i<l('l|)lii:i.  I'li.  til4  .MuHKi('hii?«iMt«  Huildiiiic.  Kuiiaaa  City,  3lo. 

FAC'IFIC        Utv.  A.   W.   Kii»KR.  «Mm  Hn>iulw:iy,  Uaklaml.  C'al. 

Joint  Dlffrlct  8«oretarl«a:  Home  and  Forvlni 

K.\N.\\\  HA        Kkv.  JtiiiN  S.  Sn  MP.   D.D..  WAIUSH        H»;v.  S.  V.  FrLMER. 

170.1  S-vrntfNMitli  Stni-l.  1*     kcrfburij;,  W.  Va.  17.*1X  Kiirkle  Stnn^t.  IiiflL'tnapoli<«.  Ind. 

nllH)        Kiv.  T.  <;.  FiKi.i..  SUFKKIOK  -     Fu.ank  Pktkrson.  D.D.. 

(:r:iii\ill<v  Ohio.  407  Kv.iiiston  Huiltlinc.  MinnrapoliH.  Minn. 

Yi:i.LO\VSn)NF  —  ('.  A.  Cook.  D.D..  l.V)3  Miwion  Ave.  Spoknm*.  WjwhinKttm. 

MIS.-iOlKl    i.<p.Mi;il    Di!«trirt)        Hi  v.   H.   K.  Trpfx.   D.D..   Mptropf»liiiui  HiiiMinjt.  St.  I^.ui».  Mo. 

NKKKASK.X   (Sp<Miil  Di-.tricti        Kiv.   Wilson  .Mii.ij*.   D.D. 

AMERICAN  HAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

23  EAST  2r>TH  STitEKT.  NEW  YORK 

Ctoneral  OIBoers 

FIM:D  a.   WF.I.LS.   lllinoi.M.  PrcHiih-nt 
D    K    KDW.\IU>S.  C'llii..  lit  V«-<*-rrc8. 
<'.  C.    h.Vinn  .   Mass.lM  Vire-I»rw. 

CH.XS.   I.   I.KWIS.  Ohio.  ;jil  Vi l»n*.-«. 

L.  ('.   BARNES.  D.D..  New  York.  Fit-M  Socy 

Cieueral  Superintendent  a 

srPKinNTI'.NDKNT  OF  KDrc'ATlON    -  (;eoiigk  1».\('IF1('  l'<J.\ST  —  (\  A.  Wooddt.  D.D..  308  Y.M. 

Sm.  .  D.D..  107  Fnrk  St..  AiImiiIm.  {\ii.  C.  A.  HuihlinK.  Portland. 

('I:M  KAL   DI\  ISI(»N        D.  D.  Punpiu.  D.D..  429  FOUKICN     POIH'I.ATIONS  —   Rkv.     Jamka     M. 

Oiii:ili:i  Natl  Hank  UuihliiiK.  Omaha.  Neh.  HHr«K.  -J'A  E.  2»ith  St..  Seve  York. 

SOITIIWKSTKRN  —Kkv.  »un  k  Kix.nky.  Topeka,  THE  (JER.MANS        Rkv.  t;.  A.  S<  iivi.tk. 

Kaiis.  .|1«»  So.  Belmont  Ave..  Newark.  N.J. 

District  Secretaries 

NEW  ENCLAND-  -  Kkv.  Jamkj<  E.  Nor<  Roiw*.  Forxl       CilK'AdO  —  Kkv.  J.  Y.  AiTcnisoN.  D.D..  440  So. 

B»iil<hii«.  Iiu0ton.  MuHM.  De!irlH)rn  St..  ('liiea«o. 

NEW   '^  oI?K  —  Kkv.  F.  H.  Divink,  2A  E.  2»ith  St..       CESTKAI.        D.  D.  Prcipkr.  D.D..  Om.ilia. 

N"'«   Vo,k.  SOITIIWESTEKN  —  Rkv.  Kurr  k  Kix.nky,  Topeka. 

SOl!lli:.\sri;KN   -  Kkv.     .I\mkh    A.     Maxwki.l.  KanMs. 

1/ni  (  h<'>.triiit  St..  PhihulHphia. PACIFIC^        Kkv.  A.  M.  Pftty.  Log  Angcleii.  Cal. 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION  SOCIETY 

1701  riiixiNrr  street.  Philadelphia 

iaoneral  OtHcers 

W.   HOWARD  DOANE.  Ohio.  Pnslih'Mt  ,».  (J.   WALKER.   D.D..  KeoonlinK  .*:MH'iviarv 

IH)N.    K.    S.    CMNCH.    New    York,    l.-t    Yi«•l■-P^.^.        R.  (J.  SEYMOIK.   D.D..   Miss  v  ami  Mihle  Hcc'y 
FI!ANK  SIKnNC.   LI,.D..  l'imI   Virr-Pn,*.  KEY.   HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH.   AisBt.  8ec*y 

A.  .1.    Ut)\M,AND.    D.D..   LL.D..  S-rntary  11.  S.   HOPPER.  Treasurer. 

District  Secretaries 

NfciW  ENGLAND — Rkv.  CiUT  C.  Lamson,  MIDDLE  WEST — T.  I^  Kbdcax,  D.D.* 
ir.  A8hl>urt<jn  Placo,  Boaton.  Mass.  KW  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

NEW   YORK — W.  W.    Pb.\tt.  D.D..  WESTERN — Rkv.  Job  P.  Jacobs, 

•2:\   Kutit  mUh  Strot^t.   Now  York.  627  W.  SOth  St.,  Kanaas  City,  Mo. 

MIDIH.R— R»:v.  S.  O.  Neil.  8UPT.   OF  WORK   AMONG  THE   NBQROBS: 
1701  Ch-atnut  St..  l^hlladelphla.  8.  N.  Vass,  D.D.,   Raleigh,  N.   C. 

BArTIST  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  FOR  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

Rev.    JOHN    M.    MOOItE,   (?enoral   Sfcretory,    Ford  Building,    Boston 


WOMAN'S  AMERICAN  HAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

2900   Vernon  Ave.,    Chicago,    Illinois 

MRS.   A.   G.   LESTER,  ChlcaR.^.   Pr-sliLnt  MRS.  .1.    N.    CROl'SE.    Honorary   President 

MH...   G.    W.    COLKMAN,    DoMt-.n.    1st    V.    Prvs.  MRS.   KATII BRINE     S.     WESTFAL.U     Chlca«Oi 

MRS.    li.   A.   ('RANDALL.   MInii.apoIis.   2d  V.   P.  r'l.rr.    Ser.-y 

MRS.   T.   S.   TOMPKINS.  Pasadina.   lUl   V.    Proa.  MRS.  A.    E.    REYNOLDS,    Chicago,    Field    Bec'y 

MRS.   E.   C.   MARSHALL,   Chicago,   Treasurer 


WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Ford  Building,  Boston.  Mass. 
MRS.  M.  O.  EDMANDS.  Proaldont  MISS  H.  F.  ELLIS.  IlomrSoc'y 

MRS.  H.  G.  8AFFORD,  Foreign  Sec' y  MRS.  C.  A.  ROIilNSON.  Fldd  Sec'y 

MISS  ALICE  E.  STEDMA.N.  Treasurer 

WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WEST 

450  E.  30th  St..  Chicago 
NDRPZW  MACliELSH.  Presiilent.  MISS  MARY  E.  ADKINS,  Foreign  860*7. 

T.  CRANE.  Rec.  Sec'y.  MISS  ELLA  D.  M4Cl«AURIN.  QsdI 

MBa  KEMPSTER  B,  MTLLKR.  TTessurw. 


AMERICAN   BAPTIST   FOREIGN    MISSION   SOCIETY 

FORD  BUILDING,   BOSTON,    MASSACHUSETTS 

General    Officers 
E.   B.  BRYAN.  LUD..  New  York.  President  REV.  C.  A,  WALKER.  Penn..  Recording  Secretary 

I.    W.    CARPENTER,    Neb.,    lat    Vice-Prea.  THOMAS   S.    BARBOUR.    D.D..    Forei«rn  Sec'y 

GEO.  C.   WHITNEY,   Mass..   2d  Vlce-Pres.  FRED   P.    HAGGARD.    D.D.,    Home  Sec'y 

ANDREW   MacLEISH,    111..   3d  Vlce-Pre*.  CHAS.    W.    PERKINS,    Treasurer 

District  Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND — W.   E.   Witter.   D.D.,  LAKE— E.   W.    Lounsburt.   D.D., 

Ford    BulUllnjf.    Boston,    Mass.  324  Dearborn  Street,   Chicago,   IIL 

NEW  YORK — Rev.  Charles  L.  Rhoadbs.  CENTRAL — Henry  Williams,   D.D., 

23   East  20th   Street,   New  York.  424  Utica  Building,  Des  Moines.   la. 

SOUTHEASTERN— Rev.  Frank  S.  Dodbins,  SOUTHWESTERN— I.    N.   Clark,   D.D.. 

1701   Chestnut  Street.   Philadelphia.   Pa.  614  Massachusetts  Building.  Kansas  City.  Mo. 

PACIFIC — Rev.   A.   W.   Rider.  906   Broadway,"  Oakland.   CaL 

Joint  District  Secretaries:  Home  and  Foreign 

KANAWHA — Rev.   John  S.   Stump.  WABASH- Rnv.  S.   C.   Fttlmer. 

1705  Seventeenth  Street,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.  1738  Ruckle  Street.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

OHIO — Rev.   T.   G.   Field,  SUPERIOR — Frank  Peterson.  D.D.. 

Granville.   Ohio.  407  Evanston  Building.  Minneapolia  Minn. 

YRTJ.OWSTONE — C.    A.    Cook.    D  D..    150^    Mission    Ave..    Spokane.  Washington. 

MISSOURI    (Special    District) — Rev.    H.    E.  Truex,  Metropolitan  Building,  St  Louis.  Mo. 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

23   EAST  2CTH   STREET.    NEW   YORK 
General    Officers 
FRED    A.    WELLS.    Illinois.    President  II.  L.  MOREHOUSE.  D.D..  LL.D..  N.  Y..  Corr.  Sec 

B.  K.    EDWARDS.   Calif..   1st  Vlce-Pres.  W.    M.    WALKER,    D.D..    Penn.,    Recording   Sec'y 

C.  C.    BARRY.    Mass..   2d  Vlce-Pres.  C.  L.  WHITE.  D.D..  New  York.  Assoc.  Corr.  Sec'y 
CHAS.    T.    LEWIS.    Ohio,    3d    Vlce-Pres.  FRANK  T.    MOULTON.   New  York,   Treasurer 

L.  C.  BARNES,  D.D..  New  York,  Field  Sec'y 

Oenernl  Superintendents 

SUPERINTENDENT    OF    EDUCATION— Gboroi  PACIFIC  COAST— C.  A.  Wooddt,  D.D..  808  Y.  M. 

Salk.   D.D..    107  Park  St.,   Atlanta,  Ga.  C.    A.    Building.    Portland. 

CENTRAL  DIVISION— D.   D.   Proper,   D.D..    429  FOREIGN        POPULATIONS — Rev.      Jaiisa      M. 

omana  .Nat  l  Bank  Hutlding.  Omaba.  Sen  Bru(  r.   23   E.   26th   St.,   New  York. 

SOUTHWESTERN — Rev.  Brucb  Kinnet,  Topeka,  THE  GERMANS — Rev.  G.  A.  Schvlts. 

Kans.  410  So.  Belmont  Ave.,  Newark,  N.   J. 

District   Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND — Rev.  James  B.  Norcrobb.  Ford  LAKE — Rev.  J.  Y.  Aitchibon,  S24  Dearborn  St., 

Building,    Boston.   Mass.  Chicago. 

NEW   YORK— Rev.   F.   H.   Divimi,   23   B.   2eth   St.,  CENTRAT.— D.   T>.   Proper.  D.D..   Omaha. 

Now   York.  SOUTHWESTERN — Re\'.  Bruce  Kinnet.  Topeka. 
SOUTHEASTERN — Rev.  James  A.   Maxwell.   1701  Kansas. 

Chestnut  St.,   Philadelphia.  PACIFIC — Rev.   A.   M.  Petty,   Los  Angeles,  CaL 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION   SOCIETY 

1701   CHESTNUT   STREET.    PHILADELPHIA 
General    Officers 
SAMUEL    A,    CROZER.    Penn.,    President  A.   J.    ROWLAND.   D.D..    LL.D.,   Secretary 

W.    HOWARD   DOANE,   Ohio.    1st  Vlce-Pres.  J.   G.  WALKER.    D.D.,   Recording   Secretary 

W.    G.    BRIMSON.    Ills..    2nd   Vlce-Pres.  R.  G.   SEYMOUR.   D.D..  Missy  and  Bible  Sec'y 

FRANK  STRONG,    LL.D.,   3d  Vlce-Prea  REV.   HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH.  Asat,   Sec'y 

H.  S.  HOPPER,  Treasurer 

District  Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND — C.  H.  Spaldino.  D.D.,  MIDDLE  WEST— T.  L.  Ketman.  D.D., 
16  Ashburton  Place,  Boston.  Mass.  lOS  Wabash  Ave..  Chicago. 

NEW   YORK — W.   W.   Pratt,  D.D.,  WESTERN — Rev.  Joe  P.  Jacobs. 

23  East  26th  Street.   New  York.  627  W.  3'Jth  St..  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

MIDDLE — Rev.  S.  G.  Neil,  SUPT.    OF   WORK   AMONG  THE   NBOROBS  : 
1701  Chestnut  St,  Philadelphia.  8.  N.  Vabb,  D.D..  Raleigh.  N.  C. 


BAPTIST  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  FOR  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

Rev.   JOHN   M.    MOORE.   General   Secretary,    Ford  Building,    Boston 


WOMAN'S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

2909   Vernon  Ave.,    Chicago,    Illinois 

MRS.   A.   G.   LESTER,  Chicago.   President  MRS.  J.    N.    CROUSE.    Honorary    President 

MRS.   G.    W.    COLEMAN.    Boston.    1st    V.    Pres.  MRS.   KATHERINE     S.     WESTFALL.      Chicago. 

MRS.   L.  A.  CRANDALL.   Minneapolis.  2d  V.   P.  Corr.    Sec'y 

MRS.  T.  S.   TOMPKINS.   Pasadena.   3d  V.   Pres.  MRS.   A.    E.    REYNOLDS.    Chicago.    Field    Sec'y 

MRS.   E.    C.    MARSHALL.   Chicago,   Treasurer 

WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Ford  Building,  Boston.  Mass. 
MRS.  M.  G.  EDMANDS.  President  MISS  H.  F.  ELLI.S,  Home  Sec'y 

MR3.   H.  G.  SAFFORD.  Foreign  Sec'y  MRS.  C.  A.  ROBINSON.  Field  Sec'y 

MISS  ALICE  K  STEDMAN,  Treasurer 


WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OF  THE  WEST 

450  E.  30th  St..  Chicago 
ANDREW  MacLEISH.  President.  MISS  MARY  E.  ADKINS.  Foreign  Seo*y. 

'^ IE  £.  PERBINB.  Home  Sec'y.  MISS  ELLA  D.  MacLAURIN.  GflDl  Field  SeCy 

MBB.  SEMPSTSa  B.  MILLER.  Treasurer.  ' 


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AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 

FOUD  liUILDIXG.  lU^STON,  MAriSACIlUSETlS 

General  Officers 

CORNELIUS  WOELFKIN'.  T).D..  N.-w  York.  IVea.       TlloM.\S  S.  BARBOUR,  D.D..  Foreign  See'y. 
I.  W.  ("AKPEXTEK.  Ncl)..  l^t  Vi«M«-l*rfH.  FRED  P.  HA(.i(JARl).  D.D.,  Home  Sec'y. 

(JED.  ('.  WIIITNEV.  M:i«.   lM  Vir.-lVts.  GEO.   i*.  IIUNTINCJTON.  Assutant  Sec'y. 

ANDREW  M.uLEISII.  111..  :M  Vir^-Pn-s.  REV.  STACY  R.  WARUURTON.  Aaustant See'y. 

GEO.  H.  HUNTINGTON .  Ma**..  Rctordiug  S«<'y.  CHArf.  W.  PERKINS,  Tranmirer 

Pistrlvt  Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND— W.  E.  WrrrKR,  D.D..  CENTKAL— Henry  Williamb.  D.D.. 

F(irii  HuildiiiK.  Ho»toii.  Miiw.  424  Utioa  Building,  Des  Moines,  la. 

NEW  VOKK— Kkv.  AiiTiiUK  L.  Snkll,  SOUTHWEriTEKN  —  I.  N.  Clark,  D.D.. 

23  EaHt  2(ith  Street.  New  Yiirk.  (tU  MaxMirhiuettfl  Building.  Kaims  City.  Mo. 

SOUTH E.ASTERN  -  -  Rkv.  Frank  S.  DonHiNP,.  FACIFIC  —  Rkv,  A.  W.  Ridkr. 

1701  Cheetuut  Street.  Philiuioiphia.  Va.  0<>0  Broadway.  Oakland,  GaL 

Joint  I>lstrlct  8«oretariea:  Home  and  Foreign 

KANAWHA  — John  S.  Stimp.  D.D..  LAKE  — J.  Y.  Arrtiiufton,  D.D.. 

1700  Seventeoiith  Street   ParkerabuTh,  W.  Va.  440  So.  Dearborn  St.  Chicago,  111. 
OHIO— Rkv.  T.  G.  Fikld,                                               BUPEKIoR  —  Frank  Pfteh»on    D.D., 

(imnville.  Ohio.  407  Evannton  Buildinij,  Minneapolia,  lUnn. 

WAB.VSH  -  Kkv.  S.  C.  Fijlmkr.  YELLOWSTONE  — C.  A.  Cook.  D.D., 

17'i«  Ruckle  Street,  Indianapolis.  Ind.  l.VW  Mi88ion  Ave.,  Spokane,  Waah. 
MISSOURI   (Sperial   District) — H.  E.  Trurx.  D.D  .   Metropolitan  Building.  St.  I^ouia.  Mo. 
NEBRASKA  (Specid  Districts —Wii^on  Millh.  D.D..  Omaha  Nat'l  Bank  Building.  Om^ha. Keb. 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIEIT 

23  EAST  26TH  STREI"!'.  NEW  YORK 

General  Officers 

FRED  A.  WELI«^.  Illinois.  President  li.  L.  .MOREHOUSE,  D.D..  LL.D..  N.Y'..  Con-.  8ee>. 

D.  K.  EDW.XRDS.  (^alif..  Ist  Vice-Pre«.  W.  M.  WALKER,  D.D.,  Penn..  ReconiingSec'y. 

C.  C.   BARRY.  MaHH..  2d  Vice-Pros.  C.  L.  WHITE,  D.D.,  New  York,  Asioc.  Corr   Seo'y. 

CHAS.  T.  LEWIS.  Ohio.  3d  Vic<vPreB.  FRANK  T.  MOULTON,  New  York,  Tre.'wurer. 

L.  C.  BARNF-S.  D.D.,  New  York.  Field  Sec'y 

Creneral  Superintendents 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  EDUCATION  —  (;K<)u«iK  PACit  i(>'  COAST  — C.  A.  Wooddt,  D.D.,  306  Y-M. 

SAL^:.  D.I)..  107  Park  St..  Atlanta,  (ia.  C.  .\.  Building.  Portland. 

CENTRAL  DIVISION --D.  D.  Pr«h-kr.  D.D..  429  FOREIGN     POPULATIONS  —  Rev.     Jamks    M. 

Omaha  Natl  itank  Building.  Omaha.  Neh.  Bkucr.  23  E.  f2f}th  St..  New  York. 

SOUTHWICSTERN  —  Rkv.  Bruce  Kinnky,  Toi>eka.  THE  (lERMANS  —  Rev.  G.  A.  Schultb. 

Kans.  410  So.  Belmont  Ave..  Newark.  N.J. 

District  Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND  —  Rev.  Jameb  E.  Norcrohm.  Ford  CMCXTR  AL  —  D.  D.  Proprr.  D.D.. 

Ruililiiig.  Boston,  Mas8.  420  Omaha  Nat'l  Bank  Building,  Omaha, 

NEW   \  ORK  —  Rkv.  F.  H.  Divine,  23  E.  2»ith  St.,  SOUTIIWIOSTERN  — Rkv.  Bruce  KiNNKT.TopdEa, 

New  ^ork.  K.inH!is. 

SorrilK.VS'l'KRN  —  Ri:v.    .Tamkh    A.    Maxwell,  PACIFU^  —  Rev.  A.  M.  Pfttt, 

1701  OhcHtiiiit  St..  Phibuielphia.  Ijoh  An(;eleH,  California. 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICATION  SOCIETY 

1701  CHESTNUT  STREET.  PHILADELPHIA 

General  Officers 

W.  HOWARD  DOANE.  Ohio.  President  J.  (J.   WALKER.  D.D..  Recording  Secretary 

HON.    E.    S.   (^LINCII.    New    York.    1st   Vice-Prea.        R.  G.  SEY.MOUR.  D.D..  Mis.Vv  and  Bible  Sec*y 
FRANK  STRON(J,  LL.D..  2nd  Vice-Pre.8.  REV.  HOWARD  W'AYNE  SMITH,  Aflst.  8ec*y 

A.  J.  ROWLAND,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Secretary  H.  S.  HOPPER.  Treaaurcr. 

District  Secretaries 

NbW  ENGLAND — Rev.  Gut  C.  Lamson,  MIDDLE  WEST — ^T.  Ij.  KarxAir.  DlDi.. 

16  Ashburton  Place.  Boston.  Mass.  IdH  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

NEW  YORK — ^W.  W.   Fa  ATT.   D.D..  WESTERN — Rkt.  Jos  P.  jAix>Ba. 

23  East  2Ath  Street,   New  York.  627  W.  80th  St,  Kansas  City.  Mo. 

MIDDT.E— Rev.  S.  O.  Neil,  BUPT.   OF  WORK   AMONG  THB  NaQROMit 

1701  Chestnut  St..  Philadelphia.  B,  N.  Vabs,  D.D.,  Raleigh.  N.  C 

BAPTIST  FORWARD  MOVEMENT  FOR  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

Rev.   JOHN   M.    MOORE.   General   Secretary,   Ford  Building,   Boston 

WOMAN'S  AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

2000   Vornon  Ave.,    Chicago,   Illinois 

MRS.  A.  O.  LESTER,  Chicago.  President  MRS.  J.   N.    GROUSE.   Honorary  President 

MRS.  O.    W.    COLEMAN.    Bosti.n.    Ist    V.    Prcs.  MRS.   KATHERINE     S.     .WB8TFAL.U     ChicagSi 

MRS.  U  A.  CRANDALL.   Minneapolis.  2d  V.  P.  Corr.   Sec'y 

MR&  T.  &  TOMPKINS.  Pasadena.  3d  V.   Pres.  MRS.  A.    E.    REYNOLDS,   Chicago^   Field   Bec'y 

MRS.  E.   C.   MARSHALL,  Chicago,  Treasurer 

WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 

Ford  Building.  Boston.  Maos. 
ifwr  M.  a  EDlfANDS,  Prestdent  MISS  H.  F.  ELLIS.  HomeSeCy 

MBS.  B.  a  BAFFORD.  Foreign  See'j  MRa  C.  A.  ROBINSON.  Fldd  Seo'y 

^^  MISS  ALICE  E  8TEDMAN.  Treasurer 


WOMAN'S  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY  OP  THE  WEST 

460  EL  80th  St.  Chicago 
MB8.  ANDREW  MacLEISH.  President.  MISS  MART  E.  ADKINSu  Foreign  Sss'y. 

*'98L  H.  T.  GBANE.  Reo.  Seo'y.  MISS  ELLA  D.  MaoLAUBIN.  Qein  Vkid  8s^. 

^^  MBA.  SKMESTEB  B»  MILLER.  Tnssunr.  ' 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  FOREIGN  MISSION  SOCIETY 

FOKD  HUlLDlXi;.  lU)STOX.  M.V,<SAC11USE'1TS 

Cieiieral  Ottlcem 
CORNELirS  WOKLKKIN.  D.D..  N«*w  Yc.rk.  IVt-s.        liloMAS  S.  HARBOUR.  D.D..  Foreign  Bee'y. 
1.  W.  CAKI»KNTI:K.   SVh..  Isi  Vioo-l'n«M.  Vni'A)  \\   MMidAHD.  D.l)..  Home  Sec^. 

(JEO.  ('.   WIllT.NKV.  Mass..  lM  Viro-rivs.  CKO.  H.  Hl'N'l  ISinoX.  AMimant  Hec'y. 

AN1>HKW  Ma.LKISII.  111..  .M  \  Ut'-rns.  KKV.  STACY    R.  W  AR  BURTON,  AMUtant  Bcc'y. 

(JKO.  B.  HTNTINt  ;toN.  M:iiis..  Rr<w.iiiiK  Srr'y.  1.'1L\S.  W.  PKRKIXS,  Treasurer 

District  Secretarieii 

NEW  F.XCI.ANI)  — W.  F.  Witikk.  I).I>..  I'KM  K.VL  —  Hknry  WiLMAJna.  D.D., 
Ford  BiiiMiiiK.  Bo.xttiii.  M:ix«.  \'2\  L'tira  Building;.  Ues  Moines,  la. 

NEW   YOIJK        Kkv.  Aitriuic   L.  Snki.i,.  SOUTIIWESTKRX  —  1.  N.  (^lark,  D.D.. 

'J'.i  Knut  '2*\t\\  Strti't.  Xi'w  York.  (il  1  MassMcliutu'tti*  Biiiliiing.  Kanaaa  City,  Moi. 

SOUTH EASTKllX     -  lUv.  Fuwk  S.  1)«ihbi\h.  1»A('1FU'  —  Kkv.  A.  W.  Riukr. 
1701  aie»tiiut  StrwM.  IMiiln.lrlplna.  I'a.  1KJ»*>  BrcKulway.  Oakland.  Cal. 

Joint  IMiitrlrt  Secrotarien:  Home  and  Foreiffii 

KANAWHA  — .Tons  S.  Siimi-.   l).i>..  LAKE     -J.  Y.  ArroiiHON.  D.D.. 

1700  Sovi'iit«'«-iith  Str»'<'l,  I'arkerHlmrg.  W.Va.  UO  So.  Dearhorii  St..  ChicaKO.  III. 
OHB)— Kiv.  T.  (;.  ViKUt,                                                SUPERIOR        Fh\nk  rKTEKHOM.  D.IX, 

CiRiiivillo,  Ohio.  407  Evanston  Buildini;,  Minneapolis,  llinn. 

WAB.\SII    -  Rkv.  S.  (\  Fri.MKH.  YELLOWSTONE  —  C.  A.  (-ook.  U.D., 

17iiS  Hiirklo  StnMM,  liiiiijiiiapoljji.  Tnd.  1  .'iO.'i  M innioii  Ave.,  Spokane.  Wash. 

MlS.soriM    (Spo<ial   Distrirt  ^  —  H.   E.  Trukx.  D.I)..  MoiroiM>litan  BiiildiiiK.  St.  l^iuis.  Mo. 
NEBRASKA  (Sprriul  Distrirt^  -   Wn.soN  Mii.i.».   I).l>..  Omaha  Xat'I  Bank  Building.  Omaha.  Neb. 

Si'KriAL  Joint  Si.c'y  of  thk  Cknkkal  -Scx-iktiks.  A.  W.  Anth<int.  D.D..  T^eii'iflton.  Me. 

AMERICAN  BAPTIST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

23  EAST  2f)TH  STREET.  NEW  YORK 

General  Officers 

FRED  A.  WELT>».  IlIinoiB.  Pro«idont                                H.  L.  MOREHOUSE.  D.D..  LL.D..  N.Y..  Corr.  See'y. 
D.   K.  KDW.VKDS.  Calif.,  lut  Viro-Prea.  *'^'    *'     "■*iit.'i.M>     i»i*     « i> 1:^-.  ^_... 

V.  C.   BARRY.  MaHs..LM  Vici^i'ria. 
CHAS.  T.  LEWIS.  Ohio.  M  Vii-t-Pro». 

L.  C.  BARXFJ5.  D.D..  New  York.  Fiehl  Sec'y 

General  Superintendents 

SUPEIUXTEXDENT  OF  EDL'(^\TIOX  -  -  Okokuk  rAClKlC  COAST  —  C.  A-  Wooddy.  D.D..  308  Y.  BI. 

Sai.k.  D.D..  107  Park  St..  Atlanta,  (ia.  C.  A.  BiiildiniE.  Portland. 

CEXTKAL  DIVISION        D.  D.  Ph.)i»kk.  D.D.,  429  FOREBJX     POPULATIONS  —  Hkv.     James     M. 

Omaha  Natl  Bank  Buihlint;.  Omalia.  Neb.  Buimk.  23  E.  2Gth  St..  New  York. 

SOU  TH  WES  TERN  —  Rkv.  Bkucb  Kin.nky.  Topeka,  THE  <  iERM  ANS  —  Rkv.  O.  A.  Sc-hdx.tr. 

K.ina.  410  So.  Belmont  Ave.,  Newark,  N.J. 

•                                                          I>lstrlct  Secretaries 

NEW  ENCJLAXD  —  Rkv.  Jamkh  E.  Noiiru»i.sK,  Fonl  CEN  PK  AL  -  D.  D.  Propkr.  D.D.. 

Bniliiiiiu;.  Bo.stoii.  Ma.ss.  429  Omaha  Nat  1  Bank  Buildine.  Omaha. 

XEW   M)KK  —  Ri.v.  F.  H.  Divink.  23  E.  2r.th  St.,  SOUTHWESTERN  —  Rkv.  Bruck  Kinnkt.IV 

Nt*\v  \'ork  Jv'inH'is 

SOI'IJIE.XSTEKN  — Rkv.    Jami  «    A.     Maxwkll,  P.\C1FIC  —  Rkv.  A.  M.  Pkity. 

1701  ('hfHtmit  St..  Philaih'Ipliia.  Los  .\njrok-s.  (-alifornia. 


W.  M.  WALKER.  D.D..  Penn.,KeconlinB  Sec'y. 
C.  L.  WHITE.  D.D..  New  York,  Assoc.  Oorr.  Sec'y. 
FRANK  T.  MOULTON,  New  York.  Troasuier. 


AMERICAN  BAPTIST  PUBLICAl  ION  SOCIETY 

1701  CHi:STNUr  STREET.  PHILADELPHIA 

General  Officers 

W.   HOW-ARD  I>OANE.  Ohio.  Pronid^'nt  .1.  (i.  WAT^KER.  D.D..  Recordine  Seei 

HON.    E.   S.   CLINCH.   Now   York.    1st    Vict-Prt's.        U.  (J.  SEY.MOUR,  D.D..  Miss'y  and  Bible  £lee*y 
FB.VNK  SIKONC.  LL.D..  L>n.i   Virp-Pn-s.  KEY.   HOWARD  WAYNE  SMITH.  Asst.  See'y 

A.  J.   liOWL.VND.  D.D..  LL.D..  S.rivtary  H.  S.   HOPPER.  Treasurer. 

District  Secretaries 

NEW  ENGLAND  — Rr.v.  OnY  C  Lam»«»n,  MIDDLE  WF-ST  —  T.  L.  Ketman,  D.D., 
1(>  Ashhurtoii  Plarc,  Boston,  M.mss.  1().S  Waluuth  Ave..  Cliiraf;o. 

NEW   YORK        W.   W.  Pu^tt.  D.D.,  WIOSTERN  —  Rkv.  Joe  P.  Jacobs, 
23  llast  2Hth  Strct't.  Now  ^'t»rk.  027  W.  .39th  St..  Kan&is  City.  Mo. 

MIDDLi:-  -  lii.v.  S.  (;.  Ni;ii,.  SUI»T.  OF  WORK  AMON(;  THE  NEXIROES: 
J70I  Chostnut  St.,  Phila.h'lphiii.  S.  N.   Varm,  D.D..  Raleigh.  N.C. 

WOMAN'S  AMERICAN  B.\P'11ST  HOME  MISSION  SOCIETY 

2Utiy  Vernon  Ave.,  Cliirago,  Illinuia 

MRS.  A.  O.  LESTER.  ChiraL'o.  Pnsidont  MHS.  J.  N.  CROUSE.  Honorary  President 

MBS.  O.   W.  COLEMAN.  Bo.ston.  ]^t  V.  Prfs.  MRS.    KATHERIXE    8.    WtaTFALL.    Chkaoo. 
MRS.  L.  A.  CKANDALL.  Minmapolis.  iM  V.  Pro.s.  Corr.  Sc<''v  — — 

MKS.  T.  S.  TOMPKINS.  Pa.s:id»Mm.  :^.l  V.  Pros.  MBS.   A.  E.  REYNOLUS.  Chicago,  Field  Hco*y 

MUS.  E.  C.  MARSHALL.  Clikago.  1  ruasurir  MISS  FUANCI'>3  M.  SCHUYLEii,  Editorial  8eo'y 

Dlixtrlct  Secretaries 

NEW  EXC.L.\*N  1 )  —  Mirt.-^  May  Ht-stun.  Ford  iiuU.l-  Mil )DLE  WEST— 

iii^.  Boston.  Ma<-«. 

MIDDLE    sr.VrE-S  — Mus.    Rkuui  v    Mai'i.ksi>kn.  PACIFIC^   CO.VST— Mi»s  Carrie  O.  MiLuaPACOB 

4114  Pine  StreiM.  Phila<lelpliia.  Pa.  3ii8  Y'.  M.  C.  A.  Building.  Portland.  Uie. 

BAPTIST  FORWARD  M()V1:MI:XT  FoR  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

Rkv.  JOHN  M.  MOORE,  C.eneral  Sooittary,  Ford   Buailing.  Boston 


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MONTHLV,    GOOD   WORK,  AND   TIDINGS 

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CONTENTS  FOR  DECEMBER,  1911 


Cbrutmsi  all  the  Ycur 

Send  the  Glad  TidiDo 

Hiasuiiar  Up  ID  (b«  An 

Two  Ye.n  Old ; 

GEHEBAL: 

Ilia  Lalelt  from  Cbiu  —  T.  3.  Bu- 

bout,  D.D : 

LUtar  from  ChniEtu,  Wot  CbiDa  — 

Rev.  Jowph  Tiiflof : 

Tlis  Conflict   IB  CtuDB  —  Rev.   Tobn 

H.  Detnina I 

A  Geauine  iDdiaa  Camp  Heetiofl  — 

Ctiu.  L.  WMIE,  D.D I 

DavoUoiuI I 

Impreniooi  a<  ■  If«w  Mia^onsry  ^ 

SeT.  Earl  H.  Crcur I 

The  Lake  Hahoak  ConleieDce   ...     I 
Echoea    from    Eulein    Cuba  ^  Rev. 

Juan  McCarlhv I 

A  Ten  TbouBaod  Mils  Tom  —  R.  G. 

Seymour,  D.D I 

CbriMniai    in    Burma  —  A.    W.   An- 

thaoT,  D.D I 

The  Hon  Ileal  Caflvention  of  Canadian 

Bapliiu 1 

Oi>enin|  of  Home  Hiiaioa  ScbCHila  .    .     I 
A  WoouiQ'e  Plea  for  Dnion  —  Mn.  J. 

C.  TJton      I 

Wonuio't   Cliriilmaa  (poem)  —  Lucy 

Larcom I 

THE  BAPTIST  LAYMEICS  UOVEMEKT: 
The  EveiT-Hember  Canvao  —  V,  T. 

SlacUiDuie.  D.D I 

Tlie  Source  ol  InteUigence I 

WOXAR-S  WORK  IH  HOME  HISSIORS: 
NalH  from  Our  Uinion  Fieldi  ...  I 
Hiitoiy  aod  Obiecl  ol  tbe  Baby  Band.      I 

YouOE  Womea'B  Sociede* I 

The  UiuionaryTiainini  School      .    .     I 

Work«»'  Departnieal I 

BAPTIST  FORWARD  HOVEHEHT: 
TaldDf  II  Serioudy I 


MESSAGES  FROH  THE  WORLD  FIELD; 
Student  Gatbehoi  at  Andover.    .    .    .     a54 

From  the  Far  Uodi 855 

Prom  (he  Home  Landii 858 

Chapel  Car  and  Colpotter 860 

THE  JUmORS 862 

Echoei  from  the  Oriental  Preoa  .    .    .  86i 

THE  BOOK  TABLE: 

Revlewi  and  Hinoni  in  the  Haiadnei  865 

Program  tor  Uiuionanr  HceUac    .    .  867 

PIKAHCIAL  STATEMEKTS 868 

INDEX  FOR  1911 869 

aLDSTRATIOnS: 

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ADVISORY  editorial  BOARD 

In  North  America 

Rev.  Professor  Harlan  P.  Bbach 

Rev.  Professor  Thomas  Kilpatrick.  D.D. 

Silas  McBbb 

Pres.  W.  Douglas  Mackbnzib.  D.D. 

John  R.  Mott,  LL.D. 

RoBBRT  B.  Spbbr.  D.D. 

Rev.  Canon  L.  Norman  Tuckbr,  D.C.L. 

In  Great  Britain 

Rev.  Princioal  W.  F.  Adbnbt   D.D. 
Marshall  Broomball.  B.A. 
Right  Rev.  Thb  Bishop  op  Down 
Rev.  Professor  G.  G.  Findlay.  D.D. 
Rev.  W.H.  Frbrb,  D.D. 
Rev.  Professor  H.  A.  A.  Kbnnbdt.  D.D. 
Rev.  Professor  W.  P.  Patbrson,  D.D. 
Hiss  A.  H.  Small 
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