The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-01
HISTORY or MISSION ENrRRpRIsEs


connected with the following churches;
Presbyterian Church Of Canada, United
Presbyterian Church in the United States,
Reformed Dutch Church, Reformed Pres.
byterian Church, General Synod, Asso
ciate Reformed Church, Presbyterian
Church OF the North and Presbyterian
Church OF the South. A summary OF the
statistics submitted In the report may be
thus stated: Missionaries in the field, 195;
native missionaries, 1856; native licentiates
and preachers, los; medical missionaries
and teachers, llS; American women con.
nected with missions, 266; native teachers
and bible readers, S94; COMMITMENTS,
1881; scholars in boarding schools, 1901 ;
scholars in day schools l2,9S7.
DR.. Wilson proposed that the mission.
aries should go forward .as evangelists in
establishing churches, ordaining min
listers and organizing Presbyteries. DR..
Lowrie, while admitting the utility OF the
proposition remarked that II he entertain.
ed a belief In such powers as that oi an in.
diyidual Presbytery ordaining a minister,
he would go into the Episcopal church
where such ordinations are governed by
carefully drawn rules and the canons have
no need Of being left to the dissection OF
individual Presbyteries. Rev. Hutton
presented q resolution setting forth that
the Council would consider Ii timely and
proper for the various churches represent
ed In the alliance, TO take such action as
may seem best TO the various churches,
looking to closer union OF their respect.
i've missionary organizations for greater
cooperation in the practical work Of the
mission field, The resolution was re-
ferred to the Business Committee.
John Hanson, OF Antrim, Ireland, pre-
sided at the afternoon session. In paper
on
TRAINING OF CANDIDATES FOR HEMINIsTRY,
Rev. Herrick johnson, D. D., OF Chicago,
the methods Of filling the pulpit
with a strong ministry. Many men who
ought to be out OF the ministry, he said,
are in 1t, while men Of imperfection will
of course slip through despite the utmost
care; but as little imperfection as possible
should be allowed to go through. Among
the lines drawn by the speaker were the
following;
First-The Church must have more
profound spirituality in another than a
spiritual sense. Itmay be said "like peo.
pie like priest" Then there must be some
prevalent, deep conviction that call to
the ministry is directly and decidedly from
God, and that it is Christs exclusive pre-
rogative and privilege to call and send by
a rnapanaa1k ~ tho uol, Sn;nik Nann
should enter the ministry who feel they
can stay out, and II the Church would
have proper government OF her ministers
she must pray for them The supply ol
ministers Is not matter OF market meas
uring. The cry OF
"Too MANY MINISTER'S"
Is preposterous. This Is a matter Of Gods
law, not OF arithmetic. DR.. johnson, In
concluding his paper, also said that the
time had come for the Church TO qualify
scholarship and disgrace illiteracy in the
ministry,
Rev. Dr. ]. Marshall Lang, OF Glasgow,
followed with q paper on "Church Order
and Life" in which he considered the re.
lation OF order to lie in general, and es'
pecially the relation Of ecclesiastical order
to the spiritual lie Of Christians. The
essay was a plea for high Intellectual cnl.
ture for the strengthening OF the Presby.
terian ministry apart from the regular du.
ties OF the pastorate. In discussing the
subject, Rev. DIR. Calderwood took Issue
with DR.. johnson, and said:
1.-THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND
"does apply to the supply Of candidates
for the ministry, aud 1t will continue tc
so apply, do or say what you will" DR.
CalderWood added that 10 Scotland, where
nothing Is known Of supporting the candi
dates during their study, there are candi
dates that the church knows not what Ia
do with. He thought theone great key
to the supply is the ministry itself. II 1.-THE
ministry Is consecrated to the preaching
Of the gospel as 10 the one work that is the
noblest that can engage human effort, the
young lie oil around will catch the infec
lion. Rev. Hiram @. Haidne, D. D. o
Cleveland, and Reys, W. W. Barr and B
L. Agnew, OF Philadelphia, followed with
papers on "Systematlo Bene6cence" anC
ministerial Support"
The Academy Of Music was crowded II
the evening, and
AN OVERFLOW MEETING
was held in Horticultural Hall, the sam,
speakers in both places. The session wa
occupied in ten minute addresses on th
state Of religion in heathen countries
Rev. Mr.. Stout, irem Japan, traced brief,
the labora that began twenty.one wear
ago with Eve missionaries, and now shoy
fiIty churches there in which the elect Q
God gather, and $50 or 100 missionarie
are laboring for the spread OF the gospe
among the heathen.
A CHRISTIAN sRwsPAFER
| Is now published there and carried in III
Japanese mails. Mr.. Mckenzie, q mil
plsaary from China, said scarcely gene,