New-York tribune., 1889-10-17

he ask
ovorwbelmcd How can these few feeble mon ana
lemon strangers in strange land, lift UP this
burd,n of ignorance, degradation. super tton awiui
vce and barbarity which have been accuinuld'''e
for ceueratIonsl 1T is not the isolation from hohe
ono of item writes, not the absence from frlehaS'
no, the lack of mall that wears us but the handto-
hand fight with sin' Win the 'oi'i0io i0'i'e ' VI
preston IL brings"
rho third pont was that The greatness Of the op-
ortuntv and the greatness of the need suggest the
critical emergency of tho hour and the possoly o'
a oreat deliverance. Something far Ioyohd cNhMa-
,cn or education pol teal advancement Is al s'ako
IN Janan even the eternal destiny OF undyhg Souls
This s the crisis with Japan But IL IS inc CRISIS aso
with China Is Is the crisis with India 1t IS inc crS'S
',h Afaca II IS the crisis with the entire genera
ston of men now living on the earth IN every lan"
ubo ever gave any men authority 10 say 'ha' 0i''i'
,,uet wait or India must walt. or Africa must "d''
q. those bowoi down under Papal superstition must
vai O. the l75 100000 under the heel OF Islam must
,rar, We must lay aside such thought and such
,erances as these or fail to comprehend the true
.C,isis NJ Missions The crisis Is the crisis OF
csperation a double crisis (l the crisis OF the PERISH
,rg millions themselves asking, during that neia oh'
for the bread OF lfe and 2 the crisis OF the oeeNnS
peonle OF God during the same gcneration' VINO arc
nder orders TO proclaim the good tdngs Immediately,
TO the extcnt OF their ability, throughout the entire
world How that crisis IS to be met Is serious
ouestion indeed. and a most practical question Ana
wboeyer grapples with It will AZ first be overwhelmed
and will fall prostrato before God In earnest suppl
cation to Him alone who can sely and safely guide
..There is no reason why in own time the Word OF
God should not be carried within the reach. subsan-
italy, Of all the peoples OF the earth provided we use
| the resources at disposal There arc messengers
enough there is treasure enough in the hands OF the
Lords anointed people at this very hour, to proclaim
the good dngs not only all over Japan but all over
! China and India and Africa. as well as over 'he
nomlnaly Christian nations and the islands OF the sea-
PRAYING FOR THE PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE.
| Following the paper on prayer came special de-
yotonal services. led by Or. Plumb After speaking
briefly on the incentives to missionary work pre-
.ented In the Scriptures he called the Rev. DR..
W. E Grifls of the Shawmut Congregational Church,
NJ Boston, TO lead in prayer. DR.. GrlS IS the author
4 of The Mikados Empire lie is deeply interested
I'm Japan and he dlspnves the present policy OF the
| Board. and I'm his prayer he requested that tho
righteous dscontcn7 existing In the churches might
| be removed. lie next turned his attention to what
he crCd the OF the discomfort and suggested
that II the members Of the Prudential Committee hal
done wrong I'm the year that past they might confess
their wrong and that II they had turned away thoss
whom they should have sent to foreign lands they
should call them back. compliment was aso eN-
tended to the newspapers in his prayer
Scarcely had Dr. Grnis finished what some one
called an argument in prayer with the Prudential
Committee when Dr Dean Of Holbrook Mass, rose ana
offered prayer Scrpural as the previous one hao
been personal The absent secretary. Dr. ~ o. Ciaf1'
who is detained from the meeting by severe attack Oh
| rheumatism was remembered in his prayer and
! thanks were given that much work had been done
! by the Board during he year Just closed.
THE EvANGELGzATIoE OF AFRICA.
The Rev Dr. Judson smith. the foreign secretary.
then read his report "1he Evansehaton OF
! Africa Opening with reference tc the attention
which civilized nations are paying to the DARK
! Continent the report describes how exploration
colonization and commerce are following one ahothor
Of the globe The need that Christianity should a.
tend commerce is then lwcit upon, pr. smith Is Irs
OF stable foundations aud high ideals Certail Ia &
! which diaw special attention to AREA ana AoF Aor
| Christian development then noted TIC hlSt vi
these IS the p yscal greatness OF the cohllhsH. W
stretches 5000 miles north and SCUM ana cunail, u,
| II 600 COO square miles Of territory: The next Oi
these facts IS the pOpulousness OF Africa. me low
est estimate Is thai 20Oo00O0O souls live withm Us
confines and all explorations Increase the pr0bantMc, Us
in favor of larger estimate The opportunity Tor f
Christian work is almost too vast for conoepion t m m
sources of the continent arc described In brlcf s
mineral wealth is great ana ts Its sysfem 6i lakes
! and rivers makes internal communication easy anu
Tho rer ort gives reasons for iumcdiate and sus,
tared cfogt TO evangcIize tho great ccnunenl, a.
follows: The circumstances arc peculiarly iavoaDIe
because tbe Go pei can now in large districts go ~
advance Of trade coorzation and annexation, ana IS
Tot bamprrcd therefore by the vices and immoia aes
Of nomnally Christian lands. Again, lslamsm i
onrradng IA Africa at a rapid rate and as that fath
T. tle allv OF slave traders, humanity JOINS WIN uIv
snlrit Of the Gospel In npelng 10 the occupancy OF
ali The interior by the Christian faith ana
m the Iiouor-trlnc IS spreading I'm the track o.
rCmmerre and the cvaEgelz'nc agencies al
work in Africa should prrGcde c1in., The eom rs
nover In The next place Africa has peculiar claim
ON Americans from the evils and woes Which h,'
Nation aga, ss6a is gpTn pTcady K % ad with its newest
tons which have made exploration so much caS'r &
missionary work in Africa. though begun long Snc
Is not very far advanced indeed bur ialrX i9'I IN -o o.
and other societies followed. until thir,y.iye OF mem
Pre- now in the field After an account OF the ~qi 9 o.
~ smith closed his report with stirring appeal loi
J. tbe cause OF African evanGnlzatloh'
TWENTY YEARS IN JAPAN.
IN tbe absence OF Secretary Clark his paper on
rTwentv Years in Japan read by Francis F.
Clark, a member Of the Prudential COMMITTEES ara 'h'
fo,,rder NJ the Christian Endeavor Society The pep'
,oc,n with an account Of how Japan was opened 70
An srlcan missionaries. Tho work really pesaA II
1879 and al the close Of that year the missionary
force consisted Of ffy-one persons among "hom 'l
were connected with the American Boaiu' Inc IL
port continued; -. 49,, ;to,,a,,r force of IN.
p american Board numbered forty-sN OF Wnom louI @
, leen VI MO r.omrr Ghr mission reported fOurtec'
lunches with 400 members ,ralnns so"yp ,b
. for Young men, better known In latct usys i AZ im
IOr tsohae sohe horn In faith aud prayer at he meeih
| ths Boal,l AZ Rutland in 1874 alrcay success
With its III students ana PaJ"",Tiib witb 100 pupils
0i dicaI work opening the way for The Gospel an'
u orI, for women In their homes already so atidT,tN &
= as 10 aAT The ' number Of ordained missionaries ha
y now been Increased from fourteen 10 "ea h a
% n0pmm tIe number of unmarried women has b'S
5, While E.d the The fourteen small churches, w thei
n 400 members. represented TO-DAY oy 10Y @ ,llo
e Of w,,n hn in all according 20 the latest advceS
1. ! oe,--ooP The Doshisha begun with three pupils l
: el10' III f,cIIdes in II, various departments, Owe
dooam institution which, from the the hrst has ;ori en-
los ing ~
4 loYeu .,,,js have come the knowledge of Christ
81 la Young confessed Him year 6eiora iast M an
r l'@ ~ ,omory family resides the Christian school
: Amos forced upon them I'll nov more Than r TO
d allo. men and women are brought under lne dlrec
yOuns infuence OF Christian teachers, Win bu
i persoa.tveiy little expense TO the mission treasury