St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-12
All Business Finished and the
Board Will Take a Rest
for a Year.
Before 1t Adjourned 1t Took a
Shy at the Wicked
Liquor Traffic
Several More Reports on Mis-
sionary Work Presented
Yesterday.
In the Afternoon the Members
Went to st. Paul on
a Visit.

a.
Yesterday morning when Rev. DreR.
S. StOrrs raped the American Board
of Commissioners Of Foreign Missions
to order promptly at 9 o'clock. the audi
forum Of Plymouth church presented
striking contrast to the scene to be
witnessed there Oh any of thethree
previous mornings. Instead of every
seat being occupied, with crowd surg
ing around the doors, there were not
over 100 people besides the commission
ers I'D the church. 1t was the last ses-
sion of the board, and there was but
little to be done. There was no antici-
patton of acrimonious debate or elo-
quent speeches to attract the laity.
The first business of the morning.
after devotional exercises, was the
presentation of the report of the COM
mittee on Turkey by James White.
The report was brief. and called atten-
tention to the three principal difficulties
in the way of eyangeliZing the Turks.
They were the poverty of the people,
ening political outlook. The prospects,
however. were encouraging, and the
missionaries Jealous. Rev. Mr.. Gates
and Rev. MI. Chambers followed with
brief talks upon the condition of the
mission in Turkey. Mr.. Chambers pre-
dicted that the Russians would ultl-
mately exert great influence. Rev.
DR.. WaShburn, president of Robert col
lege, ConstantlnOple, spoke for few
minutes. Said he:
elf you could stand on the bridge in
ConstantinOple. as L have done time
and again, and see the thousands of
thousands of people. representing some
sixty or seventy nations, Surging across
the bridge, and realize that they do not
know Jesus Christ, you would say. this
is the time to pray, Thy kingdom
Gomez"
Rev. DR.. E. P. Goodwin, of Chicago.
read his report on Secretary Smiths pa
per, THE Missionary Outlook" which
was read Thursday. DR.. GoOdwin's re-
port was lengthy. 1t contained some
pertinent suggestions. Among them
was the following:
First of all, let us caution ourselves
as TO expecting overmuch from the lead
ership of Christian nations in the
worlds affairs. Behind the opium traffic
that awful curses whose whitening touch
is like a plague of death upon not less
than 150.000,000 of Chinese. is Christian
England with no excuse whatever save
the profits she wrings out of the bodies
and souls she helps to destroy. Behind
the Internal liquor traffic with which The
dark continent is being ScOurged, worse
even than by the Infamous slave trade,
is Christian Germany, and Christian
America, and with the profits of their
rum and gin as their only excuse. Be-
hind the flood of inndelity and rational
ism pouring steadily into India and
Japan, and counter working powerfully
the efforts of our missionaries, are eali
three of these Christian nations, with
avowed hostility to Christ and His Cos
pei as their inspiring cause"
DIR. y. 5. Dean reported briefly on the
mission in Africa. He was followed by
Rev. David Circuit, white-haired gentle-
man with long, flowing, white beard.
Dr. circuit, SO DR.. Storrs announced. had
been among the ZuluS for forty years.
1t can be imagined that the cOngrega-
ton was especially interested in what
the venerable missionary had to say
about the Zulus. Rev. G. F, Ousted, a
colOred missionary attached to the East
African mission, was next introduced
He described the introduction of relig-
Gus literature into East Africa. Mr..
Ousted also said that the mission had
not received the support that it ought
to have.
A ProhibitOry Resolution.
An important matter was here
brought to the attention of the board.
Rev. Dr.. Moses Smith. of Chicago, in
troduced resolution, petitioning con.
gress to take such steps toward the pro-
hibitiOn of the expectation of intoxicat-
ing liquors to the countries where the
missions Of the board are located. Some
discussion followed this. Rev. DR.. Beh-
rends said that he heartily sympathized
with tile resolution, but didn't
care to vote for it, while in
ignorance of the powers of the
United States government in the
matter, and the disposition of the legis-
lative and executive. Home Secretary
Clark stated that this matter had been
brought to the attention of Secretary
Blaine last February by the woman's
board of missions, and that the secre-
tary of state had promised to take the
initiative in bringing about an interna-
tiOnal agreement looking to such pro-
lection.
President Angel, of Michigan uni
versity. Endorsed the resolution, but
said that he had doubts of its having
any effect unless it were made narrower
in its scope, and only certain countries
included. The resolution was finally
referred to committee consisting of
Drs. Noble, Angel and Behrends for
subsequent action. They soon reported
in favor Of passing it, and it was
adopted.
Or. E. G. Porter, in behalf of the COM
mittee on Japan mission, then made the
report upon that work. The American
board had now established missions in
tweIt y-eight out of the forty-seven po-
slXty-one churchQs, numbering 9,146
members.
DR.. Storrs here introduced CYRUS
NorthrOp, president of the Minnesota
university. President Northrop made
one of those good speeches for which he
is famous. He told the members that
he wished he could take them to Mime.
haha, Minnetonka, and to all of the
other places Of interest and beauty of
which Minneapolis can boast. Then
there was the public library, and finally
that worthy Institution of which he had
the honor to be president, the university
of the state of Minnesota. He would
like to have them see all of these things.
He also expressed his Misrepresentation of
the boards decision to allow no closer
union, between the board and the
churches.
A resolution was next passed thank
ing the Plymouth church for providing
such convenient quarters for the board
the press. for its full and conscientious
reports of the meetings.: and the com.
mittee of arrangement and entertain
ment for the able manner in which thew
discharged their duties. as we'll as those
citizens of Minneapolis who have done
so much to contribute to the pleasure of
the visitors. President Storrs delivered