New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-04
DISCUSSING MISSION WORK
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN CHINA
INDIA AND AFRICA.
MSS WILLARD DIsAGREEs WITH BISHOP COKE
ON THE BICYCLE ouEsuoN-DR. BAR
ROWS LECTURES on WENDELL
PH1LLIrS-BIBLE STUDY.

ROWS LECTURES on WENDELL
PHLIdrs-BIBLE STUDY.
Chautauqua. Aug. (Specian.-Foreign and home
missions come in for great deal Of attention at
Chautauoua Just now Missionaries are here from the
far East and from the isles of the and meetings
are held two and three times day. Miss Frances
willard has endeared herself to the Chautauqua
b,ovclsts She paid high compliment to their good
sense in taking TO this pleasant form of outdoor
ercse and said that bishop in Buffalo referring
10 Bishop Coxe denounced the sport another one In
the same place (meanng Bishop ViDcenD advocated IT,
Miss willard objects to the comparison of girl on
b,cyce to the old woman on her broom. and suggests
Fortuna on her Wheel" "Aurora from the smiling
circle Of the hours and the when Swift Camilla
scours along the plain flies DER the unbendng corn
and skins along the MAN,
There is intense interest here in Bible study The
third session OF the schools of the English Bible opened
on Saturday. This school affords additional evidence
of the mental and theological breadth and ibcraty
that Is the distinguishing feature of ChautauQua In
the present session Dr. Green, Of Princeton College
and ex-mOderator of the Presbyterian synod the
ablcst exponent of the conservative side of the dues
ton will present the strong arguments which he has at
command In support of the Mosaic authorship OF the
Pentateuch while DR.. Harper has just closed series
Of lectures in which he upheld the position OF those VINO
believe in the composite authorship. Dr. Huriouts
department of the school is more especially INTENDED
for young peope who will study with him the life OF
Christ.
At the women's Missionary Conference, presided
over by Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller, Mrs d. H.
Sheffield of Pekn, China told Of the growth OF missions
in Northern China and the obstacles encountered She
referred to the Importance of the native schools esao
nshed and advised greater interest and sympathy on
the part of the American Church. There is grand
basis for Christian work in China. Virginia o. Muir
dock from China, spoke with earnestness OF the
medical missionary work Physicians and dispensares
are Invaluable aids The sick of China indlferenty
cared for and the field therefore Nmitless. Thousands
are coming to Christ through the efforts OF
noble men and women, who go to them with
healing for soul and body, who put on the
dress and speak the language. and enter the
homes of the Chinese people for their salvation Mrs
F. j. Newton, f,ael India, who went to the Pun1aub
region twenty yeer ago. spoke briefly of It's missionary
progress. seven thousand dollars invested IN our
Church and hospital FroZcpOre every cent donated
nv native converts Mrs. II. p. Beach, of Pekin,
China, made bright remarks on the peculiar ana super
stitious ideas held by the native converts In China
she said her work largely among small circles OF
workers. explaining to them the duties and Obligations
az the Christian life. Miss Theresa Campbell OF
Cape Colony, Africa told OF the glorious Work done III
the African field sending ont trained native workers
The work is spreading and growing and Gods name Is
being glorhed. Miss NJ j. Gibson, OF France, was
fascinating in her description Of the religious desttuuo
OF France and the hunger OF her population lor Ig
There is even very little genuine Catholicism and an
Awakening is at hand. Miss Frances h. Palmer, OF
Burmah described the darkened condition OF tnat
country and the bright OASIS which a spreading
Christianity has made the desert OF their Ignorance
and degradation. S.,
At 2 so p. N. the Rev. DR.. John Henry Barrows,
of Chicago, lectured wendell Phillips ana the
AntSlavery Crusade