Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-09
THE MEETING ENDED.
Last Night Concluded the Baptist
Missionary Conference.
ADAY SPENT In SPEECH MAKING,
DR.. Woods Says Many Hard Things About
the Late Jay Gould.
REV. ANDERSON THE FINAL SPEAKER

and interesting yet held. There have been
some eight meetings in various cities to aid
in raising 81, ,O00, 900 for foreign missions a.
q centenary offering, this year being the
hundredth anniversary Of the departure of
the first Baptist missionary, Reverend
Carey, to foreign fields.
Yesterdays sessions were the most inter-
esting of the conference. The attendance
IN the early part of the morning session
was very small On account Of this the
address of the Rev. Dr. Green on Gamer
ica's Obligation to the World" was post
poned till the afternoon session. After the
devotional services led by Rev. R. M.
Hunsecker, Of Brookville, Pa, q general
discussion was opened by the chairman, DR..
Harris, who was followed BY DR. Mabie.
He spoke of the necessity Of personal ex-
animation and reformation in the pastors of
the day, so that when duty is placed be-
fore them, they might not be actuated by
worldly motives.
Dr. Stanton, Of the Shady Avenue Bap-
tist Church, spoke upon the necessity Of
having Gods guidance in every question of
duty that besets the minister "Then there
would not be so many indictments framed
against Us by our own consciencss," he
concluded.
The story of the establishment Of the
mission station among the CAIRO tribes Of
Burmah was told by Dr. Bunker. A lone
missionary distributing tracts interested two
native boys, and from this the great mission
of 1900 men, in which s16 were baptized
last year, was founded. Other ministers
followed with their experiences In the
mission fields.
The Strongest Speech Of the Session.
By far the most important and strongest
address of the morning session was on
Revival in Giving" by Rev. Byron A.
Woods, of Philadelphia He disooursed in
comprehensive way on the rights Of pos
session and argued the rightful claim Of
God to our souls, bodies and possessions.
He said every man at his conversion makes
claims Of God. He then defined the rela-
tion of the individual Christian to prop
erty. He said the three words which indi-
cate possible relation are ownership, part
nership and Stewardship. The man OF the
world claims that having toiled and earned
his possessions by right they are his
and his alone. 'Some man," Or. Woods
said, thinks he owns property subject,
generally, to an underlined varying interest
in the same which 1t 10 granted God holds.
They do not feel free in the appropriation
of all to themselves. Occasionally they de-
eide for themselves just what proportion
belongs to God and what to themselves.
Stewardship-absolute ownership with God
is implied in this word. The ten-tenths
are His, and the Christian, the holder of
all, is the trustee-a steward. Stewardship
will do most toward Q revival of giving"
Dr. Woods then drew a comparison between
the laborer working hard for $3.50 year
giving his one-tenth and the wealthy man
drawing 100000 doing the same. He
thought this was great injustice, and that
it demonstrated the evil OF tithing. "Let
both be stewards accountable to God" he
said, Zone for his little and the other tor
his much"
DR.. Woods then asked where would be
found 20 men to give $780, 900 for God, as
was done in New York for the building of
an opera house. Is love of italian opera
more powerful motive than love of country,
love of souls and love of Christ?
Hard Words for the Dead.
"Within the past week." DR.. Woods
said, "a man notorious for his financial
crookedness died, worth, it is said, $780,
000, 900, and yet, reliable authorities tell us,
unjust gains, during the last ten years,
nearly 10 per cent of the city's population
were buried in the Potter's field and that
from 20 to 80 per cent are now hanging upon
the verge of actual want-1 grave in 10 q
pauper's, man in upon the verge of
want! Men and women, the time cometh
when the conscience of the nation must cry
aloud and spare not And when that
time comes-as 1t will-men deriving
profit from sweating and other nefarious
systems will take rank with the
and neither religious names nor religious
aims will close our eyes to the enormity of
their guilt. And when the time comes the
same enlightened public conscience will
also dictate that to live possessed of
wealth, the magnitude of which is Of itself
evidence of injustice and q menace to the
common veal, is q sin against God and a |
crime against humanity, and to die worth |
S100, 600, 900 is an unutterable eternal dis |
grace" This speech of DR.. Woods was re-
ceived with great applause.
DR.. Applegarth in ne uncertain tones |
denounced the temerity OF pastors to speak |
spoke of the mite boxes used in the churches,
and said he had no use for them unless
they were spelled ''might" boxes.
DR.. d. S. II. Green, of Washington, D. |
c., spoke on "America's Obligation to the
World" He said the Biblical commission |
of missionaries is supplemented BY the
natural condition of greatness of this coun-
try. AS an evidence Of the spirituality of
the Baptist Church in America he said
there were 153, 900 persons baptized annually.
He said: "America can take the world for
Christ" The prestige of the nation and
the regard with which Americans are held
in foreign countries give the American mis-
sionsry unexcelled opportunities for spread
ing the word of God.
Rev. H. F. Stillwell, of Freehold, N. j.,
made the astounding statement that the en-
tire contributions of united christendom |
for the year for the saving of the millions
did not equal what wss spent for drinks in
one day.
The Enrichment Of Christianity
Rev. F. L. Anderson. of Rochester, N.
z, delivered an address on the sub
ect, 'The Enrichment of Christianity
Through Its Missions" last night He
'aid: "The greatest work of missionary
enterprise so far has been the reflex in
luences upon the home churches. Foreign
have enriched Christianity with
men and money. Men may sneer at num-
,ers, but both always count and are script
lral Every convert counts two, for he not
,nly adds to Christianity but is subtracted
rom satan's. Seven hundred and fifty
thousand men are engaged in saving souls.
Notice the strategic position these men |
'ccupy. On the frontier, with the true spirit
n them, they are full Of fight In q noble
ause" The speaker showed how the
Zarens the Polvnesians and other native