New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-11
FOREIGN MISSION WORK.
INTERESTING ADDRESSES AT NoRTHFTELD.
TELL OF THE SPREAD OF HE
GOSPEL IN CHINA. INDIA AND BURMAI-
MONEY SUBSCRIBED FOR THE FAMINE
sUFfERERs OF SIAM.
pr TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE.

Norheod Mass. Aug iO-Mr. Moody Is naturally
an enthusiast about foreign missions Not content
with training missionaries and sending 'he" aor""
and stimulating home Interest IN the'r Iioo0' nv e'
Ins SIS that the term heathci n appheo SP'cln"s
10 unnstructed oreg nerS, should be aDahuo'lea' AZ
the Mortified Conference che or Two DAYS are Sc'
aside every year for missionary talks, ana theSe rave
e1sa tho nrocrnmme of to-day's three meetings Or.
John T. Neylns for over thirty years Presbyterian
missionary I'm China; s. L. Baldwin, former MeoipdSt
missionary 10 FoochOw and now 'ecT"'ry Vi INC
Methodist Foreign Mission Beard, ana H. W. CronN
h,It "A Baptist missionary to BnrmHh' sPoNe d "'e
morning session. In the afternoon aourc'e' "e'o
made by the Rev. G. A. II. Janvier, i'r@Sos'ena
missionary to Futchcgahr, India, and others ana
,,ean, ,oun,s n, Northfeld enthusiasm WAS flr-
r,Ahod when s7OO was raised IN u Few mnut'S III the
,.,u,r..r,,m on the reading Of = telegram CONCERNING
the horrors OF the famine IN the LAIN country -"
Inner siam. DR.. Arthur Mitchell S'r-'''S VI w"
PRESBYTERIAN Board Of Foreign M''''"s' "''' 'ne .S'
speakcr at the evening ssrssion. Last W" '" '
missionary purposes was raised ut one "e0n's 81
Mortified The contributions ore applied to the use
OF different denominations WIN sV"'o '' " "
mediate needs and merb. ~
The nrst speaker ut the morning meeting was Dr'
4. l. Baldwin, who said
We very often see people who say they 90 not No
ueve IN foreign Missions but Oehc'o :"
bome missions They are very largely IKE
sscriptIon WIS presented 20 him for Oreign missions
said: y | don't know anything about them ana DO
NOT wnnt To give nv money TO the work IheS LEI
him Ie>i but when they had al urgent appIi W heiP
A needy church In Minnesota they went I" "'" ""P"s
TO get his subscription but he <d Il 90 lo' hl"W
"iS n, ~, yyc nv money right here at home. whore
T@ enn u, S wis What Il Then they found THAI
the fence ,f.2 %o a IL! %e WEE 1vr him now
and 80 they presented the subscription ,oI u ~.
..,t Tho On.
IL and said very solemnly IL don't see The use OF
that or those in there cunt set out ana '"o nv
rgor IA 10 people protesting TO he Christians, who
havc no interest In fncien missions. 90 non lhihk
Se ey have have any ihs nert Which the divine t-achns
brings they viii want Ia have the "osI'l V''o""
10 every creature. -. ,,~,,,,
Of the work in China Abolt the nrst dcuy Is s
my first audience In Cmnce and being ver, annoui
TO- know whether they understood me or not SioiP
Occasionally 70 ak 'en, Inc GueSo" me hal thew dh
not understand that question, Wh"'cV" g. In, M
understood There WA, Tsi oS n@ETr w ~ ~rons
few days afterwart. Young friend Chi"ama Who mo
had been In America and had learned 70 ' r , to
Chincsc aid 10 mo 80 DO you know Whit you asked
M Ppe 50 %H Sc% MIN !. thr G and he ' aG amer % R
"Dc Won know how 70 lovel" You have 10 h very
careful with your tones in that country
obstacles 10 the piogreSs Of Christianity In China Is
NOT in t'c people I, not I'm their customs. is not In
in ' ro 0 %neay 0' codnct moi Of men from Christian
America who i've IN The light OF iar sn mn 10 ryc
yIu little inside view Of The work OF Christian ms
sions I'm the actual conversion Of souls. question
,a,> Is, ~Can tue tnlnanan rally be convGted' -
they tell Us 1t Is not worth while to waste oar
sLrngth these invcieratc hcatacns. Let me tell
YOU a story. In 1853 the Rev. :. l.. Blnklry WAS
preaching one dag In the MISSION chapel al 40 IN
Ne soutCern suburbs Of the great Guy 81 ao.'D"'
nlfyI
Ing the chapel doors open. strayed In oat
Of c'y sS Sos .gn WIN IN In, tne rIsasGs
close Of the service he made us Way nP !" IN.
altar and d TO the mli,onsy Az you ,S say VIA,
n nv ns =" W. YES thn K jm.t What r,n- hut YOU
didn't know me when you said that. You didn't
know that ! have been "A gambler aud sorccrer' n
nceutiou' man. an opium snoAer Tor twenty ycnr ar,
Jesus can ave me from all my sins, would Jon =
YES replied the missionary. " would have sail
just what did, and tel you no" mat jesus can
Me Oainrman wa bevildor,d. He Wen, away III
deep Thought. Tic next day he sought Mr. Ihnkey
al ~, 80 , ~, Ci,,s,'ani,v md brmr-nr hh
objection, ~ De solved. but one day Ia" came {" ihr
M - Uuary WITH iaiiant countcnHuc-, ehc.imif,
knoN H. how II! kuo" Tat Jesus GAN 49,
graf IA tie 10 oy-rcom, h. habit u opium -mphns'
but he conpuefN ard aid: L d"nt Vnht u
ile cyn tang, / have been doing. bat want Ia -
tel IN l~oll~ N ll", "a ing nat J~'i- can nv
wa" I'Wh tI"ir ''Is ~ - .''' -, 49, NJ ID, a..
mn ~ h's' l'h 90 o""l t""i, .', ~ ~ -.
iehiIug there All TIE tune, Uey VIII T,Ni uahr yoM
head on, and ilin VIII stop your prtic'tus II you
Mill pr-srh IT, 'fortm docu1"", DAY he1r * re
chow and preach 1t vAorc yVu Will b. AL" Iut %
r-p.l,d: ~, / must ~ Hon cl"ns. Inc pc'pE
lrvm thtrr. and must ~ and tri ,h|ni about
jesus Ihcie Nan no um' lpr ,oIicse si' VI w
God IN hi. hand and he ekpeicncc OF hs Nnvonr'
love In his heart. lie snnoie' nucm psI.eI r,
stoned IN one place. Ve1 with inuj IN hhV'h'r D"-'ch
IN another. he pressed ~ Win lnd0ni'hbe energy pro
claiming c,crJ where BIZ simple message Many
listened and b cane followers of Ch>L After time
he was caught By nj, cneumcs In Hob chang and
brought before the district magistrate, with lalNe
charges against him false witnesses 10 testify 10
them and the too wiling heather mag slrnte sentenced
him to be atrn with 700 stripes. This cruel sen
tence wa executed with the bamboo upon III. BARE
back He was brought TO mission apparently al
most dead. our good ecotch physician after s1anin,
Ing him. said % don't think We can save him..
never Jaw such terrible Injuries from b'aiing me
ncsh on his back Is liae auiVernG Jelly. but we VIII