St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-14
The Evening Session.

Last evenings session was presided
over by Elder Thomas Cochran Jr., of
st. Paula and the meeting opened at 7:45.
MIR. Cochran announced that the even
ing would be devoted to a review of the
different forms of missionary work in
various parts of the earth. A selection
from the Scriptures was read, prayer
offered, and then the singing of psalm
followed. Rev. NJ. Du PuY then was
introduced, and spoke of Professionalism
in France. He said that in the sixteenth
century it seemed as though the great
work had begun. He said that he was
the representative of the Reformed
Church of France, and also member of
the Franco-Amerlcan committee. France
is restless: the gospel will save France.
His society is now reaping the results.
He had served for eighteen years in that
country. He spoke of the ignorance OF
the people on religious topics. One
woman, when asked who was the Savior,
replied, Moses; because he brought
down the tablets of the law from Sinai"
He declared that there are 100000
Protestants in france, as against 81
100000 Catholics. 10000 900 of whom are
Indifferent to the Roman Catholic re-
ligion. He thought that the Roman
Catholic church is losing ground there,
ProtestantS in the distribution of tracts.
and the establishment of mission halls.
The speaker gave instances of intoIer-
ance, particularly that of a woman who
trampled her son to death because he
read the Bible. He thought France is
on the eve of a great Protestant revival.
He said that the Huguenots have not
suffered persecution and exile in vain,
and predicted that their descendants
were about to reap a sweet revenge in
seeing the breaking of new day for
France in the way of great Protestant
revival.
The next speaker was Rev. F. G.
Coan, missionary from Corea and
Persia. He said:
sit is heritage of which l am proud,
| that came from missionary family.
l shall not try to give you q history of
these countries. There is cloud hang
ing over Turkey. They are trying to
stamp out our work by burning our
| colleges. In Persia Christian religion
is on the verge of a volcano. The sui,
tan of Turkey is trying to eradicate
| Christianity. l take all these indica-
| tionS as signs of great encouragement.
| 1t shows that Mohammedanism is be-
| coming aroused and alarmed at the
! progress of Christianity. 1t shows that
| Gods kingdom is coming. The agencies
at work are the ministers labors and
/ that of the hospital and medical work."
He gave credit to the press for its pow
erful infueAce for good.
The last speaker was succeeded by
! Rev. ]. P. Hearst, who recounted
| his missionary experiences in.
Japan. ut is always labor of love
for me to speak of my work in Japan
How can you account for the success of
Christian work in Japan and its lack of
progress in China?' asked a friend.
Japan has been governed by the same
family for twenty-five centuries. The
emperor had his power restored to him
twenty-five years ago, after usurpatlon
for three hundred years" He gave
many interesting facts in Japanese
history, and told of the abolition of
feudalism and the humiliation of
militarism.
As each speaker closed, prayers were
offered for success in the several
countries in which the missionaries
have worked.