Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-28
lNrER.sEmINAR ALLIANCE.

lao "lbblOhoiy 8l1auCC,
in session at the United church, continued
Its meetings yesterday with continued and
increasing interest. Several of the visiting
delegations have been recruited by new ar
rivals.
The morning session opened at 9 o'clock
with half hours devotional service led
by Mr.. Adams of Mccormick seminary,
Chicago.
At $50 the convention listened to paper
which marked its author as q man of I'M
usual ability. This paper was by Chris
topher Moss Of Lancaster seminary (Re-
formed), and the subject was missions,
the Bond of Unity in the Church" Mr..
Moss said: 'The best example of this sub
jeot is the alliance itself. Only on a mis-
sionary basis could we meet SO harmoni-
ouely. There is much sentimental talk
about unity, but what we want is the
united purpose to save souls. We are
called to Christianize, not to Americanizs,
the world. Christianity is more than or
gsnizatioD; it Is renewal by the Holy
Spirit. The best missionary ia the one
whose life best shows the Christ life. De-
nominational missions are of no value ex-
cept as they serve to ingraft men into
Christ. One glimpse of Christ makes all
Christians kin. The strongest bond of all
Ia Christ. Let the churches learn to work
together, and reunion will take care of it.
SELF"
THE COUNTRY CHURCH PROBLEM.
At 10 o'clock M. Burton S. Gilman of
Andover seminary spoke enthusiastically
| on 'The Problem of the Country Church.
He said: 1.-THE problem of the country
| church is the problem of the church es q
whole. The mission of the church is to
save mans soul. You want to save the
whole of man for all time, and you want
to save all men sometime. Three-fourths
of our limited Christian energy is going
into the church service, and three-fourths
Of the people are not there. The way tc
| reach men Is by personal contact and per.
| sonal sympathy. But you must keep mer
| when you get them. Ninety-nine out Of
| one hundred, if you let 60 of them, &c
back where they were before. We need
| organization among the churches, the
| strong helping the weak. And we nsec
the thorough conservation of the ministers
| themselves"
This was followed by an animated dis
| and participated in by Mr.. Gilman, Mr.
| Norris of Yale, Mr.. Mccain of Bangor
Mr.. Harris of Allegheny, Mr.. Hampton o.
Rochester, Mr.. Keedy of Yale, Mr.. Adam
of Mccormick and others.
| REPORTS FROM Summaries.
| The remainder of the morning session
was occupied with reports from the follow
ing seminaries, nearly ell of them very en-
oouraging: University of Chicago, Baptist
Virginia, Episcopal; Allegheny, United
Presbyterian; Newton, Baptist; Gestys
burg, Lutheran; Lancaster, Reformed
Bethlehem, Moravlsn; Princeton, Presby
terrain; Western, Reformed; Ooerlin, Con
gregattonal; Union, Presbyterian; German
Baptiet of Rochester, N. Y; Andover, Con
gregationsl; Heidelberg, Reformed; Ne,
Brunswick, Reformed; Yale, Congrega
tional; Philadelphia, Episcopal; Fisk uni
versity, and Lane, Presbyterian. Also from
Amherst and Princeton colleges.
At the close of the morning session man
of the delegates accepted an invitation t.
visit the missionary library at the divinit
school.
THE CHARACTERIZATION OF JAPAN.
The afternoon meeting opened at 2:3
with half-hour song service. Then cam
a paper by S. h. Kobayashi of Virgini
theological seminary on "The Evangelizs
ton of Japan" He said: Many admir-
Japan because of the beautiful things ths
are made there. But fans and carved boxe
are not the glory of a nation
The Japanese are ambitious, patriotic
and courteous. For hundreds Q
years, Japan has sailed on it's own way
but re Gently it has been tossed from sid
to side of the stream. Confucius an
Buddha have been dethroned by Spencer
Mill and Huxley. Christianity is needed
The Japanese can understand 1t. IF Gu
ture and sincerity are desired, they .,
there. The west has met the east
Japan. Japan and China have the sam
sympathy as exists between England an
, Bullem. The Japanese themselves ougf
to do the evangelistio missionary worl
Tho missionaries ought to teach and ira!
native workers, supervise them and civ
? them counsel.
q At the close of this address Mr.. Kobay
shi answered a number of question
President Kc zakI of Doshisha universal
8 joined in the discussion, as did one or tW
r of the Japanese students.
= MIR. HUME ON INDIA.
At O'Clock Rev. R. A. Hume, former
: of this city, gave a very interesting addre
t on the work In India. He said: The yout
r of India is eager for the English langual
and for western civilization. As patriot
o they feel the need of some religion b.
! they are unwilling to accept q western T
| ligion. Accordingly, they are seeking
IL reform Hinduism. This has given rise
the Arya Somaj and the Brshmo Soma
= This latter has sought the best in all T
f ligions, bus has been much split up wit
in itself. The struggle is to be betwee
, reformed Hinduism and Christianity. tt
words of Christ nave great power. Nor
8 | but the Mohammedans ever oriticise q
? life or His words. The hindrances in II
dia are the lack of the spiritual element
men, the presence of caste, the unChri
l | tian lives of men from the west, and II
uncertain note of divided Christianit,
a | We want all-around men to work In Indi
THE WORK IN CHINA.
, Mr.. Wishard, who WAS to have given tt
closing address of the afternoon, was nj
present, and the chairman called on Re,
, | George H. Hubbard of Foochow, Chin
Mr.. Hubbard said: At first our work WI
mostly on the language. We have put
into Romanized characters, which is
. great advantage. The work is slow, but
. has Its fruit. The defeat of the Chine.
= by the French persuaded them that tt
I foreigners God was stronger than their
and 80 opened the way for missions1
work. Ny work has been largely speakir
!, to crowds whom attracted by wearing m
: American clothes. The three religions
: China have done nothing to oppose tt
opium habit. But Christianity has gor
to work successfully, and thus opened
o way for its spiritual teachings.
In the evening Rev. o. J. Gordon, D D
delivered an address on "Ths Mission
the Spirit in Missions" DIR. Gordon
especially earnest of this subject and b
, address was most excellent one. He ga,
the substance of a sermon preached in 49,
! by Edward Irving, which aroused grei
-, | opposition because he advocated q retul
to the simple apostolic methods of carr
ing Christ to men under the direct leadir
Q of the Holy Spirit.
! The program for to-day is as follows:
I SATURDAY, OCTOBER %.
Morning Session.
900 a. m-Devotional exercises.
$50 q. m.-Paper: ''Medi cal Missions,"
A. Reed, Divinity School of Chicago Unive
1 | sity.
1000 a. m-Discussion of Paper opened by
W. Allen, Divinity School of Chicago Unive
Q sity.
1910 a. m-Address: sdrit," Rev. Charles
| Goss.
f HOO a. m.-Bnsness session.
Afternoon Session.
$50 p. m.-Devotonal exercises:
g 800 p. m.-Address: "City Mission Work
Miss Mary E. Remington.
$3.50 p. m.-Paper: s'St Paul as a Missio