New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-12

Nadiso" p,or5 to-day have been chiefly occ"-
Amer addresses. Committees nave been aI-
pd VII" ,sue they a.e at work the board
paniea .. q number q intensely practical
has u.s. s.oouent talks. Ia the morning
yei h'' tories Crccean and Hitchcock ana
DslrN' hudson smith rc-I papers ana hr.
sec'f'@'!' -, NJ The Prcs5y tcrian Mission in
y. H. ~, Washington Gladden., OF Colum-
syria A"' mad. addresses Dr Hitchcock
sa'' a worldwide survey " he progress
paper s'' ., ,o. various departments including
o. a'',-,.ia,iou and distribution. During the
h' ,sOOco0oo copies ard portions Oh '"'
ten'''' hon issued in 800 languages. bringing
ho" s,r the reach q nine-'enths of the human
The number OF Bible societies has grown
"'" ,a IN 1904 T. eighty. In the matter "l
tn, organization, the one society IN I''-
n'-.,., ~ $50. besides scventy-five woman
d" a,6 the receipts from $lj t SiiO'l"V'
tho actual occupation Of unevangehZ''
,,e advance is marvellous one great
N"', h,s been tn introduction Of civilization.
IL. and telegraph lines traverse lhdld'
N'' turkey ana Africa. and have been miro
'H' ,n,, china. The controlling influence OF
,-.,o, nations is rapidly spreading oUl-
M. .a - Africa Is under European protecuon
~,.,6s Queen is Empress If lndia. NeaI|
hHs'" ,,,s,.r, ,,pulation of the world is under
-S..,,,a, rulers More and more II Is eVloeh'
.r means something for nation TO be
s .'' az a Christian nation. Missionaries nave
n.ce with these advances. their force mum
%.,.,s s6jo. while 5000 native laborers assist
49,, i, orcunving 1000 distinct points In the
&c, NJ actual CHARACTERIZATION me lU'!"NiI'H
.,s we're noted Ia India, il M: al! C'IIsiali
,l.i d ion ~
fa.Nss ,orti.i liz 1873 JudsON bapUZed thc
a.. "nnve,;. in 1851 there weie %l"Oo IIoleS'a!'
%rs,ians and in 1872 $1,000. in emma, III
80 arer thirty-seyen years OF labor 'neie
IsA az converts. now there are 500 churches,
Ns.s e Gen0 members and l5G,00o adherents. ana
", w.' rSris;an hospitals and dlspensaries Where
5000 persons are treated anhuaHH' 1,nar
similar statements We're maze dp1u' I1P,,
Turkey Madagascar AFRICA ana "'' WIN
Islands. - ,,,.obcoo,,s manor was
.oio,red by the presentation Of a resolution y!
w. Stimson. pastor Of the broadway
"; H. Ill Vew-York city, suggesting the APP
Sca,on of the remainder Of the Otls legacy
smounting 10 nearly $4,000, TO the eXtihgush-
inc ~ the debt In advocating TINS, l'r' sum
~s ssid thai the existence Of such fundS hau
sH ,' -, oreratcd in some quarters t. check
o,,rihutons. that il would be better 1oI lhe
sburches 10 feel that the whole respohsloir,t!
so- all the expenditures rested upon them. lHc
sou,inn together with the whole question OF
~ snonc,ai condition Of the board. was re-
sarr.d IN 2 specia. committee, Of which Row
and Hazard is chalrmah' ..-,.
n- u u Jcssup. Of syria. gave an intensely
..araetirq rcNieW Of the work in that country
San, NV the American Board. but carried on
.ince 1870 by the Presby terians. Among lhe
various points which he enumerated We're me
establishment of the first eNangellcaI HHSsiVH
N Western Asia and the establishment OF the
ers. reformed Evangelical church in syria
since the days Of the Apostles; the set'lhe up
n the frat printing press in the Turkish Em-
plre The opening o. the first day ana boarullt
schools for girs and boarding schools Tor Dogs
4, that FnnDrp as we'll as the two first co.,
leces in Beyrout and ConstantnoIle; the hIS'
educated and. scientific physicians 10 enter the
Ievant were missionaries L'i. Jessup uSsCi'' .,-
vividly the lorg contes. Of pr. Mar Eddy. the
first female physician to secure diploma from
Ito Imperial Academy Of Medicine at Con
..ontinople American missionaries were also
The East 10 introduce in Syria steam printing
presses petroleum, .seWing-machines. photogra-
phy brass clocks and windmills. The also
the vsnguerd in archaeologicai exllora-
ION. and were the pioneers in the relief OF dlS-
fress arising from war. famine and pesulence
Dr. Jessup closed with an earnest appeal TO 'he
board and its supporters not TO draw back In
The slightest. but 70 press on the work they
had begun
DR. Jessup was followed By Dr. Washington
GLADDEN. In an earnest and stirring appeal to all
10 give Of their best To mission work-the best
O, training in language. sociology and the gen
ssl fact Il human naturc-basing II upon the
onsness ~ humanity and the presenc" Of the
nngdonl of God here and now. not in some future
nlennis! period.
The address by DR.. Judson Smith on the in
tlec,ual Incarnation Of the missionary, a ! we'll
,s some remarks by President Angel. Of Ann
Arbor University. were in the same general line
as DR.. Gladden's.
There is one marked difference in the conduct
0. this meeting ~ comparison with any OF us
predecessors. There is far less OF machinery
fever committees more addresses by mission
aries on the spiritual side Of the work.
Instead OF q COMMITTEES for each field. two COW
cred the whole There were the usual business
committees. the most important appointed, as yet
being that on Nomination Of Officers. This con-
ss,s Of Drs s II. Virgin. Washington GLADDEN..
E B. Webb. and Messrs. Ralph Emerson ana
William Portcrs In the afternoon there We're ms
sonary addresses by Or. De Forest, OF japan,
The Rev Messrs Rowland. OF Mexico; CIapp. 81
China: r. A. Hume, Of India, and Peas, OF Micro
nesia DR.. De Forest made an earnest appear
for the recognition by Western nations OF japan
as nation which has a right 10 fair, honordbie
treatment He traced briefly the rise OF the anu
foreign feeling there. and showed how since the
thai faalng had vnrv much diminished. Mr..
Pease spoke Of the difficulties Of the missions IN
the Caroline Islands on account OF the acuon OF
Spain.
In the evening Or. +. B. Webb read paper
prepared BY Secretary Clark. whose weak health
prevented him from coming on from BOSTON, CIV
ing retrospect Of the time Of MS service. since
1875. This was followed by characteristic au-
dress by Or. cyrus H9mlin. the venerable iouhder
Of Robert College. looking forward 10 the sure
conquest Of the world by Christ. After Ut ham
IN. Mr.. Moody. who has been holding some meet
ass here. gave an address on The Holy spirit