New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-11
THE WORLD OF MISSIONS.
1ABORrRs IN VARIOUS FIELDS TELL
u,,r,p EXPERIENCES AT NORTHFIELD.
,v REV. EGERTON r. YOCNGS STORY
Of SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY AMONG
british AMERICAN INDIANS.
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british AMERICAN INDIANS
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.,ssa. Mass. Aug. l0.-Lowels day in
N0 more than equal;ed by this perfect August
june : o'clock this morning the entire Con-
Gay 80 Valley was covered with a mist. thick
nee'N could not see an object five rods distant.
tns' hour later. ike Il beautiful dove. the great
Han a.,d AMI the entire valley and the sur
eoo' his were bathed in sunlight The tenn
T''n- was sufficiently low prevent the use OF
pf'' ,be audience which began TO gather IN the
az l.unn before oc.ock. and "a; patiently listen
~ arguments and illustrations relative TO foreign
e '.,.ry work for three hours and half.
foreign missionary day al Mortified. The
the prayers the speeches. all bear upon
a n.y. one topc-;he evange.izat!on Of the word.
a. ,ose,lngs to-day in charge Of DIR. Arthur
o.-son one of the abes; missionary leaders in
- oouniry Il not in the world. No man, perhaTs
" Ter Informed regarding foreign mission fields
- or Person; man Is better qualified TO
"a s,c. missionary conference. Conversant with
w. .sss OF every fed acquainted with the lead
~ Missionaries Of every denomination In each coun-
and thorough student OF the progress OF
.,ons as a whole. Or. Pierson is able TO select
49,, ,he speakers who can interest and instruct the
=, ard women who. like himself. are daily pray
-. or the evangelizai.on OF the so-ca.led heather
Tins As the Editor Of The Missionary Re
Ing missionary information than he. DR.. Pierson
srmn,er resident of Northfied, whore he has
s.n,b. farm. Since his return from London
vhsre he preached in the Tabernac.e during the
,l,sss O. Mir Spurgeon and for some time subse-
,.r, 10 his death. he has been in great demand as
a nupt supply in various cities. At present re is
r..,cbire In Boston. In September he Will occupy
-, nulpt OF the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church
~ ysw.York during the vacation Of the pastor, the
R.y Dr. john r. Davies.
n- Person WAS born in New-York whore his
,,ran,s lived the next door to the old Chatham
s,ss, Theatre He was graduated from Hamilton
car.gs and Union Seminary. and nj. pastorates
ray, been in Bingham;on and Waterford, y Y.
n.r,t indianapolis and Philadelphia.
IRIS morning DR.. Person gave TWO addresses-one
4, he general subject of prayer. and the other on
MAYER in rs relation TO missions
ro.owrg the second address came most thrilling
ors from the Rev Egerton r. Young. for many
years a missionary TO the Indians Of British Amer
ia. Mrs Young went TO that far northern country
Young bride and did not see white woman for
fy. years Later, with her husband. she left the
home which she had made comfortable to push on
t,r,hsr north 10 northern Indian tribes. After her
husbands speech she sang hymn IN one VI TIC
Indian DIALECTS.
. MISSIONARIES VIEW OF THE COREAN
WAR.
The Rev Gilbert Reid, LOT Ten E'a'S i'''9'V'''
a, the PRESBYTERIAN Board in China. but now an In
a.,srdan, missionary 10 the higher classes Of China,
followed with a record OF his work. In speaking OF
the address 10 which the audience had Just listened
Mr. Reid asked Il any one present mad seen an emo
tlonal Ch:naman. He never had. and therefore MS
address would touch much upon the emo'iOhai
work OF missions. In speaking Of ne treatment
which the missionaries receive from the Chihese
Government and the result OF the present war De-
tween China and Japan, he said:
We are reasonably treated by those who represent
abe Empire. as we brought under their sphere
ship. Now. this is position as missionaries and
we may as well recognize the fact In CHINA that We
these conditions, these limitations; but Providence
viii guide US day by day and step by sep from
s'0 81 day There sCns 70 be
Mar as have seen from the history Of the past
Rwidence WIFI bring about the cessation of the
apan Tor for the furtherance of His kingdom for the
Establishment of His Church, for yn- preaching Of
know what may be the outcome politically. There
may be a change in the Chinese dynasty there
under the protectory of the great Powers Europe
but, whatever the outcome may be politically, China
ths year more than ever it was before.
STORY OF INDIAN MISSIONS.
The Rev Mr.. Young said in his address upon
the Indians
The field have to talk about Is one that is not
very popular among great many people on this
sympathies and your prayers ~ work has been
, sSo% the poor red men Of NSrh america people
who are but a fragment. and a vanishing one at
nat o. what they originally were In the year lsss
was asked 70 go with my young wife as mission
sry TO red Indians northwest OF Hudson Bay. away
up north OF Manitoba 1t took two months and
nineteen days OF hard travelling to reach our mis-
s HUa ned You can go around the world in that
We went on and mastered the language as quickly
vs. PS0 ss and before we had been there I'VE years
e Sn cbcb Indians that used to pack
to' hunr q
nIy or sixty miles distant a Saturday TO be
RTs'snt IN the house Of the Lord on His blessed day
we had the Bible translated into their language by
ar Evans, one Of our mssonaries-not printed In
sSe letters Of the alphabet but in syllable char
seters Each character represents syllable, and
they are so easily acquired that an Indian In few
weeks can learn to read the Word Of God 1t Is
marvellous thing.
THE LOVE OF CONVERTS FOR THE BIBLE
want TO say that a result Of 1t in some OF
'he missions 90 per cent of people are reading in
tneir own tongue the Word Of God. and they love
tne Bible. Oh. how have been sharned sometimes
W the devotion Of the Indians. by the love OF those
people for the Word OF God. Let me give you an
incident One Of Indians with his son came
away down from the distant hunting grounds to hsh
On the shores of great lakes. When they re-
turned the son forgot to put the Bible In his pack
- was not missed until they reached nome. mat
night the father said 70 his give me the Book
Of Heaven tina, the mother and the rest-the united
iwrngy,may have united prayers ana read III, me
s"vfa Then the discovered his loss Inc
ner was disappointed. but he said ntie ne hsns
no,nihg ne early and put few cooked raDpits
N his pack and away he started, He walked
twenty miles that day. and reached the camping
grounds where he and his son had stopped two
% before The next day he had made h the ne Se
isppeo IN his brothers wgwam Inc next nornnxx
S ar tied home and walked In the 'wS o Ssys that
indian walked $50 miles through the wild forest OF
Ss X. Northwest to regain his copy OF the "ord Vi
Those Indians are hunters, and they have 10
s over vast country and the missioner mary, ssS
.oLow them Ny mission fed was aoou. ~
s sas long and 400 wide and over II travelled IN
dom IN birch canoe and in the winter WIN
band, ,raye, those miles with the dogs ana 'u ,sS
va. wno have never missionary We
ians ~S sa lock in with upon company OF ,n no
have have never seen that Book psfo'S ssnd