The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-03-17
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
BEGIN THEIR WORK AT THE
c. M. E. CHURCH. DETROIT.
They Come From All Directions-Hard
Work to Accommodate tho Unex-
pocted Surplus of Delegates.

hODSrL C' opecT, SecretuTV OF tne
board of foreign missions of the Pres
byterian church of the United States
of America, gave the opening address
to the international convention of the
Student Volunteer movement, at De-
troit, and consumed the entire even
ing in its delivery. He took Paul
for his subject and divided it up into
some twenty divisions and subdivisions,
with the resultant conclusions and
FINALLY" of the prosaic old school,
now long since gone to their reward.
The audience was all that could be de-
sired in it's representative character,
and it filled the edifice from floor to cell
ing. When the session opened about s
O'Clock all the vacant seats were filled
up, and during the evening the aisles
and passageways were occupied to their
capacity. There were present large
number of local clergymeu, the CALLER
les being occupied by the general pub
lie. Several prominent delegates oc-
cupied the platform, together with
about 25 students, who constituted u
chorus. In the front of the platform
were the words in large letters "Thc
Evangelization of the World in this
Generation" Rev. DR.. A. II. Pier
son delivered the opening prayer,
Rev. ID. ID. MacLaurin, of the
| Woodward Avenue Baptist church,
delivered an address of welcome to the
members of the convention. 1t was,
! he said, right royal welcome that he
extended. The word welcome" was
written large in their hearts, and the
hospitable doors of Detroit were opened
wide to them all. The present con-
vention was the only parliament in
which they believed-the parliament
of one rellgion-because there was only
one Christ, and before him stood those
who would carry that religion to the
uttermost parts of the earth.
President Mott replied and bespoke
the thanks OF the convention. Rev.
DR.. A. j. Gordon, of Boston, then
offered up prayer. Robert Il. Speer
was then introduced as the speaker of
the evening. His subject, was "raul,
the great Missionary Example,
There are over j 800 actual students
in attendance, and they represent 200
different institutions of learning.
| Fully thirty different denominations
were also represented, and probably
fifty societies like the Epworth League,
| Y. p. S. G. e., Brotherhood of st.
| Andrew, etc. There wero about 400
ladies among the delegates
The feature of the morning of the
second day was the address by Rev. j.
Hudson Taylor, of England, the
founder of the China inland missions.
! Mr.. Taylor is remarkable speaker
and was listened to with rapt atten-
| tion by an audience which crowded the
| Central M. Il. church to the doors.
| His subject was Spiritual Prepara-
ton" and his thought that the mission
airy should take the Bible wholly us
his guide in all things. other speak
ers OF the day were DR.. Judson. Smith
! upon "The intellectual Preparation
and Rev. IL. T. Beach upon "The Prac-
| teal Preparation" The afternoon
was divided into three meetings at the
| First Presbyterian church Robert
Il. Sprecr presided and addresses
were made by number of veteran
missionaries regarding their various
fields Of work. At the Central M, Il.
church "Woman's Work" was dis.
eussed, presided over by Mrs. Luther
D. Wishard. Miss Evans, of Tung-
.chon, China; Mrs. Lucas, of India, Hiss
Dean, of the Girls School in India,
and Miss GQnderdykc, of Africa, pre-
scented the claims for an educational
preparation for the missionary. DR..
Pauline Root, of India, spoke on
Woman in Medical Work in Foreign
Missionary Lands" Miss Genevieve
Guinness, daughter of ii. Grattan
Guinness, of London, who founded the
well-known missionary institute IN
that city, delivered an address upon
the mission work in China. The
Woodward avenue Congregational
church was also well flied and the
large number of papers read very in
teresting.i The evening meeting at
the. Central NJ, 10. was again crowded,
the, subject being, ;IThe Needs and
Claims of Chimp" presented by Rev.
DIR. J. Hudson. Taylor, and Miss .Gcral-
dine Guinness, of China.
l." The third day was but a repetition
of the first and second with several /
meetings in different sections of the |
city, variety;of subjects and a host OF.
. speakers The morning subject was
The Significance ana Work of the !
Lyon spoke on that line. President |
Mott read the report OF the executive |
committee which Is divided into eight |
parts. The first speaks'of the purpose !
of the movement-to lead students to |
thorough consideration of the claims |
of foreign missions upon them as life |
work; (2) 1.-THE field and its cultivation" |
universities, colleges, etc; (3) "the |
problems which must be solved'-to |
keep in touch with isolated volunteers;
permanently holding volunteers; giving
!. financial aid to needy volunteers; "a |
'pcrils'-too little enthusiasm or too |
much enthusiasm, etc; co. i"results"-
there are Az institutions in which vol
unteers are enrolled, there are over so |
per cont more theological students en-
rolled as students than 10 years ago,
colleges, ETC., gave over $4,000 to |
foreign missions last year, there are
$50 volunteer students now in missions;
(6) influence" az policy the
evangelization of the world in this
generation; (s) 'needs"-sy mpathy in.
prayer, sympathy in its workings and
sympathy In its financial needs. Eight |
sectional conferences were held in Rari- |
Gus churches in the afternoon. Three I
services were held in principal |
churches in the evening oil very |
largely attended.
The members of the Students VOL
unteer association realize the necessity |
of the speedy evange1ization of the
world, and nearly,a all of the students
who attended this convention havpal.