The herald., 1894-10-29
atudnnt Yolnntaara.

Student Volunteers.
Yesterday being the day set apart for
prayer On behalf of the student volun-
teer movement for foreign missions, the
gospel meeting at the Y. W. @. A. wac
quite given over to the consideration OF
this subject.
MIR. Ed Chaplin gave the Bible reading
from the sixty-third chapter OF Isaiah,
and the first seven verges of the sixty
second chapter. He accompanied tho
reading with an able exposition OF its
meaning and dwelt especially upon the
seventh verse of the aixty-second chap
ter.
Miss Bixby. late OF Wellesley, then
read the call to prayer, which sets forth
most clearly and fully the statement of
the work and its aims. Briefly told, the
student volunteer movement is oon-
certed work in all the colleges of the
land that looks to the evsngelization of
the world in THE generation. The spe-
cisl occaeion for this call to prayer is the
orisis which threatens to lessen the
money in the hands of missionary
boards, and renders it very difficult to
even sustain the present force of work
ers in mission felds. The call is signed
by the members of the national execut-
i've committee, who are John K. Mott,
d. Willard Lyon and Miss Etfie K. Price.
"More About Jesus" was sung after
the reading of the call, and this was fol-
lowed by an address by Mr.. Caswell of
the University of Southern California
ON mission work and the part that
prayer sustsins in il. He said "any
gres; movement in Coda work has its
birth in prayer" and cited the instances
of Cacey, Judson, Livingstone and
Bishop Taylor. The opening OF ell the
doors of the world to missionary work
was in answer to prayer. and the offer Of
men and women was also in anewer to
prayer. Now that the evangelization of
the world depends upon the money
necessary to carry on the work Ii is
most appropriate that this should be
made a matter of prayer. He said.
"God has kept step With the church in
the work, and now the church must
keep step with God, and Gods steps
are mighty ones. This is a wonderful
closing OF wonderful century"
Mr.. Caswell then told of the plan
undertaken By the Epworth league OF
the Methodist church. which is to ask
every one of the 100000 msmb ber1 to
Elto w COntb CGOO3 PAOtAaAA6 y
fund of $40O, 900.
In closing he said that in the twen-
tieth century. so near at hand, he be-
lieved Jssus Christ would rule in every
nation under the sun.
Miss Emma Reaner, coast secretary.
then made short and most interesting
address in which che told OF the start
of this work. II was begun by a con-
vention held at Moody's school at North
field, Mass, in 1886. At the conven-
tion were representatives of ten nations.
Not enough interest Was then felt to
justify the holding of public meetings,
and SO private meeting wsa held for
prayer and from this had grown the
great movement which has 700 repre-
sentatives in foreign fields and many
more preparing for the work in the col
leges. Miss Reaner said that the first
preparation for the work must be the
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Mise Morse stated that this work was
in perfect harmony with the mission
work of the churches. The afternoon
collection OF the Y. W. O. A. was en-
tirely devoted to this cause.
Mrs. Chaplin offered prayer and the
meeting closed with the Chrstirn En-
deavor benediction.