Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-23
ATOUROFTHEW WORLD
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4INtotJs PILGRIMAGE AMONG THE HEA-
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 A unioue and interc ting pilgrimage Io both home and foreign missionary svorkers is soon to be made by the rep resentatives of number of wealthy con tribnfors to missionary work. It will be under the auspices and guidance of the Rev Dr. Henry M. Field.
 For years Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D Rockefellar, Miss Helen Gould, Cy- r,.s K. Mccormick, Jr., of Chicago and fha Messrs Phil and W. K. Armour, also of Chicago, and other wealthy peo- .,1e have contributed hundreds of thou sands of dollars toward carrying on mis- sionary work in faroff territories, of which they knew but little. The reports of inc boards through which they con trihuted Were the only information they have ehad on the subject It is to enable fheso and others interested in mission work to know by actual observation ex- actIy how the missionary conducts his labors that tho trip is to be made The nasfy will not exceed 90 all told and wili Start for Japan via San Francisco a}nz1t April 10 and will be absent sev- eral months Tho tour will be under the imanediate direction of Messrs. 4. B. Thonpson and Ii. R. Elliott.
 Yhe itinerary will include typical stations in the home missionary work, giving the members of the party as they sr1.oss the continent object lessons in the .eYnngelizing of the negro, the Indian, fhe Spanish American, the Mormon and fIae Chinese, to which may be added the yaekless and abandoned clement of the Anglo Saxon population throughout tho qssb and on the Pacific coast, Then will begin the study of missions in Japan. rho. work of all the American missions fhafo will be looked into after which China will be visited. Shanghai, the northern center of the Chinese missions, will be the first stop, after which the pafty will go down tho coast to Canton and drop in at "far Formosa, where the work of the Rev. Dr. Mackay will De Observed.
 Ieaying Hongkong, the party will stealn south and cast through the stran- ksst and most adventurous waters of
 5 world. The arhoreal savages of Bor- l.so will show what American missions have done for them, as will also the na- lives of tho fantastic islands of Gelebes and New Guinea. The route then car riea the pilgrims through Torres straits to the eastern ports of Australia. After several pauses to enable them to obtain face to face realization of tho devoted martyr lives spent amid the lowest and darkest populations of the globe they will be in mood to appreciate civilized AustTalia.
 The itinerary then provides visits to tho Missionary archipelago in the far souihern seas, under auspices that will afTprd the yoyagefs every opportunity to aao the missionary and civilized forces at work i'll the remote regions. The Fiji, Tunga and Samoan groups will be visit cd and extended trips to Melanesia and Mfcronesia will be made, enabling the tourists to gain at first hands the story of the conquest of these isolated little coral worlds. This section is regarded as the very birthplace of mission work.
 The return will be made by way of Honolulu, and a general tour of the Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand will be made The missions at Albuquerque Las Vegas and Santa Fe will be made on the outward trip, and those of north era Canada visited on the return.
 A large number of people have al- ready expressed a desire to accompany the eparty, but it has to be limited, owing e the fact that in many of the places | in the South sea islands there are no ac- dominodations to be had other than those afforded by the missions. The heavy contributors to foreign missions who cannot themselves be members of hesparty, as well as the different boards nf forei8n missions of various denomi- nafions, will send representatives
 Tie missions visited will include those of every denomination, which will enable the pilgrims to form com pafisons. New York Journal.