The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-08


q side tracked passenger coach. For q
whole winter sessions wero held in the car.
and this was the beginning of the "chapel
car movement"
1t was this that gave Boston w. Smith,
Sunday school missionary of the Amer
lean Baptist Publication society, an idea
which hc carried out with such carncstness
that no soon had car equipped for mis-
sionary work Tho Baptists now have
three such cars.
Tho first car was built by syndicate Of
wealthy Baptists and was given free trans
portation ovor all the railroads In tho
northwest IL was renamed tho Evan
GEL !" and dedicating hymn was written
for It, one verso of which is:
Roll on, thou bright "Evangoll"
Go like the flying wind
Till all shall know OF Jesus,
The Saviour Of mankindl
Across the great, wide prairie,
By mountains sloping height.
Sing songs OF our Redecmer,
Tho darkened worlds great light.
Ono OF tho most prominent men in home
missionary work is DIR. Thomas J. Nor
gan, who is tho secretary of the society.
He will tell tho delegates some interesting
facts about the work recently done by the.
society.
General Morgan will probably have
something OF special interest 20 say about
the Indian missions. This Is subject on
which he Is an authority, as he held the
position Of commissioner of Indian affairs
under Harrison's admins. ration. He had
previously been professor in an Indian
college. Hc is fino speaker, vigorous
writer and good organizer. 1t is largely
It,A 70 l.. aff Arta sh,t q I.x,x .gtl~ ,f tka
Homo Missionary society has beon SO sue
cessful.
Another we'll known Baptist is Rev.
John III. Chapman OF Chicago. He is the
president Of tho Young Peoples Baptist
union and has had much to do toward
making that organization successful.
Some Prominent Delegates.
The president of tho congress is Dr.
Henry NJ. Sanders, Ho IL tho pastor of
tho Madison Avenue Baptist church of
Now York city and ono Of tho abtest pull
pit orators in tho country. He is still on
the sunny side of so and looks even youn-
ger. He was born in New York city, his
father being n successful author of school
books. He was educated at Yale, where
he took several prizes for oratory. He
makes an able presiding officer. Among
tho missionary workers who hnve become
prominent through their long and success
ful iabors arc Rcv. n. b. Rairden, whose
field Is In Missouri; Rev. G. e. Conley,
stationed in Michigan Rev. Il. b. Nero.
dith of Kansas and Rev A. W. Clark of
Nebraska. These and many others of equal
prominence will be present TO tell the Bap-
lists of the good use To which their liberal
contributions have been put.
Tho reports from the foreign missions
will be listened TO with liveiy interest, as
usual. Tho Baptists have four mission
stations in China, and somo of thoir work
ers have been for many months exposed TO
tho greatest dangers in that country.
Probably something will be said in this
connection about tho proposition from tho
Chinese government now under consider
alton by tho United Missionary societies.
China has offered TO protect the mission
aries, but has attached 30 many conditions
to tho offer that it is doubtful ii 1t will bo
accepted.
Tho Baptist Missionary union has more
than 200 stations In foreign lands. Some
OF these aro IN India, and their work has
been highly successful. 1t was In the bay