The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-12
TOUR OF MISSIONARIES.
A Party of Twenty VIII Make u Pilgrim
axe Among Foreigners.

n
axe Among Foreigners.
New York. December ia unique and
interesting pilgrimage, to both home and
foreign missionary workers. is soon 20
be made hv the representatives of num-
Der OF wealthy contributors to missionary
work 1t will be under tho auspices OF
the Rev. DR., Henry NJ. Field
For years Cornelius Vanderbilt. John
u. Rockefeller. Miss Helen Gould, cyrus
Is Mccormick, IT,. of Chicago, and the
Misses Phil and \. X. Armour of CHI
cago, and other wealthy people have con-
tributod hundreds of thousands of dol
lars toward carrying on missionary work
in FAR OFF territories OF which they knew
but little The reports OF the boards
through which they contributed were
the only information they have had on
the subject 1t IS 90 enable these ana
others interested in mission work 10
Know by actual obscrN alton eNnctiy now
the missionary conducts his labors thut
the trip is to be made.
The party viii not exceed twenty all
told. aud viii start for Japan via Saii
Francisco about Npil 10, aud viii he an
sent several months. The tour WIZ be
tudor the immediate direction Of Mrs. \,
! g. Thompson and H. Il Ellis. The itin-
| cary will include typical stations in the
| horlu missionary work, SiVinE the meme
| bers of the party as they cross the cont.
ncnt object lessonR of tho cVnugelising Of
| the negro and the Indian, the Spanish
American. the Mormon and the chinese,
t. which may he added the reckless and
abandoned element of the Auglo saxon
| population throughout the Wcsl and on
| The Pacific coast
Then win begin the study Of missions
| IN Japan The work OF at! the American
! missions there viii he looked into after
which china win be visited, Shanghai,
! tho northern center of the chinese mis-
| sions, viii he the first Stop after which
/ the party VIII 3" down the coast 10 can
| ton and drop in NJ rormoga. whore the
| work of RcV. Or. Mckay VIII be OBJ
! sCN ed.
! The itinerary provides visits 20 tho mis-
| sicuaTN archipelago In the lar Southern
| Stntcs under auspices TINT viii auotd the
VnyaBcts every opportunity 10 see III" mis-
| sioulIN aud ciVtiiYed FORCES n work ~
| the rcmo,e reslonst, rhe tili TonSh, aud
| tended tiips to Nelonsia aud Micronesia
| VIII be made enabling the tourists to gain
| AT iirst hands the story or lhe cohpMcrl
of these Isolated little coral works rms
/ section is regarded AZ the very birthplace
| OF mission work
The return viii be made Vim Honolulu,
and "a general tour of the Hawaiian r.
! lands and Nav HcHihnd viii Len made. ~
| missions at Albuquerque. Lus Vegas anu
| SANTA l'r viii he made on the outward
! trim and those OF Nortb,rn thrnlh NSltci
! ON tho rrturn. \ large number OF people
| hnvn already oppressed desire To accom-
! ppuv The marty. but 1t has to he limited.
| o~ing to the fact that IN many oil the
places in tn south Sea islands ihcre me
! no nccoinre odnu tus 10 be had Other tlhn
those afforded hy the IN 'ssions The heavy
| runtrlbutots to foreign missions "Nu rn
| NOT thpnatlyc be mclnhris 81 the party,
ma wen ae the different boards Of foreign
| U,issiong of NariouH denominations, will
",nd raprrserintlVeR Tho missions Wis
tied win include those Of every dtnumlnn'
ion. witch viii onphlc the pilgrim to form
comparison