The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-16
AS TO MISSION WORK
1t Is Endorsed by Eloquent Speakers
in New York.
BY MANY PRESBYTERlANS
Ex-President Harrison Spoke and
Was Applauded-Ex-Secretary
Foster Addressed the Audi
ence at Length.

tudl tA-IiNSloCnl maj
ison was to preside proved great at
traction. When the ex-president ar
rived he was heartily applauded. Hon.
John w. Foster. ex-secretary of state.
was also on the platform. Rev. John
r. Davis acted as chairman and intro
duced ex-President Harrison as a
great and good man." General Har-
rison began his speech by saying that
the Presbyterian church had been
greatly celebrated for its power of re-
sistance. 1T had stood fast for love and
liberty; 1t had stood fast for education;
1t had been in the United States a
throne Of education; 1t had stood for
the highest scholarship, and II had
stood against that pseudo philosophy
which, from the study of Gods Word,
finds there is no God and from the
study of His Word that He has given
us no Word.
He continued: "It had been strenu-
Gus in it's opposition to this doctrine.
and has stood with the stiffness of a
steel beam for the faith delivered by
the fathers, and IL still stands for. the
essential doctrine of the inspired Word.
1t Is not an illiterant church. Nobody
of Christian word opens its arms more
wide to those who love the Lord. 1t is
catholic in its cooperation with the
churches. The missionary spirit is in
herent in Christianity, and we meet
here tonight, in this meeting which
eliminates our efforts, to take counsel
as Presbyterians as to how we can ad-
vance the cause of foreign missions.
II have sometimes in missionary
meetings heard speakers talk about the
needs of the board. That seems to me
very much like the man whose grocery
bills are not paid and who will talk
about the needs of his butler. We are
not here to talk about the needs of the
board, but our needs, the needs of the
church We are here to summon you to
the duties which your church member
ship implies, and which implies much
more when you consider the great head
of the church. 1 think / may say to
you: Hold fast the good doctrine, not
the shepherd
The next speaker was Hon. John w.
Foster, ex-secretary of state. General
Fosters address was summary of his
observations on the work of the Pro-
testant missions in Asia, first in a
tour of the world. and two year ago,
and in a second visit to Japan and
China in connection with the peace ne
gotiations of the present year. The re-
view embraced the work of mission--
aries in Syria. India. Burmah. Holland
and Egypt. the Turkish empire, Cey-
Ion, the straits settlements, China
Corea and Japan. and he also discussed
the three great non-Christian religions
of Mohammedanism. Hindooism and
Buddhism.
India he styled the citadel of Bra
hamism, a perfectly organized system
supported by caste, apparently inn
| pregnable to the attacks of Christian
! fly. A first glance created the impress
| sion that the missions were making
! libtle progress against 1t. but a more
careful examination showed that all
the great moral and social reforms were
the direct result of the introduction of
| the gospel After a passing allusion
to Brahma. General Foster discussed
the greaa Chinese empire and the work
| and prospects of missions there. Not
| withstanding the superstitious charac-
| ter and the low grade of morality of
the mass of the people. 1t was claimed
| the gospel had developed some of the
most striking examples OF regeneration
and fruitful Christian life. and that
the Chinaman was by no means be-
yond the spiritual influences of our re-
ligion The recent riots. ne asserted,
grew out of general hatred to foreign
ers and not from religious intolerances.
| General Foster said the work in
| Corea had been retarded by the late
war. but even this impediment would
| doubtless result in enlarged opportuni-
| f~.- 1,a Ia
siderable attention to the mission field
in Japan. praising the country for its
beauty. the people for their polite and
cleanly habits. the government for Its
progressive ideas. But the latter he
criticized for accepting 50 readily the
results of western civilization and
failing TO encourage the great cause
| of 1.-THE Christian religion.
Rev. L. II. Clark. ID. D.. president of
the United Societies for Christian En-
/ deavor, spoke OF missionary work In
general and the nmitless needs OF the
heathen world. and paid a glowing tri-
butte to the men and women who are
devoting their lives to mission work.
Referring to the Armenian atrocities.
he said: Even when we came TO the
he said: Even when we come to the
land of Mohammedan superstition and
bigotry we find that. though tae un-
\ speakajble Turk has ruled for a thous-
| and years, the capacity to die for the
faith of une gospel has not been crush
| ed out by a long series OF tyrannous
re.gns. God Is sin IN the hsavens- The
/ imprisoned and murdered Christians
call to him for vengeance, the awful
/ tyranny and the petty Interference OF
the past must alike come 10 an end
| in he better days that are coming. and
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