The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-02-15
. TOUROFTHEWORLD
UNIQUE PILGRIMAGE AMONG THE hEA-
THEN IN chRlSTlANlTv'S CAUSE.

Or. Henry M. Field to Direct the Party.
China, japan and South Sec Islands to
He visited-wealthy People Intercsted
In 1t.
A unique and interesting pilgrimage
10 both home and foreign missionary
workers is soon to be made by the rep
If number Of wealthy con.
tributors to missionary work. 1t will be
under the auspices and guidance Of the
Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. Field.
For years Cornelius Vanderbilt, John
D. Rockefeller. Miss Helen Gould, Cy-
rus X. Mccormick. Jr., Of Chicago and
the Messrs. Phil and w. X. Armour,
also of Chicago, and other wealthy peo-
pie 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 the boards through which they con-
tributed were the only Information they
have had on the subject 1t is to enable
these and others interested in mission
work to know by actual observation ex
actly how the missionary conducts his
labors that the trip is to be made. The
party will not exceed 90 all told and
will start for Japan via San Francisco
about April 10 and will be absent sew
eral months. The tour will be under the
immediate direction of Messrs. A. B.
Thompson and II. R. Elliott.
The itinerary will include typical
stations in the home missionary work,
giving the members Of the party as they
cross the continent object lessons in the
evangelizing of the negro, the Indian,
the Spanish American, the Mormon and
the Chinese, to which may be added the
reck less and abandoned element Of the
Ang Saxon population throughout the
west and ON the Pacific coast. Then will
begin the study Of missions in Japan.
The work Of all the American missions
there 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
party will 60 down the coast to Canton
and drop in at far Formosa, where
the work Of the Rev. Dr.. Mackay will
be observed.
Leaving Hopgkong. the party will
steam south as .aa east through the stran-
gest and most adventurous waters Of
the world. The arboreal savages Of Bor-
neo will show what American missions
have done for them, as will also the ma
tives Of the fantastic islands Of Celebes
and New Guinea The route then car
ries the pilgrims through Torres straits
to the eastern ports Of Australia. After
several pauses to enable them to obtain
q face to face realization Of the devoted
martyr lives spent amid the lowest and
darkest populations Of the globe they
will be in a mood to appreciate civilized
Australia
The itinerary then provides visits tC
the Missionary archipelago in the fal
southern seas, under auspices that viii
afford the voyagers every opportunity Il
see the missionary and civilized forces
at work in the remote regions. The FIJI
Tonga and Samoan groups will be visit
ed and extended trips to Melanesia ant
Micronesia will be made, enabling tn,
tourists to gain at first hands the stor.
Of the conquest Of these isolated httl
coral worlds. This section is REGARDED
as the very birthplace Of mission work
The return will be made by way o
Honolulu, and q general tour Of tn
Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand will
be made. The missions at Albuquerque
Las Vegas and Santa Fe will be mad
ON the outward trip, and those Of north
/ ern Canada visited on the return.
A large number Of people have al
ready expressed desire to accompan
the party. but it has to be limited, OWN
| to the fact that in many Of the place
| in the South sea islands there are no ae
commodatiops to be had other tina
those afforded by the missions. Th
heavy contributors to foreign mission
who cannot themselves be members c
the party, as we'll as the different board
Of foreign missions Of various denomi
nations, will send representatives.
The missions visited will includ
those Of every denomination, whic
will enable the pilgrims to form CON
PARSONS New York Journal.