The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-17
OLD OFFICERS TO SERVE
ROSTER OF CHRISTIAN BOARD OF
MISSIONS REELECTED.
Features of Educational Work Dis
Bible Chairs in Colleges.

session of the c. w. b. NJ. convention were
the presentation and adoption of committee
reports and an address by Rev. S. p. Coler,
of Michigan, on THE Bible Chair" The
church was comfortably filed and every
one participated with fervency in the pre-
liminary prayer and song service, led by
Mr.. Coler.
The first committee report was that on
educational work, and it elected warm
discussion. The education committee was
composed of Mrs. J. Fl. Garrison, Mrs. w.
S. Keene, Mrs. E. S. baltimore, Mrs. j. II.
Ford and Miss Gertie Cary. Mrs. Garrison
made the report, which contained the fol-
lowing recommendations:
''Ffrst-That the Bible chair work at Ann
Arbor be continued and the work OF rails,
ing funds for its endowment be prosecuted
until it is placed on permanent basis.
"Second-That we cooperate with the
churches in Virginia and Georgia in fur
nishing able and wise instructors in the
Bible to give courses of lectures to the stu
dents of the universities of these states as
soon as the funds will justify our doing so,
and that we undertake the establishment of
permanent Bible chairs in connection with
these universities.
'Third-In order to encourage the raising
of funds for this purpose in these States, or
in any other State for a similar purpose,
we recommend that the national board be
instructed to enter into an arrangement
with the churches, auxiliaries and lndlvid-
udl members OF SuCn states by WHICH any
sums of money donated for the special pur-
pose of maintaining Bible instruction in
connection with the university in their re-
spective States or endoWing Bible chairs at
the seats Of these universities be held
sacred for that purpose; provided, however,
that said sums be sent to the national
treasurer of this board, which shall have
supervision of the work and OF the money
contributed for it's support.
"Fourth-We further recommend that the
board select and put into the field as soon
as practicable judicious and careful
agent whose business it shall be to solicit
donations and requests to the English Bible
chair endowment fund We recommend
that Education day for the c. w. b. M. be
made the occasion of acquainting our peo-
ple with the nature and Importance of our
Bible chair work, and OF pressing It's CLAIMS
upon the moral and material support of our
brotherhood.
BIBLE CHAIRS IN COLLEGES.
This report was finally adopted after
some strong expression of opposition on the
part of some to the establishing of Bible
chairs in any institution aside from that at
Ann Arbor until the chair at the latter
place was placed on a firm and permanent
basis The Southern delegates were par
ticuarly anxious for aid in behalf Of the
chair at Athens University in Georgia.
The second report received was from the
committee on missions in India, composed
of Miss Ellen M. Kent, Virginia; Miss Anna
Hale, Illinois; Mrs. M. L. Atkinson, In
diana; and Miss Ella M. Hoffman, Iowa.
The c. w. B. M. maintains missions at
Bilaspur, Mahoba, Bena and Deoghur. The
missionaries maintained at Belaspur are
Lohr, f. G L. Miller, M; D., Lillian Is.
Miller, NJ d., Matte w. Burgess; at Ma
hoba, Mary Graybiel, Adelaide Gail Frost,
Elsie II. Gordon, Rosa Lee Oxter, M. D.;
at Bena, Ben Mitchell, Laura v. Mitchell,
Ida Kinsey; at Deoghur Jane Wakefield
Adam, Bessie Farrar and M Alice Sprad-
frdfc Ch
it is DESTROYS to provide for the return of
Miss Mary Kingsbury who is on leave
Of absence in New York, and also Tor the
sending of Miss Ellen M. Maddox, who IS
present at the convention, as medical mis-
sionary to Bena- The report also said: An
other dear and consecrated girl thoroughly
equipped by medical education and endoW-
ment of health and devoted Christian spirit
to supply the need at Deoghur, is mere
pleading to be sent to this joyous service.
But there is one thing lacking to send
these missionaries, and that is money. Con-
tinuing, the report said: -
'Our general fund has been largely over
drawn There is no money in our treasury
to enable us to do this humane thing. what
shall we instruct our executive committees
to do to meet this emergency Inese mis-
sionaries must be sent Grave fears are
straining at our hearts Tor our GEAR Bessie
Farrar who at the last word from Deoghur,
was threatened with impending fever.
THE sending out of DR.. Rosa Lee Oxter
was too late to save Adelaide Frost from
sinking down into the gloom OF the val
back, step by step, into the glad sunlight
of life and health. AL.
Kingsbury and Miss Maddox snail go out
or the EXPENSE of our already heavily over
drawn treasury, or will the special et1ort
he made in this convention to meet with that
generous response that shall otherwise pro-
Vide for it? Mrs. Lohr has given in, the
mast wear 500 out of her meager salary.
Matte Burgess has given 500 out or her
not too ample means ana WoIa coInes hi bar
"a
home passage will be met out OF her meager
funds Sisters in convention, COO help US 70
meet this dire necessity as women MoIliy
TO be colaborers with these brave ones IN
India"
Rev. G. p. Coler, at the close of the read
ing of the India report delivered his address
an the Bible chair. Mr.. Coler's paper was
valuable one, treating as it did the supJeot
of the growth of state universities and their
attitude toward Christian education, as well
also as of the attitude Of Christian people
toward those universities.
"State universities" said the speaker,
fare rapidly attaining great prominence
among our institutions for higher educa-
ton. Their development in the last twenty
five years has been marvellous. In the
first quarter of the next century TINS ue-
velopment is likely to be still more rapid
and important The States of the Union
are wing with each ether in making pro-
vision for the equipment and enlargement
of their state universities. 1t is hardly
probable that in the next century private
beneyolence can long surpass, or OFTEN APP
proach state provision for higher educa-
lion; and it seems very probable that IN
the near future state universities Will rank
as the foremost of all our institutions Tor
higher educa ton. But whether this be true
or not, the state university is here to stay,
and to be mighty factor in the develop
men Of our twentieth century civilization.
Mr. Coler then prOcG eded TO give rev
reasons accounting for the increasing po-
tency of the state universities. Among these
reasons were that the state university is
the logical outgrowth of the public school
system that it is destined to come more in
favor with the people, as the recognition OF
it as an organic part of the school system
increases; that it is calling to its faculty
the abeSt educators and specialists in the
country, thereby extending its influence in
the affairs Of the State, that 1t is turning
out thousands of graduates whose influence
is great in building up the institution, and
that it is growing more and more in the
favor Of prominent Christian people and
professional men. Proceeding Mr.. Coler
said:
Recognizing. then, that the state univer-
sity is to be a permanent and a growing
power in determining our civilization, 1t
becomes the duty of Christian people to
ask themselves two questions:
Il. Whether Christian influence is con-
tributing what 1T should toward making the
state univer 'ity what ii ought to be. This
question must be answered in the negative.