The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-14

ANAL A NI (Ot MEN,
 'Asiatic" suggests a generalization too broad to include very much that IS deh- mte and specific in the world Of the spirit. The Chinese are Asiatics, put they are the most prosaic, conserVa- tive and unspiritual of peoples The Japanese are Asiatic, but they are pro- gressive, childishly changeable and covetous of at least the superficial ele- ments of modern civilization. The Buddhists are Asiatc and they repre- sent much that is comatose in the lands where the decadent faith is still prevalent, The Hindus are Asiatic and are one of the most religious. proud and deeply-fallen of nationalities. The Arabs are Asiatic, fierce, simple, rest less. The Turks are Asiatics, and the Turks-Well, we do not speak of the Turk. The Siberisns are Asiatics, faint ly Europeanized and Christianized. If the greatest of continents ever attains the measure of spiritual unity which we ind in western Christendom, 1t must be through the reception by its millions of common religious faith. That faith cannot be Buddhism, which India casts out; it cannot be Hinduism, which is confined between the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Bengal and the Hima- lava mountains; it cannot be the creed of Islam, which has so few connections with humanity, liberty and civilizations; it can only be, I am more deeply con Vinced than ever, that Christianity whose teaching of Divine Fatherhood and Human Brotherhood has been made vigorous through Jesus Christ and Him alone.
 Report of Prudential Committee-Home
 Department
 Report of the Prudential Committee,
 Home Department-Rea by the Sec-
 retary, Rev. c. H. Daniels, D. D., of
 Boston:
 The annual meeting of the Board held at Salem, Mass, in 1871, adjourned to meet in Chicago, October 1st, 1872. The great fire which desolated that city made it impossible to receive the meet ing as planned. The Christians in New Haven came promptly to the rescue and twenty-five years ago the Board held its annual gathering in this good city. Of the officers and prudential committee of the board at that time but two are now living, and they are not in official relations to the board :tte Rev. A. c. Thompson, D. D., whose long years of service are remembered with great af- lection, and the Hon. Joseph s. Ropes, now a resident of Connecticut. The workers change, but the work remains in all the power of the divine approval.
 NECROLOGY.
 We recall with tender regard the names of those who have completed their earthly course by the will of God. They are eight in number. Alonzo H. Quint of Massachusetts, elected in 1867; Alden B. Robbins of Iowa, elected in 1867; Malcolm McG Dana of New York. elected in 1875; Jonathan N. Harris of Connecticut, elected in 1877; James F. Wallace of New York, elected in 1884; Henry D. Hyde of Massachusetts, elect ed in 1890; George H. Wells of Minneso- ia, elected in 1894; Charles Beardsley of Iowa, elected in 1895
 There has been one removal by death from our official circle. Henry D. Hyde, member of the prudential com- mittee and an honored counsellor in the hard problems before the committee, died April IT, 1897. The committee would place before the public the min- ute adopted for it's records: An asso- ciate always courteous and considerate a counsellor far-sighted prudent and judicial; intensely. occupied and busy with the immense interests which came T |; l,o Je I,,t h11c to hear patiently of anything which he could do to advance the Kingdom of Heaven on earth; strong and steady in his convictions of truth and duty; prompt and wise in action; we shall sorely miss his helpful presence; we deeply mourn his sudden death" NEW MISSIONARIES.
 More new missionaries have been sent to the field this year than last. The number has been quite inadequate to { he repeated and urgent calls for rein- forcements from several of the mis- sions. The support for five of these missionaries is provided for outside the usual resources of the board Four men, one physician, five wives of mis- sionaries, one unmarried man and twelve single women, two of whom are physicians, twenty-two in all, represent the additions to our missionary force since the last annual meeting This is a goodly company of young people. They have left pastorates, declined flat tering calls. given up lucrative medical practice, resigned from responsible po- sitions in high and common schools and the kindergarten in order to answer the call of the Master to fill important va- cancies on the foreign field We com mend them to the prayers and sympa- | thies of the people of God
 RETURNING MISSIONARIES. | Missionaries have been on furlough in the United States this past year in numbers more than is normal. Of these 1.-the larger portion have been in Japan and Turkey. A large number it will be l seen have returned to Japan and seve- ] ral to Turkey. Many ladies are still at home until such time as it shall be counted wise to go to their work i'll the Turkish missions. Fiftytwo have re- turned to their fields of labor.
 AGENCIES.
 We gave 8 careful review of the means which are used for the quicken 1 ing of the missionary spirit in the re- | port of last year. These means we class under the one term Agencies. We add the reports of these several agen- l cies and call your attention to their di- versified character.
 1 The Rev. F. E. Strong, D. D, the edi- torial secretary, makes the following