Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-14
WORLDS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
IN NEW YORK IN 1900.
WILL CONTINUE TEN DAYS.
PROPOSITION MET WITH GENER Al
FAVOR IN EUROPE
EiEhty-scvcnth Annual Report "f the
American Hoard of Foreign Mis-
SiOn>-WOrk in Principal
Fields Rcvicwcd-Rc-
ceipts. S6f:..SI.

Boston. Dec. 1S.-.A letter from commit.
tee representing the foreign missionary So
cieties OF America. addressed To the seCre-
taries of the Protestant foreign missionary
societies OF Great Britain ard the Cont
nent of Europe. soliciting AN expression OF
their views as TO the deSira bility of con-
veuing an ecumenic,.l foreign missionary
conference similar in aims and character TO
the worlds missionary conference at Lon
don in ISIS in the city of New York. in
April. 1899. and their readiness to cooperate
in such conference, has met with Il gen.
cr'd and favorable response In view of
the cordial feeling and unanimity expressed
the American societies have authorized tho
holding of the conference. and an invita-
tion has been issued, signed by Rev Dr.
JudSon Smith of Boston. as chairman.
and Rev. DIR. II. y. Cobb. of New York. a5
secretary. This invitation asks each So
ciety to be represented by twp or more del
csates in ecumenical conference on foreign
missions. to meet in New York on April
~, 1900 and to continue for ten days from
that date. The invitations are to be sent
to all Protestant foreign missionary So
cietes.
The American board of foreign missions
made public to-day its eighty-seventh an
nual report. The receipts from the New
England states amounted to Il total OF
S'2'.iHf-i-- Ht IettlitS mum Otii'i
and territories We're as follows: New York.
S5i.035.0:;: New Jersey. S1.1i0.36: Pennsylva-
mia. 81. - 2222 Maryland. $6,..59: Delaware.
SO; Virginia, S5o.9J: West Virginia. S21Sli:
District of Columbia. s., ,:;;S.s 80; North Caro-
lima. Sl96.52: South Carolina. $40: Georgia.
Slis.H; Florida. siG2..9 Alabama. $i.S6; Mis-
sissippi. Sli.0: Louisiana, S5j.ul: Tcnnes-
see. $2i5.i3: Arkansas. SEQ: Texas. $3.50:
Indiana. Si.S5l.6i; Kentucky, S56-.'; Mis-
.gsI4
sl5.4l; Michigan. sls,.SS5, 10; Wisconsin. So
2i9.9S; Iowa. 81. I'D. 80, Minnesota, sS.45Sl5:
Kansas. S2i9i.6i. Nebraska. $::5so.3i; Cali
fornia. $IG,.93-76 Washington. $59j.s5; North
Dakota. $i2s. 25: South Dakota: sl.s3..5s:
Montana: *lsS2: Idaho: S-i.l2; Wyoming.
Mexico, 5000: Oklahoma. S25.3O: Canada,
si,5"5.s5; The total receipts from all sources
G-re ,6i2. 1Sl.0I-
The report says: In Iudia. during the
famine. food rose to abnormal prices. As a
large number of the pocr ~ ;.'iia- yearly
ono-.hiTd of all her peopl..-iive CONSTANT
ly upon the verge of starvation VIXEN prices
are normal it is easy TO Gine the result
of such times Us these. Grain riots occurred
In many places. starvation stared millions
in the face and almost at once became an
awful reality.
THE plague. or hubor:c fever first came
to public notice in Bombay. y panic seized
the Hr.o'0 inhabitants. Trains and steam
ers from the city became crowded with
people fleeing to the country. The NOR
tality Of the city rose from so a week TO
2,S0.
The Christians in the city have been
maryclouSly preserved. Among them only
= few eases have occurred. No death from
plague has taken place in Bombay church.
Dr. Won Allen is building one of the finest
hospital structures in Southern India.
Native women have less and less fear
of attending Il European diSperSary and
are almost well represented rs men. This
has been by far the most fruitful year in
the history of the South China mission In
the Foo Chow. China. mission. within the
last two years. there has been AN expansion
OF held and growth in churches. schools and
hospital work unparalleled in the his
tory OF our missions i'll China.
There are but five unOrtlIined missions
aries in a field which includes 2Cta."l0 souls
for which this mission is considered
sponsible. The North China mission I0cat-
ed near the political center of the en-
pire. giving access TO more than 2U0fGc1
souls. ably manned and well established in
most important and promising under the
cares of the hoard In the Shansi mis-
sion. Northwestern China, opium ref
nSe was opened early in the year, which
has attracted Il large number of patients
and has been nearly Selt-sustaiuins.
The problems which face the missions
aries in Japan to-day are entirely different
from those Of twenty-five years ago.
The educated Japanese carefully
studying the social and religious question
i'll which the scholars Of the West are inter-
ested and always the beginners OF enlight-
.nmcnt are subjects of doubt and question:
ing.
I'm Hawaii. ore great drawback to rapid
progress is the backward condition of the
Hawaiian churches. Too large proportion
OF Hawaiian church members are not only
ignorant of the fundamental requisites OF
personal requirements. but Indifferent to
the obligation of common honesty In the
regular payment of the promised salaries
OF their pastors.
In Spain. tn" fact that the missionaries
are citizens of u country against which
ther,. is such strong feeling. growing out
of the cuban question. does not seem to bs
charged against them by the most of those
with whom they come into daily contact
and relations. That which. perhaps more
than any other on thing among the Visi-
hlc Influences that prevail i'm the CImInUni-
ty. has served as au obstacle To the spread
OF the Gospel in Spain has been the well
known and powerful Ultrdmont.iue SyTnPs,-
thi.s OF the queen regent. This influence
UrcdoninJt@S entirely i'm th" court. and
from there reaches the most distant VIII
laGtS. and gives courage and strength to
the rsactiOnary element throughout the
land. The queen regent IS good mother.
an Intelligent sovereign and Viftupu5
queen. but the entire weight Of her uu-
measured influence is thrown against
everything that savOrs of the evangelical
religion.