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Or. Leonard then told of the work that
is being done in the mission field. He said
that OF every dollar collected 45 cents IS
expended in the United States. He told or
the work that is being done by the mis-
sionaries of the church in this country and
how. with the assistance given by the So
ciety, churches were springing up by the
thousand on the frontiers. In this country
the church has the gospel preached to-day
in fourteen different languages.
The New York preacher has Travelled
much and his discourse on the great work
that has been done among the pagan ma
lions interesting in the extreme 1t
filed him with disgust to hear men COM
piaining about giving money TO the foreign
work. Twelve centuries ago., he said,
our ancestors were Pagans, low-down
Pagans, bloody-handed butchers low-down
barbarians. Thank God somebody believed
in foreign missions twelve centuries ago and
gave the gospel to our barbarian ances-
Or. Leonard thinks that the man who
objects to this work Is living twelve cen
turtles too late and that he ought to be
placed in the period to which he belongs.
He declared that if such fate were thrust
upon that kind Of a man he would soon
become willing to do what he could to save
The first missionary work Of the Metho-
dist Church, he told the large congregation,
was in Africa, when the first missionary
missionary societies in that country ana
the Methodist Society is very important
country he declared that the gospel was
going into the center of Africa.
In 1S47 the first missionary went to China
from the Methodist Society. Al the enc OF
ten years there was one cooie converted.
To-day there are three annual conferences,
a great missionary conference and 2l,0OO TO
Chinese empire may be evangelical in the
first half Of the twentieth century, de-
clared he. "A most marvellous work mas
been done in India. A few years ago there
was one convert. To-day there are five an
meal conferences with 100000 commandments.
Since the days Of the apostles there mas
been no missionary enterprise blessed as
has this work.
Debts have come he said because the
income has been at standstIli, curing Ine
on. Once started it cannot be stopped. MOI
long since word came from lndla that l5o
missionary teachers must be turned out
with the ADMINISTRATION natives If support
were cut off, This meant that 10 charges
must be abandoned the work or years sac
riffced and the natives left to turn back TO
idolatry No one would blame those VINO
took the responsibility of adding wow
more to the debt under the circumstances;
"'God has wonderfully blessed TINS Work.
said DR. Leonard, land instead OF growing,
we should put our hands down in our
pockets
into Scandinavia. Bulgaria, Corea, Ger
many and Rome. The missionary az rome
sent the Pope a letter telling MN thslt a
Methodist class meeting would De nela
every Sunday and inviting him 10 De pres
emit It was not answered. Not long age
a minister was introduced to a pontificial
REPRESENTATIVE. The introducer undertook
to tell who the minister was.
20 we know who he is ana what ne 10
here for" was the response.
.'The Roman hierarchy knows we are
there" said Dr. Leonard. and we viii stay
there until Gabriel sounds his trumpet ar
tbere will he some thousands OF Italian
Methodists ready to march into the New
Jerusalem" 5000 oo;a
that since 1888 the work has been extend ao
ali over the world and there are 20OW
Methodists in other countries:
.oneninc the doors The doors are all open.
The fields are all being entered The truth tn
800 For AGGRESSIVE action. If there are
a ANY, improvements to be made God knows
that we would be glad to learn rod Of t mem,
In place of finding fault with GODS ageh-
cies LET us thank God for them"