The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-18
WINONA SEASON OPENS
PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF FOREIGN
MISSIONS IN SESSION.
Representatives from Many Distant
Fields Present-SquabbIe over NJ.
f. Bishops Election.
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WINONA LAKE, Ind, May 17.-Ideal
weather ushered in the opening of the
season here to-day. The warm sunshine
tempered by the cool breeze from Lake
Winona tended to fill the small number of
visitors present with the highest spirits.
Indianapolis is not yet well represented in
the attendance and the ladies have the
whole field to themselves practically. The
only male visitor from Indianapolis is Rev.
r. v. Hunter, pastor of the Seventh Pres
byterian Church. The arrivals up to to-
night are Mesdames j. Cumming Smith, +.
F. McCrea, G. w. Brown, w. H. Hubbard,
and, of course, Mr.. and Mrs. S. C. Dickey.
OF these Mrs. McCrea and Mrs. Hubbard
arrived to-day.
The first event of the season was held at
p. m. to-day in the chapel of Minnewawan
Inn, it being the annual conference Of the
board of foreign missions This is the third
conference of this organization which has
been held in connection with the Winona
Assembly. The representatives present were
from the synodical and presbyterial COM
mittees and the representatives Of the wom-
ems boards The speakers of the afternoon
were Rev. Otis A. Smith, d. D., of Bay
City, Mich, and Mrs. Robert F. Coyle, of
Oakland. The object of the conference is
to unity the work of conducting foreign mis-
sions. The central figure of the conference
was Rev. Thomas Marshall D. D., field
secretary Of Presbyterian missions, who
stated that the bulk Of his work was in
bracing up committee work throughout the
country. His field is so extensive that he
has found this to be the only way to ac-
complish in any measure the work to be
done. THE man in the pew is the man."
said he, who paid the bills; neither the
synods the churches have money neces-
sary to do the work, and If the pewholder
refuses to furnish the money with which to
conduct the campaigns for mission work the
work must stop s...
Ii he attempted to call on each church in
rotation within the confines of his field on
Sundays, DR.. Marshall figures that it would
require seventy years TO complete the task
In the course of her remarks Mrs. Coyle
stated that as the power to move men God
ward was one sent only from God closer
communion with God was the element to be
desired that was found to be lacking in
the careers of missionaries, who have failed
IN their work from time TO time. Dr.
smith brought up the point that all the eff
IoftS 10 further the cause of foreign mis-
sions were but restitution to God and it
was necessary to fully realize His omnipo-
fence 70 understand how paltry the efforts
now oelng made for. missions really were
The big day for Indiana will be next Friday,
when the annual meeting of those inter-
esteG in home missions and 1.-THE Indiana
plan will be held. The disappointment of
this occasion will be in the announcement
made to-day that the president Mrs
Darwin r. James. of Brooklyn, who is now
abroad, will be unable to get home in time
TO attend the meeting. In her place will be
Mrs. J. B. Kendall, of Laporte who is the
synodical president of the home missions
OF Indiana. Tonight was taken up by the
foreign missionaries in deVotions and a
symposium of their experiences in the diff
ferent fields of labor
Delegates from all parts of the world are
arriving to attend the Presbyterian General
Assembly, the opening session of which will
be held on Thursday. Among those who
came yesterday and to-day were commits
sioners from presbyteries in Mexico, South
Japan. 2Gra.l