The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-25
FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS
Second Day of the Student VOL
unteer Convention.
MOVEMENT is SPREADING
An Aggressive Effort to Extend Christ's
Kingdom Throughout the world-An
Address by Rev. J. C. Ewing on
Intellectual Preparation.

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 24.-The second
day of the Student Volunteer conven-
tion began with forenoon session at the
Grays' armory. Again crowds were
turned away for lack of room. The
principal event of the morning session
was the reading of the report of the
executive committee by the chairman,
John S. Mott. The report says:
The purpose of the Student Xolun-
teer Movement for Foreign Missions is
to enlist students for foreign mission
service, to help prepare them for their
lifework and to lay an equal burden of
responsibility for the worlds evangeliz-
alton on all students who are to remain
at home. The field of the movement is
the thousands of institutions of higher
learning of the United States and Can
ada. 1t has on its rolls the name of
about 1000 volunteers. Already over
LOCO have sailed 10 mission fields under
the regular mission boards The stu
dents have been led to give up $4,000
year to missions and are seeking to stir
up the churches and millions of mem
bers of Christian societies of young peo-
pie to enlarge their giving, so that all
the volunteers may be sent, The move
ment has spread not only to the colleges
of all Christendom, but also of all mis-
sion lands. so that to-day the Christian
students in over 800 institutions on five
continents and Of all races are united
i'll an aggressive effort to extend Christs
kingdom speedily throughout the world
Douglass Nj. Thornton, fraternal dele
gate from the Students Volunteer Mis-
sionary union of Great Britain and Ire
land received an ovation upon his in
PRODUCTION. He said there We're AGO stu
dent volunteers in the British isles. Mr.
Thornton paid a high tribute to the
in i,,fy
the movement in Great Britain.
Rev. j. c. Ewing, d. D., president of
the Forman Christian college at Laporte
Ind, delivered an interesting address
upon the subject of intellectual Prepa-
ration" He said in part:
THE evangelizaton of the nations is
no light and insignificant task. Fer it's
accomplishment the best gifts of the
church are demanded. The thorough
presentation of Gods word to the non
Christian world is what the church has
undertaken to do. Side by side with
Our dependence upon the Holy Spirit to
enlighten the dark mind is the human
side. 1t is ours to strive TO show the
reasonableness of the faith which we
profess and preach To accomplish this
the brightest and best intellectual gifts
to be found in the church are needed
and anything less than that we surely
Will not dare to think 1t meet to give
The missionary goes to stand face
| to face with hoary systems of faith
some of which have not little to say
for themselves. Western agnosticism
and all forms of skeptical speculation
have encouraged in some quarters a
revolt against the propagation of the
gospel"
As illustrating the desira bilty of the
best possible intellectual and educa-
| tional equipment on the part of those
who contemplate entering upon the
| work of a missionary, he suggested:
| Ability TO master q strange and diff
! cult language a good degree of famil-
| iatity with the faiths which it is the
| aim to undermine or overthrow, def
mite settled views regarding the great
| fundamental truths of Christianity: eX-
| perience i'll practical Christian work, in
| teaching in the Sunday school or the
/ Bible class, or special contact in the
| Young Mems and Young Womenss
/ Christian association with those who
need help and guidance; taetfulness in
/ dealing with men.
The work of organization is prom
inent element in the life Of the mission
I AIRY. Non-christian countries are not.
| | believe. to be evangelical by foreign
ers Chinese. Indian, African and Ara
/ bian Christian heralds are the only
messengers of Christ who can ever adj
! equately convey the tidings of saliva
tion to the hundreds of millions in the
/ countries which they represent.
This missionary century is nearly
| gone, and paths long shut against all
/ entrance have been freed from every
obstacle. Great numbers stand. as we
| know, only waiting to be sent. The
! fields are white, the harvest is waiting,
| the rearers are ready. What hinders?
| The hour has struck, but the church is
not on time
Rev. NJ f. Baldwin. bishop of Huron,
/ held the closest attention of the audi
enee throughout his address, the sub
! iect being. Spiritual Preparation of
| the Volunteer" He said that he re-
/ ioiced to be connected with the volun-
teer movement because he was assured
that God was leading il. He advised
the students who We're preparing them
selves TO be missionaries to know and
/ to be sure of what they were to preach
in heather lands: the totality of their
| messages should be the coming of
| Christ.
In the afternoon sectional confer
| ences We're held in various halls and
| churches throughout the city.