The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-21
THE WORLD FOR CHRIST
1t Is the War Cry En- blazoned on
the Banner.
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT
One of the Largest International Mis-
sionary Enterprises of the Century
Meets To-Day IN Cleveland.
Every Nation Represented.

Cleveland Feb. 20.--'"The world for
Christ" is the war cry emb1azoned upon
the banner of one of the most unique
and what is claimed to be one OF the
most powerful and efficient Christian en-
terprises-the International Student Vol
unteer Movement for Foreign Missions,
which will hold its convention in this
city from the sd to the 9th of this
month. 1t will probably be one of The
largest missionary gatherings OF the
century. Some of the best known men
engaged in missionary work. both in the
field and at home, and the greatest num-
Der of missionary boards and organiza-
lions ever brought together at one time
will be here. Practically every nation
Of civilization as well as of heathendom
Will send delegates. Students, men ana
women and professors will come from
the five great continents or the Wofld
and from the islands of the sea.
Cleveland will have the latch string
out to receive these representatives or
the educational world. Five thousand
young men and women of education ana
refinement, many of them the possessois
of more than one college or university
degree and hundreds of them pledged to
go into the mission field-such Is the
character of the Student Volunteer
movement, and of such material will
the coming convention be composed. I'M
portant and far-reaching results are de-
pendent upon this gathering. A great
revival and a Weakening of missionary
interest in all civilized countries is ex-
pected to follow in it's wake.
At recent meeting in New York, to
which the mission boards were invited
to send representatives, and which was
to be an official conference of these
bodies, q We're represented. This was
regarded a the time as satisfactory
showing. The character of the Student
Volunteer movement, which is inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL and not officially con-
nected with any denomination, will
be apparent from the statement OF one
of the officials that "over so of the de-
nominational bodies are sure to send
their leading representatives TO the
meeting in Cleveland"
The countries which will be officially
| represented are: Great Britain, India,
| Burmah, Laos. Malaysia, China, Ko-
rea. Japan, Persia, Syria, Turkey, Ma
cedonia, Africa tnorth central. south
| and wesD, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil,
| Chill and the United States. There
/ will also be representatives from south
orn Europe and some of the Pacific ISL
ands.
The Student Volunteer Movement
has been in existence only twelve years
| vet it has accomplished as claimed by
it's friends, what other enterprises FOL
the outlet of missionary zeal have failed
| in doing The UNCONVENTIONAL mission
| ary boards have been hampered ant
| handicapped in their work by the facl
| that it was difficult for them to secure
an adequate number of men and Wo-
men, properly educated and equipped
| who would go as missionaries TO TOR
| eign lands. The Student Volunteer
! Movement in its function as an enlist
| ing and training agency for volunteers
among college and university students
has, it is said changed the condition o
affairs Men and women are no longe
lacking, but the means WhereWith I
send them 5000 students. largely OF TIT
colleges and universities of Nortl
America, being now ready to go. In Tn
last few years a great change IS SAID I
have taken place among the student
in their attitude toward religious mat
tiers, and it is stated that the college
are becoming the centers of religion
influence and missionary zeal.
This convention will bring togethe
representatives from denominations
colleges like Amherst, Williams, Belol'
Ohio Wesleyan. state institutions Xix
Cornell. the universities OF Mlch1gaI
Vermont. Ohio Wisconsin, Texas, Cal
ifornia, independent universities INK
Harvard. Yale. Princeton. Virginia
stanford. Toronto, theological seminar
les of all the evangelical denomination
: like Drew, the Chicago, Mccormick
Princeton, Andoyer and many others
And there will be present women frof
Wellesley, Smith, Nassar, Radcli1fe an
a number of other women.s colleges.