The record-union., 1898-02-21
THE WORLD FOR CHRIST.
STUDENT VOLUNTEER MOVE
MENT CONVENTION.
One of the Largest Missionary
Gatherings of the Century
at Cleveland.


Of the most powerful and efficient
Christian enserprisas-The Internation-
al Student Volunteer Movement for
Foreign Missions, which will hold its
convention in this city from the 23d TO
the 9th of this month 1t will prob
ably 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 number Of mission
ary boards and organizations ever
brought together at one time will be
here. Practically every nation CT civ
ilization as we'll as of hea6hendom will
send delegates. Students men and
women, and professors, will come from
the nve great continents of the world
and from the islands of the sea-
Cleveland will have the latch-string
out to receive these representatives, of
the educational world. Five thousand
young men and women of education and
refinement, many of them the posses
sors of more than one college or uni
versity degree, and hundreds of them
pledged to go into the mission field
such is the character of the Student
terial Will the coming convention be
composed.
Important and far-reaching results
are dependent upon this gathering. A
great revival and awakening of mis-
sonary interest in all civilized coun-
tries is expected to follow in it's wake
AT recent meeting in New York,
TO which the Mission Boards We're in
vited to send representatives, and
which was to be an official conference
of these bodies. twenty-seven We're rep
resented. This was regarded at the
time as a satisfactory showing The
character of the Student Volunteer
Movement, which is INSTRUMENTATION
al and not officially connected with any
denomination will be apparent from
the statement of one of the officials that
over sixty of the denomina tional bod
les are sure TO send their H,adlng rep
resentativeS to the meeting in Cleye-
land"
The countries which will be officially
represented are Great Britain. India,
Burmah, Laos. Malaysia, China, Korea,
Japan, Persia. Syria, Turkey, Mace
donia. Africa North, Central, South
Chill and the United States. There
will also be representatives from South
ern Europe and some of the Pacific ISL
ands
The Student Volunteer Movement
has been in existence only twelve years
yet it has accomplished as claimed by
its friends, what other enterprises for
the outlet of missionary zeal have
failed in doing. The denomina tional
missionary boards have been hampered
and Handicapped in their work by the
fact that it was difficult for them to
secure an adequate number of men and
women, properly educated and equip
ped, who would go as missionaries to
foreign 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 of
affairs. Men and women are no long
er lacking, but the means wherewith TO
send them, five thousand students,
largely of the colleges and universities
of North America, being now ready to
go In the last few years a great
change is said TO have taken place
toward religious matters, and it is
stated that the colleges are becoming
the centers of religious influence and
missionary zeal.
This convention will bring together
representatives from denominational
colleges like Amherst, Williams, Beloit,
Ohio Wesleyan: State institutions like
Cornell. the Universities of Michigan,
Vermont, Ohio, Wisconsin, Texas, Cal
ifornia; indepe endent universities like
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Virginia,
Stanford Toronto: theological semina-
ries of all the evangelical denominations
like Drew, the Chicago, Mccormick.
Princeton, Andover, and many others
And there will be present women from
Wellesley, Smith, Vassar, Radcliffe, and
a number of other womens colleges
More than sixty of the missionary
boards will send official delegates, and
among them will be the Right Rev
Bishop Il. L. Dudley, Secretary of the
Protestant Episcopal Board; Rev. DIR.
A. B. Leonard, Secretary of the Meth
odist Episcopal Board Rev. H. G. Ma
bic d. D., Secretary of the Baptist
Board: Rev DR. r. p Mckay, Secre-
Board; Rev. Walter r. Lambuth, D.
D.. of the Board Of the Methodist
Church (South): REV. Charles H. Dan
iels. d. D., of the American Board.
The speakers and participants in the
various sessions of the convention will
number about 150, many of them being
men and women of International fame.
Among them will be Rev. DR.. F. 3.
Meyer of London, England; General
James A. Beaver. Ex-Governor of
Pennsylvania. Judge of the Superior
Court of Pennsylvania, and who was a
General in the civil war: Right Rev
w. A. Leonard. Bishop of Ohio: Right
Rev Bishop T. T. Dudley of Kentucky:
Right Rev. Bishop NJ. E. Baldwin Of
Canada: Right Rev. Bishop William X.
Ninde of the Methodist Episcopal
Church: Rev. DR.. Francis E. Clark.
President of the United Society of
Christian Endeavor; President Charles
Cuthbert Hall, D. D., of Union Theo-
logical Seminary. Robert f. Speer. Sec
retary of the Presbyterian Board. John
r. Mott. General Secretary of the
Worlds Student Christian Federation;
D. n. Thornton of Cambridge Univer-
sity. England. and Secretary of the
British Students Movement: and Rev.
s. w Zwomer. r. r. G. s, of Arabia.
The main meetings of the convention
will be held in the new armory Of the
Cleveland Grays, and division meetings
in eight churches in the heart of the
city
In speaking of the movement. one OF
fhp officials said. The students of