The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-24
WORK AMONG STUDENTS
SOME INTERVIEWING PH1SEs GIVEN
 BY SECRETARY MOTT.

Growth ofthe Students Christian NIove- mont In North America-worlx in the
 Universities of Europe and in the
 Orient.
 At the Center church yesterday morn- ing John R. Mott, secretary of the h. ternational college, Y. M. c. A., gave an account of the student movement in the colleges and universities of the world. He has recently made a visit to many countries and is enthusiastic over the work that is being accomplish ed. MT. Mott at the outset spoke of the importance of reaching college, saying that Charles Simeon had once remarked on seeing a Cambridge stu dent entering a church, "Here comes 500 people," and Prince Bismarck, af- ter having received many delegations from numerous classes of people, re- marked as a body of German students came to visit him that they were the most important class to whom he had to talk. "These men, said the speak CT, recognize the fact that the colleges teach the teachers, preach to the preachers, and govern the governors. It is of the greatest importance there fore, that the college men should recog- nize Jesus Christ as Lord. It was for this purpose that the Christian move ment was begun. It was begun about twenty-one years ago, and had at first societies in thirty institutions with a membership of about 1000. Last year Yale alone had 1000 membership in it's Y. M. c. A., while the total enrolment in the college associations of North America was 33,000. North America has been the leader in this movement among college men, and has to-day a larger membership in it's association than any other continent. The inf1u- ence of the associations work in North America has been felt in the increase of interest in Bible study, in the uni versailles and colleges and also in the dependency of spiritual life. In the twenty years just passed $500 students have been lead to accept Jesus Christ as a, Lord. Its influence on the mission movement has been still more wonder fully apparent. This movement is gen. orally known as the student volunteer movement Tn the last twenty years over 5000 students have volunteered to go as missionaries and 1000 have been sent, more in the last four years than in the seven years preceding that, showing that the movement is on the Increase.
 Similar results have followed the movement in England, where societies have been formed in 101 universities and the volunteers for missionary work have increased from 400 to 1,400 in six wears, and 400 have already been sent out. Similar results have been attain ed, though in a less degree, among the students of the German, French and Scandinavian universities. I believe that the strongest, though not the larg est influence will be exerted by these < Scandinavian students, who seem es- pecially earnest when they are imbued with a great idea In France it was with difficulty that we got together twelve Christian young men to form an association four years ago. Now there are 1000 students in the associa- tions of the French universities. The work has also been begun in Holland, where it meets with especial impedi- rnents, owing to the fact that large number of professors are agnostics
 Passing to the continent of India, for India is in size and population greater Iiy,nG of social cleavage and certainly more re- ligion than Europe, we find that the movement has made great headway among the students there. These h. dian students are the highest in the world I never found myself so press ed to answer questions in public argu- ment or private interview as by these Indian students. The assertion is also proved by the fact that the thirty In- dian students in the university of Cambridge take more than their pro- portional share of the prizes. While was in India 1000 of these students came together in several conventions and several hundred of them acknowl- edged Jesus Christ as Lord.
 Tn Australasia the number of associa- lions have increased from to A. MT. Salmon of Yale is the travelling secre- tary for the associations. The speaker then spoke of the Chinese as strong race whose present condition was due ito the corrupt rules raised up on the old antiquitiquated system of competi- tive examinations, and said that the hope of the country was in the stu dents being taught in the missionary schools and institutions. He spoke in closing of the successful meeting on common grounds of faith and work of the Worlds Christian Students Feder- ation. at which all civilized and semi civilized nationalities were present.
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