The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-28
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Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. G. E. Waters. Pres
byfery Of Baltimore, Maryland; Mrs. A.
NJ. Weller, P~resbytery Of Lackawanna,
Presbytery Of washington City.
Mrs. S.. M. Wyife or Baltimore presided
at the afternoon session. Reports were
received from two of the foreign secre-
ta-ies.
The larger part of the time was given
to the discussion of the best a OF in
teresting the Christian Endeavor Societies
What can | do as secretary to get all
the societies to contribute and pray for
and be interested in foreign MISSIONS"
Miss Alice Carter of Newark was asked
torily.
The First Church seldom has had a
larger or more representative congrega-
ton than it had last evening. Rev. John
Dixon, D. D., pastor of the church., pre-
sided The choir led in the praise and
also rendered two excellent selections,
the last one a solo by Mrs. Carolyn Bar
ber-Biddle.
Rev. Arthur T. Brown, D. D.. one of the
secretaries of the board of foreign mis-
sions. gave the first address. DR.. Brown
is eminently a direct speaker. He gets
right to work upo the theory from the
very start and never varies. His lam
guage is plain and his sentences short.
If q word suits his purpose he does not
hesitate to use it. even though at first
thought it may sound somewhat out OF
place. He had an inspiring audience last
evening and was equal to the occasion.
Never has the popular secretary spoken
more earnestly and impressively, We
lave not the space to give more than a
meagre outline. Said Mr.. Brown at the
outset: The primary object of missions
is the salvation of individual souls. In
the second place, the ultimate object IS to
found a s-elf-supporting church in heather
lands. Christianity must not be an ex-
otto plant. but a native one. The church
must convert its own people. The work
This fact must be kept in mind in the
use OF money on the foreign fed. In the
third place, our methods should be COM
mensurate with the scope and dignity OF
the work set before us. This requires a
board. We are not carrying on a cru
SADIE but a settled warfare. A war can
not be fought by individuals acting indie
Derdently. There must be some lens 10
gather up the rays of personal effort
DR.. Brown referred to the splendid as
ssstance rendered by the Woman's Board.
This agency sees to it that its moneys find
their way into our treasury. While some
times thraugh the prayer meeting moneys
are turned aside to agencies renressnted
by the periratetic agent OF some independ-
emit cause. In the fourth place, the con-
duct of the work itself was considered.
AS another expressed it, we send out the
best, and the best educated men ard wo-
men we can find to preach, to teach and
to live the Gospel. We equip them, with
printing presses. hospitals and schools.
Our missionaries preach the Gospel OF
Jesus Christ. More and more emphasis
is being paid to the evangelizing part of
their work.
Dir. Brown said that in mission lands
we do not have sermonets by preacherets.
In the fifth place. the speaker held that
the power to do the work OF converting
the world is in God. One hundred thou
sand are coming every year. The Holy
Ghost is the agent for the conversion of
the world.
The concluding address was given by
Rev. ]. G. r.. Ewing, DID, CT India.