The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-21
THE YALE MISSION BAND
4 SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS TO
BEGIN TOMORROW.
To Stir Up Interest in the Work in
Foreign FicIds-Church APP
pOintments.

that have been preparing for the event.
This will not be a public meeting, the first
CT which will occur tomorrow morning,
when six pulpits of the city are to be fille
five by the members of the band and the
sixth by Miss Ella McLaurin, of Chicago,
secretary of the Baptist Women's Board of
Missions, who will come here to-day with
the members Of the band who have not ar
rived.
Assignments have been made as follows
for Sunday morning. Memorial Presby
terrain Church, A. B. Williams; Friends
Church, Brownen Gage; Third Christian
Church, d. b. Eddy; Central-avenue NJ. E.
Church, c. B. Vickrey; Irvington. Christian
Church, j.. l.. Thurston, and First Baptist
Church, Miss Ella MacLaurin.
The assignments for the evening meetings
are: Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, A.
b. Williams; Roberts Park NJ. E. Church,
Brownell Cage Central Christian Church,
c. b. Vickrey; United Presbyterian Church,
j. L. Thurston; Seventh Presbyterian, d. b.
Eddy, and Woodruff-avenue Baptist Church,
Miss MacLaurin.
In the afternoon tomorrow a meeting of
special interest will be that for women, to be
held in the Meridian-street NJ. f. Church,
under the direction of the Young Women's
be the principal speaker at this meeting
Those who have heard her say that she is
a speaker of especial power. AS soon as
Rev. T. J. Villers, of the First Baptist
Church, heard that Miss McIaurin was to
be here he telegraphed an invitation for her
to occupy his pulpit.
Another event tomorrow afternoon will
be the meeting for men at the Young Mems
r.c
the band will be heard. The Y. NJ. c. A
orchestra and chorus will lead the singing.
Both the afternoon meetings are to be held
al 3:45 o'clock
Monday evening at o'clock there will
be a mass meeting of churches and young
peoples organizations at Roberts Park NJ
70. Church, followed by a mass meeting of
the women's missionary societies at the
First Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon at
2:3O p. m. Tuesday evening al 1;30 o'clock
all the churches of the city will unite in
rallies. AS 1t was impracticable to hold
meetings in all the churches, the city
divided into four districts at one church in
lows:
Central District = First Presbyterian
Church, by First Baptist, First Presby-
terrain Second Presbyterian, Twelfth Pres
byterian, Central Christian, Englewood
Christian, Haughville Christian, West In
dianapOlis Christian. OakandOn Christian
Plymouth Congregational, HaughVille
Friends. Roberts Park NJ. E., Meridian
Street M ~, Grace M. T., HaughVille Nj.
T., West Indianapolis NJ. F., Trinity NJ. E.,
West indianapolis, East Park M. T., Cler-
mont Christian. West Newton Friends Val
ley Mills Friends, Irvington NJ e.. Irving
ton Christian, East Washington-street Pres
byterian, Woodruff Place Baptist. Woodruff
Place United Presbyterian, Mt. Jackson
M. Il.
Northeast District - Third Christian
Church, by Central-avenue NJ. E., Broad
way M. r., Brightwood NJ. E., Oak Hill NJ
D., Lincoln-avenue M. F., Allen A. NJ f..
Memorial Cnyytp
terrain, United Presbyterian. Fellowship
Congregational, Brightwood Congregational
FIRST Friends Moravian, United Brethren
Third Christian, Hillside Christian, College
avenue Baptist, Ebenezer English Luth-
eran, Furnas-place NJ. E.. Highland English
Lutheran.
Northwest District-Tabernacl Presby-
terrain Church. by Mayfiower Congrega-
tional, Peoples Congregational, Blackboard
street M. p, Wesley Chapel NJ. E., Califor-
nia-street, M. E., Han-place NJ. E.. Garden
Baptist, University-place Baptist, North IN
qlanapons Baptist Tabernacle Presbyterian,
Home Presbyterian, Grace Presbyterian
Olivet Interdenominatonal. Broad Ripple
Christian North Indianapolis Christian
North Indianapolis M. f., King-avenue M
r., Hyde Park M. r., Mapleton, Simpson
South Side District-FIetcher-p M. e.
Church, by Sixth Presbyterian, Seventh
Presbyterian. Eleventh Presbyterian Sixth
Christian, Olive Branch Christian, South
street Baptist, Methodist Protestant Trim
ity Congrega tional, Woodside NJ. E.. Madi-
win Ray M. E., Fletcher-place NJ. f.
Before starting on their mission the mem
oers OF the Yale Band went to New York
city and there held conferences with the
various UNCONVENTIONAL mission boards in
order to famiiarize themselves with the
needs of the various church boards. While
the united movement is interdenOminational
the members Of the band are qualified to
speak In the churches of any denomination
concerning the needs of that particular de-
nomination. In view Of this fact denomi-
national meetings are to be held Wednesday
evening at 7:9O o'clock as follows: First
Church, First Presbyterian. Mayfiower Con-
gregatlonal and the Central Christian
church. Congregations and young peoples
invited
TWO OF THE BAND ARRIVE.
Brownell Gage and ]. l.. Thurston, of the
Yale Missionary Band of five, arrived last
night. They are the guests Of the Misses
Wishard Messrs. A. B. Williams, c. "
Vicl1ery and D. B. Eddy will arrive to-day.
Many meetings will be held in the next five
days at which the young men, four of them
of the Yale class of 1898 and the other a
postgraduate, will advocate the cause in
which they are interested. Last night Mr..
Gage explained the work of the band.
what is Known as the students volunteer
movement with a membership of about
1000 is composed of students in the uni
VerSities, colleges seminaries, and in some
instances IN preparatory schools, who have
signed declaration in which they signify
their intention of entering the field of for
eign missions. Already 1,200 have gone
abroad. Many more are waiting to be sent,
but the denominatiOnal mission boards can
not send them to 1.-The work of saving the
world because of lack of funds. The
members of the Yale Missionary Band had
been associated with the students volun-
teer movement from the freshman year.
About the time of finishing their student
days the question arose in their mind as
n hp enable those IN
were anxious to devote their lives to teach
ing the doctrines of Christianity to accom-
plish that purpose. After serious confer
ences with leaders of the young peoples
societies, the secretaries of the denomina-
tional mission boards and others interested
in the work, the five young men determined
to make tour of the Eastern and Middle
Western States in hopes of arousing an in
terest and enthusiasm in the cause OF for
eign missions that would stir up the church
to the duty of giving.
.'rhe church said Mr.. Gage, was adopt
ing a policy Of retrenchment, rather than
increasing its giving, and while the boards
were willing and anxious TO SEND the stu
dents who We're ready to go into the foreign
field, they could not do so through a lack
of means. While our work has been very
largely among the young people organlza-
lions. we have been able to get into the
churches The result has been an increased
interest in the work of saving the world.
We are not asking money. We are simply
urging the churches to increase their giving
to their own denominational boards.
The Students Volunteer MoVement mas It's
own methods of working and the Yale Band,
in its work in the young peoples Organiza-
tons has endeavored to present those plans,
so that the efficiency of the organizations
would be increa Sed, especially in the dlrec-
ton of furthering the foreign work. Inc
members of the band represent three demon
nations hut are perfectly familiar with the