The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-13
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN MISSION
Ex-President Harrison to Attend
Gaming E-oumeuicaI Conferences.

Former President Harrison mas accept
ed the place of honorary president of the
General Committee of the forthcoming
Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Mis-
sions, plans for which are now well un-
der way, which is to be held in New
York a year. hence, and is to include rep
Nresentatives of every foreign missionary
Organization in the world. The prelimi-
nary programme for this conference,
which will be the direct successor of
hose Of London, in 1888, and Midway in
1878. has just been perfected, and with
the programme are announced some pre-
paratory plans which refer to churches
of all religious bodies in both England
and the United States. The idea under
lying the programme is:-First, a show
ing of what has been accomplished during
the century now practically ended, for
eign missions havebeen fnaugurated with
that century, and second, the out
look for the century just opening. Mis-
sionaries from every part of the world
will be at the conference, and the ablest
leaders of the missionary labor in all re-
ligious bodies, European and American,
will present world eyangelization in all
of it's phases. Some of the special topics
will be authority and purpose of foreign
missions, conservation of the Church to
missions; support of missions by home
churches, relation of students and young
people to missions, administration of mis-
sions, review of one hundred years of eff
fort, survey of fields, comfy, educational,
literary, medical and evangelical effort,
the part of women in missionary effort.
and a missionary exhibit which will be
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the kind ever made.
The recommendation is made by the
General Committee that churches under
take, especially as early as e Septem-
her, a monthly concert of prayer for
missions and especially for the success of
this great conference. The second recon-
mendation is that a systematic study of
missions be undertaken especially during
the coming fall and winter. Ministers are
to be urged to preach sermon and
young peoples societies to have lectures,
Illustrated when possible. The third fea-
xure of the preparation is giving, and in
order to afford an opportunity for all
to help an offer is a to churches of
a report of the conference, to be ready
within three months after its close. This
report will be sent to all contributors or
s.. and churches are asked to give that
sum. not alone for the report, but to
assist missions and the conference. A
fund of s40,0 600 is accommodating to be used
In entertaining all delegates and returned
missionaries. As far as possible churches
that enter into helpful relations with the
conference plans are to be offered dis
tfnguished speakers for their pulpfts
either before, during or after the confer
ence. Since these speakers will include
the most famous divines in the whole
world, or a large proportion of them,
# will readily be believed that the de-
mand for pulpit engagements for them IS
already perceptible. The aim is. not to
sxeep the delegates in the East, but on the
sundays Of April and May to have pull
pits Of all principal cities supplied with
these eminent missionary authorities.
Available for these pulpits will be men
from Australia. Continental Europe, Scot
land Engand and India. Just as far as
the General Committee can effect 1t, the
whole country during these W months IS
10 be aroused to the topic Of world
evange1ization. Students in colleges, min
listers and every organization OF every
christian sort. are already being appealed
II IN furtherance of this measure. The
General Committee, with former Presi-
dent Harrison at its head, includes in Its
membership, aside from the large foreign
membership, the Rev. Dr. Judson smith,