Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-04-27
UNION MISSION WORK.
Strongly Advocated at the Ecu
menical Conference.
PRESENT METHODS ARE wAsTEFUL
Where Churches Have the Doctrine, 1t
Was Urged, They should Unite Their
Missions-w onan's Day at the Confer
ence-some of subjects Discussed

ence-some of subjects Discussed
New YORK, April 27-The fourth
day Of the Eeumenical conference was
known as Woman s day" While the
men held exercises III Carnegie hall and
the Central Presbyterian church the
feature OF the day was the great wom-
en- S massmeeting in Carnegie ball and
the great public meeting III the same
place last evening.
At the session of the fourth day in
Carnegie Music hall Spirit and Limi.
tations of Missionary Comfy was dis
eussed by DR. II. NJ. King, chairman
executive committee American Baptist
Missionary union; and Union nd Co
operation Practicable and Desi able, !"
by the Rev. Dr. T. Lindsay, Of Free
Church of Scotland; "a General Sum
mary" by the Rev. DIR. alexander
Sutherland, general missionary secre-
tary Methodist church in Canada. A
discussion of the paper followed. DR..
Sutherland at one point said in part:
@There are strong reasons why at
least churches holding the same general
system of doctrine and church order
should consider whether closer or even
an organic union would not be in the
interest of the work of God among the
heathen The comparatively recent I'M
ion of five Methodist bodies III Canada
and Of the Presbyterian churches III both
Canada and Japan are Illustrations Of
what may be accomplished in this direc-
ton. ="
Five minute discussions followed the
addresses. Bishop G. G. Pennick, of
the Protestant Episcopal West African
mission, made the suggestion that all
the denominations contribute to the
maintenance Of great central bureau,
to be conducted on the cooperative
| plan. This bureau was to be one Of in
formation, for all interested could be
collected and classified. He deemed
this proposition of great Importance,
and said he would have pigeon hole
s.large enough fto hold the American
eagle and British lion.
Rev. DIR. George w. Knox, of the I'M
| ion Theological seminary, then took up
| the discussion. He deemed the present
methods of the missionary system
wasteful III the extreme. He said that
in the four Summaries in Toxic, Japan,
there were not enough students to keep
one faculty busy The efforts of the
various denominations, he said, to go
everywhere make it impossible for them
to perform all their duties satisfactorily
everywhere. The fault of this lay, he
thought, not so much with the mission
aries as with the people at home.
Mission presses was the subject taken
up in the music hall of Carnegie hall,
after the noon recess. "Their Conduct
and Management was discussed by
Rev. Bobert w. Brown, of Mexico, and
Rev. A. W. Sudlsill, d. D., of India.
Gilbert Mcintosh, of China, read
paper on "Co-operation III Mission
Presses, and discussion followed.
High education was the general topic
after the noon recess, III the Central
Presbyterian church. Higher Educa-
| ton i'll Mission Fields" was discussed
! by Rev. d. Stuart Dodge, d. d., of New
York; Rev. T. T. Sheffield, of Tungcho,
North China, and Rey, George B.
Smyth, d. D.. Foo Chow, China.
discussed by Rev +. f. Ellinwood, d.
D.. secretary Of the board Of foreign
missions Of the Presbyterian church in
the United States. A discussion fol
lowed.
The women had charge of the exer-
cises, and woman S work III foreign mis-
sions was discussed at the women's
meeting in Carnegie hall. Mrs. Judson
Smith, of Boston, acted as chairman.
Reports from sectional meetings were
made Miss Belle FL. Bennett, of Rich
mond, KY, discussed "Work Among
Young Women and Children;" Mrs.
Moses Smith, of Chicago, had as her
topic Giving Miss Abbie B. Child, of
Boston, discoursed on Literature" Mrs
H. c. Campbell, of Allegheny City,
medical Work." Miss Francis B. Haw-
ley, New York city, Educational
Work. Mrs J. Farley DAILY. of Glas-
gov, delivered an address; "ENange-
listic Work. was the subject of Mrs. E.
S. Strachan, of Hamilton, Ont; Miss
Corianna Shattuck, Of Turkey, delivered
an address, as also did Mrs. J Howard
Taylor, of China.
AT the mass meeting for women i'll
the afternoon in Carnegie hall, Mrs. j
2. E. Kumler, of Pittsburg, Pa, pre-
sided Prayer was offered by Mrs Hen
ny Foster, Of Clifton Springs, n. Y.
The address of welcome was delivered
by Mrs Harriet Todd, of Boston, and
the responses were: For Great Britain,
Mrs George Kerry; for Australia, Mrs
Robert Ross; for missionaries, Mrs. Alice
Gordon Gulick.
1.-The Value of Women's Societies
Among Evangelizing Forces was dis
cussed by Mrs Moses Smith, of Chi
cago; tine Results Of Women's Work
i'll the Home Churches. - by Mrs M. N.
Waterbury, of Boston; Methods and
Opportunities, by Mrs. w NJ Baird,
of Korea; i" A Physicians Opportunity,
by DR.. Ida Faya lowering, of India;
'tThe Importance and Use of Mission
airy Literature, by Miss irene II.
Barnes, of Lopdop, and Introduction
Of Missionaries by Mrs A J Gordon,