The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-04-26
FOREIGN MISSION WORK.
Gathering of the Ecumenical Confer
ence Of Foreign Missions at
Carnegie Hail, New York.
TWO THOUSAND MISSIONARIES THERE.
Tbry Are Gntbrrrd FTou Is~rS
Quarter of the GIohr and Hrpr~.
scut N~nriy Ever, BrBhrh 80
81 the Chri-tIan ChUFrh-IiaN'
Hrrn Preparing for Tea T~ars.

New York, ApriI with an cN.
auiu Harrison. to bid them wclrnm".
thor, were gathered iE Carnegie hal
more that 1000 missionaries from al'
- ust every quarter Of che globe.
TrH Years Preparation.
For ten years preparations hay
l,ru under way for this meeting,
Liovn as the Ecumcnical Conference
ua Foreign Missions. II Is the third
ol irs Kind ever held, E,cry branch ~
a.. Christian church b. represented cN-
Crpi the Roman Catholic, the Grrr',,
and that branch OF the Apgchcan
chlrh known as the Society for the
Propagation of the GosPcl
sc,rn Great Societies.
Hhr Iprripu missionary work Of the
world b. conducted boy seven great SD
,rsitr. Ihry are the Christian Mis-
i,orBrs society. which represents the
rttt rrliral party IN the thurch Of Eu-
l.ard. and IL almost as large as the
other sis together: 10" Society for
tu, Propagation uf the Gospel, repre-
s,u'nv th" Catholic party in the
Church "t England, and when de-
,IUrd tn attend the conferences the
London Missionary Socity of the Con-
lrrtiuuH church; the American
luart of Foreign Missions, also uf the
congregational church; the Preshy-
''rIam 'l"'rd "i Foreign Ml..l"hH' thr
Nls. i"uarH Society AT the Mrih"di'i
i' 'uWl 'hufrh, ANA IN" American
NariI.' MISSIONARY union.
Sessions Last TIL ""' l.
Th' sessions oi. the conference viii
l"st until May J. not including sun
d1.'. On sundays ihr d"Irga'rH W''i
'' E- trurd q" churches 90 the h'r
'l' '"'"nrhs dnd fnhur"n towns u"
Dah' addr'.-'s 'nd preach sermons
iu r'r'rd Q" their work.
Mhnt ~" s""'ri'"" Nr"nd'
The Protestant foreign missionary
s"rrrtrr- ol th" world -p"ud about
Sl..unn0 0n" 90 Year 10 advance their
work Ihu ,- exclusive pi IN" money
expended rr missions iu England AMI
american l."ry cent Of this vast
sum 0. u.td 'u run'rri uun-' hrtSiiuns
! tn Christianity. This great work was
hrsi .iNfi'u In the close OF ih' t'rh-
lrcnth century and IN" beginning OF
the nineteenth ILr r"nirrncr nov
In session in hrld ni 'Nr CLOSE "i INV
century a7 hiin@ time 'nd to make
way tor 10" 'r-at work Of the century
"''"' y" """h'
III" IN" 'F""' '"r""-"'
" stated hN ON" "I 'hr leaders the
ono "I'" pntr"~' "i TINS H''h'TinS
"' workers. 'r"m an corner "i 'h"
earth D. g." look mrh over tine r"n-
iur closing, aud TO survey an! pro-
V''l the work 't III" future
hr great problem no" iN hu" 20
t'' money 5000" 'h'" no" 'o get lac
t''"l''i l'''''"h '' every H'll'' -'''u
!" 'h' ""h-'hFtN''Nh "h'W u ~ u'
SI''H I" convert NJ present u is s''d
y ''h's "h ''. u"'l'r a''n"''l reaches
INC h'''''". u '' h"P'u 'h'' 'hr cost
| "i "l"'i"'-''"l'"n may %" m"'h dr-
""''"' ana H ~ h"pcd 10y thi' conlrr-
/ WV u" 'N''' '''N '''"''
N"'""i" f"r"""" Interested
III 'I' hN' o' honorary NceI'r'si-
/ "'n'h "I the conference are huch
names 'a '\'lrrsidrht "rn'rr 'I''r-
Ia''"' = Il'IP"u' Morgan, S'ih Low,
Nm' n""s'' ! \. N'h''r'n' "N
! '"'' W a. N"Tthrh ut h'"fEiH ard
| Miss lirlrn Huuth.
| among the delegates are many dis
'mguish"d English clrrgymcn, includ-
ing Rev. W. T. \, Barber, Lees school,
cambridge, missionary 10 China; DR..
J., \, Harklry, secretary of the Irish
Missionary society, aud Rev. W. -.
Cousins, London Missionary society,
missionary from Madagascar.
Visitors Prom Foreign Parts.