Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-02
THE EcuMENIcAL coMrERENcE

and Tenth street, New York City. 1
shall be in New York on May Z.
THE EcUMEN1cAL CONFERENCE.
Close of the Sessions at New York.
New York. May a. At the ecumenical
conference, which closed its sessions
yesterday, The Relations of Individual
Churches to Individual Missionaries
was the theme of an address by Sam
suel r. 'apens Lii. D.. of Boston. priasi-
|5dent of the American board. Among
l.other things he said:
During the past few years there has
! been in this country and in England,
| under some of our missionary boards.
! d growing tendency for the stronger
iiehurches at home TO have their own
representatives upon the foreign field.
We are all painfully aware of the
| fact that only a portion of our church
members are really and thoroughly in
| terested in foreign missions. We want
Ito reach those who are Indifferent and
lone of the best Ways to do this is to
make this work more personal by Civ
| inss the individual churches their own
Specific and definite work
Me have not begun to use our:
Ischurches as we ought, the enthusiasm
Which can be kindled for some brave
4 brother or sister Who against odds is
l lighting our battles for us. When our
occurrences become interested in some
4 missionary at the front they are going
/ to study the field where hesis placed.
In developing the new plan of 'indi-
viduai churches supporting individual
! missionaries, intelligence viii take the
I place of ignorance and interest will
iconquor Indifference. Give the churches
i as far as possible some definite parish
lin heathendona; let the wealthier
ehurches not only give to the general
Efund. but also have a. foreign pastor
! besides, and soon darkness Will every
where disappear in the light of the
cross.
The Nineteenth Century TO the
| twentieth was the subject of the pa
l per prepared for the conference by Ed
Ward w. Gilman. u. D., one ofthe see
4 retaries of the American Bible Society.
4 He said III part:
The nineteenth century presents to
1.-THE twentieth printed copies of the holy
lscriptures in about 400: languages as a
part of the equipment With which the
1 work of evangeliZation is to be carried
/ on in the years To come OF these VOL
tunes l11Scontain the old and new ltesta-
Iments entire: ninety-oie are new 5testa-
iments, and tbs remainder, less conpre-
ihonsiye5 as yet. Indicate both a begin-
Il ming and progress on more extensive
lines. 1t Is, estimated that about one
tenth of these had been printed before
1850; the remainder may be taken as
1.-THE product of Christian study and la
4 Dor in the present century In many of
4 these languages there are two or more
diversions Of the same book. or ela borate
Il revisions einbodying results of modern
slresearch: and scholarship and forming
Il an important part of the contribution
j of the present age to Its successor. a
l1arge number of these languages have
mo recorded history Of literature, being
sEprincipally rude and unwritten. and
Ionls, IN these Eater years and by slow de-
grees reduced to writing and made
a savailable for the expression Of Christian
sltruth. Tihescinsings century passes on 70
Tits successor the Bible complete in Ill
4 5differsnt tongues and announces that
lpreliriinary steps have been taken TO
Il supply the scriptures in 800 more Of the
4 liking languages ofstoday.
Il THE ninstesnth century presents to
i the twentieth a large accumulation Of
Historical material relating to the his
\ tory of modern versions. and TO the ast
4 work yet TO be accomplished in giving
4 the holy scriptures to all tribes and peo-
+ sple and tongues. The biographies OF
q translators, the journals Of missionary
lboards, the annual reports of Bible so-
Ioieties. the archives Of correspondence
extending over n century, supply an
fought 10 be utilized at an early day In
1.-the interests of Wise economy of labor
land money, and the avoidance at the
outset of mistakes due to ignorance a me
Il linexperience.
The Christianity Of the nineteenth
century transmits also its profound ant
3ablding conviction that the Bible ha.
lcome To the earth to stay, not an obso
iet@ book. or one of waning power ane
lHmerely historic Interest. but a might,
a33fcrce which God has appointed for tn,
: Fuse of His church in the discharge Of til
u duty To the world. Fnally.tie nine
fifteenth century lays upon the twentieth
j, the injunction to carry on to its compile
r 3tion the work which now has only beef
begun. Not to speak of numerous Ian
y / guages and dialects which thus farhav
e never been enriched with any part o
!, the holy scriptures 300 unfinished YER
S sioris of these sacred writings are 10 b
4 re-examned, and if found worthy are t
: be supplemented by that which in eacl
h case is lacking,
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