The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
NEWS FROM THE
MISSION FIELDS
The Great EcumenioaI Conference
Now III Session.
FAMOUS cHACo STATES
Delegates From There and All Other
Parts OF the World Tell OF Their
Work as Mission.,ries-At-
tiiudc In Isdia.

Delegates 10 the tcu1!e'HN'.
ence now in session il New iorh. "t'o
come fresh from foreign mission eiior,'
.sire news of their tielCis that IS iiateiest-
ins- as the news of . gTeat work Niietil-
or one be interested in world cNdh4seiiEt-
ton or not While missionaries lahe
care never 10 mix themselves up IN pom
,ics ~ ,hn countries in which they ia-
hor. they are always kce1Iy alive 10 the
bearing of political moves in those conn-
.,1.s and if4 lattes's effects upon edC-
rational and missionary progress inter
views with these missionaries from eVefN-
where give the impression that ali !!lc
world IS not yet civilized; that many
parts of it are still little removed from
Tie savage state. and tiiat the cdt!tis
nf The missionary has still its hazardous
side.
Mr.. CRUDE, OF SOUTH AMERICA
MIR. G. b. Grnbb. one of the delegates,
is the Civil Governor under the Republic
,rf Paraguay, for the famous Snaco
States. This indefinite region extends
from the north part of Paraguay up INTO
Brazil and Bolivia and the very he;aft
of South America. Mr.. Grabh IS Eng
lish. and was sent out by the Church OF
England. lie became one Of these Chaco
Indians. SO to speak, and is now con-
sisereg7 by them TO lJe one of their NUM-
Der For this reason the Paraguay Coy
ernrnanI named him as governor i1aere
are about ten million Indians in Inc re-
giou and they are oGtln8Ss NOBODY but
AIR. Grub can Go anything with them,
and he cannot do much. There IS need on
a labordng class, il the country IS TO DE
developed. Negroes there don amount
10 much. and i-atins won't work in that
climate II The Indians can be eTanSe.-
;Zed and educated, nation can be the
< richer country
m The globe. >On an average six children
are born 10 a family; but adult families
rarely contain more than one enid, al!
the resi- are strangled Industrial mis-
sjcns are wanted, for gold. precious
woods and many sources OF wealth exist
1llerA. Mr.. Grubb will take back with
him other missionaries, and in time he
hopes TO see new nation, Christian
industrial nation, rise in this vast ANA
zon valley.
1t is a curious fact that Madagascar,
the great African island, is not African
at ali in its races. Rev w. e. Cousins,
Of London, for many years in the IS
land says the peonle are Malayan- like
those in the PHILIPPINES Madagascar
was conquered by the French five years
age, and in 1897 it became a colony, OF
France. Nov peace reisns IN all parts
save among some savage tribes in the
ceptiras French rule and giving no trou-
BILE. At first the French opposed mis-
sionarv work by the English because
they feared political schemes, but ind
ing the missionaries to preach the Gospel
only and not NEEDLE in State matters,
opposition has ceased Educational laws
recently published put all religious teach
ing or the same level. Protestant Church
work has suffered much. but those that
;,, HOY sincerity Mr. CONS
ms thinks Madagascar d most promising
mission field because there are more
workers-oreign and natiEe-ttlan eyer
before There are three British socls-
ties one French and one Norwegian Ia
boring TO Christianize the island. The
former Queen is in exile. air. Cousins is
most enthusiastic about the prospects
and thoroughly in love with the island
He says he couldn't be induced to re-
main in America, or even in England, so
attached is ne 10 Gospel work in this
far-off field. He is not so far %frorl
home he says. as one might at first
think lie can reach Marseilles in ten
day. and a ship thence direct viii get
him home in eighteen days.
MoIfaMMEDANs ARE WARY.
Mohammedans throughout the world,
but especially those residing in the Holy
Land are looking for the second coming
any time, and are prepared 10 receive
Him. The reason they are so interested
In such a subject is because the Koran
teaches de viii come, and that when lie
does So certain. new honors are TO so
TO their own prophet, Maho,net The
Rev c. T. Wilson has labored for years
among Mohammedans OF Jerusalem, as
a representative of the Church Mission
ary Society. His work is itinErading. for
he a,,,ftiE i,, hais hp.y1pS j.
reefs the work in hospitals, where thou
sands hear the Gospel. Direct work is
not carried on, for it is death for
Mohammedan TO turn Christian There
are few results of present mission work.
and The few there are the missionaries
nothing about, much less publish
Mr.. Wilson says the Turkish Government
keeps readers even in England and in
the United States, charged with the
duty of reading religious papers for in.
formation. one mission mentioned in
an American paper was closed up within
week. through information cabled from
New York 10 Constantinople. Mission
nries in Mohammedan countries, Mr.
Wilson says. are working on, PRAYING
and hoping FOR religious liberty. a Mo-
hamlnedan saying has it that at the day
Of judgment many u Christian viii be
found in NohammeGaa grave.
IL the American Government has its
sa n scandal in Manila, the British
Government is not without its troubles,
on the same account in South Africa.
DR. C. Il. Harford-Battersbv. the found
er of livingston College. West Central
Africa. is secretary Of an organization,
with the Archbishop OF Canterbury AT
Its head. that is urging the British Gov
ernmeft 10 more stringent military reg
rlations on the canteen question, or what
corresponds 10 il IN tile English service.
Nr. Chamberlain is with the society in
sentiment, and last summer at 2 Brlls-
sels conference there WAS recommended
minimum duty upon spirits four times
the amount at FIRST agreed upon. DIR.
1Iarford-Bstiersby personally saw the
King of Belgium. who has had so much
to do with the Congo development. l1e
Eays that In Cape Colony and The Trans
eaal a Very serious state OF affairs ex
ists.aand his organization Is seeking the
support Of societies throughout the Brit
Ism er,istfe in an e1a.fSaa7or 70 effect re-
form Incidentally Nr. Harford~Batters-
by cdits periodical devoted to the
health OF missionaries. especially mat
fers of dress and diet fer unhealthy
countries. As FAR as possible mission
eries going To snch countries are given
ro,Irst.. of study in elementary Inedi-