The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-27
THE ECUMENICALCOUNCIL

NEW YORK, April 26.-This the fourth
day of the Ecumenical Conference, was
known as "Woman's day." While the men
held exercises in Carnegie Hall and the
Central Presbyterian Church, the feature
of the day was the great women's mass
meeting in Carnegie Hall in the afternoon
and the great public meeting in the same
place in the evening. AT the morning ses-
sion in Carnegie Hall Spirit and Limita-
tions of Missionary Comfy was discussed
by H. NJ. King, chairman of the active
committee, American Baptist Missionary
Union. and Union and Cooperation Prac-
ticable and Desirable" by the Rev. DR.. T.
NJ. Lindsay. of the Free Church of Scot
land, Glasgow; "a General Summary by
the Rev. DIR. Alexander Sutherland, secre-
tary of Missionary Society, Methodist
Church in canada.
DR.. Sutherland, in the course of his ad-
dress, said: "In the rapid development now
taking place and that may be expected in
the future 1t is quite possible that mistakes
made in the home fields may be repeated
on a large scale abroad, resulting in waste
of money, waste of effort, the retarding of
self-support and the creation of jealousies
and antagonisms among missionaries of
different boards. The conviction is evil
IDENTIFY growing that a time has come when
these possibilities should be honestly faced
and such mutual understanding reached as
will obviate the overlapping of work and
I the unnecessary multiplication of agencies
in fields that are fairly we'll supplied, so
that destitute fields may be more quickly
reached and occupied. There are strong
reasons why, at least, churches holding the
same general system OF doctrine and
church order should consider whether a
closer or even an organic union would not
be in the interest of the work of God
among the heather. The comparatively re-
cent union of five Methodist bodies in Can
ada and of the Presbyterian churches in
both Canada and Japan are illustrations
of what may be accomplished in this direc-
ton, If only there be. first of all. a willing
mind"
Five-minute discussions followed the ad-
dresses. Bishop c. c.. Pennick, of the
Protestant Episcopal West African mis-
sions, made the suggestion that all the de-
nominations contribute to the maintenance
of a great central bureau to be conducted
on the cooperative plan. This bureau was
to be one where information for allinterests
could be collected and classified. He
deemed this proposition of great impor-
tance and said he would have a pigeon-hole
large enough to hold the American eagle
and the British lion"
Rev. DR.. G. w. Knox, of the Union Theo-
| logical Seminary, then took up the discus
sion. He deemed the present methods OF
the missionary system wasteful in the ex-
IRENE. He said that in the four seminaries
in Toxic, Japan, there were not students
enough to keep one faculty busy. The ef-
forts of the various denominations, he
said, to go everywhere, make 1t impossible
for them to perform all their duties salts
factorily. The fault of this lay, he thought,
Tot so much with the missionaries as with
the people at home.
The women had charge of the exercises
and women's work in foreign missions was
discussed. Mrs. Judson Smith, of Boston.
acted as chairman. Reports from sectional
meetings were made. Miss Belle II. Ben
nett, of Richmond. KY, discussed Work
Among Young Women and Children"
topic Giving Miss Abbie B. Child, Of
Chicago. discussed on Literature Mrs.
H. c. Campbell, of Allegheny City, Pa,
Medical Work." Miss Frances B. Hawley,
j. Fairly DAILY, of Glasgow. delivered an
address. "Evangelistic Work. was the
subject of Mrs. e. s. Strachan, of Hamil-
ton, Ont; Miss Corinna Shattuck, of Tur-
key. delivered an address, as also did Mrs.
j. Howard Taylor. of China
AT the mass meeting for women in the
afternoon at Carnegie Hall. the address of
welcome was delivered by Mrs. Harriet
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For Great Britain. Mrs. George Kerry; for
Australia, Mrs. Robert Ross; for mission
aries. Mrs. Alice Gordon Gulick. The
Value of. Women's Societies Among Evan
gelizing Forces was discussed by Mrs.
Moses Smith, of Chicago; 1.-The Results of
Women's Work in the Home Churches"
by Mrs. M. N. Waterbury, of Boston;
Methods and Opportunities" by Mrs. w.
NJ. Baird, Of Korea; "A Physicians Oppor-
%tunity.' by DIR. Ida Fay lowering. of India;
THE Importance and Use of Missionary
Literature" by Miss Irene Barges, of Lon
don. and Introduction of Missionaries"
by Mrs. A. ]. Gordon, of Boston.
Mission Presses" was the subject taken
up at Carnegie Hall this afternoon. ''Thefr
Conduct and Management was discussed
by Rev. Robert w. Brown. of Mexico, and
Rev. A w. Sudisill. D. D., of India. Gil
bert Mcintosh. of China, read a paper on
Cooperation in Mission Presses"
Higher Education was the general
topic in the afternoon in the Central Pres
byterian Church. Higher Education in
Mission Fields" was discussed by Rev.
Stewart Dodge. D.. D., OF New York; Rev.
d. u. Sheffield. of Tungho, North China. and
Rev. George b. Smythe. D. D., Foo-Chow.
China. Comfy in Educational Work"
was discussed by Rev. f. V. Ellingwood.
secretary of the General Foreign Mission
Field of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States.
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