Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-05-03
Pioneers of Evangelisln.

DR.. Post said:
1--WE believe that the first aim Of medical
missions should be the relief of suffering
from motives of brotherhood. Medical
missions are the pioneers of evangelism.
They are planted where no other branch
Of evangelical work Is possible. They are
founded on a need which is universal. and
felt by all. The doctor, therefore. has Inn
mediate and welcome access to vast num-
bers who neither wish nor will have any
intercourse with other missionaries. Were
the offices of the doctor merely bride to
induce men to listen to the Gospel they
would lose their power to draw men to
Christ. We believe them to be a necessary
outcome to that humanity which Christ
taught and loved. sF f i@#'
.'Those living In Christian lands can have
little conception of the extent and power
of quackery in the unevangelized world.
The abject fear Of the unknown on the
and malice Of the sOrcerers and the medi-
cine men or witch doctors give to the
latter an incredible power for evil
DR.. f. Howard Taylor, of China in
land mission, read a paper on ''Qualifi-
cations for Medical Work." and DR.. 0.
r. Avison, of Seoul, Corea, read the
concluding paper on Comfy in Med
ical Work.
DR.. Avison made strong plea for the
very best medical service possible I'M
der the circumstances.
There are" he said, 'three principal
methods OF carrying on medical work on
the mission Notwithstanding, visiting pa
tients at their homes and working from
an established position through dis
pensary and hospital. An efficient hospital
requires good buildings. good equipments,
y.
large yearly income to supply necessary
medicines, surgical dressings and food.
All the hospitals so far established in
Corea are deficient in all these respects, and
I am oppressed with the knowledge that
so far as that country is concerned the
medical work has accomplished only
small portion of what I believe it is
capable of doing
Chancellor McCracken, of New York
university. presided at the Madison
Avenue Reformed church, where Lit
erary Work" was under discussion
The following programme was carried
out: 1.-THE Extent and Value of Liter
airy Work in the Mission Field by Rev.
Timothy Richard, Of China; Literary
Workers paper, by Rev. J. S. Nc
Donald, read by Rev. J. Farley
Daley, Of Glasgow. Christian Lit
erary Work in Mission Fields. was
discussed by Rev. Richard Lovett.
of London. ''The Foreign Work
Of the American Tract Society. was the
title Of an address by Rev. DR.. D. j.
B,rrell. Other papers were: THE
Christian Literature Society Of India, =
by Rev. George r. Patterson. secretary
of the society; ''The Publishing Center
at Beyrout,'' by Rev. II. w. Hurlbut, of
Cleveland, O.; ''.The Publishing Center
at Constantinople,' by Rev. DR.. +. M.
Bliss, and ''The Society for the Diffus-
ing Of Christian and General Knowl-
edge Among the Chinese . by Rev. D. q.
Sheffield, Of China. t..
At the Fifth Avenue PRESBYTERIAN
church Periodicals and Reports Of So
cieties. Z General Missionary Litera-
ture'' and Religious and Secular
Press were discussed by Rev. DR.. f. r..
Strong. Mrs. J. G. Gracey and Rev. "A.
Wood ruff HalSey. ID. %