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WORLDS MISSION WORK.
President Welcomed the Delegates to
the EcumenicaI Conference.
WIDE SCOPE OF GATHERING

The Greatest Convocation OF Missionaries
tho World Has Ever Ssen-Addresses
by President Mckinley, Former Presi.
dent Harrison and Governor Roosevelt
The Importance OF the Conference.
New YORK CITY (speelaD. D.-Presldent Nc
Rtnley and Governor Roosevelt welcomed
the delegates to the Ecumenical Confer
sncs on Foreign Missions, at Carnegie
Hall, and they received, in turn, most
,ordial greeting. The promised attendance
,fthess two representatives Of Nation and
State had drawn an audience thoroughly
representative alike Of the evangelical
,hurches ard OF the mission sentiment
which the conference typlies.
One hundred and four Protestant mis-.
,ionary societies were represented at this
conference, and for that reason, X for no
other, 1t was expected to surpass Its pre-
iecessors In cumenical or world embrac-
Ing results. These societies have sent
about $500 delegates, and Carnegie Hall
looked as II they were all there, and their
wives with them. .,.,l -
The dress OF many peoples characterized.
the audience, varied as 1t was, from the
teyere garb OF the European and American.
bmtssarles OF the Gospel to the briRht-7
lued robes Of converts who have becomof
preachers In the Orient. The Caucarian
prevailed, but the Indian and Atfcan
aces appeared with frequency suficfng to
lenote how far-reachlns has been the mis-
lion awakening. go
sDrooJdank NoHfpIau vr,o aoonrfoH rvffhfD
Carnegie Hall to find the hall already
packed with an enthusiastic ASSEMBLY.
Morris Z. Jesup, who was to presfde, and
ehe Rev. DR.. Arthur J. Brown, Chairman
otthe Hospitality Committee, acted as his
esc9tts. The audience rose as he entered
md Rendered him the Chautauqua salute.
Norris z. Jesup, the President Of the
New York Chamber OF Commerce, presided
over the meeting. After short prayer
The address OF welcome on behalf OF the
country was made by President Mckinley.
Another welcome on behalf OF the Stats
of New York fell to the lot OF Governor
Roosevelt, and to this the response was
made by former President Harrison.
This conference engaged the attention OF
The entire Christian world. Fully one-half
Of the programme was devoted to the con-
1tderation OF purely educational and medi-
sal affairs, and the missionaries serving az
'sduSators and physicians are steadily In
sredSing, while the spirit OF missions Is
gradually outgrowiug the purely theologl-
cal phase and Is assuming distinctly hn-
nanltarfsn function rs we'll.
The reports. to which this o14erence
listened OF the results achieved by $hs one
hundred and four societies represented re-
some, hoHSmethods are adapted to emer-
Bencless4 md how progress Is won Tor NOR
lllty and humanity.
BythlS Interchange OF experience t was
hoped 70 stimulate ethsinteresto OF Chretians
All oyer the world. Mission work - now
sconducted1on Q larger scale than eyer be-
tore. hut Il was hoped that the Conference
would mark q general advances N every
Ssrsnch OF ths work. saauak sssA
The Protestant foreign mis- 4eaary 70:
5eIeties Of the. world spend about Sl5, 600,
ssoo year to advance their WORK. Inat Is
ssxclusiyeof money expended on missions
ID RngIand and America Every cent OF
lll,jNisvast sum Is used to convert non-Chris-
..hans to Christianity.
~ .s The great problem Is how to get money
and them how to get the greatest portion
|3t ayety dollar to the non-Christian whom
h Is desired to convert. At present 1t was
Eyaid ninety.two cents on the dollar actually
Z reaches the heather. It was hoped by
Some that the eight cents, or cost OF ad-
ninfstration, may be much reduced by
Combination.
NJ The delegates wanted 1t distinctly un-
| derstood that this conference was not in-
;ended to pass laws or take any binding
action whatsoever.
One of the most noted delegates to the
conference was the Rev. DR.. Jacob Cham
,erlain, of India, the famous missionary
lnder the Reform Board. Do. Chamber.
ain was asked to tell the benefit ftom
.cumenical conferences.
primarily" he said, "the object Is to
BRING about systematic method OF mis-
ionary work In foreign countries, and to
stimulate the churches to greater effort IN
aiding the missionary cause. After tne
ast conference held in London ten years
ago, there was great revival OF interest,",
Ind the contributions toward the cause In
creased fifty per cent. We have the great
.st hope OF beneacent results from the
present conference.
"The conferences are made up OF repre-.
IentatIves from all Protestants churches OF
;he world. There ore about two hundred
Missionary boards and societies represented
n the present conference.
Gas to the mode OF procedure In the con.
.erences, it Is usuallya careful study OF
Ill methods OF foreign mission work. Com
parison leads to the Endorsement OF the
best methods, and these Endorsements go
before the various missionary boards.
"Reports will present to the conference
the exact situation evsrywhere-in India,
In China, IN Japan and In Africa. In mis-
,ionary work one OF the chief essentials is
harmony and unity OF action. Unidcatlon
Of effort will bring strength and the best
results will follow in foreign fields. -.
missionary work In Africa will, no
s3oubt. be one Of the most'importapttoptos
of discussion, and its careful consf4faHoD
shorl Id lead TO effective results" T&