The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-06
THE CONGREGATIONAL CLUB
ADDRESSED BY HON. SAMUEL B.
 . CAPEN LAST EVENING.

l Talk on Foreign Missions by the Presi- dent of the American Board-Recent Address of Judge Warner Moves the | Club to Action-New Members Elected. At the meeting of the Congregational club in Plymouth church last evening action was taken concerning the estab- | lishment of a reformatory in this state
 on which Judge Edgar M. Warner of Putnam spoke before the Mems club of the United church Sunday evening. Af- ter a discussion of some of the state
 ments of the speaker, the following reso- lution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the outlook committee be directed to inquire whether any bet ter provision than now exists can be made for the punishment and reforma- tion of the thousands who annually
 pass through our jails and for saving those over sixteen years of age who are in danger of falling into vice. and whether any duty not performed re-
 garding these classes rests upon church
 members, and report at the next meet ing of the club.
 The outlook committee is composed of the following gentlemen: William M. Parsons, Charles E. Hart and Frederick B. Street. On motion of Mr. Parsons, its chairman, the membership of the committee was increased to six to in clude the following: Henry G. Newton,
 Judge Simeon F. Baldwin and Rev.
 Newman Smyth, D. D.
 The meeting opened shortly before
 o'clock, when the club sat down to a
 delightful supper. After supper the
 company was entertained with a solo
 by Miss Raymond and later with a duet
 by Miss Raymond and MT. Crabb. On
 the ballot for new members the follow
 ing were elected to membership: Val
 demar T. Hammer of the Congrega-
 tional church of Branford and Lewis s.
 Welch of the United church. The
 names of Harrison Hewitt, Edward
 Woodward and Normanl S. Platt were
 proposed for membership.
 Judge Livingston w. Cleaveland pre-
 sided as chairman of the meeting and
 introduced the speaker of the meeting
 Hon. Samuel B. Capen of Boston. MT
 Capen is president of the newly elected American Board of Foreign Missions and man who is expected to accom-
 plish much for the Board during the next few years. His address last even ing was one of the most stirring ap- peals in behalf of foreign missionary work that has been heard in this city in some time; and one that evidently won the hearts of the entire audience. The subject of his address was For eign Missions as an Investment He spoke in part as follows
 This is not the old question. Do foreign missions pay?' The man that asks that question now only advertises his ignorance. But it is a fair question to ask How much do they pay?'
 When the American board was or- eanized at the beginning of this cen tury there were no organized Christian work outside of the Christian church. There were at that time in the world but seven foreign missionary societies. To-day there are three hundred and oiAtS sCii CiiiHfoylii5 eleNtI lHDuSd1u workers and spending 13,O0O, 1000 year. In looking up to various missions which the American board has developed, the first is Hawaii. The first missionary went to Hawaii eighty years ago, and to-day it is one of the best manifesto tions of the power of the Christian re- ligion to be seep anywhere in the world, They give generously of their money and are supporting missions to other islands of the Pacific Turkey has been a hard field, yet the American board has there one hundred and thr- ty-three churches, five colleges, with fifteen hundred students, forty-six high schools with over three thousand pu- pills, three hundred and seventy-fve common schools, with over thirty thou sand pupils.
 An officer of the sultan said some years ago that the people of Robert college, presided over by Cyrus Ham, lin and the missionaries and teachers of the American board were stronger force than all the diplomats in Turkey put together"
 MT. Capen then spoke of the heroism of our missionaries and expressed the
  those brave men as our government and nation honors our soldiers and sailors. What missions have done in Japan, In- dia, Spain and China were then consid- cred. Great emphasis ought to be laid upon the value of our medical messions, for these missionaries are finding their way into the homes of the people of the far away lands, where the regular might be excluded. They heal the body, and in that way get into touch with the people. The Amer ican board has ten hospitals and thirty | under it's care. MT. Capen spoke of the work that is being done by the women missionaries among the | women of the east what is being done for education and science, and the returns which came back | to the country when foreign nations have been opened by missionaries.
 Trade does not always follow the | flag, although we say it does, but it | always follows the missionary
 Facing the future, Mir Capen spoke | of the contest going on in the world be- tween the Anglo-Saxon on the one side |