Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-04-24

ed only Their Rights Under ExIsffue
Treaties Friendly ofcs From England
NEW YORK, April "a The business
sessions OF the Eeumea,eAl conference
on foreign missions begaa~inp taneous
ly III Carnegie ha.i ard the Central Pres
byterian church Walter 3 Steam. ser.
rotary Of the inland mission IF China
led the devotional exercises in Carnegie
hall, and the aey James Cunningham.
NJ A., Of tie Memoria. PRESBYTERIAN
church Of Wadsworth London, cen
Quoted exercises at the Central Presbv.
terrain 1t Carnegie hall the Re- pr
Augustus A. Strong president OF Re.
chester Theological seminary delivered
an address on the Authority ard Pur-
poses Of Foreign Missions.
The Rev S Hudson Taylor, founder
Of the China Inland mission. spoke on
"The Source and Power of Foreign MiY
sions.
Robert E. speer. secretary of the
board of foreign missions of the Preshy-
terrain church Of the United States.
opohe gil 1T 3itibt ara IJttti31ill%
ing Aim In Foreign Missions
The meeting i'll Central Presbyterian
church was addressed by Rev James l.
Vance, of Nashville; Rev. Henry T.
Chapman, secretary of the United Meth
odist Free Churches in England; Rev
Paul de Schweinitz, secretary OF the
board OF missions Of the Moravian
church. and Rev. Dr.. Fl. @. Mabie, Sec
rotary Of the American Baptist union
! Rev. James Cunningham, M. A.. Of
London. England, presided and con-
tributed a few words to the discussion
of the theme for the dag, ''Ihe Author
ity and Purpose. the Source and Power
and the Supreme and Determining Aim
In Foreign Missions.
Rev /. B. Wolf, Rev j. WilSie. Rev
l.. w. Scudder, Rev. Or. Parker of
Northern India, and Rev. J. e. Abbott
of Bombay, addressed the meeting upon
missionary work in farther India.
The meeting at the Madison Avenue
Reformed church was devoted to dis
cussion Of missionary work in Moham.
meGan lands. Rev. James l.. Barton,
president Of the American board Of mis-
sions III Turkey, spoke of the situation
i'll the Ottoman empire.
Rev. William Jessap spoke upon mis-
sion work IN Syria; i. H. Hutton, presi-
dent Of the Presbyterian mission board,
spoke on missions i'll Arabia; J. Har
graves Riageford ON early efforts of mis-
sionaries ii Northern Africa, and John
Giffen, a missionary of Egypt of the
United Presbyterian church, on Lgypt.
George Washburn president of Rob
ert college, III ConStantinople, said in
part:
Contrary 60 a seeming belief, mis-
sionaries III Turkey have no political
purposes whatever. All that they ask
of the Turkish government is that they
| be given the rights guaranteed by the
treaties existing between the two coun.
| tries y
DIR. Grace Kimball, of Vassar college,
formerly missionary to Turkey, spoke
briefly on Turkey, Dr. Edward Riggs on
! Greece and Rev L, c. Wilson on Jeru-
salem and mission work in Palestine.
AT the Broadway tabernacle several
| missionaries gave general survey of
the mission work in the islands of the
Pacific. Bishop John +. Hurst, Of
Washington, spoke on the Philippines
Rev. Canon Edwards, of the Exeter ca.
thedral, London, and secretary of the
London Bible society, then spoke of the
work which the Bible society had done
in the islands of the Pacific. He said
that society had spent over 90 years in
compiling new testament in the Ian
guage of the Filipinos, but Spain had
| not allowed them to do any missionary
work in the islands, and hence they had
not been able to make any use of the
work, but now that they had the United
States to deal with the society would al
low the American missionaries to use
this work. He also said referring to
the United States
England rsjoices in your joys and
delights III your prosperity"
Rev. DIR. Wardlaw Thompson, of
London, and Rev John c. Payton, of
the New Hebrides, told of the work i'll
those districts. Rev. J. r. Callenbach.
ID. D., of Doom, Holland, spoke of the
Dutch mission work in Javamx, Borneo
and Sumatra, and was followed by Rev
O. Fl. Gulich, a native of Hawaii, and
Rev. w E. Cousins, of Madagascar
Afterward eight sectional meetings
We're held III as many neighhoring
churches. Reports were made at these
meetings concerning the work and pros
poets in China, Burma, Assam, Siam,
India, Ceyl0n, Oceanica, Mohammedan
lands, Africa, North and South Amer
lea and also among the Hebrews III all
lands All the meetings were largely
attended and addresses We're made by
several missionaries IN each.
Both Carnegie hall and the neighbor-
ing Central Presbyterian church We're
crowded TO their capacity atthe evening
meetings, last night,
At Carnegie hall addresses were read
on "a Century of Missions /"
To the left of the main aisle We're
seated the delegates from japan, Korea.
! Oceanica, West Indies, China, Central
America, Mexico and South America.
To the right Were Siam, India. Ceylon.
Burma, Assam, Syria, Egypt, Turkey,
North and South America, Persia, Ara
bia and Africa Each section was
marked by plae The meeting was
called to order by the Rev. DR.. Ewing,
who i-treaaeca the Rev DR. A. T.
1 Raymond. professor of Union college,
as the presiding officer.
Rev DR. FL J. Willinger. of Rich
mond, Va, offered prayer.