The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-04-25
TO AID MISSIONS.
EcRMENlcAL CONFERENCE MEETS
IN NEW YORK.

A'oPHench'htNes VI DiHerent countries
Gathered to Promote Spread of Gospel
In Foreign Lands-Addresses Made by
Number of the Delegates.
New YORK, April 24.-The business
sessions Of the Ecumenical conference
on foreign missions began simultaneous
ly i'll Carnegie hall and the Central Pres
byterian church. Walter B. Sloan, sec.
retary of the inland mission of China,
led the devotional exercises in Carnegie
hall, and the Rev. James Cunningham,
M. A., of the Memorial Presbyterian
church Of Wadsworth, London, con-
Quoted exercises at the Central Presby-
terian. At Carnegie hall the Rev. DR..
Augustus A. Strong, president of Ro-
chester Theological seminary, delivered
an address on the Authority and Pur-
poses Of Foreign Missions"
The Rev. S. Hudson Taylor, founder
OF the China Inland mission. spoke on
''The Source and Power of Foreign Mis-
sions."
Robert e. Speer, secretary of the
board OF foreign missions of the Presby-
terrain church of the United States,
spoke on "The Supreme and Determin-
ing Aim In Foreign Missions"
The meeting in 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.. H. O. Mable, Sec
retary of the American Baptist union.
Rev. James Cunningham, NJ. A., of
London, England, presided and con-
tributed few words to the discussion
of the theme for the day, "The Author
ity and Purpose, the Source and Power,
and the Supreme and Determining Aim
In Foreign Missions"
Rev. l. B. Wolf, Rev. j. Will1ie, Rev.
L. w. Scudder, Rev. DIR. 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-
medan lands. Rev. James l.. Barton,
president of the American board of mis-
sions in Turkey, spoke of the situation
in the Ottoman empire.
Rev. William Jessup spoke upon mis-
sion work in Syria L. H. Hutton, presi-
dent of the Presbyterian mission board,
spoke on missions in Arabia; j. Har-
graves Ridgeford on early efforts of mis-
sionaries in Northern Africa, and John
Giffen, n missionary of Egypt, of the
United Presbyterian church, on Lgypt.
George Washburn, president of Rob-
ert college, in Constantinople, said in
part:
Contrary to seeming belief, mis-.
sionaries in Turkey have no political
purposes whatever. All that they ask
of the Turkish government is that they
be given the rights guaranteed hy the
treaties existing between the twd< pun
tries"
DIR. Grace Kimball, of Vassar college,
formerly missionary to Turkey, spoke
briefly on Turkey, DR.. Edward Riggs on
Greece and Rev. T, @. Wilson ON Jeru-
salem and mission work in Palestine.
At the Broadway tabernacle several
missionaries gave a 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 tho
work which the Bible society had done
in the islands of the Pacific. He said
that society had spent over 20 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 rejoices in your joys and
delights in your prosperity"
Rev. DIR. Wardlaw Thompson, Of
London, and Rev. John G. Payton, of
the New Hebrides, told of the work in
those districts. Rev. j. r. Callenbach,
d. D., of Doom, Holland, spoke of the
Dutch mission work in Javamx, Borneo
and Sumatra, and was followed by Rev.
o. H. Gulich, native of Hawaii, and
Rev. w. E. Cousins, of Madagascar.