The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-04

seven organizations. and spend SsIoCe0
a year. Its largest field is India, II Num-
Der Of missions be the test, but in number
of communicates China surpasses all.
It has important work in korea,Japan ana
Persia, and in the far east 1t mas, IN
educational and political ways, exerteo
marked influence, often at critical times.
It leads other boards in the number of
its medical missionaries. both men and
women.
Two of the remaining four societies are
British and two American. The London
Missionary had in its early days. as dlo
the American Board, its counterpart on
this side of the Atlantic. supporters IN
many religious bodies, and had and sull
has a constitution strictly undenomina-
tional in its working BUTT has in prac-
tice come to represent the British Con-
srega tionalists While China ard India are
its great fields, its peculiar field is
GIada gascar, where the work OF is ms
sionaries was far-reaching and wonderful.
The South Seas, ara also South Africa,
have seen many of its workers 1t spends
$G75 900 a year, or about the same sum as
the Society for the Propagation OF the
Gospel. and the American Board.
THE OLDEST BODY.
The 'S. P. &C." as everybody calls this
famous society for short, is the Oldest
Of Protestant bodies for strictly mission
airy work, and grew out OF the need Tor
the planting of missions in North Amerl-
ca 1t planted, for example, famous Trinl-
ty Parish. New York city, and through
its influence gave that now vast corpora
ton its financial start For many years
its labors were confined to British terri
tory.
The American Board, now Congregation
al, grew out of the haystack conference,
as everybody knows. and dates from 1910,
the Oldest of American Missionary or
CARNATIONS. So early did it get started
and so wisely has it administered its
trusts that it now makes the largest
showing on its $5a5 900 year of any
missionary body. Its work in India and in
China makes those countries its main
fields, but moro famous is its history in
Turkey, where 1t fought for humanity
as well as for religion, and in the Sand
wish Islands, where the story of its deeds
since about 1885 reads like some mission
airy air castle. The way in which the
first party of missionaries came &c go to
Hawaii, and what came of their trip,
these are tales in themselves.
BIG BAPTIST ORGANIZATION.
The greater baptist foreign organi-
cation is the Missionary Union Of Boston.
In one important respect it beats every
other missionary body in the world, name
ly, the number of so-called ''heathen"
that it has induced to turn Christian
The Union came into existence in a cur
ious manner. The two young men, who
had gone out under the American Board.
changed their views ON baptism while on
the long sea voyage. To support them.
being in the field and non Baptist, an
organization was formed in 1914. and it
has since grown, as stated, to be one of
the seven great missionary forces Of the
world
These vast missionary interests, vast
in operation and expenditure, and far
reaching in their influence upon affairs
both in the. United States and in
foreign lands, are to hold an Ecumenical
Conference on the general subject of
foreign missions. The date is the ten
days following April 21st and the place
New York. All of these great missionary
interests will be represented. Of course.