New Ulm review., 1900-04-25

were gathered Saturday in Carnegie
hall more than z, 900 missionaries
from almost every quarter Of the
globe. For ten years preparations
have been under way for this meeting
known as the ecumenical conference
on foreign missions. It is the third Of
its kind ever held. Every branch Of the
Christian church is represented ex-
cept the Roman Catholic, the Greek
and that branch Of the Christian
church known as thesS Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel.
Harrison Speaks. VI
The great hall was completely filed
when exPresident Harrison began his
address Of welcome. On the plat
form were many clergymen and
statesmen of world fame. Seated with
the great body Of the delegates were
many workers from foreign lands
whose bright costumes added dash
of color to the scene. Ex-President
Harrison was given great reception.
In his address he made this pointed
statement: IA :. -. ...ss~rs. .s*5zzs Il
.The men who, like Paul, have gone to
heathen lands with the message: We soelk
not yours but you, have been hlndofed
by those who coming after have reversed
the message. Rum and other corrupting
agencies come in with our boasted civiliza-
tion, and the feeble races wither before
the hot breath OF the white mans vices.
'"The great nations have combined to
suppress the slave trade. Is it too much
to ask that they shall combine to prevent
the sale of spirits to men who, less than
our children, have acquired the habits OF
self-restraint? If we must have 'consum-
ers. let us give them an innocent Diet
In closing he said: =.
''During the Atlantic campaign of our
civil war the marching and fighting had
been largely in the brush. Sometimes in
i an advance the commander of a regiment
could see no more than half of his own
line, while the supports to his right and
left were wholly hidden. To him it
seemed as If his battalion was making an
unsupported assault. The extended line,
the reserve, were matters of faith. But
one day the advancing army broke sud-
denly from the brush into savannah
long, narrow, natural meadow, and the
army was revealed. From the center. far
to the right and left, the distinctive corps,
division, brigade and regimental colors
appeared. and associated with each of
these was the flag that made the army
from the whole line and every soldier
frightened his grip upon his rifle and Quick-
ened his step. What the savannah did for
that army, this worlds conference of mis-
sions should do for the church" a3sls:z "a
Rev. Judsonl Smiths Address. .F si|
Following Gen. Harrison, Rev. Jud-
son Smith, D. D., chairman of the gem
eral committee, welcomed the dele
gates. He said in part: -. ?. 55..@9
r'Some of us who sat in the great confer
ence in Exeter hall IL years ago said to-
ourselves: This scene must be repeated,
and its dimensions enlarged, on the other
side Of the sea- Accordingly, in January,
1896, the representatives Of the American
foreign missionary societies appointed q
committee to consider the expediency& of
convening an ecumenical conference on
foreign missions in this country within
the next four years. A year later, on re-
port of this committee, it was voted to
convene such a conference in the city Of
New York, in 19O0 in the month of April,
and to invite every Protestant foreign.
missionary society in the world to par
ticipate. A year later the acceptance of
this invitation by the great majority Of
societies was reported, and the work of
preparation was laid out in detail, as
signed to various committees in this coun-
try and in Great Britain, and has been
pressed with utmost diligence, vast labor,
unceaStng prayer and at no little cost of
time and resources, until to-day witnesses
the preparations complete, your presence
a joyous reality, and the conference which
closes one pregnant century of foreign
missionary history and opens a century
destined to far greater glory is here con-
vened. = ,-& '-- v. :.:.= .ig
.'We gather here to rehearse what God
has done in the century past, to marshal
anew our Christian forces, and to await
the call Of God for the century to come
His purpose is plain; the field is open;
the march has begun; and it rests with us
what share we shall have in the glorious
toll and yet more glorious victory!
:. He is sounding forth the trumpet that
shall never call retreat. 5z
Be swift, my soul, to answer Him, be
jubilant, my feet! Il
Our God is'marching on !" 5. y,
Responses on behalf of the dele
gates were made by Rev. r. Wardlaw
Thompson, for the British delegation;
Drs. .Merensky and Schrieber, of the
German delegation; Rev. Joseph King,
of the Austrian Delegation; and Rev.
Jacob Chamberlain, M. D., D. D., for
the missionaries generally. The rest
of this session was devoted to the re-
port of the general committee pre-
sented by Rev. S. i. Baldwin, ID. d.,
secretary Of the committee. The.
afternoon session was largely IN
formal .:S @
The foreign missi onary work Of the.
world is conducted by seven great So;
scieties. They are the Christian mis-
sionary society, which represents the
eyange gelical party IN the Church Of
England, and is almost. as large as the
other six together; the Society for the.
Prop pagation Of the Gospel, represent
ing the Catholic part in the Church Of.
England, and which declined to attend
the conference; the London Mission
ary society Of the Gongreg
church, the American board Of foreign
missions, also Of the congregational
church the Presbyt terian board Of for.
E5eign missions, the Missionary society
of the Method dist Episcopal church, and
the American Baptist Missionary
union.
/ The sessions Of the ccn ference xUi iIIs