Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21

must be well done. These may be and
should be judged: that is mems part of the
work. But the care of well-planted seed
is with God"
Following General Harrison the Rev.
Judson Smith, DID,, chairman Of the gen.
eral committee. welcomed the delegates.
Responses on behalf OF the delegates were
made by the Rev R. Wardlaw Thompson
for the British delegation, Drs. Merensky
and Schreiber of the German delegation,
the Rev. Joseph King of the Australian
delegation and the Rev. Jacob Chamber
lain. MD, DID, for the missionaries gem
orally.
The rest of this session was devoted to
the report of the general committee, pre-
sented by the Rev. s. l.. Baldwin DID.
secretary of the committee.
The afternoon session was largely IN
formal.
Sessions Will Last Till May 1.
The sessions of the conference will last
until May 1, not including Sundays. On
Sundays the delegates will be assigned to
churches in the five city boroughs and SUBJ
urban towns to make addresses and preach
sermons in regard to their work.
The Protestant Foreign Missionary Socie-
ties of the world spend about $4,000, 600
year to advance their work. That is exclu-
sivc of the money expended on missions in
England and America. Every cent of this
vast sum is used to convert non-Christiahs
started in the close of the e~htcenth CEN
tury and the beginning of the nineteenth.
The conference now in session is held at
the close of this century as fitting time
and to make way for the great work OF
the century about to dawn.
As stated by one of the leaders In the
movement, the one great purpose of his
gathering of workers from all corners OF
the earth is to look back over the century
closing and to survey and prospect the
work of the future.
The great problem now is how to get
money, and then how to get the greatest
portion of every dollar given to the nom
Christian whom 1t is desired to convert. At
present it is said % cents on the dollar act
ually reaches the heather. 1t is hoped that
the cents cost of administration may
be much reduced. and it is hoped by this
conference to combine work in the same
fields, and by the elimination of all unnec
essary competition to effect this result.
Some of the Honorary Vice Presidents
In the list of honorary vice presidents of
the conference are such names as eX-Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland, J. Pierpont Morgan
Seth Low, VIM. f. Dodge. c. A. Schieren,
Ex-Governor w. Northen of Georgia and
Miss Helen Gould.
Among the delegates are many distin-
guished English cergymen. including the
Rev w. T. A. Barber, Lees School, Cam
bridge. missionary to China: DIR. d. A.
Barkley, secretary of the Irish Missionary
Society. and the Rev. w. E. Cousins. Lon
don Missionary Society, missionary from
Madagascar.
Others present from foreign parts are DIR.
and Mrs. Borghegrevink of the nurse board
of missionaries, from Madagascar: Miss
Budden, the London Missionary Society;
Bishop w. r. Ridley, bishop of Caledonia.
B. c.; Joel Cadbury, Friends Missionary
Society Birmingham. England, and the
Rev. +. Galpin. from China.
Some of the prominent women present
are DR.. Grace kimball. resident physician
at Nassar College. the American woman
VINO gained fame a few years ago by de-
tying the Sultan of Turkey to carry out
his threat Of death if she did not leave his
dominons; Mrs. John w. -Chilaress, Nash
Vile, Tenn; Mrs. John M Gaut of he
woman's board Of missions, Mrs. Moses
Smith of the womans board of the into
rior and Miss A. E. Baskerville, a Baptist
missionary in India.
To Entertain Delegates.
When not in session the delegates will be
variously entertained during their stay in
the city. The British and British colonial
residents preparing a reception for the
delegates from the British dominions. This
will probably be held Monday night The
British ambassador, the governor general
of Canada, the members and officers of the
Canadian Society, etc, have been invited.
The Presbyterian Union will entertain its
delegates at the Hotel Savoy on Monday
night, exPresident Cleveland having prom
i.ed to attend If possible. The Methodist
Social Union will receive its delegates at
the Savoy on Friday night; the Congrega-
tional Club Will entertain its quota Mon
day night at the Pouch Mansion. in Clinton
avenue, Brooklyn; the Baptist Social Union
at the Hotel Manhattan on May 3.
United States Senator VIM. p. Frye has
been invited to preside at the great lay
mems meeting to be held Friday night next
at Carnegie Hall.
Tonight a national welcome will be held
at Carnegie Hall under the auspices Of the
hospitality committee, when address of
welcome will be made by President McKin-
ley. Governor Roosevelt will also address
the conference, and the response will be
made by former President Harrison
Make-Up of the Council.
The foreign missionary work of the world
is conducted by seven great societies. They
are the Christian Missionary Society, which
represents the evangelical party in the
Church of England and is almost as large
as the other six together; the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel, representing
the Catholic party in the Church of Eng
land and which declined to attend Ine con-
ference; the London Missionary Society of
the Congregational Church. the American
board OF foreign missions, also of the Con-
gregational Church; the Presby byterian board
of foreign missions, the Missionary Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the
American Baptist Missionary Union.