New-York tribune., 1900-04-26

churches 1t is the Baptists' belief that gross i'm
moralities such continual drunkenness should
be be punished by exclusion. and that less fagrant
admoniton.
THE ERECTION OF CHURCHES.
Speaking of the organization and admnistra-
ton of the native church. the Rev Frederick Gal
pin. of China said
fold. First he is to preach the Gospel and sec
ond to erect chqrches. where his followers may
tive the second is the more difficult Too much at
and the mere organization of its component. parts
great step should be taken by this conference
of denomina tional lines
Among the other speakers were Joseph TAYLOR
Primitive Methodist Missionary Society; George b
and James Addison Ingle, of Hankow China
MISSIONARY EXPANSION.
AT the Union Methodist Church the Rev. Dr.
John Henry Barrows president of Obern College
was the presiding officer. G. A King of the Re-
lgious Tract Society of London said. in part:
The essence of the missionary spirit is expansion
1T loves, owes much to the the dscoverer and much to the
followed the great trunk lines of commerce
of missionary endeavor With map in ''S hand the
pre-, preacher % of the Gospel has gone into the Jungle
the the missopar!es have returned perhaps more
the explorations of certain regions have been due in
many cases to The desire Of some preacher of the
is another agent which is closely related to the
mission; oftentimes the missionary does not com
In which he has taken up his abode. compre- pre-
There should be cordial relationship between the
III SIZE represenng secular Interests of his peo;
welfare.
The Rev. DR. \. Schreiber, of Germany dealt
with the subject or missions as related to phology
science and philosophy. Among others who spoke
were Dr. Judson Smith secretary of the American
Board of Foreign Missions and the Rev Dr. d s
Leonard, of Oberlin College.
AMERICA THE PIONEER.
At Carnegie Hall DR.. Edwin sorgood Fry of the
Edinburgh Medical College, Scotland the first col
lege send medical missionaries said that the
college with which he connected owed a deep
debt of gratitude TO America, for it was from this
country that the inspiration first came to employ
medical missionaries. Dr. Fry advocated the train
ing OF native missionaries in medicine inasmuch
as a knowledge of medicine was most potential aid
in the work of converting the heather into Chris
tianity.
DR.. Albert P. Peck. of China in speaking upon
the same subject. said in part:
In regard to the northern part of China would
say mat there is hardly body that be called
posed be a doctor Some have more reputation
than others, some do not for the business at
something in this way it is not bV study 10 and MAKE t
ness but by combination of intrigue and deceit
few If any practitioners of medicine who support
would
that such advantages as little instruction in mod
ern medicine would be an inducement strong enough
to bring them to accept the proffered help to bust
ness but the power OF prejudice and conservatism
Is seen IN @ he nwpgness to meet these advances
ti9n in every mission field. coming up through the
Ter Upon the members of this generation rest
The average intellieence of such communities as
FOR instance, we have in China is not very high
ing, or appreciate the most scentifc practice
My point is, therefore. that plain, practical and
sOea 1acbn & pe svaIe OF SOCIETY OF which
ment the rude surroundings, which they must have
PRACTICAL TRAINING
Central Presbyterian Church was crowded to
the doors. The Rev. DR.. Myron T. Scudder in
comprehensive address, dwet upon the necessity of
training children to do something The new cur
ricuum should not be devoted to too much book
ness not that books could be done AWAY with
but books should be looked upon as an instrument
book was but tool and should be regarded as
such.
Professor Conkln of Springfield Mass said what
was wanted was to raise religious teaching to its
not far away when the missionary teacher would
De r, On an an equality with any man in Gods world
ing ing Sc, school for natives In Egypt, described the
tian missionaries for educa tfonal work The teach
ers who % had been thus trained at the school dur
spoke. "'S'
LITERATURE FOR NATIVES
AT the Madison Avenue Reformed Church the
Rev DR.. George Robson of Perth. Scotland pre-
sided. and read paper by the venerable Dr. John
Murdoch. who all his life has been identified with
the work of providing literature the natives of
india In connection with English missions. The
writer said that 1t hardly too much to say that
Hindu Christian literature in India was to-day
practically non-existent. DR.. Murdoch wanted par
ticularly that the Mahrattas of the Bombay Presi-
dency-lS.UCUD in number-should be provided with
a Yernacular Christian literature. He regarded
them politically the strongest and most i'm
portant people there. and he said that they cha
more under British rule than the others He
thought the general situation frightening and
said that the distribution of tracts had increased
about 20 per cent in Madras in the last decade.
The Rev. DR.. George Kerry, of London formerly
a missionary at Calcutta and Bengal, said that the
student could not fail to recognize a tremendous
awakening among the people of India at the pres
ent time. The enemies of Christianity had tried TO
counteract the efforts OF the missionaries sending
tons Of literature OF indel character to the peo-
from it. because Il did not satisfy. He said
the government was now promoting and would
continue to promote popular education and Chris
tanity becoming formidable that the Ma
hometans and Buddhists were adopting some of the
methods of the Christians in order to keep their
people in line.
The Rev DR. II. o. Dwight formerly stationed
at Constantinople read a scholarly paper on 'Edu-
cational Literature q Means of Moral Culture
The missionary Of to-day, he said found that a
process. not merely single act. claimed his devo-
tion. The missionary's work never done as
each completed duty led to one. The most