New-York tribune., 1900-07-15
STUDENT MOVEMENT FOR MISSIONS.
PAsToR-ELEcT OF BURMESE CHURCH TELLS
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE OF Sue
CESS OF THE WORK.

Cincinnati July 1.-THE attendance at the third
days session Of the International Assembly Of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union was estimated at
ten thousand While Music Hall was packed, others
were meeting I'm sections. DR.. n. NJ Wharton, Of
Philadelphia led the devotional hour with an aa-
dress on Personal Work
After the reports of committees addresses We're
delivered by = +. Durwiddie of GAINESVILLE. WIS :;
DR. r. c. Johnson. Of Charleston. W. Va, and Or.
s Y. Jameson. of Atlanta, the latter describing
some phases Of mission work in the South
In discussing THE Student Volunteer Movement
Franklin W. Sweet. OF st. Paris. Ohio, spoke on
its origin; the Rev. Albert EhrEott. Of Spring
field. Ohio. on its marvellous development ana
Charles b Tenney. of Rochester. y. Y. on its sig
nihCauCe.
The afternoon was devoted to Junior exercises
with an address by " Z. Hatcher, OF Richmond
Va. Child Conversion and Child Training
In the course of his address the Rev. Mr. Ehrsott
who is pastor-eIect of the Emmanuel Baptist
Church. Rangoon, Burma, said in part:
The student volunteer movement is the prodqGt 1,i
of prayer and intelligent enthusiasm wisely dll
reced Its supreme Rurpose-{he {d h @
framing 3t SyGGft ] IN rh genePatton sacredy
adhered TO- Institutions of higher learning in the
than four hundred universities and colleges, one
hundred theoogical seminarles nearly 6wo 5a nun r
dred medical schools and over three huhuItu nor
NAL missionary and other institutions, csnsu utGle
in the summer Of 1885 the marvellous development
and results of the student volunteer movement
Five thousand is the number Of volunteers on the he
these volunteers have already squared theF HNtS
with their profession by going To the foreign lelu
They have gone out under fOrty-SiX missionary so
cieties and are distributed through tttN-three
countries in all parts of the world Caretul IN
vestfEaton reveals the fact that very large ma
ioritv of them directly influenced by the
movement TO decide for foreign missions
The student volunteer movement Is not rival
to existing missionary boards. 1t Is an ally 10
them and has received their hearty Endorsement.
1t is a recruiting agency, and an educational force.
A decade ago the cry was Tor more hleIl' lIUN
there are more volunteers than can be sent To-
day the prayer is for more money TO send them
Through its systematic and thorough study OF mis-
sions the movement has placed better prepared men
in the field. . .,, 81, 49,,
Supreme emphasis on the morning watch, the
broad Drayerful study of the Word OF CIod, mas
stimulated a manly type of Christianity. lhrouSh
the student body appeals to the best minds OF tn5
age lis reflex influence throughout tHe student world
is ncaiculahIe. True ChiValry, the passion 70 save
others is aroused: Woful ignorance or the EloIe Is
counteracted: destructive criticism or the script
ures is rebuked temptations incident 10 student
life are more bravely and successfully met; shal-
low assaults upon the missionary enterprise are
onnosed hv the witness of the Intelligent co,opera-
ION of faculties and students in the volunteer
movement foreign missions. ;. . ,5o -.
The student volunteer movement Is cruSGf. itT'
racial or denomna tiona but internatlonal un<Ver-
sai interdenCminatOnal, with one purpose, the
eyangelization of the world in this generation