The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-21
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FOREIGN MISSION FIELD.
Greater Need Not Money, but Men,
Says Mr.. Morrison.

Nr Il. Morrison. who 1 conducting a
Foreign Nilsson campaign AZ the 81 Louis
pr.sSytery. under the auspices u the Pres
bvtsrlan Board OF Foreign Missions.
pr-.-h.d Yesterday at the Oak Eul tEes-
DyterIan CuurCn. both morning aAd v'Lh-
luk. Mr. Morrison Is Il student u lHS NE
COrmIcK Theological Seminary. C1iSAso'
and Is also a member VI me student NOI'
Air. Morrison yesterday morning took -
the basis OIL hs REMARKS iue p1rdb-e -
DIVES anu Lazarus anu called attention 10
the fact that the uuc great sin u owes
was IN his murder VI Lazarus " hssISeL
The speaker then took the Position mat
the Christian world Today vas SusLE OF 4
similar SIN BY its uegirCI Of the nrathrH
world. He SAID mat because ut tnls Ees4eS1
thousands AMI tens VI thousands were per
ishiug both spiritually anu pny-4caIy IN
heather lands DALI
question OF means in the foreign field. but
a question u missionaries Altentuu vas
called To the fact that the aggregated
wealth Of PTesby, erians IN this country was
EJmetring over 1 Wcut. three billions Of dol
lars and yet that less than 20 cents rach
per annum Was contributed toward iAs
evanEeiization OF heatnvn Lands tie said
also that last year there cam q call 10 tn
board for l@e new missiUuar.-s. but that
thus far II had been aple 10 nud uut sixty
two ShO were willing aud able To- ~ into
the foreign work. The speaker closed his
morning address by an earnest aVYeai Tor
young men ana women TO cons=-rI;e their
AAhNS ~ AAF VI q q 10 ANAN eN-FN@
into all lands.
In the evening Air. Morrison discussed
the possibility OF evangelIZiug The world in
Ihe present generation He HrSt ra.iCi at
tention to the proposed evaugeliZItiIu -
the world and the conversion 80 tn wF-.d-
He said that the former related TO the
question Of placing the gospel within the
reach OF every one in Order that all might
receive IL. He expressed u - MS belief
that such a thing Was possible and urged
the following CONSIDERATIONS
First. II each protesting Christian should
give four times what he II al present Civ
ing. this would rnahle the .nissi ilaTy
boards 20 increase the work four-fold. both
as TO missionaries and native WORKERS. That
on the basis Of what has been done tn the
past fifty years. IL such increase was made
u would enable the missionary agencies
to plant missions In every part OF every
pei
Mr.. Morrison ia also that 4 the num-
field was increased in the same proportion.
there would be no lack OF labOrers In the
harvest" But he said also that this
state OF things would not De brought about
except through earnest prayer on the part
OF the entire membership Of The church.
said he. Few people pray that ~pstition.
should mean such a desire on cur part for
the advancement OF Christ's kingdom az
would cOnSirain us 20 give our all. II need
be. 10 thu accomplishment Of Ibis purpose.
Christ knew what he was talking about
when he said. Pray We therefore the Lord
Of the harvest that he would sent forth
laborers into the harvest II Is onIy hen
men thus pray that :hey ar willing TO
makes any required sacrifice for the evan
geIizaticn 81 the world
Mr.. Morrison will address the Womau's
Missionary SOcic:y Of the OAK FIN church
tomorrow afternoon az . O'Clock ana the
Society Of Christian Endeavor Tomorrow
evening. He Will then 20 TO the clifton
neSday.