Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-08
COOPERATION AMONG MISSION
ARIES.

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Let us glance briefly at a few of the
recent movements among foreign mis-
sionaries toward comfy and co-opera
ton. The present evangelistic move
ment in Japan has seldom been sur
passed in any foreign country in its
depth, breadth or earnestness. While
remarkable in this respect. 1t is abso-
lutely unparalleled in the history of the
Christian church in that 1t had It's orr
gin with and is participated in by all
of the evangelical Christian denomina-
tons, with one exception, in that en-
Fire. In that same country there Is a
constant tendency to union organiza-
tons as The Church of Christ in ia
PAN" which includes the churches of
seven denominations. In the theologi-
are three denominations, representing
three mission boards, upon it's faculty.
In the cities of Colombo and Jaffna,
Ceylon the missionaries of all denomi-
nations, together with the representa-
t.ves of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION and other Christian workers,
meet monthly to discuss the work and
plan for its best interests. This is true
also of other cities in Ceylon, and of al
most every city where missionaries
OF different denominations reside These
assemblies are systematically organ
lied. discuss questions of general
Christian cooperation in practical de-
tails. Many of them have their COM
mittees upon different departments of
mission work, SO that the waste in du-
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the Christian forces is conserved In
these associations or conferences from
three to ten different Christian organi-
cations and denomina tons make up the
active membership, which often num-
bers from twenty to 100 men and
women. Besides this association of
foreign missionaries in which Indian
Christian workers have also place,
there exist interdenominational Indian
Christian associations, with their
monthly meetings, organizations, COM
mittees and constitutions from which
the missionaries are not excluded, and
ali for the purpose of promoting har-
mony and conserving strength.
The recent deputation of the Aneri-
can board found in the Madras presi-
Church of Scotland, the United Free
Church of Scotland and the Dutch Re-
formed board of New York. uniting to-
gether the different churches organized
by them under one name, The South
Indian United Church" The plan in
cludes ultimately common theological
seminary and normal training school,
with full cooperation In all publica-
ton and educational work and a COM
mon annual conference for all the
Christian workers. The Christian COL
lege at Madras, altho originally found
cd by one mission board, is now receiv-
ing an annual subsidy from three diff
ferent boards, with men of different
evangelical denominations upon it's fac
Ilty, and students from all denomina-
tons and no denominations upon its
rolls. In the Deccan, for male teachers,
4 most excellent school of this kind is
we'll sustained by missionary of an
other board with whose work the
American mission is In fullest cooper
alton, and by whom it's teachers are
trained.
1t may not be out of place in this
connection to note the fact that for the
past eight years there has been held in
New York an annual conference of rep
rasentatives and officers of all of the
evangelical foreign mission boards and
societies in the United States and Can
ada. This conference represents the
foreign boards of ell North America,
and every denomination that is con-
quoting a foreign work. The object OF
the Organization is to promote cooper
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