The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-05-02

rlous revival. tho best ! ever expert. /
enced Did you take In many2 said l. /
Take in take Ia; no. my friend we
never took IN nary one; but we turned |
seventeen out thank the Lord. oh, |
it was a glorious revival
"But / was Eliminating about the dr. |
ference between now and then IN
church work and missions and salaries
and church environments and the cul- /
ture OF the preachers. There was old
Father Donally, with his wooden leg
who always came 10 our campmeetlngs
and attracted great crowds. who came
to hear him scare the sinners and scar
ify the Christians and denounce the
fashions and follies Of the day. have
not forgotten his rebuke to a gay
young couple who behaved unseemly
during the sermon and the old man
stopped and said, II that young man
over there with hair on his face and
that young woman with a green bon
net on her head and the DEVILS martin
gales around her neck and his stirrups
on her ears don't stop their glggling
while / am preaching Gods message to
sinners, / will pint EN- ont to the con-
gregation.'
But mission work was totally un-
known as an organized feature OF
church work. The frst we ever heard
Of was introduced by some northern
emissarles who came to this region to
plant Christianity among the Indians.
but you must pardon me. did not
forget that the object of this confer
ence was home mission work, but elo-
uuent men and cultured women who
! have preceded me have faithfully COW
cred that ground in every phase and
have left me nothing but memories
that are only kin to it. There is, how
ever. no dividing line. Both foreign
and domestic missions are founded in
Christian charity and Christian prog
ress.
Just think Of 1t for q moment. Do
you know that we have eighteen thou
sand missionaries in foreign lands? In
China India, Turkey, Egypt and Cape
Colony, and these missionaries are
reinforced by eighty thousand native
preachers in twenty-three thousand
towns and villages, with one and
half million communicates and Chris
! ton communities Of over four million
people. These missionaries have over
one million pupils under instruction.
They have ninety-four universities and
colleges, and some Of them are world
renowned and rank well with our own.
The best endowed Of these colleges are
at Constantinople, Beirut, Pekin Egypt
! and Cape Coicly, Then there are over
one thousand secondary schools for
training in the arts and industries,
and also one hundred and twenty-five
kindergarten schools. The most graft
flying and significant fact is that more
than one-third of all the pupils are
girls. The colleges have over two thou
sand Of them, and in the common
schools they constitute more than half
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and rejoice, for it is pitlful fact that
for centuries in these benighted lands
woman has been under the ban, and
young girls were slaves to mans domj-
nation, convenience and passion. What
beautiful and glorious picture she
now has of the freedom and elevation
Of her sex, and it has all come through
the work of missionaries, and is worth
a million times more than it has ever
cost.
"The freedom and elevation of wo,
man in the most glorious and heavenly
work Of the past century, and it still
goes on, not only in foreign lands, but
here at home. Woman is now at the
head of every charitable work. Who
else is educating our children in the
public schools? Who is foremost in
the church, the Sabbath school, the
Epworth League and the aid societies
Who is in almost exclusive charge OF
this conference? Fifty years ago she
had no voice in these things and they
were considered beyond her sphere
and st. Paul was quoted against hel
every time she presumed to talk in
meeting or speak very loud at home
Love Is stronger than creeis Oh
kindred or country. Especially the
love of woman. How often do we see
Methodist or Presbyterian womer
choosing their mates outside Of theil
church and joining the church of theil
husbands. They do not stop to con
suit the creed, but change their church
as willingly as they change theil
name, and have known them to d.
that two or three times. Brother San