The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
CHURCH's MISSION SLOGAN.
Attempt Will Be Made to Raise $4,000
600 a Year-Address by j. c. Floyd.

900 a Year-Address by j. G. Floyd.
"a dollar a year for missions" is the new
slogan of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
and it is on the lips of many. Great things
in the Orient and not only in foreign lands
but in America the leaders of the work feel
they could accomplish with the 100000
members of the church contributing an
amount that would amount to 81 for each
one. At the present time the Methodists
are giving about. 81, 800, 900 to the support of
missions. The leaders do not propose to
be satisfied until the church is giving
Sc. 600.
The work was given fresh impetus last
night by a stirring missionary address at
the Meridian-street Church by the Rev. j..
c. Floyd. one of the field secretaries of
mission work. In thrilling and convincing
words Mr.. Floyd portrayed the benighted
heather. He knows the story we'll, for he
has lived with idol-worshiping people. He
knows the condition of the races from
Hong Kong to Singapore. He has skirted
China i'm the interests of the Christian re-
ligion; he has talked it in the Philippines.
1t is not an attractive picture that Mr..
Floyd paints.
The speaker had a large audience. They
joined in singing at the opening an old
familiar hymn, From Greenland's Icy
Mountains" and at its close and after the
reading of the scripture listened TO a sweet
ly sung solo by Miss Scott. The Rev. w.
E. Edgin, of this city, presided. There was
a report from the conference treasurer to
show what was done in the way of mis-
sionary contributions during the year. The
figures showed a decided increase. Follow
ing were the aggregate amounts by dis
S.. no.: Evansville. 81, 161; indianapolis. $3.50;
Moore's Hill, 81, $685.; New Albany, s., 142; Sey-
mour, 81, 495; Vincennes, $3.50; total, s24,547;
increase, 81, 7S1.
FOR LARGER OFFERINGS.
ANY one ought to feel like shouting over
such a report as that" declared Mr.. Floyd,
land the same kind are being made nearly
everywhere. We should make larger offer
ings for missions this year than ever in our
history. / think we will give about $780,
600 more than last years Offering
The speaker declared with emphasis:
1.-The missionary idea-the missionary cause
is the greatest cause that has ever been,
is now or ever will be In the world" He
made the statement that nearly one-half
of the money collected every year by the
Methodist Church for missions Is spent in
the home field. 1t is said that two peo-
pie out of every three grown to manhood
and w~omanhood are without God and with
out hope in the world. They are all about
U.s. dlt lht SPthhO dlo rs tNPIl
reason why we should increase our efforts
in their behalf. We have In this country
nearly 0,000,0 900 black people-many of them
ignorant and without moral sense. These
dreadful atrocities the papers tell us of
every day are what / mean"
Mr.. Floyd made the assertion that there
are nearly a million men in this country
who could not read their ballot If they
were allowed to vote. And everybody
knows" he added. that ignorant suffrage
is a dangerous thing in the hands of poll
t;aiooc Tho Gofaty and narnaftstxv o,-
institutions depend on the intelligence of
our people. We must go into the Southland
with the spelling book as well as the Bible"
III speaker talked Of the poverty on the
other side of the world where men and
women are working for 3 or 4 cents a day.
Il nave seen men at work in the streets"
he said, who did not have 5 cents worth
of clothes on their persons. / have seen
an indian maiden whose wardrobe for a
year would not cost as much as the average
American girl would pay for a pair of
gloves. There are 10000. 600 people i'm In
dia this very night. lying down hungry,
their only bed Gods ground, their only
shelter, Gods sky"
THRILLED HIS AUDIENCE.
The speaker thrilled his audience with pic
lures of the superstition OF the Orientals.
He drew "A comparison between the sick
chamber of a civilized. modern home and
that of a poor native Indian. He told of a
recent visit with one or two other clergy
men 10 an apartment in a luxurious city
home where a beautiful girl lay sick unto
death. He described the adornmeuts OF