The Indianapolis journal., 1903-09-14

of S. 900 year for this work" continued
Bishop Thoburn. 1.-The world would open it's
eyes in wonder at the number of converts
We could get i'm India and China and the
Philippine islands and the Mala ysian islands
with $3.OpOOc0 a year to spend IN the Work.
1t takes men and IL takes money TO carry
on this work as it should be carried on
Will you give your sons, viii you give
Your daughters, TO save Gods heather Tor
eigners? Will you give your silver TO THIS
causeE VIII you give your goldE Are you
ready TO conform your life TO the great op-
portunity that confronts the church in saw
ing these heather people in China. India,
the Philippine islands and the Malaysian
Islands? / have been in this work forty-four
years, and L have prayed 10 God that lie
VIII give me sixteen years more TO work IN
the foreign missionary cause, so that when
have to quit will have worked an even
sixty years for the great cause. We are
living on the margin of great events
expect TO see the time, and soon, too. when
the Methodist Church will give $3.0oo,VD
every year TO be spent by its foreign mis-
sionaries. The church can give this much
money every year. and l know IL will DO
II. When L first began to do foreign mis-
sionary work, forty-four years ago, there
were just seven men i'm the foreign mission
field. Think of what this cause has grown
to be. Think of the great work that mas
been done Think of the great work that is
still to be done The whole world must DE
saved TO God. Jesus still walks among the
nations; Jesus still rules among the ma
TONS
taken up with narratives about some OF
his work in China. India and the Philippine
islands About 1850 Bishop Thoburn helped
organize the first Methodist church in Sing
apore, China. Three weeks after the party
landed at Singapore after a journey OF
eight days from Bombay, Bishop Thoburn
and the men with him had organized
church. a quarterly conference and sun
day school there The Methodist mission
school at Singapore is now the largest mis-
sion school in the world.
Il WAS in London i'm 1898 when Dewey de-
stroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila harpor,
continued Bishop Thoburn. when L read
the dispatches about Dewey destroying the
God would open the gates of the Philippine
islands TO His missionaries Missionaries
from India and China had gone into the
Philippine islands before that time and one
man had been thrown into prison for selling
Bibles Some time after the American oc-
cupation of the Philippines ! went over to
Manila from Bombay and held meetings
and preached. didn't have much success
impressing the natives until Filipino
named Samara, who had studied the Bible
and had been banished for doing So came
back to Manila. He took up the work with
me. His son Nicholas Joined our mission In
Manila and six months later was ordained n
Methodist minister. 1 ordained him during
the General Conference at Kansas City.
He was the first Filipino ordained a Prot
estant minister. The Methodist Church
now has 5000 members and probationers in
the Philippine islands. The Bible is
preached there in four languages.
THE Island of Borneo is another new
field where the Methodist missionaries are
making headway. The first Methodist mis-
sion was established there by Bishop War
verts on the island now and five churches -
Following Bishop Thoburns talk gen.
eral collection for missionary work was
taken up. The collection amounted to s6347