The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-09

Important Testimony in the Various
 Addresses as to the Success and spIen-
 did Work of Missions.
 The conference on Foreign missions was held yesterday afternoon in Mar quand chapel. A large audience was in attendance. The subject was Are | Christian Missions Justifying Them- | selves" President Williston Walker | presided.
 Rev. George w. Rowland of Sapporo, l Japan, appointed to Japan in 1sS6 spoke from the point of view of an Oriental nation in transformation. He gave an encouraging report, and was followed by Rev. Willard L. Beard of Foochow, China, appointed to China in 1894 Come with me- he said, ''to Foochow mission, with it's twenty-two millions. Foochow is about the size of Virginia and New Hampshire combined. The first church was established in 1884, Go with me to meeting. We don't understand word. only by observation. There are 200 present. They sing, pray and the minister uncovers the sacred elements and administers the communion. Eight persons arrange themselves in front of the altar. and 150 partake of the com munion, and then we understand. After !! fifty years of missionary effort the re-
 suit is 150 members and eight new ones ] just received. Let us go to Ming Pc. Take a boat, and then walk twelve
 miles: see the hospital 5000 feet high; then travel twenty-five miles a day for
 three days, and walk fifteen miles fur
 ther to a Chinese inn. There in that heather land no one dare confess Chris tianity Tn the inn were twenty or for
 ty men, ten or twelve smoking opium,
 others tobacco. We interest them, and the question is asked. Teacher, what must we do to be saved? and the seed is sown, if only one becomes Christian.
 Estimate the worth of a human soul. We so 100 miles further up in the coun
 try, and in the evening a young woman missionary calls to see us Until she went there, not woman dared enter a church. The lady told of the idea of her that the China women held Did she
 come to get their picture. they asked.
 She just gave them the gospel in her SlIIlpl6 lO-Qcy LiiClG diG lOlll
 -four to six who dare to worship and
 confess. The men say the children are
 with their mothers. So we want our
 children to become Christians. Nine
 years ago we had two chapels and 250
 baptised Christians; to-day we have
 500, and s2,O45 contributed, where nine years ago $100 was the amount. They
 support their own minister and pay all
 the incidental expenses. For the second delegate from the Y M. c. A. the mem bers have just spent $60. Does not this willingness to worship testify that
 Christian missions justify themselves?'' The question was asked: What has
 been the effect of the Boxer me ement. It has had good effect, for it was a testing time-the sitting and wedding. Asked about papers, the reply was, there were two semi -weelzlies in Foo
 chow. I have travelled in parts of
 China where q foreigner had never been seen before. One of the worst problems
 is the friction connected with the Cath ! olics. The speaker told of revision of a decision of one of the local judges through the influence of the priest. Ask ed as to how many first degree mer \ were reached. The answer was the Y I M. 0. A. is point of contact. The liter ati man answered when approached: q ! have the thirteen books in my stomach What else is there?"
 I Rev. George M Herrick, D. D., ol Constantinople, Turkey, spoke on An. ! cient Types of Christianity." He sait B that representatives of the Greel church hardly could conceive of any representation of a young nation being j worth this hearing. Ask any of theil intelligent laity or clergy if this is no so.
 Secretary Edward E. Strong, D. D., ( j member of the recent deputation to tn,
 missions in Africa, next spoke. Hi 4 topic was From the Point of View 0 j Semi -Barbarisni."
 His address, like it's predecessor, wa 8 one os deep interest. showing the sue cess that had attended mission worl among the Zulus. The work done i & wonderful, and most encouraging. Ther
 are now twenty-three churches an, 4.400 Zulu members, and the churche < are all self-supporting.
 & The evening session was from 7:30 t & g. Dean Sanders presided. Devotiona
 service was held. General topic, Ar 8 Christian Missions Justieying Them V selves from the Home Point of View?
 Professor Edward C. Moore, D. D., c
 Harvard university, a member of tn . prudential committee of the America
 board.
 Prom the World Wide Outlook" Sec ! retary James l.. Barton, D. D., of tn ,s. American board.