The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-18

Oyster supperB, church fairs, grab-baSS
and fish ponds received anything but COM
mendation and appreciation - methods Of
raising funds for foreign missionary work
at the hands Of the International Mission
ary Convention Of the Christian Church
yesterday.
The session was field day for foreign
missions IN the programme Of the conven-
ton. and the officers OF the Foreign Chris
tian Missionary society were In ci arge.
The attack upon so-called modern methods
of church work arose in . symposium or
conference on the best methods Of making
the annual ''Children's Day" a success.
and IN the conference an even dozen OF the
most prominent Of the clergy and laity Of
the church participated. and presented
views. some Of which were at great va
rance
A. J. Dur Of Newton, Kas, was the frst
to strike tho note which, Judged by the ap-
plause, struck the audience which filed
Music Hall He said: IT am q business
man. and our Sunday school is run on
business principles Out our way we do
not have any pink teas or rummage sales.
When we start on our missionary cam
paign. We go about IT on Christian prin-
ciples''
The Reverend I. ]. Spencer Of Le1ing-
ton, one Of the best known Of the clergy
Of the church, made two propositions
First, II Is a known fact that the first
thing that Christ did in any undertaking
Wits to pray" said he. I'm his every rule
Of conduct he teaches prayer.
Common sense alone should tesch rs
that prayer Is the first step IN 30 great an
undertaking as spreading the gospel of
Christ. The main thought is. however, that
after prayer We want to put these prize
contests on the blacklist.
You don't read in the Bible anywhere
that Christ offered prize to the one who
did the most for the advancement Of his
kingdom. On the contrary. It was the
had. who received the greatest ccpmenda-
tion- There is nothing in the New Testa-
ment which teaches US that fish ponds and
these modern schemes OF raising funds
are at all necessary or justified"
MUST HAVE THE SPIRIT.
James NJ. Irvine was introduced as a
business man from st. Joseph, no. He
gave as the secret Of success in his Sun
day school, in raising funds for missionary
work, that all the teachers were thorough
ly imbued with the missionary spirit, and
none Of the teachers should continue in
the work of the Sunday school unless Trey
did possess absolutely the missionary
spirit.
Other speakers who took various view
points on the subject were: w. 8. Priest
of Columbus. O.: W. o. Hit Of Paris Ky. /;
p. H. Duncan Of Louisville: a: H. Rollin-
Bend. Ind: J. E. Lynn Of Warren. O.: E:
A. Cole Of Washington. Pa; ". r. Lloyd
Of Bloomington. Ill; II. z. Denton Of
Maryville, Mo-, and c. NJ. Watson of Con-
Most enthusiastic were all Of Yesterdays
sessions, and q spirit of fervor and prog
ress was manifested in every featcre OF
the programme. A Mclean Of Cincinnati,
president OF the Foreign Christian Mis-
sionary Society. presided and called the
first session to order in Music Hall at 8
o'clock. The devotional exercises occupied
the reverend R. g. Frank OF Liberty. Mo-.
E N Drouthitt Of Austin. Tex, leading
the singing. The music 81 one Il the
features OF the convention. and in the
singing OF the gospel hymns the entire
audience participates. Prayer was offered
by the Reverend David Shields Of Sslina,
The first item Of business was the ap-
pointment of committees. as follows:
COMMITTEES on NomtnAtions-A N. Ha9gard.
Iowa; 8. J. Corey, New York: G. =. Clifton.
Missouri; 7. "; PinkeTton: Utah: a. s. Dub
0e5 On cs!eeds0 &eeds q x. soeiessB bex.ese
Kentucky c. n. Schoonover, Texas; ". ~
white: SsnsonIe: Wallass ThoET. Psnnsylya-
a saai shssn aooas osi0 6t.sen. MIS-
Mp. Ayiesworth. Nebraska: W. 8. Gocde
sas: G S. Medbury. lowe: o. p. spsisi:. Ala
africa-G. A. Faris. Texas: g. T. Campbell
canada; 8. D. butcher. Nebraska: c. q. KIM