Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-30

to be the light of the world and is to en-
dure forever and ever The venerable ex-
mayor of Jerusalem, Yusuf Pasha express
ed his thanks for holding the convention
and in closing read the lath Psalm.
A Large Representation.
Forty or more denominations were repre-
ser ted, and the total registration of the
convention was 1.52e, from twenty-five diff
ferent countries. The classification was 1871
pastors. 179 superintendent, 379 teachers.
.31 missionaries and $50 not specified The
approximate number Of miles travelled was
lover 100000. 1t is impossible to overes-
innate the value of the cruise upon those
who went upon 1t. The Mediterranean has
been the center of civilization from the
estine and Greece, Constantinople. Rome
and then in countries further west. Fun
,chal, Madeira, the land of flowers and
fruits; Gibraltar, the key to the Mediter-
ranean; Algiers, the former home of the
pirate and now the capital of the French
colony; Malta, the center of the age long
bloody str uggle between the crescent and
the cross; Athens, ever living as the home
Of culture and philosophy and democracy;
Constantinople, long the capital, religious
and political, of both the eastern empire
and the world; Smyrna. the. Chicago OF the
eastern Mediterranean; Begrut, with its
splendid college; Damascus, the most an
Client city of the world; Jerusalem and the
whole of Palestine. forever censecrated by
the lie OF the jewish race tbefe' EByPt,
ancient with its marvellous ruins going
back to remotest antiquity, and modern
Egypt, beginning to awake from It's long
sleep, and then Italy, with the great cities
all without his store OF Knowledge being
wonderfully increased? When the religious
and spiritual are added the benefit OF sucn
trip is more than doubled. protestant
mission work, vigorous and successful, is
be ing carried on in all Of these places, from
FuDchal on the west to Jerusalem ana
Egypt on the east. 1t was q great 1nsplra-
tion as well pleasure e st these fO Wsan
Christian and nen-christiAn civilizations.
and to receive from noble missionaries
words of cheer. as well AZ give them.
The deepest Impressions, of course, were
made in the Holy Land, and in the hoiy
city. The deepest needB exist there, and
heroic measures are being; taken to meet
thm The Christian schools and colleges,
hospitals and churches are veritable GASES
in the desert of the wil0le Mohammedan
world. IA
On the cruise various stxrjae OF money were
given to help forward TIE work In. Ma
ieira for the work of the American Metho-
dists and Scotch Presbyterian, $l29; for
Smyrna, $a29. 10: for entRfgement of the
printing press at Beyrtx& which supplies
Bibles for the whole M6hHmmedan world
of two to three hundredi million people,
$289.35; for a gospel bdbt on the Nile,
$4,000: for the Fnlestin& Sunday School
Association, just formed 1T the convention,
$1O3; distribution of the four Gospels and
the Acts In Italy. which have received. the
sanction of the Vatican. &a2; contributions
for Sunday SCHOOL Literature In Itafy, $500;
Sunday school offerings; on shfbbeard,
s2s8s4: sale of various Articles on ship
board at Constantinoples made by Arme-
MAN widows, $500. making b grand total OF
So, 9O5.8S. To the three members of the
worlds executive comnnittee-Messrs. e.
X. Warren, Three Oaks, Mich; A. B. Nc
ellis, Providence, r. l.. and w. N. Harts-
horn, Boston, Mass.-together with DR.. @.
w. Bailey, Philadelphia, Eia due more than
and the successful holding of the conven-
ton.
The Washington delegates to the conven-
ton were Mrs. Wilbur F. Crafts: Mrs. A. s.
]. Reeves, Miss Gatharine Laws and Rev.
G. II, Butler.