Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
Dinner by Members of the
Y. M. G. A.
NEED OF WORK ABROAD
CALL TO ASSOCIATION FROM FOR
EIaN LANDS.
Guest of Honor Explains What Or
ganizatton is Doing to Help the
Evangelization Of the World.


the Y. NJ. c. A. into those countries where
the gospel Of Christ Is not general formed
the subject Of discourse last evening by
John r. Mott. secretary Of the Worlds
Christian Student Federation, at q banquet
given IN his honor in the banquet hal. Of
the I. M. C. A. building. About $50 of the
prominent members Of the local association.
pastors Of local churches and others inter-
ested In the work attended the banquet and
listened atsenttyely to the words OF the
speaker. The banquet was given to cele-
brate the return of Mr.. Mott after an alb
sence of over two years.
Gathered around Mr.. Mott at the head
table were s, w. Woodward. president of
the local Y. M. c. A.: Theodore A. Harding,
DR.. j. Taber Johnson. Rev. Donald Mac
Leod, Rev. ]. T. Pitzer, Percy 8. Foster,
DR.. ]. G. Ewell. w. II. H. Smith, Rev
Weston Bruner and Prof. Bruner of the
University of North Carolina. The invi-
tation list included the members OF the
volunteer League, the organization OF the
local association which has charge of the
foreign mission work. President Woodward
presided, and after an introduction In
which he told of the call for missiona ries
for foreign. fields to the Y. M. c. A. about
sixteen years ago, he introduced Mr.. Mott
Mr. Mott said. in part
Il have been asked to answer the qies-
ton, Why should the Y M. c. A. of North
America aggressively strive to extend the
beneficial influences Of the association to the
unchristian world?
Why Work Should Go On.
"In the first place, because the church
has called us to do so. II there is no other
reason. this should be sufficient. The Y.
M. c. A. is the aid Of the church: 1t is not
a substitute or an undercut 1t serves the
church. Therefore If the responsible lead
ers of the church, the experts on the field.
who know the conditions in those countries.
unite to say that they must have the help
s.of the Y. NJ. c. A, we should heed the call.
AS result Of the work in the sixteen
years since needing the call sixty foreign
secretaries have been established. If we
need to heed the call Of the church to aid
them In Washington, In Baltimore, In New
York, in Montreal, in Toronto, in our own
great cities, how much more We need to
heed it in Asia, in Africa and In the other
countries, where the odds against the church
are so great. l could show you calls In my
office. united in by all the missionaries in
big cities In nearby countries, which we
have not needed. Three secretaries have
been asked for in Mexico, when 1t was even
stated that IL the secretaries were main
tanned for six months they would after
that be self-supporting; in Brazil we have
established only two secretaries to take
care of 100000 young men. to say moth
ing Of the old men; in the Philippine
the natives; in Yokohoma, in Picking, in
Canton and in other great centers of popu-
lation no secretary has been established.
I'm the second place. the call of the need
of the young men In those countries beckons
No words can express the indescriba BILE
need of those men. Any traveller to nom
Christian country will recognize the need
The sense Of despair. the utter loss and
overpowerlng. They have every tempta-
ton that We have; and they have some
more.
Success In Foreign Fields.
In the third place, we should wage the
warfare in the cause of triumph. In the
long history Of the Y. M. c. A. the sue
cesses have been IN the foreign fields.
When consider the money that has been
spent, the few lives that are devoted to the
work. the staggering difficulties, the intense
heathenism, it Is a most triumphant success
that in sixteen years 800 associations, rally
ing thousands and thousands of natives.
have been formed
I'm the fourth place. we should extend the
work In the cause of craftsmanship. The
two great objects of the work OF the as
ISOLATION is to evange!ize the young men in
the unchristlan countries, and then to
place the responsibility of extending the
Kingdom of Christ in those countries
While those who guide the work must come
from the civilized countries, the vast num-
bers OF followers must be led to see their
responsibilities toward their brothers at
home. And further, the voice OF self in
terest calls US to the work. Jacob Riis has
said that dollar spent for increasing the
foreign energies Is worth $40 Of energy at
home. To touch the callous hearts OF the
Chinese develops energy to meet the prob
lens at home.
A Matter Of Patriotism
THE voice OF patriotism calls u.s. II
were not a Christian I would want a part
In the work. We may keep the Chinese out
Of the United States by laws but we can
not keep the progressive American young
man out of China or the Philippines. Shall
the young men be permitted to go there
and receive the virus of the sins of those
in a lower civilization and bring 1t back
to degrade the highest ideals existent here?
lions and there place the safeguards around
the young men that go there?
And lastly, the voice Of Jesus Christ
calls us, even above all these other clarion
calls Unto whomsoever much has been
given, of him much shall be required And
who has received so much as the Washing
ton association with their new building. /
congratulate you on the three men you are
supporting in the foreign field. on what has
been accomplished by them, and on the
prospect In the work that lies in their
hands In the year about to OPEN"
At the conclusion of the ADDRESS by Mr..
Mott subscriptions for supporting the work
in the foreign field were received, the mat
ter being presented by John B. Sleman. jr.
The local association supports three men
In the field, A. H. Grace In Allahabad, In
dia: C. c. Rutledge at Hongkong, and F.
a Brockman as national secretary for
China, Korea and the Philippines.