The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20
DELEGATES PLEDGE 100000 FOR THE (AU6E OF THE MISSIONS
CHH5TAN CHURCH CONVENTION HES MOST ENTHUSIASTIC DAY

MaLAeo Dy intense enthusiasm ana re-
hgious vigor. The elimination OF this in
tense zeal took place in the afternoon,
when the 1000 women in attendance at the
meeting of the Christian Womens' Board
OF Missions rose en- maSSe and pledged
themselves to see TO il that $1o000 was
raised outside OF the regular sources of
income by the one hundredth anniver-
sary OF this body, in the year 1909. State
delegations arose. one by. one, and offered
their support, and when Indiana, Ohio
and Illinois promised to furnish a total
Of S45,ooo Of this fund the applause reigned
FOR five minutes.
The Christian church convention is a
noteworthy one in every respect All the
brilliant stars Of the organization are
here TO tell OF their experiences and to
plan work for the future Nearly 10000
people are in attendance-a remarka bic
number when the distance from head
quarters is noticed. Young missionaries
about to start on sOul-saving journeys,
old missionaries with strange tales of for
eign lands. pastors Of a thousand flocks,
congregational representatives from every
part Of the United States, all are here TO
work for the advancement of the Chris
tian church.
SI3O,OO0 FOR SEMINARY.
feature Of the morning meeting was
the announcement made by President H
d. McAneny Of the Berkeley Bible Sem
inary. who stated that his institution had
been offered a gift of $4,000 by w. l..
Porterheld. a wealthy telephone capitalist
of Los Angeles, provided $4,000 more was
raised from other sources. The announce
ment was greeted with cheers, and Presi-
dent McAneney assured the assemblage
that he would not have the least trouble
in gathering together the extra amount.
With these two sums the total endow-
Of he lev
be S130 900.
At the afternoon session the Woman's
Board Of Missions reelected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Mrs. N E.
Atkinson; vice president, Anna R. At
water; corresponding secretary. Mrs.
Helen E. Moses; recording secretary,
Mrs. Anna B. Gray; treasurer, Miss
Mary J. Judson; superintendent Of the
Y. P. W. Miss Matte Pounds; resident
members of the board-AIrs. E1fie Gun
ninghan Miss Matte Burgess, Mrs. R
X Syfers. Mrs. Alice Sidener Mrs.
James Tilley All these officers are
from Indiana plois, the headquarters of
the board. During the session reports
were read from the committees on
evangelism in the United States, on
yonng peoples work, on India, on edu-
cationaI work in the United States and
South America. These reports all
showed d great growth in all branches
OF work and satisfactory financial con-
dition.
MISSIONARIES SPEAK.
One Of the features of the exercises
was the presence of many foreign and
home missionaries. Each one graphic
ally recited the conditions in the field
which had embraced his efforts. The
following were the speakers: Mr.. and
Mrs. Louie Hugh, Chinese missionaries
in Portland, Professor A B. Button.
missionary among the poor whites of
the Southern mountains; Miss Clara
Case. worker in Mexico; Miss Mary
Kingsbury. from far away India; Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Gordon, India; w. ].
Burner, Argentine republic.
At the meeting of the General Board
Of Foreign Missions Society J. w.
Allen, a prominent cotton merchant of
St Louis. presided. He is the presi-
dent OF the Business Mems Association
of the Christian church. In the report
OF the secretary large financial gains
were shown. Seventeen new mission
aries have been sent out and an addi-
tional field secretary has been placed
Another branch Of these general mis-
siOnary societies, the American Chris
tian Missionary Society, met yesterday
afternoon and decided against the con-
solidation of the Board of Ministerial
Relief and the National Benevolent
Association
In the evening the Young Peoples
Society Of Christian Endeavor met at
woodward's Pavilion. The gathering
was led by National superintendent
Waggener Of Kansas City.
ADDRESS OF MRS. SMITHER.
Mrs. A c. Smither of Los Angeles
made the principal address of the
afternoon. 1t was entitled "Embassa-
dors for Christ" It follows, in part:
The illUstrous apostle Paul, desiring
to convey to the church at Corinth their
spiritual obligations to the heaVenl,
kingdom, used this beautiful and force
, full language: We are ambassadors
therefor on behalf Of Christ. as though
God were intreating by US
"The position Of an ambassador por-
trays very clearly the Christians rela-
tionship to the divine kingdom.
In the first place. it is position Of
homer; so when God calls US into CO.
operation with himself in the admins
tratfon Of divine affairs he confers on
us great distinction. With every honor.
however. there goes a corresponding re-
sponsibility, and as ambassadors OF
Christ we assume the same obligations
that Christ himself sustains to the
world The Lord Jesus caroe into the
world 10 seek and save that which was
lost; so upon individual Christians falls
the sacred task CT proclaiming the gos-
pei
That we are the personal representa-
tives Of Christ ia advancing the cause
OF righteousness Is plainly demonstrated
IN his own words to his disciples while
on earth, AS the Father has sent me.
so send ] you When q man is appoint
ed to diplomatic service the duties Of
his Office are purely representative. In
ali matters Of international import he
must subserve the highest interests Of
his country.
Just so do Christians. as spiritual
ernba ssadors, stand between Christ and
the world, reconcjling IT TO God.
Then, again. to be an ambassador Of
the Lords kingdom means call to the
highest service that God can require.
The evan ngelization of the world is the
noblest task Of which the mind can con-
cefve. and at no time in the worlds his
tory have the opportunities been so
great for the propagation Of the Chris
tian religion
THE progress OF human events is
2 binding together all the nations of the
earth into one great family. The United
States, being placed between the two
great waterways of the worlds COM