The San Francisco call., 1906-10-15
HOME and FOREIGN
MISSION WORK.
Important Conference Of
Young Peoples Branch.
to Be Held in Oakland
MANY ABLE SPEAKERS

MANY ABLE SPEAKERS
OAKLAND. Oct. 14-Accommodation
have been provided for 5000 delegates
70 the Young Peoples international
zfissi onarv Conference. which VIII be
opcred tomorrow morning Al the First
Prcssytcrian Church This conference
coEaprehe1ds q programme OF wide
range. covering all points IN the home
ard foreign missionary field, the dis
cusefor of which VIII be LED bv some
cf the foremost churChmen in the coun-
trv.
The long list or able men and women
from chfs stare who viii take part has
been augmented by the presence Of
number % leaders in evangelical mis-
sionary work from the East. Durissa
the four conference days these men VIII
be heard often IN Illustrating talks upcn
important phases OF the missionary
department OF religious activity.
The Monday forenoon session VIII he
presided over by DR.. II. J. Vosburgh.
pastor Of the First Baptist Church,
Oakland Rev Miles g. Fisher. pastor
Of the Oak Chapel Congregational
Church. Oakland. viii give an exposi-
ton OF the seventy second psalm and
bring forth the idea OF The Worlds
King" TO be followed by DR.. Hiram
van hlrN. dean OF the GnTlSllan lnEO-
logical Seminary. Berkeley. who will
dwell on The Promise to Abraham" "a
recorded in the Old Testament. Rev.
G. ". Rine viii show forth the beauties
OF Christ's Kingdom as seen in Isaiah
IN His Vision" Rev. Thomas A Boyer.
pastor Of the First Christian Church.
Oakland. will speak Of The Words ef
Jesus" and Rev. John Thomson. sec
retarv Of the American Bible Society.
eel % xrorlr 1nra he
Bible society in distributing the word
IN hundreds Of languages in foreign
lands
GROUP MEETINGS.
Group meetings for prayer will be
FIVE in number. led by Frank Hullinger,
Dr. J. Er1met Clark. A z. Caldwell.
Miss Mary Bentley and Percy Bliss.
The speakers and the topics OF the
afternoon session are: Rev. Levi Greg
orv on christian Unity" Rev A "
Rider on Found Wanting" Rev. II. W.
Gilchrist on Christian Indifference"
Stuart W. Booth on The Attitude of
the Press" Rev. B. H Johnson on The
Exlusion Of Orjentals," Rev. C F. Reid
on Popular Pfe5udice," and Rev. s. D.
HutsinpIlIer on The Liquor Trafhc In
Heather Lands"
The evening session viii be a public
mass meeting, at which the principal
addresses viii be made by Rev. Lapsley
A. McAfee who viii speak on The
Possibilities Of the Conference" and
Charles r. Brown, pastor of the First
Congregational Church, viii give his
famous address, The Haystack Cen
tennial Celebration" celebrating in his
tory as II does the one hundred ami
versary Of the 'Haystack'' meeting, the
beginning OF missions in foreign lands.
The conference was the idea Of the
Rev. Dwight E. Potter, pa stor of Union
street Presbyterian church, who carried
TO successful conclusion the first one,
three years ago, at which 25Oo dele
gates were preseAt. The general COM
mittee this year follows:
Chairman general committee, Frank
Hullingeri secretary, Percy Bliss; chair
man programme committee, Rev.
Dwight E. Potter; chairman promotion
committee, Earl S. Bingham; chairman
finance committee, W. n. Jenkins;
chairman entertainment committee, A.
z. Caldwell; chairman badge commit
tee, Rev. J. II. Laughlin; chairman OF
rallies in outside cities, DR.. A s. Kelly;
chairman Of reception committee, Rev.
F. c. Gale; usher, P. T. Bee.
APPEAL TO EXPERIENCE.
Rev. AdeIbert S. Coats, D. D.. pastor
Of the Evangelical Baptist church of
Berkeley, spoke Sunday evening on the
question, can One Who Is Not e Chris
tian Be as Good as He Could Be Were
He a Christian He said that the
question is answered only by an appeal
TO experience. Only those who have
tried both kinds OF life are in a posi-
tion to say yes or no to It. That many
who are not Christians seem to be as
good or better than many who are is
freely acknowledged That man is
yet TO appear, however, who claims that
q genuine religious experience, coming
10 him for the first time in mature
years, has not vastly improved his
thoughts. his feelings, his ambitions,
his disposition. his words and his acts.
Anyone, therefore, who sincerely de-
sires TO be as good as he can be, should
seek the help that he is sure to find in
the companionship OF Christ.
The Rev. II. J. Vosburgh, pastor of
the First Baptist church, has COM
menced q new series of sermons, the
first of which, The Story of a Man
Whose Soul Was Open to the Best" was
delivered last evening. The subsequent
dates are:
Whose Soul Was Knit to Another" A
study in friendship
October 2S-"The Story Of a Man
Who Saw With All His Eyes" study
November 4-"The Story of Man
Who Adhered to the Best" A study in
ASPIRATION.
Dr. Edward James. e missionary from
China, who escaped from the massacre
at Nanchow, occupied the pulpit today
al the First Methodist church.
Crises in a Young Mans Life" IS the
theme Of a series Of addresses which
the Rev. z. r. Ollie has commenced al
the First Methodist church, TO be given
as follows:
October 21, Choosing a Vocation -
October %. His Amusements;" Novem-
Der 4, His Politics. November II
His Courtship and Marriage;" No
vember Is, The Young Mans Relig-
ion"