The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-04-11
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday. April II, 1906.
The Fifth International Stud
ent's Volunteer Movement
Convention.

Convention.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Clemson College, S c., April q
TIE Fifth International Convention
of the Students Volunteer Move
ment met a. Nashville, Tenn, from
February 29 to March T. We were
represented by our full number OF
delegates, which were our General
Secretary Of Y. Nj. G A, member OF
the faculty and seven students.
Never before were We impressed with
the great work the world is doing to
elevate the soul from that marsh OF
sin to higher plan of living. We
regretted very much that on account
of the delay OF the trains We were
unable to attend the opening service.
The meetings began at 3 O'Clock
Wednesday, February 28, and were
held every night, morning and after
noon until Sunday night. The great
ness of the crowd would not permit
sll to meet at the same place, 80 it
was arranged to have part assemble
at various places over the town. The
principle place being at Rymond's
Auditorium, Sumter street, which
was sufficiently large to seat six
thousand people. Here the great
crowds would rush on account of the
fear of the house being filled before
they could get there. The meetings
were un der the general supervision
of Mr.. John P. Mott, who showed his
skill and interest in the work of God,
by the way in which he held every
thing arranged, especially the board.
ing places for delegates.
The discussions of the convention
were pertaining to that great respon-
sibility which rests upon the should
ers of every man and woman OF today.
This responsibility is revealed by the
watch-word of the convention, which
was heavily indented and strongly
impressed upon the hearts and minds
of the delegates and all who attended
the meetings. "The Evangelization
of the World in this Generation"
My dear reader, I could not leave
with you who have never attended
such meeting or had an opportuni-
ty of being foreign missionary, tbe
great need of revelation of Gods
word in the oriental countries today.
One missionary woman who had been
on the field in Japan only five years
related to an incident, that in her
field alone, although she had changed
the hearts and minds of many hun
dreds, there were still a million of
souls that knew nothing of a Saviour.
Another speaker was DR.. Shepherd,
missionary from Africa, who showed
the need of civilization in his field by
relating to his own experience OF
where he went into stockade and
saw one hundred and fifty right
hands lying in row, and on the
walls hung the skeletons of five hun
dred human bodies from which the
flesh had been carved for the peoples
own use.
Another speaker was A. J. Brown,
secretary of foreign missions, who to
show what little conception the Mo-
hsmedans have of prayer, showed to
the audience a machine by which
they prayed. The machine consisted
of can about six inches long, rod
running through the short way, on
the end of the rod crank, and on
the rod was wound long strip of
paper upon which their prayer was
printed. They would pray by wind
ing and unwinding the paper. They
would have barrels of the same order,
fixed beside stream of water, 80
that the water could turn the crank,
hence they would pray all day by
water power.
Another speaker was DR.. Leuring,
of Sangapore Malaysia. He gave