Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-29
MISSIONARIES IN PULPlTS
80 op Oldham Al Fiut Methodist Points
10 Esst for Christian Opportunity.
cHIEA, RP MN wNML OF NAIIONs
After Centuries of Lethargy re says
Tbis vast Kingdom HAS Awak-
ened and VIII DO
Something.

Sunday was a day Of rest in the labor
81 the Lord for the large number OF women
from various lands attending the conven-
ton OF the Womans Foreign Missionary
society Of the Methodist church Every
Methodist pulpit in Omaha was filled IN
the morning by one Of these women or
man brought h,rc by the convention ana
the day was one Of great results to the
Methodists.
IN this great day OF opportunity, Of
great movement In the orient. there is no
single force at work more fruitful or more
potent than the work OF the women in
these lands" was the declaration OF Bishop
W. f. Oldham Of India in an address at the
First Methodist church yesterday morning.
lie was introduced 10 the congregation as
the captain of the flying squadron Of
Methodism For the last few years he.
has not spent ten consecutive days i'm one
place nor silent more than four cousecu-
tive nights I'm the same bed. In his ad-
dress he reviewed the work Of missions in
the Asiatic countries.
Look to the fart east" he said, land
you will see a little sunburst empire. You
sec head just rising to view and lib
Grated right arm with a shifting sword.
The regeneration Of Japan has not been
perfected. Large sections OF il are yet
uueulgnLeuen. japan tduIlbA dlWh9S w
founded upon a partial foundation. She
needs the cleansing power Of Christianity.
nip Van Wrinkle OF Nations.
In China we find the largest people
the sun ever shone upon over lO0.OO0,oOO
While the rest Of the world has been in
iux and flow for centuries China has been
just the same. / sometimes call it the
Rip Van Wrinkle Of nations, Just now
awakening. The progressive nations have
given the command, Move on or move
of" and China does not propose to move
off She has begun to move on. China
is moving as fast today as Japan was thir-
ty-hve years ago and please remember that
big people do not move as fast as lighter
limbed people. but when you get a big
man on the run, be careful how you try to
stop him. AS that ancient people begins to
rub the sleep out of it's eyes, thank God
for that little handful Of people. the most
respected in the empire, who are holding up
the cross Of God.
CLOSE by are the Philippines and in the
Philippines is the most tremendous move
ment to be found anywhere in Asia OK
cept in Japan. We may have made mis-
takes since we have entered the islands,
but God bless old glory in the Philippines
and may II come back leaving a young
Asiastic republic there. Then there Is the
great Island empire of Malaysia vast
empire Of most fertile lands waiting FOR
people to cultivate them. China beginning
to move will sometime slop over Where
viii the people go to? The island Of
Borneo will be supporting 1O0Oo0,OOO people
before this century grows gray and the
missionaries are there TO rock the cradle of
this new peonle."
Bishop Oldham also referred at some
length TO. tho work in Africa and India
praising Ae Women's Foreign Missionary
society for influence. He said the execu-
tive board was the greatest board Of STRAIT
egy I'm the world today.