The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
MISSIONARY WORK
CONSIDERED.
Superintendent of Coast
Calls for Evangelists
for the Field in Asia
FAMILY MEN WANTED


At a meeting of the San Francisco
and Bay Counties Association of
Preachers Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, held yesterday in Wesley
Church, at which the Rev. Carl Warner
presided the order Of the day was the
address of Rev. Edward James, super
intendent of Chinese missionary work
on the Pacific Coast on the condition
Of the work in China, JapaR~and Korea.
He said. primarily. he did not desire
TO enlist the preachers in raising more
money for the missions in those coun-
tries but TO interest them in securing
more men for the work.
He said that the money that is ap-
propriated at this time for the missions
is sufficient TO meet all expenses. but
that if more missionaries are furnished
the appropriation viii have to be IN
creased At this time there are he
said. $500 missionaries in the countries
named but when those who are en-
gagged in instruction in the schools and
the colleges, not to mention those who
are on furlough, are considered, the
actual working force for evangelistic
work does not exceed 1000, and with
the immense aggregation Of pOpuia-
ton it gives each one engaged in evan
gelistic work about 100000 souls 10 look
after The Methodists have twenty
missions in those countries Thirty
two missionaries are SuEdStQ III IN
structional duties and the other eight
attend 10 evangelical work, number
altogether too small for what is eX-
pected Of them. The territory he was
IN charge Of for years embraced an area
Of 200 square miles
He spoke of the great difficulty in
obtaining men for the work, and stated
that the missionaries who devoted their
attention to evangelization were forced
,f- la-rf "a
these were workers they did not Ill
the requirements. He also stated that
the native pastors do not enter into
pastoral work as DO the pastors OF the
white race. The schools while they do
a great deal Of good, do not produce
results for the kingdom OF God. There
are not so many missionaries in China
now as there were ten years ago, and
as the country advances in years and
Christianity is being taught there is
greater need for men who viii engage
in breaking down prejudices and super
stitfon OF the many conversions that
are made between so and so per cent
drift back into heathenism and are lost
10 the cause, because Of the lack OF
sufficient workers to keep the converts
in line. The native preachers, While
they are Intelligent, well read and
anxious. are not equai to the task for
The reason that they do not seem TO
enter into the pastoral work as
the white preachers do The task of
retaining converts. he said, would be
easv il there We're enough men TO keep
in touch with those who are converted
He expressed the hope that the Metho-
dfsts Of this city would use their IN
f7uence to send volunteers, such as are
qualified for the wOr-, to the Oriental
missions.
Rev. Dr. Case called attention to the
necessity Of arranging for pentecostal
dav. on the second sunday in NoYem-
her. as provided by the recent confer
ence. The preachers present agreed 10
4sve the subject the proper consider
alton.
At the meeting Of the preachers to be
held in the First Church, Oakland, next
month. the special paper viii be on
The Forward Movement in Oakland,
by Rev Mr. Evans.