Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-10
MISSIONS
Call Together CIergymen
and Missionaries
From All Over World 10 Com
pare Notes and Make Plans
For The Extension and Bellering Of Their
Great and Noble Work.

North Adams. Mass, oct. 9.-tlcr%y-
mon and missiunari, from all parts 81
the world are in this city I" attend IT
annual meeting Of the American l'"ari "l
commissioners for Foreign MlSSl'ilS'
knCwn TIM; year as the 'liayStack Cen
tenniai meeting which opened mere 10
clay. Part # the sessions Will j." heId
III North Adams and r|rt iii tn" adJ"lh-
ing town Of William#t"Wn, "hef" loo
years ago, in Tn. shade of a liiN@th'k Il
lew men f"r;n"d the plans Whi'h result
ed in tn" inc. ntiun Of ia" l"ftl"h ms
Si"nAry mnNrmrnt. y commemorative"
mnnrim"nt marks the fed Wh"r" th"
lHystark stood. Tie SPEAKERS during
he week Viii include many prominent
clergy men. foreign missionaries and
natiN" wuri:"r&. together with several
American college presidents. The
meeting will continue through Friday.
Til" "icniuG session WAS held in
North Adams this afternoon, at which
rrp"rti II officers were read.
Treasurer WIGisin&' report states that
| th" receipts of til" Board have far "A-
c'rdrd thus" IF amy previous twelve
months. Th" falling off from the
Ir"vInm% wear in lri;:Icic,9 was $l0..S@,
but there was 4 gain "f $i1.,.,i2 in ;;iftH
from living Gnn"r.'. Tile total receipts
| We're $9l::,I5@. not inrluuiu- 4 balance of
$il.GOU Of Tie previous years gift hy
John -. Rockefeller. to be applied
towards buildings ANA equipment. The
total disbursements of the year, not in
| cluLing A!r. RorkrfrlIcr's gift, were
: ;..,l.
now amounts To- $1I2.93?.
Secretary I:,trton in his report declares
| that Hg&rc">iE" measures have been tax
| "n hy the Turkish government during
| til" Year to prevent the erection Of new
| school ANA hospital buildings. ANA that
| tie raising "f tie American legation
1T tun>tnntin"lle to IN rmI,nsy las not
| changed tL,':;,. cnnditinn&. Commenting
| on affairs in Russia he asserts that
| genuine religious liberty III Russia
would open t" tn" American Board for
| immediate advance one of the largest
doors of opportunity ever opened at one
| tim" I" any organization" lie states
| that tn" most s''rious political conditions
| faced by amy Of the missions of the
| ii"i:rd at present IRE i'll South Africa
! where th" Sn-oHllcd "Ethiupian move
| hl'ilt iH% Stlff''i m the native LuluS
VII" hre not accorded rights euual 10
/ those freely acroricd tile white race
Secretary Barton urges the Importance"
| Of making Iarun Christian. mot only
| for her u,yn sake. hut :tls, For the sake
Of her fnliu"ncr upon the continent "
| Speaking of the need of new missi"n-
aries, In HAr'"n'S report says:
w" are tuGay in dc+I,"r@It" need Of
r"inforccnl"nts in Turkey. India, China
and Africa. as we'll as in other countries.
"" must have more missionaries at
once"
Th" report IF the Prudential commit
tee SAYS in part:
| ''Fii" In"n ana women Ne ara sending
t" the front are breaking; down to Hi
'IAiining d"i'r"". tn" need Increases
| l'i"dlN Wilh th' delay, ana v" cannot
| longer "''hh"ld REINFORCE m'niS in c"r-
| '"Ih ici:i& without mr"riiing the work
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