Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-01
FAREWELL To-
ORIENT BAND.
G0oD-BY SERVICE HELD BY
FIRST BAPTlSTS
american Board Sends Missionaries
TO Rescue the Suffering In For
eipn Lsnds--Most Of Them
Go chlnaward

"A farewell service was given a band
Of missionaries to be sent to the orient
by the American Baptist mission board
Al the First Baptist church yesterday
afternoon.
Rev. Arthur w. Rider. Pacific coast
secretary of the unlon, presided at the
meeting. Prayer was offered by Rev
$. A. Northrup, pastor Of the church.
Rev. Mr.. Rider in his preliminary re-
marks said:
THE most slgnihcsnt thing Is that
after 1900 years years have passed
Christianity has not lost it's wonderful
force nor grand commission. while
many dogmas and islns have risen and
fallen"
Rev. Arthur Page, who with his wife
will go to Suatow. China, was the first
speaker. He said:
This is a crisis and we can all work
together. 1t is the time of all times to
rescue the suffering I'm the foreign
lands. 1 decided between being a
traitor to the cause and going to the
orient"
Follows Husband
Mrs. Page followed her husband and
illustrated her points by reading
passages of Scripture and dwelling upon
them.
Rev w. j. Clark, who has taken the
field of labor at Maubin. Burma, India,
was the next speaker. He said:
when was called upon to preach In
foreign lands / rebelled at first with
the idea of preaching at home. But
succumbed to the newt able and de-
clded to take up the foreign work, and
It was all right then with me and my
future prospects" -
Mrs. w. j. Clark spoke. saying that
all .I, H. "A ..t- md
extend the helping hand to the needy.
DR.. Anna Corliss, who will go to meet
her brother who is q physician in
West China, 1000 miles up the Yautse
river, spoke.
From the great interests of my
parents" said DR.. Corlies, "who wanted
to go into the foreign field but could
not, inherited the desire and answered
the call to go to the orient as a. mis-
sionary."
AS a Taecher
Miss Helen Rawlins, whose destina-
ton is Huckow, China. said that the
fitting of herself for a teacher here
would be of much advantage to her in
her work in the orient.
Rev. p. r. Bakeman. who, with his
wife. goes to Hong Chow, China, said:
This is a time of rejoicing, which
might seem to some the very opposite.
It is the time Of rejoicing when the
missionary spirit controls the heart and
person. Why is it that SO few young
people go as missionaries to foreign
fields2 1t is because they are not
wrought up to the missionary idea by
tha churches"
Mrs. P. r. Bakeman said that 1t was
her absorbing aim to devote her time
and energies to Christian principles
and felt that it was her field OF labor
with her husband In the orient.
Mrs. John P. Davies. who with her
husband goes to Suichowfu, West
China, sang song entitled II Am
Happy in Him." Following this Mrs.
Davies spoke of her former doubts and
fears in her religious life before she
finally decided to take up foreign work.
Rev. Mr.. Davies made the point that
las a business man worked out his
methods Of Investigation for best re-
sult7 even so the missionary should
investigate the best methods Of re-
ligious work to be inculcated in his
work in the foreign lands.
DR.. Albert Loughridge, who goes to
Telugu. India. is a man of experience
in the foreign mission field, and gave
the younger members of the band some
good advice relative to their new work
to be taken up.
The missionaries are planning to sail
from San Francisco October II, to be
joined in the north by d band of mis-
sionaries from Seattle
These missionaries are all college and
seminary graduates.