Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

missionary societies Is one of the most
remarkable things connected with he
whole business of winning the heather.
In the late sos a band OF missionaries.
sent out by the American board of COM
tn%issioners for foreign missions, estab-
iished u station at Inhanbane. on the
coast of Mozambique. h situation
proved SO unhealthful that after a few
years spent In unsuccessfully combat
ing disease the missionaries petitioned
the board to permit them to go to the
nils and there begin their work anew.
The petition was granted. and three
members of the band started for the
Interior to spy out the land.
AS theywere making for the hill u !
try they fell In with an expedition of
exploration. headed by none other than
the renowned Cecil Rhode He well
comed the trio OF Americans. They ex-
nlained their object in penetrating into
.iazaland (nOw RhOdeSia). and Rhodes
was so favorably struck with the idea
of a mission that ne indicated Il spot
where he would like to have 1t estab-
.ished. and ended by agreeing TO give
the mission a thousand acres of land
AS soon as it had been remoEed
thence
The location II the great South
African had named was entirely ac-
,eptable to the missionaries. and they
were o o %joyously %retracing their steps
III INK utIOCltoit vi W AZ
hambane. Arrived there after a long
and perilous journey. they told the good
news, and preparations were at once
started for shifting the mission.
OF course, this took time. but suffice
It to say that after an interval Of sew
aral months the full band arrived at the
point named by Rhodes-to find that a
group OF English missionaries had dis
covered the country meantime and had
erected a station on the site that
Rhodes had promised by word OF mouth
to deed to the Americans.
After the newcomers had gained par
tial control of their surprise and dis
appointment they saw that the English
mission was liz full running order and
doing good work. The trio that had
traveled with Rhodes sought out the
Englishmen. assured them that the
field would not be invaded. wished
them gOdSpeed In their task and then
departed southwark in search of IL suit
able location. This was finally VI
about eighty-five miles distant. h
land was as fertile. the air as pure. the
waters as sweet. the mountains az high
us roundabout the site selected by
Rhodes and unconsciously seized by the
English;nen. But ii was realized from
the start that the mission would be
greatly haInpered In it's work by the
absence OF ard possessions. When
the mission had been founded II of
the trio who had met Rhodes set out on
the hazardous l.5OO mile journey by
trail to Cape Town. in order to lay the
situation before Rhodes. When that
master mind heard the story he forth
with gave the mission, not only a thou
sand acres of land at the new site. but
twenty-four times that amount OF land.
Parceling Out the Heather World.
1t was about thirty years ago tina,
the spirit of comfy, now so strong in
the foreign mission field. first began to
make itself felt. 1t has Increased might
lily since then. until today it is thor
ouehly understood throughout the for
aign missionary circles of the worlC
that a field which is advantageousl!
occupied by any organization ,%ightfulll
belongs to IT exclusively. and mus! no'
be entered by a rival society.
Indeed. there is more than this tact
understanding. Every year the cNecu'
tive heads of certain evangelical mis-
sionary societies meet in New forl
and amicably discuss into which iicl,
each society shall enter. the hnu.tdarie:
OF the fields being laid down with
care that is painstaking.
When the Philippines. after tasi'
conquest by this country. became f:
field for Protestant missionary %orl;
the board OF foreign missions OF IT,
Presbyterian hurch transferred Rev
]. b. Rodgers there from F,azil. H.
was the first Protestant missionary I
the islands. and his work speeIll.
proved so successful that the Baptist
Protestant Episcopal and Methods
Episcopal boards sent out nliSsionaries
. Following the arrival OF these mission
aries. a conference was held by then
In Manila. and to each board certai1
islands were apportioned for Its par
ticular field OF endeavor. The wor
has been carried on in this eve
since.
THE ~vI, Ar~~r;~o, TD~Dt.-,,t ,,iS
sionarfes In Siam are those of the Pres
byterian church. and all other evangel
teal bodies scrupulOusly refrain frol
entering the country. Practically ev
cry society has its definite and univer
sally recognized field in China and In
dia. The same Is true of Africa. an'
In fact. OF the greater port OF the S
called heather world.
In addition. not n few OF the socie
ties are engaged in union work In man
places. In India the English. Irisl
Scotch n American Presbyteria
churches. both north and south. wor
together. This Is true Of the t'hurc
of England and the Protestant Episcc
pal church In Japan. The South In
dian Missionary association Is a uni"
body organized for the purpose of cor
Quoting examinations of missional'ie
to definitely prove their fitness for tn
work after two years OF actual eXpesi
ence in the field. Union colleges al
maintained In central hin There
also one In Pekin. and at these college
theological differences are pared dow
to the finest point and then glosse
over. In Pekin medical work is dor
under the union plan. and there
even O union seminary. maintained
the Presbyterian churches. north AZ
south, the Reformed church. the Cor
gregattonal church INC the Calvinist
churches of Europe. The work OF tn
seminary lis carried on under a con
mon decIaration-a special creed II
the occasion-to which all the bodi'
interested can cOnscient;ously sui
scribe.
The union movement. waxing stronl
err each year. first became marked abo
twenty years ago. The union develop
ment and that of the principle of con
ity are both due to the same cause
The field for missionary york ia
large that there Is no just occasion T
rivalry. 1t is 90 large that for one mi
sion to overlap another ia nothing she
Of n grievous error. not to- say sin. r
one set OF missionaries to engage
disputation with another band Is cv'
worse thar for their brethren AT hor
to become controversial. since I
heather mind Is not accustomed
and cannot make due allowances f
any disagreement whatsoever az
creed. When a union OF forces is ma
the idea of peace and good will
xreatly strengthened. Expenses al