Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-05
INTEREST IN MISSIONS
INSTITUTE HELD ON INTERDE-
UNCONVENTIONAL LINES.

| With the purpose OF making the Chris
| tian people of Washington realize their res
! sponsibilty in carrying out the great aim
| of THE World for Christ in This Genera
| tion,'' the second interdenominational miss
| sionary institute for Washington. n. c.,
was held in the Y. NJ. c. A. building. 1879
| G street northwest, yesterday afternoon
| and evening. The program included cons
| ference mission studies and mass meet
ing, addressed by Mr.. c. c. Kitchener, gen-
eral secretary of the Young Peoples Mis-.
| sionary Movement.
The institute opened at 8 o'clock
when two conferences were held in tha
parlors of the second floor of the Y. NJ.
c. A. building. Both meetings were large-
ly attended. One was led by Dr. T. II. p.
Sailer, educational secretary of the foreign
mission board of the Presbyterian Church.
The speaker urged upon his auditors the
necessity of spreading the news of whao
is being done in the non-Christian coun-
| tries by the Christian missionaries TO the
people of this country, and he pointed out
some of the ways in which that knowledge
can be spread abroad.
The other conference was led by r. q.
Diffenderfer, Sunday school secretary Of
the Young Peoples Missionary Movement.
He pointed out some of the ways that the
members Of the Sunday schools could help
to extend the cause of foreign missions
and appealed to those present to take an
active interest along THIS line.
An adjournment for dinner was taken az
o'clock, but the conferences were re@
sumed subsequently in the association din~
| ing room. At $50 o'clock. however, the
big meeting was held at which Mr.. Mche-
| ner spoke to the 400 more delegated
present.
Christian Civilization Beyond Seas.
To the work of the Christian missionaries
ana the influence of the Christian civiliza.
ton across the seas are due much of the ad.
vancement and progress noted in
nearly all Of the eastern countries, such az
Japan, China, India and others. This was
the keynote of his address. He opened by
saying that the time had passed when an
apology was necessary for the missionary
work of the church, and that the time ha0
come when this country can be proud OF its
Christian missions. Japan now is not only
feeling the Christian civilization. he SAID
but had adopted the ideas Of western civ.
ilzation in their governmental system; and
today, in Toxic alone, 10000 students are
attending universities patterned after ouA
American institutions, and with Christian
influences. Further, he said. the graduates
of the mission schools OF the churches are
doing much of the higher work In the east
ern countries, their educational needs noS
only being supplied, but great change IN
their lives being brought by the acceptance
Of Christ.
The people of this country, the speaker
said, fail to appreciate what the CHRISTIAN
civilization and the Christian MISSIONARIES
are doing. My one-third Of the church COM
municants in the country, Ae said, are con-
tributing to foreign missions; the other two-
thirds do not know of the work or are In
are doing. The work for the churches today.
the speaker urged, is to get the two-thlrds
Interested in foreign missions and TO infiu-
ence them to contribute to their support.
Persons who are Christians and who take
the narrow view of refusing to aid foreign
mis- a
Christian church.
Talks of War With Japan.
II the supremacy of the Pacific ocean Is
to be r commercial one. stated the speaker.
the United States must expect war; but
II the supremacy is to be based on the
United States carrying out the duty she
owes to the outside world. there need be
no fear of war with japan. The doors OF
the eastern nations are open and they are
inviting our Christian civilization in. The
people of this country, the speaker stated,
ought to feel their responsibility under
these circumstances.
The committee which had the institute
in charge was composed OF w. ii, ~, smith
Miss Anna NJ Titon, Miss Phllena A.
Dickey, John G. Herndon and Harry w.
Arnold. The results of the meetings are
summed up by the committee as follows: n
new revelation of responsibility of the pres
ent generation for the evangenZation OK
the world; deeper prayer life, and increased
energy and effectiveness of each deiegate'
the extended power and influence of every
local society represented; the consecratioh
of lives to missionary work; the organlza-
ton of classes for systematic mission
study; increased missionary giving.