The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-04


Christ. We come to testify to His
power as we have found it ourselves
Mr.. John r. Mott, general secretary
of the great movement, also spoke as
follows:
| II have read from a recent writer
| that Japan is the most national ma
ton in the world. 1 would record my
further conviction that she is the most
international nation in the world. What
country has sent so many men all over
| the world with open-mindedness tC
search for the best things the world
can offer. What country has been SO
receptive of great ideas and institutions
regardless of their source. 1t is emil
nently fitting that this Worlds Con-
| ference should convene in this city.
Il would like to give you my i'm
pressions of the attitude Of the stu
! dents of the world towards Jesus
I Christ based upon years of travel and
observation among students on every
continent Jesus Christ is finding a
| larger place in the hearts of the stu
dents of the world year by year. A
larger proportion of college and uni-
versity students are professed follow
ers of Christ than among any other
class of society. Students throughout
the world are being more attracted by
Jesus Christ and His teaching than by
any other religion. He appeals to
thinking men and challenges them to
investigate the Truth that is in Him.
He answers their doubts and is the
power by which they are enabled to
no xyintn
Time will allow of but brief
mention of these inspired meetings,
and of the delightful receptions and
| garden parties given to the delegates
by men of distinction in Japan. 1t
was necessary to hurry over to China
to take part in the great missionary
gathering there. Here we were to con-
slider China, the greatest empire of the
world. The impressive fact that came
with increasing force at this large
gathering at Shanghai was the i'm
mensity of the vast empire represented.
A large map of China reached nearly
from ceiling to floor on one side of
the platform. Missionaries from all Of
the twenty-one provinces We're there,
some coming from the most remote
corners of the great empire, which now
has over $500 foreign missionaries at
work. And the fact that China is now
awake and alive and doing became
more apparent every day. The busy
life of Shanghai, with the startling loot
of the automobile, generally driven by
a Chinese, makes one think more Of
New York than of a Far-Eastern city.
The Thursday nights reception
which formally inaugurated the Cen
tenary Missionary Conference was
probably the most remarkable meeting
which has ever been held within the
walls of the Town Hall of Shanghai.
In one sense it was an extremely sim
pie gathering. There were no banners
nor decorations, no gay uniforms nor
glittering toilets, but it was by no
means a somber assembly. Fully 1900
people were present. They represented
SO different societies or agencies, work
ing in more than 5000 cities throughout
the Empire Of China, with varying or
CARNATIONS behind, but united in the
endeavor to being Christian enlghten-
ment to the people of this country. On
the platform were leaders whose names
have become household words for
scholarship and devotion notable
preachers or workers who have come
not only from the furthest provinces of
China itself, but from America, Great
Britain and France, and many other
nations. The venerable missionary,
DIR. Hykes representing the Mission
airy Association of Shanghai, made
short address of welcome. He ex-
tended a hearty welcome to the unof-
fetal guests and visitors from Europe,
Canada Australia, the United States,
Hawaii and Japan.
At all the meetings where the Chris
tan workers from SO many lands We're
gathered the great though seemed to be
the coming world union in Christ.
This was the keynote of both of the
two great conventions. It was to lead
to a true and more definite union in
all Christian effort.
The motto crowning the platform at
Conference Hall in Toxic and at the
Neyter's Memorial Hall in Shanghai
was the same, "Unum in Christie" This
is looking to the future when a higher
Christian civilization shall pervade all
lands, when wars shall be unnecessary.
and the real brotherhood of mankind
shall become an accepted fact by all.
Then universal peace and good will to
all shall prevail in the East and in the
West.