Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-22


Mr. Bradt and the chairman who stood
powerless on the platform, twenty men were
passing hats through the audience and the
clink Of silver was ringing all over the
building.
This is enthusiasm in religion with ven
geance," shouted the chairman above the
happy uproar as the collection went on.
More than $50 was realized from the i'm
promptu collection.
Rev. Dr. F. e. Hoskins, for twenty-three
years a missionary in Syria, and now editor
of the Arabic Press in Beirut. spoke on
The Syrian Situation" He said in part:
Twenty three years in the land in which
Christ was born and lived and died Is a
privilege II Is a country with the religion
OF Mohammed. No greater foe has opposed
Christianity than Islam and One-SeVenth
Of the people on earth follow the green
with that of Mohammed.
No book has been so great an enemy
to Christian progress as the Koran. I
know its good points and its bad In this
book is one command which, II carried
out, would put all Christians to the sword.
In Africa today no one knows how many
heather there are. Fifty years from now
there will be no heather there. The forces
of Islam are at work there and II relative
Mohammedan and Christian efforts are con-
ttnued as they are at present, Islam Will
have seven-eighths of the millions OF peo-
pie Of the dark continent slavery and and
Pan-Islam is the cry of a great move
ment agitsting the Mohammedan nations
and Turkey is at the head of this move
ment. II the Turkish ruler could carry out
his purpose he would at once weld to-
gether all his forces throughout the world
and chaos would reign.
The United States must inevitably be
thrown into the vortex of the eastern ques-
ton. why have they objected in Turkey
Just lately to having an ambassador from
the United States? Because they know
such an ambassador must stand on the
side of Christianity. In latter years Amer
lean commercial interests have invaded
Turkey Here we might ask, men, what
right have American business men to IN
wade Turkey with their goods and put an
end to many industries? American goods
are distributed throughout Turkey and on
that account there Is opposition to amer amer,
missionaries have not as great liberty In
the Turkish empire as they had nifty years
But progress In Syria is encouraging.
Thousands of men, nominally Moham-
medans read every book printed by our
board at Beirut. Warning factions nave
been brought together in our schools and
made friends. Hundreds of girls, trained
in our schools, have gone out and en- en-
tered Mohammedan homes as wives. IN
not one OF these homes has a second wire
been taken. 1t Is the entering wedge or
what will eventually put an END 10 po-
In the center of the dome Of the most
beautiful mosque in Constantinople Is q
figure which the Mohammedans have tTled
to paint over repeatedly. But year after
wear n comes peeping through. Is is the
figure of the waiting Christ placed IneIe
How significant this is of the eventual
triumph of Christ over Islam -, -
"The Foreign Mission Enterprise was
the subject of an address by Rev. Dr.
George Alexander OF New York, president
Of the Board of Foreign Missions.
was in Omaha twenty years ago ana
remember at that time the drinking wafer
was heavily loaded with sediment from
the Yellowstone: 1t was tacetlously ..,tL,
marked at that time we went hodhe WIN
lots OF sand" =,
liberal education. 1t is great BUSINESS d IN IN IN
year coming from ten thousand cnahhe ~,
This money must be spent supporting go
missionaries, building churches and col
ieges and a hundred other ways.
Enterprise means courage, venture, VS.
ION The missionary is like prospector.
He seeks for souls among the dark hGroes
of the dark continents. Commerce and re-
ligion will go hand In hand. When was
in Smyrna last summer the American ian
consul there outlined a plan to me Tor
combining the missionary and commercial
efforts of our country. He said ne mao
Standard Oil company and he was enthus-
When / went to the hotel yesterday. the
clerk looked at me and asked, You haven
this great building and saw the great BODY
of men / thought to myself, These are
Missionary efforts in the last few years
have had great rewards. Former heather
sions to Christianity, and many moral evils
have been stamped out. The king of Siam
has abolished gambling. The emperor OF
China IS trying to blot out the opium trafhc
Men are needed as we'll as money and
with an increased supply OF men and money
the work will go triumphantly.
Especially impressive was the closing adj
dress by Rev DIR. Hunter Corbett, who left
Immediately after the convention for China,
where he intends to spend the remainder
of his life without returning again. DIR.
Corbett came to the front Of the platform
and the entire audience arose to honor him.
The impressive hymn I'VE Christian Her
aids. Go Proclaim was sung and the en-
tire audience stood while the venerable
missionary gave his farewell address He
said in part:
II has been my privilege to travel around
this world three times, to cross the Pacific
ocean seven times, to meet missionaries
from all countries, and 1 have yet to meet
an unhappy missionary. We must undergo
many things which no other thing could
serving God and winning souls. II seems
to me the joy of winning souls in heather
lands is far greater than winning them at
blessed truths to darkened minds for the
first time
1 Snall go Ddck from tnlS lanO with new
joy. The intelligent and sympathetic in
terest in foreign work I have found has
given me an inspiration which shall make
my remaining years In China happier even
than those that are past. The gospel is the
true antidote for despair. Unwavering
loyalty to Jesus must be lifes keynote,
and then the result cannot be In doubt.
Let every church share in a great re-
vival which shall sweep over the world and
establish the universal brotherhood Of man.
Farewell.
oc,od Dc vKy,.h xyo,,., 49,. .,,r,. a. 800
missionary about to depart for his last
journey TO China pronounced the benedio-
ton. and the first mems foreign missionary
convention was announced adjourned
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