Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-20
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none. The Presbyterians here provided for
! this convention on faith and rental of this
haH before IL was known member would
come.
No church in Omaha can commence tc
hold the audience here tonight. running
into thousands. We give you most cordia
welcome. This convention is unique. wher
nave we read In the history of a church
of convention like this body Of mer
coming from all over the country TO dis
| cuss one thing, the distinct responsibility
OF the Presbyterian men to misslons2 We
are to focus the light here. 1t is not M
/ for us to fail to recognize the other great
work in our church, but we are here fol
Inspiration. These men are representative
in many walks of life; we have men who
have won their spurs on foreign missionary
fields. This Is a convention OF leaders, the
war council of the church. This conv tion
is of God.
God does not intend the nation shall
stick within Its own borders. God is laying
upon us a test for the American men; a
test that will call for a motive big enough
to compass this great world of ours. This
convention has existed many weeks before
tonight In the minds of workers.
In response to the greeting, Rev. Ira
Landrith, d. D., said:
In behalf of these men l thank Brother
jerks for his generous welcome Omaha
Is a wonderful town, and one feels at home
as soon as he lands at the station. While
o L
on being the birthplace OF a movement
which will be mighty. You invited here
representatives from fifteen synods, and
1, have two distinct Impressions of the
genesis and motives of this initial conven-
ton; first it was needed, and second. this
Is the time for IL. The evangelization of the
world in this generation Is both the privi-
lege and duty Of the church. 1t Is a
magnihcently masculine enterprise, a ire
mendous task which would be ungallant to
undertake by feminine proxy. All honor to
the missionary schoolmistresses abroad and
for the women's missionary societies, who
have talked to us and prayed and prayed
for us; they know the world must become
acquainted with Christ 1t is essentially a
mans job.
In the light Of growing conviction that
the evangelization OF the world is an early
possibility and therefore our immediate re-
sponsbility, how could this convention be
Verify, this convention must have been of
Gods own appointment.
Mr.. Fred G. Ellis sang Remember Now
Thy Creator"
Rev. A. w. Halsey, D. d., president of
the Presbyterian Foreign Missionary board,
in speaking on Foreign Missions: A Great
Force" said:
There are 5000 Protestant missionaries in
church. Men are beginning to recognize
world thoughts. Foreign rulers are now
giving vast sums to your missions In the
foreign fields. These give us the theme-a
which sends S21, 100000 across the water
each year. and this was done last year.
There were 1900 missionaries and 49, 900
helpers engaged in Christian missionary
work. Is 1t not a world force?
We ask men Of wealth in the Presby-
terrain church to visit mission fields and
see the great good which is being done.
How can the mayor Of San Francisco
stand for the equality of man when he
goes to Washington to keep the Japanese
out of this country because Of their color?
We are learning through missionaries
what men are. We have never found
Chinaman or Bushman who could not
be touched by the gospel. 1 have seen
the lowest nations of this earth sing and
pray, and. know they can be transformed
in their hearts. Missionaries have been
sowing seeds which have been growing
great fruit among the nations of the world.
In India ten different Christian bodies have
Joined together to form one Presbyterian
church.
Mr.. Halsey detailed many of the wonder
full deeds which were performed by the
missionaries in foreign lands, adding:
We are going to plant something in
grow and be a great blessing to this coun.
try In years to come Japanese evangelists
are living among the head hunters and
spreading the work of God
He told of a remarkable experience of a
Japanese, and said: Think of excluding
such a man from this country and per-
hitting the mayor Of San Francisco to
remain here"
He told of a missionary who baptised
the son of the man who had murdered his
father and drew lessons from the circum-
stance.
Mr. Chairman, DIR. Hunter Corbett I'D
other citizens of this planet" was the be-
ginning of William Edgar Cells stirring ad-
dress on ''Canibals Before and After"
Forty years ago you could buy a fat
juicy man for 81. Think of 1t, ladies. You
could roast him or boil him or serve him
in any manner you choose, but today you
cannot buy little, shrivelled, dried up
man for 10000. How did this come about2
By the spreading of the gospel of the Lord
Jesus Christ amongst these man-eating peo-
pie. Some time ago | dlned with the
daughter of the last king of the Canibal
Isles and asked her II she remembered the
dying words OF her old father? She re-
spirit"
man, but l have made II a point to look
into these things in the foreign lands and
know from my observation. know that
where cannibals existed the churches are
counted by the hundreds
while ago the Scientific American de-
voted a page to religious news. Men Of
ligion. The thought that the people Of dark
skin will not give OF their means for the
education of their children is all a mis-
built in one year, costing $4,000 with money
raised among the natives. have spent
FIVE years in studying the people of this
planet and have found the people Of this
country have the worst complexion and
are proud of 1t. The Chinese have a color
to be proud OLA rich yellow. We are not
white nor yellow, but simply a pale pink.
Now is the time TO pay and pray and give
your time and talents for foreign missions
for this is the time of a great awakening
and you will be prOund of any small part
you might have played in bringing about
the evangelization of man.
This resolution was introduced by Rev.
C. w. Conner, d. D.. OF osceola, Neb., and
passed without debate:
To the President OF the United States SEN
ate washington ID. C.: The Presbyterian
Inter Synodical Foreign Missionary conven-
Omaha, Neb., February 49, 1907 represent
ing fifteen synods with one hundred elected
delegates from each synod, and one hum
dred from the church at large, unanimously
adopted the following resolution, with the
request that II be read in the senate OF
the United States before vote on case OF
Reed Smoot is taken.
Fully understanding the present teach
ings and practices OF the Mormon organ
lzation. which in no wise differs from their