Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22

blessings Of God. temporal and spiritual.
which we enjoy, do hereby adopt the fol-
lowing as the deliberate expression OF our
the Kingdom OF our Lords
/. II Is the Judgment OF Ihis
convention for men men. that the nSr.c nIIn-
tian lands, for which the Presbyterian
church, United States of America Is di-
rectly responsible In the work OF evangeli-
zation in this generation. is approximately
iOO0OO.OOO souls, being distributed as fol-
lows: Mexico, 25OO,0OO; Central America
1901! S sorsn S soCeoco China, 4OoSoOCo
Slam Laos 5000 600; India, 1900, 600; Persia
100000 Turkey, 100000; Africa. hOOoOco
,, n Is the Judgment Of this convention that
the force of Presbyterian American Foreign
missionaries. native pastors, Bible women
Immediate future until II reaches the mum
Der of one American foreign missionary
and Ave trained native workers (or theii
equivalenD for each 5000 unevangelized
people now in nonChristian lands, provi'
dentially allotted to the Presbyterian
for the Presbyterian church, United States
of America, 1900 American missionaries, OF
about FIVE times as many as we now have
3. 1t is the Judgment of this convention
for men that 1t will cost not less than
Sc 100000 a year to fully meet the great re-
sponsibility outlined above, and we there
fore set ourselves resolutely TO the work
OF bringing the foreign missionary offer-
ings Of our church up to this mark. -.
A. In the judgment OF this convention II VIII
be necessary. in order to raise the funds
required for the discharge Of our mission.
airy obligations, for every church to ADOPT
missionary ,n1,y policy emhooSdyins the follow
OUR MISSIONARY POLICY.
l. II is the mission OF the whole church
to give the gospel TO the whole world.
2 This entire church being a missionary
society. each member Of the body is under
covenant to help fulhll the will of the
Head-to give the gospel to every creature;
3. Every Christian is commanded to go.
II not in person. then potentially, having
share by gift and prayer In supporting
a parish abroad, as well as the parish at
4. Our giving should be an act Of worship
proverbs iii, 81, cheerful III Corinthians
ix, . and according to the rule OF three
matically and proportionately, Let every
one of you lay by him In store on the first
day day of the week as God hath prospered
OUR MISSIONARY METHODS.
/. Let synods and presbyteries, through
their foreign missionary committees, labor
to have every church adopt this missionary
2. Let the Board Of Foreign Missions, in
consultation with the synodical foreign mis-
sion chairmen, and such laymen as the
board may select, annually lay before the
general assembly a statement of the amount
needed for the ensuing year and sug-
among the various synods and presbyteries.
not as an assessment. but as a definite
share of the responsibility.
3. Let every church prayerfully assume its
share of this responsibility, which may be
represented by a sum of money which ade-
quately represents the churchs financial
ability; or by "A Parish Abroad" which
represents as much money as the church
can contribute to this work; or by the
salary of one or more foreign missionaries.
l. 4. Let the subscription method be set in
operation by the session of the church, by
which every member shall be reached and
given opportunity to express his love for
souls and loyalty to Christ by a weekly,
monthly. quarterly or annual offering to
this cause.
s. While we recognize that the ability of
churches and individuals varies, 1t is the
Judgment of this convention that each OF
our churches should strive to attain an
average of IS per member for foreign mis-
sions 40 cents a week., and we hereby
urge the foreign missionary committee OF
our synods and presbyteries and sessions
to seek to secure that result and pledge
our own best efforts to raise that average
In our own churches.
g. Recognizing that the successful accom-
plishment of this project involves not only
the expenditure of wealth. but also OF
lives, we set ourselves to pray that the
Holy Spirit of God may choose and send
consecrated men and women into this work
of foreign missions in sufficient numbers
to secure the evangelization of the world
In this generation.