Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-22
PLANS FOR MISSIONS


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lives. we set ourselves to pray that the
Holy Spirit Of God may choose and send
OF foreign missions in sufficient numbers
to secure the evangelizatton OF the world
in this generation
Missionary Material Plenty.
One delegate suggested that 1t was not
the purpose to evangelize anybody but
human beings. and for that reason he
thought that the words heather and
Mahomedan. might appropriately con-
tinue in the body of the recommendations.
These words were changed to non-Chris-
tan. Another delegate thought that IL the
whole amount Of 100000 was poured into
the treasury Of the general board at once
the board would not know what to do with
It. and therefore suggested that limit
be set to the time when this money should
be raised--say five or ten years.
An enthusiastic lay delegate believed II
this plan was adopted the church would
be praying for six months longer without
accomplishing anything II have done my
praying over this matter already" he said.
land now / am for action" Another
equally enthusiastic delegate said: "If we
adopt this ten-year limit amendment. we
might Just as well adjourn now for ten
years. Let us arrive at the point as
quickly as we can" Another suggestion
was made that should this money be
raised within a year or any other reason
able period, the Foreign Mission board
would be handicapped in finding young
men and young women ready to go into
the field. DR.. Heron of the Omaha Theo-
logical seminary said in response to this
suggestion;
4sv -tahN 70 fhaf
proposition. Twenty five per cent of the
students in the Omaha Theological SEM
mary are here in this building now in or
der to have a private conference with DR..
Hasley. This is our answer to the mis-
sionary spirit"
Great Thr0nR in Prayer.
J. Campbell White OF the Laymen's
Brotherhood spoke IN e similar strain, as
did Rev. s. NJ. Jordan. missionary to Persia
After some further discussion one minis
terlal delegate proposed before a final vote
was taken upon the third proposition that
the convention devote FIVE minutes to
prayer and then, while standing, vote as
God directed.
The entire audience of fully 1900. earnest
prayerful men, arose and stood with bowed
heads while brief prayers were uttered by
several of the delegates, including DR..
Bradt.
Dr. Bradt put the question, and 1t was
carried by unanimous vote, and then as
of one accord the great audience broke out
in the song. Stand Up. Stand Up for
Jesus" The effect was electrical and tears
streamed from the eyes of scores of the
earnest men.
The remainder of the recommendations
| were quickly and enthusiastically adopted.
The resolutions a whole we're then
adopted unanimously and again the con-
vention broke out into enthusiastic song,
Praise God from Whom All Blessings
Flow"
Dr. Hunter Corbett stated he had an an
nouncement he wished to make
Il have just heard that 100000 of my
people in China are on the verge OF starva-
ton from famine" he said land l move
the adoption OF a resolution to the effect
that this great body has heard with the
sincerest regret OF the deplorable conditions
prevailing In that far on land, and that
our lveliest sympathy goes out to them. In
the spirit of the Master we recommend that
the church at once take steps toward Sc
curing a donation OF grain and money for
these starving people"
The resolution was adopted, and a sug-
gestion was made that an earnest OF the
sympathy Of the convention be taken by
making a subscription at once.
DR.. Corbett opposed this proposition, as
no immediate offering was wanted.
Pray for ErrinR Girl.
DIR. Bradt asked the attention of the con-
vention to a request that he had Just re-
ceived from Christian mother in Omaha
for the prayers OF the convention for a
Maynard daughter who had gone astray
DR.. Corbett was asked to give voice 10
the prayer and did so in a deeply touch
ing manner. to which the convention gave
a responsive Amen"
J. Campbell White addressed the con-
vention briefly. relative to the movemeAt
for sending a committee OF 100 laymen
around the world to visit the various mis-
sionary fields with the view to submitting
a report on missionary work from prac-
teal observation. Thirty men OF this com.
mittee were now out on that mission. He
asked that suitable laymen be appointed