The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-03-15
Reliance Is Now Placed
Upon Young People.
WORK 10 BE DONE m EAST
At Pittsburg Great Meeting Pledged
Help.
rae Future IL Locked to and the Young
People are Depsndea Upea for
The Labor.

Pittsbure, March 1t.--Shouider 70
shoulder, nearly 1000 young people
faced the great missionary problem,
here this week. adding their moral
strength 70 the force that late in Janu-
AIRY had gathered here to consider the
same vast question. Earlier In the
year II was the men and women Of
long experiences who Assembled under
the name Of the Tnterdenonn Ina tional
Missionary Conference. This week 1t
has been the Young Peoples Mission
airy Movement that has attracted work
srs from ali parts Of. this country and
sven from Canada.
Il is too early to calculate the re-
suits Of the three days OF discussion.
lhoss " attendance must have time to
report to the religious elements that
they REPRESENTED. The ieaven must
nave days and weeks in which TO work.
There must come the kneading process
ana long after that the baking before
II will be possible to say how much
good shall come from this gathering Of
earnest Christians. all Of them IN the
season 81 life when the greatest bepe-
ats may reasonably be expected.
In some ways the movement a al
most = counterpArt Of that In England.
Known as the Student Volunteer Mis-.
sionary Movement. which has been
WORKING for sixteen years toward the
evangelization OF foreign lands and
with the niQAt wonderful results. In
that tinie tliSre have been s.72s vofur-
teers enrolled, Of whom 1887 went 10
foreign fields. while as many more are
only waiting the word that viii take
them 20 the trent. II is only every
four years that this movement looks for
the harvest which promises now 10 be
more abundant in the Far East than
anywhere else The missionary orwafa
Izations under which these students
have gone out are the Church Mission.
AIRY Society, the Wesleyan Missionary
Society. the London Missionary Society.
the United Free Church OF Scotland.
the Baptist Missionary Society, the
Baptist Missionary Society, the Baptist
Baptist zenana Mission, the irish Pres-
hytefian Church, the Church OF Scot
land and the Church Of England Ze-
mana Missionary Society.
Nearly all the speakers before the
conference this week dwelt upon the
opportunity that the East Offers for
effective labor. II Is the one great zone
where the harvest OF souls 10 richest,
where a dollar can be made to do more
work than In any other section and
where there II always something tam
gible TO show for the outlay OF money
and time. IL fs the land IN which once
a soul is won, the enthusiasm runs to
to attend a missionary meeting. not
once. but often.
IF the Oh urches at home are simply
70 look at home conditions they will
die said Or. II. @. Underwood OF the
Presbyterian Board OF Missions. They
must look TO the whole world. A great
wave OF the spirit that wins men to
Christ. has swept the land in spite Of
drawbacks, not by the work OF the mis-
sionary. but by the laity themselves in
great conferences and in the prayer
meetings and gospel gath erings. So.
and only so. 10000 persons have been
led to see the right path Of life"
1t is well agreed that there are two
great points In the dissemination Of
relioign in the East, Japan influences
China. Korea and the surrounding ter-
ritory, while India stands for the south
of Asia. In this territory Is one-haif
the population OF the world and more
than three-fourths of the non-Chris-
tian world. The United States. Eng
the entire area. II would naturally be
supposed that England would take care
OF India. but the fact is that the
United States is better known there
than the United Kingdom. Abraham
Lincoln Is, to many OF the inhabitants
of the most darkened portions Of India.
man OF aesh and blood. But there
Is always that mortal torpor that per-
vades the East: the great lethargy and
deadly indifference to conquer before
the missionary make an impression on
the spiritual side Of the person.
The work goes on as a huge mill
grinds Young blood is needed to re-
place the sincere workers who have
given their best to the service. This
young peoples movement is to be the
source New methods must be found.
The young peoples movements sug-
gests them. The master minds Of many
denominations have been turned into
It has all become something vital.
something teeming with life, something