The Washington herald., 1909-11-12
MISSION WORKERS
TO MASTER WORLD
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aided. I understand he IS 10 have as
sistance soon"
To suas McBee. editor % the Church
man. was assigned the theme, '"The law
OF the family OF God He said. in part;
Il am going 10 talk about the family
Of God and I want you 70 realize with
me that that Word Is true which so
many OF the poets have 'enceavored 20
make real 20 US. and no one has described
IL more sUggestively or In more graceful
verse than Tennyson. when he said our
family life is lent US Tor time 20 make
known 10 rs the family life Of God.
There IS perhaps not q man before me
bur has known somewhat IN some phase
~ his family life the sweetness and the
10Y and that strengthening power that
makes life possible with a cheerful con
fdence Perhaps there IS no one here
who has not known what IL is 70 suffer,
not only for his own sins, but for those OF
others. and IN that we partake somewhat
OF the great sufferings Of Christ FOR those
He loved better than Himself
Our Responsibility.
Americas world responsibility" was
the subject Of Mr.. Whites address. He
I said in substance:
'If the churches Of America can be led
to Increase their gifts TO missionary work
! abroad until Il IS equal 10 one-fourth Of
/ what they now spend for religious pur-
/ poses IN this country, we can probably
| make the message Of Christ known 70
/ s0oo00o00 Of non-Christians before the
middle OF this century. Money is not the
only condition Of evangelizing the world
/ but IL Is an essential condition, And just
now & is the point of greatest weakness
In addition to needing money enough
for the work we also need workers,
and we need the power OF God in which
TO DO the work.
The missionary leaders OF all fields
i believe il IS now possible 20 evangeA2e
the world IN our generation. We do not
mean by this that every one will become
q Christian. but that an adequate op-
portunity 70 become a Christian should
be afforded TO every person.
we spend over $50. 10000 a year fol
religious purposes IN this country. one
fourth. or perhaps even one-tifth. Of suci
an amount would support an adequate
force of missionaries. Instead of giving
SO. 900 900 TO 500. 10000 year, however, Il
foreign missions we. give less than So
lOlO.O0O a year. or less than per cent, OF
what we spend for Christian work a
. home"
Charles F. Laughlin, OF Cleveland. de
clared his city could never again be 81
? Indifferent as before the holding OF tn
p Laymen's Missionary Convention there.
1Ir. Taft's Address.
The convention was opened in Cont
mental Hall yesterday morning with ;
! distinguished assemblage present, includ
ing the first citizen Of the land, Presl
p dent Taft who was introduced by Chair
man Clifford Pinchot as "a great laymsn.
strong advocate OF material conservation
as well as spiritual and moral conseTva
ton and himself one OF the greatest o
all missionaries OF civilization"
The President dwelt at length upon tn
responsibilities Of the United states &
other lands. His speech relative TO tn
! value was along lines of public utter
ances he has made heretofore on tn
subject.
The Philippine Islands themselves" h
said, ARE an example Of what anCien
r foreign missions could do. They are IN
only people, the only race IN the Orier
( that are Christians, and they were mad
: so 800 years ago by the earnest effoI
- Of Augustinian and Franciscan friar.
Z They led them on. taught them the ayr
. cultural arts. and induced them 10 lea
S a peaceful and religious life.
"They did not believe in too much edJ
: cation and they did not believe in brtnl
. ing them into close union with the Euro
pean nations They thought there wa
a good deal that they might learn theI
that would hurt them. and they preferre
4 to keep them. / do not mean all {
them-all but a selected few-in a state {
tutelage-Christian peoples
But that which they wrought he
been 10 our great advantage IN wOrl
ing out the problem that we are set TO q
there-the problem OF teaching them sell
II government They are a Christian poop
and they look to Europe ana America Z,
their ideals, and they recognize thos
ideals. And that makes it possible 10 il
still in them the principles OF civil lIbert
and the freedom Of our institutions"
Devotional Services.
| The devotional service opening the CO.
vention was conducted by Bishop Har
ing. Commissioner Mcfarland made L
opening address. After expressing q
pleasure washington has in the safe ?
turn Of President Taft. and his grar
fication that the Presidents first adore
in Washington would be in behalf OF Z
Laymen's Missionary Movement. &
j speaker said Washington welcomes {