Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-27
MissiOnaVCOn RaisesS3, 1000
Men of Prominence in Congregational Missions Heard at
Second Congregational Church Morning Meeting at
Park Church.

l "a - III "a SAAs
In joint missionary campaign con-
| Quoted by the Congregational missioin-
/ airy societies, including the American
Board. the Congregational Home Mis-
! sionary society, and the American
| Missionary association, in association
with the Church Building society, the
| Congregational Educational society,
| the Sunday School and Publishing So
ciety and the Congregational Board of
Ministerial Relief morning, afternoon
| and evening meetings were held in this
| city on Monday. The morning session
was at Park church and was a dele
gated conference upon the apportion-
ment plan and missionary methods in
the local church. In the afternoon
there was a public missionary meeting
| at the Second church and also in the
evening. Inspiring addresses were
presented by officers of the various So
Cieties interested, making the meetings
| of much profit Rev. S. H. Howe. d.
D., and Rev. L. L. West, d. D., were
the local committee and the following
were the churches participating:
Colchester, Bozrah, Exeter, Goshen,
North Stonington. Lebanon, Hanover,
Franklin, Jewett City Preston City,
Norwich-Broadway Second Park,
Greeneville. Taftville, Norwich Town.
Morning Session.
Rev. L. L. West, D. D., presided at
the morning session of the conference,
which opened at 1870 o'clock at the
Osgood Memorial parish house. Pas
tors and delegates from the churches
Of Colchester, Goshen, North Stoning-
ton, Lebanon, Hanover, Franklin, Jew
EFT City, Preston City, Montville and
the five Norwich churches were pres
ent and discussed the apportionment
plan and the methods in use by them.
There were also brief addresses by
Rev. G. c. Creegan, D. D., Rev. Level
Ign Pratt, d. D.. Rev. John P. Jones,
d. D., of the Madura Mission, India,
and Rev. George W. Hinman of Foo
chow, China, representing the work Of
the American board, and by Rev.
Jams w. Cooper D. D., in behalf of the
Home Missionary society.
Lunch was served to the visitors by
the social committee, Mrs. William Is.
Birge, chairman, Miss Dyer Mrs.
Grosvenor Ely and Miss Elizabeth
Trumbul. Mrs. Adam Reid Miss
Mech and Miss Arnold assisted.
Afternoon Session.
The conference was continued in the
afternoon at the Second Congregation
al church. where the session began at
2.30 o'clock with a good sized congre-
cation attending. Rev. Lewellyn Pratt,
d. D.. pastor emeritus Of Broadway
church. presided.
After the opening devotional exer-
cises. in which the prayer was by DR..
j. L. West pastor of the Second
church DR.. Pratt briefly explained that
this conference was met to consider
those parts Of the Lords work which
naturally fell to Congregationalists
and then the programme for the after
noon was taken up, consisting of a
number of FIFTEEN minute addresses Of
great interest.
Rev. J. p. Jones. D. D.. a missionary
from India Of the A. B. c. F. NJ, was
the first speaker, answering the ques-
ton Of Does It Pay?" in relation to
foreign missionary work. He has been
connected with the Madura mission
since 1873, and he answered the Ques-
ton in the affirmative, because the
work was being done for those who we
are realizing are our brothers, Madu-
"a today has a community Of 21000
Christians and a marvellous work for
the salvation Of individuals, Of COM
muinties, and Of the nation to uplift
them from unheard of degradation as
proof of the fact that it does pay,
and it is worth while to do this work
well.
DR.. Jones was followed by Rev. A.
c. Garner, d. D., of the A. NJ. A, and
pastor Of a church in Washington. d.
c. He interested his hearers in the
work done in the southland by the
American Missionary association for
the people Of his race. In the northern
mind, he said, the negro belonged to a
backward or undeveloped race; in the
southern mind he belonged to an in
ferior race, and 1t was the nothern
idea which kept open the schools Of
the A. NJ. A, and he made a strong
plea for a continuance of this work,
which was already showing such great
results among people receptive to re-
ligious. educational and uplifting in
fluences.
Rev. G. c. Cregan, D. D.. of the A.
b. c. F. NJ, who is district secretary
for New York district, and has Just
returned from trip Of 10000 miles
inspecting mission stations. was next
introduced. making a particularly ef-
1ectiVe address. He referred to Turkey
as the most difficult and uncertain Of
all missionary fields, and the American
board has over one-third Of its mis-
sionaries there. A distinguished COM
pany Of missionaries have served there.
On the throne Of Turkey has been sit
ting the most bloodthirsty monarch
since Nero, and even more bloodthirsty
than Nero said the speaker, and he
would venture the prophecy that the
sultan would continue to rule for he Is
no ordinary man. He predicted also
thar there would be no more deaths Of
American missionaries, and stated that
he believed the death Of Missionary
Rogers, recently. must have been an
accident, and the work of the mission
aries would continue to be increasirG,
ly effective.
After the hymn, From Greenland's |
Icy Mountains. Corresponding Secre- /
tary James w. Cooper. ID, of the !
A. NJ. A, was the next speaker. He |
related the interesting fact that he |
had baptized Missionary Rogers, who !
was killed in Turkey within a few |
days. He told of the beginnings of 4
the American Missionary association I
in the work done in instructing at |
Harrington, and then sending back 10 I
A frica shipload Of negroes who AiIl- I
cd all but two of the officers on DE .
ship which was bringing them out. The
two officers left alive brought the ship
into New London harbor and after a
lcng legal conflict the shipload Of black |
people was finally sent back to Africa. /
From that beginning, DR.. Cooper /
sketched briefly the extension of the /
associations work, of which 1t was /
hard to say whether ii was home or /
foreign since the opportunity to reach I
so many nations in America. He en- /
dorsed the southern work, which had !
been presented earlier IN the meeting |
by Dr. Garner of Washington The \
work is for our brothers 1t is all one,
and we who are strong ought to bear |
the inirmities Of those who are weak. /
and not please ourselves, for even /
Christ pleased not himself
Following this was an address by |
Rev. A Il. Kicker superintendent of |
home missions in Pennsylvania His
WcrdE yvere along the Yfnes IF fba 1of