The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
With Ringing Words Governor Glenn Calls Upon Men
 of the Church
PICTURES NEEDS OF POOR
 IN THE FOREIGN FIELDS
The Rev. Mir. JanVier, Fresh From Mission Fields, Says Heather Countries Are Now In Most
 Receptive Mood.

"What do we need for our work during this generation?"
 "One thousand missionaries and 5000 na- tive workers and s1, 0OO,OOO year"
 Gov. R. B. Glenn of North Carolina, in powerful speech before the Presbyterian laymen last night, delivered the message, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" with the strength of a wonderful orator. His ideas were repeatedly cheered, and he held the audience spellbound for more than an hour.
 The other speaker on last nights pro- gramme was the Rev. c. A. R. Janvier of Philadelphia, former missionary to In- dia. A man perfectly familiar with con ditions, he described the recent awakening of the Orient and declared that spirit of inquiry and a receptive mood is now abroad in all the heather lands which is ready for the conquest of Christianity. He caused considerable amusement when he said the heather of India, followers of the fatalistic Mohammedan religion, are ultra Calvinists, with the Calvin part left off.
 Full of Inspiration.
 His address was one of inspiration, and when he came suddenly to his close the whole audience joined in spirit with his prayer, Lord give us eyes to catch the vision; give us ears to hear the call; give us hearts to yield in utter devotion to our King"
 The Hippodrome was crowded with 1900 delegates on the floor, and the galleries full. The devotional exercises were in charge of the Rev. W. H. McLoyd, who read from the scriptures and led in prayer. Governor Glenn then began his address, and in opening said
 Comes With Message.
 s'My dear friends, come to you tonight with a message from Our Master, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature
 q do not intend to insult any one here tonight with questions of their belief in missions, but ask you, Are you trying to be a Christian? Are you following in His footsteps? Do you love the Mas ter? DO you try to do your duty?'
 "Then I come with Gods message, and I lay it upon every minister and every 1 layman to search his heart well and do his duty
 "This text comes as a command of a king to his subjects, a general to his army, Christ to His disciples, Go, will take no excuse. Go some way, some how It means not the minister, nor the church, but He says, Go ye' into the African jungles, the wastes of Brazil, the sinful Mexico, the distant Asia and preach the gospel of love, not hate, peace and not tears, to every creature, the black, the white, the yellow, the rich, the poor, the king, the beggar
 'Thats the message bring you tonight and I lay it with love at your feet. say nothing against home missions, for that is to be my life work in the future, to go into every nook and crook, to re- cruit soldiers for the foreign field.
 From Macedonian Field.
 'But there is destitution, ruin, dearth, death coming up from yon Macedonian field, crying, Come over and help us.' Thank God this church is now filled with a burning desire to take the torch of the gospel into that dark country"
 Governor Glenn said that to him May is the greatest month in the year. He told of the Mecklinburg declaration of independence, the secession of North Car olina, and the stand for freedom last May, when voting for liberty and prohi- ,bition the people of my state swept the liquor traffic from our midst All this happened in the month of May, but greater than all, on May 2, 1907, the great southern Presbyterian church met in Birmingham and declared that the gospel should be carried to 25,000, ,00O. and decided to raise $1,OoO,0OO a year to save this world in one generation.
 "The laymen made this declaration, and I lay it at the door of your heart'
 The governor then told of the great need of Christianity in Asia, China, Afri- ca and told of the foul, filthy, sorrowful. brutal conditions; of the slavery of wom- en, with no joy, no pleasures.
 He narrated many cases of little chill dren thrown into the rivers and every click of the watch in Africa sending hundreds of thousands to an awful, hope less doom. In India, he said there is only one missionary to care for 100000 throbbing, pulsing souls China, awaken Ing, put SLlll III udThHeSS anu ueSpalT, practcing the most awful and horrible idolatry, reaching out its arms, calling to you and to me-"
 Can We Do 1t?
 Tt was to this great cry that we answered. We must send one missionary out of every 262 people in our church. Can we do it? Listen, when the war called every man went to fight for what he thought was right. If for the Lost Cause we sent our babes and sucklings, then to the call of the Lord how many shall we send? Thank God we can do it and We will.'
 With thrilling words he described the rise of the south from the terrors of reconstruction days to the wealth and development of today. With commercial figures he proved that the south is finan- cially capable of its undertaking.
 "Of the millions of dollars the south is now worth, the Presbyterian church