The Roswell daily record., 1910-06-15

nothing less than a vast enlargement
in the number of qualified workers,
a thorough and coura geous adapta-
ton of means and methods Ia meet
the situation, a wise unihcation in
plans and forces, and d whole-hearted
fulfilling of the conditions of spiritual
power"
Turning its attention to fields Oh
wlicA the church should concentrate
attention and effort, the commission
reports that in China there is an un-
ique opportunity fraught with far
reaching issues for the future of Chi
ma and of all Christendom. The ad-
vance of Islam in Equatorial Africa
prese1 the question, the report says
whether the Dark Continent shall be-
come Mohanmedan or Christian. In
dia and the Mohammedan world as a
whole. particularly Turkey and Pei
sia. are pointed ont as other large
fields for effort.
The Jewish People," the commits
sion"rs say, have a peculiar claim
upon the missionary activities of the
Christian Church Christianity is
theirs prcemincntly by right of inner
itance. The Chsrch is under special
obligation To present Christ to the
Jew. The attempt to give the Cos
pei To this widely scattered. yet still
isoloted people have been hitherto al
together inadequate. The need is
great for n .cLauge in the attitude of
the Church towards this essential
part of the Great Commission. The
fs- L., Is ha
nous influence wlich the Jew is WELD
ing liz the world. especially through
ont ClriStendon. The winning of this
virile race with it's genius for religion
will be the strengthening of the
Church of Chris. and the enrichment
of the world"
The church is urged to extend its
missionary work as soon as possible
TO all fields not now occupied, SUCH
as Thibet. AfChanistan. and man.
other parts of Asia and of Africa The
varicls missionary organizations are
advised to get into close touch with
each other. aud learn of each others
methods. The formation of an inter-
national committee to take up conSid-
GRAFTON of The whole question is :lrg-
ed on the conference.
"A crucial factor i'm the evangelical
tion of the non-Christian world" the
continue, "is the state
of the church in Christian lands. I'm
til there is a more general cousecra-
ton on the part of members of the
home church. there can be no hope of
such an expansion of the missionary
enterprise as to result in ma king the
of Jesus Christ readily ac-
cessible to every human being. new
ana resolute awakening of the church
to tde richness of its heritage in the
Gospel and to the duty of an ardent,
universal and untiring effort to make
disciples of al! nations, is the clear
of God to the church of to-
day"
In addition to the formal report of
the commission, a statistical atlas of |
enbodying the researches |
Of the connIission and its subcommit-
tees FOR the last two years was pre-
sented. The statistics pertain only tn |
labors among, non-Christians, and |
are presented of tle work
in every part of the world in which II |
Is carried on. The figures for the
most part are for the year 1907, the |
latest year for which the commission |
was a5fe To tabulate them.
The statistics show that 33S organi |
zations were maintaining missionaries
In the field. and that 450 other socie- |
ties were cooperating with these SOL
cieties- The total sum collected by
these societies I'm the year was sea-
676. $50 OF these societies. 90 of the
main and los OF the secondary orRsa-
izations nave headquarters in the Un1
tied States, and reported total I'M
Come of $9.o13.S76. There were H.
2S0 missionaries. including physiciansl
and law missionaries, 5.045 ordained |
natives and 92.9lS other native miss
sion workers. The total number nfl
was 1.a2s. eos. of whom \
127.s75 were. added in the year. The
total number OF baptized ChristiansI