The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-16
TANNAR
TELLS OF MISSIONS
Discusses Living Link System OF the
Christian Church Before Baptist
Ministers.

Although the Baptists as demon
inGtion are credited with having one
of the best systems OF organized mis-
sionary effort both at home and
abroad. the Baptist Ministers con.
ference, Monday morning. In the
Woodward-ave. church parlors bonn
barded the Rev. c. J. Tannar, or the
Central Christian church, with ques-
lions relative to the missionary work
of his denomination, the Disciples OF
Christ. Mr.. Tannar had the paper OF
the day on Individual church mis-
sionaries and organized agencies" and
explained the methods used In his de-
nomination TO carry the Christian
gospel into unfamiliar fields.
I'VE believe that We have the most
remote missionary station In the
world, that at Batang. West China, on
the border line of Thibet. an asser-
tfon that has never been disputed"
said Mr.. Tannar. This mission Is
maintained b. the Central Christian
church, of Detroit. and we keep there,
DR.. A. l.. Shelton and Mrs, Shelton.
and DR.. F. K. Ogden and Mrs. Ogden.
The Skeletons have been there six
years this June, and following out our
UNCONVENTIONAL policy OF bringing our
missionaries home for Is months or
two years rest every seven years, DR..
Shelton Is due TO come to America a
year from this summer"
Mr.. Tannar in a few brief words
told OF the heroism of DR.. Shelton and
his wife in their lonely home, so far
removed from any semblance OF civil.
fhaf
for caravan TO go from the little
mission through mountainous passes
and wild country. 500 miles, TO the
nearest town In western China, where
mail. medical supplies and the neces-
stiles of life could be procured. He
told how one missionary helper after
another had gone to this remote Thi-
betan station only to lose their lives.
After six years of fruitless labor,
subject not only TO hourly personal
peril but TO the hardest kind OF self
denial and privation. the last letter
we had from DR.. Shelton. bore the
great news that during the previous
month over 100 native Thibetans had
come TO the mission. thrown away
their idols and had asked for still bet
ter enlightenment on the Son OF God"
said Mr.. Tannar, to an accompani-
ment OF fervent "Amens" from his in
terested listeners.
The speaker explained in detail the
manner in which the Christian church
raises funds for its missionary work
and its success with what Is known
as The Living Link" system Of each
church maintaining missionary
wholly as it's own The Baptist pas
tors lost no time in asking questions
of Mr.. Tannar as he finished his pa
per, and the majority believed that
the methods employed by his denom-
ination are superior TO those OF other
denominations in many respects.
An aftermath of the Baptist North
eru convention held last week in Chi
cago came from the Rev. F. T. Galpin,
who made an informal report that De-
rroit's efforts to land the convention
for 1912 had small likelihood of sue
cess, inasmuch as Des Moines, Ia,
was In the field first and officially the
convention favored Iowa because that
part OF the west seemed to need boil
steering uD. Next Monday morning,
the conference will listen TO reports
from the delegates who attended the
convention.