Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-10

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A business mans convention. The
ministers had for once 10 take back
seat. even in a missionary gathering.
and they were willing TO DO it. The
capacity of the convention building
was 1,5OO, and it was 100 small.
.The task that the men see before :
them is well expressed in the watch
cry of the movement, The Evangelical.
tiop of the World in this Generation
This expression is interpreted to mean,
not a superficial presentation of the
gospel claims TO every human being
on the face of the earth nor the con
version of every human being; but the
presentation of Jesus Christ and his
claims to every person in such man
ner that he shall intelligently com.
prehend the claim. The time set for
the accomplishment of the task is this
generation. t. e., the aim is to pre-
sent Jesus Christ to every man, WON.
an child now living upon the face of
the earth.
In order Systematically TO accom-.
plish this object it has been estimated
foI how many each of the leading de-
nominations is responsible, how many
work, how much money will be re-
quired to support them and furnish
them equipment. There are approx
mately 600O00,O00 people in all lands
who never heard the gospel Mission
aries of experience figure that each
missionary together with the native
workers he trains, can evangeliZe dur
ing the course of life time 25,O00
souls. Divide up the number of mis-.
sionarles required among the church
membership of Christian lands and il
means that about one out Of each four
hundred OF the church membership
should go as foreign missionary To
support and equip them will require
about So per member. This brings the
problem within the range of possibil
ity One out of each 400 church mem
bers in Durango would not make a gap
in the ranks such as would seriously
cripple the work in the local field
and the Two street car fares a week
from each church member given 10
support those that go, would impover-
ish no one.
Aside from the spiritual benefits
which missions bring 10 those now in
darkness, and the reflex benefits TO
the home church, there are also Ger.
tain material benefits incident TO mis-
sionary effort. The annual per capi
ia expenditure of the Chinaman in his
heathen condition is S., of the Afri.
can is $3.50 What commer, can
be carried on with nations using so
| few of the articles OF commerce? Mis-.
| merce and are giving the people de-
sires for the products of civilization
and Christianization, and the volume
| of commerce with Oriental nations is
increasing each year. So commerce
has to thank, more than any other
| class, the much-cursed missionary for
| its existence For example, after
about $4,000 had been invested in the
| Doshina college in Japan numbe:
of students of that college were com
| missioned by the japanese govern
ment for the purpose of buying arma
ment for their war vessels They pas "
ed by the representatives of British
| firms who were seeking their patron
age. and because Americans had
founded their college placed $780,
900, 900 order with American firms,
This is only one of the many by-prod.
ucts of missions.
The work on the various fields is
exceedingly encouraging. People are
| thronging to hear the gospel, and mul.
| titudes are accepting its claims Rice
| Christians?" do you say. Far from
| ii. In diligence in the work. and in
fidelity even to the death. they put to
shame the average American Chris
| tian'