The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-31
VIEW OF MISSION WORLD

VIEW OF MISSION WORLD
Missionaries Tell Of the Great En-
lightment In Heather Countries
Through Gospel.
In the Methodist church Wednes-
day occurred the opening feature of
the Layman's Missionary convention
when several hundred layman of the
church who are aroused to a greater
activity listened to the messenges
which are brought from the foreign
fields of work. AS the men listened
to these messages direct from the
front they we're impressed more than
ever before of the great and urgent
need for extending the gospel to the
nations which are without light.
DR.. j. r. Trimble, who is at the
head of the northwestern department
of the laymens' movement, presided
at the session. The prayer vas offered
by DR.. r. H. Dolliver of Deadwood.
A discussion of India was taken up
first by j. Aberly. He said missions
were started in 1905 and by the end
Of the eighteenth century $1,000
natives were converted. In the
work, according to Mr.. Aberly, his
tory must record many heroic souls.
The question is not one of pro-
viding places for missionaries in
India said Mr.. Aberly, but to find
support for them. In eighty years
100000 souls were brought to Christ
in India, and in the succeeding
twenty. years 100000 more were
added 10 the number, and judging
from Ne advancement made in the
last ten years it will only take in all
fifteen years to add another half mill
lion.
Mr.. Aberly spoke of the millions
OF Mohammedans in India, and then
pictured to the laymen the work be-
fore them. "The magnitude of the
work teaches the laymen to talk in
big numbers" said Mr.. Aberly. In
his opinion India is the stepping stone
to the other nations of the far east.
He closed his remarks with an elo-
quent appeal, declaring decades now
count as centuries, and a wonderful
change is sweeping over the land
and a new missionary policy must be
assumed in India.
Statistics show that there are So
600 native converts in Turkey, ac-
cording to John E. Merrill of Aintab,
Turkey. Thousands more are ready
to become Christians, he declares, if
the churches of America rise to the
opportunity and send adequate rein
forcements of missionaries.
missionary work in Turkey he
said "has been numerically success
full, but it should be judged quite
as much by its dynamic effects.
among Mohammedans, the relig-
ious life, moral character and educa-
tional training which the mission
aries represent have won wide recog-
milton and esteem. Their philan-
thropic services have been greatly
appreciated. Many Mohammednas
also have become secret students OF
the Christian scriptures"
In the evangelical community,
where missionary influence has been
strongest, there are seen a new type
of church life, new social and poll
teal ideas, deep and widespread
spiritual a%wakenings, and a large
number of earnest, educated native
leaders.
The missionary enterprise in Tur-
key is confronting an unparalleled
opportunity. The revolution, has
swept away mighty barriers. Mo-
hammednas are showing an openness
never before seen.
In this crisis missionary policy
may plan to meet the need of a mark
ed increase in the foreign mission
airy force. Great and significant use
of the freedom of the press and OF
co~lporterage may also be projected
for the distribution of the Bible and
OF Christian literature.
What portion of the population
which has come under missionary in.
fluence forms today among the com
mon people an educated class of i'm.
mense potential influence, through
] which the whole empire can be leav.
ened with new ideas and ideals.
"The existing Protestant churches
are SO many organized centers OF
native evangelistic effort, through
which, is made strong strong and eff.
f%icient, the gospel can be spread most
naturally throughout the whole
land"
George Heebr Jones, president Bi.
blical Institute, Seoyl, Korea, brought
this message from his field of laobr:
I'm area Korea is about the size
of Great Britain and contains a pop
ulation of 100000. twenty-five
years ago it was practically an un'
known land. When the first mission
aries obtained entrance there they
found the people living in the mids1
of physical and moral conditions
which beggar description.
There is a total Christian popula
ton including Roman Catholic, o
100000. Evangelistical missions EN-
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